Hence, after 1935 the thrust of the preaching work turned to the gathering of “a great crowd, ” those whom the apostle John saw in vision and who would survive“ the great tribulation. ” ​ — Rev.
وَمَعَ ذلِكَ ،‏ ٱخْتِيرَ أَفْرَادٌ قَلِيلُونَ لِلدَّعْوَةِ ٱلسَّمَاوِيَّةِ مُنْذُ ٱلثَّلَاثِينَاتِ .‏