*** w51 3/15 p. 164 Time Better than Money ***
When Christ was enthroned, in 1914, great tribulation was started against Satan and his wicked world organization. If it had then proceeded to completion, no flesh would have been saved. But for the sake of human flesh that tribulation was shortened or cut short, to allow a period of time for men to take in and give out knowledge of the established heavenly kingdom, before that tribulation enters its climax of Armageddon.
*** w51 5/15 p. 306 par. 1 Leaves of Healing ***
In fact, for the sake of these elect or chosen ones Jehovah cut short the days of the great tribulation upon Satan’s world, that the remnant might be relieved of what ailed them spiritually and might be saved to heavenly life in the new world.
*** w51 12/15 p. 752 par. 14 Release Under Way to the Ends of the Earth ***
one of the elderly persons identifies the crowd to John and says: "These are the ones that come out of the great tribulation [this locates their coming between 1919 and Armageddon],
*** w53 7/15 p. 447 Questions From Readers ***
The great tribulation of Armageddon.
*** w54 12/1 p. 712 The "Time of the End" ***
So "this generation" from 1914 shall not pass till the "time of the end" closes with the "great tribulation".
*** w54 10/15 p. 624 Why Prayers Go Unanswered ***
this present evil world must end in that "great tribulation such as has not occurred since the world’s beginning until now, no, nor will occur again," namely, the war of Armageddon.
*** w54 9/1 p. 523 Declared Righteous by Jehovah ***
the great tribulation of Armageddon
*** w55 10/15 p. 623 par. 9 The Triumphant Message of "The Kingdom" ***
the preaching must continue until the battle of Armageddon, the "great tribulation
*** w56 12/15 p. 755 par. 11 Telling the Good News from Day to Day ***
At the start of the great tribulation upon Satan’s organization in 1914 all such people felt merely the "beginning of pangs of distress,"
*** w56 2/15 p. 119 par. 38 Triumphing over Wicked Spirit Forces ***
Jehovah halted that "war in heaven" with the casting of them out of heaven and down to this earth in order that he might let Satan and his demons remain here in their debasement of defeat for a "short period of time" before Armageddon. Thus he cut short the "great tribulation" upon Satan’s world.
*** w57 10/1 p. 604 par. 40 Endurance like Job’s in the Time of the End ***
The days of that tribulation have been cut short by allowing Satan a "short period of time" to operate at the earth for the testing of the remnant,
*** w57 4/15 p. 240 par. 42 When All Men Again Worship One God ***
after the great tribulation now near at hand
*** w58 11/15 p. 691 par. 22 Signs and Wonders in the Time of the End ***
In 1918 he stopped the great tribulation that had begun upon the enemy organization of Satan the Devil.
*** w59 4/15 p. 242 par. 21 The Perfect Ruler for Man’s Government ***
during the great tribulation that is yet to come,
*** w61 4/15 p. 238 par. 8 Hope of Survival Faces the Problem ***
God will save flesh that is not of this world, by shortening the days of the great tribulation.
*** w61 10/15 p. 631 The Time for God’s Kingdom to Come ***
This tribulation on Satan’s organization began in 1914 when Christ warred with the Devil and his angels
*** w61 11/1 p. 671 Questions From Readers ***
By this war in heaven against the Devil’s invisible organization the "great tribulation" began.
*** w61 11/1 p. 671 Questions From Readers ***
Thus for the time being the great tribulation upon Satan’s organization was interrupted or discontinued. Evidently that occurred by A.D. 1918.
*** w67 10/15 p. 629 par. 21 To the Rescue! ***
The name "the great tribulation" well applies to this time of tribulation that has been upon mankind since the year of the outbreak of World War I, to wit, 1914, and that will mount up to its highest destructiveness in the war of Armageddon, completely exterminating this worldly system of things.
*** w70 5/1 p. 286 Do You Remember? ***
In its modern application, what is the "great tribulation" mentioned at Matthew 24:21, 22, and when is it to occur?
It is the destruction of the world empire of false religion (including Christendom) and the "war of the great day of God the Almighty" at Armageddon against the political allies of Babylonish religion. That "great tribulation" is yet ahead.
*** w80 10/15 p. 13 par. 5 Are We Nearing Armageddon? ***
God’s war of Armageddon will be the final part of a period of time called the "great tribulation."
*** w85 10/1 pp. 16-17 par. 15 Peace, Security, and the ‘Image of the Beast’ ***
Jesus said that the destruction of Christendom would be the start of a "great tribulation such as has not occurred since the world’s beginning until now, no, nor will occur again." (Matthew 24:15, 21) As the tribulation continues, God’s Kingdom will execute judgment on all the political and commercial parts of Satan’s organization.
*** wt chap. 13 p. 121 par. 4 A Great Crowd Before Jehovah’s Throne ***
Revelation 7:14 says of the great crowd: "These are the ones that come out of the great tribulation." They survive the worst trouble ever experienced in human history. 2012-09-01