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The Watchtower, ““They Will Have to Know That I Am Jehovah””

15 September 1988p. 25Source ID src-chg-d-w-1988-0915-gog-satanAccessed 19 September 2026
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The Watchtower, ““They Will Have to Know That I Am Jehovah””

15 September 1988 · p.25 · par. 14 · Watch Tower Bible and Tract Society

“Gog is “the ruler of this world,” Satan the Devil. He received the name Gog after his ouster from heaven, following the Kingdom’s birth in 1914.”

A congregation study article restating the identification of Gog with Satan twenty-seven years before it was withdrawn.

Provenance and verification note for The Watchtower, “They Will Have to Know That I Am Jehovah”

Confidence note. Document opened on wol.jw.org on 19 September 2026; the wording was read in full and the page number taken from the library's own page markers.

Accessed. 19 September 2026 · Source ID. src-chg-d-w-1988-0915-gog-satan