Posted by Joseph Malik [JosephMalik] on April 03, 1999 at 16:45:43 {Ed9c7782HMwtN58YgBC6kwPNhmZ1io}:
In Reply to: ******JOSEPH; INCORRUPTIBLE SURPRISE posted by Gary on April 03, 1999 at 15:49:16:
One must therefore figure out where these "nations" come from.
Gary,
I recommend that you keep working on this. Rev chapter 14 is very much like Rev. chapter 20 in that the events described do not follow in sequential order as the WT
describes them. Babylon will not fall until after armageddon and the resurrection takes place (as there will be no goats then) and the great crowd (sheep) will not hear the good news that the angel has to declare until they are made alive
at THAT time. The problems involved in getting the everlasting gospel across to them (to everyone on earth as this vision shows) will require patience on the part of the holy ones (once again at that time). We cannot expect it to happen in
our time and a more than adequate witness has already been given by simply making the bible available to the world. More than one historical picture is contained in Rev. chapter 14 and they do not of necessity follow each other in
sequence.
Joseph