Daily text, Sunday, October 30. 2016

[Queen Esther]

                                 Now You Are God’s People

So it will be in the conclusion of the system of things.—Matt. 13:40.

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“The conclusion of the system of things” began in 1914. During the war that broke out that year, the few thousand anointed Christians, “the sons of the Kingdom,” were in spiritual captivity to Babylon the Great. (Matt. 13:24-30, 36-43) In 1919, Jehovah delivered them, making a clear distinction between them and “the weeds,” or imitation Christians. He gathered “the sons of the Kingdom” into an organized people, in fulfillment of Isaiah’s prophecy. (Isa. 66:8) Zion, Jehovah’s organization of spirit beings, brought forth her spirit-anointed sons and organized them into a nation. Just like the early Christians, the anointed “sons of the Kingdom” were to be witnesses of Jehovah. (Isa. 43:1, 10, 11) As such, they would stand out as different by their Christian conduct and by their preaching “this good news of the Kingdom . . . for a witness to all the nations.”—Matt. 24:14; Phil. 2:15. w14 11/15 5:11, 12