Jehovah's Witnesses

The Covenant with DEATH!

2008-08-08T13:33:00.000-07:00

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For all Jehovah's Witnesses

2008-04-14T18:40:00.000-07:00

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Video Summary To Calculate The Number 666

2008-01-30T13:43:00.000-08:00

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Jehoavh's Witnesses and The Mark of The Beast

2008-01-29T17:08:00.000-08:00

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Out of the North

2008-01-09T16:32:00.000-08:00

"But there will be reports that will disturb him, out of the sunrising and out of the north, and he will certainly go forth in a great rage in order to annihilate and to devote many to destruction."
-Daniel 11:44

Introduction

If the scriptures in the bible are really true, then at some time we should be able to measure them against tangible events, which are actually occurring in our recent history. By keeping on the watch for these events we can make decisions saving our own lives and perhaps many others. The bible does indicate that most people will be surprised by the sudden arrival of Jesus Christ however; it also indicates that a small remainder will have kept on the watch and will understand what is happening during the time of the end -2Th2:13. The words written on these few pages with supporting scriptures will help the discerning reader to:

see the disgusting thing standing in a holy place.

understand what the holy place is.

understand who the man of lawlessness is.

understand who is acting as a restraint and

how he gets to be out of the way.

how the man of lawlessness enters the temple and

how he lifts himself up above a god.

Understand what the apostasy is mentioned by the Apostle Paul.

understand who Babylon the Great really is and why.

what the unclean expressions are and who they really gather together.

who the drunkards are and

what it means to eat and drink with them.

What Satan's unrighteous deception is and how extremely successful it's been.

See the way to real understanding of the bible

What the seven headed wild beast represents.

Understand a sacred secret.

Which head received the death-stroke

Who the 10 kings are.

Why the 10 kings do not yet have a kingdom

How they give their power to the wild beast.

What the name of the wild beast is.

Why it's a man's number.

Where to find the information to calculate the number.

Why the number really is 666.

The combined total of these fulfillments should cement the fact that the end of the world is really about to happen, the conclusion of this system of things. Your faith in God's plan as outlined in the bible will be solidified. If the reader is indeed a righteous person you will likely be surprised at how far reaching Satan's unrighteous deception has been and yet relieved that you have been helped with a little help to see through it.

The reader could turn to the last pages and quickly find answers to the name and number of the wild beast however, you may do yourself a disservice as the rationales and profundities may elude you. Until the disgusting thing is seen and understood the wild beast and its number cannot be so easily reconciled. It is recommended that the words be read, verified and contemplated from the beginning first, in order to make the words towards the end more easily understood. The mysteries of the bible have eluded the wisest and most intelligent men for many centuries. Hopefully the reader will understand that even now they still cannot be easily summarized and so quickly imparted to any man.

The discerning reader who reaches the end of these pages should eventually understand why this admonishment was necessary. The writer of these words cannot righteously take any credit and so remains anonymous. The reader with great joy should eventually discern in the pages which follow, who really is behind the insights being imparted here.

Man of Lawlessness

One of the events prophesied in the bible and having many features we can measure is the revealing of the "man of lawlessness". Paul confirms in his 2nd letter to the Thessalonians that it precedes the gathering together of the chosen ones to Jesus Christ when he arrives. According to the Gospel of Matthew this is the first action Jesus takes at the very conclusion of this system of things.

Matthew 24:30- And then the sign of the Son of man will appear in heaven, and then all the tribes of the earth will beat themselves in lamentation, and they will see the Son of man coming on the clouds of heaven with power and great glory. 31 And he will send forth his angels with a great trumpet sound, and they will gather his chosen ones together from the four winds.

The scripture leaves no doubt that everyone will see Jesus Christ coming and so therefore, this gathering is still a future event.

Searching for convincing evidences of this "man of lawlessness" is certainly a worthwhile effort and indicates a willingness to keep on the watch as admonished by Jesus Christ a few verses later on in Matthew Chapter 24.

Matthew 24:42- "Keep on the watch, therefore, because YOU do not know on what day YOUR Lord is coming."

2 Thessalonians 2:1- However, brothers, respecting the presence of our Lord Jesus Christ and our being gathered together to him,………. 3 Let no one seduce YOU in any manner, because it will not come unless the apostasy comes first and the man of lawlessness gets revealed, the son of destruction.

After contemplating the above scripture the reader should realize that the revealing of the man of lawlessness and recognizing the apostasy is an inevitability for those righteous ones who are keeping on the watch. It is the faithful and loyal anointed Christians who will eventually discern these events. Once discerned there rests an obligation on these same faithful ones to feed the domestics. This is revealed by another end time scripture found in Matthew Chapter 24.

Matthew 24:45- "Who really is the faithful and discreet slave whom his master appointed over his domestics, to give them their food at the proper time? 46 Happy is that slave if his master, on arriving finds him doing so.

Upon arriving Jesus Christ should find the faithful ones explaining what the man of lawlessness is, as well as the apostasy and also the disgusting thing which is to be seen in a holy place. This is so that the domestics or true Christians can "flee" at the proper time. The reader should also realize that if these scriptures are to be accurately fulfilled then at this time these same loyal faithful anointed ones, will be "beaten" by their very own anointed brothers, the evil salve.

In order to keep on the watch we should be carefully examining current events so that the apostasy and man of lawlessness can be recognized.

By asking ourselves simple questions and looking for straightforward answers which might provide tangible evidences we could have success. The bible itself gives evidence that it is a simple straightforward approach that should work when looking for the truth as inferred by the following scripture in Isaiah:

Isaiah 59:14- And righteousness itself kept standing simply far off. For truth has stumbled even in the public square, and what is straightforward is unable to enter.

After contemplating the words written on the following pages the discerning reader should realize that the questions being asked here are indeed very simple and the answers straightforward.

The lawlessness was already at work in the first century and yet the effect of this lawlessness would become so thorough during the last days that it would gain entry right into the temple of The God. Such an overwhelming manifestation of lawlessness must not be able to continue escaping notice and yet the scriptures do indicate there is something acting as a restraint which will eventually be out of the way, making the revealing
possible.

2nd Thessalonians 7- True, the mystery of this lawlessness is already at work; but only till he who is right now acting as a restraint gets to be out of the way.

The Serpents Face

There is a place in scripture where those who are faithful and loyal do get away to a place where they are fed (truths). Could this be the time when they learn about the "man of lawlessness"?

Revelation 12:4- But the two wings of the great eagle were given the woman, that she might fly into the wilderness to her place; there is where she is fed for a time and times and half a time away from the face of the serpent.

The place is in the wilderness, the thing they get away from which, must then be the same thing acting as a restraint is the face of the serpent.

The bible itself explains that something restrains loyal Christians from learning the truth about the man of lawlessness and yet the same bible later explains that loyal ones "the woman" get away from something which now enables them to be fed truths. Straightforward answers can be found to simple questions. This leads into yet another simple question:

Could God's faithful chosen ones be living right in the face of Satan during the time of the end and for this reason are unable to see the mystery of the man of lawlessness?

The bible book of Revelation does mention that faithful chosen ones would be living right in amongst those who belong to Satan and living in the very same place from where he is ruling.

Revelation 2:9, 2:13- "I know your works, tribulation, and poverty (but you are rich); and I know the blasphemy of those who say they are Jews and are not, but are a synagogue of Satan…13 I know thy works and where thou dwellest, even where Satan's seat is; and that thou holdest fast My name and hast not denied My faith, even in those days wherein Antipas was My faithful martyr, who was slain among you, where Satan dwelleth.

These loyal anointed chosen ones, the true sons of the kingdom are living right in Satan's face during the Lord's Day! They are living directly amongst those who are saying they are God's people and yet they are not (Satan's weeds). The serpents face therefore must represent the very close proximity of Satan's influence.

Would Satan have any advantage targeting false religion with his weeds? It makes sense that Satan would sow his weeds right inside of God's true Kingdom if his motive is to somehow undermine it through some subtle and insidious plot. Consider the scripture at 2nd Thessalonians 2:9 which, in many translations describe his success at the very conclusion of this system of things using descriptive words such as "wonder", "power" or "miracles". If Satan's deception is to be so incredibly successful then he must have somehow undermined God's true Kingdom. It would therefore benefit the chosen anointed ones and true Christians belonging to this kingdom to very carefully measure all the events occurring in our recent history in order to detect those things that Jesus Christ himself warned us about so many times throughout the bible.

Revelation Chapter 12 goes on to further describe what the serpent is doing to the chosen ones:

Revelation 12:15- And the serpent cast out of his mouth water as a flood after the woman, that he might cause her to be carried away by the flood.

In the bible "water" normally represents knowledge or truths however, if they are flooding out of the serpent's mouth with a view to carry away or mislead the faithful chosen ones then they must be lies. A flood or river of lies suggests a continual publishing of words perhaps contained in a never ending flood of periodicals or ongoing distribution of magazines and books designed to lure and gather anointed chosen ones away from learning the real truth.

Carried away

So these faithful anointed chosen ones, the true sons of the kingdom are not only living right in Satan's face during the Lord's day, they are also being continually flooded by lies regularly published and fed to them. Certainly it's this flood of lies which, causes them to be "carried away" and restrains them, making it difficult to see truths about the "man of lawlessness". Revelation Chapter 12 goes on to explain how these same lies will be overturned with help from the earth.

Revelation 12:16- "And the earth helped the woman; and the earth opened her mouth, and swallowed up the flood which the dragon cast out of his mouth"

If we are now living in the Lord's Day then, what feature recently provided by the earth presently exists which, has the surprising ability to overturn an overwhelming flood of published lies?

Answer: The Internet.

Mr. Stephen Cox, a professor of literature at the University of California made a very astute observation about the times we now live in and writes an article about:

"the strange and unforeseen persistence of truth in our allegedly post-modern age."

His article can be read by going to the following hyperlink:

http://libertyunbound.com/archive/2003_10/cox-truth.html

In this article Professor Cox uses a religious organization which, publishes and distributes such a veritable flood of magazines and books that it is known world-wide. In his article he explains how this flood of information is now being put to the test by a relatively new technology also found world-wide called the Internet. Of all the earth's recent achievements, which should be capable of swallowing up a flood of lies, the Internet shows the greatest promise.

In the serpents face are his eyes, ears and mouth. An anointed one who is not away from the serpents face would be in a place where the serpent could see, hear and talk to him. Satan and his weeds can then restrain the chosen anointed one from learning the real truth and continue to mislead him. Once away from Satan's Face and his continual flood of lies the faithful ones are no longer restrained from measuring events occurring in our recent history and matching them against those identifying criteria found in the bible which describe the "man of lawlessness".

Jesus Christ told us in Matthew Chapter 24 that we would; "catch sight of a disgusting thing standing in a holy place".

The Apostle Paul also mentions a man, who sits down in the temple of The God publicly showing himself to be a god. We now have even more reason to identify the man of lawlessness.

Careful contemplation should convince the discerning reader that entry into the holy place by the "man of lawlessness" and the "disgusting thing seen in a holy place" are likely to be very much related events.

2Thessalonians 2:4-
He is set in opposition and lifts himself up over everyone who is called "god" or an object of reverence, so that he sits down in the temple of The God, publicly showing himself to be a god.

How does someone gain access to the actual temple of The God and further yet, how is he able to lift himself up above everyone who is called god?

It certainly is mysterious as to how such an extraordinary feat might be accomplished.

2 Thessalonians 2:7- True, the mystery of this lawlessness is already at work;

The "man of lawlessness" is also called the "man of sin" in many bible translations. Through the scriptures Jesus showed us that we would eventually be helped with convincing evidence, truths given to us regarding sin (lawlessness), righteousness and also judgment.

John 16:8-11- And when that one arrives he will give the world convincing evidence concerning sin and concerning righteousness and concerning judgment: 9 in the first place, concerning sin, because they are not exercising faith in me; 10 then concerning righteousness, because I am going to the Father and YOU will behold me no longer; 11 then concerning judgment, because the ruler of this world has been judged.

In regards to these truths which would eventually give convincing evidence, Jesus Christ afterwards said as recorded in the same chapter.

John 16:12- "I have many things yet to say to you, but you are not able to bear them at present. 13 However, when that one arrives, the spirit of the truth, he will guide you into all the truth."

After careful contemplation the discerning reader will realize the truths contained on these pages are indeed difficult to bear and yet are scripturally intact when measured against the events happening in our recent history. These truths accurately describe events occurring inside of God's kingdom during the last days, just as Jesus Christ spoke about when he was last on the earth and also his Apostles wrote about afterwards.

Baptism

It would be a good thing to now understand how someone is able to gain access to the temple of The God. The following scripture shows how this is possible:

Hebrews 10:19-23- Therefore, brothers, since we have boldness for the way of entry into the holy place by the blood of Jesus, 20 which he inaugurated for us as a new and living way through the curtain, that is, his flesh, 21 and since we have a great priest over the house of God, 22 let us approach with true hearts in the full assurance of faith, having had our hearts sprinkled from a wicked conscience and our bodies bathed with clean water. 23 Let us hold fast the public declaration of our hope without wavering, for he is faithful that promised.

The requisite for entry into the actual temple of The God is baptism, a "new and living way through the curtain."

At the time our hearts are sprinkled from a wicked conscience and our bodies bathed with clean water our baptismal vows gain entry into the actual temple of The God. Through this means any person can rightfully enter into, the actual temple of The God.

Do you think Satan knows this?

How can someone, a man, lift himself up over everyone who is called "god" through baptism? It would be a good idea to examine the command our Lord and King Jesus Christ gave us in regard to baptism in the following scripture:

Matthew 28:18-20- And Jesus approached and spoke to them, saying: "All authority has been given me in heaven and on the earth. 19 Go therefore and make disciples of people of all the nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the holy spirit, 20 teaching them to observe all the things I have commanded YOU. And, look! I am with YOU all the days until the conclusion of the system of things."

Please notice the necessary criteria illustrated in the figure above (click to enlarge) and compared where possible to 2nd Thessalonians 2:4

The Christian Baptismal requirement is an important way of access into the temple of The God. Careful contemplation of the baptismal criteria should now make the discerning reader come to the very uncomfortable conclusion that it is only Jehovah's Witnesses who can have access to the temple as it is only Jehovah's Witnesses who use God's name, the name of the Father, Jehovah. There may now be some who disagree that God's actual name must be used in order for a Christian Baptism to be complete. If this is the case they could consider what Jesus said in the following scripture written in the Gospel of John.

John 8:44- You are from your father the Devil, and you wish to do the desires of your father. That one was a manslayer when he began, and he did not stand fast in the truth, because the truth is not in him.

In many religions the one officiating over the baptism makes a vow "in the name of the father" instead of in the name of the father. The scripture above shows that it is necessary to use God's actual name. This is in order to differentiate exactly which father is being referred to in the vows.

If this is now understood then perhaps the confounding in regard to God's name mentioned in Psalm 83 might also be appreciated.

Psalm 83:16-18- Fill their faces with shame; that they may seek thy name, O Lord. 17 Let them be confounded and troubled forever; yea let them be put to shame And perish:18 That men may know that thou, whose name alone is JEHOVAH, art the most high over all the earth.

The use of God's name is what completes a valid baptism as commanded by Jesus Christ and allows the new Christian to gain entry to the temple. So could it really be that a man of lawlessness exists inside of the organization of Jehovah's Witnesses?

One new man

This concern certainly justifies the further examination of scripture. The reader should agree that a straightforward place to start is by finding any scripture that describes a "man" having access to the holy temple. Do the scriptures indicate in the singular any "man" who might exist inside of Jehovah's people and who also has access to the holy temple?

Yes, there really is an esoteric group called a "man" in scripture that exists right inside of God's Kingdom:

Ephesians 2:13-18- But now in union with Christ Jesus YOU who were once far off have come to be near by the blood of the Christ. 14 For he is our peace, he who made the two parties one and destroyed the wall in between that fenced them off. 15 By means of his flesh he abolished the enmity, the Law of commandments consisting in decrees, that he might create the two peoples in union with himself into one new man and make peace; 16 and that he might fully reconcile both peoples in one body (the man) to God through the torture stake, because he had killed off the enmity by means of himself. 17 And he came and declared the good news of peace to YOU, the ones far off, and peace to those near, 18 because through him we, both peoples,(the man) have the approach to the Father by one spirit. 19 Certainly, therefore, YOU (the man) are no longer strangers and alien residents, but YOU (the man) are fellow citizens of the holy ones and are members of the household of God, 20 and YOU (the man) have been built up upon the foundation of the apostles and prophets, while Christ Jesus himself is the foundation cornerstone. 21 In union with him the whole building, being harmoniously joined together, is growing into a holy temple for Jehovah. 22 In union with him YOU, too, (the man) are being built up together into a place for God to inhabit by spirit.

The notes in parentheses and bolded are added for emphasis so that it becomes more easily evident to the discerning reader that the entire scripture above is referring to one new man.

The "man" is therefore that esoteric and anointed group of people who is growing towards being accepted as part of the temple for God. The bible really does identify a "man" who also has access to the temple of The God. Not only does the scripture above identify a man. It is this same man who is "growing into a holy temple for Jehovah". The holy place is also now identified! Certainly if Satan is to have any success undermining God's Kingdom then it is this man who must be the preferred target of his deceptions.

Inside the organization of Jehovah's Witnesses this "man" is better known as the Governing Body which, represents the anointed slave class who are appointed to "feed the domestics" and direct the organization through the Watchtower Bible and Tract Society. This entire arrangement is named:- "God's spirit directed organization". The question is now once again at issue however, as to whether this is the faithful or perhaps really could still contain the evil slave? A question that many believe was formally resolved in the year 1919.

If God's spirit directed organization who governs all of Jehovah's Witnesses really is "the man of lawlessness" then they must somehow have lifted themselves up above the station of a god (a small "g" god) while also gaining access to the temple. As discovered earlier, entry into the temple is through baptism. Therefore a more careful examination of the baptismal vows made by Jehovah's Witnesses should now be undertaken in order to determine the possibility that this might be a valid concern.

The baptismal vows, which are necessary to become one of Jehovah's Witnesses, are carefully explained in the June 1st 1985 Watchtower Magazine on page 30 as follows:

"On the basis of the sacrifice of Jesus Christ, have you repented of your sins and dedicated yourself to Jehovah to do his will?

The second is:

"do you understand that your dedication and baptism identify you as one of Jehovah's Witnesses in association with God's spirit directed organization?

"These vows are publicly made often in front of thousands of people. Now the discerning reader should also attempt to reconcile the Jehovah's Witness baptismal criteria wherever possible to 2nd Thessalonians 2:4 and our Lord Jesus Christ's commandment at Matthew 28:19.

Can you see in this figure (click to enlarge) an esoteric group, the man who is "publicly showing himself to be a god"?

Jehovah's Witnesses are taught by this same organization that the above vows are essential for salvation as confirmed in the following quote from the January 15th 1989 Watchtower Magazine on page 15:

"Baptismal candidates must acknowledge publicly that on the basis of Jesus' sacrifice they have repented of their sins and have dedicated themselves to Jehovah. They must also understand that dedication and baptism identify them as Jehovah's Witnesses."
"The entire baptismal arrangement, including this public expression of faith, is essential for salvation."

So in these new baptismal vows the name of the Father is Jehovah. The name of the son is Jesus. In addition we now have the man whose name is:-

"God's Spirit Directed organization"

In order to become one of Jehovah's Witnesses newly interested ones are compelled to publicly confirm the above vows which, now gives them the ability to worship and rightfully participate in any other Jehovah's Witness activity including the "house to house ministry". The newly interested one must be convinced that a vow made to the additional name in the baptismal arrangement is essential to their personal salvation. Until the new one gets this unique baptismal mark they are considered as nothing.

Set in opposition

The reader should agree that in order to be saved a person has to approach the altar in God's holy temple and so benefit from Jesus Christ's sacrifice. The individual's public expression must gain entry into the temple of The God. Their expression provides worship and reverence to all those named in the baptismal vows including an additional name called "God's spirit directed organization".

Jesus Christ (a god) commanded that his baptismal arrangement should be in place right up to the very conclusion of the system of things. Anyone who has the courage to presumptuously change his arrangement prior to the conclusion of this system of things must therefore consider themselves to be a small "g" god of greater authority than our Lord and King Jesus Christ. They have lifted themselves up over everyone who is called "god". By changing this commandment before the conclusion of the system of things the Governing body and Watchtower Bible and Tract Society, God's spirit directed organization has indicated disagreement with and opposition to our king Jesus Christ. The Governing body has insisted that since 1919 they have already passed inspection, been declared righteous and appointed over all their belongings. Could this be an unclean inspired expression designed to gather together God's chosen ones before our Lord Jesus Christ comes to do the same? (Mt 24:31) Their intent has therefore been to change times and law.

Immediately before making the baptismal commandment however, our Lord and King left no doubt as to his authority over these matters:

Matthew 28:18- And Jesus approached and spoke to them, saying: "All authority has been given me in heaven and on the earth

Jesus Christ's commandment above was a law in the first century and continues to be a law right up to the conclusion of this system of things. Anyone who disagrees with or undermines this law should therefore be considered lawless!

There is now a man identified who is capable of entry into the temple itself that also manifests opposition to and lifts himself above the station of Jesus Christ our King and who does this in full public view. There is no other candidate for the "man of lawlessness" in our modern history. The Governing body of Jehovah's Witnesses, "God's spirit directed organization" is the only "man" identified in the bible that is capable of entry into the temple.

The Motive

To trick newly interested ones into publicly confirming a vow, which venerates the evil slave, the man of lawlessness is indeed a very insidious and unrighteous deception. None of this makes sense however, unless there is a motive.

In order for the discerning reader to be convinced they really do need to understand what the motive might be.

Our King Jesus Christ explained the exact circumstances that his Kingdom would be in as the conclusion of this system of things approached:

Matthew 13:36- Then after dismissing the crowds he went into the house. And his disciples came to him and said: "Explain to us the illustration of the weeds in the field." 37 In response he said: "The sower of the fine seed is the Son of man; 38 the field is the world; as for the fine seed, these are the sons of the kingdom; but the weeds are the sons of the wicked one, 39 and the enemy that sowed them is the Devil. The harvest is a conclusion of a system of things, and the reapers are angels.41 The Son of man will send forth his angels, and they will collect out from his kingdom all things that cause stumbling and persons who are doing lawlessness, 42 and they will pitch them into the fiery furnace. There is where [their] weeping and the gnashing of [their] teeth will be.

Isn't that DISGUSTING!

Can the discerning reader think of a more abominable motive for Satan to have?

The scripture at 2^nd Thessalonians Chapter 2 gives evidence proving this lawlessness was exactly Satan's motive.

2nd Thessalonians 2- But the lawless one's presence is according to the operation of Satan with every powerful work and lying signs and portents 10 and with every unrighteous deception for those who are perishing, as a retribution because they did not accept the love of the truth that they might be saved.

Satan's motive for sowing weeds in amongst the wheat has been almost completely successful! Satan's modern day unrighteous deception has the same achievement as his exploits in the Garden of Eden except that he has now been able to manoeuvre an entire kingdom into disobeying God's commandment!

The discerning reader should have now seen the "disgusting thing standing in a holy place." Or as some bible translations call it; "the abomination". Still others call it an "appalling sacrilege".

Please contemplate the full extent, the height and depth of this circumstance which, Satan can now use to taunt Jehovah. Also consider what Jesus Christ taught us to pray about in the Lord's Prayer. It showed that the most important concern he had was the sanctification of God's Holy Name, Jehovah. Certainly Jesus must have been concerned that at some time in the future a situation might occur, bringing reproach to God's actual name. Instead of sanctifying God's name the Man of Lawlessness and the actual people who are called by God's name, Jehovah's Witnesses, have defamed it in a very reprehensible way. Proving the concern that Jesus Christ exhibited while teaching us the Lord's Prayer was entirely valid.

Matthew 6:9- "You must pray then, this way: "'Our Father in the heavens, let your name be sanctified. Let your kingdom come. Let your will take place, as in heaven, also upon the earth.'"

Please remember that as we approach the conclusion of this system of things, God's will is that we listen to and obey his son Jesus Christ in a spotless and irreprehensible way.

A careful examination of 2nd Thessalonians explains that this man of lawlessness is to be; "done away with by the spirit of his mouth". It is in John Chapter 16 where we find out what the "spirit of his mouth" is:

John 16:13- However, when that one arrives, the spirit of the truth, he will guide YOU into all the truth, for he will not speak of his own impulse, but what things he hears he will speak, and he will declare to YOU the things coming. 14 That one will glorify me, because he will receive from what is mine and will declare it to YOU.

The man of lawlessness is to be done away with simply by a revealing of the truth. Truth's which, indirectly come from the very mouth of Jesus Christ, our true Lord and King!

Babylon the Great

The Governing body of Jehovah's Witnesses through the Watchtower Bible and Tract Society has built a city containing over six million people and through changing Jesus Christ's baptismal commandment have vows which reach right up into heaven before God in his holy temple. Through this means they have successfully made a celebrated name for themselves while gathering together God's people. In ancient times there were men on the earth who attempted to achieve the same thing and yet did not.

This attempt is recorded in Genesis:

Genesis 11:4- They now said: "Come on! Let us build ourselves a city and also a tower with its top in the heavens, and let us make a celebrated name for ourselves, for fear we may be scattered over all the surface of the earth."

The Governing Body of Jehovah's Witnesses have been completely successful in their attempt and so have a much greater achievement.

Their ancient forefathers attempted and failed to build a city called Babylon. The greater achievement of the modern day Governing Body of Jehovah's Witnesses and its Watchtower Bible and Tract Society has therefore rightfully earned them the name: 'Babylon the Great'.

The Plan

So what are Jesus Christ's plans when he returns to the earth? This has been discussed earlier in these pages and revealed in scripture at Matthew Chapter 24:30

What is the best way that Satan could undermine Jesus Christ's plan?

The inner chambers

Matthew 24:23- "Then if anyone says to you, 'Look! Here is the Christ,' or, 'There!' do not believe it. 24 For false Christ's and false prophets will arise and give great signs and wonders so as to mislead, if possible, even the chosen ones. 25 Look! I have forewarned you. 26 Therefore if people say to you. 'Look! He is in the wilderness' do not go out; 'Look! He is in the inner chambers,' do not believe it."

Jesus Christ leaves no doubt in the scriptures that chosen ones should be very careful about where they might be gathered together.

The thought that his faithful slave had passed inspection by Jesus Christ in 1919 was an unrighteous deception. The Governing body of Jehovah Witnesses has convinced over 6 million people that Jesus Christ is directing their activities from somewhere deep inside the Brooklyn Bethel Headquarters of the Watchtower Bible and Tract Society. They have skilfully convinced Jehovah's Witnesses by indirectly saying; 'Look! He is in the inner chambers', another unclean inspired expression. Jehovah's people have been operating in error since then. Why would THE God, Jehovah, allow his witnesses to be governed by an evil slave, the man of lawlessness for so long? The scripture at 2nd Thessalonians Chapter 2 explains the reason why:

2nd Thessalonians 2-
So that is why God lets an operation of error go to them, that they may get to believing the lie, 12 in order that they all may be judged because they did not believe the truth but took pleasure in unrighteousness.

Who is it that is really behind the lies and deception?

2nd Thessalonians 2:9- But the lawless ones presence is according to the operation of Satan with every powerful work and lying signs and portents 10 and with every unrighteous deception.

2nd Thessalonians not only mentions a deception, it also mentions a lie.

The Lie

Could it really be true that the Governing Body of Jehovah's Witnesses and the Watchtower Bible and Tract Society have made an "actual covenant with death" itself?

Please consider some quotes from a July 1st 1983 Watchtower Article:

Millions Now Living will Never Die"

"There are thousands of millions of persons living on earth today. Millions of these are now learning of the wonderful opportunity of keeping on living upon it without ever dying off it."

"21 Unquestionably, so late in this "time of the end" since the end of the Gentile Times in 1914, there are many live men and women of faith and integrity who will never die off the face of the earth, God's footstool."

Live Companions of Those Hidden From Divine Denunciation"

Please now consider the lie (falsehood) believed by the rulers of God's people as described by a prophetic end time scripture in Isaiah:

Isaiah 28:14- Therefore hear the word of Jehovah, YOU braggarts, YOU rulers of this people who are in Jerusalem: 15 Because YOU men have said: "We have concluded a covenant with Death; and with She´ol we have effected a vision; the overflowing flash flood, in case it should pass through, will not come to us, for we have made a lie our refuge and in falsehood we have concealed ourselves"; 16 therefore this is what the Sovereign Lord Jehovah has said: "Here I am laying as a foundation in Zion a stone, a tried stone, the precious corner of a sure foundation. No one exercising faith will get panicky. 17 And I will make justice the measuring line and righteousness the leveling instrument; and the hail must sweep away the refuge of a lie, and the waters themselves will flood out the very place of concealment. 18 And YOUR covenant with Death will certainly be dissolved, and that vision of YOURS with She´ol will not stand. The overflowing flash flood, when it passes through YOU must also become for it a trampling place.

The lie is "the covenant with Death".

The truth is that the ones who said; "millions now living will never die" and also said; "the live companions of those hidden from denunciation " have told a lie, an unclean inspired expression.

Their "covenant with death" will be dissolved and they will not be "hidden from denunciation", instead as Isaiah points out the truth will "sweep away the refuge of a lie" and also "flood out the very place of concealment".

Notice in the scripture above that a revealing of falsehood (lie) from a place of concealment would be as a result of righteousness (truth) and justice coming from a tried stone laid as a foundation in Zion. These must represent truths coming from our Lord and King Jesus Christ only after he is tried and resurrected. The waters that flood out the very place of concealment are truths coming from the spirit of his mouth. The discerning reader should realize this cannot have application to Isaiah's contemporaries and has never had any application throughout any history since before our King Jesus Christ's resurrection, until now. The covenant with death did not happen during the first century and such a covenant has never existed inside of God's Kingdom until our very own recent history.

The Drunkards

Notice at the beginning of Isaiah Chapter 28 that the rulers of God's people are identified
in more detail:

Isaiah 28:1- Woe to the eminent crown of the drunkards of Ephraim, and the fading beauty that is upon the head of the fertile valley of those overpowered with wine.

These drunkards have an eminent or celebrated crown and so must be kings, and yet their glory is fading because they have been overcome by wine.

The covenant with death and unclean inspired expressions are certainly attractive. To think Jesus Christ is really directing matters on this earth through an exclusive and esoteric group of men somewhere deep within the confines of the Brooklyn Bethel could easily lure the unwary chosen anointed ones into believing such an appealing notion. Jesus Christ himself said that many (Mt 24:4) would be misled including if possible even the chosen ones (Mt 24:24) who may find these unclean expressions to be alluring and attractive. The promise of never dying has lured and misled millions of people into compromising their integrity to Jesus Christ and his commandments. Millions belonging to this kingdom have been exploited with counterfeit words designed to attract them. Certainly the demise of those who are misled must be very drastic for Jesus to have so often admonished us to be wary about being gathered together by false and ingenious expressions very carefully designed by Satan and his weeds to mislead them. After such an extraordinary effort by Jesus and his Apostles to warn them the name "drunkards" certainly does apply to those chosen ones who even today are overpowered by Satan's unrighteous deception.

Who are these chosen ones?

The book of Revelation calls them kings:

Revelation 1:4- May YOU have undeserved kindness and peace from "The One who is and who was and who is coming," and from the seven spirits that are before his throne, 5 and from Jesus Christ, "the Faithful Witness," "The firstborn from the dead," and "The Ruler of the kings of the earth."

Revelation 5:10- "And you made them a kingdom and priests to our God, and they are to rule over the earth."

The book of Revelation should also tell us more about these kings who are to rule the earth. It does, however, many have been conditioned to believe these are present day pagan kings of nations rather than the same chosen or anointed kings mentioned earlier in the book of Revelation.

Real Understanding

Many people have been conditioned to believe that the wild beast, seven heads and the 10 kings represent pagan kings and/or organizations. If this were true then an extraordinary amount of the bible has been written about the nations and their concerns and activities. The bible assures us however, that these really are not the concern of Jehovah and therefore have not earned such a prominent place in the scriptures as many have been taught to believe. See what Isaiah tells us about "the very way of real understanding" in the following scripture:

Isaiah 40:14-17-
With whom did he consult together that one might make him understand, or who teaches him in the path of justice, or teaches him knowledge, or makes him know the very way of real understanding? 15 Look! The nations are as a drop from a bucket; and as the film of dust on the scales they have been accounted. Look! He lifts the islands themselves as mere fine [dust]. 16 Even Leb´a·non is not sufficient for keeping a fire burning, and its wild animals are not sufficient for a burnt offering. 17 All the nations are as something nonexistent in front of him; as nothing and an unreality they have been accounted to him.

If the nations really are just a "drop in the bucket" then very few words in the bible will be accorded to them. Far too many of the words in the book of Revelation and Daniel however, have been attributed to pagan kings and nations by the Governing Body through the Watchtower Bible and Tract Society!

What is it that Jehovah is really interested in? His kingdom and his chosen ones; "the anointed kings of the earth". The discerning reader should carefully notice in the scripture above that the previous scripture reveals this is the way of "real understanding".

Did you notice?

So if the nations and their pagan kings are just a film of dust or a drop in the bucket they must get a very small mention in the book of Revelation which represents the scales or the full bucket. The bolded words in the following scripture are sufficient for that drop, or film of dust:

Revelation 11:18- But the nations became wrathful, and your own wrath came, and the appointed time for the dead to be judged, and to give [their] reward to your slaves the prophets and to the holy ones and to those fearing your name, the small and the great, and to bring to ruin those ruining the earth."

If the bolded text in the scripture above is the film of dust in regard to the nations then the remainder of the book of Revelation has only to do with God's Kingdom and Satan's effect on it. Instead of being concerned about how the nations and their kings might war against God's kingdom the focus now changes to how God's chosen ones should be more careful about keeping God's commandments, not being gathered together in the wrong place by misleading signs and to be aware of Satan's very slick machinations so they are not misled. The "way of real understanding" assures us that a war with the pagan kings and their nations does not concern Jehovah at all and therefore should really be of no concern for the chosen ones. Jesus Christ himself also told Christians they need not be concerned about wars with nations as confirmed in the following scripture:

Matthew 24:6- YOU are going to hear of wars and reports of wars; see that YOU are not terrified. For these things must take place, but the end is not yet.

Instead of being terrified by the thought that nations will war against God's Kingdom, applying this "way of real understanding" to the book of Revelation simply reinforces the admonishments given to the chosen ones in the gospels by Jesus Christ. In an extraordinary way it makes it crystal clear how Satan's unrighteous deceptions are having a great success.

Sacred Secrets

The book of Revelation unlocks secrets which allow the chosen ones to see through the deceptions. If Satan had known these secrets he would have designed a deception which could not be detected. Once the discerning reader has read, verified and contemplated all the words written on these pages he should have an appreciation for the necessity of the mysteries and secrets. If only a very few are helped by the Book of Revelation and its secrets to see through the unrighteous deception then Satan has still been conquered.

Unclean inspired expressions

In Revelation chapter 16 we discover there are unclean inspired expressions, as signs designed to gather together the kings of the entire inhabited earth. In the gospel of Matthew Jesus Christ also admonished chosen ones to be careful about being gathered together by false signs. Why would Jesus Christ admonish present day pagan kings to "stay awake"? It is not really the pagan kings that Satan wants to mislead. It is very important that these anointed chosen kings are not misled and do stay awake so they are not brought to shame for having been so easily deceived. This especially after having been admonished by Jesus Christ, so many times. Our recent history proves however, these anointed chosen kings of the entire inhabited earth have been misled into gathering together in the wrong place.

Revelation 16:14- And I saw three unclean inspired expressions [that looked] like frogs come out of the mouth of the dragon and out of the mouth of the wild beast and out of the mouth of the false prophet. 14 They are, in fact, expressions inspired by demons and perform signs, and they go forth to the kings of the entire inhabited earth, to gather them together to the war of the great day of God the Almighty. 15 "Look! I am coming as a thief. Happy is the one that stays awake and keeps his outer garments, that he may not walk naked and people look upon his shamefulness."

Now please very carefully contemplate and compare to Revelation Chapter 16 what Jesus Christ told his disciples in Matthew Chapter 24 about signs designed to mislead the chosen ones:

Matthew 24:24- For false Christ's and false prophets will arise and will give great signs and wonders so as to mislead if possible, even the chosen ones.

There can be no doubt that the chosen ones admonished about misleading signs in Matthew Chapter 24 and the kings of the entire inhabited earth admonished about misleading signs in Revelation Chapter 16 are one and the same.

When the discerning reader concludes this is true they will realize how effective the "water cast out of the serpents mouth" has been
and how far these flooding waters have "carried them away".

The unrighteous deception

The very first thing that Jesus Christ does when he comes back to the earth is to gather his chosen ones from the four winds:

Matthew 24:31- And he will send forth his angels with a great trumpet sound, and they will gather his chosen ones together.

We all know that Satan can read the bible and is aware of Jesus Christ's plan. In order to undermine such a plan all Satan would have to do is gather together those same chosen ones to some other place. It is certainly amazing that Satan has been so extremely successful!

Revelation Chapter 16 says that the kings of the inhabited earth "are gathered together to the place that is called in Hebrew Har-Magedon.".

The Valley of Megiddo or Har-Magedon is the place in the Hebrew Scriptures where God's King Josiah mistakenly went even after being told by God that he should not go there because it would bring him to ruin. King Josiah was unnecessarily killed; he should not have gone there. Therefore King Josiah ended up fighting a war which was against God's own plans. The war of Har-Magedon!

Calling the place Har-Magedon where Satan misleads chosen kings of the entire inhabited earth into gathering, is therefore a very fitting metaphor. There was much grief and wailing in the valley of Megiddo when King Josiah was killed. It will be the very same way when these chosen "kings of the inhabited earth" are shamed into realizing their own error.

2 Chronicles 36:22- And Josiah did not turn his face away from him, but to fight against him he disguised himself and did not listen to the words of Necho from the mouth of God. So he came to fight in the valley plain of Meggido.

When Babylon the Great is given the cup of God's wrath these same chosen kings of the entire inhabited earth will weep and beat themselves in grief:

Revelation 18:9- And the kings of the earth who committed fornication with her and lived in shameless luxury will weep and beat themselves in grief over her, when they look at the smoke from the burning of her, while they stand at a distance because of their fear of her torment and say, "Too bad, too bad, you great city, Babylon you strong city, because in one hour your judgment has arrived!"

Notice that Jesus Christ has also mentioned another hour of judgment when chosen ones would weep and beat themselves in grief:

Matthew 24:50- The master of that slave will come on a day that he does not expect and in an hour that he does not know, and will punish him with the greatest severity and will assign him his part with the hypocrites. There is where [his] weeping and the gnashing of his teeth will be.

The kings mentioned in Revelation Chapter 18 and the evil slave mentioned in Matthew Chapter 24 share the same fate during the same judgment hour because they are both chosen anointed kings of the inhabited earth. Can the reader now see through Satan's unrighteous deception?

Revelation 16:14- They are, in fact, expressions inspired by demons and perform signs, and they go forth to the kings of the entire inhabited earth, to gather them together to the war of the great day of God the Almighty.

It is the anointed chosen kings of the entire inhabited earth being gathered together by Satan to the war of the great day of God the Almighty and not the pagan kings of nations. The war is a giant spiritual battle between God and Satan in order to reclaim at least some of the chosen anointed ones. If God the Almighty and his son our King Jesus Christ is able to help some of these see through the unrighteous deception and remain loyal to their King Jesus Christ then Satan is conquered.

That some would indeed see through the lies and have faith in the truth is assured in the scriptures which immediately follow those which describe the success of Satan's very powerful and unrighteous deception.

2 Thessalonians 2:13- However, we are obligated to thank God always for YOU, brothers loved by Jehovah, because God selected YOU from the beginning for salvation by sanctifying you with spirit and by your faith in the truth.

The words written on these pages stand as testimony to the validity of this scripture.

Eating and drinking with drunkards!

The kingdom has prostituted itself with Satan and his weeds. It has become a harlot. If you are a faithful anointed one who wants to continue being loyal to our king Jesus Christ, would you like to celebrate the memorial of his death at a Kingdom Hall through an arrangement facilitated by Satan and his weeds? Would you want to be found eating the emblems and drinking the wine with the drunkards who have told lies, undermined Jesus Christ's sovereignty by disobeying his law while lifting themselves up above his appointed station right inside of Jehovah's own Holy Temple?

Of course not!

Celebrating the Memorial of Jesus Christ's death in an arrangement facilitated by Satan and his weeds would be committing an act of spiritual fornication with a harlot! This is the same harlot spoken about by the angel in Revelation Chapter 17:

Revelation 17:1-2- "Come, I will show you the judgment upon the great harlot who sits on many waters, with whom the kings of the earth committed fornication, whereas those who inhabit the earth were made drunk with the wine of her fornication."

Satan and his weeds through their subtle and insidious deception have successfully made the yearly memorial of Jesus Christ's death, invalid. They have made it something worthless. Not only have they profaned the holy place they have removed the "constant feature". Exactly what Daniel prophesied would happen:

Daniel 11:31- And there will be arms that will stand up, proceeding from him; and they will actually profane the sanctuary, the fortress, and remove the constant [feature]. "And they will certainly put in place the disgusting thing that is causing desolation.

The mystery of the name of the harlot should now be evident to the discerning reader.

Revelation 17:5- And upon her forehead was written a name, a mystery: "Babylon the Great, the mother of the harlots and of the disgusting things of the earth."

If anyone hears my voice

In the Lord's Day where should those who stay awake and clearly see through Satan's unrighteous deception celebrate the Passover evening meal to memorialize their King Jesus Christ's death?

The New World Translation of the Holy Bible answers this question in a comforting and wonderful way:-

Revelation 3:20- "Look! I am standing at the door and knocking. If anyone hears my voice and opens the door, I will come into his [house] and take the evening meal with him and he with me."

During the Lords day is there any scripture which shows that we will hear his voice?

Yes!

It is in regards to the "man of lawlessness" that we should hear Jesus Christ's voice:

2 Thessalonians 2:8- "Then, indeed the lawless one will be revealed. Who the Lord Jesus Christ will do away with by the spirit of his mouth"

Can you, hear his voice?

If you are an anointed chosen one and have been drinking with the drunkards is there anything you can still now do in order to redeem yourself? Once again Jesus Christ answers this question in Revelation Chapter 3.

Revelation 3:18- I advise you to buy from me gold refined by fire that you may become rich, and white outer garments that you may become dressed and the shame of your nakedness may not become manifested, and eyesalve to rub in your eyes that you may see.

Hopefully the words written on these pages will help the discerning reader to "see".

The Dragon grew wrathful

After reading these words of warning written on these pages what do you think Satan's weeds would say in response?

It is likely they would belittle the undermining of Jesus Christ's baptismal commandment and have people believe there would be no consequence to such a seemingly small scriptural commandment. Perhaps some of Satan's weeds would even have the audacity to stand up in front of thousands of people at a Circuit Assembly and boldly declare that making a vow to "God's spirit directed organization" was not an act of veneration.

You can be certain that Satan and his weeds will do everything possible to stop the words of truth written on these pages from being further copied, distributed and understood.

Instead of being so easily misled by Satan's weeds what the bible itself warns us about in regard to adjusting God's commandments should be very carefully considered.

Deuteronomy 12:32- Every word that I am commanding you is what you should be careful to do. You must not add to it nor take away from it.

Perhaps the weeds may attempt to convince true Christians that the baptismal commandments are not a very important law. Maybe they will try and convince you the commandment is not a law at all. Reminding the reader that Jesus Christ came back after his death in order to give us this very important commandment as his law should once again elevate its importance.

The Apostle Paul understood how very important it is to keep Jesus Christ's commandments in a spotless and irreprehensible way:

1 Timothy 6:13-14- In the sight of God, who preserves all things alive, and of Christ Jesus, who as a witness made the fine public declaration before Pontius Pilate, I give you orders 14 that you observe the commandment in a spotless and irreprehensible way until the manifestation of our Lord Jesus Christ.

The consequence of changing God's word or commandments is explained in the last Chapter of the Book of Revelation.

Revelation 22:18- "I am bearing witness to everyone that hears the words of the prophecy of this scroll: If anyone makes an addition to these things, God will add to him the plagues that are written in this scroll."

For making additions to one of the foremost of God's commandments regarding baptism what do you think the consequence should be? Notice in Revelation Chapter 16 that the last of the plagues will include an extensive earthquake where Babylon the Great is given the cup of God's wrath. Babylon the Great has earned Jehovah's wrath for undermining his appointed King Jesus Christ's baptismal commandments in such a way that Satan is able to taunt Jehovah right to his face inside his own holy temple.

The quality of worship occurring inside of God's temple has certainly deteriorated. It is no wonder that in Revelation Chapter 11 it says; "Get up and measure the temple [sanctuary] of God and the altar and those worshipping in it"

During the Lord's Day those who are worshipping in the temple are Jehovah's Witnesses who have allowed themselves to be used by Satan to taunt Jehovah right to his very face. The scripture which describes the "catching sight of the disgusting thing" also mentions that it causes desolation. The consequences should now be understood.

Observe the commandments

If you are a loyal anointed chosen one, what can you expect if you continue exposing Satan's un-righteous deceptions and persist in properly observing Jesus Christ's commandments in a spotless and irreprehensible way?

Revelation Chapter 12 explains the consequences of discovering the truth in the Internet wilderness and exposing Satan and his weeds:

Revelation 12:17- "And the Dragon grew wrathful at the woman and went off to wage war with the remaining ones of her seed, who observe the commandments of God and have the work of bearing witness to Jesus.

Notice that the Dragon or Satan is wrathful at those who are observing God's commandments. The discerning reader should realize that what the faithful ones learn in the Internet Wilderness is that God's commandments are not being carefully observed and it is when this is learned and revealed that Satan grows wrathful. Satan is wrathful because he now realizes that his unrighteous deception has been exposed and so he will soon be conquered.

Rejoice and leap for joy!

A loyal anointed one who makes Satan's deceptions evident inside a congregation of Jehovah's Witnesses can expect to be disfellowshipped. A formal announcement will be made in front of his hometown congregation that; "[Name of person] is no longer one of Jehovah's Witnesses".

Persecution for Jesus Christ's namesake is something the bible assures us will happen to those who continue to remain loyal to their king and his commandments. That Jehovah's Witnesses have been persecuted for Jehovah's namesake is something that would be hard to argue however, it would be very difficult to find one of Jehovah's Witnesses persecuted for Jesus Christ's namesake, ………….until now!

A loyal anointed one will also get much comfort after recognizing their disfellowshipping partially fulfils a bible prophecy and promises a more glorious fulfillment to come.

Romans 9:26- "And in the place [Kingdom Hall] where it was said to them, "You are not my people", [[Name of person] is no longer one of Jehovah's Witnesses] there they will be called 'Sons of the living God'.

For exposing Satan's unrighteous deception and the operation of error their spiritual brothers insist on continuing, loyal ones are excluded from the kingdom and hated. They are being spiritually beaten by their drunken fellow slaves because they give the words and commandments of Jehovah and his appointed King Jesus Christ, their proper regard. The loyal brothers are excluded and hated because the truths they speak expose the evil slave's nakedness in such a way that people can look upon their shamefulness. Rev 16:15

Isaiah also wrote a comforting end time prophecy which is similar to the one mentioned by the Apostle Paul in Romans 9:26 quoted above.

Isaiah 66:5- "Hear the word of Jehovah you men who are trembling at his word [commandments]: Your brothers that are hating you, that are excluding you by reason of my name, [[Name of person] is no longer one of Jehovah's Witnesses] said, "May Jehovah be glorified" He must also appear with rejoicing on your part, and they are the ones that will be put to shame".

Please very carefully contemplate the above scripture. Righteous men will be excluded from the company of their unrighteous brothers during the time of the end. These unrighteous brothers will believe they are glorifying Jehovah however; they will be surprised and shamed when they discover they were in fact being held captive by Satan's unrighteous deception. Also notice they will exclude the righteous brothers by reason of God's actual name, Jehovah.

During the Lord's Day, this time of the end there is no other religion that uses God's name in such a way. The official procedure can be found in the fourth paragraph on page 154 of the "Organized To Do Jehovah's Will" book as follows:

"When it is necessary to disfellowship an unrepentant wrongdoer from the congregation, a brief announcement is made, simply stating: "[Name of person] is no longer one of Jehovah's Witnesses."

Also consider that the book; "Organized To Do Jehovah's Will" was published in the year 2005. This form of disfellowshipping which echoes the very end time prophecies found in the bible has only just recently become a Jehovah's Witness procedure.

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The stage is now set for Jesus Christ to arrive and find the faithful and discreet slave giving his domestics their food at the proper time. This will happen while they are being spiritually beaten and excluded by their evil brothers. Only after Jesus Christ arrives can the true faithful and discreet slave be appointed over their belongings. The "food at the proper time" is contained in these very pages.

If you are a loyal chosen anointed one yourself then please consider that Jesus Christ's question in Matthew Chapter 24 and verse 45 now profoundly affects you. Will you participate in copying; distributing and helping others understand the importance of the words written in these pages?

Matthew 24:45-47- "Who really is the faithful and discreet slave whom the master appointed over his domestics, to give them their food at the proper time? 46 Happy is that slave if his master on arriving finds him doing so. 47 Truly I say to you. He will appoint him over all his belongings."

Does the discerning reader see why there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth when the evil brothers finally realize their error and suffer the consequence?

Jesus Christ also spoke about the time when the true son's of the Kingdom would be expelled from their Kingdom Hall. Please note in the scripture below, Jesus also mentions that an hour will arrive in the future when we could expect these things to happen. Also that some may die at the hands of people who believe they are doing God's will.

John 16:1

“I have spoken these things to YOU that YOU may not be stumbled. 2 Men will expel YOU from the synagogue. In fact, the hour is coming when everyone that kills YOU will imagine he has rendered a sacred service to God. 3 But they will do these things because they have not come to know either the Father or me. 4 Nevertheless, I have spoken these things to YOU that, when the hour for them arrives, YOU may remember I told them to YOU.

The hour that Jesus Christ often speaks about in the Gospels has indeed arrived. The discerning reader should re-examine the scriptures to understand this is the same hour that Jesus explains that several events should happen including the weeping and gnashing of teeth.

Get out of her!

A true Christian who has read and understood the words written on these pages will have seen the modern day "disgusting thing standing in a holy place". Now is the time to abandon your loyalty to the so called "God's spirit directed organization" which receives undeserved veneration from your baptismal vows. If you are a true Christian loyal to your King Jesus Christ, now is the time to heed the words cried out in Revelation:

The Merriam Webster dictionary defines apostasy as:

Main Entry: apos·ta·sy
Pronunciation: &-'päs-t&-sE
Function: noun
Inflected Form(s): plural -sies
Etymology: Middle English apostasie, from Late Latin apostasia, from Greek, literally, revolt, from aphistasthai to revolt, from apo- + histasthai to stand -- more at STAND
1: renunciation of a religious faith
2 : abandonment of a previous loyalty

Revelation 18:4- "Get out of her my people, if you do not want to share with her in her sins, and if you do not want to receive part of her plagues"

With the man of lawlessness revealed and the disgusting thing seen standing in a holy place, now is the proper time to flee! If this is now understood then the following scriptural requirement mentioned in 2 Thessalonians is now met. Please carefully contemplate:

2 Thessalonians 2:3- Let no one seduce YOU in any manner, because it will not come unless the apostasy comes first and the man of lawlessness gets revealed, the son of destruction.

Note that in some bibles the words "falling away" replaces the word apostasy. So what event is it that won't come unless the apostasy comes and the man of lawlessness is revealed?

2 Thessalonians 2:1- However, brothers, respecting the presence of our Lord Jesus Christ and our being gathered together to him,……….

The gathering together of the chosen ones!

The world stage is now set for the gathering to happen as mentioned by our King Jesus Christ himself in Matthew Chapter 24:

In accord with the statement made by Jesus Christ himself the discerning reader should be carefully considering "who really is the faithful and discreet slave" who did not fall asleep and kept on the watch and so gave them their food at the proper time.

A life saving decision

The scriptures in the bible really do give enough information that we can find an extraordinary amount of convincing evidences in our recent history which can be used to make informed and scriptural decisions. These decisions should help save ourselves and all those who do not refrain from listening. In regards to Satan and his weeds, "listening" is a vital admonishment:

Matthew 13:40- Therefore, just as the weeds are collected and burned with fire, so it will be in the conclusion of the system of things. 41 The Son of man will send forth his angels, and they will collect out from his kingdom all things that cause stumbling and persons who are doing lawlessness, 42 and they will pitch them into the fiery furnace. There is where [their] weeping and the gnashing of [their] teeth will be. 43 At that time the righteous ones will shine as brightly as the sun in the kingdom of their Father. Let him that has ears listen.

Present day Christians now face the exact same decision their first century counterparts had to make in order to save their own lives. More than 6 million Jehovah's Witnesses live in a city which has been corrupted just as Jerusalem was in the first century. This city, "Babylon the Great" also contains the holy place which has now been profaned by a disgusting thing just as the Temple in the city of Jerusalem was also profaned. Will many heed Jesus Christ's warning and flee from Babylon the Great or will it also be like in the first century and only a special few will make the correct decision? After contemplating the horrific judgment received by those complacent with the corrupted city in the first century the modern day decision should be easier to make.

I have a baptism

Luke 12:49- "I came to start a fire on the earth, and what more is there for me to wish if it has already been lighted? Indeed, I have a baptism with which to be baptized, and how I am being distressed until it is finished!

Making this decision will not result in a peaceful circumstance inside the congregations of Jehovah's Witnesses. Some family members may choose to remain loyal to Satan's invented baptism while another close family member chooses to be loyal to Jesus Christ and the baptism he commanded.

The scripture in Luke Chapter 12 goes on to describe divisions in regard to his baptism. Jesus Christ himself is looking forward to see and has for a long time waited for these divisions to happen:

Luke 12:51- Do YOU imagine I came to give peace on the earth? No, indeed, I tell YOU, but rather division. For from now on there will be five in one house divided, three against two and two against three. They will be divided, father against son and son against father, mother against daughter and daughter against [her] mother, mother-in-law against [her] daughter-in-law and daughter-in-law against [her] mother-in-law."

That a large separation would occur in regard to the baptism which Jesus Christ commanded is also attested to by John the Baptist who when questioned said:

Matthew 3:11- I, for my part, baptize YOU with water because of YOUR repentance; but the one coming after me is stronger than I am, whose sandals I am not fit to take off. That one will baptize YOU people with Holy Spirit and with fire. His winnowing shovel is in his hand, and he will completely clean up his threshing floor, and will gather his wheat into the storehouse, but the chaff he will burn up with fire that cannot be put out."

Please note in the scripture above that Jesus Christ's baptism includes Holy Spirit. It is this part of Jesus Christ's baptism which has been replaced by an unscriptural name; "God's spirit directed Organization". Notice also that the alternative to baptism with Holy Spirit is a baptism with fire; "fire that cannot be put out".

If the discerning reader is seeing through Satan's unrighteous deception and understanding the dangers presented then he should now be desperate to discuss them with the people he loves, his family and companions. These discussions will expose his true loyalty as well as theirs. The scriptures give assurance that Jehovah himself will be closely listening to what you have to say.

Malachi 3:16-18- At that time those in fear of Jehovah spoke with one another, each one with his companion, and Jehovah kept paying attention and listening. And a book of remembrance began to be written up before him for those in fear of Jehovah and for those thinking upon his name. 17 "And they will certainly become mine," Jehovah of armies has said, "at the day when I am producing a special property. And I will show compassion upon them, just as a man shows compassion upon his son who is serving him. 18 And YOU people will again certainly see [the distinction] between a righteous one and a wicked one, between one serving God and one who has not served him."

When faced with the decision to accept the baptism Jesus Christ commanded or the one which Satan and his weeds invented the distinction between a righteous and a wicked one will become immediately obvious.

Perhaps some congregations will not read this or will remain complacent after reading it. The scriptures do assure us however, that after Babylon the Great is given the judgment it deserves the kingdom will then also give the proper glory to our almighty God, Jehovah.

Revelation 11:13- "and the rest became frightened and gave glory to the God of Heaven."

Your words and actions after reading this will stand as a testimony to how much you really love "the truth".

With the "man of lawlessness" revealed your love of the real truth is now essential to your survival. The scripture in 2^nd Thessalonians shows that it is your love of the real truth which is now being measured in regard to this same "man of lawlessness":

2^nd Thessalonians 2:9-10- But the lawless one's presence is according to the operation of Satan with every powerful work and lying signs and portents and with every unrighteous deception for those who are perishing, as a retribution because they did not accept the love of the truth that they might be saved.

If you are one of the few who can see through Satan's unrighteous deception then you should be included amongst those who Jehovah considers his "special property". (Mal: 3:17)

Please now continue to the next blog entry "666 A Man's Number" which will explain how the number of the Wild Beast written about in the Book of Revelation is calculated.

Also read the July 1955 Watchtower Magazine Article found on this blog which reveals that a time did exist when Jehovah's Witnessess understood the importance of obeying Jesus Christs Baptismal Command.

http://matthewsgeneration.blogspot.com/2007/09/666-mans-number.html

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July 1955 Watchtower

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Please read this quote from the July 1st 1955 Watchtower magazine. It reveals that a time did exist when the Watchtower Society understood the importance of keeping God’s commandments without spot. Consider the example of Adam and Eve. Adam understood there would be a consequence to disobeying God’s commandments and yet he still disobeyed. In modern times we have an opportunity to obey God just as Adam once had. This quote from the 1955 Watchtower magazine stands as solemn testimony to the fact that Jehovah’s own Witnesses at one time understood the baptismal command and yet have now wilfully disobeyed it. The consequence for Adam’s disobeying the command to refrain from eating fruit from a tree was death. What should the consequence now be for disobeying God’s baptismal command which allows Satan to taunt Jehovah right to his face in such an abominable and reprehensible way inside his own holy temple? A person who disobeys God in such a way and yet also understands the value of the ransom sacrifice has no other sacrifice remaining with which to benefit from again. Satan’s weeds will try very hard to belittle the consequence of disobeying the baptismal commandment. When they do please remind them that the consequence for eating fruit from the wrong tree was death for the entire human family! Don’t allow yourself to be deceived or undermined by Satan (and his weeds) just as Adam and Eve were.

666 - A Man's Number!

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The reader could turn to the last pages and quickly find answers to the name and number of the wild beast however; you may do yourself a disservice as the rationales and profundities may elude you. Until the disgusting thing is seen and understood the wild beast and its number cannot be so easily reconciled. It is recommended that the words be read, verified and contemplated from the beginning first, in order to make the words towards the end more easily understood. The mysteries of the bible have eluded the wisest and most intelligent men for many centuries. Hopefully the reader will understand that even now they still cannot be easily summarized and so quickly imparted to any man. If you have not yet read the blog post which identifies the disgusting thing seen in a holy place then please go to the following link:

http://666amansnumber.blogspot.com/2008/01/out-of-north.html

The Wild Beast

After realizing the words written on these pages and those in the blog "Out of the North" are true the discerning reader will understand that the Kingdom has gone wild. It has turned into a wild beast. If Satan and his weeds were to overcome the true Kingdom as the scriptures in the gospels suggest will happen and yet worship was still continuing, would it still be true worship or would the subjects of this Kingdom now be indirectly worshipping Satan?

Revelation 13:4- And they worshiped the dragon because it gave the authority to the wild beast, and they worshiped the wild beast with the words: "Who is like the wild beast, and who can do battle with it?"

If the Watchtower Bible and Tract Society is really Satan's Wild Beast then our recent history and bible scriptures should provide evidence of this. If the kingdom has really gone wild then we should be able to see a link to the many features described in the Book of Revelation in regard to this same Wild Beast.

The following lists some features we should be keeping on the watch for:

Have a link to a seven headed wild beast.
One of those heads would have received a death blow and healed.
There would be blasphemous names found amongst the seven heads.
The present day iteration of the wild beast would contain 10 kings.
Those 10 kings would not yet have a kingdom.
Those 10 kings would give away their power to the wild beast.
Those 10 kings would rule for a short while with the wild beast.
Those same 10 kings would somehow battle with Jesus Christ.
Those same 10 kings would also battle with the true sons of the kingdom.
Have a name which is a "man's number".
That number must somehow represent 666
People are deceived into getting marked with this number.
Once they are marked they are then able to "buy and sell".
Blaspheme God's name and residence.

Seven headed wild beast

In the bible, beasts symbolize kingdoms or organizations as revealed in the book of Daniel:

Daniel 8:20- "The ram that you saw possessing the two horns [stands for] the kings of Me´di·a and Persia.

Daniel 8:17 -"'As for these huge beasts, because they are four, there are four kings that will stand up from the earth.

If beasts represent Kingdoms and the seven headed wild beast of Revelation really does represent God's kingdom after it has been undermined by Satan and his weeds then is there any bible scripture which, describes God's kingdom separated into 7 different parts?

Yes!

Revelation 1:20- As for the sacred secret of the seven stars that you saw upon my right hand, and [of] the seven golden lampstands: The seven stars mean [the] angels of the seven congregations, and the seven lampstands mean seven congregations.

If this is true then each of the seven heads of the Wild Beast are named:

"To the angel of the congregation in Eph´e·sus.
"And to the angel of the congregation in Smyr´na.
"And to the angelof the congregation in Per´ga·mum.
"And to the angel of the congregation in Thy·a·ti´ra.
"And to the angel of the congregation in Sar´dis.
"And to the angel of the congregation in Philadelphia.
"And to the angel of the congregation in La·o·di·ce´a.

The sacred secret of the seven congregations should now begin to become apparent to the discerning reader.

Death-stroke

We now really do have a seven headed wild beast however, if this is really the same wild beast mentioned in Revelation Chapter 13 then one of its heads must have been slaughtered and yet survived its death-stroke.

Revelation 13:4- And I saw one of its heads as though slaughtered to death, but its death-stroke got healed,

Is there any evidence in the bible indicating that one of the seven congregations or heads suffers a death-stroke?

It is the congregation of Sardis!

Revelation 3:1- "And to the angel of the congregation in Sar´dis write: These are the things that he says who has the seven spirits of God and the seven stars, 'I know your deeds, that you have the name that you are alive, but you are dead. 2 Become watchful, and strengthen the things remaining that were ready to die.

The congregation of Sardis was; "as though slaughtered to death, but its death-stroke got healed."

Blasphemous Names

If the seven congregations mentioned at the beginning of the Book of Revelation are the same as the seven headed wild beast of Revelation Chapter 13 then we should be able to find; "upon its heads blasphemous names".

Please consider the following:

Eph´e·sus
Still, you do have this, that you hate the deeds of the sect of Nic·o·la´us.

Per´ga·mum
'I know where you are dwelling, that is, where the throne of Satan is you have there those holding fast the teaching of Ba´laam, who went teaching Ba´lak to put a stumbling block before the sons of Israel, to eat things sacrificed to idols and to commit fornication. you, also, have those holding fast the teaching of the sect of Nic·o·la´us

Thy·a·ti´ra
you tolerate that woman Jez´e·bel, who calls herself a prophetess, and she teaches and misleads my slaves to commit fornication and to eat things sacrificed to idols.

Philadelphia
those from the synagogue of Satan who say they are Jews, and yet they are not but are lying.

Please contemplate the bolded words in the scriptures quoted above. Is the reader able to discern any blasphemous names amongst the seven congregations?

Of course!

The scriptural evidence is just beginning to mount.

Speaking great things

The wild beast speaks blasphemies against God himself as well as others in heaven. These blasphemies reach right into his residence or temple.

Revelation 13:6- And it opened its mouth in blasphemies against God, to blaspheme his name and his residence, even those residing in heaven.

If the reader has contemplated the words written in the previous blog post called "Out of the North" they will already have discerned how Jesus Christ's (residing in heaven) commandment has been undermined in such a way that Satan uses the subjects of God's own kingdom to taunt (blaspheme) Jehovah to his very face right inside his own temple (residence).

Kings without a kingdom

In the book of Revelation Chapter 17 it mentions that the 10 horns represent 10 kings who do not yet have a kingdom.

Revelation 17:12- "And the ten horns that you saw mean ten kings, who have not yet received a kingdom, but they do receive authority as kings one hour with the wild beast. 13 These have one thought, and so they give their power and authority to the wild beast.

How can you be a king and yet not have received a kingdom? In the world this would be a very confusing and unusual circumstance however, from a spiritual standpoint there really are many kings who have still yet to receive their kingdom.

Please consider what the Apostle Paul tells the Corinthians:

1 Corinthian 4:1- YOU men already have YOUR fill, do YOU? YOU are rich already, are YOU? YOU have begun ruling as kings without us, have YOU? And I wish indeed that YOU had begun ruling as kings, that we also might rule with YOU as kings.

In the scripture above the Apostle Paul is addressing kings who have not yet received a kingdom. Only in the scriptures does such a mysterious saying hold true as this would not happen in pagan circumstances.

So in our recent history are (or were) there 10 prominent anointed kings who really have not yet been appointed over their belongings and who exist inside of the kingdom?

Please notice the following list of anointed Governing Body member's current as of January in the year 2004:

1 –John Barr
2 - Carey Barber
3 - Samuel Herd
4 - Theodore Jaracz
5 - Steven Lett
6 - Gerrit Lösch
7 - Guy Pierce
8 - Albert Schroeder
9 - David Splane
10 - Daniel Sydlik

If these are the same 10 Kings mentioned in the book of Revelation then they must also have somehow given their power and authority to the wild beast.

Revelation 17:12- These have one thought, and so they give their power and authority to the wild beast.

These 10 kings did just exactly as the scripture described in the year 2000 during the month of October.

Please read and carefully consider the following quote from the Washington Post newspaper on Monday, Oct. 9, 2000:

The Watch Tower Bible and Tract Society of Pennsylvania, as the group is officially known, had been run by a so-called Governing Body. Now, religious and administrative duties will be divided, with three newly formed corporations running the group's U.S. operations

This article can be found on the Internet at the following url:

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/apo...56_000.htm

Some of these Kings have since died. It is therefore very true that they will rule for only a short time, one hour with the wild beast.

A man's number

The wild beast also has a name which can represent a number. This can be calculated with intelligence as explained in the following scripture:

Revelation 13:16-18- And it puts under compulsion all persons, the small and the great, and the rich and the poor, and the free and the slaves, that they should give these a mark in their right hand or upon their forehead, 17 and that nobody might be able to buy or sell except a person having the mark, the name of the wild beast or the number of its name. 18 Here is where wisdom comes in: Let the one that has intelligence calculate the number of the wild beast, for it is a man's number; and its number is six hundred and sixty-six.

As already discussed the previous blog "Out of the North" newly interested ones are compelled to make a baptismal vow to an additional name beyond those commanded by Jesus Christ. So what is the extra name given in the baptismal vows made by Jehovah's Witnesses?

"God's Spirit Directed Organization"

An organization requires committees arranged in an administrative structure with assigned supervisory duties. These committees are filled with a specific number of men,

……………. a man's number!

In order to verify the number we only need to understand how "God's spirit directed organization", is organized!

This is explained on page 109 of the "Jehovah's Witnesses, Proclaimers of God's Kingdom" book.

A facsimile of page 109 can be enlarged by clicking on the thumbnail opposite.

In the second paragraph it says;

"Starting with 1st January 1976 all the activities of the Watchtower Society and of all the congregations of Jehovah's Witnesses in the entire world have entered under the supervision of six administrative committees of the government corps."

This is the first six………….. 6

Then, we read on:

"In harmony with that arrangement, on February 1, 1976 changes had been put into effect in all branch offices of the Society around the earth"

This is the second six………….. 6

There is also another committee which handles all of the problems in local congregations with the following functions and responsibilities:

1/ Presiding Overseer

2/ Secretary

3/ Accountant

4/ Ministry School Overseer

5/ Service Overseer

6/ Literature Department Overseer

This is the third six………….. 6

So the name of the wild beast is:

"God's Spirit directed Organization"

Its number is a man's number. The number of men used to organize "God's spirit directed Organization".

The number of its name is: 666

Some may contend that this number is 6 and 6 and 6 and not six hundred and sixty six. The following scripture dealing with ancient Israel's organization should help reconcile any concern:

Deuteronomy 1:15- So I took the heads of YOUR tribes, men wise and experienced, and put them as heads over YOU, chiefs of thousands and chiefs of hundreds and chiefs of fifties and chiefs of tens and officers of YOUR tribes.

Out of the East

This calculation was discerned by a faithful anointed and loyal chosen one named Sas Gavril who lives in Romania. Some of his writings have been translated from Romanian into English and are available on the Internet at the following url:

http://putinthesickle.blogspot.com/

The words on these pages however, are being written and distributed from Canada. Therefore Satan's unrighteous deception is being exposed by two reports. One coming from Canada (the north) and another from Romania (the sunrising). You can be certain these two reports will be very disturbing for Satan and the weeds he has planted inside of the Kingdom:

Daniel 11:44- "But there will be reports that will disturb him, out of the sunrising and out of the north, and he will certainly go forth in a great rage in order to annihilate and to devote many to destruction.

These two reports are what signify the start of the "war of the great day of God the Almighty".

The mark of the beast

So how does a person get the "mark of the beast"? Please consider the following scripture:

Revelation 13:16-17- And it puts under compulsion all persons, the small and the great, and the rich and the poor, and the free and the slaves, that they should give these a mark in their right hand or upon their forehead, 17 and that nobody might be able to buy or sell except a person having the mark, the name of the wild beast or the number of its name.

If the mark of the wild beast has to do with its name then how does someone get marked by its name? The mark is received through baptism which compels the interested one to make a vow of loyalty, an act of veneration to the name of the wild beast: "God's Spirit Directed Organization".

Only after this mark is received can the one with the mark begin to have bible studies through the "house to house ministry" and sell Satan's unrighteous deception in order to buy more people with it. Others who perhaps were baptized prior to the change of baptismal vows still have the mark as they are part of the organization (name) and so are included in the number. The number of it's name.

Some readers may still be conditioned to think the buying and selling has to do with the everyday mundane purchases that people have to make, such as groceries. If this is the case then please consider the following scripture:

Zechariah 11:5- "This is what Jehovah my God has said, 'Shepherd the flock [meant] for the killing, 5 the buyers of which proceed to kill [them] although they are not held guilty. And those who are selling them say: "May Jehovah be blessed, while I shall gain riches." And their own shepherds do not show any compassion upon them.'

The buying and selling is occurring to God's own flock and being condoned by shepherds (weeds) who have no compassion. The buying and selling being referred to in Zechariah Chapter 11 is in regard to people, not groceries!

Why is the mark on their forehead or in their right hand and how does this have anything to do with a Jehovah’s Witness baptism? It does seem to indicate randomness between whether the mark is received in the right hand or forehead. What would determine where this mark is received? Also consider that according to scripture a person is to be deceived into getting this mark. The mark of the beast cannot therefore be a literal or visible mark on the forehead or right hand.
Please consider that another very important Jehovah’s Witness doctrine exists in regard to baptism which has a great deal to do with the receiving of this mark. Jehovah’s Witnesses insist that in order for a baptism to be valid the candidate’s body must be completely immersed under the water! If the candidate’s body is not completely immersed then those in attendance may not recognize their baptism as being valid. One of the most important functions of the attendant who is in the water and assisting with the baptism is to make fully certain that the very last parts of a baptismal candidate’s body are completely immersed under the water. Not until the very last parts of their body are under water can the baptism be valid and the candidate receive the mark of the beast. So depending on how a candidate either leans forward or backward it is either the persons forehead or their right hand which goes under the water last and the baptism is now thoroughly complete. Please spend some time at a baptismal ceremony carefully watching the proceedings and convincing yourself the truth of this statement. A search on the Internet and youtube.com should provide video examples of baptisms which you could immediately examine.

The Eighth King

It is in the book of Revelation Chapter 17 where we find there is an eighth king who springs from the seven heads of the wild beast:

Revelation 17:11- And the wild beast that was but is not, it is also itself an eighth [king], but springs from the seven, and it goes off into destruction.

Is there another king described in amongst the seven congregations at the beginning of the book of Revelation? Please carefully consider whose throne is mentioned in the following scripture:

Revelation 2:13- 'I know where you are dwelling, that is, where the throne of Satan is; and yet you keep on holding fast my name, and you did not deny your faith in me even in the days of An´ti·pas, my witness, the faithful one, who was killed by YOUR side, where Satan is dwelling.

It is in the scripture regarding the congregation of Per´ga·mum that we find a throne. So the eighth king really does spring from within the seven heads. The eighth king is Satan. Certainly after reading through these pages and considering how successful his unrighteous deception has been it should be no surprise that the kingdom has now been so thoroughly undermined that it is actually being ruled by Satan!

The book of Revelation later describes how Satan goes off into destruction.

Revelation 20:10- And the Devil who was misleading them was hurled into the lake of fire and sulphur

Those who are subjects of the kingdom are living right in the serpents face. These are the ones who the Devil is misleading. The eighth king truly does have a fierce countenance, a serpent's face.

Battle with the Lamb

The 10 kings will battle with Jesus Christ himself as well as the called, faithful and chosen ones and yet they will be conquered.

Revelation 17:12-14- "And the ten horns that you saw mean ten kings, who have not yet received a kingdom, but they do receive authority as kings one hour with the wild beast. 13 These have one thought, and so they give their power and authority to the wild beast. 14 These will battle with the Lamb, but, because he is Lord of lords and King of kings, the Lamb will conquer them. Also, those called and chosen and faithful with him [will do so]."

As mentioned earlier on these pages the faithful and loyal called ones are exposing Satan's unrighteous deceptions inside of the congregations of Jehovah's Witnesses. For doing this they are excluded and disfellowshipped. An enormous spiritual war is presently ongoing. How are the faithful, loyal chosen ones able to conquer the 10 kings? Simply by telling the truth, witnessing to those presently being held captive by Satan's unrighteous deception. This is explained in Revelation Chapter 12.

Revelation 12:11- the accuser of our brothers has been hurled down, who accuses them day and night before our God! 11 And they conquered him because of the blood of the Lamb and because of the word of their witnessing, and they did not love their souls even in the face of death.

If the reader has arrived here then it should now occur that the spiritual war is presently being fought in regard to them. Are the words of this witnessing having some success and will the discerning reader now be released from captivity to Satan's unrighteous deception?

If Satan and his weeds were able to forever deceive everyone with their unrighteous deception what a miserable world this would continue to be.

The words on these pages have been written for many reasons:

Jehovah now has an opportunity to give an answer to the one(s) taunting him.
For the sake of our King, Jesus Christ.
As an obligation for one keeping on the watch to give a warning when he sees the enemy.
To help with a little help chosen anointed ones who have been deceived.
For the sake of all true Christians who are presently being held captive by Satan's unrighteous deception.
To give the world convincing evidence concerning sin and concerning righteousness and concerning judgment.
So that the word of this witnessing might conquer Satan. (Rev 12:11)

When Jesus Christ arrives he should find a faithful slave who is telling the truth about the "man of lawlessness" and the "disgusting thing" to righteous Christians inside his own Kingdom. When he does arrive the bible assures us that he will find this same faithful slave class being beaten by their evil brothers who will be found eating and drinking with the same drunkards who have been shamefully overcome by Satan's unrighteous deception. –(Mt 24:45-47). On these pages there are an overwhelming number of evidences in our recent history which prove that the bible prophecies which pave the way for the conclusion of this system of things have already been fulfilled. This cannot be coincidence. The sheer composite total of these evidences drives scepticism beyond any acceptable limits. The Song of Moses reveals however, that just as happened in the first century the conclusion of this system of things will happen in a generation which does not want to hear the truth. The defect is their own.

The Song of Moses-
They have acted ruinously on their own part; They are not his children, the defect is their own. A generation crooked and twisted! 6 Is it to Jehovah that YOU keep doing this way, O people stupid and not wise? Is he not your Father who has produced you, He who made you and proceeded to give you stability?

After carefully contemplating the words written on these pages the reader should have an appreciation for how accurately these events were predicted to happen through ancient writings in the bible. The reader should see how beautifully the mysteries were concealed.

The discerning reader should now be able to echo the words of the Apostle Paul:

Romans 11:33- O the depth of God's riches and wisdom and knowledge! How unsearchable his judgments [are] and past tracing out his ways [are]!

An anointed king of the earth who has read and understands the words written on these pages should be helped to come off victorious from the wild beast and sing the song of Moses, winning the war of the great day of God the Almighty.

Revelation 15:2- And I saw what seemed to be a glassy sea mingled with fire, and those who come off victorious from the wild beast and from its image and from the number of its name standing by the glassy sea, having harps of God. 3 And they are singing the song of Moses the slave of God and the song of the Lamb,

The time is soon coming when Jehovah our Almighty God will be given the glory he deserves!

The Song of Moses

1 "Give ear, O heavens, and let me speak;
And let the earth hear the sayings of my mouth.

2
My instruction will drip as the rain,
My saying will trickle as the dew,
As gentle rains upon grass
And as copious showers upon vegetation.

3
For I shall declare the name of Jehovah.
Do YOU attribute greatness to our God!

4
The Rock, perfect is his activity,
For all his ways are justice.
A God of faithfulness, with whom there is no injustice;
Righteous and upright is he.

5
They have acted ruinously on their own part;
They are not his children, the defect is their own.
A generation crooked and twisted!

6
Is it to Jehovah that YOU keep doing this way,
O people stupid and not wise?
Is he not your Father who has produced you,
He who made you and proceeded to give you stability?

7
Remember the days of old,
CONSIDER the years back from generation to generation;
Ask your father, and he can tell you;
Your old men, and they can say it to you.

8
When the Most High gave the nations an inheritance,
When he parted the sons of Adam from one another,
He proceeded to fix the boundary of the peoples
With regard for the number of the sons of Israel.

9
For Jehovah's share is his people;
Jacob is the allotment that he inherits.

10
He came to find him in a wilderness land,
And in an empty, howling desert.
He began to encircle him, to take care of him,
To safeguard him as the pupil of his eye.

11
Just as an eagle stirs up its nest,
Hovers over its fledglings,
Spreads out its wings, takes them,
Carries them on its pinions,

12
Jehovah alone kept leading him,
And there was no foreign god along with him.

13
He kept making him ride upon earth's high places,
So that he ate the produce of the field.
And he kept making him suck honey out of a crag,
And oil out of a flinty rock;

14
Butter of the herd and milk of the flock
Together with the fat of rams,
And male sheep, the breed of Ba´shan, and he-goats
Together with the kidney fat of wheat;
And the blood of the grape you kept drinking as wine.

15
When Jesh´u·run began to grow fat, then he kicked.
You have grown fat, you have become thick, you have become gorged.
So he forsook God, who made him,
And despised the Rock of his salvation.

16
They began inciting him to jealousy with strange gods;
With detestable things they kept offending him.

17
They went sacrificing to demons, not to God,
Gods whom they had not known,
New ones who recently came in,
With whom YOUR forefathers were not acquainted.

18
The Rock who fathered you, you proceeded to forget,
And you began to leave God out of memory, the One bringing you forth with childbirth pains.

19
When Jehovah saw it, then he came to disrespect them,
Because of the vexation his sons and his daughters gave.

20
So he said, 'Let me conceal my face from them,
Let me see what their end will be afterward.
For they are a generation of perverseness,
Sons in whom there is no faithfulness.

21
They, for their part, have incited me to jealousy with what is no god;
They have vexed me with their vain idols;
And I, for my part, shall incite them to jealousy with what is no people;
With a stupid nation I shall offend them.

22
For a fire has been ignited in my anger
And it will burn down to She´ol, the lowest place,
And it will consume the earth and its produce
And will set ablaze the foundations of mountains.

23
I shall increase calamities upon them;
My arrows I shall spend upon them.

24
Exhausted from hunger they will be and eaten up by burning fever
And bitter destruction.
And the teeth of beasts I shall send upon them,
With the venom of reptiles of the dust.

25
Outdoors a sword will bereave them,
And indoors fright,
Of both young man and virgin,
Suckling together with gray-haired man.

26
I should have said: "I shall disperse them,
I will make the mention of them cease from mortal men,"

27
Were it not that I was afraid of vexation from the enemy,
That their adversaries might misconstrue it,
That they might say: "Our hand has proved superior,
And it was not Jehovah who worked all this out."

28
For they are a nation on whom counsel perishes,
And among them there is no understanding.

29
O that they were wise! Then they would ponder over this.

They would consider their end afterward.

30
How could one pursue a thousand,
And two put ten thousand to flight?
Not unless their Rock had sold them
And Jehovah had surrendered them.

31
For their rock is not like our Rock,
Even our enemies being the ones to decide.

32
For their vine is from the vine of Sod´om
And from the terraces of Go·mor´rah.
Their grapes are grapes of poison,
Their clusters are bitter.

33
Their wine is the venom of big snakes
And the cruel poison of cobras.

34
Is it not laid up with me,
With a seal affixed to it in my storehouse?

35
Vengeance is mine, and retribution.

At the appointed time their foot will move unsteadily,
For the day of their disaster is near,
And the events in readiness for them do make haste.'

36
For Jehovah will judge his people
And he will feel regret over his servants,
Because he will see that support has disappeared
And there is only a helpless and worthless one.

37
And he will certainly say, 'Where are their gods,
The rock in whom they sought refuge,

38
Who used to eat the fat of their sacrifices,
To drink the wine of their drink offerings?
Let them get up and help YOU.
Let them become a concealment place for YOU.

39
SEE now that I—I am he
And there are no gods together with me.
I put to death, and I make alive.
I have severely wounded, and I—I will heal,
And there is no one snatching out of my hand.

40
For I raise my hand to heaven [in an oath],
And I do say: "As I am alive to time indefinite,"

41
If I do indeed sharpen my glittering sword,
And my hand takes hold on judgment,
I will pay back vengeance to my adversaries
And render retribution to those who intensely hate me.

42
I shall intoxicate my arrows with blood,
While my sword will eat flesh,
With the blood of the slain and the captives,
With the heads of the leaders of the enemy.'

43
Be glad, YOU nations, with his people,
For he will avenge the blood of his servants,
And he will pay back vengeance to his adversaries
And will indeed make atonement for the ground of his people."

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El Falso Bautismo de la Watchtower

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When you Catch Sight of the Disgusting Thing

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If the scriptures in the bible are really true, then at some time we should be able to measure them against tangible events, which are actually occurring in our contemporary history. By keeping on the watch for these events we can make decisions saving our own lives and many others. The bible does indicate that most people will be surprised by the sudden arrival of Jesus Christ however; it also indicates that a small remainder will have kept on the watch. The words written on these few pages with supporting scriptures will help the discerning reader to:

see the disgusting thing in a holy place.
understand what the holy place is.
understand who the man of lawlessness is.
understand who is acting as a restraint and
how he gets to be out of the way.
how the man of lawlessness enters the temple and
how he lifts himself up above a god.
understand who Babylon the Great really is and why.
what the unclean expressions are and who they really gather together.
who the drunkards are and
what it means to eat and drink with them.
What Satan’s unrighteous deception is and
how extremely successful Satan has been.

Man of Lawlessness

One of the events prophesied in the bible and having many features we can measure is the “man of lawlessness”. Paul confirms in his 2nd letter to the Thessalonians that it precedes the gathering together of the chosen ones to Jesus Christ when he is revealed. According to the Gospel of Matthew this is the first action Jesus takes when he returns to the earth:

Matthew 24:30
And then the sign of the Son of man will appear in heaven, and then all the tribes of the earth will beat themselves in lamentation, and they will see the Son of man coming on the clouds of heaven with power and great glory. 31 And he will send forth his angels with a great trumpet sound, and they will gather his chosen ones together from the four winds.

The scripture leaves no doubt that everyone will see Jesus Christ coming and so this gathering is still a future event.

Searching for convincing evidences of this “man of lawlessness” is certainly a worthwhile effort and indicates a willingness to keep on the watch as admonished by Jesus Christ later on in Matthew Chapter 24:42; “Keep on the watch, therefore, because YOU do not know on what day YOUR Lord is coming.”

2 Thessalonians 2
1 However, brothers, respecting the presence of our Lord Jesus Christ and our being gathered together to him,………. 3 Let no one seduce YOU in any manner, because it will not come unless the apostasy comes first and the man of lawlessness gets revealed, the son of destruction.

In order to keep on the watch we should be carefully examining current events so that the apostasy and man of lawlessness can be recognised.

The face of the serpent

There is a place in scripture where those who are faithful and loyal do get away to a place where they are fed (truths). Could this be the time when they learn about the “man of lawlessness”?

Revelation 12:14

But the two wings of the great eagle were given the woman, that she might fly into the wilderness to her place; there is where she is fed for a time and times and half a time away from the face of the serpent.

The place is in the wilderness, the thing they get away from which, must then be the thing acting as a restraint is the face of the serpent.

Could God’s faithful chosen ones be living right in the face of Satan during the time of the end and for this reason are unable to see the mystery of the man of lawlessness? Revelation does mention that faithful chosen ones would be living right in amongst those who belong to Satan and living in the very same place where he is ruling.

Revelation 2:9, 2:13
9 “I know your works, tribulation, and poverty (but you are rich); and I know the blasphemy of those who say they are Jews and are not, but are a synagogue of Satan…13 I know thy works and where thou dwellest, even where Satan's seat is; and that thou holdest fast My name and hast not denied My faith, even in those days wherein Antipas was My faithful martyr, who was slain among you, where Satan dwelleth.

These loyal anointed chosen ones, the true sons of the kingdom are living right in Satan’s face during the Lord’s Day! They are living directly amongst those who are saying they are God’s people and yet they are not!

Would Satan have any advantage targeting false religion with his weeds? It makes sense that Satan would sow his weeds right inside of God’s true Kingdom if his motive is to somehow undermine it through some subtle and insidious plot. Consider the scripture at 2nd Thessalonians 2:9 which, in many translations describe his success at the very conclusion of this system of things using descriptive words such as “wonder”, “power” or “miracles”. If Satan’s deception is to be so successful then he must have somehow undermined God’s true Kingdom. It would therefore benefit the chosen anointed ones and true Christians belonging to this kingdom to very carefully measure all the contemporary events recently occurring in order to detect those things that Jesus Christ himself warned us about so many times throughout the bible.

Revelation Chapter 12 goes on to further describe what the serpent is doing to the chosen ones:

“and the earth opened her mouth, and swallowed up the flood”15And the serpent cast out of his mouth water as a flood after the woman, that he might cause her to be carried away by the flood."

In the bible water normally represents knowledge or truths however, if they are flooding out of the serpent’s mouth with a view to carry away or mislead the faithful chosen ones then they must be lies. A flood or river of lies suggests a continual publishing of words perhaps contained in a never ending flood of periodicals or ongoing distribution of magazines and books designed to lure and gather anointed chosen ones away from learning the real truth.

Carried away

So these faithful anointed chosen ones, the true sons of the kingdom are not only living right in Satan’s face during the Lord’s day, they also are being continually flooded by lies regularly published and fed to them. Certainly it’s this flood of lies which, causes them to be “carried away” and restrains them, making it difficult to see truths about the “man of lawlessness”.

Revelation Chapter 12 goes on to explain how these lies will be overturned with help from the earth.

Revelation 16
“And the earth helped the woman; and the earth opened her mouth, and swallowed up the flood which the dragon cast out of his mouth”

If we are now living in the Lord’s Day then, what feature recently provided by the earth presently exists which, has the surprising ability to overturn an overwhelming flood of published lies?

Answer: The Internet.

Mr. Stephen Cox, a professor of literature at the University of California made a very astute observation about the times we now live in and writes an article about:

“the strange and unforeseen persistence of truth in our allegedly post-modern age.”

His article can be read by going to the following hyperlink:

http://libertyunbound.com/archive/2003_10/cox-truth.html#The

In this article Professor Cox uses a religious organisation which, publishes and distributes such a veritable flood of magazines and books that it is known world-wide. In his article he explains how this flood of information is now being put to the test by a relatively new technology also found world-wide called the Internet. Of all the earth’s achievements, which should be capable of swallowing up a flood of lies, the Internet shows the greatest promise.

In the Serpents face are his eyes, ears and mouth. An anointed one who is not away from the serpents face would be in a place where the serpent could see, hear and talk to him. Satan and his weeds can then restrain the chosen anointed one from learning the real truth and continue to mislead him. Once away from Satan’s face and his continual flood of lies the faithful ones are no longer restrained from measuring events occurring in our recent history and matching them against those identifying criteria found in the bible which describe the “man of lawlessness”.

Jesus Christ told us in Matthew Chapter 24 that we would catch sight of a disgusting thing standing in a holy place.

The Apostle Paul also mentions a man, who sits down in the temple of The God publicly showing himself to be a god. We now have even more reason to identify the man of lawlessness. Careful contemplation should convince the discerning reader that entry into the holy place by the “man of lawlessness” and the “disgusting thing seen in a holy place” is one and the same.

2Thessalonians 2:4

He is set in opposition and lifts himself up over everyone who is called "god" or an object of reverence, so that he sits down in the temple of The God, publicly showing himself to be a god.

How does someone gain access to the actual temple of The God and further yet, how is he able to lift himself up above everyone who is called god? It certainly is mysterious as to how such an extraordinary feat might be accomplished.

2 Thessalonians 2
7 True, the mystery of this lawlessness is already at work;

The "man of lawlessness" is also called the "man of sin" in many bible translations. Through the scriptures Jesus showed us that we would eventually be helped with convincing evidence, truths given to us regarding sin (lawlessness), righ-teousness and also judgement.

John 16:8-11
8 And when that one arrives he will give the world convincing evidence concerning sin and concerning righteousness and concerning judgment: 9 in the first place, concerning sin, because they are not exercising faith in me; 10 then concerning righteousness, because I am going to the Father and YOU will behold me no longer; 11 then concerning judgment, because the ruler of this world has been judged.

In regards to these truths which would eventually give convincing evidence, Jesus Christ earlier said as recorded in the Gospel of John:

John 16:12
“I have many things yet to say to you, but you are not able to bear them at present. 13 However, when that one arrives, the spirit of the truth, he will guide you into all the truth.”

After careful contemplation the discerning reader will realise the truths contained on these pages are indeed difficult to bear and yet are scripturally intact when measured against the events happening in our recent history.

Baptism

It would be a good thing to now understand how someone is able to gain access to the temple of The God? The following scripture shows how this is possible:

Hebrews 10:19-23
“but you are not able to bear them at present”19 Therefore, brothers, since we have boldness for the way of entry into the holy place by the blood of Jesus, 20 which he inaugurated for us as a new and living way through the curtain, that is, his flesh, 21 and since we have a great priest over the house of God, 22 let us approach with true hearts in the full assurance of faith, having had our hearts sprinkled from a wicked conscience and our bodies bathed with clean water. 23 Let us hold fast the public declaration of our hope without wavering, for he is faithful that promised.

The requisite for entry into the actual temple of The God is baptism, a new and living way through the curtain. At the time our hearts are sprinkled from a wicked conscience and our bodies bathed with clean water our baptismal vows gain entry into the actual temple of The God.Through this means any person can rightfully enter into, the actual temple of The God.

Do you think Satan knows this?

How can someone, a man, lift himself up over everyone who is called "god" through baptism? It would be a good idea to now examine the command our Lord and King Jesus Christ gave us in regard to baptism in the following scripture:

Matthew 28:18-20
18 And Jesus approached and spoke to them, saying: "All authority has been given me in heaven and on the earth. 19 Go therefore and make disciples of people of all the nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the holy spirit, 20 teaching them to observe all the things I have commanded YOU. And, look! I am with YOU all the days until the conclusion of the system of things."

Please notice the necessary criteria illustrated in the following figure and compared where possible to 2nd Thessalonians 2:4

Name of the Father ----Jehovah -------The God ---------------(2 Co 1:3)

And of the Son ------------Jesus -----------a god ------------------(John 1:1)

And of Holy Spirit--------The Helper ---God's active force -(Acts 2:38)

Could it really be that a man of lawlessness exists inside of the organisation of Jehovah’s Witnesses?

One new man

This concern certainly justifies the further examination of scripture. A good place to start is by finding any scripture that describes a "man" having access to the holy temple. Do the scriptures indicate in the singular any "man" who might exist inside of Jehovah’s people and who also has access to the holy temple?

Yes!

There is an esoteric group called a "man" who is referred to in scripture as existing inside of God’s Kingdom.

Ephesians 2:13-18
13 But now in union with Christ Jesus YOU who were once far off have come to be near by the blood of the Christ. 14 For he is our peace, he who made the two parties one and destroyed the wall in between that fenced them off. 15 By means of his flesh he abolished the enmity, the Law of commandments consisting in decrees, that he might create the two peoples in union with himself into one new man and make peace; 16 and that he might fully reconcile both peoples in one body to God through the torture stake, because he had killed off the enmity by means of himself. 17 And he came and declared the good news of peace to YOU, the ones far off, and peace to those near, 18 because through him we, both peoples,(the man) have the approach to the Father by one spirit. 19 Certainly, therefore, YOU (the man) are no longer strangers and alien residents, but YOU (the man) are fellow citizens of the holy ones and are members of the household of God, 20 and YOU (the man) have been built up upon the foundation of the apostles and prophets, while Christ Jesus himself is the foundation cornerstone. 21 In union with him the whole building, being harmoniously joined together, is growing into a holy temple for Jehovah. 22 In union with him YOU, too, (the man) are being built up together into a place for God to inhabit by spirit.

(The notes in parentheses and bolded are added for emphasis.)

The "man" is therefore that esoteric and anointed group of people who is growing towards being accepted as part of the temple for God. The bible really does identify a “man” who also has access to the temple of The God. Not only does the scripture above identify a man. It is this same man who is “growing into a holy temple for Jehovah”. The holy place is also now identified!

Inside the organisation of Jehovah’s Witnesses this "man" is better known as the Governing Body which represents the anointed slave class who are appointed to "feed the domestics" and direct the organisation through the Watchtower Bible and Tract Society. God's "spirit directed organization". The question is now once again at issue however, as to whether this is the faithful or perhaps really could still contain the evil slave? A question that many believe was formally resolved in 1919.

If God’s spirit directed organisation who governs all of Jehovah’s Witnesses really is "the man of lawlessness" then they must somehow have lifted themselves up above the station of a god (a small "g" god) while also gaining access to the temple.

As discovered earlier, entry into the temple is through baptism. Therefore a more careful examination of the baptismal vows made by Jehovah’s Witnesses should now be undertaken in order to determine the possibility that this might be a valid concern.

The baptismal vows, which are necessary to become one of Jehovah's Witnesses, are carefully explained in the June 1st 1985 Watchtower Magazine on page 30 as follows:

"On the basis of the sacrifice of Jesus Christ, have you repented of your sins and dedicated yourself to Jehovah to do his will

The second is:

Do you understand that your dedication and baptism identify you as one of Jehovah's Witnesses in association with God's spirit directed organization?"

These vows are publicly made often in front of thousands of people!

Now the discerning reader should also attempt to reconcile the Jehovah's Witness baptismal criteria wherever possible to 2nd Thessalonians 2:4 and our Lord Jesus Christ’s commandment
at Matthew 28:19.

Jehovah's Witness Baptism Criteria:

Jehovah to do his will ------------------------ Name of the Father ----The God

Sacrifice of Jesus Christ -----------------------And of the son -----------a god

God's "spirit-directed organisation" ------ (the man) ------------------a god?

Can you see in the figure above an esoteric group, the man who is "publicly showing himself to be a god"?

Jehovah's Witnesses are taught by this same organisation that the above vows are essential for salvation as confirmed in the following quote from the January 15th 1989 Watchtower Mag- azine on page 15:

"Baptismal candidates must acknowledge publicly that on the basis of Jesus' sacrifice they have repented of their sins and have dedicated themselves to Jehovah. They must also understand that dedication and baptism identify them as Jehovah's Witnesses."

“The entire baptismal arrangement, including this public expression of faith, is essential for salvation.”

This Watchtower magazine statement insists that the baptismal arrangement which includes a vow made to “God’s Spirit Directed Organisation” is a requirement for salvation. The discerning bible student should already know this goes well beyond what the bible indicates and is an extremely presumptuous and unclean inspired expression.

In order to become one of Jehovah’s Witnesses newly interested ones are compelled to publicly confirm the above vows which now gives them the ability to worship and rightfully participate in any other Jehovah’s Witness activity. Until the new one gets this unique baptismal mark they are considered as nothing.

Set in opposition

The reader should agree that in order to be saved a person has to approach the altar in God’s holy temple in order to benefit from Jesus Christ's sacrifice. The individual’s public expression must gain entry into the temple of The God. Their expression provides worship and reverence to all those mentioned in their vows including God’s "spirit directed organisation".

Jesus Christ (a god) commanded that his baptismal arrangement should be in place right up to the very conclusion of the system of things. Anyone who has the courage to presumptuously change his arrangement prior to the conclusion of this system of things must therefore consider themselves to be a small "g" god of greater authority than our Lord and King Jesus Christ. They have lifted themselves up over everyone who is called "god". By changing this commandment before the conclusion of the system of things the Governing body and Watchtower Bible and Tract Society has indicated disagreement with and opposition to our King Jesus Christ. The Governing body have insisted that since 1919 they have already passed inspection, been declared righteous and appointed over all their belongings. Could this be another unclean inspired expression designed to gather together God’s chosen ones before our Lord Jesus Christ comes to do the same? (Mt 24:31) Their intent has therefore been to change times and law.

Immediately before making the baptismal commandment however, our Lord and King left no doubt as to his authority over these matters when he said:

Matthew 28:17
18 And Jesus approached and spoke to them, saying: "All authority has been given me in heaven and on the earth"

Jesus Christ’s commandment above was a law in the first century and continues to be a law right up to the conclusion of this system of things. Anyone who disagrees with or undermines this law should therefore be considered lawless.

There is now a man identified who is capable of entry into the temple itself that also manifests opposition to and lifts himself above the station of Jesus Christ our King. There is no other candidate for the man of lawlessness in our modern history. The Governing body of Jehovah’s Witnesses, the “spirit directed organisation” is the only "man" identified in the bible that is capable of entry into the temple.

Certainly it is at this point the reader may be having difficulty bearing the truth which contains convincing evidences regarding sin and lawlessness.

Babylon the Great

The Governing body of Jehovah’s Witnesses through the Watchtower Society has built a city containing over six million people and through changing Jesus Christ’s baptismal commandment have vows which reach right up into heaven before God in his holy temple. Through this means they have successfully made a celebrated name for themselves.

In ancient times there were men on the earth who attempted to achieve the same thing and yet failed.

This attempt is recorded in Genesis:

Genesis 11:4
4 They now said: “Come on! Let us build ourselves a city and also a tower with its top in the heavens, and let us make a celebrated name for ourselves, for fear we may be scattered over all the surface of the earth.”

The Governing Body of Jehovah’s Witness’s have been completely successful in their attempt and so have a much greater achievement.

Their ancient forefathers attempted and failed to build a city called Babylon. The greater achievement of the modern day Governing Body of Jehovah’s Witnesses and its Watchtower Bible and Tract Society has therefore rightfully earned them the name: ‘Babylon the Great’.

The Motive

To trick newly interested ones into publicly confirming a vow, which venerates the evil slave, and the man of lawlessness, making them a citizen of Babylon the Great is indeed a very insidious and unrighteous deception. None of this makes sense unless there is a motive.

In order for the discerning reader to be convinced they really do need to understand what the motive might be. Jesus explained the circumstances that his Kingdom would be in as the conclusion of the system of things approached:

Matthew 13
36 Then after dismissing the crowds he went into the house. And his disciples came to him and said: “Explain to us the illustration of the weeds in the field.” 37 In response he said: “The sower of the fine seed is the Son of man; 38 the field is the world; as for the fine seed, these are the sons of the kingdom; but the weeds are the sons of the wicked one, 39 and the enemy that sowed them is the Devil. The harvest is a conclusion of a system of things, and the reapers are angels.41 The Son of man will send forth his angels, and they will collect out from his kingdom all things that cause stumbling and persons who are doing lawlessness, 42 and they will pitch them into the fiery furnace. There is where [their] weeping and the gnashing of [their] teeth will be.

Satan himself must have a motive for sowing his seeds in among the ones that Jesus Christ has sowed. Certainly he should have been hoping to use his weeds in such a way as to have some malicious influence on God’s Kingdom and Jehovah himself. Imagine if Satan and his weeds could somehow use their influence to undermine a fundamental commandment of the appointed king of God’s own Kingdom in such a way that it would also gain entry into the temple of THE God and actually use the subjects of God’s own kingdom including his anointed chosen ones to taunt Jehovah right to his very face!

Isn’t that disgusting!

Can the discerning reader think of a more abominable motive for Satan to have?

The scripture at 2nd Thessalonians Chapter 2 gives evidence proving this lawlessness was exactly Satan’s motive.

2nd Thessalonians 2
9 But the lawless one’s presence is according to the operation of Satan with every powerful work and lying signs and portents 10 and with every unrighteous deception for those who are perishing, as a retribution because they did not accept the love of the truth that they might be saved.

Satan’s motive for sowing weeds in amongst the wheat has been almost completely successful! Satan’s modern day unrighteous deception has the same achievement as his exploits in the Garden of Eden except that he has now been able to manoeuvre an entire kingdom into disobeying God’s commandment. The discerning reader should have now seen the “disgusting thing standing in a holy place.” (Mt 24:15)

A careful examination of 2 Thessalonians explains that this man of lawlessness is to be; "done away with by the spirit of his mouth".It is in John Chapter 16 where we find out what the "spirit of his mouth" is:

John 16:13
However, when that one arrives, the spirit of the truth, he will guide YOU into all the truth, for he will not speak of his own impulse, but what things he hears he will speak, and he will declare to YOU the things coming. 14 That one will glorify me, because he will receive from what is mine and will declare it to YOU.

The man of lawlessness is to be done away with simply by a revealing of the truth. Truth’s which, indirectly come from the very mouth of Jesus Christ, our true Lord and King.

The Plan

It is well known that Satan can and does read the bible himself. When Jesus survived the test in the wilderness it is proof of this however, has Satan now also read the New Testament? If Satan has read the New Testament then he would be well aware of Jesus Christ’s plan when he returns to the earth. To find a way to undermine Jesus Christ’s plans would therefore serve Satan’s best interests.

So what are Jesus Christ’s plans when he returns to the earth? This has been discussed earlier in these pages and revealed in scripture at Matthew Chapter 24:30

Matthew 24:30
And then the sign of the Son of man will appear in heaven, and then all the tribes of the earth will beat themselves in lamentation, and they will see the Son of man coming on the clouds of heaven with power and great glory. 31 And he will send forth his angels with a great trumpet sound, and they will gather his chosen ones together from the four winds.

What is the best way that Satan could undermine Jesus Christ’s plan?

The inner chambers

Satan could lure and gather those same chosen ones together to a different place before Jesus comes to do the same. In fact Jesus Christ warns us of this through the scriptures immediately preceding those which mention his own plan:

Matthew 24:23
“Then if anyone says to you, ’Look! Here is the Christ,’ or, ‘There!’ do not believe it. 24 For false Christ’s and false prophets will arise and give great signs and wonders so as to mislead, if possible, even the chosen ones. 25 Look! I have forewarned you. 26 Therefore if people say to you. ‘Look! He is in the wilderness’ do not go out; ‘Look! He is in the inner chambers,’ do not believe it.”

Jesus Christ leaves no doubt in the scriptures that chosen ones should be very careful about where they might be gathered together.

The thought that his faithful slave had passed inspection by Jesus Christ in 1919 was an unrighteous deception. The Governing body of Jehovah Witnesses has convinced over 6 million people that Jesus Christ is directing their activities from some where deep inside the Brooklyn Bethel Headquarters of the Watchtower Bible and Tract Society. They have skilfully convinced Jehovah’s Witnesses by indirectly saying; ‘Look! He is in the inner chambers”, another unclean inspired expression. Jehovah’s people have been operating in error since then. Why would THE God, Jehovah, allow his witnesses to be governed by an evil slave, the man of lawlessness for so long? The scripture at 2nd Thessalonians Chapter 2 explains the
reason why:

2nd Thessalonians 2
11 So that is why God lets an operation of error go to them, that they may get to believing the lie, 12 in order that they all may be judged because they did not believe the truth but took pleasure in unrighteousness.

Who is it that is really behind the lies and deception?

2nd Thessalonians 2:9
9 But the lawless ones presence is according to the operation of Satan with every powerful work and lying signs and portents 10 and with every unrighteous deception.

2nd Thessalonians not only mentions a deception, it also mentions a lie.

The Lie

Is there any scriptural evidence that can help us identify a lie or falsehood being propagated by those in charge of Gods people? There is in fact a scripture in Isaiah, which talks about a future time when the rulers of Gods people take refuge in a lie and further explains that a covenant with death is made which will eventually dissolve.

Could it really be true that the Governing Body of Jehovah’s Witnesses and the Watchtower Bible and Tract Society have made an actual covenant with death itself?

Please consider some quotes from a July 1st 1983 Watchtower Article:

"Millions Now Living will Never Die"

"THERE are thousands of millions of persons living on earth today. Millions
of these are now learning of the wonderful opportunity of keeping on living upon it without ever dying off it."

"Live Companions of Those Hidden From Divine Denunciation"

"21 Unquestionably, so late in this "time of the end" since the end of the
Gentile Times in 1914, there are many live men and women of faith and integrity
who will never die off the face of the earth, God’s footstool."

Please now consider the lie (falsehood) believed by the rulers of God’s people as described by a prophetic end time scripture in Isaiah:

Isaiah 28:14
14 Therefore hear the word of Jehovah, YOU braggarts, YOU rulers of this people who are in Jerusalem: 15 Because YOU men have said: "We have concluded a covenant with Death; and with She´ol we have effected a vision; the overflowing flash flood, in case it should pass through, will not come to us, for we have made a lie our refuge and in falsehood we have concealed ourselves"; 16 therefore this is what the Sovereign Lord Jehovah has said: "Here I am laying as a foundation in Zion a stone, a tried stone, the precious corner of a sure foundation. No one exercising faith will get panicky. 17 And I will make justice the measuring line and righteousness the leveling instrument; and the hail must sweep away the refuge of a lie, and the waters themselves will flood out the very place of concealment. 18 And YOUR covenant with Death will certainly be dissolved, and that vision of YOURS with She´ol will not stand. The overflowing flash flood, when it passes through YOU must also become for it a trampling place.

The lie is "the covenant with Death".

The truth is that the ones who said; "millions now living will never die" and also said; "the live companions of those hidden from denunciation" have told a lie, an unclean inspired expression.
Their “covenant with death” will be dissolved and they will not be “hidden from denunciation”, instead as Isaiah points out the truth will “sweep away the refuge of a lie” and also “flood out the very place of concealment”.

Notice in the scripture above that a revealing of falsehood (lie) from a place of concealment would be as a result of righteousness (truth) and justice coming from a tried stone laid as a foundation in Zion. These must represent truths coming from our Lord and King Jesus Christ only after he is tried and resurrected. The waters that flood out the very place of concealment are truths coming from the spirit of his mouth. The discerning reader should realise this cannot have application to Isaiah’s contemporaries and has never had any application throughout any history since before our King Jesus Christ’s resurrection, until now. The covenant with death did not happen during the first century and such a covenant has never existed inside of God’s Kingdom until very recently.

The drunkards

Notice at the beginning of Isaiah Chapter 28 that the rulers of God’s people are identified in more detail:

Isaiah 28:1
Woe to the eminent crown of the drunkards of Ephraim, and the fading beauty that is upon the head of the fertile valley of those overpowered with wine.

These drunkards have an eminent or celebrated crown and so must be kings, and yet their glory is fading because they have been overcome (with wine).

The covenant with death and unclean inspired expressions are certainly attractive. To think Jesus Christ is really directing matters on this earth through an exclusive and esoteric group of men somewhere deep within the confines of the Brooklyn Bethel could easily lure the unwary chosen anointed ones into believing such an appealing notion. Jesus Christ himself said that many (Mt 24:4) would be misled including if possible even the chosen ones (Mt 24:24) who may find these unclean expressions to be alluring and attractive. Certainly the demise of those who are misled must be very drastic for Jesus to have so often admonished us to be wary about being gathered together by false and ingenious expressions very carefully designed by Satan and his weeds to mislead them.

Who are these chosen ones?

The book of Revelation calls them kings:

Revelation 5:10
“And you made them a kingdom and priests to our God, and they are to rule over the earth.”

The book of Revelation should also tell us more about these kings who are to rule the earth. It does, however, many have been conditioned to believe these are present day pagan kings of nations rather than the same chosen or anointed kings mentioned earlier in the book of Revelation.

Unclean inspired expressions

In Revelation chapter 16 we discover there are unclean inspired expressions designed to gather together the kings of the entire inhabited earth. Why would Jesus Christ admonish present day pagan kings to “stay awake”? It is in chapter 16 that we discover unclean inspired expressions designed to gather the kings of the entire inhabited earth together. It is very important that these chosen kings are not misled and do stay awake so they are not brought to shame for having been so easily misled especially after having been admonished by Jesus Christ, so many times.

Revelation 16:14
13 And I saw three unclean inspired expressions [that looked] like frogs come out of the mouth of the dragon and out of the mouth of the wild beast and out of the mouth of the false prophet. 14 They are, in fact, expressions inspired by demons and perform signs, and they go forth to the kings of the entire inhabited earth, to gather them together to the war of the great day of God the Almighty. 15 “Look! I am coming as a thief. Happy is the one that stays awake and keeps his outer garments, that he may not walk naked and people look upon his shamefulness.”

Now please very carefully contemplate and compare to Revelation Chapter 16 what Jesus told his disciples in Matthew Chapter 24 about signs designed to mislead the chosen ones:

Matthew 24:24
For false Christ’s and false prophets will arise and will give great signs and wonders so as to mislead if possible, even the chosen ones.

There can be no doubt that the chosen ones admonished about misleading signs in Matthew Chapter 24 and the kings of the entire inhabited earth admonished about misleading signs in Revelation Chapter 16 are one and the same.

When the discerning reader concludes this is true they will realize how effective the “water cast out of the serpents mouth” has been and how far these flooding waters have “carried them away”.

The unrighteous deception

The very first thing that Jesus Christ does when he comes back to the earth is to gather his chosen ones from the four winds:

Matthew 24:31
And he will send forth his angels with a great trumpet sound, and they will gather his chosen ones together.

We all know that Satan can read the bible and is aware of Jesus Christ’s plan. In order to undermine such a plan all Satan would have to do is gather together those same chosen ones to some other place. It is certainly amazing that Satan has been so extremely successful.

Revelation Chapter 16 says that the kings of the entire inhabited earth; “are gathered together to the place that is called in Hebrew Har-Magedon.”

The Valley of Megiddo or Har-Magedon is the place in the Hebrew scriptures where God’s King Josiah mistakenly went, only to be killed. King Josiah should not have gone there. Calling the place Har-Magedon where Satan misleads chosen kings of the entire inhabited earth into gathering, is therefore a very fitting metaphor. There was much grief and wailing in the valley of Megiddo when King Josiah was killed. It will be the very same way when these chosen “kings of the entire inhabited earth” are shamed into realising their own error.

When Babylon the Great is given the cup of God’s wrath these same chosen kings of the entire inhabited earth will weep and beat themselves in grief:

Revelation 18:9
And the kings of the earth who committed fornication with her and lived in shameless luxury will weep and beat themselves in grief over her, when they look at the smoke from the burning of her, while they stand at a distance because of their fear of her torment and say, “Too bad, too bad, you great city, Babylon you strong city, because in one hour your judgement has arrived!”

Notice that Jesus Christ has also mentioned another hour of judgement when chosen ones would weep and beat themselves in grief:

Matthew 24:50
The master of that slave will come on a day that he does not expect and in an hour that he does not know, and will punish him with the greatest severity and will assign him his part with the hypocrites. There is where [his] weeping and the gnashing of his teeth will be.

The kings mentioned in Revelation Chapter 18 and the evil slave mentioned in Matthew Chapter 24 share the same fate during the same judgement hour because they are both chosen anointed kings of the entire inhabited earth. Can the reader now see through Satan’s unrighteous deception?

Eating and drinking with drunkards!

The kingdom has prostituted itself with Satan and his weeds. It has become a harlot. If you are a faithful anointed one who wants to continue being loyal to our king Jesus Christ, would you like to celebrate the memorial of his death at a Kingdom Hall through an arrangement facilitated by Satan and his weeds? Would you want to be found eating and drinking with the drunkards who have told lies, undermined Jesus Christ’s sovereignty by disobeying his law and lifted themselves up above his appointed station right inside of Jehovah’s own Holy Temple?

Of course not!

Celebrating the Memorial of Jesus Christ’s death in an arrangement facilitated by Satan and his weeds would be committing an act of spiritual fornication with a harlot! This is the same harlot spoken about by the angel in Revelation Chapter 17:

Revelation 17:1-2
“Come, I will show you the judgment upon the great harlot who sits on many waters, 2 with whom the kings of the earth committed fornication, whereas those who inhabit the earth were made drunk with the wine of her fornication.”

Satan and his weeds through their subtle and insidious deception have successfully made the yearly Memorial of Jesus Christ’s death, invalid. They have made it something worthless. Not only have they profaned the holy place they have removed the “constant feature”. Exactly what Daniel prophesied would happen:

Daniel 11
31 And there will be arms that will stand up, proceeding from him; and they will actually profane the sanctuary, the fortress, and remove the constant [feature]. “And they will certainly put in place the disgusting thing that is causing desolation.

If anyone hears my voice

In the Lord ’s Day where should those who stay awake and clearly see through Satan’s deception celebrate the Passover evening meal to memorialise their King Jesus Christ’s death?

The New World Translation of the bible answers this question in a comforting and wonderful way:

Revelation 3:20
“Look! I am standing at the door and knocking. If anyone hears my voice and opens the door, I will come into his [house] and take the evening meal with him and he with me.”

During the Lords day is there any scripture which shows that we will hear his voice?

Yes!

It is in regards to the “man of lawlessness” that we should hear Jesus Christ’s voice:

2 Thessalonians 2:8
“Then, indeed the lawless one will be revealed. Who the Lord Jesus Christ will do away with by the spirit of his mouth”

Can you, hear his voice?

If you are an anointed chosen one and have been drinking with the drunkards is there anything you can still now do in order to redeem yourself? Once again Jesus Christ answers this question in Revelation Chapter 3.

Revelation 3:18
I advise you to buy from me gold refined by fire that you may become rich, and white outer garments that you may become dressed and the shame of your nakedness may not become manifested, and eyesalve to rub in your eyes that you may see.

The Dragon grew wrathful

After reading these words of warning written on these pages what do you think Satan’s weeds would say in response?

It is likely they would belittle the undermining of Jesus Christ’s baptismal commandment and have people believe there would be no consequence to such a seemingly small scriptural commandment. Perhaps some of Satan’s weeds would even have the audacity to stand up in front of thousands of people at a Circuit Assembly and boldly declare that making a vow to “God’s spirit directed organisation” was not an act of veneration.

Instead of being so easily misled by Satan’s weeds what the bible itself warns us about in regard to adjusting God’s commandments should be very carefully considered.

Deuteronomy 12:32
Every word that I am commanding you is what you should be careful to do. You must not add to it nor take away from it.

Perhaps the weeds may attempt to convince true Christians that the baptismal commandments are not a very important law. Maybe they will try and convince you the commandment is not a law at all. Reminding the reader that Jesus Christ came back from the dead in order to give us this very important commandment should once again elevate its importance.

The Apostle Paul understood how very important it is to keep Jesus Christ’s commandments in a spotless and irreprehensible way:

1 Timothy 6:13-14
13 In the sight of God, who preserves all things alive, and of Christ Jesus, who as a witness made the fine public declaration before Pontius Pilate, I give you orders 14 that you observe the commandment in a spotless and irreprehensible way until the manifestation of our Lord Jesus Christ.

This scripture's importance is eluding the Governing Body of Jehovah's Witnesses.

The consequence of changing God’s word or commandments is explained in the last Chapter of the Book of Revelation.

Revelation 22:18
“I am bearing witness to everyone that hears the words of the prophecy of this scroll: If anyone makes an addition to these things, God will add to him the plagues that are written in this scroll.”

For making additions to one of the foremost of God’s commandments regarding baptism what do you think the consequence should be? Notice in Revelation Chapter 16 that the last of the plagues will include an extensive earthquake where Babylon the Great is given the cup of God’s wrath. Babylon the Great has earned Jehovah’s wrath for undermining his appointed King Jesus Christ’s baptismal commandments in such a way that Satan is able to taunt Jehovah right to his face inside his own holy temple.

The quality of worship occurring inside of God’s temple has certainly deteriorated. It is no wonder that in Revelation Chapter 11 it says; “Get up and measure the temple [sanctuary] of God and the altar and those worshipping in it”

During the Lord’s Day those who are worshipping in the temple are Jehovah’s Witnesses who have allowed themselves to be used by Satan to taunt Jehovah right to his very face.

Observe the commandments

If you are a loyal anointed chosen one what can you expect if you continue exposing Satan’s unrighteous deceptions and persist in properly observing Jesus Christ’s commandments in a spotless and irreprehensible way?

Revelation Chapter 12 explains the consequences of discovering the truth in the wilderness and exposing Satan and his weeds:

Revelation 12:17
“And the Dragon grew wrathful at the woman and went off to wage war with the remaining ones of her seed, who observe the commandments of God and have the work of bearing witness to Jesus.

Notice that the Dragon or Satan is wrathful at those who are observing God’s commandments. The discerning reader should realise that what the faithful ones learn in the wilderness is that God’s commandments are not being carefully observed and it is when this is learned and revealed that Satan grows wrathful. This infers that Satan is not wrathful at the chosen ones who he has very skilfully manipulated into undermining God’s commandments.

Rejoice and leap for joy

A loyal anointed one who makes Satan’s deceptions evident inside a congregation of Jehovah’s Witnesses can expect to be disfellowshipped. A formal announcement will be made in front of his hometown congregation that; “insert name here; is no longer one of Jehovah’s Witnesses”.

Persecution for Jesus Christ’s namesake is something the bible assures us will happen to those who continue to remain loyal to their king and his commandments. That Jehovah’s Witnesses have been persecuted for Jehovah’s namesake is something that would be impossible to argue however, it would be difficult to find one of Jehovah’s Witnesses persecuted for Jesus Christ’s namesake, …………………….until now!

A loyal anointed one will also get much comfort after recognising their disfellowshipping partially fulfils a bible prophecy and promises a more glorious fulfilment to come.

Romans 9:26
“And in the place [Kingdom Hall] where it was said to them, “You are not my people”, [insert name here; is no longer one of Jehovah’s Witnesses], there they will be called ‘Sons of the living God’.

For exposing Satan’s unrighteous deception and the operation of error their own spiritual brothers insist on continuing, loyal ones are excluded from the kingdom and hated. They are being spiritually beaten by their drunken fellow slaves because they give the words and commandments of Jehovah and his appointed King Jesus Christ, their proper regard. The loyal brothers are excluded and hated because the truths they speak expose the evil slave’s nakedness in such a way that people can look upon their shamefulness. Rev 16:15

Isaiah also wrote a comforting end time prophecy which is similar to the one mentioned by the Apostle Paul in Romans 9:26 quoted above.

Isaiah 66:5
“Hear the word of Jehovah you men who are trembling at his word [commandments]: Your brothers that are hating you, that are excluding you by reason of my name, [insert name here; is no longer one of Jehovah’s Witnesses] said, “May Jehovah be glorified” He must also appear with rejoicing on your part, and they are the ones that will be put to shame”.

Get out of her!

When first century Christians saw the disgusting thing standing in a holy place they fled. They abandoned their previous loyalty to the City of Jerusalem and the temple it contained. This first century abandonment or apostasy is what saved their lives. A true Christian who has read and understood the words written on these pages will have seen the modern day “disgusting thing standing in a holy place”. Now is the time to abandon your loyalty to the so called “spirit directed organisation” which receives undeserved veneration from your baptismal vows. If you are a true Christian loyal to your King Jesus Christ, now is the time to heed the words cried out in Revelation:

Revelation 18:4
“Get out of her my people, if you do not want to share with her in her sins, and if you do not want to receive part of her plagues”

With the man of lawlessness revealed and the disgusting thing seen standing in a holy place now is the proper time to flee!

Merriam Webster dictionary defines apostasy as:

Main Entry: apos·ta·sy
Pronunciation: &-'päs-t&-sE
Function: nounInflected
Form(s): plural -sies
Etymology: Middle English apostasie, from Late Latin apostasia, from Greek, literally, revolt, from aphistasthai to revolt, from apo- + histasthai to stand -- more at STAND
1 : renunciation of a religious faith
2 : abandonment of a previous loyalty

In accord with the statement made by Jesus Christ himself the discerning reader should be carefully considering “who really is the faithful and discreet slave” who did not fall asleep and kept on the watch. Mt 24:45

If Satan and his weeds were able to forever deceive everyone with their unrighteous deception what a miserable world this would continue to be.

The words on these pages have been written for many reasons:

Jehovah now has an opportunity to give an answer to the one(s) taunting him.
For the sake of our King, Jesus Christ.
As an obligation for one keeping on the watch to give a warning when he sees the enemy.
To help with a little help chosen anointed ones who have been deceived.
For the sake of all true Christians who are presently being held captive by Satan’s unrighteous deception.
To give the entire world convincing evidence concerning sin and concerning righteousness and concerning judgement.

A life saving decision

The scriptures in the bible really do give enough information that we can find an extraordinary amount of convincing evidences in our contemporary history that we can use to make informed and scriptural decisions which, should help save ourselves and all those who do not refrain from listening. In regards to Satan and his weeds, “listening” is a vital admonishment:

Matthew 13:40
Therefore, just as the weeds are collected and burned with fire, so it will be in the conclusion of the system of things.41 The Son of man will send forth his angels, and they will collect out from his kingdom all things that cause stumbling and persons who are doing lawlessness, 42 and they will pitch them into the fiery furnace. There is where [their] weeping and the gnashing of [their] teeth will be. 43 At that time the righteous ones will shine as brightly as the sun in the kingdom of their Father. Let him that has ears listen.

Present day Christians now face the exact same decision their first century counterparts had to make in order to save their own lives. More than 6 million Jehovah’s Witnesses live in a city which has been corrupted just as Jerusalem was in the first century. This city, “Babylon the Great” also contains the holy place which has now been profaned by a disgusting thing just as the Temple in the city of Jerusalem was also profaned. Will many heed Jesus Christ’s warning and flee from Babylon the Great or will it also be like in the first century and only a special few will make the correct decision? After contemplating the horrific judgement received by those complacent with the corrupted city in the first century the modern day decision should be easier to make.

I have a baptism

You need to decide which baptism you will be loyal to. Your words and actions after reading this will manifest whether you are loyal to the baptism which Jesus Christ has commanded or to the one which Satan and his weeds have invented. Our King Jesus Christ leaves no doubt that the arrival of this time when Christians would be required to make a decision in regard to his baptism is a situation he has been longing for:

Luke 12:49
49 “I came to start a fire on the earth, and what more is there for me to wish if it has already been lighted? 50 Indeed, I have a baptism with which to be baptized, and how I am being distressed until it is finished!

Making this decision will not result in a peaceful circumstance inside the congregations of Jehovah’s Witnesses. Even some family members may choose to remain loyal to Satan’s invented baptism while another close family member chooses to be loyal to Jesus Christ and the baptism he commanded.

The scripture in Luke Chapter 12 goes on to describe divisions which Jesus Christ himself is looking forward to see and has for a long time wished to happen:

Luke 12:51
51 Do YOU imagine I came to give peace on the earth? No, indeed, I tell YOU, but rather division. 52 For from now on there will be five in one house divided, three against two and two against three. 53 They will be divided, father against son and son against father, mother against daughter and daughter against [her] mother, mother-in-law against [her] daughter-in-law and daughter-in-law against [her] mother-in-law.”

We should soon see; “[the distinction] between a righteous one and a wicked one,”

Malachi 3:16-18
16 At that time those in fear of Jehovah spoke with one another, each one with his companion, and Jehovah kept paying attention and listening. And a book of remembrance began to be written up before him for those in fear of Jehovah and for those thinking upon his name. 17 “And they will certainly become mine,” Jehovah of armies has said, “at the day when I am producing a special property. And I will show compassion upon them, just as a man shows compassion upon his son who is serving him. 18 And YOU people will again certainly see [the distinction] between a righteous one and a wicked one, between one serving God and one who has not served him.”

Perhaps some congregations will not read this or will remain complacent after reading it. The scriptures do assure us however, that after Babylon the Great is given the judgement it deserves the kingdom will then also give the proper glory to our almighty God, Jehovah.

Revelation 11:13

“and the rest became frightened and gave glory to the God of Heaven.”

Jesus said we would be given truths which are difficult to bear. If we find a new truth difficult to bear it is usually because it reveals that what we were previously convinced to believe is not true.

Your words and actions after reading this will stand as a testimony to how much you really love “the truth”.

With the “man of lawlessness” revealed your love of the real truth is now essential to your survival. The scripture in 2nd Thessalonians shows that it is your love of the real truth which is now being measured in regard to this same “man of lawlessness”:

2nd Thessalonian 2:9-10
But the lawless one’s presence is according to the operation of Satan with every powerful work and lying signs and portents 10 and with every unrighteous deception for those who are perishing, as a retribution because they did not accept the love of the truth that they might be saved

It is your love of the real truth that should save you!

Daniel 12:9
9 And he went on to say: “Go, Daniel, because the words are made secret and sealed up until the time of [the] end. 10 Many will cleanse themselves and whiten themselves and will be refined. And the wicked ones will certainly act wickedly, and no wicked ones at all will understand; but the ones having insight will understand.

After carefully contemplating the words written on these pages the reader should have an appreciation for how accurately these events were predicted to happen through ancient writings in the bible.

The discerning reader should now be able to echo the words of the Apostle Paul:

Romans 11:33
33 O the depth of God’s riches and wisdom and knowledge! How unsearchable his judgments [are] and past tracing out his ways [are]!

The time is soon coming when Jehovah our Almighty God will be given the glory he deserves.

May Jehovah be glorified!

My post is finished however as an appendice please consider the following quote from a 1955 Watchtower Magazine:

*** w55 7/1 411 Christian Baptism for the New World Society ***

15 A Christian, therefore, cannot be baptized in the name of the one actually doing the immersing or in the name of any man, nor in the name of any organization, but in the name of the Father, the Son and the holy spirit.

You can see a facsimile of this Watchtower page at the following link:

w55 7/1 411 <---- click

Please read this quote from the July 1st 1955 Watchtower magazine. It reveals that a time did exist when the Watchtower Society understood the importance of keeping God’s commandments without spot. Consider the example of Adam and Eve. Adam understood there would be a consequence to disobeying God’s commandments and yet he still disobeyed. In modern times we have an opportunity to obey God just as Adam once had. This quote from the 1955 Watchtower magazine stands as solemn testimony to the fact that Jehovah’s own Witnesses at one time understood the baptismal command and yet have now wilfully disobeyed it. The consequence for Adam’s disobeying the command to refrain from eating fruit from as tree was death. What should the consequence now be for disobeying God’s baptismal command which allows Satan to taunt Jehovah right to his face in such an abominable and reprehensible way inside his own holy temple? A person who disobeys God in such a way and yet also understands the value of the ransom sacrifice has no other sacrifice remaining with which to benefit from again. Satan’s weeds will try very hard to belittle the consequence of disobeying the baptismal commandment. When they do please remind them that the consequence for eating fruit from the wrong tree was death for the entire human family! Don’t allow yourself to be deceived or undermined by Satan and his weeds just as Adam and Eve were.

The only way I can think of reaching Jehovah's Witnesses is by putting a hard copy of this under their windsheild wiper during the time they are in their meetings. If this is a convention then thousands of copies will be required.

If you are concerned about close family members it might be easier to reach them with a booklet. Certainly a Jehovah's Witness should have no complaint about someone voluntarily trying to save lives by offering booklets. Perhaps you would like to mail a copy to each and every household which contains a family in your hometown congregation. If any concern exists you could do it anonymously.

A 29 page hard copy booklet of the above is available at LULU.com.

http://www.lulu.com/content/809318

Drinking with the Confirmed Drunkards

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Matthew 24

48 “But if ever that evil slave should say in his heart, ‘My master is delaying,’ 49 and should start to beat his fellow slaves and should eat and drink with the confirmed drunkards, 50 the master of that slave will come on a day that he does not expect and in an hour that he does not know, 51 and will punish him with the greatest severity and will assign him his part with the hypocrites. There is where [his] weeping and the gnashing of [his] teeth will be.

So who are these drunkards?

and what does it mean to drink with them?

There are some drunkards mentioned elsewhere in the bible:

Isaiah 28

1 Woe to the eminent crown of the drunkards of E´phra·im, and the fading blossom of its decoration of beauty that is upon the head of the fertile valley of those overpowered by wine!

It is interesting to note that these drunkards have an eminent crown and so they must have more importance than most. In fact if they have a crown they are most likely kings.

This is Isaiah writing though and so should he be referring to his contemporaries?

A little further on in the scripture he mentions something which shows that he is actually referring to a time after Jesus Christ is ressurected.

Isaiah 28

16 therefore this is what the Sovereign Lord Jehovah has said: “Here I am laying as a foundation in Zion a stone, a tried stone, the precious corner of a sure foundation. No one exercising faith will get panicky.

Even a mediocre bible student should recognize that the precious corner of a sure foundation is a reference to Jesus Christ. Notice in the verse above however, that Isaiah is quoting Jehovah as saying this will be "a tried stone".
Jesus passed his trial when he was manifested on the earth as a man and was then resurrected to his place in heaven.

Carefull contemplation should help us realize that the drunkard kings being referenced at the start of the chapter are kings in existance after Jesus Christ's ressurection.

Could they be pagan Kings or presidents and priministers of countries or nations?

Not according to Isaiah:

Isaiah 28

14 Therefore hear the word of Jehovah, YOU braggarts, YOU rulers of this people who are in Jerusalem:

Isaiah makes it very clear that these are kings (rulers) of God's people living in a time period after Jesus Christs ressurection. Could he have been taling about 1st Century Christians and or Apostles?

Isaiah also mentions that they have "concealed themselves in falsehood" (a lie) and also made a "covenant with death".

Isaiah 28

15 Because YOU men have said: “We have concluded a covenant with Death; and with She´ol we have effected a vision; the overflowing flash flood, in case it should pass through, will not come to us, for we have made a lie our refuge and in falsehood we have concealed ourselves”;

Did the 1st Century Christians conceal themselves in a lie or make a covenant with death?

Nothing like that is recorded in the bible or in 1st Century history so could it be later day 21st Century Christians?

To better understand the lie and the covenant with death please read and understand the following article which can be found on this same blog at the following link:

A letter to all Jehovah's Witnesses

The annointed kings of God's people have made a covenant with death and are concealed in a lie. How did this happen and why does Jehovah allow his people to continue operating in such an erroneous way?

The Apostle Paul answers the question:

2nd Thessalonians 2

9 But the lawless one’s presence is according to the operation of Satan with every powerful work and lying signs and portents 10 and with every unrighteous deception for those who are perishing, as a retribution because they did not accept the love of the truth that they might be saved. 11 So that is why God lets an operation of error go to them, that they may get to believing the lie, 12 in order that they all may be judged because they did not believe the truth but took pleasure in unrighteousness.

Satan had a motive for sowing weeds in amoung the wheat.

Did you think that Satans motive might be for a reason more benevolent than this?

Satan has almost acheived every motive for which he sowed those weeds.

It will only be a small remnant of anointed who recognise this:

This is revealed in the continuation of the verses in 2 Thessalonians above:

13 However, we are obligated to thank God always for YOU, brothers loved by Jehovah, because God selected YOU from [the] beginning for salvation by sanctifying YOU with spirit and by YOUR faith in the truth. 14 To this very destiny he called YOU through the good news we declare, for the purpose of acquiring the glory of our Lord Jesus Christ.

It is their selection by God and also by their own faith in the truth that they can see through the deception and lies propagated by the drunkards who have been overcome and undermined by the operation of Satans weeds.

There is no other candidate for these drunkards other than the Governing body of Jehovah's Witnesses and the WatchTower, Bible and Tract Society.

You can be certain they think they are wise and rich and do not need any admonishments from me.

What though does it mean to drink with them?

If you are a faithfull anointed one loyal to Jesus Christ would you like to celebrate the memorial of his death through an arrangement made by these drunkards who have made a covenant with death, told lies, undermined Jesus Christs Sovereignty and lifted themselves up above his station right inside the holy temple?

Of course not!

So under these circumstances how does a loyal anointed one celebrate the memorial of Jesus Christs death?

Jesus Christ personally takes care of this himself and explained how this would take place for those loyal ones who can see through the deceit:

Revelation 3

18 I advise you to buy from me gold refined by fire that you may become rich, and white outer garments that you may become dressed and that the shame of your nakedness may not become manifested, and eyesalve to rub in your eyes that you may see.

19 “‘All those for whom I have affection I reprove and discipline. Therefore be zealous and repent. 20 Look! I am standing at the door and knocking. If anyone hears my voice and opens the door, I will come into his [house] and take the evening meal with him and he with me. 21 To the one that conquers I will grant to sit down with me on my throne, even as I conquered and sat down with my Father on his throne. 22 Let the one who has an ear hear what the spirit says to the congregations.’”

Jesus Christ himself will personally take care of the memorial by coming into the very house of those loyal to him and taking the evening meal there.

What a beautiful provision to make considering all the awful deceits, lies, injustices and hypocricies those loyal to him have had to endure.

You can be certain that it is those who celebrate the memorial inside the arrangement provided at Kingdom Halls of Jehovah's Witnesses who are the ones who will be "drinking with the confirmed drunkards".

It is they who will finally realise that what I have said here is absolutely true, giving them much cause to weep and gnash their teeth.

Celebrating the memorial with a part of God's organization who have prostituted themselves in such an evil way is an enormous act of spiritual fornication.

Revelation 17

“Come, I will show you the judgment upon the great harlot who sits on many waters, 2 with whom the kings of the earth committed fornication, whereas those who inhabit the earth were made drunk with the wine of her fornication.”

If you are an anointed one with the hope of being a king over the earth please do not celebrate the memorial on April 12th in the Kingdom Hall arrangement.

If you have read and understood this you are also obliged to inform those who you suspect might be of the anointed. Either personally or on an Internet forum to which you are a registered member.

If you have understood this the next truth found at the following link may startle you:

A Frightening Truth

with love and concern

ablebodiedman

A Frightening Truth

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You should have read and understood "The Man of Lawlessness Revealed" and "Drinking with the Confirmed Drunkards" before reading this.

If you have read and understood the post above and also read my post on the great tribulation and the earthquake you should now be ready for the next profundity.

The earthquake mentioned in Revelation Chapter 11 is the same one discussed in my Great Tribulation Post:

Great Tribulation

Revelation 11:12

12 And they heard a loud voice out of heaven say to them: “Come on up here.” And they went up into heaven in the cloud, and their enemies beheld them. 13 And in that hour a great earthquake occurred, and a tenth of the city fell; and seven thousand persons were killed by the earthquake, and the rest became frightened and gave glory to the God of heaven.

What is being given attention by this earthquake in particular is Babylon The Great. The Harlot from Revelation 17 mentioned in my post above.

The seven thousand persons killed by the earthquake are those who are drinking with the drunkards.

Could some one please respond with how many partook at the Memorial arrangement in Kingdom Halls last year?

Is it really Babylon the Great which is being given attention by this earthquake?

According to the scriptures................ yes:

Revelation 16

18 And lightnings and voices and thunders occurred, and a great earthquake occurred such as had not occurred since men came to be on the earth, so extensive an earthquake, so great. 19 And the great city split into three parts, and the cities of the nations fell; and Babylon the Great was remembered in the sight of God, to give her the cup of the wine of the anger of his wrath. 20 Also, every island fled, and mountains were not found. 21 And a great hail with every stone about the weight of a talent descended out of heaven upon the men, and the men blasphemed God due to the plague of hail, because the plague of it was unusually great.

Will you be one of the very few who will understand this?

If you do the obligation to warn those who drink with the drunkards also falls heavily on your shoulders.

By understanding this you should find comfort in knowing that the end is here.

What happens at the end?

Jesus Christ comes and takes over as King of This World.

Revelation 11 continues:

14 The second woe is past. Look! The third woe is coming quickly.
15 And the seventh angel blew his trumpet. And loud voices occurred in heaven, saying: “The kingdom of the world did become the kingdom of our Lord and of his Christ, and he will rule as king forever and ever.”

If you have been drinking with the drunkards perhaps now is the time you should start gnashing your teeth.

If you have been drinking with the drunkards is there anything left which you can do?

Jesus Christ gave some advice:

Revelation 3

18 I advise you to buy from me gold refined by fire that you may become rich, and white outer garments that you may become dressed and that the shame of your nakedness may not become manifested, and eyesalve to rub in your eyes that you may see.
19 “‘All those for whom I have affection I reprove and discipline. Therefore be zealous and repent. 20 Look! I am standing at the door and knocking. If anyone hears my voice and opens the door, I will come into his [house] and take the evening meal with him and he with me. 21 To the one that conquers I will grant to sit down with me on my throne, even as I conquered and sat down with my Father on his throne. 22 Let the one who has an ear hear what the spirit says to the congregations.’”

So if you take a stand as one of the anointed ones or even in support of one what is likely to happen to you inside the Kingdom Hall arrangement?

Yes, you will eventually be brought to a Judicial Commitee who will want to know why you have taken your stand.

If you continue to be loyal to Jesus Christ the King they will disfellowship you.

According to the new book which replaced the "Organized to Accomplish our Ministry" book they will have to make a short statement in front of your hometown congregation as follows:

"insert name here; is no longer one of Jehovah's Witnessess"

Please do not be concerned however, as this was prophecied to happen in the bible:

Romans 9

25 It is as he says also in Ho·se´a: “Those not my people I will call ‘my people,’ and her who was not beloved ‘beloved’; 26 and in the place where it was said to them, ‘YOU are not my people,’ there they will be called ‘sons of the living God.’”

27 Moreover, Isaiah cries out concerning Israel: “Although the number of the sons of Israel may be as the sand of the sea, it is the remnant that will be saved

I recommend that you read Hosea which should now start to take on a beautifull meaning for you.

Although it is very hard to argue that Jehovah's Witnessess have indeed been persecuted for Jehovah's name you would be very hard pressed to find anyone of them being persecuted for Jesus Christs sake.

Until now:

Matthew 5

11 “Happy are YOU when people reproach YOU and persecute YOU and lyingly say every sort of wicked thing against YOU for my sake. 12 Rejoice and leap for joy, since YOUR reward is great in the heavens; for in that way they persecuted the prophets prior to YOU.

Regards

ablebodiedman

A Letter to all Jehovah's Witnesses

2005-10-24T14:27:00.000-07:00

October 24th, 2005
Dear Brothers and Sisters,

The harvest is ripe. The hour has come. The day of Jehovah is now upon us.

Malachi 3:1-3

1 "For, look! the day is coming that is burning like the furnace, and all the presumptuous ones and all those doing wickedness must become as stubble. And the day that is coming will certainly devour them," Jehovah of armies has said, "so that it will not leave to them either root or bough. 2 And to YOU who are in fear of my name the sun of righteousness will certainly shine forth, with healing in its wings; and YOU will actually go forth and paw the ground like fattened calves." 3 "And YOU people will certainly tread down [the] wicked ones, for they will become as powder under the soles of YOUR feet in the day on which I am acting," Jehovah of armies has said.

This day starts after the revealing of the "man of lawlessness", something I will do by the time this letter has been finished however, you can be certain that others also have this advance knowledge. 2 Pe 3:17

The lawlessness was already at work in the first century and yet the effect of this lawlessness would become so thorough during the last days that it would gain entry right into the temple of The God. Such an overwhelming manifestation of lawlessness must not be able to continue escaping notice and yet the scriptures do indicate there is something acting as a restraint which will eventually be out of the way and make the revealing possible.

I will tell you now that I have been to the place where the thing acting as a restraint gets to be out of the way. 2Th 2:7

The place is in the wilderness, the thing acting as a restraint is the face of the serpent.

Revelation 12:4

14 But the two wings of the great eagle were given the woman, that she might fly into the wilderness to her place; there is where she is fed for a time and times and half a time away from the face of the serpent.

Certainly the thing spoken of by the Apostle Paul is also the disgusting thing which stands in a holy place for which we are admonished by our Lord Jesus to continually watch for and to also use discernment. In order to walk by faith the discerning reader we will have to carefully consider the things we are actually seeing and measure them against what we have read in the bible.

Careful contemplation of the following should make this evident:

2Thessalonians 2:4

4 He is set in opposition and lifts himself up over everyone who is called "god" or an object of reverence, so that he sits down in the temple of The God, publicly showing himself to be a god.

How does someone gain access to the actual temple of The God and further yet, how is he able to lift himself up above everyone who is called god?

It certainly is mysterious as to how this might be accomplished.

2 Thessalonians 2

7 True, the mystery of this lawlessness is already at work;

The "man of lawlessness" is also called the "man of sin" in many bible translations.

Through the scriptures Jesus showed us that we would eventually be helped with convincing evidence given to us regarding sin (lawlessness), righteousness (the truth) and also judgement.

John 16:8-11

8 And when that one arrives he will give the world convincing evidence concerning sin and concerning righteousness and concerning judgment: 9 in the first place, concerning sin, because they are not exercising faith in me; 10 then concerning righteousness, because I am going to the Father and YOU will behold me no longer; 11 then concerning judgment, because the ruler of this world has been judged.

A good thing to now understand is how someone is able to gain access to the temple of The God?

The following scripture shows how this is possible:

Hebrews 10:19-23

19 Therefore, brothers, since we have boldness for the way of entry into the holy place by the blood of Jesus, 20 which he inaugurated for us as a new and living way through the curtain, that is, his flesh, 21 and since we have a great priest over the house of God, 22 let us approach with true hearts in the full assurance of faith, having had our hearts sprinkled from a wicked conscience and our bodies bathed with clean water. 23 Let us hold fast the public declaration of our hope without wavering, for he is faithful that promised.

The requisite for entry into the actual temple of The God is baptism, a new and living way through the curtain.

At the time our hearts are sprinkled from a wicked conscience and our bodies bathed with clean water our baptismal vows gain entry into the actual temple of The God.

Through this means any person can rightfully enter into the actual temple of The God.

Do you think Satan knows this?

How can someone, a man, lift himself up over everyone who is called "god" through baptism?

It would be a good idea to examine the command our Lord and King Jesus Christ gave us in regard to baptism in the following scripture:

Matthew 28:18-20

18 And Jesus approached and spoke to them, saying: "All authority has been given me in heaven and on the earth. 19 Go therefore and make disciples of people of all the nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the holy spirit, 20 teaching them to observe all the things I have commanded YOU. And, look! I am with YOU all the days until the conclusion of the system of things."

Please notice the necessary criteria which is listed in the following and compared where possible to 2nd Thessalonians 2:4

Christian Baptism Criteria:

name of the Father ----- Jehovah ------------------- The God --- ---(2 Co 1:3)
And of the Son --------- Jesus ----------------------- a god ----- (John 1:1)
And of Holy Spirit ------The Helper -------God's active force ---- (Acts 2:38)

The above requirement is therefore the only way of access into the temple of The God.

Careful contemplation of the above should now make the discerning reader come to the very uncomfortable conclusion that it is only Jehovah’s Witnesses who can have access to the temple as it is only us who use God’s name, the name of the Father, Jehovah.

Could it really be that a man of lawlessness exists inside of the organisation of Jehovah’s Witnesses?

This concern certainly justifies the further examination of scripture and a good place to start with this would be to find any scripture that describes a "man" having access to the holy temple.

Do the scriptures indicate in the singular any "man" who might exist inside of God’s people?

Yes!

There is an esoteric group called a "man" who is referred to in scripture as existing inside of God’s name people and who also has access to the temple of The God.

Ephesian 2:13-18

13 But now in union with Christ Jesus YOU who were once far off have come to be near by the blood of the Christ. 14 For he is our peace, he who made the two parties one and destroyed the wall in between that fenced them off. 15 By means of his flesh he abolished the enmity, the Law of commandments consisting in decrees, that he might create the two peoples in union with himself into one new man and make peace; 16 and that he might fully reconcile both peoples in one body to God through the torture stake, because he had killed off the enmity by means of himself. 17 And he came and declared the good news of peace to YOU, the ones far off, and peace to those near, 18 because through him we, both peoples,(the man) have the approach to the Father by one spirit. 19 Certainly, therefore, YOU (the man) are no longer strangers and alien residents, but YOU (the man) are fellow citizens of the holy ones and are members of the household of God, 20 and YOU (the man) have been built up upon the foundation of the apostles and prophets, while Christ Jesus himself is the foundation cornerstone. 21 In union with him the whole building, being harmoniously joined together, is growing into a holy temple for Jehovah. 22 In union with him YOU, too, (the man) are being built up together into a place for God to inhabit by spirit.

The notes in parentheses and bolded are added for emphasis.

The "man" is therefore that esoteric and anointed group who is growing towards being accepted as part of the temple for Jehovah.

Inside the organisation of Jehovah’s Witnesses this "man" is better known as the Governing Body which represents the anointed slave class who are appointed to "feed the domestics" and direct the organisation through the Watchtower Bible and Tract Society. The question is now once again at issue however, as to whether this is the faithful or perhaps really could still be the evil slave? A question that many believe was formally resolved in 1919.

If God’s spirit directed organisation who governs all of Jehovah’s Witnesses is "the man of lawlessness" they must somehow have lifted themselves up above the station of a god (a small "g" god) our Lord Jesus Christ himself while also gaining access to the temple.

A more careful examination of the baptismal vows made by Jehovah’s Witnesses should now be undertaken in order to examine the possibility that this might be a valid concern.

The baptismal vows, which are necessary to become one of Jehovah's Witnesses, are carefully explained in the June 1st 1985 Watchtower Magazine on page 30 as follows:

"On the basis of the sacrifice of Jesus Christ, have you repented of your sins and dedicated yourself to Jehovah to do his will?

The second is:

Do you understand that your dedication and baptism identify you as one of Jehovah's Witnesses in association with God's spirit-directed organization?"

These vows are publicly made often in front of thousands of people.

Now the discerning reader should also attempt to reconcile the Jehovah's Witness baptismal criteria where possible to 2nd Thessalonians 2:4 and our Lord Jesus Christ’s commandment at Matthew 28:19.

Jehovah's Witness Baptism Criteria:

Jehovah to do his will -------------- Name of the Father ------------------ The God
Sacrifice of Jesus Christ ----------- And of the son ----------------------- a god
God's spirit-directed organisation -- an esoteric group of men (the man) --- a god?

Can you see in the above an esoteric group who is "publicly showing himself to be a god"?

Jehovah's Witnesses are taught by this same organisation that the above vows are essential for salvation as confirmed in the following quote from the January 15th 1989 Watchtower magazine on page 15:

"Baptismal candidates must acknowledge publicly that on the basis of Jesus' sacrifice they have repented of their sins and have dedicated themselves to Jehovah. They must also understand that dedication and baptism identify them as Jehovah's Witnesses."

The entire baptismal arrangement, including this public expression of faith, is essential for salvation.

In order to become one of Jehovah’s Witnesses newly interested ones are compelled to publicly confirm the above vows which now gives them the ability to worship and rightfully participate in any other Jehovah’s Witness activity. Until the new one gets this unique baptismal mark they are considered as nothing.

I hope the reader agrees that in order to be saved a person has to approach the alter in the temple of God in order to benefit from Jesus Christ's sacrifice. The individuals public expression must gain entry into the temple of The God. Their expression provides worship and reverence to all those mentioned in their vows including "God’s spirit directed organization".

This is very much different to the baptismal arrangement identified and commanded by our Lord Jesus Christ (a god) who commanded that his arrangement should be in place right up to the very conclusion of the system of things.

Anyone who has the courage to presumptuously change his arrangement prior to the conclusion of this system of things must therefore consider themselves to be a small "g" god of greater authority than our Lord and King Jesus Christ. They have lifted themselves up over everyone who is called "god". By changing this commandment before the conclusion of the system of things the Governing body and Watchtower Bible and Tract Society has indicated disagreement with and opposition to our King Jesus Christ. The Governing body have insisted that since 1919 they have already passed inspection, been declared righteous and appointed over all their belongings. Their intent has therefore been to change times and law. mmediately before making the baptismal commandment however, our Lord and King left no doubt as to his authority over these matters when he said:

Matthew 28:17

18 And Jesus approached and spoke to them, saying: "All authority has been given me in heaven and on the earth

Jesus Christ’s commandment above was a law in the first century and continues to be a law right up to the conclusion of this system of things. Anyone who disagrees with or opposes this law should therefore be considered lawless.

There is now a man identified who is capable of entry into the temple itself who also manifests opposition to and lifts himself above the station of Jesus Christ our King. There is no other candidate for the man of lawlessness. The Governing body of Jehovah’s Witnesses, the spirit directed organisation is the only "man" identified in the bible who is capable of entry into the temple.

To trick newly interested ones into publicly confirming a vow, which venerates the evil slave, the man of lawlessness is indeed a very insidious and unrighteous deception.

Just to show how much Jehovah's Witnesses have deviated from Christianity please read and carefully consider the following quote from the predecessor to the Watchtower Magazine, The Zion's Watchtower published in February, 1886:

*** Zion's Watchtower Feb. 1886 ***

"When men affirm that something more than membership in the body of Christ is essential to membership in their religious organizations, they make it other than the church of Christ, and make themselves greater than the Lord, for they refuse to receive him whom they admit the Divine Master has accepted."
[Emphasis Added]

(thanks extended to the Watchtower Quotes Web Site for research invested to provide the above)

A careful examination of 2 Thessalonians explains that this man of lawlessness is to be; "done away with by the spirit of his mouth".

It is in John Chapter 16 where we find out what the "spirit of his mouth" is:

John 16

However, when that one arrives, the spirit of the truth, he will guide YOU into all the truth, for he will not speak of his own impulse, but what things he hears he will speak, and he will declare to YOU the things coming. 14 That one will glorify me, because he will receive from what is mine and will declare it to YOU.

The man of lawlessness is to be done away with simply by a revealing of the truth. Truths which, indirectly come from the very mouth of Jesus Christ, our true Lord and King.

The thought that his faithful slave had passed inspection in 1919 was therefore another unrighteous deception and Jehovah’s people have been operating in error since then. Why would our God, Jehovah allow his witnesses to be governed by an evil slave for so long? The scripture at 2nd Thessalonians Chapter 2 explains the reason why and also who is really behind the deception:

2nd Thessalonians 2

9 But the lawless one’s presence is according to the operation of Satan with every powerful work and lying signs and portents 10 and with every unrighteous deception for those who are perishing, as a retribution because they did not accept the love of the truth that they might be saved. 11 So that is why God lets an operation of error go to them, that they may get to believing the lie, 12 in order that they all may be judged because they did not believe the truth but took pleasure in unrighteousness.

2nd Thessalonians not only mentions a deception, it also mentions a lie.

What is the lie?

Here are some quotes from a July 1st 1983 Watchtower Article:

"Millions Now Living will Never Die"

"THERE are thousands of millions of persons living on earth today. Millions of these are now learning of the wonderful opportunity of keeping on living upon it without ever dying off it. "

"Live Companions of Those Hidden From Divine Denunciation"

"21 Unquestionably, so late in this "time of the end" since the end of the Gentile Times in 1914, there are many live men and women of faith and integrity who will never die off the face of the earth, God’s footstool."

Please now consider the lie (falsehood) believed by the rulers of God’s people as described by a scripture in Isaiah:

Isaiah 28

14 Therefore hear the word of Jehovah, YOU braggarts, YOU rulers of this people who are in Jerusalem: 15 Because YOUmen have said: "We have concluded a covenant with Death; and with She´ol we have effected a vision; the overflowing flash flood, in case it should pass through, will not come to us, for we have made a lie our refuge and in falsehood we have concealed ourselves"; 16 therefore this is what the Sovereign Lord Jehovah has said: "Here I am laying as a foundation in Zion a stone, a tried stone, the precious corner of a sure foundation. No one exercising faith will get panicky. 17 And I will make justice the measuring line and righteousness the leveling instrument; and the hail must sweep away the refuge of a lie, and the waters themselves will flood out the very place of concealment. 18 And YOUR covenant with Death will certainly be dissolved, and that vision of YOURS with She´ol will not stand. The overflowing flash flood, when it passes through YOU must also become for it a trampling place.

The lie is "the covenant with Death".

The truth is that the ones who said that; "millions now living will never die" and also said; "the live companions of those hidden from denunciation" have told us a lie.

Their covenant with death will be dissolved.

Notice in the scripture above that a revealing of falsehood (lie) from a place of concealment would be as a result of righteousness (truth) and justice coming from a tried stone laid as a foundation in Zion. These must represent truths coming from our Lord and King Jesus Christ only after he is tried and resurrected. The waters that flood out the very place of concealment are truths coming from the spirit of his mouth. The discerning reader should realise this cannot have application to Isaiah’s contemporaries and has never had any application since our King Jesus Christ’s resurrection, until now.

Please carefully examine again the scripture in 2 Thessalonians:

2 Thessalonians 2:4

4 He is set in opposition and lifts himself up over everyone who is called "god" or an object of reverence, so that he sits down in the temple of The God, publicly showing himself to be a god.

This now leaves Jehovah’s Witnesses in a spiritual paradox, which is further heightened by words from the prophet Micah:

Micah 4:5

5 For all the peoples, for their part, will walk each one in the name of its god (small "g" god); but we, for our part, shall walk in the name of Jehovah our God to time indefinite, even forever.

We can be certain these vows designed to confirm our union with the man of lawlessness, the evil slave would be used as a weapon to justify continued loyalty. During the final part of the days it has often been said that we would face a test of our loyalties however, who could have foreseen that the test would seem so insidious and severe. This test however, is perfect, which gives glory to the one that inspired the scriptures and will set matters straight regarding many peoples in a just and righteous way. It is our true faith, which will be tested.

Each one of Jehovah’s Witnesses is now faced with a decision.

The sum of each individual decision will cause a large division.

What we say and do and what we do not say or do not do will determine where we place our loyalties.

We can be certain Jehovah will now be listening intently to what we say.

Malachi 3:16-17

16 At that time those in fear of Jehovah spoke with one another, each one with his companion, and Jehovah kept paying attention and listening. And a book of remembrance began to be written up before him for those in fear of Jehovah and for those thinking upon his name.
17 "And they will certainly become mine," Jehovah of armies has said, "at the day when I am producing a special property. And I will show compassion upon them, just as a man shows compassion upon his son who is serving him. 18 And YOU people will again certainly see [the distinction] between a righteous one and a wicked one, between one serving God and one who has not served him."

We will soon see the distinction between a righteous one and a wicked one.

Your decision will determine whether you support Satan and his wicked sons (the weeds) or Jesus and his son’s (the wheat.)

Matthew 10:32

32 "Everyone, then, that confesses union with me before men, I will also confess union with him before my Father who is in the heavens; 33 but whoever disowns me before men, I will also disown him before my Father who is in the heavens. 34 Do not think I came to put peace upon the earth; I came to put, not peace, but a sword. 35 For I came to cause division, with a man against his father, and a daughter against her mother, and a young wife against her mother-in-law. 36 Indeed, a man’s enemies will be persons of his own household. 37 He that has greater affection for father or mother than for me is not worthy of me; and he that has greater affection for son or daughter than for me is not worthy of me. 38 And whoever does not accept his torture stake and follow after me is not worthy of me. 39 He that finds his soul will lose it, and he that loses his soul for my sake will find it.
40 "He that receives YOU receives me also, and he that receives me receives him also that sent me forth. 41 He that receives a prophet because he is a prophet will get a prophet’s reward, and he that receives a righteous man because he is a righteous man will get a righteous man’s reward. 42 And whoever gives one of these little ones only a cup of cold water to drink because he is a disciple, I tell YOU truly, he will by no means lose his reward."

Angels will be standing by to separate the sheep from the goats.

I have written this letter to you not for my benefit but for the sake of Jesus Christ my King.

On one hand for the righteous this letter will be good news:

Isaiah 61:1

1 The spirit of the Sovereign Lord Jehovah is upon me, for the reason that Jehovah has anointed me to tell good news to the meek ones. He has sent me to bind up the brokenhearted, to proclaim liberty to those taken captive and the wide opening [of the eyes] even to the prisoners; 2 to proclaim the year of goodwill on the part of Jehovah and the day of vengeance on the part of our God; to comfort all the mourning ones; 3 to assign to those mourning over Zion, to give them a headdress instead of ashes, the oil of exultation instead of mourning, the mantle of praise instead of the downhearted spirit; and they must be called big trees of righteousness, the planting of Jehovah, for [him] to be beautified.

On the other hand for the wicked ones:

Micah 3:8-12

I myself have become full of power, with the spirit of Jehovah, and of justice and mightiness, in order to tell to Jacob his revolt and to Israel his sin.
9 Hear, please, this, YOU head ones of the house of Jacob and YOU commanders of the house of Israel, the ones detesting justice and the ones who make even everything that is straight crooked; 10 building Zion with acts of bloodshed and Jerusalem with unrighteousness. 11 Her own head ones judge merely for a bribe, and her own priests instruct just for a price, and her own prophets practice divination simply for money; yet upon Jehovah they keep supporting themselves, saying: "Is not Jehovah in the midst of us? There will come upon us no calamity." 12 Therefore on account of YOU men Zion will be plowed up as a mere field, and Jerusalem herself will become mere heaps of ruins, and the mountain of the house will be as the high places of a forest.

The dragon will now wage war with the remaining ones of the woman’s seed, who observe the commandments of God and have the work of bearing witness to Jesus.

May your prayers for faith, mercy and endurance be heard.

With Christian love to all.

Geoff Wright

Letter to the Governing Body 16 January 2003

2005-06-10T18:41:00.000-07:00

The Governing Body
25 Columbia Heights
Brooklyn, NY.
11201-2483 U.S.A.

16 January 2003

Dear Brothers,

I am a publisher in the Xxxxxxxxx Congregation.

It was as a resident of Xxxxxxxxxx that I learned the truth.

My faith has become extremely strong, however the reason why has become a burden for me.

This unusual statement will only be understood if you are able to read this letter in its entirety.

In reading its entirety my hope is that you will also understand why I could not find any relief other than going directly to the Governing Body and remaining discreet.

The reason is some knowledge of which I am convinced. It is through the benefit of this knowledge that my faith has greatly increased.

Along with much prayerful consideration this is what compels me to share it with you.

Through my study of the materials provided by the discrete slave I also have realised this would require a small adjustment in thinking which in turn should realize a large benefit.

It is the scriptures themselves, which have given me the courage to even approach you.

Ephesians 4:11-14 explains that it is through readjustments in knowledge that we can all reach the measure of stature that belongs to the fullness of Christ.

I would prefer to deliver an oral explanation of this however am uncertain how an audience with you could be obtained. To explain this in much detail would require a very lengthy letter so should you be interested in hearing any elaborations or require additional information I can easily be reached at the telephone number or address noted at the start of this letter.

In the hope that I have your attention I shall now make a written explanation:

In the January 1, 2000 Watchtower magazine on page 8 paragraph 10 it states "There is strong evidence that Satan and his demonic hordes were cast out of heaven following that year." The evidence being referred to is the "trouble filled 20th Century which provides clear proof of Satan’s activity." There indeed has been much shed blood.

There are several scriptures which describe, "Satan’s hurling down to Earth" either directly mentioning additional evidence or alluding to some.

By seeking for this evidence I believe a more exact date of "Satan’s hurling down" could be ascertained.

One of the most credible sources for more evidence of "Satan’s hurling down" is a statement made by Jesus Christ himself at Luke 10:18 "At this he said to them: "I began to behold Satan already fallen like lightning from heaven"".

It is very interesting that Jesus would say this.

If "all scripture is inspired of God and beneficial for teaching, for reproving, for setting things straight, for disciplining in righteousness" then in what way is Luke 10:18 beneficial?

If it could be found that Satan did indeed "fall like lightning from heaven" then this would add a large amount of credibility to Jesus’ own words and be of awesome benefit in setting things straight.

Why?

The scriptures at Ps 110:1,2 and Rev 12:10 closely associate the "hurling down of Satan" with the establishment of Jesus’ Kingdom rule from heaven.

If undeniable physical evidence of this could be found in the secular histories which have been unwittingly left in the public record it should add much greater weight to the Kingdom message now being preached.

Not only should this increase the faith and zeal of Jehovah’s own Witnesses but also those who may be doubting that Jesus is presently ruling as our King from heaven should now be convinced.
This knowledge should lead to the speeding up of the harvest work as we approach the end of this wicked system.

Another benefit is that all Religious Leaders in Christendom will be unable to object to the undeniable and tangible evidence! This extends to all the National Leaders and people also and should set this matter of sovereignty straight with them. – Isaiah 2:4

They will have to know!

This would bring much glory to Jehovah’s name leading to the further vindication of his sovereignty.

As the beneficial results, which could be obtained, are so very sizeable it supports that a diligent search through the historical record for these physical manifestations of "Satan’s hurling down" should be undertaken with much zeal. Like digging for hid treasure.

What to search for though?

If "Satan’s hurling down" was identical to ordinary lightning then it could not be found. If this were the case, Jesus’ words at Luke 10:18 would be wasted in regard to any expected physical manifestation or the use of his words as a sign for the event towards which the writings of the Bible lead.

However, if it was indeed Jesus’ intention that this manifestation should be found and linked to the arrival of his Kingdom then some very extraordinary manifestation of lightning should somewhere be recorded in secular history around the year 1914 for all to find.

I have been unable to find anything of significance in the way of lightning from heaven in the year 1914 and the several years that follow.

There are some well-known scriptures however, which encourage me to look for this evidence in the years previous to 1914.

These scriptures are as follows:

Ps 110:1 "Sit at my right hand until I place your enemies as a stool for your feet."

Rev 12:10 "Now has come to pass the salvation and the power and the Kingdom of our God the authority of his Christ because the accuser of our brothers has been thrown down."

Each of these scriptures delivers the rather blatant message that Satan would be "hurled down" before Jesus took his throne. Especially when read separately from the context of any other scripture where contiguity may be assumed.

If this extraordinary physical manifestation could be found previous to 1914 a small readjustment in knowledge may be well justified especially in consideration of the size of the benefit and it’s corroboration with Jesus’ own words and these two scriptures.

It is interesting to note in the scripture at Psalm 110:1 that Jehovah himself is indicating a large involvement in the "hurling down" or placing of Jesus’ enemies at his feet.

It is therefore likely that Jehovah’s own chariot would make an approach to the earth at this time and the glory of Jehovah would be evident.

Physical evidences of this as described by the prophet Ezekiel in the first chapter of his book may also be recorded in secular history and closely related to the manifestation of lightning which we expect to find from Jesus’ statement at Luke 10:18. The discovery of these evidences would add great weight to Ezekiel’s first chapter proving that it also has been of extraordinary benefit in setting matters straight.

In fact the discovery of these evidences would indeed seem to be unsealing a beautiful pattern of great wisdom.

By searching through history immediately previous to 1914 in the very public record on the Internet the expected physical manifestations of "Satan’s hurling down" are to be found in extraordinary abundance. This abundance of evidence convinces me that coincidence can be completely overruled.

Several years before 1914 a very powerful flash of light was responsible for causing the immediate scorching of over 200 square kilometres of trees initiating an even larger forest fire. At almost the same time an explosion uprooted and blew down approximately eighty million of these trees in a radius of about 30 to 40 kilometres, approximately the size of the City of London.

Certainly this lightning is well beyond the ordinary and worthy of further examination, especially considering the reasons for expecting its discovery and still yet actually finding it!

To this very day no one has concluded a satisfactory or generally accepted scientific explanation for the cause although many theories have been offered.

The motives for their investigations however are not driven by a desire for spiritual advancement to reach the measure of stature that belongs to the fullness of Christ.

It is interesting that it appears no one else has made any direct biblical connection although many of the eyewitness testimonies give evidence they felt something of a divine nature was then occurring.

The date of this occurrence was June 30th 1908 in a remote region of Russia known as Tunguska.

This was 6 years previous to the time Jesus took his throne, enough time for Satan to foment the earthly situations that lead to the start of World War One.

It is my hope that should you have reached this far in the letter that you would already be convinced of a necessity to explore this to a satisfactory conclusion in your own minds so that you might prove to yourselves whether it is the will of God at work here. - Ro12:2

If your interest is still captured I would like to deliver some further findings, in regard to this event, which are extraordinarily profound. I will attempt to test the findings in the testimonies against seemingly relevant scriptures all of which you should examine. - 1Cor2:15

This extraordinarily powerful flash of lightning and explosion was preceded by the movement towards the earth of a visible object.
If the rationales in this letter are to be correct then it stands to reason the identity of the object should be Satan himself.
Another very reasonable conclusion is that should the proper identification of this object be Jehovah’s will, then his word the bible is the only source of reference from which to do this and test it’s veracity with success. –Job 28:12; Proverbs 1:7

If perhaps you think these rationales a little far fetched then it would be a good time to quote a very comforting scripture at 1 Corinthians 2:9 "But just as it is written: "Eye has not seen and ear has not heard, neither have there been conceived in the heart of man the things that God has prepared for those that love him"".

It is at this point in the letter that an examination of scriptures should be done to determine what evidences in Jehovah’s inspired word do exist with which to test the physical identification of Satan:

Isaiah 14:12 --- Very Bright / Shining

"O how you have fallen from heaven, you shining one, son of the dawn! How you have been cut down to the earth, you who were disabling the nations!"

The physical manifestation in this scripture is that Satan should be very shiny and bright, perhaps difficult to look at with the naked eye. It is interesting the manifestation is discovered in a verse, which describes his eventual "hurling to earth".

(Compare also Ezekiel 28:17)

1 Peter 5:8 --- Roaring / Very loud and frightening / Movement not ballistic

" Keep your senses, be watchful. Your adversary, the Devil, walks about like a roaring lion, seeking to devour someone."

The physical manifestation here is the noise of roaring which we should expect to be very loud and frightening. It also mentions that he "walks" so we could expect that his movements are self-directed although in this situation he is subject against his will to Jesus and Jehovah. Scientists would be expecting objects that approach the earth to be ballistic in nature not perceiving these may be sentient. It is therefore reasonable to assume their scientific examination should provide evidence of their inability to agree on the objects ballistic nature.

Ezekiel 28:13 (NWT) --- Beauty / Setting and Sockets

"In Eden, the garden of God, you proved to be. Every precious stone was your covering, ruby, topaz, and jasper; chrysolite, onyx and jade; sapphire, turquoise and emerald; and of gold was the workmanship of your settings and sockets in you. In the day of your being created they were made ready."

From this scripture it is obvious that an object of great beauty could be expected. Another physical manifestation mentioned here is the "settings and sockets". It is difficult to imagine however what physical shape "settings and sockets" could represent, it is for this reason the very popular King James Version becomes useful as its description provides a more identifiable manifestation as follows:

Ezekiel 28:13 (KJV) --- Beauty / Pipes / Taboret (Drum or Cylinder)

Thou hast been in Eden the garden of God; every precious stone was thy covering, the sardius, topaz, and the diamond, the beryl, the onyx, and the jasper, the sapphire, the emerald, and the carbuncle, and gold: the workmanship of thy taborets and of thy pipes was prepared in thee in the day that thou wast created.

Instead of "settings and sockets" the KJV translates as "taborets and pipes".

The Merriam-Webster dictionary defines "taboret" as follows:

Main Entry: tab·o·ret
Variant(s): or tab·ou·ret /"ta-b&-'ret, -'rA/
Function: noun
Etymology: French tabouret, literally, small drum, from Middle French, diminutive of tabor, tabour drumDate: 1630
1: a cylindrical seat or stool without arms or back
2: a small portable stand or cabinet

I hope you will agree that a pipe or cylindrical drum is a physical manifestation that is easier to envision or identify than a setting or socket. In fact if the object is indeed pipe or cylindrical shaped the coincidence is too large to spend much time with contentions over the translation. In this case the end should indeed justify the means. Should this identify the object then it becomes difficult to deny that it was the intention of the inspired scriptures to allow for this. Instead it should become a beautiful testimony to Jehovah’s Wisdom.

The weight of the message would be increased with those who doubt should the evidence be found in a translation other than the NWT. They cannot deny. They will have to know.

In conclusion it should be expected that a pipe or cylindrical object, shining very brightly and accompanied by loud roaring yet also not moving in a ballistic way like we would expect a meteorite. This and the extraordinary manifestation of lightning should be enough composite evidence to test the objects expected identity against the inspired scriptures.

There are many documented eyewitness testimonies. However, a newspaper excerpt has been chosen with which you could initially test the expectation as it may hold more credibility with you.

This excerpt was found at the Internet link that is also identified in the immediate following:
http://www.tmeg.com/artifacts/tunguska/tunguska.htm

Leonid Kulik was selected by the Soviet Academy of Sciences to investigate what happened. He began by gathering eyewitness accounts of the event. Many newspapers recorded the explosion, like the Irkutsk newspaper Sibir:

'in the village of Nizhne-Karelinsk in the northwest high above the horizon, the peasants saw a body shining very brightly -(too bright for the naked eye) with a bluish white light. It moved vertically down-wards for about ten minutes. The body was in the form of a 'pipe' (i.e. cylindrical). The sky was cloudless, except that low down on the horizon in the direction in which this glowing body was observed, a small dark cloud was noticed. It was hot and dry and when the shining body approached the ground it seemed to be pulverized and in its place a huge cloud of black smoke was formed and a loud crash, not like thunder, but as if from the fall of large stones, or from gunfire, was heard. All the buildings shook and at the same time, a forked tongue of flame broke through the cloud. The old women wept, everyone thought that the end of the world was approaching.

Many other eyewitness testimonies contain similar observances but describe the shape as a fiery pole or log rather than the more technical term "cylinder". It is likely the term pole is more familiar with many of the nomadic people who witnessed the event than a pipe which is an object associated with a more settled population.

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The following is an excerpt from another Internet Site that refers to the researchers inability to confirm the ballistic nature of the visible object. It also points out that multiple objects falling to the earth may be the reason and suggests that perhaps the object was able to maneuver itself, in this case suggesting a UFO or Spaceship.

This observation can be found on the Internet at the following link:

http://www.gpgwebdesign.com.au/ntessla.tunguska.htm

(10) The path followed by the Tunguska body through the atmosphere remainslargely unclear. Immediately before the explosion, it was moving almost exactlyeast to west. The witness testimony that was collected in the 1960s bears outthis variant. Yet testimony gathered in the 1920s suggests with equallikelihood that the body might have arrived from the south or possiblysoutheast. This evidence cannot be easily rejected, since it was obtainedshortly after the event. Attempting to find a way out of this deadlock, FelixY. Zigel, father of Soviet ufology, suggested in 1966 a possible maneuver ofthe Tunguska body at the final stage of its flight. However, the easternvariant of the path has been traced as far as the Lena River. This casts doubton the possibility of a maneuver, at least for this body. Shouldn't we assumethat there were several bodies moving from different directions toward more orless the same final point?

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Included in the more than 700 recorded eyewitness testimonies is the observation on the same day of very large pillars or bands of fire, which would turn into columns of smoke.

Reading these testimonies brings to mind the prophecy at Joel 2:30,31 where several portents are mentioned. Certainly these portents are to be taken literally and not as some allegory.
Pillars of fire and columns of smoke were associated with angels during the Israelites march through the wilderness. With this in mind their presence on the earth during the final stages of the battle, which started in heaven, should not be surprising.

It is also reasonable to conclude that the "hurling down of Satan" associated with Jesus coming to kingly power is an event much deserving of a portent.

The earthly parts of these portents mentioned in Joel definitely seem fulfilled on the same day as the extraordinary manifestation of lightning expected as part of Jesus’ statement at Luke 10:18.
The missing part of the portent is "blood".

My suspicion is that it refers to the bloodshed caused by the outbreak of WW1 fomented by Satan. This has already been indicated in material provided by the discrete slave as evidence by "the trouble filled 20th Century which provides clear proof of Satan’s activity".

The remaining portents mentioned in Joel 2:30,31 are the heavenly or celestial ones also mentioned by Jesus in Matthew 24:29,30 which are associated with the revelation of Jesus after the tribulation.
Jesus, in Matthew 24:29,30 does not include the earthly portents of blood, fire and columns of smoke mentioned in Joel 2:30 with his eventual revelation.

This provides some confidence they could be associated with something else.

It is therefore with comfort that they should be associated with the "hurling down of Satan" which also heralds the coming of Jesus to kingly power and the start of the last days. Certainly these events are ones much deserving of a visible and undeniable portent.

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Still yet another profound observance by many eyewitness testimonies is the appearance of a very long trail left behind the shining pipe or cylindrical shaped object of not smoke as could be expected from a meteorite but brightly coloured iridescent bands of light resembling a rainbow.

These testimonies bring to mind the scripture at Ezekiel 1:28 where the glory of Jehovah is described as something like the appearance of a rainbow with brightness round about.

The scripture in Psalm 110:1,2 indicates that Jehovah will have a hand in the placing of Jesus’ enemies at his feet.

It should therefore not be surprising that manifestations of Jehovah’s Glory should be witnessed in close proximity to the shining pipe or cylindrical object (Satan).

However these rainbow like manifestations of Jehovah’s Glory could also be attributed to the close proximity of Jesus.

This statement tests against the scriptures themselves and provide further evidence of their setting matters straight.
Jesus states at Mark 8:38 "the Son of man will also be ashamed of him when he arrives in the glory of his Father with the holy angels".

It is reasonable to conclude during the "hurling down of Satan" that Jesus would be arriving in close proximity to the earth and his antagonist while accompanied by his holy angels.

At Mark 8:38 Jesus also stated it would be with the "glory of his Father".

The profundity, which tests against the scriptures, is that the Glory of Jehovah was indeed unwittingly witnessed by those who observed the appearance of a brightness like a rainbow on the same day the extraordinary manifestation of lightning occurred that we had expected to find through Jesus’ words at Luke 10:18.

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I hope if you have reached this point in the letter that you will agree a perfectly beautiful pattern of great wisdom is being unsealed here. -Ezekiel 28:12.

What I have written so far in no way exhausts the number of profundities surrounding this event, the remainder of which are equally compelling.

However, following are some questions, which I continue to ask myself for which I am nervous about coming to a conclusion:

Scientists expected to find actual pieces or fragments of the shiny pipe or cylindrical shaped object (Satan). They return almost every year and attempt to look for evidence in the dust or particles captured in tree resin, which they could use to identify the object. Having read many of their articles it is easy to see they have been unsuccessful in their quest. They continue to give a large amount of attention to the place of impact to look for evidence but have not found anything with which to reach a conclusion.

The following is an excerpt from an article on the Internet by Vladimir V. Rubtsov, Ph.D.
http://www.gpgwebdesign.com.au/ntessla.tunguska.htm

"The KSE is a kind of informal scientific research institute aimed at thoroughstudies of the Tunguska problem. It was formed in 1958 in the Siberian city ofTomsk, initially under the leadership of G. F. Plekhanov, and consisted atfirst of a dozen specialists in various scientific disciplines, mainlyphysicists and mathematicians. A few years later the core of this informalinstitute involved about 50 scientists. Some 100 specialists per year took partin the field work on the site, and no less than 1,000 researchers in various"formal" institutes all over the country analyzed the collected materials."

Is this in fulfilment of the scripture at Psalm 37:10 "And you will certainly give attention to his place and he will not be"?

To this day however there is an abundance of scorched and fallen trees, which are still remaining as tangible evidence that this event did in fact occur.

Is this in fulfilment of the scripture at Ezekiel 28:18 "And I shall make you ashes upon the earth before the eyes of all those seeing you."?

Would the "eyes of those seeing" him be the actual eyewitness testimonies?

Or would the pattern be unsealed and seen in another way? – Numbers 24:15,16; Isaiah 14:16;Proverbs 2:6.

With this knowledge and understanding other scriptures become more meaningful. There are some realities for which it seems it was the intent of the one who inspired the scriptures that they be seen. These have greatly increased my faith in those realities unseen.

The official 700 collected eyewitness testimonies were electronically captured in the year 2000 after having sat in a box under a desk at the University of Tomsk for many years. It is only in recent years this testimony has been considered of importance, as the much-preferred scientific evidence is not leading towards any success in the proper identification of the object.

I will include a copy of these testimonies on CD inside the envelope with this letter for your examination. Unfortunately it is still in the Russian Language and to the best of my knowledge has not been officially translated into English. I have attempted to electronically translate with poor results. If you are able to use your in-house resources to properly translate this I would appreciate a copy.

If you have reached this point in the letter my hope is that you will now be convinced to thoroughly investigate this event and discover the remaining profundities.

At this point the burden I have carried for several years is much relieved and now belongs to you, whether you should accept this knowledge and understanding or refrain from doing so.

I believe this is of extremely great importance and should eventually lead to further sanctify Jehovah’s name and be a testimony to his wisdom, power and rightful sovereignty.

My hope is that you prayerfully consider what Jehovah’s will is regarding this and that you receive many blessings for carrying it out.

With Christian Love.

Xxxxx Xxxxxx

Suggested Reading:
The Fire Came By – The riddle of the Great Siberian Explosion
John Baxter & Thomas Atkins
Tunguska: Cauldron of Hell – It Came; It Destroyed; It Vanished
Jack Stoneley
The Tungus Event – The unsolved mystery of the worlds greatest explosion
Rupert Furneaux
Giant Meteorites
E. L. Krinov

4th Letter to Governing Body and Annointed

2005-06-10T18:15:00.000-07:00

The Governing Body
25 Columbia Heights
Brooklyn, NY.
11201-2483 U.S.A.

June 10th, 2005

Dear Brothers,

This is now the 4th letter I have written to you.

The intent of this one is to further explain the profundity of the previous letters and the significance of the information.

Failed prophecy made by Jehovah’s Witnesses in the past has obviously been cause for some embarrassment. One of the most prevalent of these which currently persists in its failure is the interpretation of the "generation that will by no means pass away" Mt 24:34 The WTBTS associated "this generation" with those who were alive in 1914. Obviously the generation alive in 1914 is now mostly passed away and the expected tribulation has still not started.

The information presented in my previous letters is valuable for understanding which generation is the correct. The reasoning for this is explained in the following:

Jesus Christ’s words were most certainly spoken with the intent that someone would understand and interpret them correctly. The words he spoke in the following scripture seem most definitely intended to properly identify "the generation":

33 Likewise also YOU, when YOU see all these things, know that he is near at the doors. 34 Truly I say to YOU that this generation will by no means pass away until all these things occur. -

Matthew 24:33-34

Therefore it is the generation that "sees all these things", which is the generation "that will by no means pass away".

In order to identify the correct generation two questions must now be answered as follows:

1/ :- what are all these things?

And

2/ :- when was the last one seen?

I hope you will now agree that once the tribulation has started the question of identifying "the generation" becomes redundant, as the answer is obvious. If this seems rational to you then you should also now agree that "the generation" must be identifiable through our Lord Jesus Christ’s words, which describe manifestations that occur prior to the start of the tribulation. Once the tribulation has started the judge is no longer "near at the doors" but has already started judging. With the judging started the system of things is being concluded and the generation can expect to endure all those things described to occur after the tribulation starts.

If this is understood then it should now easily be discerned that the words of Jesus are intended for someone "on the watch" to properly recognise the generation before the tribulation and judgement starts, not during and not afterwards. If this were not true then our Lord Jesus Christ would have said words in vain. Never could that be the case. In this way the scriptures in Matthew Chapter 24 truly would be beneficial for setting matters straight.

In Matthew Chapter 24 Jesus Christ seems to purposefully separate the things which precede the tribulation from the things which succeed the tribulation by saying; "Immediately after the tribulation of those days the sun will be darkened," Mt 24:29.

The first important question has therefore been answered.

All the things to be seen are those written prior to verse 29 of Matthew Chapter 24.

The WTBTS has explained that it was the generation alive in 1914, however, were all of the things written prior to verse 29 also immediately seen in 1914?

I believe not.

They were to be progressively seen after Jesus Christ’s presence started. In order to correctly identify the generation, each one of the manifestations described would need to be carefully noted as they were seen. Were all those remaining on the list carefully watched for? Isn’t this what our Lord Jesus Christ really meant by "keeping on the watch".

Once the very last of "all those things" has been seen a very important scriptural milestone is reached. Not only would "the generation" be correctly identified, other chronological measurements now become viable through the scriptures written in Daniel Chapter 12.

Strong admonishments from our Lord Jesus Christ to "keep on the watch" imply that a manifestation we are watching for could easily slip by unnoticed.

A watchman’s job is to announce the nearness rather than the actual arrival. If a watchman announces the arrival only and not the nearness of the arrival then his purpose seems redundant. To have the arrival announced only and not the nearness seems far from the intent of our Lord Jesus Christ’s words contained in Matthew Chapter 24.

So now to answer the next question:

2:- When was the last one seen?

"27 For just as the lightning comes out of eastern parts and shines over to western parts, so the presence of the Son of man will be." Matthew 24:27

Jesus Christ cannot be talking about an ordinary manifestation of lightning here. If it is lightning which comes out of eastern parts and shines over to western parts then it must be an extraordinarily powerful manifestation of lightning. If he were referring to ordinary lightning it would make no difference. If these scriptures are indeed to be fulfilled then this lightning must be one of the "things" that we should see.

YOU saw this extremely powerful manifestation of unapproachable light at an appointed time, through my letter sent on January 16, 2003. A copy of this letter is enclosed as a reminder.

The second question:

2:- When was the last one seen?

Has now been answered.

The generation alive on January 16, 2003 is the one that will by no means pass away until all those things spoken of by our Lord in Matthew Chapter 24, occur.

The letter explained how the Tunguska Event of 1908 manifested Jesus Christ’s presence. If you carefully researched the referenced information on the Tunguska event you should have seen that it not only included an extraordinarily powerful manifestation of lightning, also manifested were loud thundering, the ground quaked, a very loud roaring, an extremely strong wind, violent disturbances and an enormous fire.

In this way "from Jehovah of armies you have had attention with thunder and with quaking and with a great sound, storm wind and tempest, and the flame of a devouring fire." Isaiah Chapter 29 and verse 6 has been fulfilled.

Will you understand that the surrounding scriptures must also now be having a fulfilment upon you?

If the last manifestation on the list is now seen the remaining events described by Jesus will shortly proceed. The first to expect is the judging of both the faithful and evil slave when our Lord Jesus Christ opens the door. (Mt 24:33) I understand why this might be troubling news for you, especially since you have been espousing the fulfilment of this event in 1919 and suggesting that the evil slave no longer exists.

If a watchman is keeping watch however, it is to the "house of israel" that he must first blow the horn in warning. Ezekiel the prophet in Chapter 3 and verse 17 explains this.

Please accept that with this letter you should now understand that the warning horn was blown on January 16th, 2003.

Should any of those responsible for providing food at the proper time or those to whom the food should be given suffer an adverse judgement, may this letter serve as a witness to our Lord Jesus Christ that I should be free from their blood.

Matthew describes this adverse judgement as; "He will cut him to pieces" Mt 24:51 NIV
Daniel describes it as; "dashing of the power of the hold people to pieces" Da 12:7 NWT
Isaiah describes it as; "crushed to pieces without ones sparing" Isaiah 30:14 NWT

The WTBTS used 1914 as the scriptural milestone from which to measure both the "generation that will by no means pass away" mentioned in Matthew Chapter 24 and the "appointed time, appointed times and a half" mentioned in Daniel 12:7

If the same chronological liberty is taken with the newly understood date then 1260 days should be added to January 16, 2003.

Using this calculation, the "dashing of the power of the holy people to pieces" should suddenly commence and then conclude at sometime "within a year and some days". (Isaiah 32:10)

Although neither Jesus nor the angels are aware of the day or hour they certainly had enough information to determine the "watch" during which the conclusion would start. This letter proves the admonishments "to keep on the watch" for the fulfilment of Jesus Christ’s words in Matthew Chapter 24 have not been in vain.

If you are indeed the faithful slave this manifestation should find you joyfully anticipating the next period of time for the reasons described by Paul in his letter to Timothy; "From this time on there is reserved for me the crown of righteousness, which the lord, the righteous judge, will give me as a reward in that day, yet not only me, but all those who have loved his manifestation." (2 Timothy 4:8)

In Matthew Chapter 24 our Lord Jesus described with strong words the actions of the evil slave saying; "if ever that slave should say in his heart, ‘My master is delaying.’ And should start to beat his fellow slaves and should eat and drink with the confirmed drunkards".

If your fellow slaves are being beaten (disfellowshipped, rebuked, excluded, ignored, reviled) and alliances with worldly nations, governments or organisations are being made (drinking with drunkards), or lifesaving truths are being withheld or ignored (food at the proper time), then you should be very, very, very concerned about your future.

With the contents of this letter properly contemplated you should now understand why it is important for yourselves and those in your care to understand this and also why it has been important for me to reveal these things to you.

If the world had been told of these things the matter of sovereignty would already be set straight. (Isaiah 2:4)

Certainly this understanding has the power to convince those who may now be having doubts to persevere with loyalty and in this way should become a lifesaving truth for all those in your care. (2Th 2:10)

The contents of this letter are intended for all of those anointed and invited ones.

Please share it with them all.

The prophet Daniel was informed in the 12th chapter that many would not understand.

For this reason I hope this letter finds you paying close attention.

With Christian Love,

XXXXX XXXXXX

(I have omitted my real name so that no accusation can be made against me that I might be trying to start a sect or following however, my real name and address appears on the original letter)

Copy to:

The Presiding Overseer

Overseer, Canadian Bethel.

The "man of lawlessness" revealed !

2005-05-01T08:35:00.000-07:00

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The "man of lawlessness" - Revealed!

The identity of the man of lawlessness, the son of perdition, has long been a bible mystery, his identity will be revealed in this blog entry.

Carefully reading and contemplating this blog however, does not guarantee that you will understand.

Why?

The prophet Daniel was inspired to explain:

10 Many will cleanse themselves and whiten themselves and will be refined. And the wicked ones will certainly act wickedly, and no wicked ones at all will understand; but the ones having insight will understand.

Many academics throughout history and especially in recent years have attempted to identify this "man". A large number of hypotheses abound with many conflicting and confusing interpretations.

What is so important about identifying this man?

The scriptures indicate that eventually this "man" will be revealed and then be overthrown, done away with through the spirit of his mouth (Jesus Christ) then brought to nothing or completely destroyed by Jesus Christ's coming.

2Thessalonians 2:8

"8And then the lawless one will be revealed, whom the Lord Jesus will overthrow with the breath of his mouth and destroy by the splendour of his coming. "

Once the man of lawlessness is revealed the "coming" of our Lord Jesus Christ in judgment would be very imminent making most other historical events appear mundane by comparison. This should justify anyone’s interest in pursuing its meaning through the bible and carefully paying attention to world events in order to identify the revealing of this "man".

According to the prophet Daniel’s inspired explanation this "man of lawlessness" himself will not understand and therefore is certain to be completely surprised.

There are four events concerning "the man of lawlessness" contained within the very small verse mentioned in the above which, occur in chronological order.

1:- He is revealed

2:- He is overthrown

3:- Jesus comes.

4:- He is destroyed

There seems to be yet another event closely associated with the above that we should also be "keeping on the watch" for.

Prior to the manifestation of Jesus Christ's presence a life saving truth will be revealed which many people will not receive or accept.

Here is one scripture, which supports this:

2Thessalonians 2:10

"10and with all the deception of wickedness for those who perish, because they did not receive the love of the truth so as to be saved. "

All of these events also tie in with yet another event which a very esoteric group of righteous men are patiently waiting for, the coming of Jesus Christ and the gathering together to him. The relationship of all these events is tied together at the outset of the 2nd chapter of 2nd Thessalonians.

2Thessalonians2:1

1Now we request you, brethren, with regard to the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ and our gathering together to Him,

and also verse 8

8Then that lawless one will be revealed whom the Lord will slay with the breath of His mouth and bring to an end by the appearance of His coming;

The "man of lawlessness" has to be either an influential person or composite group of men and may also contain women.

Why?

The Greek word for man here is: Anthropos

According to Strongs Concordance 444 it can have several meanings as follows:

1:- a human being, whether male or female

2:- indefinitely, someone, a man, one

3:- in the plural, people

4:- joined with other words, merchantman

Is this "man of lawlessness" the rest of mankind then, who do not accept Jesus Christ as Savior?

Verses early in the chapter provide yet another feature of this "man" which show that he is not the rest of mankind who reject Jesus but that he must be an identifiable "man" or organized group of men who set themselves up as an object of veneration. The scriptures also indicate that this "man" actually has access to the very Temple of the true God!

Here is the verse:

2Thessalonians2:4

4 He is set in opposition and lifts himself up over everyone who is called "god" or an object of reverence, so that he sits down in the temple of The God, publicly showing himself to be a god.

Therefore this man must also have worshippers who are misled into venerating him, perhaps in lieu of or in addition to worshipping the true God. This "man of lawlessness" and his worshipper followers then, should be the ones who deny and reject a special "truth" which could have saved them as explained in 2Thessalonians2:10 as follows:

"10and with all unrighteous deception among those who perish, because they did not receive the love of the truth, that they might be saved"

As they did not receive a truth it is likely that they also had a (divine?) responsibility to accept this truth and also disseminate it to their followers.

The next verse shows that not only does this "man of lawlessness" reject a life saving truth, they also are deluded into believing a lie. What a truly miserable condition the worshipper/followers of this "man of lawlessness" will find themselves in when he is revealed.

2Thessalonians 2:11

11And for this reason God will send them strong delusion, that they should believe the lie,

These followers are therefore not aware of their own miserable condition and must be truly convinced that they are saved. The above scripture however, indicates they are completely deluded.

If this "man of lawlessness" and his follower worshippers knew that he was the "man of lawlessness" then they would definitely take steps to refrain. Instead they must sincerely believe in "The Lie" rejecting the life saving truth in favour of this same lie. They are indeed completely deluded. All the more reason for each one of us to keep on the watch and pay attention to the events presently happening all around us.

Understanding these things gives us a pattern with which to measure the "man of lawlessness" so that when he is revealed we will properly recognize him. This pattern can be used to measure against actual historical events we see happening in our world. If this event is so important however, should it not also have mention in other scriptures, perhaps the Hebrew and the Greek? This same pattern therefore, could be used to measure against other scriptures, which should in turn help us to understand who this "man of lawlessness" is. To continue with this same rationale then, it could be that this very exercise may in fact reveal the "man of lawlessness" and the first stage of his prophetic demise would be achieved! To continue further with the rationale then, this "man of lawlessness" may be revealed and overthrown simply through understanding a bible truth. The scripture in 2nd Thessalonians indicates that he will be overthrown by the "breath (or spirit) of Jesus Christ’s mouth". I hope that many will agree here that the spirit of Jesus Christ’s mouth is quite simply just -------------------------------- the truth!

Perhaps now is a good time to list all of the features discussed so far in order to easily see the pattern.

Here is the list:

1:- An esoteric group of people who will be revealed
2:- a group of people who are likened to a man
3:- and overthrown
4:- and completely destroyed
5:- They will not accept a life saving truth
6:- It is likely they had a responsibility to accept and also disseminate the truth.
7:- Their revelation and overthrow will occur immediately before the manifestation of Jesus Christ’s presence.
8:- their complete destruction will be related to the coming of Jesus Christ
9:- he will entice his followers to venerate him as a god (perhaps in addition to the true God)
10:- he will have access to the actual Temple of God.
11:- he will be deluded into believing a lie.
12:- he and his worshipper/followers will not realize that he is the "man of lawlessness" because of this delusion.

The first step in matching the pattern would be to identify whether there is an individual or esoteric group who is likened to a "Man" in alternate scripture.

There is an instance of this in the Greek Scriptures using the same Greek word "Anthropos" as follows:

Ephesians 2:13-21

13But now in Christ Jesus you who once were far away have been brought near
through the blood of Christ. 14For he himself is our peace, who has made the two one and has destroyed the barrier, the dividing wall of hostility, 15by abolishing in his flesh the law with its commandments and regulations. His purpose was to create in himself one new man out of the two, thus making peace, 16and in this one body to reconcile both of them to God through the cross, by which he put to death their hostility. 17He came and preached peace to you who were far away and peace to those who were near. 18For through him we both have access to the Father by one Spirit. 19Consequently, you are no longer foreigners and aliens, but fellow citizens with God's people and members of God's household, 20built on the foundation of the apostles and prophets, with Christ Jesus himself as the chief cornerstone. 21In him the whole building is joined together and rises to become a holy temple in the Lord.
So here is an esoteric and organized group of men (members) who do indeed have access to the Temple of God (God's household)!

This scripture is however, referring to saints, anointed and divinely invited men who are righteous.

Could it actually be that scripture exists which liken the saints to wicked men destined to destruction?

Yes !

Here is one:

Matthew 24:42-51

42"Therefore keep watch, because you do not know on what day your Lord will come. 43But understand this: If the owner of the house had known at what time of night the thief was coming, he would have kept watch and would not have let his house be broken into. 44So you also must be ready, because the Son of Man will come at an hour when you do not expect him. 45"Who then is the faithful and wise servant, whom the master has put in charge of the servants in his household to give them their food at the proper time? 46It will be good for that servant whose master finds him doing so when he returns. 47I tell you the truth, he will put him in charge of all his possessions. 48But suppose that servant is wicked and says to himself, ‘My master is staying away a long time,’ 49and he then begins to beat his fellow servants and to eat and drink with drunkards. 50The master of that servant will come on a day when he does not expect him and at an hour he is not aware of. 51He will cut him to pieces and assign him a place with the hypocrites, where there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth.
See if you can find any parallels to 2Thessalonians Chapter 2.

How about these scriptures:

...............Matthew 24:- Keep watch
2nd Thessalonians 2:- for what? A lifesaving truth perhaps?

................Matthew 24:- your Lord will come
2nd Thessalonians 2:- Something to do with the Lord coming or his manifestation!

...............Matthew 24:- faithful and wise servant
2nd Thessalonians 2:- an esoteric group of men to give them their food at the proper time
.........................................a lifesaving truth at the right time!

...............Matthew 24:- suppose that servant is wicked
2nd Thessalonians 2:- A group of men who may not be righteous and yet serve
.......................................(in the temple?) - man of lawlessness?

...............Matthew 24:- beat his fellow servants and to eat and drink with drunkards
2nd Thessalonians 2:- "they did not believe the truth but took pleasure in unrighteousness "

...............Matthew 24:-the master of that slave will come on a day when he
......................................does not expect him and at an hour which he does not know,
2nd Thessalonians 2:- Implies they could have known when to expect him
.......................................if they had believed the lifesaving truth.

...............Matthew 24:- and will cut him in pieces and assign him a place with
...................................... the hypocrites; in that place there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth.
2nd Thessalonians 2:- "brought to nothing by the manifestation of his presence"

Can you see the parallels?

I hope you will agree that no other group of men are described in the New Testament who have access to the temple of God except for the invited and anointed saints, especially one that is described as a "man".

What about the old Hebrew Testament?

Is there a scripture about an esoteric group who believe in a lie or falsehood instead of the truth?

Here is one:

Isaiah 28:15

15Because ye have said, We have made a covenant with death, and with hell are
we at agreement; when the overflowing scourge shall pass through, it shall not
come unto us: for we have made lies our refuge, and under falsehood have we hid ourselves:
An esoteric group of people hiding inside a falsehood. Certainly if this group of men are hiding they will eventually have to be revealed. In the scripture above however, who is the "We" that have made a lie their refuge?

This is answered a few verses previous:

Isaiah 28:14

14 Therefore hear the word of Jehovah, YOU braggarts, YOU rulers of this people who are in Jerusalem:
The rulers of God's People!

I hope you will agree that the anointed of the New Testament are also those who will be the rulers of God's people.

Isaiah 28:23

Listen and hear my voice; pay attention and hear what I say.

They should be paying attention or keeping on the watch -- for a truth.

Here is what they will have attention with:

Isaiah 29:6

6you will be visited by the LORD of hosts with thunder and with earthquake and great noise, with whirlwind and tempest, and the flame of a devouring fire.

Is this the lifesaving truth they should have been watching for?

They have indeed been given attention with the above in a letter sent on January 16th, 2003.

Isaiah 29:14

14therefore, behold, I will again do wonderful things with this people, with wonder upon wonder; and the wisdom of their wise men shall perish, and the discernment of their discerning men shall be hidden."

Is this the delusion that God sends them, the "Faithful and Wise Servant"?

2Thessalonians2:11

"Therefore God sends them a strong delusion, so that they may believe what is false,"
So what is the falsehood they are deluded into believing is true?

The falsehood is also mentioned in Isaiah Chapter 28 as follows:

Isaiah 28:15

15 Because YOU men have said: "We have concluded a covenant with Death; and with She´ol we have effected a vision; the overflowing flash flood, in case it should pass through, will not come to us, for we have made a lie our refuge and in falsehood we have concealed ourselves";
So the "rulers of this people" have concluded "a covenant with death" yet, Isaiah explains that it is a falsehood or lie. A covenant with death would certainly mean that the rulers and their followers are deluded into believing that they have passed judgment and will live. In fact "a covenant with death" means these rulers and those subject to them are deluded into thinking they have escaped judgment and will now live forever. Isaiah further explains however, that they will not escape the "flash flood" (judgment).

Isaiah 28:18

18 And YOUR covenant with Death will certainly be dissolved, and that vision of YOURS with She´ol will not stand. The overflowing flash flood, when it passes through—YOU must also become for it a trampling place.
Just as 2 Thessalonians explains that the "man of lawlessness" will be destroyed so does Isaiah explain that the rulers of God's people who made the covenant with death will be destroyed.

A discerning reader will now be considering whether any historical identification could be made based on what these scriptures are indicating.

Asking the following question may lead to the identity.

Is there an esoteric and organized group of men that claim to have spiritual access to the actual temple of God? Do they claim to be divinely guided and have they concluded a "covenant of Death" with themselves and their followers? Are these men also deluded into believing they will be hidden from God’s coming judgment exercised by his son our Lord Jesus Christ?

Please make certain you come back here to finish this scriptural examination. By following this link however, a historical candidate who has indeed made a covenant with death and also fits the other criteria can be identified.

A Covenant with Death < -------------- click

Here also is another very blatant Covenant with Death where it is presumptuosly proclaimed that:

Millions Now Living will never Die! <---------- click

Certainly it would be extremely presumptuous to pronounce oneself righteous. This is the sole responsibility of God’s appointed delegate Jesus Christ who has the right and the mandate to judge the entire world. Anyone pronouncing himself to be righteous without consideration of our Lord Jesus Christ would be lifting themselves up above his heavenly station!

The Apostle Paul announced in his second letter to the Thessalonians that this would be an identifying mark of "the man of lawlessness" as follows:

2 Thessalonians 2:4

4 He is set in opposition and lifts himself up over everyone who is called "god" or an object of reverence, so that he sits down in the temple of The God, publicly showing himself to be a god.

Isaiah further mentions that those who are ruling over God’s people will be deluded into believing they will be concealed or hidden from the "flash flood". The flash flood being referred to is the coming tribulation or judgment by God.

Isaiah 28:15

"-the overflowing flash flood, in case it should pass through, will not come to us, for we have made a lie our refuge and in falsehood we have concealed ourselves";

Is there a historical candidate who has manifested this delusion?

In case you missed it here is a subtitle from the July 1, 1983 Watchtower Magazine Article which can be read in the link posted above.

"Live Companions of Those Hidden From Divine Denunciation"

Anything hidden or concealed should eventually be revealed. This is exactly what the Apostle Paul recorded would happen to "the man of lawlessness":

2 Thessalonians 2:8

"Then, indeed, the lawless one will be revealed, whom the Lord Jesus will do away with by the spirit of his mouth and bring to nothing by the manifestation of his presence."

The reader may be thinking the words in Isaiah chapter 28 are in reference to his own contemporaries, who made alliances with Egypt and Assyria. In the book "Isaiah’s Prophecy – Light for all Mankind" published by the Watchtower Bible and Tract Society we are told these alliances are "the covenant with death" which the "rulers of God’s people" made to save themselves from the "flash flood". The book further explains that the "flash flood" is Babylon’s literal armies, which were soon to destroy Jerusalem. Isaiah quotes God’s own words however, to explain what method God will actually use to dissolve this "covenant with Death". After carefully examining the passage again, the reader should notice that it is Jesus Christ (the precious corner of a sure foundation) and not Babylon who God will use to achieve this. Therefore the "flash flood" is the judgment which starts when our Lord Jesus Christ’s presence is manifested and not the Babylonians.

Here is the passage:

Isaiah 28:16

16 therefore this is what the Sovereign Lord Jehovah has said: "Here I am laying as a foundation in Zion a stone, a tried stone, the precious corner of a sure foundation. No one exercising faith will get panicky. 17 And I will make justice the measuring line and righteousness the leveling instrument; and the hail must sweep away the refuge of a lie, and the waters themselves will flood out the very place of concealment. 18 And YOUR covenant with Death will certainly be dissolved, and that vision of YOURS with She´ol will not stand. The overflowing flash flood, when it passes through—YOU must also become for it a trampling place.

The discerning reader should now ask himself why God’s uses his son Jesus Christ to dissolve a "covenant with Death" which supposedly occurred well before Jesus became the "precious corner of a sure foundation". The only answer is that Isaiah words are referring to only the time period of the end, immediately before and after Jesus Christ’s presence is manifested and God’s judgment of this wicked world starts.

Notice also in the above that God explains what instruments Jesus Christ will use to reveal and dissolve (do away with) this "covenant of Death". Justice and righteousness are the "leveling instrument". It is also mentioned that waters "will flood out the place of concealment". Bible truths are often referred to in the bible simply as waters. Therefore it is simply the truth that will reveal and eventually dissolve this "covenant with Death" which is something Jesus Christ will achieve.

It seems so straightforward that it is Jesus however, that a person who imagines the "leveling instrument" was the Babylonians must be suffering from some delusion. The fact this delusion does exist proves the undeniable accuracy of the bible.

Please now compare what the Apostle Paul said would reveal and do away with "the man of lawlessness" in the following scripture:

2 Thessalonians 2:8

8 Then, indeed, the lawless one will be revealed, whom the Lord Jesus will do away with by the spirit of his mouth and bring to nothing by the manifestation of his presence.

I hope the reader agrees that "the spirit of his mouth" is quite simply the truth.

The "man of lawlessness" however does not want to hear a straightforward truth, which might be lifesaving.

2nd Thessalonians 2:12

12 in order that they all may be judged because they did not believe the truth but took pleasure in unrighteousness.

In a following Chapter the Prophet Isaiah confirms this to be the case.

Isaiah 30:9-10

9 For it is a rebellious people, untruthful sons, sons who have been unwilling to hear the law of Jehovah; 10 who have said to the ones seeing, ‘YOU must not see,’ and to the ones having visions, ‘YOU must not envision for us any straightforward things. Speak to us smooth things; envision deceptive things.

The scripture above is most definitely describing a group of people who do not want to accept a truth and would prefer to hear lies. The situation certainly describes deluded people.

They do not want to hear an important truth!

It seems this truth now being referred to in the Hebrew scriptures might have saved them and yet instead their end is described a few verses later:

Isaiah 30:13-14

13Therefore this iniquity shall be to you Like a breach ready to fall, A bulge in a high wall, Whose breaking comes suddenly, in an instant. 14And He shall break it like the breaking of the potter's vessel, Which is broken in pieces; He shall not spare. So there shall not be found among its fragments A shard to take fire from the hearth, Or to take water from the cistern."
It seems like this organized group of people being spoken of by Isaiah will be "brought to nothing" just as the "man of lawlessness is.

2 Thessalonians 2:8

"will kill with the breath of his mouth and bring to nothing by the appearance of his coming."

and it will happen in an instant; "comes suddenly" just as happens to the "evil slave".

Matthew 24:50

50the master of that servant will come on a day when he does not expect him and at an hour he does not know.

and also broken in pieces just like the "evil slave".

Matthew 24:51

51and will cut him in pieces and put him with the hypocrites. In that place there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth.

This esoteric and organized group of men being described in Thessalonians, Matthew and Isaiah will be completely destroyed; "brought to nothing".

Isn’t that what perdition means?

Here is the definition in the Merriam-Webster Dictionary:

Main Entry: per·di·tion

Pronunciation: p&r-'di-sh&n

Function: noun

Etymology: Middle English perdicion, from Late Latin perdition-, perditio, from Latin perdere to destroy, from per- through + dare to give --

1 a archaic : utter destruction b obsolete : Loss

2 a : eternal damnation Hell

These men are divinely invited members of the anointed, saints who have an opportunity to rule as kings with Jesus Christ. Although in Thessalonians, Matthew and Isaiah they are referred to as lawless, evil, braggarts and drunkards their selection was initially divine. In this way the esoteric group of men could also be referred to as "holy" which now provides a parallel to the words written in Daniel as follows.

Daniel 12:7

"It will be for an appointed time, appointed times and a half. And as soon as there will have been a finishing of the dashing of the power of the holy people to pieces, all these things will come to their finish."

The end result of the people described above is exactly the same as that described in 2nd Thessalonians, Matthew, and Isaiah. Please examine and compare the list that follows:

NWT--2Thessalonians 2:8--------------do away with-------bring to nothing

KJV--Matthew 24:51------------------- He will cut him to pieces

NWT--Daniel 12:7-----------------------dashing of the power of the holy people to pieces.

NWT--Isaiah 30:14----------------------crushed to pieces without one’s sparing

If the prophecy in Daniel Chapter 12 is soon to be accomplished the we can expect that at this present time the world is within the same time period described by the man in linen of "an appointed time, appointed times and a half" or 1260 days. If this is correct then the reader may be concerned when those1260 days started.

Please see the following blog entry, which provides an answer:

This Generation will by no means pass away ß -------- Click

I have not exhausted the things I want to write about this man of lawlessness and will continue to add and edit this document.

Please keep returning to re-examine and contemplate the profundities.

In order to properly reveal this "man of lawlessness" please also ensure your family, friends and associates read this.

The revealing of the "man of lawlessness" indicates that Jesus is soon to come.

What should we do next?

At the present time all I can think of is to echo the words of John the Baptist.

"REPENT, for the kingdom of the heavens has drawn near."

‘Prepare the way of Jehovah, YOU people! Make his roads straight.’"

With Christian love.

ablebodiedman

A Covenant with Death

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Carefully read this scripture!

Isaiah 28:14-18

14 Therefore hear the word of Jehovah, YOU braggarts, YOU rulers of this people who are in Jerusalem: 15 Because YOU
men have said: “We have concluded a covenant with Death; and with She´ol we have effected a vision; the overflowing flash flood, in case it should pass through, will not come to us, for we have made a lie our refuge and in falsehood we have concealed ourselves”; 16 therefore this is what the Sovereign Lord Jehovah has said: “Here I am laying as a
foundation in Zion a stone, a tried stone, the precious corner of a sure foundation. No one exercising faith will get panicky. 17 And I will make justice the measuring line and righteousness the leveling instrument; and the hail must sweep away the refuge of a lie, and the waters themselves will flood out the very place of concealment. 18 And YOUR covenant with Death will certainly be dissolved, and that vision of YOURS with She´ol will not stand. The overflowing flash flood, when it passes through YOU must also become for it a trampling place.

Now carefully read this July 1, 1983 Watchtower Article!

The Live Men of Faith Who Will Never Die

THERE are thousands of millions of persons living on earth today. Millions of these are now learning of the wonderful opportunity of keeping on living upon it without ever dying off it. Many of these may remember the old religious song, "O you must be a lover of the Lord, or you won’t go to heaven when you die." But there are live millions of lovers of the Sovereign Lord, Jehovah God, who do not want to go to heaven at all. Their God-given hope is for the restoration of Paradise to this earth and the extending of it to embrace all the globe. There is where they want to live for all time, in human perfection, under a righteous heavenly government. (Luke 23:43) They have in mind the remarkable words of Jesus Christ, addressed to Martha, whose brother Lazarus he was about to raise from the dead. These are words worthy of the serious consideration of everyone living today. Here they are:
2 "And everyone that is living and exercises faith in me will never die at all."—John 11:26.
3 Men and women of this 20th century were alerted to this remarkable hope on Sunday, February 24, 1918, in Los Angeles, California, U.S.A. There for the first time the then president of the Watch Tower Bible and Tract Society gave the public address entitled "The World Has Ended . . . Millions Now Living May Never Die." This was at the very time when World War I, which had sucked in the United States of America, was nearing its climax. Further delivery of that epoch-making Bible lecture was interrupted, especially when shortly afterward, on May 8, 1918, the president of the Watch Tower Society and seven associates of his at the Brooklyn, New York, headquarters were arrested. Earlier, on February 12, 1918, the government of Canada had banned the Society’s latest bound book entitled The Finished Mystery, as well as the Society’s free tracts entitled Bible Students Monthly. On March 14 the United States government followed suit and banned The Finished Mystery and a related issue of the Bible Students Monthly, these publications being endorsed by the Society’s president. Then on June 21, after weeks of court trial, the federal court of the United States sentenced to long terms of imprisonment in the Federal Penitentiary at Atlanta, Georgia, the Society’s president, its secretary-treasurer, the two coauthors of The Finished Mystery, three other members of the Brooklyn headquarters staff and the Society’s Italian translator. On July 4, 1918, all eight were transferred from Brooklyn, New York, to the Federal Penitentiary in Atlanta, Georgia, while World War I still raged.
4 Before the following winter the Society felt obliged to move from Brooklyn, New York, back to Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, according to the Removal Notice published in the October 1, 1918, issue of the Watch Tower magazine, page 290. Throughout the earth young members of the congregations of International Bible Students were detained in military encampments, or even in prisons. Spiritually speaking, Jehovah’s dedicated, baptized people became as dead, notably as far as boldly preaching the Gospel, or good news, was concerned. They felt as though they had come to the end of their earthly career, and that their heavenly glorification was about to be realized. But not so, for in the month of November there came the signing of the armistice by the nations engaged in the world war, peace set in, and, look! here there was a remnant of Jehovah’s worshipers still alive on the war-wounded earth.
5 What now? Well, Jehovah’s prophetic Word had predicted that his apparently dead witnesses would be restored to renewed lively activity in his royal service on earth. During the first world conflict their spiritual condition had become like that experienced by the Israelites after their national capital, Jerusalem, had been destroyed by the military forces of Babylon in 607 B.C.E. and they had been deported to distant Babylon, to lie spiritually dormant there for 70 years.
6 That state of affairs for ancient Israel during 607-537 B.C.E. was referred to by Jehovah’s prophet Ezekiel, himself an exile in Babylon. In one of his visions he saw a low plain full of dry bones. He was told that these disorganized bones pictured the whole house of Israel in its exiled condition. When, in obedience to God’s command, Ezekiel prophesied over those scattered bones, they reassembled into skeletons, and these skeletons became clothed with flesh. Finally breath entered into them, and those bodies stood up erect upon their feet. (Ezekiel, chapter 37) In the typical fulfillment of this prophecy, this pictured how the Israelites would be released from Babylon after its downfall, and they would come alive again as a nation, worshiping their merciful God once again at a rebuilt temple in their restored national capital, Jerusalem.
7 Centuries after that national resurrection, something like that was foretold in symbolic language, in Revelation 11:3-13:
"‘And I will cause my two witnesses to prophesy a thousand two hundred and sixty days dressed in sackcloth.’ . . . And when they have finished their witnessing, the wild beast that ascends out of the abyss will make war with them and conquer them and kill them. And their corpses will be on the broad way of the great city . . . And after the three and a half days spirit of life from God entered into them, and they stood upon their feet, and great fear fell upon those beholding them. And they heard a loud voice out of heaven say to them: ‘Come on up here.’ And they went up into heaven in the cloud, and their enemies beheld them. And in that hour a great earthquake occurred."
8 Similar to that, a postwar call to action was due to come to the spiritually dead remnant of Jehovah’s dedicated people, to serve as his witnesses observable to the inhabitants of all the earth. In the first postwar year of 1919 such a call came to them, after they were awakened to the realization that Jehovah God had left them alive in the flesh upon the earth for a vital purpose. They deeply appreciated that without his help they could not accomplish anything during their further sojourn amid a hostile world. (Isaiah 26:18) In due time they got the reassurance and the command from the Almighty God as foretold in Isaiah 26:19, where the prophetic words that have been preserved for their benefit say:
9 "Your dead ones will live. A corpse of mine—they will rise up. Awake and cry out joyfully, you residents in the dust! For your dew is as the dew of mallows, and the earth itself will let even those impotent in death drop in birth."
10 With those words Jehovah borrows or draws upon language suitable for the time of the literal resurrection of the ransomed dead of mankind under the heavenly Kingdom in the hands of his enthroned King, Jesus Christ, the Ransomer. Like the Israelites of old who were deported from the land of their national life and, spiritually speaking, buried for 70 years in Babylon, so the remnant of modern spiritual Israelites were threatened with extinction during the years 1914-1918. The end of World War I in 1918 left them like a "corpse" on Jehovah’s hands, spiritually speaking.
11 As the Great Life-Giver, Jehovah would see to it that those "dead ones" lived again as his anointed witnesses. He could raise them up. Now that the opportunities of the postwar era had opened up, it was no longer the time for them to mourn and to be like dead people, like the "residents in the dust." It was Jehovah’s unpostponable time to make them awaken to spiritual life and to cry out joyfully for being alive and in his service. (Psalm 126) Instead of being dry like dead corpses, like residents in the dry dust, they were to have the moisture of life, as if being bathed with the abundant dew of the low, creeping mallow plant. The Greater Cyrus, Jesus Christ, now reigned in the heavens, and it was Jehovah’s due time for them to be released from exile as in the death-dealing land of Babylonia. Their state of exile, like the land of Babylonia in which the Israelites of old were held in exile, was no longer to hold them back in deathlike impotence; it was time to let them loose for a spiritual rebirth, with courage and ability to get out of Babylon the Great, the world empire of false religion. God’s perfectly timed call was, "Get out of her, my people." (Revelation 18:4) By prompt obedience they avoided being denounced by Jehovah for subjecting themselves to Babylon the Great and her worldly allies any longer.
12 Isaiah 26:20, 21 continues, saying: "Go, my people, enter into your interior rooms, and shut your doors behind you. Hide yourself for but a moment until the denunciation passes over. For, look! Jehovah is coming forth from his place to call to account the error of the inhabitant of the land against him, and the land will certainly expose her bloodshed and will no longer cover over her killed ones." It would not be very long now, as if "for but a moment," before Jehovah fully expressed his denunciation against Babylon the Great by having her worldly allies destroy her even before they themselves get destroyed during "the war of the great day of God the Almighty" at the battle site of Har–Magedon. (Revelation 16:14, 16) Then the bloodshed of which Babylon the Great will have been guilty will be exposed and be repaid to her. Human creatures for the killing of whom she has been responsible either directly or indirectly will no longer lie covered over and be ignored. Accounts will be settled for them by the executing of the killer. Many are the witnesses of Jehovah who have been killed by Babylon the Great!

Live Companions of Those Hidden From Divine Denunciation

13 The year 1919 was crowned with divine goodness. On March 21, before ever a nationwide petition work by the International Bible Students could be completed, the eight representatives of the Society were admitted to bail, and on March 25 they were released from the Atlanta Penitentiary, never to return. Why? Because they were later exonerated and found not guilty of any crime against the United States. Later that year the Society’s headquarters was moved back to Brooklyn, New York, to its original address. Thus the remnant of spiritual Israelites broke free from their bondage to Babylon the Great and returned to their proper spiritual estate in the sight of the God whom they worshiped. As foretold in Isaiah 35:8-10, they made their return to spiritual life and activity in Jehovah’s service—over a symbolical highway: "The Way of Holiness it will be called." The prophecy goes on to say: "The very ones redeemed by Jehovah will return and certainly come to Zion with a joyful cry; and rejoicing to time indefinite will be upon their head. To exultation and rejoicing they will attain, and grief and sighing must flee away."
14 On September 1-8 of that selfsame postwar year of 1919, a general convention was held at Cedar Point, Ohio, and there a new feature of their postwar work was announced to them, namely, the publication of a 32-page, biweekly magazine called The Golden Age, as a complement to the Watch Tower magazine. On October 1, 1919, the first issue of that new magazine (now called Awake!) appeared and proceeded to serve the timely purpose not only of apprising the inclined toward God of the golden Millennium that was approaching but also of exposing Babylon the Great as doomed to early destruction. Later, with the issue of December 15, 1919, the Watch Tower magazine once again announced its publishers’ address as being 124 Columbia Heights, Brooklyn, New York. As for The Golden Age, in its 15th issue, dated April 14, 1920, it announced that it was now being published at 35 Myrtle Avenue, in the borough of Brooklyn, New York, the location of the first printing plant of the Watch Tower Society. Today the Society and its branches have printing plants around the globe.
15 All that restoration work, on a small scale at the beginning, was the postwar start of "the times of restoration of all things of which God spoke through the mouth of his holy prophets of old time," to mark the invisible return and presence of the glorified Jesus Christ. (Acts 3:21) The accompanying release and regathering of Jehovah’s dedicated people from antitypical Babylon was part of "the sign . . . of the conclusion of the system of things" that Jesus foretold in his prophecy recorded at Matthew chapters 24, 25; Mark chapter 13, and Luke chapter 21.
16 All of that furnished the setting for something else of great magnitude to take place. What? Well, we must remember that when the Israelite exiles left Babylon in 537 B.C.E. by virtue of the decree of Babylon’s conqueror, Cyrus the Great, a large number of non-Israelites went back with them to the land of Judah. These included the Nethinim, the male and female slaves and the foreign singers.—Ezra 2:43, 58, 64, 65, 70; 3:1; 6:21, 22; 1 Chronicles 9:1, 2.
17 Such non-Israelite companions picture those today who hear the message of God’s Kingdom in the hands of his Greater Cyrus, Jesus Christ, and have associated themselves with the remnant of spiritual Israelites since their release from the control of modern Babylon the Great and her worldly allies in the postwar year of 1919. They also resemble the non-Israelites, "a vast mixed company," that accompanied the Israelites when these left Egypt under the leadership of Moses in 1513 B.C.E.—Exodus 12:37, 38; compare Revelation 7:9-17.
18 They also correspond with the "other sheep" that the Fine Shepherd, Jesus Christ, said that he had yet to bring, to combine them finally into "one flock" with those spiritual sheep in "this fold" that contains the heirs of God’s heavenly Kingdom. (John 10:16) In the issue of June 6, 1934, of The Golden Age, page 574, under the subheading "Jonadab Class," those symbolic "other sheep" were informed of their privilege of "consecrating" themselves to Jehovah God through Christ and of giving public witness of this by water baptism. On May 31, 1935, the Society’s president spoke at the Washington Convention and identified the "other sheep" with the "great multitude" foreseen in Revelation 7:9-17. (Authorized Version) On the next day of the convention 840 got baptized in water, the majority of these entertaining the hope of earthly life under God’s Kingdom.
19 Here is the place to consider the words of Jesus Christ at John 11:25, 26: "He that exercises faith in me, even though he dies, will come to life; and everyone that is living and exercises faith in me will never die at all." According to all the evidences since that war-struck year of 1914, we find ourselves alive in "the time of the end," yes, in "the conclusion of the system of things." (Daniel 12:1-4; Matthew 24:1-3) Although Jehovah’s Witnesses have proclaimed "this good news of the kingdom" worldwide since 1919, the nations, even those of Christendom, have refused to submit to that Messianic Kingdom as established in the heavens since 1914. Opposition to God’s rightful Kingdom and its preachers unites the nations, and they are thus being gathered to "the war of the great day of God the Almighty" at Har–Magedon. That global "war" will mean total destruction for those faithless nations. This will signify the end of this system of things.—Revelation 16:14-16; Matthew 24:14.
20 Then only the sheeplike people of faith, those who belong to the "one flock" of the Fine Shepherd, will escape death. This includes the "great crowd" of the "other sheep." At Revelation 7:9-17 these were forevisioned as coming alive "out of the great tribulation" and entering into the Millennial system of things on earth. (Matthew 24:21, 22) Why should these ever need to die off the earth? Under the reign of Christ they will be afforded the opportunity of gaining endless life in the Paradise restored to earth. (Revelation 20:1-6) How many of the more than 2,000,000 of these dedicated, baptized witnesses of Jehovah today living will be preserved alive through the globe-encircling "great tribulation" now so near at hand remains to be seen. But it will be an unnumbered "great crowd" out of the many nations and languages. For such men of faith it will be more thrilling to step out into the post-Har–Magedon system of things than it was for Noah and his family to step out of the ark into the cleansed earth after the global Deluge. In the case of those modern men of faith, the words of Jesus will be true in a very literal sense: "And everyone that is living and exercises faith in me will never die at all." (John 11:26) Those Har–Magedon survivors will want to have their names "written in the book of life" that the life-giving God will keep. (Revelation 20:7-15) This registration of their names will guarantee their living forever on the Paradisaic earth.
21 Unquestionably, so late in this "time of the end" since the end of the Gentile Times in 1914, there are many live men and women of faith and integrity who will never die off the face of the earth, God’s footstool. What an unusual opportunity lies ahead of them! Because of never dying and being buried, they will need no resurrection of the dead during the thousand-year-long reign of Jesus Christ. In fact, they will survive to welcome back from the dead those sleeping in the dust of the earth for whom the King Jesus Christ laid down his perfect human life as a ransom sacrifice. To those billions of resurrected humans the Har–Magedon survivors will be privileged to bear witness of all that Jehovah God did by Jesus Christ during this "conclusion of the system of things." So, then, all through this crucial time of all times let these highly favored ones prove themselves to be integrity-keeping witnesses of Jehovah God to the vindication of his universal sovereignty.

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This Generation will by no means pass away

2005-03-02T18:21:00.000-08:00

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Immediately after explaining how he would appear after the tribulation Jesus Christ stated in Matthew 24:34

"Truly I say to YOU that this generation will by no means pass away until all these things occur. "

Jesus identified a generation which would be alive to see some truly profound bible prophecies take place.

What is a generation?

The Merriam-Webster dictionary defines a generation as:

Main Entry: gen·er·a·tion
Pronunciation: "je-n&-'rA-sh&n
Function: noun

1 a : a body of living beings constituting a single step in the line of descent from an ancestor b : a group of individuals born and living contemporaneously c : a group of individuals having contemporaneously a status (as that of students in a school) which each one holds only for a limited period d : a type or class of objects usually developed from an earlier type

2 a : the action or process of producing offspring : PROCREATION b : the process of coming or bringing into being c : origination by a generating process : PRODUCTION; especially : formation of a geometric figure by motion of another

3 : the average span of time between the birth of parents and that of their offspring

It usualy takes between 20 and 25 years before an adult human being produces offspring. So the Merriam-Webster dictionary definition above gives us a reasonably good ball-park number to measure the significance of Jesus Christs' words.

Would Jesus not know what our contemporary definition of a "generation" is? If he had used the word "generation" and yet wanted it to mean something other than our common definition then he certainly would have used a more correct word. In defense of their own failed prediction the Watchtower Bible and Tract Society would prefer that we do believe that our King Jesus Christ must have used the wrong word or intended it to have some other meaning than the immediately obvious one.In order to break the mystery of how long a generation should be could we not use the bible itself? I hope you agree this is what Jesus would most often do when faced with contentions from the pharisees. A usefull scripture which Jesus himself was likely also familiar with is Genesis 50:22-23

Genesis 50:22-23

22 Joseph stayed in Egypt, along with all his father's family. He lived a hundred and ten years and saw the third generation of Ephraim's children. Also the children of Makir son of Manasseh were placed at birth on Joseph's knees.

So Joseph lived to 110 and saw 3 generations of his own son's children. If you now count his son Ephraim as a generation also then we can say that 4 generations occured within a period of 110 years. Now all that is required is some simple math to determine that a biblically understood generation is approximately 110/4 or 27 1/2 years.

Jesus' own understanding of a generation would certainly comply with the understanding exhibited within the remainder of the bible.

Many people, including the Watchtower Bible and Tract Society of Jehovah's Witnessess have made presumptuous claims in regard to the identity of this generation. Rather than criticise their failures however, this blog will now dissect what the bible actually says about "the generation" in regards to its identity and chronology.

First of all, it should be understood that we will not know an exact date.

Why?

Matthew 24:42

42“Therefore keep watch, because you do not know on what day your Lord will come."

We are however, admonished that some discerning and righteous ones may have a good idea about the timeframe during which Jesus should arrive in judgement. They should know before he arrives to judge.

This is alluded to in the following verse:

Matthew 24:43

"43But understand this: If the owner of the house had known at what time of night the thief was coming, he would have kept watch and would not have let his house be broken into."

The reader should agree that it is Jesus Christ's coming in judgement that we are watching for however, all that Jesus assures us is that it will occur during a certain "watch". Once this happens Jesus is no longer just "present" as a ruling king but by judging the world he is actively bringing it to an end. The system of things is being concluded. Although we do not know the exact time of day or night that Jesus is coming, the scriptures indicate that we should at least be aware of the watch during which this event will take place.

If we are admonished to keep on the watch we should at least be aware of the length of the watch period and also the time the watch starts.

In the above scripture it is referring to a night watch.

During ancient times a night was divided up into intervals of time, each of these was a watch.

Here is the Merriam-Webster definition

2 a : any of the definite divisions of the night made by ancient peoples b : one of the indeterminate intervals marking the passage of night -- usually used in plural

So in order to "keep on the watch" the watchman would have to know:

1/ The length of time the watch would be.
2/ When the watch starts

From the discussion of events in Matthew chapter 24 it is not possible to determine the length of the watch.

I hope you agree these scriptures in Matthew Ch 24 do in fact infer however, that it should be possible to determine the length of the watch.

Coming to this important conclusion gives the impetus to continue the research.

In a similar manner to many other scriptural revelations it is very likely that a scripture exists elsewhere in the bible which will give us the required information.

Are there any scriptures with similar expressions or parallels to Matthew Chapter 24?

The best way to discover this is with a bible concordance, which very quickly reveals that Daniel Chapter 12 not only has some startling similarities to Matthew Chapter 24, it also has the actual length of many different time periods recorded within it's same verses.

Are these the "watch's" being reffered to in Mathew Ch 24?

The very first verse of Daniel Chapter 12 alludes to a period of Judgement or action being taken:

Daniel 12:1

"At that time Michael, the great prince who protects your people, will arise. There will be a time of distress such as has not happened from the beginning of nations until then. But at that time your people-everyone whose name is found written in the book-will be delivered."

Certainly Daniels writings are referring the same judgement and tribulation as that described by Jesus in Matthew chapter 24.

There also seems to be a large separation between the faithfull and the evil or the righteous and the wicked as brought out by Daniel 12:10

Daniel 12:10

10 Many will be purified, made spotless and refined, but the wicked will continue to be wicked. None of the wicked will understand, but those who are wise will understand.

This is much like Matthews' reference to the Faithfull and Evil Slave in Matthew 24:45-51.

Notice also the reference to the breaking in pieces of the Holy people in both Daniel and Matthew as follows:

Daniel 12:7 - ASV

" 7 And I heard the man clothed in linen, who was above the waters of the river, when he held up his right hand and his left hand unto heaven, and sware by him that liveth for ever that it shall be for a time, times, and a half; and when they have made an end of breaking in pieces the power of the holy people, all these things shall be finished. "

Matthew 24:50-51

"50The master of that servant will come on a day when he does not expect him and at an hour he is not aware of. 51He will cut him to pieces and assign him a place with the hypocrites, where there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth."

Certainly these scirptures are referring to the things which are to happen during the same "watch". Breaking or cutting the holy people, servants of God, the Evil Slave to pieces.

If you are satisfied with the parallel, we can then apply the time period mentioned in Daniel to the length of the "watch" in Matthew.

The period in Daniel is said to be "a time, times and a half."

It is interesting to contemplate that the length of a "time" can not be understood until it was revealed by the writings of the Apostle John in Revelation chapter 12 many centuries later.

So now, how long is 'the time, times and half a time' so that we can calculate the length of this "watch"?

Revelation 12:6

"The woman fled into the desert to a place prepared for her by God, where she might be taken care of for 1,260 days."

Revelation 12:14

The woman was given the two wings of a great eagle, so that she might fly to the place prepared for her in the desert, where she would be taken care of for a time, times and half a time, out of the serpent's reach."

Therefore:

time, times and half a time = 1260 days

So the "watch" we should be concerned with is 1260 days long or about 3 and 1/2 years.

In their calculation of Jesus Christ's presence in kingdom power starting in 1914 the Watchtower Bible and Tract Society of Jehovah's Witnessess correctly applied "a year for a day" to this time period.

The generation which sees the start of the watch however, should also see all these things pass. Therefore applying a "year for a day" does not fit with Jesus Christ's words and the 1260 days must be literal days or approximately 3 and 1/2 years in order to properly fit into the lifespan of a generation.

We now have the length of the watch however, this information is of absolutely no value unless we know when we should start watching. This time is important to understand as it is crucial to identify "this generation". Would our King, Jesus Christ leave us with such a dilemma? That would contradict his renowned benevolent character. Would Jesus not know what our contemporary definition of a "generation" is? Of course not!

In Matthew Chapter 24 Jesus Christ tells us what to look for in regard to "signs of his presence".

Have we seen them all?

This is an important question.

Why?

Matthew 24:33

"Likewise also YOU, when YOU see all these things, know that he is near at the doors."

Who is it that is at the doors?

James 5:9

Look! The Judge is standing before the doors. "

For this reason I believe the tribulation (judgement) will start during the generation which sees all the things recorded in Matthew 24 prior to verse 29.

Why verse 29?

The entire of Matthew Chapter 24 is devoted to answering two questions posed to Jesus by his disciples.

Matthew 24:3

3Now as He sat on the Mount of Olives, the disciples came to Him privately, saying, "Tell us, when will these things be? And what will be the sign of Your coming, and of the end of the age?"

Question 1:
"What will be the sign of your coming" (or presence)

Question 2:
"When does the age conclude" (world or system of things)

Up to verse 29 Jesus describes signs of his presence or coming in power as a king and so answers question number one.

Here is Matthew CH 24 verse 29;

Matthew 24:29

"Immediately after the tribulation of those days the sun will be darkened, and the moon will not give its light, and the stars will fall from heaven, and the powers of the heavens will be shaken."

Everything up to that point the Judge is still "near at the doors".

Once that door opens the tribulation (judgement) starts. Jesus Christ is no longer just "present" but will stand up and begin judging. Therefore at verse 29 Jesus is now giving attention to question number 2, the end of this system or age.

It is the generation which sees those things recorded prior to verse 29 which Matthew 24:34 refers to:

Matthew 24:34

"Truly I say to YOU that this generation will by no means pass away until all these things occur. "

So the generation which sees "all" of the signs prior to verse 29 will be the one that witnesses the entire course of Jesus Christ's judgement from begining to end. The generation which sees the "conclusion of the system of things" or in some bible translations it is referred to the "end of this world".

The immediate question to ask then is; "have all these things been seen"?

My examination of the scriptures and also historical events will show that of those things recorded prior to Matthew 29 the events described in verse 27 have now been seen!

Here is what Matthew Chapter 24 verse 27 says;

Matthew 24:27

"For just as the lightning comes out of eastern parts and shines over to western parts, so the presence of the Son of man will be. "

Jesus Christ is not talking about an ordinary manifestation of lightning here. If it is lightning which comes out of eastern parts and shines over to western parts then it must be an extraordinarily powerful manifestation of lightning. If he was referring to ordinary lightning it would make no difference. If these scriptures are to be fullfilled then, this lightning also must be one of those things that we should see.

If you now want to "see" this lightning please read the following very important blog entry:

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Did you see it?

If you did then you will be included in the very small number of those who are aware they will be a part of the generation which sees the end of this world.

There should no longer be any doubt in your mind that you should do everything possible to ensure not only your own survival, but also that of your friends, family and neighbours.

An astute reader should now be able to discern that on the date of my writing this we must be already well within this "watch"!

We can now positively say that it is this generation which will not pass away until all the events described in Matthew 24 are completed.

So when did the watch actually start?

I have estimated that we have at the most just one and 1/2 years left of the "watch".

The rationale for this will follow at a later date.

Have you understood this blog entry?

Daniel reveals this as an important question:

Daniel 12:10

"10 Many will be purified, made spotless and refined, but the wicked will continue to be wicked. None of the wicked will understand, but those who are wise will understand."

Regards

ablebodiedman

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http://ablebodiedman.blogspot.com/2004/10/man-of-lawlessness-has-been-revealed.html