While it is true that the anointed were persecuted during the first world war, the tribulation they experienced was caused mainly by the secular authorities, not by Babylon the Great.
شواهد نشان می‌دهد که چند دهه پیش از جنگ جهانی اول خادمان مسح‌شدهٔ خدا ،‏ خود را از ادیان کاذب یا بابِل بزرگ جدا کرده بودند .‏