The Watchtower, “Part 2—Flashes of Light—Great and Small”
“It had been thought that Revelation chapter 12 described a war between pagan Rome and papal Rome, with the male child representing the papacy. But that article showed that Revelation 11:15-18 had a bearing on the meaning of chapter 12, indicating that it relates to the birth of God’s Kingdom.”
The article referred to is “Birth of the Nation” in The Watch Tower of 1 March 1925, which reassigned the central vision of Revelation 12 from church history to the organisation's 1914 Kingdom teaching.
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Provenance and verification note for The Watchtower, Part 2—Flashes of Light—Great and Small
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-1995-0515-p2-rev12