A Better World is Near

‘A Better World is Near’

Special Worldwide Campaign Brings Positive Message to Community

“When I was eight, my father abandoned my mother with five children,” said 73-year-old Immokalee resident Guadalupe Perez. A few years after her father left, she gave up school to help support the family with only a sixth-grade education. After marrying “very young,” she and her husband would go from place to place, working in fields to support their seven children. “I can honestly say our life was a disaster. It was always on the go and a mess,” said Perez. But something came along that she says helped clean up their “mess.”

Immokalee 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. Perez, has felt the power of this foretold promise even now. “Learning about the Bible changed my direction and purpose in life because I was finally able to feel love from a father.”

The trials in life have not stopped. She lost her mother and brother unexpectedly. Another sibling was involved in an accident. As a result, his legs had to be amputated and he is currently in an induced coma. Perez and her husband are also dealing with the struggles of caring for their daughter, who has a chronic disease.

But Perez says she always finds comfort in the promises of a better world in God’s word. “There is nothing more painful than to see how a child deteriorates, but the promises that God has for us in the Bible have helped me and my husband. Now I know that I am not alone and I can speak to Jehovah God. Whenever I pray to him it makes me feel so much better,” she said. “It gives me the strength that I need to continue in a happy way.”

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/