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Revelation—Its Grand Climax At Hand! (book), “Chapter 34: An Awesome Mystery Solved”

1988pp. 246-250Source ID src-re-1988-0000-awesome-mystery-solvedAccessed 19 September 2026
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Revelation—Its Grand Climax At Hand! (book), “Chapter 34: An Awesome Mystery Solved”

1988 · pp.246-250 · par. 6 (p. 248) · Watch Tower Bible and Tract Society of Pennsylvania

“The scarlet-colored wild beast did indeed climb out of the abyss. On June 26, 1945, with noisy fanfare in San Francisco, U.S.A., 50 nations voted to accept the Charter of the United Nations organization.”

Identifies the UN as the revived 'scarlet-colored wild beast' of Revelation 17; par. 8 says 'The UN does not have the answers'.

Provenance and verification note for Revelation—Its Grand Climax At Hand! (book), Chapter 34: An Awesome Mystery Solved

Confidence note. Opened the WOL document; page marker confirms p. 248 (matches the brief's pp. 247-248).

Corroborated by. src-re-1988-0000-executing-babylon-the-great, src-w-2012-0615-must-shortly-take-place

Notes. Book published 1988, i.e. before the 1991 NGO application; the 2006 revised printing retains the teaching (not separately checked).

Accessed. 19 September 2026 · Source ID. src-re-1988-0000-awesome-mystery-solved