CHAPTER XII
YOUR CHOICE
"THE LAST DAYS" of Satan's rule have come. These are "perilous times" because Satan now is desperately attempting to turn all the human race from God and into destruction and is bringing upon the world woe after woe. (2 Tim. 3: 1-5; Rev. 12:12) In opposition to the covenants of Jehovah Satan has set up in these "last days" his covenant of the League of Nations. Because it is in opposition to God's kingdom, and because the League of Nations assumes to stand in the place and stead of God's kingdom, it is an abomination in the sight of God and is that abomination mentioned by Daniel the prophet. (Dan. 11:31; 12:11) Jesus in his great prophecy which relates to the present day addresses a message to those on earth in this time, in which he says: "When ye, therefore, shall see the abomination of desolation, spoken of by Daniel the prophet, stand in the holy place, (whoso readeth, let him understand:) then let them which be in Judaea flee into the mountains [Jehovah and his King]." (Matt. 24: 15,16) This admonition is addressed to that class known as 'Jonadabs'. — 2 Ki. 10:15-23; Jer. 35:18,19.
If you have made a covenant with the Lord to do his will, that is, if trusting in the shed blood of Christ Jesus as your redemptive price, you have agreed to do God's will, and if you are still in the church systems, which form a part of Babylon, and if you now see that the covenant of the League of Nations is the Devil's
substitute for God's kingdom and is an abomination of desolation, then you should at once get out of the church organizations and stay out. Flee immediately to the kingdom of God, which is the only hope of mankind. Take your stand unequivocally on God's side, and choose to serve him without compromise. You may be holding an "exalted" position in some church organization, such as a clergyman or elder or teacher, and being in this exalted position you are designated in the prophecy as being "on the housetop". To such Jesus says: "Let him which is on the housetop not come down to take any thing out of his house." — Matt. 24:17.
You may be a teacher in the Sunday school or church organization and have pupils under you who look to you for instruction and spiritual aid and hence you are figuratively designated in the prophecy as "them that give suck" to others. If so, to you Jesus says: "And woe unto them that are with child, and to them that give suck in those days!" — Matt. 24:19.
The "winter time" is the hard time, and the time when the great fight is on. It symbolizes the time of Armageddon. The "sabbath day" is the time when all work of telling others of the truth concerning the Kingdom is done. Hence these times are too late to flee; therefore says Jesus: "But pray ye that your flight be not in the winter, neither on the sabbath day: for then shall be great tribulation, such as was not since the beginning of the world to this time, no, nor ever shall be." (Matt. 24: 20, 21) When you see these truths, do not wait. Flee now!
There are now on earth many persons who are not in any church organization and who sincerely desire to know God and serve him. These are designated in the Scriptures as 'Jonadabs', as they were foreshad-
owed by a class of people in the time of Israel who were not Israelites but who tried to do right. (Jer. 35: 2-18) Being desirous of serving God, these are within the class described by Jesus as "them which be in Judaea". If you are of that class and you see that the covenant of the League of Nations is Satan's substitute for God's kingdom, then the words of warning uttered by Jesus apply to you and these words mean that you must flee to the kingdom of God under Christ as the only place of refuge.
This is the time when Christ Jesus, as Jehovah's great Judge, is dividing the people, and the approved ones he places on his right hand and designates them as "sheep". (Matt. 25:32-34) Those who oppose God and remain in Satan's organization are taking the opposite side and are designated as "goats". (Matt. 25: 33, 41) The Lord is causing the truth of his Word to be brought to your attention that you may make a choice of which side you will take. You must take the side of Jehovah and his kingdom or the side of the Devil. There is no other means of getting life except from Jehovah through Christ Jesus the King. (Acts 4:12) Jehovah now points the peoples of the world to his elect servant, King and Judge, Christ Jesus, and says: "In his name shall the [nations] hope." (Matt. 12:21, R.V.) Therefore you should choose this day whether you will serve Jehovah God and his King and receive life and attending blessings, or serve the Devil and die. You cannot take your stand on the side of God and his kingdom by merely a mental conclusion so to do. You must make the fact known to others. It is written in God's Word: "For with the heart man believeth unto righteousness; and with the mouth confession is made unto salvation." (Rom. 10:10) Such confession is made by tell-
ing others of God and his kingdom as the only hope of the world. (Rev. 22:17) As an aid to all who desire to take the side of Jehovah and his kingdom the following Resolution or Declaration is suggested:
I BELIEVE THAT JEHOVAH is the only true God and that Christ Jesus is man's Redeemer and the world's Rightful Ruler. I am certain that the kingdom of God under Christ is the only hope of mankind and that Christ Jesus is Jehovah's Vindicator and that his Kingdom will vindicate God's great name. I hate wickedness and love righteousness. I therefore gladly take my stand on the side of Jehovah God and his kingdom under Christ, and by his grace I will love, serve and obey and honor Jehovah and his beloved Son, Christ Jesus.
Sing! all you who love Jehovah and his King: (Deut. 32: 3, 4, Roth.) "When the name of Jehovah I proclaim ascribe ye greatness unto our God: A Rock! faultless his work, for all his ways are just, a God of faithfulness and without perversity, right and fair is he!" (Ps. 84:1-12, Roth.) "How lovely are thy habitations, 0 Jehovah of hosts! . . . I choose rather to stand at the threshold, in the house of my God, than to dwell in the tents of lawlessness. For a sun and shield is Jehovah God, grace and glory will Jehovah give, he will not withhold what is good from them who walk without blame. 0
JEHOVAH OF HOSTS!
