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<noinclude><pagequality level="1" user="" /></noinclude>AUGUST 15. llY.JO The WATCH TOWER who is to rule all nations'. (Rev. 12: 5) The Stone is cut out of "the mountain", God's universal organi- zation, in this, that it is 'the man child, born by Zion'. (Is8. 66: 7, 8) He is the One to whom the prophet refers when he says: "Thou shalt break them with a rod of iron; thou shalt dash them in pieces like a pot- ter's vessel. "-Ps. 2: 9. 29 Jehovah God carried out his expressed purpose and has prepared for his beloved Son a city, or or- ganization, of which Christ Jesus is made the Head, and which new organization is the capital city, or chief part, of the universal organization of Jehovah. It is symbolized by the name "the holy Jerusalem". It is God's new creation. It is the very pinnacle of his creation. God made Lucifer the golden head of an organization, which organization Lucifer turned against Jehovah and made every part thereof to be the enemy of God. Jehovah would now have it known that he has made his beloved Son the Head of the new organization and clothed him with divine authority for ever, and this he symbolizes by the crown of pure gold. 30 This new organization shall destroy the enemies of God and be forever to his glory, therefore it is written: "For thou preventest him with the blessings of goodness: thou settest a crown of pure gold on his head. His glory is great in thy salvation: honour and majesty hast thou laid upon him. For thou hast made him most blessed for ever: thou hast made him ex- ceeding glad with thy countenance. For the king trusteth in the Lord, and through the merey of the Most High he shall not be moved. Thine hand shall find out all thine enemies: thy right hand shall find out those that hate thee. Thou shalt make them as a fiery oven in the time of thine anger: the Lord shall swallow them up in his wrath, and the fire shall de- vour them. "-Ps. 21: 3, 5-9. 81 As a further vindication of his word and name Jehovah God has laid before men of the earth the op- portunity of proving their faithfulness and devotion to him, and grants to the faithful overcomers the great honor and reward of being a part of "the holy city". To this end he justified and brought forth sons and then offere(;l them a place in his kingdom. Those who responded to the call and have walked in the way of righteousness he has chosen and anointed. These have maintained their integrity with Jehovah and must continue to be stedfast in every way, and, so doing, will prove their complete loyalty and faithful- ness unto God. These have been taken into the cove- nant for the kingdom. (Luke 22 : 28, 29) They arc de- scribed as "living stones" built up aecording to the pattern of the perfect One, 'J'he Stone, the elect and precious One. If faithful unto death these sons of God will be born as children of God's woman Zion and be made a part of the kingdom or "holy nation ". (I Pet. 2: 3-10; Isa. 66: 8) These shall be made a part of ·'the holy city", the holy Jerusalem or organizd- tion prepared especially for the beloved One, Christ Jesus. Of these stones there will be 144,000; and they have been in course of development and preparation during the past nineteen hundred years, and the num· bel' is about complete. 32 By his prophet Jehovah said: "Therefore thlliJ saith the Lord God, Behold, I lay in Zion for a foun- dation a stone, a tried stone, a precious corner stone, a sure foundation: he that believeth shall not make haste. Judgment also will I lay to the line, and right- eousness to the plummet; and the hail shall sweep away the refuge of lies, and the waters shall overflow the hiding place. "-Isa. 28: 16, 17. 33 At the time of being laid The Stone must be "a tried stone". For three and a half years Jesus carried on his work in the earth and resisted every effort put forth by Satan to overcome him, and at the conclu- sion thereof Jesus rode into the typical city Jerusa. lem and offered himself as King. That was the laying of The Stone in miniature. (Matt. 21: 1-11) 'I'~le clergy in control of the religion of that people l'e- jected Jesus as King and sought his death. They openly took the side of Satan the Devil. To them Christ Jesus was there "a stone of stumbling" and "a rock of offence". He denounced them as the vcry hotbed of hypocrisy, and said to them: "The kingdom of God shall be taken from you, and given to a nation bringing forth the fruits thereof." He quoted to them the prophecy concerning The Stone, that they might have full notice that they were rejecting God's Word. -Ps. 118: 22; lIatt. 21: 42-44. 3. In 1914 Jesus, at Jehovah's direction, took his power and began his reign as King. After ousting Sa- tan from heaven Jesus then, in 1918, came to his t0m- pIe for judgment. He had then been "tried" twice, once when on earth, and the second time in his great fight against Satan, when he ousted him from heaven. (Rev. 12: 1-7) In coming to his temple he offered him- self as Kin~ and rightful Ruler of the earth to ell who claim his name. That was the laying of the chief corner Stone in Zion and in completion. The religion- ists of the present time, particularly the clergy of Christendom and the counterpart of the Pharisees, rejected Christ Jesus as King. They joined with othcrl:l of Satan's organization to set up the League of Na- tions and fully allied themselves openly with Satan's organization. In this the kings of earth are joined ill a confederacy and shall fall. (Isa. 8: 9-12) Christ il:l the great Judge in the temple. Now begins his jlld~ ment. Jehovah God through him puts forth a great witness to the truth which is likened unto hail which now uncovers the refuge of lies and hypocrisy that have long been practiced by the chief ones of Satan'ij earthly organization. Thus is The Stone definitely and completely identified. 35 Daniel then announces God's decrce or jud~ment upon 'the terrible image'. At the time of the enforce- m('nt of the judgment this terrible image mIDIt IJ6 <noinclude><references/></noinclude>