LESSON 32
God Kingdom Ruling Now-now!
God Kingdom started ruling in heaven in 1914. That the same year the last days for human government to rule this world started. How we manage to know? Let look at some Bible prophecy, the thing them that happening in the world now-now and even the way people been behaving since 1914.
1. Wetin Bible prophecy show?
The Bible book of Daniel show that God Kingdom was coming to start ruling at the end of the time the Bible call “seven times.” (Daniel 4:16, 17) After more than hundred years, Jesus talk about this same time here, he call it “the appointed times of the nations,” and he was teaching people that the seven times not end yet. (Luke 21:24) We coming learn that it ended in 1914.
2. What been happening in the world and how people been behaving since 1914?
Jesus disciples ask him: “What will be the sign of your presence and of the conclusion of the system of things?” (Matthew 24:3) To answer them, Jesus told them plenty thing that was going to happen when he start ruling in heaven as king of God Kingdom. He talk about how people will be fighting war, food business will be hard, and earth quakes. (Read Matthew 24:7.) The Bible also say that, the way people will be behaving in “the last days” will make life ‘hard for everybody.’ (2 Timothy 3:1-5) All this thing them been happening especially since 1914.
3. Why plenty bad-bad thing them been happening since God Kingdom started ruling?
As soon Jesus became King for God Kingdom, he fought against Satan and his demon them in heaven. Satan lost that war. The Bible say that, “he was hurled down to the earth, and his angels were hurled down with him.” (Revelation 12:9,10, 12) Satan really vex because he know he will be destroy. So he making people all over the earth to suffer. That the reason why plenty bad-bad thing them been happening in the world! But God Kingdom will soon solve all this problem them.
LEARN MORE
Learn how we manage to know that the Kingdom started ruling in 1914 and what it must make us to do.
4. The Bible prophecy show that God Kingdom started ruling in 1914
God made King Nebuchadnezzar from Babylon to have one dream. In that dream, God show him what will happen in the future. The way Daniel explain the dream show that it apply to Nebuchadnezzar and also to God Kingdom. —Read Daniel 4:17.a
Read Daniel 4:20-26, and use the chart to answer the question them together:
(A) Wetin Nebuchadnezzar saw in his dream?—See verses 20 and 21.
(B) What was coming to happen to the tree?—See verse 23.
(C) What was coming to happen when the “seven times” end? —See verse 26.
How the dream about the tree apply to God Kingdom
THE PROPHECY (Daniel 4:20-36)
Rulership
(A) One big tree
No body was ruling
(B) “Chop down the tree,” and let “seven times pass”
Somebody started ruling
(C) “Your kingdom will be yours again”
In the first fulfillment of this prophecy . . .
(D) Who the tree stand for?—See verse 22.
(E) What time he stop ruling?—Read Daniel 4:29-33.
(F) What happen to Nebuchadnezzar when the “seven times ended”?—Read Daniel 4:34-36.
FIRST FULFILLMENT
Rulership
(D) Nebuchadnezzar, King of Babylon
No body was ruling
(E) After the year 606 B.C.E., Nebuchadnezzar got crazy and he was not able to rule for seven years
Somebody started ruling
(F) Nebuchadnezzar got alright and he started ruling again
In the second fulfillment of this prophecy . . .
(G) Who the tree stand for?—Read 1 Chronicles 29:23.
(H) What time they stop ruling? How we know that they were not still ruling when Jesus was on the earth?—Read Luke 21:24.
(I) When and where they start ruling again?
SECOND FULFILLMENT
Rulership
(G) The Israelite king them who stand for God rulership
No body was ruling
(H) Jerusalem was destroy, Israelite king them were not ruling for 2,520 years
Somebody started ruling
(I) Jesus started ruling in heaven as King of God Kingdom
The seven times that how long?
Some part of the Bible can help us to understand other part them. For example, the Bible book of Revelation say, three and a half times equal 1,260 days. (Revelation 12:6, 14) So the seven times will be equal to 2,520 days. Sometimes the Bible can use one day to stand for one year. (Ezekiel 4:6) That the same thing with the seven times the Bible book of Daniel talk about. It equal to 2,520 years.
5. The whole world na change since 1914
Jesus talk about how the world will be looking when God make him King. Read Luke 21:9-11, and answer the question together:
Which of this thing them you na see or hear about?
The apostle Paul talk about how people will be behaving in the last days. Read 2 Timothy 3:1-5, and answer the question together:
You na see people acting like this?
6. Show that you believe that God Kingdom ruling now-now
Read Matthew 24:3, 14, and answer the question them together:
What important work show that God Kingdom ruling now-now?
How you can do some of this work?
God Kingdom ruling now-now and it will soon control the whole earth. Read Hebrews 10:24, 25, and answer the question together:
Wetin we must do since we can “see the day drawing near?”
If you know something that can help other people, and save their life, wetin you will do?
IF SOMEBODY ASK: “Why Jehovah Witnesses can talk plenty about 1914?”
How you will answer them?
MAIN POINTS
Bible prophecy and the thing them happening in the world show that God Kingdom ruling now-now. We can show that we believe it when we preach about it and go to congregation meetings.
Review
What happen at the end of the seven times the book of Daniel talk about?
What make you to believe that God Kingdom started ruling in 1914?
How you can show that you believe that God Kingdom ruling now-now?
LEARN OTHER THINGS
Learn what the people who can write about history say about the way the world na change since 1914. Also learn what other people say about it.
“People Behavior Started Changing Bad Way” (Awake!, April 2007)
Read how the prophecy in Matthew 24:14 change one man life.
“I Use to Love Baseball More Than Anything!” (The Watchtower No. 3 2017)
How we know that the prophecy in Daniel chapter 4 also talking about God Kingdom?
“What Time God Kingdom Started Ruling? (Part 1)” (The Watchtower, October 1, 2014)
How we know that the “seven times” Daniel chapter 4 talk about ended in 1914?
“What Time God Kingdom Started Ruling? (Part 2)” (The Watchtower, November 1, 2014)
a See the last two articles in the section of this book called “Learn Other Things.”