as a New Jerusalem, and also “Jerusalem” may refer to the right of the Messianic kingship.

Let us bear in mind that the foregoing is not only interesting but also of the greatest importance to us. Jehovah God has caused his prophecies regarding the restoration of Jerusalem, which applied to the Jews returning to their homeland in 537 B.C.E., to have a greater and grander fulfillment in the restoration of those today who represent “heavenly Jerusalem,” the remnant of the body of Christ still on earth. These, together with their companions, the “great crowd” of “other sheep,” are enjoying a spiritual paradise today. It is the privilege and duty of all sincere worshipers of the Creator, Jehovah God, to associate and cooperate with the “remnant,” representing ‘Jerusalem which is above,’ in rendering sacred service to God.​—John 10:16; Rev. 7:9, 15.

They ‘See Good Because of Their Hard Work’

PUSAN, Korea, is a city that swarms with people. In less than thirty years, the population has exploded from a quarter million to a million and a half, and still the numbers grow! Pusan sprang into prominence during the Korean War, when, for a time, it served as the country’s provisional capital and a refugee center for many thousands who fled before the Communist invasion.

Among these refugees were some who believed God’s Kingdom promises in the Bible, and these did just what the early Christians did when they “had been scattered”​—they kept on “declaring the good news of the word.” As a result, a congregation of Jehovah’s Witnesses was formed in Pusan. That was in 1950. But by 1976 that first congregation had expanded into fifty-four congregations in the Pusan area.​—Acts 8:4.

This expansion, along with the population growth, has brought problems. In a crowded city it became well-nigh impossible for Jehovah’s Witnesses to rent assembly places for their semiannual circuit assemblies. What could be done? In many Western countries the Witnesses were building halls to accommodate these assemblies. If this could be done in America and Europe, why not in Asia? And that is what the Korean Witnesses set out to do.

In a country so hard pressed by economic problems, how could they finance