Christ will be
the General
of Jehovah.

God has
established
certain laws
in harmony
with which
He operates.

The "time of trouble" will be
the natural consequence of unrighteousness.

The world
has disregarded God’s counsel.

The "voice of avarice"
--Get all you can...

The selfish, stony heart of man
will become
a heart of flesh.

How did the
change from Godlike love
to selfishness
come about?

Sustenance became the principal aim
and interest of life.

The veil
of ignorance
and superstition
is now
being lifted.

Wealth brings
many evils
and some
blessings.

Hospitals

Libraries

As people take advantage
of educational facilities, they
begin to think for themselves.

There has been
a growing
opposition between
the wealthy
and labor.

The increase of
knowledge and
liberty brings
discontent.

"They
shall cast
their silver
in the streets,
and their gold
shall be
removed;

"Their silver
and their gold
shall not be able
to deliver them
in the day
of the wrath
of the LORD..."
Ezekiel 7:19

Destruction of Jerusalem - 70 A.D.
A picture of trouble upon Christendom

March 1917
Czar Nicholas II of Russia abdicates

November 1917
Bolshevik
Revolution

November 10, 1989
Berlin Wall,
symbol of Communist
oppression,
comes down

December 25, 1989
Communist Dictator Nicolae Ceausescu executed

The trouble involves all classes.

The fire
of God’s zeal
is symbolic,
not a literal fire.

Other symbols in Scripture.

The variety of symbols helps us appreciate the various features of the Day of the Lord.

Mountains = Kingdoms

Peter’s symbolic prophecy

The symbolic
heavens
and earth
will pass away
in the great trouble.

"...the earth
abideth
for ever."
Ecc. 1:4

Apostle Peter

Apostle John

Apostle Paul

Haughtiness
and oppression
will be entirely consumed.

The Prophet Malachi’s symbols

Symbolic fire 
will utterly destroy every error.

Gold, Silver and Precious Gems symbolize Divine Truths and Corresponding Character

A storm
symbolizes
the trouble
of the Day
of the Lord.

The Psalmist David vividly describes this Day
of Trouble.

A dark night of trouble
will precede the glorious brightness of the kingdom of righteousness.

Pride
on the
one side-- Ignorance
and bigotry
on the other

The two rival parties --
wealth
and poverty

The wealthy
feel a right
to the fruit
of their efforts.

All
should be
useful
to others.

Both labor
and capital
have benefited
from increased
  knowledge and
inventions.

Artisan and the laborer

One invention has followed another very rapidly.

Machinery enables one man to accomplish
as much as many did formerly

The organization of labor.

"Boom"
and
inflation --
Reaction
and
recession

Over-production and unemployment

The great railroad systems

Management proposes

Wage Workers organize for reform

What causes
the great trouble
of the "Day of Jehovah"?

 
"Seek ye the LORD, all ye meek of the earth, 
which have wrought his judgment;
seek righteousness, seek meekness:
it may be ye shall be hid  in the day
of the LORD’s anger."
Zephaniah 2:3

A government which will enforce the principles of righteousness

Those who seek righteousness will suffer less from fear
and foreboding.

Society weakens with each new spasm of trouble.

Labor pangs
in the birth
of a new era

Emancipation
of the world
at the hands of one greater than Moses.

The Day of Trouble
is right on time -- God’s due time.

Society
is unable
to adjust
to new
circumstances.

"In the sweat
of thy face shalt thou eat bread,
till thou return unto the ground."
Genesis 3:19

Had the
knowledge come sooner,
the trouble
would have come sooner

Dissatisfaction
is widespread.

"He that dwelleth in the secret place
 of the Most High
 shall abide under the shadow 
of the Almighty."
Psalms 91:1

"He shall cover thee with his feathers, 
and under his wings shalt thou trust: 
his truth shall be thy shield and buckler."
Psalms 91:4

Provide things decent
and needful,
with
contentment.

"Let your
conversation
be without
covetousness;
and be content
with
such things
as ye have..."
Hebrews 13:5

Heralds
of the Kingdom -- Ambassadors
of Peace

The Kingdom
at hand
is the only
remedy
and hope.

The eminent Kingdom...