Watchtower Study Scriptures

‘T HIS I S TO B E A M EMORIAL FOR Y OU’   “This day will serve as a memorial for you, and you must celebrate it as a festival to Jehovah.” ---EX. 12:14 Paragraph 2 (1 Corinthians 5:7) Clear away the old leaven so that you may be a new batch, inasmuch as you are free from ferment. For, indeed, Christ our Passover lamb has been sacrificed. Paragraph 4 (Exodus 1:11) So they appointed chiefs of forced labor over them to oppress them with hard labor, and they built storage cities for Phar′aoh, namely, Pi′thom and Ra·am′ses. (Exodus 3:9, 10) Now look! The outcry of the people of Israel has reached me, and I have seen also the harsh way that the Egyptians are oppressing them. 10  Now come, I will send you to Phar′aoh, and you will bring my people the Israelites out of Egypt.” (Exodus 5:1, 2) Afterward, Moses and Aaron went in and said to Phar′aoh: “This is what Jehovah the God of Israel says, ‘Send my people away so that they may celebrate a festival to m...

Footnote References   Footnote – Paragraph 3 Reference ***bh pp. 88-92 Are We Living in “the Last Days”?*** Please notice what would result from the war in heaven. In his fury, Satan would bring woe, or trouble, upon those on earth. As you will see, we are now living in that time of woe. But it will be relatively brief—only “a short period of time.” Even Satan realizes that. The Bible refers to this period as “the last days.” (2 Timothy 3:1) How glad we can be that God will soon do away with the Devil’s influence over the earth! Let us consider some of the things foretold in the Bible that are happening right now. These prove that we are living in the last days and that God’s Kingdom will soon bring everlasting blessings to those who love Jehovah. First, let us examine four features of the sign that Jesus said would mark the time in which we live. MAJOR DEVELOPMENTS OF THE LAST DAYS 6 “Nation will rise against nation and kingdom against kingdom.” (Matthew 24:7...