Saturday, August 23 Jehovah’s day is coming exactly as a thief in the night.​—1 Thess. 5:2.

[Áine]

Saturday, August 23

Jehovah’s day is coming exactly as a thief in the night.—1 Thess. 5:2.

 

When the Bible speaks of “Jehovah’s day,” it refers to the time when Jehovah judges his enemies and brings salvation to his people. In the past, Jehovah at times carried out judgments. (Isa. 13:1, 6; Ezek. 13:5; Zeph. 1:8) In our time, “Jehovah’s day” begins with the attack on Babylon the Great and culminates in the battle of Armageddon. To survive that “day,” we need to prepare now. Jesus taught that we must not only get ready for the “great tribulation” but also “keep ready” for it. (Matt. 24:21; Luke 12:40) In his first inspired letter to the Thessalonians, the apostle Paul used a number of illustrations to help Christians keep ready for Jehovah’s great day of judgment. Paul knew that Jehovah’s day would not come right then. (2 Thess. 2:1-3) Still, he urged his brothers to prepare for that day as if it were coming tomorrow, and we too can apply his counsel. w23.06 8 ¶1-2

[Tortuga]

15 hours ago, Áine said:

In our time, “Jehovah’s day” begins with the attack on Babylon the Great and culminates in the battle of Armageddon.

I'm looking forward to more information about when Jehovah's Day begins.

[BLEmom]

45 minutes ago, Tortuga said:

I'm looking forward to more information about when Jehovah's Day begins.

Do you think it may change from being the start of destruction of BtG?

[Tortuga]

11 hours ago, BLEmom said:

Do you think it may change from being the start of destruction of BtG?

If the start of Jehovah's Day is defined by when he begins to take action and if we now understand that his first action is to have the world leaders give their power to the UN and if that occurs before BTG is destroyed, then it seems to reason that Jehovah's Day starts earlier than we thought. That's why I look forward to more information about it.😁

[just1-4all]

The word "exactly" is found in the NWT (2013) ed. twenty-seven times.