'A Better World is Near' Special Worldwide Campaign

Paducah KY

03 December, 2021

9:03 AM

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Special Worldwide Campaign Brings Positive Message to Communities Mayfield, Kentucky, will be one of the thousands of communities around the globe that will receive a powerful message of hope this November as Jehovah’s Witnesses embark upon a special campaign focusing attention on the Bible’s hope for a better world. The goal of the campaign is to distribute a special edition of The Watchtower magazine containing the cover series, “A Better World is Near.” More than 36 million printed copies of the magazine are expected to be distributed in some 230 languages to communities in 240 lands around the globe. In addition, the digital publication is available on various platforms in nearly 400 languages. “People are longing to hear a positive message and this is the best news possible,” said Robert Hendriks, U.S. Spokesman for Jehovah’s Witnesses. “A better world is not just a dream, it’s inevitable. In fact, it is the central theme of the entire Bible.” The magazine addresses the age-old “doomsday” question “Is this world going to end?” with a comforting answer that may surprise many readers. While many religions have predicted the “end of the world,” the magazine reveals the Bible’s clear message: the earth is here forever and will never end! However, the magazine also explains the powerful truth that wickedness will soon be gone, quoting the Bible book of Psalms where it promises that the “lawless one” will be no more. (Psalm 37:10, Rotherham translation) This positive message has been the hope of millions around the world who have prayed for ‘God’s Kingdom to come,’ a familiar refrain of many Christians taught by Jesus in what some refer to as the Lord’s Prayer. Tamara Arnold, of Mayfield, anticipates that better world. Eighteen years ago, she was the victim of a turbulent marriage that left her a young widow and single mother. She recalled the events that traumatized her and her five-year-old daughter after she learned that her husband had been unfaithful. "I didn’t know where I should go and what I should say…It was very scary living with him," she said as her marriage deteriorated to a tragic ending. "He tried to kill us, right before he killed himself." In the aftermath, Tamara found her hope of a better world to come to be an anchor for her soul. Speaking about her God Jehovah Tamara said: “In every trial that I have been through, Jehovah has always worked it out to where I am okay…He will never let things get too hard; he will calm you. He has always calmed both of us, …Just knowing that his government is going to rule, that there will never be oppression or suffering, brings me comfort and makes me feel secure.” The Watchtower has been carrying a similar message about God’s Kingdom for more than 100 years and remains the most widely translated and circulated magazine in the world. The 2021 number two edition is available free online at jw.org, where anyone can also request a free printed copy by scrolling down on the homepage to “Request A Visit.” For more information, please call (718) 560-5600. Click below for a direct link to the online version of the magazine: https://www.jw.org/en/library/magazines/watchtower-no2-2021-may-jun/