the greatest light today, as “the light of the world.”

The light that leads to everlasting life originates with Jehovah, the divine Source of all light and life. Jesus Christ received light from his Father and reflected it to others, that they might walk in light and be light bearers themselves. As an organization the true followers of Jesus Christ are “the light of the world,” shining with great brilliance to the glory of Jehovah God and to the salvation of all who come to “possess the light of life.”

“Love” in the Christian Greek Scriptures

AT THE time the Christian Greek Scriptures were written, Greek was the universal language. This fact made for their greatest possible distribution in the shortest time possible. Additionally, Greek is a very specific and exact language and the koine Greek of that time was highly developed, making it the best medium for the exact expression of thought. A case in point are its words for “love.”

In the English language we speak of “love” between the sexes, “love” of a mother for her child, “love” of friends and the unselfish “love” of God. In the Greek language, however, four separate and distinct words are used: éros, storgé, philéo and agápe. Because Eros was the name the later Greek poets gave their god of love, who was the son of Aphrodítē, éros came to be the name for romantic love, love between the sexes. The Roman counterpart to Eros is the more familiar Cupid, usually shown with a bow and arrow. Very significantly, not once is the term éros found in the Christian Greek Scriptures.

Storgé is the term used to describe natural affection based on blood relationships, accounting for the expression “blood is thicker than water.” It is found only three

Part 40—“Your Will Be Done on Earth”

Below we print the chart that follows the concluding chapter of the book “Your Will Be Done on Earth.”

[Chart on page 377-380]

CHRONOLOGICAL CHART OF WORLD POWERS (THIRD TO SEVENTH)—607 B.C. TO A.D. 1926

MIDDLE EAST EGYPT THE WEST JUDEA

BABYLONIAN EMPIRE

(607-539 B.C.)

Nebuchadnezzar Jerusalem

Evil-merodach, and temple

582 B.C. destroyed,

Neriglissar 607 B.C.

Labashi-Marduk

Nabonidus

Belshazzar,

died 539 B.C.

MEDO-PERSIAN

EMPIRE

(539-331 B.C.)

Darius the Mede

Cyrus the Great

(Persian)

Jerusalem’s

Cambyses Pharaoh temple

[Usurper Magian Psammetichus III altar

Gaumata, pretending rebuilt by

to be Smerdis, restored

522/1 B.C.] Jewish

remnant,

537 B.C.

Darius I (Persian) Darius I Jerusalem’s

(Hystaspes), redigs the temple

521-485 B.C. Suez Canal rebuilt,

520-

516 B.C.

Xerxes I Roman Republic

(Ahasuerus) is set up with

Artaxerxes I praetors,

(Longimanus) 509 B.C.

Jerusalem’s

temple

visited

by priest

Ezra,

468 B.C.

Jerusalem’s

walls

rebuilt

by Governor

Xerxes II Nehemiah,

Darius II 455 B.C.

(Ochus; Nothus) Seventy

weeks of

years begin

counting

Artaxerxes II

(Mnemon)

Artaxerxes III

(Ochus)

Arses Philip II, king

of Macedonia,

359-336 B.C.

Darius III Alexander III,

(336-331 B.C.) the Great, king

(Codomannus) of Macedonia,

336 B.C.

MACEDONIAN

Conquered by (ALEXANDER’S) Conquered by

Alexander the EMPIRE Alexander

Great, (336-323 B.C.) the Great,

332 B.C. 332 B.C.

Alexander the Comes under

PTOLEMAIC Great dies at control of

KINGDOM Babylon, Ptolemaic

323 B.C. Kingdom of

Egypt,

323 B.C.

Philip Aridaeus

Ptolemy I, son (323-317 B.C.)

of Lagus the

father of the

Lagidae

SELEUCID KINGDOM (323-

Over Syria and 285 B.C.) Alexander Allou

Mesopotamia (317-311 B.C.)

Seleucus I Nicator

(312-280 B.C.)

Heracles

(Hercules)

(311-309 B.C.)

Cassander, king

of Macedonia

Ptolemy II Antigonus

Antiochus I (285- Gonatas, king

(280-261 B.C.) 246 B.C.) of Macedonia,

(Philadelphus) 277-239 B.C.

Antiochus II

(“Theos”)

(261-246 B.C.)

husband of Laodice

Seleucus II Ptolemy III

Callinicus Evergetes

(246-226 B.C.) (246-221 B.C.)

Seleucus III

Ceraunus

(226-223 B.C.)

Antiochus III

the Great

(223-187 B.C.) Ptolemy IV

Philopater Philip V, king

(221-203 B.C.) of Macedonia,

220-179 B.C. Taken under

control by

Syrian King

Ptolemy V Antiochus

Epiphanes III the

(203-181 B.C.) Great,

Roman General 198 B.C.

L. Scipio

Asiaticus

defeats

Antiochus III

at Magnesia,

190 B.C.

Seleucus IV

Philopator

(187-175 B.C.) Ptolemy VI Seleucus IV

Philometor Philopator

(181-146 B.C.) sends

Heliodorus

to

Jerusalem

to pillage

the temple

treasure,

c. 175 B.C.

Antiochus IV

Epiphanes

(“God Manifest”)

(175-163 B.C.) MACCABEAN

REVOLT

(167 B.C.)

Temple

rededicated

by Judas

Maccabeus,

Antiochus V Macedonia becomes 165 B.C.

Eupator dependent upon Feast of

(163-162 B.C.) Rome, 168 B.C.; dedication

is made a Roman instituted

Demetrius I Soter province,

(162-150 B.C.) 146 B.C.

Judas

Maccabeus

negotiates

a treaty

with

Rome,

161 B.C.

Jonathan,

youngest

brother of

Judas

Alexander Balas Ptolemy Greece made a

(150-145 B.C.) Eupator Roman province,

(146 B.C.) 147/146 B.C.

Antiochus VI Ptolemy VII,

Dionysus surnamed

(145-141 B.C.) Evergetes II

(Physkon)

(146-

117 B.C.)

Demetrius II Simon, of

Nicator original

(145-139/8 B.C.) Maccabean

family

(143/142-

134 B.C.)

Antiochus VII Sidetes Attalus III, John

(139/8-129 B.C.) king of Hyrcanus

Pergamum, (134-

Seleucus V wills his 104 B.C.)

kingdom

to Rome,

133 B.C.

Antiochus VIII Ptolemy VIII,

Grypus surnamed

Soter II

(Lathyrus),

and Cleopatra

his mother,

Antiochus IX 117-81 B.C.

Cyzicenus

Antiochus X Ptolemy IX (or,

Eusebes Alexander I)

Antiochus XI (107-

Epiphanes 89 B.C.) Aristobulus I

assumes

title of

“king,”

Philip II 104 B.C.

Antiochus XII Alexander

Dionysus Jannaeus

(103-

76 B.C.)

Tigranes, king of

Armenia, acquires

Syria, 83 B.C.

(83-69 B.C.) Ptolemy X (or,

Alexander II

(81-80 B.C.)

Ptolemy XI Alexandra

Auletes (76-67 B.C.)

(80-51 B.C.)

Antiochus XIII Aristobulus

Asiaticus II (66-

(69-65 B.C.) 63 B.C.)

Dethroned by

Roman General

Pompey

Syria made a Roman Roman General

province, with Pompey defeats

capital at Antioch, Mithridates

64 B.C. and Tigranes,

64 B.C. Jerusalem

captured by

Roman

General

Pompey,

63 B.C.

Roman

control

established

over

Romans occupy Palestine

Egypt, 55-

51 B.C., after

restoring

Ptolemy XI to

Ptolemy XII throne

and his sister

Cleopatra

(51-48/7 B.C.)

Julius Caesar

Ptolemy XIII defeats Ptolemy

and Cleopatra XII, who drowns

(47-43 B.C.)

Cleopatra,

with her son Herod the

Caesarion Great

nominally Battle of Actium, (son of

coregent 31 B.C., in Antipater)

under which Octavius takes

the name of defeats Mark Jerusalem

Ptolemy XIV Antony by storm,

(43-30 B.C.) 37 B.C., to

become king

Egypt becomes

a Roman ROMAN EMPIRE as

province, Sixth World

30 B.C. Power (30 B.C.–

A.D. 800)

Octavius, as

sole ruler of

Rome, is styled

Augustus by the

Roman Senate,

27 B.C.

P. Sulpicius Birth of

Quirinius, Jesus at

governor of Bethlehem-

Syria, 2 B.C. Judah,

2 B.C.

Archelaus,

son of

Herod

the Great,

ethnarch of

Judea

ROMAN

PROCURATORS:

Coponius,

A.D. 6-9

P. Sulpicius Ambibulus,

Quirinius (A.D. 6) A.D. 9-12

Q. Caecilius Tiberius Caesar, Annius

Metellus emperor of Rome, Ruffinus,

A.D. 14-37 A.D. 12-15

Creticus Silanus

M. Calpurnius Piso Valerius

Gratus,

A.D. 15-26

C. Sentius Pontius

Saturninus Pilate,

A.D. 26-36

L. Pomponius Marcellus,

Flaccus A.D. 36-37

L. Vitellius, Roman Gaius Caligula, Marullus,

proconsul of Syria emperor A.D. 37-41

(A.D. 35-39) A.D. 37-41

[Herod

Agrippa

I, king of

Claudius, Judea,

A.D. 41-54 A.D. 41-44]

Cuspius

Fadus,

A.D. 44-46

Tiberius

Alexander,

A.D. 46-48

Ventidius

Cumanus,

A.D. 48-52

M. Antonius

Felix,

Nero, A.D. 52-58

A.D. 54-68 (?)

Porcius

Festus,

A.D. 58-62

(?)

Albinus,

A.D. 62-64

Gessius

Florus,

A.D. 64-66

Jewish war

with Rome,

A.D. 66-73

C. Cestius Gallus Galba,

(A.D. 65-67) A.D. 68-69

P. Licinius Mucianus Otho,

(A.D. 67-69) A.D. 69

Vitellius,

A.D. 69

Vespasian, Jerusalem

A.D. 69-79 and temple

destroyed,

A.D. 70

Jewish

Titus, fortress of

A.D. 79-81 Masada

falls,

A.D. 73

Domitian, [John the

A.D. 81-96 apostle, on

Nerva, isle of

A.D. 96-98 Patmos,

Trajan, writes The

A.D. 98-117 Revelation

and three

letters and

Gospel,

A.D. 96-98]

Emperor Trajan

adds Armenia,

Mesopotamia and

and Assyria to Rome

Septimius

Septimia Zenobia Severus,

(Bath Zabbai), A.D. 193-211

queen of Palmyra, Builds a Roman

A.D. 266/7- wall in Britain

272 Queen Aurelian,

Zenobia’s A.D. 270-275

army occupies

Egypt, A.D. 270

Queen Zenobia and

son captured by

Emperor Aurelian,

A.D. 272

CONSTANTINOPOLITAN Constantine

RULE the Great,

A.D. 324-337

Emperor Constantine

founds New Rome or

Constantinople,

and makes it the

capital, A.D. 330

Egypt comes

Theodosius, under the

A.D. 379-395 control of

Arcadius, the eastern Honorius,

A.D. 395-408 division of A.D. 395-423

Theodosius II, the Roman Valentinian III,

A.D. 408-450 Empire, A.D. 423-455

A.D. 395 Romans quit

Britain,

A.D. 436

Zeno, A.D. 474-491

Becomes ruler of Odoacer, of

the whole Roman Imperial

Empire, A.D. 476 bodyguard, takes

Rome and becomes

king of Italy,

A.D. 476 Jerusalem

captured by

Moslems

under the

Heraclius, Alexandria caliph

A.D. 610-641 falls to Omar,

Mohammedan A.D. 637

Saracens; Dome of the

Egypt becomes Rock built

province of by amir

Mohammedan Abdalmalik,

Constantine V, and caliphs, A.D. 688,

his mother Irene, A.D. 641 in

A.D. 780 Charlemagne, the Jerusalem

Frank, crowned

Constantine VI, Emperor of the

A.D. 792 the West, by

Empress Irene alone Pope Leo III,

A.D. 797-802 at Rome,

A.D. 800

EASTERN ROMAN WESTERN ROMAN

EMPIRE EMPIRE

Nicephorus I, Emperor

A.D. 802-811 Charlemagne,

A.D. 800-814

Lewis I,

A.D. 814-840

HOLY ROMAN

EMPIRE OF THE

GERMAN NATION

Otho I crowned

Romanus II, by Pope John Jerusalem

A.D. 959-963 XII as emperor captured

of the Holy from

Roman Empire, Crusaders

A.D. 962 by

Saladin,

sultan of

Egypt and

Syria,

Nicephorus II, October 2,

A.D. 963-969 1187

Frederick III,

as head of

the House of

Hapsburg, is

elected emperor

Constantine of the Holy

Palaeologus XII, Roman Empire,

A.D. 1448-1453 A.D. 1440.

Constantinople is Reigns till

captured by Mahomet A.D. 1493

(Mohammed) II, May

29, A.D. 1453. It Selim I, Jerusalem

becomes capital of emperor of taken by

Ottoman Empire, the Turks, British Queen Turks under

and the Byzantine conquers Elizabeth I Selim I in

Empire ends Egypt, charters East 1516

A.D. 1517 India Company

A.D. 1600

Virginia begins

to be settled,

A.D. 1607, as

Great Britain’s

first American

colony

Seventh World

Power emerges

in Great

Britain,

A.D. 1763

Great part Francis II

of Egypt is succeeds his

conquered by father as Holy

French under Roman Emperor,

Napoleon A.D. 1792

Bonaparte,

A.D. 1798-

1799

HOLY ROMAN

EMPIRE ends,

as Francis II

Syria is restored British renounces title,

to Turkey, troops and takes title

A.D. 1840 dispossess of Francis I,

French, and Emperor of

Turkish Austria,

government is A.D. 1806

restored,

A.D. 1801

Suez Canal GERMAN EMPIRE

opened, re-established

A.D. 1869 under William

Egypt, under I of Prussia,

a native A.D. 1871; signs

“Khedive,” treaty of

is virtually alliance with

a British Austria and

dependency Italy, March

from 1882 13, 1887

onward

Frederick III,

German emperor,

A.D. 1888

William II,

German emperor,

A.D. 1888-1918

Austria declares

war on Serbia,

July 28, 1914

Germany declares

war on Russia,

August 1, 1914

Great Britain

declares war on

Egypt declared Germany, August

a British 4, 1914

Protectorate,

December, America declares

1914 war on Germany,

April 6, 1917 Jerusalem

captured by

British,

World War I ends December 9,

on November 11, 1917

1918

Paris Peace

Conference opens

January 18, 1919

France ratifies

Peace Treaty,

with League In peace

of Nations settlement

Charter, Turkey,

Syria ceases to be October 13, ally of

a Turkish province, 1919, to make Germany,

is created as an it effective renounces

independent state her

and is mandated to sovereignty

France by Supreme over

Council of League Palestine

of Nations, League of

A.D. 1920 Nations begins Palestine is

functioning mandated to

at London, Great

England, Britain by

January 10, League of

1920. Eighth Nations in

World Power 1920

becomes alive

Germany is

admitted to

League of

Nations,

September 8,

1926

PROPHETIC “TIMES” AND “DAYS”

“SEVEN TIMES” or “the appointed times of the nations” (Daniel 4:16, 23, 25, RS; Luke 21:24:

Began in 7th lunar month (Ethanim—September-October), 607 B.C.

Ended in 7th lunar month (September-October), A.D. 1914

“TIME, TWO TIMES, AND HALF A TIME” (Daniel 7:25; 12:7, RS):

Began in first half of November, 1914

Ended May 7, 1918, at arrest of Watch Tower Society’s officers and companions

(Compare the 42 months of Revelation 11:2)

“A THOUSAND TWO HUNDRED AND NINETY DAYS” (Daniel 12:11, Le):

Began the end of January, 1919

Ended the first half of September, 1922, at the second Cedar Point (Ohio) convention

“THE THOUSAND THREE HUNDRED AND THIRTY-FIVE DAYS” (Daniel 12:12, AT):

Began the first half of September, 1922, at the second Cedar Point (Ohio) convention

Ended in the month of May, 1926, at the London (England) International Convention

“TWO THOUSAND AND THREE HUNDRED EVENINGS AND MORNINGS” (Daniel 8:14, RS):

Began in the month of May, 1926, at the London (England) International Convention (May 25-31)

Ended on October 15, 1932, with the official publication of notice in The Watchtower

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HELLENIC EMPIRES of the North and the South (312-30 B.C.)

Boundaries

Cities and Towns

MACEDONIAN EMPIRE

Pello

Acarnania

Thermopylae

GREECE

Chalcis

Athens

Boeotia

Sparta

CRETE

CYPRUS

(MEDITERRANEAN SEA)

THRACE

Byzantium

Lysimachia

(Black Sea)

SELEUCID EMPIRE

BITHYNIA

Ilium

Pergamum

Sardis

Ephesus

Magnesia

CILICIA

Taurus Mts.

Tarsus

Seleucia

Antioch

Tadmor (Palmyra)

Damascus

Byblus

Sidon

Tyre

Ptolemais

Jerusalem

Gaza

PTOLEMAIC EMPIRE

River Nile

EGYPT

Alexandria

Memphis

LIBYA

Red Sea

ARABIA

Elath

MESOPOTAMIA

River Euphrates

BABYLONIA

Babylon

River Tigris

(Persian Gulf)

PERSIS

ELAM

Susa

Persepolis

MEDIA

Gaugamela

Ecbatana

CARMANIA

GEDROSIA

PONTUS

ARMENIA

HYRCANIA

Hecatompylus

PARTHIA

ARIA

SOGDIANA

BACTRIA

DRANGIANA

ARACHOSIA

(Indus River)

(Jhelum R.)

(Chenab R.)

(Ravi R.)

(Sutlej R.)

Boundaries

Cities and Towns

SCALE OF MILES

0

100

300

500

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BRITISH EMPIRE (A.D. 1914)

Crown colonies or protectorates: MALTA

Self-governing dominions: INDIA

GREAT BRITAIN

IRELAND

DOMINION OF CANADA

LABRADOR

NEWFOUNDLAND

BR. GUIANA

SIERRA LEONE

GOLD COAST (GHANA)

NIGERIA

EGYPT

EGYPT SUDAN

UGANDA

KENYA

BR. SOMALILAND

RHODESIA

BECHUANALAND

UNION OF SOUTH AFRICA

EMPIRE OF INDIA

KASHMIR

BURMA

CEYLON

SARAWAK

BR. NEW GUINEA

COMMONWEALTH OF AUSTRALIA

Tasmania

DOMINION OF NEW ZEALAND

BERMUDA

BAHAMAS

JAMAICA

BR. HONDURAS

ANTIGUA

BARBADOS

TRINIDAD

FALKLAND IS.

GIBRALTAR

GAMBIA

ASCENSION

ST. HELENA

MALTA

CYPRUS

ADEN

SOCOTRA

SEYCHELLES

ZANZIBAR

MAURITIUS

Wei-hai-wei

Hong Kong

MALAY STATES

Singapore

FIJI

TONGA IS.

UNITED STATES

(SOUTH AMERICA)

(EUROPE)

(AFRICA)

RUSSIA (U.S.S.R.)

North Atlantic Ocean

South Atlantic Ocean

Indian Ocean

North Pacific Ocean

Arctic Circle

Equator