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| Is There One TRUE Faith?
There are a bewildering variety of religions in the world. It
is easy to believe that all of them have merit so many people
say: “All roads lead to the same place”. It is also easy to
believe that all of these contradictory beliefs are phony.
What does the Bible say about the one true religion? "…one Lord,ONE faith, one baptism"
(Ephesians 4:5) (New International Version) According to the above scripture there is only ONE true faith. United in the One Line of Thought. "I appeal to you, brothers, in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ,
that all of you agree with one another so that there may be
no divisions among you and that you may be perfectly united
in mind and thought."
(1Corinthians 1:10) (NIV) "...be united in what you think, as if you were only one person."
(Philippians 2:2) (Contemporary English Version) "The goal is for all of them to become one heart and mind..."
(John 17:21) (Message Bible) Holy Father, protect them by the power of your name—the name
you gave me—so that they may be one as we are one.
(John 17:11) (NIV) Is there any religion where all of its members believe the
exact same beliefs - regardless of where they live? "Jesus declared... 'salvation is from the Jews. Yet a time is coming...
when the true worshipers will worship the Father in spirit and
truth, for they are the kind of worshipers the Father seeks. God is
spirit, and his worshipers must worship in spirit and in truth.' "
(John 4:23,24) (NIV) Many of the early followers of Christ were Jewish. "by A.D. 50... there were over 50,000 Jewish believers (of Jesus)
in the city of Jerusalem alone."
-(Roy Blizzard, Jr., PhD, "Our Jewish Roots,"
audio tape series, 1985(?), lesson #13.) "Jesus' teachings are exclusively within Jewish values and teachings.
Modern Christianity... does not adhere to many of Jesus' original
teachings. Early Christianity was an integral part of Judaism of the
period. Jesus... never intended to either abandon Judaism, or to
create a new religion. The creation of the independent Christian
Church outside the framework of Judaism took place many years
later by those who neither knew the man Jesus, nor the meanings
of His difficult native Hebrew."
-- Opher Segal, YD, vol. 5, no. 6. The "mainstream" Christians come in so many denominations.
What they all have in common are the many non-Christian
customs and traditions which are pagan in origin. So where did all of these pagan beliefs come from? "When the early Church gradually moved from Jerusalem to the
West, many of the Roman converts who became church leaders
retained certain of their pagan cultural practices. As a result,
the Roman leaders interpreted the Hebrew Scripture in the light of
their Greek background, imposing on the biblical text a non-hebraic
interpretive scheme. This had the effect of foisting incorrect
information into the Church's theology concerning God's Law,
information that was actually irreconcilable with the Word of God
as taught by Jesus and Paul."
-Dr. Ron Moseley, Yeshua:
A Guide to the Real Jesus and the Original Church,
1996, pg. 39 Where can we find the one true faith? "Well, be assured that the God that the Jews worship - is
the very same God that we worship. Their sacred writings,
the Law and the Prophets, we revere and read aloud in our
meetings. And because we worship this God of the Jews,
the one thing we cannot be accused of is novelty."
--Glimpses Issue #139 :
Why Early Christians Were So Despised;
Ken Curtis PH.D., Beth Jacobson,
Diana Severance Ph.D.,
Ann T. Snyder and Dan Graves. ©2003
by Christian History Institute.
"The Octavius of Minicius Felix" ;
2nd century A.D. From: http://chi.gospelcom.net/GLIMPSEF/glmpstt.shtml Who is this “God of the Jews”? 18 That men may know that thou, whose name alone
is JEHOVAH, art the most high over all the earth.
(Psalms 83:18) (King James Version) Is Jehovah only the “God of the Jews”? 29 Is God the God of Jews only? Is he not the
God of Gentiles too? Yes, of Gentiles too,
(Romans 3:29) (NIV) Is there a group of people who worship
the same God the Jews used to worship? There are many groups who worship Jehovah
or Yahweh and they are all small. The biggest
group has over 7 million members who are present
in every country around the world. Who are these people who are proud to worship only Jehovah? Who are the only ones named after Jehovah and
do the most work to promote His name?
Jehovah's Witnesses are the biggest group devoted to
The One True God - JEHOVAH. They are Christians
who do not practice the pagan beliefs that the rest of
the Christians love. 
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| Ready for the Harvest? 
The world is a shambles and getting worse every day.
People all over the world are asking:
Why were our homes destroyed by earthquakes,
fires and flooding? Why is there so much violence and warfare?
Why is the economy so bad?
Why is my job gone?
What will happen next? Why is the world a shambles? Mankind was allowed to run amuck in this world
for many thousands of years. Just look at what
we have accomplished! What does the world have? Poverty and famines.
Widespread hatred.
Oppression, wars, pollution, disease, squalor, unrest and despair. Not only that, but the problems are growing! Not once have the governmental leaders of this world,
in their wisdom, ever solved any of these problems in
any country. They never have and never will. Because of widespread
corruption and incompetence, the world’s leaders solely
look out for their own interests and disregard the problems
of the people they supposedly serve. Who can save the world from certain disaster? "...for they shall cry unto Jehovah because of oppressors,
and he will send them a saviour, and a defender, and he
will deliver them."
(Isaiah 19:20) (ASV)
"...At the time that God has already decided,
he will send Christ back again."
(1Timothy 6:15) (CEV) That is wonderful news! Jehovah and His son
are about to do something about the havoc
and chaos in the world soon.
But what must occur first? A small thing – and yet – a large accomplishment! Before God’s son takes over, all of his true followers
must stop calling him "Jesus". Why? "The Hebrews called their coming Savior, the Messiah,
Jahshuawah (Jehoshua). The disciples of the Savior
accepted Him as such, and to them He was known as
Jahshuwah the Messiah. The Greeks, however, rejected
the Hebrew name, and called Him (IESOUS-Jesus) instead."
- The Origin of Christianity
by A.B. Traina "It is interesting to note - that throughout his life - the
one now known as Jesus Christ never did hear himself
called by that name."
- "Man’s Great Adventure,"
by Edwin W. Pharlow, professor of history,
Ohio State University.
"It is known that the Greek name endings with sus,
seus and sous were attached by the Greeks to names
and geographical areas as means to give honour to
their supreme deity, Zeus."
-Dictionary of Christian Lore and Legend
Professor J. C. J. Metford
That is why. God’s son is not Jesus! Just as the Bible
translators substituted "GOD" and "LORD" for God’s
actual name, Jehovah, they also painstakingly traded
"Jesus" for "Jehoshua" in place of Christ’s true name. Has it always been that way? "In the 1611 KJ New Testatment the name Yahshua
(Yehoshua) appeared originally wherever the Messiah
was spoken of. Yehoshua means Yehovah's (Jehovah's)
Salvation. Later the Messiah's name was replaced with
Iesus (Greek) which later in the 1600's it became Jesus
starting with the new English letter 'J' which was
introduced at that time. Further, the Greek 'Iesus'
comes from the name Zeus, the ruling God in the
Greek pantheon."
-Gospel of The Kingdom
True Names and Title
Dr. Henry Clifford Kinley
1931 - Ohio USA
Instead, true Christians will let go of Christendom’s
three-headed trinity god named Jesus and call our
savior by his correct name. Jehoshua Christ's name (Jehoshua) is of Hebrew origin and
is taken from the name Yehoshua, which in English
is often translated as Joshua. Yehoshua, in Hebrew
means "Yehovah Saves".
-Strong's Exhaustive Concordance Jehoshua was the name given to Christ by his
heavenly Father, Jehovah God. Many years
after his death - Rome changed his name to
suit their pagan heritage and to please their
pagan converts. "Ieous" was Greek for "Hail
Zeus", which was translated later into English
as "Jesus". And this error has continued to the
present. "The name Joshua (Jehoshua) derives
its greatest importance and highest sanctity
from the fact that it was sacredly chosen as the
name to be borne by the Messiah. This name was
corrupted and altered in time into the name Jesus."
--Personal Names in the Bible
by Dr. W.F. Wilkinson, M.A.
Joint Editor of Webster and Wilkinson's
Greek Testament: pages 342-343.
"Jesus. That was a name given to him many years after
His death. Rome wanted to remove any Jewishness from
the new church. They eliminated His Jewish name and
blended the name of Zeus in order to make it comfortable
for all those who had previously worshipped the Greek
and Roman gods. Since Zeus was the top god of their
experience, attaching the name Ioesus (hail Zeus) to
Yahshua - gave Him top priority in the worship hierarchy."
-Winds of Praise Broadcasting
Believer or Follower?
The Sound of the Shofar
By Jon Thompson CHRIST DECLARED : "I have come in My Father's name and with His power..."
(John 5:43) (AMP)
And as we can plainly see, that name is not "Jesus"! Christ will not take action on behalf of his true followers
until they give up their "J-zeus" error. Only when Jehovah's
people begin to call upon "Jehoshua" - will they obtain the
Salvation that Jehovah has promised to them. But some will balk against such a change! They will resist this request from God's Chosen King.
For whatever reason, there are some that will rather
leave Jehovah's earthly organization rather than
call Christ "Jehoshua". That would be "the weeds". "The owner's servants came to him and said, 'Sir, didn't
you sow good seed in your field? Where then did the
weeds come from?' 'An enemy did this,' he replied. "The
servants asked him, 'Do you want us to go and pull them
up?' 'No,' he answered, 'because while you are pulling the
weeds, you may root up the wheat with them. Let both
grow together until the harvest. At that time I will tell the
harvesters: First collect the weeds and tie them in bundles
to be burned; then gather the wheat and bring it into my barn.' "
(Matthew 13:27-30) (NIV)
All over the world weeds have been sown in with the faithful.
They have served Jehovah side by side for some time now
just as Jehoshua Christ said they would. The time has finally
come to sort the weeds from the wheat.
"Be patient like those farmers and don't give up.
The Lord will soon be here!"
(James 5:8) (CEV)
"...I know you can't stomach evil, that you weed
out apostolic pretenders..."
(Revelation 2:2) (MSG)
"...limp souls. Useless as weeds, fragile as grass,
insubstantial as wind-blown chaff."
(2Kings 19:26) (MSG) "...Soon, oh very soon, her harvest will come
and then the chaff will fly!'"
(Jeremiah 51:29) (MSG)
"I know your deeds... You have kept My word,
and have not denied My name."
(Revelation 3:8) (NASB) And it was for this very reason that Christ waited so
long to reveal this truth to his followers. The Harvest
wasn't ready and he didn't want to uproot the wheat
with the weeds. But now that will not be a problem
anymore because the Harvest is ready. The First Command directed to Jehovah's people by
God's chosen King, Jehoshua, is to begin calling
Christ by his rightful name. It is not a difficult thing
to do but it will mean putting God and Christ first
in our lives and it may also mean a loss of favor with
the rest of the Jesus-worshiping world. A similar but tremendous dividing work happened
when Jehovah God began to take out of the nations
A People For His name. When the International Bible
Students made the decision to become "Jehovah’s
Witnesses" - to fulfil Bible Prophecy and identify
themselves as His people, some fell away - as they
were weed-like and refused to be called by Jehovah's
Divine Name.
This same dividing or separating - is happening again
today - at this time of "The End". But now, instead of
Jehovah’s name separating true followers from the
unfaithful, this time it will be the name of God's Son,
"Jehoshua" Christ that will uproot the weeds that were
sown by Satan. A choice has to be made. A choice will be made.
One way or the other - each of us will choose the
side on which we will stand. From such a small
change will come a tremendous accomplisment. THE HARVEST IS ON! The wheat and weeds are about to be sorted and gathered. Which side will we choose?
"Jesus" or "Jehoshua"? "Now what I am commanding you today is not too
difficult for you or beyond your reach. No, the word
is very near you; it is in your mouth and in your heart
so you may obey it."
(Deuteronomy 30:11,14) (NIV) "...YOU will by no means see me until YOU say,
‘Blessed is he that comes in Jehovah’s name.’"
(Luke 13:35) (NWT) "There is salvation in no one else! God has given no
other name under heaven by which we must be saved."
(Acts 4:12) (NLT) "Blessed is he who is coming In the name of Jehovah..."
(Psalm 118:26) (YLT) And while we are at it… ARE YOU SAYING "AMEN" – IN IGNORANCE ? "By ending our prayers in 'amen'... one could very
well ask, "Have we been misled to invoke the name
of the Egyptian 'Sun-god' at the end of our prayers?"
-United Hebrew Congregation
Charles J. Voss
It is common to end a discourse on spiritual matters,
(or end a prayer) with (the word) "Amen". Few of us
realize that the word 'Amen' is an Egyptian word. It
refers to the Egyptian god of Thebes. The Hebrews
adopted the word and it passed into Christian use as
"Amen". It is a petition for (the god - Amen) to fulfill
our words.
- MYSTIC GIFTS FROM ANCIENT EGYPT
By Dr John Palo ; 1999 The Israelite exiles from Egypt knew that Jehovah was not
the same as the Egyptian god Aten, and so they presumed
he must be the equivalent of the great State God of Egypt.
It was decided, therefore, to add the name of that State-god
of Egypt to all prayers thereafter, and the name of that Egyptian
god was "Amen". To this day, the name of Amen is still recited
at the end of prayers in both Jewish and Christian religions.
- Genesis of the Grail Kings
by Sir Laurence Gardner; pg. 6 Finally, we may note that the word "Amen" occurs in gnostic
spells… especially of Egyptian origin, and a sort of magical
efficacy seems to have been attributed to this word.. The
practice of answering "Amen" at the end of prayers appears
in the Canons of Hippolytus (No. 146) and in the Egyptian
Church Order (p. 101).
- New Advent Catholic Encyclopedia
Thurston, Herbert. "Amen."
The Catholic Encyclopedia.
Vol. 1. New York:
Robert Appleton Company, 1907. When we did it in ignorance, maybe God looked past that.
But now that you know the truth, what will you do? Will you
continue to use the name of a pagan god to close your prayers?
Is it too hard to change that now? Because you’ve been using
the ‘amen’ tradition for a long time - will you rationalize and
justify why you keep on invoking the name of the Egyptian
god, Amen? Will you find a pastor or teacher to reassure you
that "it’s okay to say ‘amen’ - Or will you give thanks to God for
revealing His truth and stop using the name of a pagan god?"
-And they all Said, "AMEN"
by J.D. Roberts The true followers of Jehovah and
His son will know what to do.
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| Jehovah Will Prove To Be One! The Christians of the world are a confused people. It is not possible
today to ask a random Christian what his beliefs are to find out what
all of the Christians believe! The online encyclopedia Wikipedia lists
300 Christian sects and notes that the list is not complete! http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Christian_denominations None of the sects are in complete agreement with any other. Most
of them do have some beliefs in common. One of the biggest beliefs
shared by these sects is the belief that God is an incomprehensible
Trinity being. This popular and widespread belief is not Biblical. It
is a false belief that was merely borrowed from pagans who have so
many gods that they routinely pick three to worship at a time.   
Who borrowed the Trinity belief from the Pagans? The Catholic Church. According to the Catholic Encyclopedia: "Whosoever will be saved, before all things it is necessary
that he hold the Catholic Faith. Which Faith except everyone
do keep whole and undefiled, without doubt he shall perish
everlastingly. And the Catholic Faith is this, that we worship
one God in Trinity and Trinity in Unity." From: http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/02033b.htm This belief is not found anywhere in the Bible and
it was not taught by Jesus and his followers. How did this belief become a "Christian" tradition? "The doctrine of the Trinity was NOT a teaching
of the original Christians, who were either with Jesus
himself or taught directly by the surviving apostles.
This explains why it is not found in the Bible.
If it was a fundamental, core doctrine of such great
importance, it would have been clearly and unmistakably
stated in scripture. The fact that the vast majority
of professed Christians and church doctrine today
maintain a belief in the Trinity does not prove it is
correct. Rather, it suggests that corruption of
Christian doctrinal truths is widespread and deep."
-- Is Jesus God Almighty?
Is the Trinity Scriptural?
By Gordon Coulson Corruption? Who is responsible for that? "It was Constantine - who by official edict
brought Christianity to believe in the formal
division of the Godhead into two – God the
Father - and - God the Son... It remained the
task of a later generation to bring Christianity
to believe in the Triune God."
- The Doctrine of the Trinity -
Christianity’s Self-Inflicted Wound 1994
Anthony F. Buzzard Charles F. Hunting Constantine the Great, Emperor of Rome, was a very busy man. "In order to make the previously despised cult
of the Early Christians acceptable to Constantine,
emperor of Rome - the new (pagan) Church Fathers
had to remove from its teachings certain doctrines
which they knew were objectionable to Constantine.
To accomplish this, certain 'correctors' were
appointed, whose task it was to rewrite the Gospels."
-Apollonius the Nazarene Part 1:
The Historical Apollonius Versus
the Mythical Jesus
By: Dr. R. W. Bernard, Ph.D.
"Learned men, so called Correctores were,
following the church meeting at Nicea 325 AD,
selected by the church authorities to scrutinize
the sacred texts and rewrite them in order to
correct their meaning in accordance with the
views which the church had just sanctioned."
-Prof. Eberhard Nestle
`Introduction to the Textual Criticism
of the Greek Testament,'
Einfhrung in die Textkritik des
griechischen Testaments: Eberhard Nestle Modern-day Translators have done the same work
"What I discovered in most of the versions of the
Bible produced by trinitarians which I studied - is
irrefutable proof of intentional mistranslation of
words which refer to... God. This statement is not
intended as an antagonistic denunciation of those
translators. It is simply a statement of fact, and it is a
fact that no scholar on earth can refute. In the versions
of the holy scriptures which they produce, I learned that
Christian trinitarians routinely and purposely mistranslate
Greek pronouns, so as to promote the doctrine of the
holy Trinity."
-The Influence of Trinitarian Doctrine
on Translations of the Bible
by John David Clark, Sr. But how were people coerced into believing these lies? "The doctrine that Jesus Christ - the Son of God
was "God-the-son" - was decreed by worldly
and ecclesiastical powers. Men were forced to
accept it - at the point of the sword or else,
Thus, the error of the trinity was propounded to
the end - that ultimately people believed it to be
the truth. Thus Christianity became in essence
like Babylonian heathenism, with only a veneer
of Christian names."
--- Forgers of the Word -1983
Victor Paul Wierwille "The day was to come when the Nicene party won out
completely and then the emperors decreed that one
who denied the Trinity should be put to death."
-The Church of our Fathers -
1950, pg. 46 The emperors and popes were not gentle in coercing people
into accepting their worthless fabrications. There does not
exist any scripture in the entire Bible where Jesus or Jehovah
ever said, "I am an incomprehensible trinity being. Worship us!" What is it that God does say over and over
in the Bible? 3 And I appeared unto Abraham, unto Isaac, and
unto Jacob, by the name of God Almighty, but by
my name JEHOVAH was I not known to them.
(Exodus 6:3) (King James Version) 8 I am Jehovah, that is my name; and my glory will I not
give to another, neither my praise unto graven images.
(Isaiah 42:8) (American Standard Version) 10 Ye are my witnesses, saith Jehovah, and my servant
whom I have chosen; that ye may know and believe me,
and understand that I am he: before me there was no God
formed, neither shall there be after me. 11 I, even I, am
Jehovah; and besides me there is no saviour. 12 I have
declared, and I have saved, and I have showed; and there
was no strange god among you: therefore ye are my witnesses,
saith Jehovah, and I am God.
(Isaiah 43:10-12) (ASV) 6 Thus saith Jehovah, the King of Israel, and his
Redeemer, Jehovah of hosts: I am the first, and
I am the last; and besides me there is no God.
(Isaiah 44:6) (ASV) 5 I am Jehovah, and there is none else; besides me
there is no God. I will gird thee, though thou hast not
known me; 6 that they may know from the rising of
the sun, and from the west, that there is none besides
me: I am Jehovah, and there is none else.
(Isaiah 45:5,6) (ASV) And what do God's prophets also say? "Jehovah of hosts is his name: and the Holy One of Israel is
thy Redeemer; the God of the whole earth shall he be called."
(Isaiah 54:5) (ASV) 10 But Jehovah is the true God; he is the living God,
and an everlasting King: at his wrath the earth trembleth,
and the nations are not able to abide his indignation.
11 Thus shall ye say unto them, The gods that have not
made the heavens and the earth, these shall perish from
the earth, and from under the heavens. 12 He hath made
the earth by his power, he hath established the world by
his wisdom, and by his understanding hath he stretched
out the heavens:
(Jeremiah 10:10-12) (ASV) "And the word of Jehovah continued to occur to me, saying...
‘An end, the end, has come upon the four extremities of the
land. Now the end is upon you, and I must send my anger
against you, and I will judge you according to your ways
and bring upon you all your detestable things. And my eye
will not feel sorry for you, neither will I feel compassion, for
upon you I shall bring your own ways, and in the midst of
you your own detestable things will come to be; and YOU
people will have to know that I am Jehovah.’ "
(Ezekiel 7:1-4) (New World Translation) www.WatchTower.org 9 And Jehovah shall be King over all the earth: in
that day shall Jehovah be one, and his name one.
(Zecariah 14:9) (ASV) The prophecies that Jehovah's prophets make always
come true! We are all going to see these prophecies
fulfilled right before our very eyes soon!
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| Blessed are the Meek...
Just about anybody who hears this phrase recognizes
it as being a well-known quote from the Bible. Christ said it: "Blessed Are the Meek
FOR THEY WILL INHERIT THE EARTH."
(Matthew 5:5) (King James Version) What does this mean? To a typical Christian, it is not obvious,
yet the Bible is full of similar messages: "But the meek shall inherit the earth, And shall
delight themselves in the abundance of peace."
(Psalm 37:11) (New International Version) "The righteous shall inherit the earth,
And they shall live forever upon it."
(Psalm 37:29) (NIV) "But God has promised us a new heaven and a new earth,
where justice will rule. We are really looking forward to that!"
(2Peter 3:13) (Contemporary English Version) The people of Christendom have been dutifully taught by their
ministers that they look forward to living forever in Heaven
when they die. This belief has persisted for thousands of years
now, yet - the truth is quite different from what they are taught: "For, behold, I create new heavens and a new earth;
and the former things shall not be remembered, nor
come into mind… And they shall build houses, and
inhabit them; and they shall plant vineyards, and eat
the fruit of them. They shall not build, and another inhabit;
they shall not plant, and another eat: for as the days of a
tree shall be the days of my people, and my chosen shall
long enjoy the work of their hands… And it shall come to
pass that, before they call, I will answer; and while they are
yet speaking, I will hear. The wolf and the lamb shall feed
together, and the lion shall eat straw like the ox; and dust
shall be the serpent's food. They shall not hurt nor destroy
in all my holy mountain, saith Jehovah."
(Isaiah 65:17,21,22,24,25) (American Standard Version) "...the abrupt culmination of history, in which there will
emerge a new humanity on a new earth that is equivalent
to a restored paradise... a "blest age" in the future when,
in a violent spasm… humanity shall 'burst his fetters', and
'Earth shall once again be a Paradise'."
-The Norton Anthology of English Literature
The Romantic Period
Apocalyptic Expectations - An Overview "Then I saw a new heaven and a new earth...
(Revelation 21:1) (NIV)
"Then the eyes of the blind shall be opened, and the ears
of the deaf shall be unstopped. Then shall the lame man
leap as a deer, and the tongue of the mute shall sing..."
(Isaiah 35:5,6) (ASV) "...the restoration of Eden is an essential aspect
of the salvation that Christ provides. The Old
Testament - foretold the coming of the Christ
and the blessings he would bring. The Paradise
Theme runs throughout the whole Bible, from
Genesis to Revelation."
- PARADISE RESTORED
A Biblical Theology of Dominion; Chapter 3;
by David Chilton ; (1951-1997) M.Div., Ph.D.,
Dominion Press; Tyler, Texas
© 1st 1985 & 6th 1999 Do we look forward to a better world where life goes
on forever with peace and prosperity in abundance?
4 but with righteousness shall he judge the poor, and
decide with equity for the meek of the earth; and he
shall smite the earth with the rod of his mouth; and
with the breath of his lips shall he slay the wicked.
5 And righteousness shall be the girdle of his waist,
and faithfulness the girdle of his loins. 6 And the wolf
shall dwell with the lamb, and the leopard shall lie
down with the kid; and the calf and the young lion
and the fatling together; and a little child shall lead
them. 7 And the cow and the bear shall feed; their
young ones shall lie down together; and the lion shall
eat straw like the ox. 8 And the sucking child shall play
on the hole of the asp, and the weaned child shall put
his hand on the adder's den. 9 They shall not hurt nor
destroy in all my holy mountain; for the earth shall be
full of the knowledge of Jehovah, as the waters cover
the sea.”
(Isaiah 11:4-9) (ASV) "In recent years many Christians have begun to realize a long
forgotten truth: God wants us to have dominion over the earth,
just as He originally commanded Adam and Eve. By His atonement,
Jesus Christ has restored us to Adam's lost position, guaranteeing
that God's original plan will be fulfilled."
-Paradise Restored:
A Biblical Theology of Dominion;
by David Chilton; Pg. 342
Dominion Press, Tyler, Texas 75711 God’s original plan did not include death! It also did not
include everybody going to Heaven when they died. Who says so? 13 No one has ever gone into heaven except the one who came
from heaven—the Son of Man. 14 Just as Moses lifted up the snake
in the desert, so the Son of Man must be lifted up, 15 that everyone
who believes in him may have eternal life.
(John 3:13-15) (NIV) Does this really include everyone? "...everyone who is found written in the book, will be rescued."
(Daniel 12:1) (NASB) What book? 15 If anyone's name was not found written in the book of life,
he was thrown into the lake of fire.
(Revelation 20:13-15) (NIV) How do we get our name written in the book of life? There has always been only one way: 16 Then they that feared Jehovah spake one with
another; and Jehovah hearkened, and heard, and
a book of remembrance was written before him,
for them that feared Jehovah, and that thought
upon his name.
(Malachi 3:16) (ASV) 32 And it shall come to pass, that whosoever shall
call on the name of Jehovah shall be delivered;
(Joel 2:32) (ASV)
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| Do You Love Jesus? People who attend the churches of Christendom say they
love Jesus. These same people claim that they would gladly
invite Jesus and his apostles into their home to talk to them. Would they really?Christ and his apostles were proselytizers: that means they
tried to convert others to their faith and to their way of
thinking. That meant going door-to-door publicly announcing
Jehovah’s plan to return rulership of the earth back to Himself,
just like Jehovah’s Witnesses do. 
1 He called his twelve disciples to him and gave them
authority to drive out evil spirits and to heal every
disease and sickness. 5 These twelve Jesus sent out
with the following instructions: "Do not go among the
Gentiles or enter any town of the Samaritans. 6 Go
rather to the lost sheep of Israel. 7 As you go, preach
this message: 'The kingdom of heaven is near.'
(Matthew 10:1,5-7) (NIV) "Then Jesus entered a house, and again a crowd gathered,
so that he and his disciples were not even able to eat."
(Mark 3:20) (NIV) "Then they spoke the word of the Lord to him and to all the
others in his house."
(Acts 16:32) (NIV) "You know that I have not hesitated to preach anything that
would be helpful to you but have taught you publicly and
from house to house."
(Acts 20:20) (NIV) "Day after day, in the temple courts and from house to house,
they never stopped teaching and proclaiming the good news."
(Acts 5:42) (NIV) Christ and his followers preached about Armageddon and
the new kingdom almost two thousand years ago? That must have been annoying! When the Messiah and his followers tried to instruct the Jews
about how to show proper respect for his father, Jehovah, the
Pharisees, the most orthodox of the Jews, did not want to
learn from him; instead, they got offended. How could the Jews be offended by Christ and the Apostles?
They had at one time worshipped the same God, Jehovah! 1About this time some Pharisees and teachers of the Law
of Moses came from Jerusalem. They asked Jesus, 2 "Why
don't your disciples obey what our ancestors taught us to do?
They don't even wash their hands before they eat." 3 Jesus
answered: Why do you disobey God and follow your own
teaching? 4 Didn't God command you to respect your father
and mother? Didn't he tell you to put to death all who curse
their parents? 5 But you let people get by without helping their
parents when they should. You let them say that what they have
has been offered to God. 6 Is this any way to show respect to
your parents? You ignore God's commands in order to follow
your own teaching. 7 And you are nothing but show-offs! Isaiah
the prophet was right when he wrote that God had said, 8 "All of
you praise me with your words, but you never really think about
me. 9 It is useless for you to worship me, when you teach rules
made up by humans." 10 Jesus called the crowd together and said,
"Pay attention and try to understand what I mean. 11 The food that
you put into your mouth doesn't make you unclean and unfit to
worship God. The bad words that come out of your mouth are
what make you unclean." 12 Then his disciples came over to him
and asked, "Do you know that you insulted the Pharisees by
what you said?" 13 Jesus answered, "Every plant that my Father in
heaven did not plant will be pulled up by the roots. 14 Stay away from
those Pharisees! They are like blind people leading other blind
people, and all of them will fall into a ditch."
(Matthew 15:1-14) (New International Version) In fact, the very people he was trying so hard to reach
did not want to listen to him, they wanted to kill him: “15 On reaching Jerusalem, Jesus entered the temple area
and began driving out those who were buying and selling
there. He overturned the tables of the money changers and
the benches of those selling doves, 16 and would not allow
anyone to carry merchandise through the temple courts.
17 And as he taught them, he said, "Is it not written: " 'My
house will be called a house of prayer for all nations'? But
you have made it 'a den of robbers.' " 18 The chief priests
and the teachers of the law heard this and began looking
for a way to kill him, for they feared him, because the whole
crowd was amazed at his teaching.
(Mark 11:15-18) (NIV) Yet Christ continued to promote his father's name publicly.
In prayer to his Father, His Son said: "O righteous Father, even though the world does not know
you, I know you, and these know that you have sent me. I
made known to them your name, and I will continue to make
it known... I have manifested Your name to the men whom
You gave me out of the world."
(John 17:25,26,6) (English Standard Version) What ability did Christ have to show his authority? How did
he prove to the people that he was indeed the Messiah? He and his apostles had the power to perform miracles.
This made them a great attraction to the general public. "So they began their circuit of the villages, preaching the
Good News and healing the sick."
(Luke 9:6) (New Living Translation) If Jehovah's Witnesses could heal the sick, raise the dead, and
bring sight and hearing back to the deaf and blind; maybe people
today would not be so annoyed with them. Unfortunately, the
Bible makes it clear that although the prophets of old could
perform miracles and so could the apostles - those miraculous
powers would end and never be seen again from Jehovah until
Christ returns to the earth. "...But where there are prophecies, they will cease; where
there are tongues, they will be stilled..."
(1Corinthians 13:8) (NIV) So Jehovah's Witnesses are operating with a disadvantage -
they have all the spunk and zeal of the early Christians and
they preach the same good news but have nothing to really
dazzle the house-holders with except a pamphlet or magazine
which usually only irritates the householder. Why do they do it? This is everybody’s opportunity to learn the truth and
show faith in it. Proof is not being offered anymore.
There will be no widespread show of miracles. People
who lack faith will not believe the truth when they hear
it and that will be their undoing: "Behold, YOU scoffers, and marvel, and perish; for I am
accomplishing a work in YOUR days, a work which YOU
will never believe, though someone should describe it to
YOU.'"
(Acts 13:41) (New American Standard Bible) Jehovah's Witnesses do indeed endure the smirks and laughter
when today’s comedians portray them as mindless fools. Why do they put up with it? "But you shall speak My words to them whether they listen or not."
(Ezekiel 2:7) (NASB) There is no money in it for them so they must be
driven by some really powerful force. And they are. "...but you will receive power when the Holy Spirit has
come upon you; and you shall be My witnesses...
even to the remotest parts of the earth."
(Acts 1:8) (NASB) Like John the Baptist, someone has to pave the way for the coming
of Christ. Jehovah is getting ready to send his Son back a second time.
Only this time his Son will return as a KING - ready to battle with God's
enemies, and to take over rule of the entire earth. This good news that
“will be preached” was prophesied before our Saviour was even born: "See, I will send my messenger, who will prepare the way before
me. Then suddenly the Lord you are seeking will come... But who
can endure the day of his coming? Who can stand when he appears?
For he will be like a refiner's fire or a launderer's soap. "
(Malachi 3:1,2) (NIV) "But before the end comes, the good news must be
preached to all nations."
(Mark 13:10) (CEV) Jehovah's people - His Witnesses - are doing this very special
work for HIM. They are almost seven million strong and present
in every country - almost like a plague upon the earth. "...ye are my witnesses, saith Jehovah, and I am God. "
(Isaiah 43:12) (ASV) "And He ordered us to preach to the people, and solemnly to testify
that this is the One who has been appointed by God as Judge..."
(Acts 10:42) (NASB) Jehovah's Witnesses do not care if anyone likes them
or not - for they have someone much more important
to answer to - someone much higher has sent them. 1 In the presence of God and of Christ Jesus, who
will judge the living and the dead, and in view of
his appearing and his kingdom, I give you this
charge: 2 Preach the Word; be prepared in season
and out of season; correct, rebuke and encourage—
with great patience and careful instruction.
(2Timothy 4:1,2) (NIV) Many people consider Jehovah's Witnesses to be a “plague”
in the world. Plague or not - they are here to stay and will
not let up until Christ returns. Yes, right to the very end: 14And this gospel of the kingdom will be preached
in the whole world as a testimony to all nations,
and then the end will come.
(Matthew 24:14) (NIV) People have a choice now. They can join others in laughing
at Jehovah’s servants or they can listen to them. What do they have to say? God's Son is not even named Jesus! That is another fraud perpetuated upon the Christian
masses. It is fairly common knowledge that Christ's
name in the Hebrew texts of the Bible is "Yeshua".
Whenever the name "Yeshua" is enountered it is
supposed to be translated to "Joshua". This is as it
should be. "Jesus - In Hebrew it is the same as Joshua.
In two places [Acts 7:45 and Hebrews 4:8] in
the New Testament it is used where is means
Joshua, the leader of the Jews into Canaan,
and in our translation the name Joshua should
have been retained."
-Albert Barnes' -
Notes on the New Testament
Notes on Matthew 1:21 "Joshua" or "Jehoshua" translates
as "The Salvation of Jehovah". "(Joshua) Yahshua/Yahushua/Yahoshua, is the
correct Name for the Savior. In all spellings and
pronunciation, the Name is rendered to mean
"salvation of YAH" or "YAH'S salvation/ (His)
Savior." The Name (Joshua) in its fullest translation
means, "He (YAH) shall save His people. (Yah or
Jah - is an abbreviation for Jehovah) (Just as Yeshua
(Joshua) is an abbreviation for Yehoshuah or Jehoshuah) -
(meaning - The Salvation of Jehovah - or Jehovah's Savior)."
-COME OUT OF HER MY PEOPLE,
by C. J. Koster We can see why Jehovah chose this name for his Son -
because "Jehoshua" is to be the means by which Jehovah
would provide Salvation to Mankind. This is in total agreement
with the prophet Joel, who said that only those calling upon the
name of "Jehovah" would be saved. "And it shall come to pass, that whosoever shall call
on the name of Jehovah shall be delivered..."
(Joel 2:32) (ASV) So how did Jehoshua Christ become known as "Jesus"?
"It is known that the Greek name endings with sus,
seus, and sous were attached by the Greeks to names
and geographical areas as means to give honour to
their supreme deity, Zeus."
-Dictionary of Christian Lore and Legend
Professor J. C. J. Metford So what does the name, "Jesus" Mean, in Greek? "Some authorities, who have spent their entire
lives studying the origins of names believe
that "Jesus" actually means - "Hail Zeus!"
For Iesous in Greek IS "Hail Zeus."
"Ie" translates as "Hail" and "sous"
or "sus" translates as Zeus. The English
name "Jesus", therefore, stems etymologically
from "Jupiter-Zeus" the chief god of the
ancient Greek Olympus."
-"Yeshua" or "Jesus" -- Which?
Biblical Research Institute; 1996
by Les Aron Gosling All of the world's people think that "Jesus" Christ is mankind's
savior thanks to heroic efforts of past charlatans to alter the
Bible to suit their purpose. Now that the world's Christians believe that
"Jesus is our salvation", what then?
All English-speaking Christians actually utter "Hail Zeus" when
they really want to address our Saviour and King! "...for they shall cry unto Jehovah because of oppressors,
and he will send them a saviour, and a defender, and he
will deliver them."
(Isaiah 19:20) (ASV) But that is not all! We have a quaint way of ending our prayers that
has also got to stop. Now is a good time. Amen According to the online Encyclopedia Wikipedia: Amun (also spelled Amon, Amoun, Amen, and
rarely Imen, Greek Ἄμμων Ammon, and Ἅμμων
Hammon, reconstructed Egyptian Yamānu) was
the name of a deity, in Egyptian mythology, who
gradually rose to become one of the most important
deities in Ancient Egypt, before fading into obscurity. From: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amun
We have all been tricked into ending our
prayers with the name of an Egyptian god!
"In the past God overlooked such ignorance, but now he
commands all people everywhere to repent. For he has
set a day when he will judge the world with justice by
the man he has appointed. He has given proof of this
to all men by raising him from the dead."
(Acts 17:30,31) (NIV) Are the people who say: “I love Jesus” and “I love God”
but hate Jehovah's Witnesses just deluding themselves?
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