But as World War II was raging in 1942, Nathan Knorr, who was then taking the lead among Jehovah’s Witnesses, delivered the convention discourse “Peace ​ — Can It Last? ”
وَقَدَّمَ فِيهَا أَدِلَّةً مِنَ ٱلرُّؤْيَا ٱلْإِصْحَاحِ ٱلـ‍ ١٧ عَلَى أَنَّ ٱلْحَرْبَ ٱلدَّائِرَةَ آنَذَاكَ لَنْ تُؤَدِّيَ إِلَى هَرْمَجِدُّونَ ،‏ بَلْ سَتَسُودُ بَعْدَهَا فَتْرَةٌ مِنَ ٱلسَّلَامِ .‏ —‏ رؤ ١٧ :‏ ​ ٣ ،‏ ١١‏ .‏