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the Lord. So in the fulfillment, the marching of 
Jehovah’s witnesses, that is, his devoted priestly 
class, and their sounding of the message of the 
kingdom continue until God’s due time for that to 
end. When the witness work is completed accord- 
ing to Jehovah’s will, then all his witnesses will 
shout to him in faith for him to act in the victorious 
vindication of his name, and down “Christendom” 
must fall. No matter how strong or apparently im- 
pregnable the enemy organization, and no matter 
how much the inhabitants of that city may like peace 
and safety, the worldly organization, religious, po- 
litical, and commercial, must go down. Such is the 
“strange act” of Jehovah, and it will strip the reli- 
gionists, their allies and supporters, of their hid- 
ing place and their protection, pictured by the wail, 
that is, the political and commercial elements, which 
now use the strong-arm squad to do the bidding of 
the religious leaders. Religionists now rely upon 
their wall; but it is certain to fall: “The rich man’s 
wealth is his strong city, and as an high wall in his 
own conceit.”—Prov. 18:11. 
“The fall of Jericho’s walls killed and buried 
many people. Likewise the fall of “Christendom’s” 
wall will be the end of religious systems that have 
long defamed the name of Jehovah. When the wall 
fell the men of war went right over the ruins thereof 
and took the city and completed the destruction of it. 
None were permitted to escape: “And they utterly 
destroyed all that was in the city, both man and 
woman, young and old, and ox, and sheep, and ass, 
with the edge of the sword.” (Josh. 6:21) Thus is 
pictured the complete destruction at Armageddon 
of all who have supported religion and form a part 
of Satan’s organization. The armed men that were 
permitted to act in taking the city and destroying 
the people pictured the invisible army of the Lord 
described at Ezekiel nine. That will mark a time 
of tribulation such as never was known before, and 
there shall never be another.—Matt. 24:21. 
“The only part of the walls of Jericho that re- 
mained standing was that portion where Rahab’s 
house was situate. Jehovah thereby confirmed the 
oath of the spies and gave respect to the display 
of the scarlet thread and held up that part of the 
wall, while he demolished every other part. Rahab 
and her household showed faith in God and obedi- 
ence to the covenant made with his servants, and 
they were saved. Rahab had been warned by the 
spies that she must remain in her house. “Whoso- 
ever shall go out of the doors of thy house into the 
street [mix up with the religious institutions], his 
blood shall be upon his head, and we will be guilt- 
less.” (Josh. 2:19) This supports and is in harmony 
with the law concerning the city of refuge, show- 
ing that the “great multitude” must remain in the 
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city of refuge until released by the will and act of 
Jehovah God, and further supports the conclusion 
that those persons forming the “great multitude” 
will be the only survivors of Armageddon aside 
from the remnant and the faithful men of old. 
“Immediate action was taken to rescue Rahab 
and her household: “And the young men that were 
spies went in, and brought out Rahab, and her father, 
and her mother, and her brethren, and all that she 
had; and they brought out all her kindred and left 
them without the camp of Israel.” (Josh. 6:23) 
Rahab had showed her faith, in her activity in gath- 
ering her relatives into her house. Those that did 
not believe and that refused to come in perished. 
So it will be at Armageddon. Jehovah has warned 
the people of good will to seek righteousness and 
meekness if they would find refuge in the day of 
his wrath. (Zeph. 2:3) This shows that as one of 
good will receives a knowledge of the truth his duty 
is and the proof of his faith will be his activity in 
proclaiming the message of the kingdom to others 
who have the hearing ear, that they may be gath- 
ered into the Lord’s organization and there find 
safety. Rahab and those with her needed to be 
examined before being accepted into the tribes of 
Israel, and therefore they were “left .. . without 
the camp” for a time. If they had brought with them 
any of the valuables of the accursed city, such must 
be taken from them and destroyed. They must be 
meek, that is, willing to learn, and must seek right- 
eousness by obeying instructions. This emphasizes 
the truth that those who will compose the “great 
multitude” are not spiritual Israelites. Rahab and 
her relatives that were saved pictured the people 
of good will who become the “great multitude” that 
abides in the earth for ever. 
“That “Christendom” shall be completely de- 
stroyed is here shown in the drama: “And they 
burnt the city with fire, and all that was therein: 
only the silver, and the gold, and the vessels of 
brass and of iron, they put into the treasury of the 
house of the Lord.” (Josh. 6:24) God gave through 
Moses the law by which Jericho must be dealt with: 
“But of the cities of these people, which the Lord 
thy God doth give thee for an inheritance, thou 
shalt save alive nothing that breatheth: but thou 
shalt utterly destroy them; namely, the Hittites, 
and the Amorites, the Canaanites, and the Periz- 
zites, the Hivites, and the Jebusites; as the Lord 
thy God hath commanded thee: that they teach you 
not to do after their abominations, which they have 
done unto their gods; so should ye sin against the 
Lord your God.”—Deut. 20: 16-18. 
“The destruction suffered by Jericho foretells 
what shall come to pass upon “Christendom” at 
Armageddon, that is to say, complete destruction. 
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