Witchtower: August 1, 2009 - Micah - Advocate of Truth

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The Witchtower 8

MICAH ADVOCATE OF TRUTHTherefore you will come to have no one in the congregation. (Micah 2:5)

The prophet Micah lived in the eighth cen-

tury B.C.E. in Israel. According to the book

Insight on the Scriptures, he prophesied dur-

ing very turbulent times when false worship

and moral corruption flourished in Israel and

Judah, also when King Hezekiah instituted

religious reforms. His words can also be

applied to our time when false worship flour-

ishes among Jehovahs organization, and when

the Watchtower Society institutes religious

reforms.

Like Jehovah, Micah is telling from the be-

ginning the finale, revealing right at the out-set what the future holds for the Watchtower

Society. (Isaiah 46:10) Gods organization of

intelligent persons is likened to a woman,and

likewise the Watchtower Society is depicted as

a woman in Micahs prophecy. (1981 Yearbook

of Jehovahs Witnesses, page 3) Micah says

about the Bethel buildings in Brooklyn, Patter-

son and elsewhere: I will pour down into

the valley her stones, and her foundations

I shall lay bare. (Micah 1:6) In the end,

nothing will remain of these buildings which

are blasphemously called Bethel or House of

God.

Also their graven images will all be

crushed to pieces. (Micah 1:7) In Micahs

day, images were not printed but graven. The

Watchtower Society has truly flooded the world

with its printed images which awaken illu-

sionary hope for a future paradise in gullible

people.

But Micah also foretold: All the gifts

made to her as her hire will be burned inthe fire. (Micah 1:7) The fact that the

Watchtower Society is adopting cost cuts eve-

rywhere indicates that part of it assets burned

in the fire of the worldwide financial crisis. Its

leaders may expect to get off cheaply because

their followers will surely continue to make

donations. But the stroke upon her is unheal-

able. Micah 1:9.

Field service

Micah says regarding Jehovahs WitnessesWoe to those who are scheming what i

harmful, and to those practicing what i

bad! By the light of the morning the

proceed to do it. (Micah 2:1) In fact, mos

Jehovahs Witnesses go to field service by th

light of the morning. And they dont procee

randomly, rather they are scheming or plan

ning their harmful work: To share effective

ly in field service, good planning is necessary

Our Kingdom Ministry, 11/1975, page 3.

Of course, many people in the field servic

territories have more beautiful houses than th

publishers. Thats why its a open secret tha

many Jehovahs Witnesses secretly anticipat

the annihilation of all worldlings, so that the

can inherit their houses after Armageddon

This attitude is actually in harmony with

Watchtower literature. The book Insight on th

Scripturessays: The possessions of the wicke

will go to the righteous, as the proverb states

The wealth of the sinner is something treas

ured up for the righteous one. Pr 13:2221:18. But Micah exposed this selfish attitud

already 2800 years ago: They have desired

fields and houses, and have taken

them. Micah 2:2.

Their publications are full of images


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Micah further says that Jehovahs Witness-

es have defrauded an able-bodied man

and his household, a man and his heredi-

tary possession. (Micah 2:2) Indeed, the

1995 Yearbook of Jehovahs Witnesses admits

that entire families often share together in

Jehovahs service. (page 228)With regard to a

family which accepted the so-called truthtogether, the prophecy says: This is what

Jehovah has said: Here I am thinking up

against this family a calamity. (Micah

2:3) Of course Jehovah does not cause the ca-

lamity, but he allows his alleged witnesses to

bring it upon this family.

Apostasy begins

But some families dont allow themselves to

be taken for a fool forever. At some point they

notice that they had fallen for a dangerous cultand notice: It is a time of calamity. (Mi-

cah 2:3) Truly, in that day one will cer-

tainly lament a lamentation, even a

lamentation. One will have to say: We

have positively been despoiled! (Micah

2:4) In many cases, information provided by

apostates through the Internet contributes to

this development.

The elders do not like that of course. They

lament: The very portion of my people he

alters. How he removes it from me! To theunfaithful one he apportions out our own

fields. (Micah 2:4) They wonder why Jeho-

vah permits that some of their people turn

away from the allegedly only true religion.

They view their field service territory as their

own fields and are appalled by unfaithful

apostates reaching the people there through

the Internet.

Downfall begins

Micah says to them: Therefore you will

come to have no one in the congrega-tion. (Micah 2:5) The elders are concerned

about this development, but they dont want to

talk about it. They let words drop. They

will not let words drop concerning these

things. (Micah 2:6)Indeed, at peoples doors,

they let many words drop. But concerning

these things the ideas of the apostates and

their influence they make no words. This

subject is taboo for them. Sometimes even in

the congregation, voices are being raised sayin

that there might be some truth in the ideas o

the apostates. But the elders advise such per

sons: Dont say such things! Micah 2:6

NLT.

On behalf of Jehovah Micah says to the el

ders and to the Governing Body: The women

of my people you drive out from the hous

in which a woman has exquisite delight.

(Micah 2:9)How do they do that? On the on

hand by regularly lowering the pioneer hou

goal. 1977 it was changed from 100 to 90 hours

1999 to 70 hours. Rumors say that a reduction

to 50 hours might be imminent.

Hence the shoes of the pioneers and thei

preaching companions dont wear out so fast, s

that they spend less time at the shoe store

the house in which a woman has exquisit

delight.On the other hand, many sisters don

even have money for new shoes because the

heeded the Watchtower counsel, so that thei

husbands learned only a simple profession and

they themselves none at all.

Jehovah continues to accuse the Watchtow

er organization: You make victims of th

children. (Micah 2:9, MSG) In fact, mos

children of Jehovahs Witnesses are doomed t

become social outcasts. Others must move with

their family to another area because of th

kingdom interests, or their parents sen

them to Bethel. Also, many Jehovahs Witness

es withhold a good education from their chi

dren.

They make victims of the children by

robbing them of a normal childhood


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Micah further declares: The only prophet

you want is a liar. (Micah 2:11, CEV)True,

even if former false teachings were called pre-

sent truth back then, they actually were lies.

That the annihilation of all human govern-

ments and the churches would be completed in

1914, that Abraham, Isaac and Jacob would be

raised in 1925 and take over the rule over Pal-estine, that Armageddon would come in 1975

all that were lies, no present truth. No single

one of these prophecies has fulfilled, though

there had supposedly been clear evidence

back then. Many Jehovahs Witnesses dont

even know of these doctrines.

The End

No wonder that Jehovah urges all Jeho-

vahs Witnesses through his prophet Micah:

Get up and go! (Micah 2:10)He says: Get

up, go away! One who breaks open theway will go up before them; they will break

through the gate and go out. (Micah 2:10,

13, NIV) Hence, everyone should leave the

Watchtower organization the sooner the bet-

ter. The one who breaks open the way in the

first place was Raymond Franz, whose book

Crisis of Conscience has opened many Jeho-

vahs Witnesses eyes for the first time. In the

meantime there are numerous other books and

websites that belong to the open-breaker class.

They all helped many Jehovahs Witnesses tobreak through the gate of mind control and

go out into freedom.

Severe judgment awaits the elders. Jehovah

says to them: You are supposed to know

right from wrong, but you are the very ones

who hate good and love evil. You skin my

people alive and tear the flesh from their

bones. Yes, you eat my peoples flesh, strip

off their skin, and break their bones. You

chop them up like meat for the cooking

pot. Then you beg the Lord for help in

times of trouble! Do you really expect him

to answer? After all the evil you have done,

he wont even look at you! (Micah 3:1-4,

NLT)Instead of lovingly caring for their fellow

Christians, they sting them into accomplishing

more field service hours and talk them into

feelings of guilt. Whoever doesnt perform as

expected is abandoned. Granted, that is not

true for all elders. Some of them have retaine

their humanity, as there were some sincer

men among the Pharisees. (John 3:1) But as

group, these elders have fully deserved God

judgment.

You lying prophets promise security

for anyone who gives you food, but disaste

for anyone who refuses to feed you. (Mi

cah 3:5, CEV) The Watchtower leaders ar

lying prophets who keep their followers bus

with studying their so-called literature. Bu

how do they promise security for anyone wh

gives them food?

Jesus also said: You gave me food. (Mat

thew 25:35, MSG) The February 1, 200

Watchtower explains what Jesus meant with

these words: Christs anointed brothers on

earth in this time of the end have particularl

received the active support of the other sheein carrying out the God-given commission t

preach this good news of the kingdom in all th

inhabited earth for a witness to all the na

tions. (page 22) Hence those who give food t

the elders are publishers who give sufficien

contributions and have enough hours on thei

field service report slip. They look forward t

living forever in peace and security on a para

dise earth. The Watchtower, December 1

2007, page 29.

They promise disaster for inactive ones


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Very soon now, all those who profane

Gods holy name will be destroyed

They promise disaster for anyone who re-

fuses to feed them. Accordingly the August 1,

1988 Watchtower says: Very soon now, all

those who profane Gods holy name will be

destroyed. (page 7) And by this they mean all

who do not belong to their organization and do

not comply to its rules. (compare You Can Live

Forever in Paradise on Earth, page 255) But

they think that Jehovahs Witnesses with too

little field service hours also belong to the ones

who will be annihilated. According to the bro-

chure From Kurukshetra to Armageddonand

Your Survivalthere will be wholesale slaugh-

ter. Those slain by Jehovah will certainly

come to be in that day from one end of the

earth clear to the other end of the earth.

page 7.

No more brighter light

Jehovah announces to these false prophets:

Therefore you men will have night, so

that there will be no vision; and darkness

you will have, so as not to practice divina-

tion. (Micah 3:6) There will be no more

brighter light but rather darkness. So

there will be no [fallacious] vision for the

Watchtower prophets, allowing them to publish

new dates for Armageddon as they did in the

past. Though they'll hide behind their rep-

utations and make lame excuses to cover

up their God-ignorance, God explains to

them: You seers will be put to shame, and

you fortune-tellers will be disgraced. And

you will cover your faces. Micah 3:7,

MSG, NLT.

Luckily many have already left the Watch

tower organization, and others will follow. Bu

a large number of their supporters will follow

them into destruction: Upon Jehovah the

keep supporting themselves, saying: Is no

Jehovah in the midst of us? There wil

come upon us no calamity. (Micah 3:11

They really think that there will be only onorganization Gods visible organization [th

Watchtower organization] that will surviv

the fast-approaching great tribulation. (Yo

Can Live Forever in Paradise on Earth, pag

255) According to their imagination, only lov

ers of God and of his family, his organization

will survive. The Watchtower, December 15

1982, page 27.

Through his Prophet Micah, Jehovah fur

ther announces: Therefore on account oyou men Zion will be plowed up as a mer

field, and Jerusalem herself will becom

mere heaps of ruins, and the mountain o

the house will be as the high places of a

forest. (Micah 3:12)According to the March

15, 1972 Watchtower it is the visible earthl

[Watchtower] organization that represent

Zion. (page 183; compare Isaiahs Prophecy

Light for All Mankind, vol. I, page 364) Th

Watchtower Society, the connected organiza

tions and their headquarter in Brooklyn wilbe plowed up as a mere field, so that afte

some time nothing will remain of it.

The Watchtower will become mere heaps of ruins


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According to the January 1, 1984 Watch-

tower Jehovahs Witnesses are the earthly

representatives of Jerusalem above. (page26)

Their kingdom halls will become mere heaps

of ruins. No one will want to purchase a build-

ing that belonged to Jehovahs Witnesses be-

fore, so that demolition will be the only option.

The mountain of the house represents the

many mountains at which the Watchtower

Society has their facilities, such as the Cran-

berry Mountain in Patterson, New York, USA,

where the Watchtower Educational Center is

located, or the Steinfels in Selters, Germany,

with its large Bethel complex. All these moun-

tains and the nearby Watchtower facilities

will be as the high places of a forest. Likely

the Watchtower buildings will have to makeway for a forest that is used as a recreation

area for cult victims. Some inconvincible ones

will certainly go and say: Come, you peo-

ple, and let us go up to the mountain of

Jehovah,but they will only find high places

of a forest. Micah 4:2.

Peace for mankind

Jehovah will set matters straight.

They will not lift up sword neither wil

they learn war anymore. (Micah 4:3)Wha

is the sword that Jehovahs Witnesses wil

not lift up anymore? When N. H. Knorr spok

back in 1942 at the New World Theocrati

Assembly he identified the Bible as th

greatest offensive weapon, the sword of th

spirit. In essence, he expressed the thought

of Jehovahs servants in general: If we coul

only find the text we want, we could hold of

our opponents. 1975 Yearbook of Jehovah

Witnesses, page 218.

So no one will bother his fellow men any

more with the Bible in his hand. The warfar

Jehovahs Witnesses wage is strictly spiritual,

says the October 1, 1999 Watchtower. (page 11

They will not learn this kind of war anymore.They also will no more try to proselytize othe

people. The people will actually sit, each

one under his vine and under his fig tree

and there will be no one making them

tremble, not even on Saturday morning

Micah 4:4.

The mountain of the house will be as high places of a forest


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Jehovah announced long time ago: I will

bring together those who were sent away,

those whom I caused to have trouble.(Mi-

cah 4:6, NCV)Jehovahs Witnesses were sent

away many times when they tried to talk to

people about Gods kingdom. Now, Jehovah will

cause them to have trouble by bringing them

to the brink of ruin.

Messages of woe

The bothersome messages of woe in the

Watchtower are jarring Jehovah on the nerves

even today: O watch-tower why do you

cry out in a loud voice? Has your wise

man died? (Micah 4:8, 9, NLB) The times

when interesting articles mostly written by

Fred W. Franz, the wise man could be read

in the Watchtower are long gone. And back

then, the brighter light was interesting butyet wrong. The Watchtower writers have not

come to know the thoughts of Jehovah,

and they have not come to understand his

counsel. Micah 4:12.

Jehovahs judgment is already fixed: Be in

severe pains. You will have to come as

far as to Babylon. (Micah 4:11)Indeed, the

Watchtower Society has made itself a part of

Babylon the Great by its cooperation with the

UN and the OSCE and its involvement inWorld War I. Hence they must be in severe

pains before their final destruction. Jehovah

will only let this organization exist until the

time that she who is giving birth actually

gives birth. (Micah 5:3)Since the birth of a

child happens about three times every second,

it can be only a short time.

O watch-tower why do you cry out?

Those who were sent away

Current situation

Now Micah is transferred back to the nea

future. Though the judgment for the Watch

tower Society will have begun, there will stilbe many Jehovahs Witnesses. With regard t

them Micah says: Those who are left wil

be among the nations, among many people

like a lion among the animals in th

woods, like a young lion among flocks o

sheep. When he passes through, he crushe

them and tears them to pieces. (Micah 5:8

NLB)Jehovahs Witnesses really behave like

lion. They say: Many will not listen, but we d

not get upset. We are looking for sheeplik

ones. (Our Kingdom Ministry, Septembe

1979, page 4) When they found someone wh

shows interest in their message, they crus

him and tear him to pieces by imposing a total

ly new way of life on him. In many cases, only

ruins of his former life, friends and family re

main.


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In the meantime they pray to God: Raise

your fist in victory over your enemies, and

all your enemies will be destroyed! (Micah

5:9, NCV)Even in the October 1, 1952 Watch-

tower Jehovahs Witnesses declared: We pray

with intensity and cry out this prayer for Jeho-

vah to delay no longer, and plead that his an-

ger be made manifest. Bring forth your arm

and let the enemies see it, and use it for their

hurt and destruction. (page 600) But they

have no clue that Jehovah will answer their

prayer by bringing destruction upon Jehovahs

Witnesses themselves. Micah said to Jehovah:

All enemies of yours will be cut off, and

he warned his alleged witnesses: It must

occur in that day, that I will cut off your

horses from the midst of you and destroy

your chariots. (Micah 5:9, 10)Regardless oftheir horsepower, Jehovah will defang the cars

of the remaining Jehovahs Witnesses, so that

they wont be able to drive to their field service

assignments. Indeed, Jehovah has a legal

case with his people. Micah 6:2.

The Watchtower, January 15, 1954

SHOULD CHILDREN BE SPANKED?

The Bible shows that spanking does have value as a

form of discipline when appropriate. A good spank-

ing wont kill him, the Bible says at Proverbs 23:13and 14. As a matter of fact, it may save his life. (To-

days English Version) Awake!, 5/8/79, p. 28.

Awake!, November 22, 1980

Hear the rod and who it was that designated it.

Many Jehovahs Witnesses realize that th

tightly organized sacred service doesnt brin

them closer to God. They notice like Micah

With what shall I bow myself to God on

high? Shall I confront him with whol

burnt offerings, with calves a year old

Will Jehovah be pleased with thousands orams? Shall I give my firstborn son fo

my revolt? (Micah 6:6, 7) They quasi say

Shall I confront him with home bible studie

lasting a year? Will Jehovah be pleased with

thousands of field service hours? Shall I send

my firstborn son to Bethel?

They understand what suffering has been

caused by articles like Should Children B

Spanked? or Disciplining Children fo

Life. They heed Micahs advice: Hear th

rod and who it was that designated it.

(Micah 6:9) Actually it was not Jehovah wh

designated the rod as a method of education

but the self-proclaimed faithful and discree

slave.

Bethels future

As Jehovah explains through the prophe

do there yet exist in the house of a wickedone the treasures of wickedness. (Micah

6:10)The house of a wicked one is the Bethe

home that also accommodates the writing de

partment. Jehovahs Witnesses view their doc

trine as a precious treasure. During the year

many treasures of wickedness have been

brought forth in the writing department

buildings. (compare The Watchtower, August 1

1995, page 23) Bethels own inhabitant

have spoken falsehood, and their tongue itricky in their mouth. (Micah 6:12)In fact

all prophecies uttered by the Watchtowerhav

turned out wrong. Among the members of th

writing department there is no uprigh

one.Micah 7:2.


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The prophet Micah says to the publishers:

You, for your part, will sow seed, but you

will not reap. (Micah 6:15) There is no

doubt about what is meant with this seed.

The April 1970 issue of Our Kingdom Ministry

explained to the reader: You have opportunity

to sow seeds of truth by leaving the magazines

for them to read. (page 3) And according to the

June 15, 1992 Watchtower, Jehovahs Witness-

es yield a rich harvest of souls. (page 15)

Thus Micahs prophecy means that Jehovahs

Witnesses will print and place many magazines

but not gather men.

No one will want to listen to them. Rather

they will become an object of astonishment

and something to be whistled at. (Mi-

cah 6:16)Even today Jehovahs Witnesses are

now and again whistled at; in 1937 Francisco

Zortea and other publishers were greeted by

laughter, catcalls and derision in Italy. (1982

Yearbook of Jehovahs Witnesses, page 148)

Before long no one will take them seriously

anymore.

The Watchtower, September 15, 1981, page 22

Not even eating with a disfellowshiped person

Good company

When someone refuses to continue the mean

ingless life course of a Jehovahs Witness, h

gets disfellowshipped. He is then shunned even

by his relatives. The September 15, 1981 Watch

tower issue says: Christians related to such

disfellowshiped person living outside the hom

should strive to avoid needless association, eve

keeping business dealings to a minimum. (pag

29) This development was foretold by the proph

et Micah: A son is despising a father; a

daughter is rising up against her mother; a

daughter-in-law against her mother-in-law

a mans enemies are the men of his house

hold. Micah 7:6.

It happens sometimes that relatives do no

completely shun an expelled person, though

they would be obliged to according to Watch

tower doctrine. But anyway Jehovah gives t

all disfellowshipped persons the following ad

vice: Do not put your faith in a compan

ion. Do not put your trust in a confidentia

friend if he is still a Jehovahs Witness

Micah 7:5.

Jehovah promises a sincere person to brin

him out of the congregation and forth to thlight. (Micah 7:9) Regarding the remainin

Jehovahs Witnesses, Jehovah promises him

They will be afraid of you. (Micah 7:17

Indeed, apostates have no need to be afraid o

Jehovahs Witnesses rather these have fear o

apostates. Finally the prophet prays to Jeho

vah: You will throw into the depths of th

sea all their sins. (Micah 7:19)The sins o

the Watchtower Society are mainly their fals

teachings and treacherous prophecies which

are printed in their countless publications

Jehovah will throw into the depths of the sea

all the Watchtower publications, so that the

will never again harm innocent readers.


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QUESTIONS FROM READERS

In your June issue, you claim that Mi-

crosoft is the true religion. But recently I

read in the science magazine The Sunthat

Bill Gates is the antichrist. The letters of

his full nameWilliam Henry Gates IIIadd

up to the number 666 according to the

ASCII code. Also the Bible says about the

first Christians: Not even one would say

that any of the things he possessed was his

own; but they had all things in common.

(Acts 4:32) That is a fitting description of

the Open Source concept, and thats why Ithink that the truth can be found some-

where in the Linux community. M. S.,

Germany.

Reply: Thank you for your mail. The idea

that the Open Source concept would correspond

to Early Christianity is mentioned time and

again by orthodox theologians. But they ignore

the context of the parallel account: They sold

goods. (Acts 2:45, ASB) This report cannotrefer to the Open Source movement that pro-

vides its products for free. Rather this passage

is fulfilled by Microsoft. Acts 2:45 and 4:32

describe the DLL concept of Windows that

allows all applications to use many functions in

common.

Linux contains d(a)emons

The symbol of the

Linux community

is an unclean

and hated bird

But there is an even stronger proof for Mi

crosoft and not the Linux movement being th

true religion: A large number of demons (als

called daemons) are working in every Linu

system. Hence the man from the city who hademons represents a Unix or Linux system

Luke 8:27.

But there is another Bible prophecy that i

fulfilled by Linux: Babylon the Great ha

become a dwelling place of demons and

lurking place of every unclean and hated bird

(Revelation 18:2) Indeed, German magazinePC

Welt reported on November 12, 2001: Linu

conquers the church. And the logo of Linux i

an unclean bird,a penguin.

In Windows systems however, there are n

daemonsat work but services. They are actuall

Gods angels who are sent out to render ser

vice. (Hebrews 1:14, NASB) The Bible say

about the services that are integrated in Win

dows: They kept attending upon their servic

according to their commission. (1 Chronicle

6:32) Jehovah even views some services as sa

cred. (Romans 12:1) In fact, modern Window

systems were foreshadowed by Jehovahs grea

spiritual temple. The prophet Ezekiel wrot

about it: There were windows. (Ezekiel 40:16

Thats whyAwake!magazine urged its readers

Stand next to the control panel April 22

1989, page 7.


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Microsoft products contribute to

spreading the truth about the antichrist

What can be said about the claim that the

letters of William Henry Gates III would add

up to the number 666? That is simply wrong.

In fact, the result is 2052exactly the number

of years from Noahs death in 2018 B.C.E. to

Jesus death in 33 C.E. That shows that Bill

Gates must be seen in line with the Biblesgreat patriarchs and prophets. As Noah pro-

tected his family from destruction in the flood,

Bill Gates will protect his followers from the

wild beast Google which is the leading In-

ternet company and is as such depicted by the

number 666. (The Hebrew equivalent of www,

, corresponds to the numeric value 666; see

The Witchtower, February 2009, page 3.)

Also, Bill Gates cannot be the antichrist be-

cause the present-day antichrist Watchtowerorganization. (see The Witchtower, July 2009,

page 3) Faithful men use software from Mi-

crosoft to expose the evil deeds of the Watch-

tower Society. The products of the true religion

make the worldwide distribution of the truth

possible.

Some claim that neither Microsoft nor th

Linux community but Apple would be the tru

religion. They point out that Apples product

are used to the most distant part of the earth

(Acts 1:8) But while Microsoft products ar

used to expose the dark deeds of Jehovah

Witnesses, numerous people use Apple prod

ucts to listen to the Watchtower podcast. Thu

Apple contributes to the promotion of fals

worship and can certainly not be the true reli

gion.

The AAC format is best supported

by Apple products (www.jw.org)

The website The Straight Dopesays: Earl

Christian scholars often took the forbidde

fruit to be an apple.So Apple is not the tru

religion; rather the products of this compan

are the forbidden fruits, something to b

longed for to the eyes, to distract people from

true worship. (Genesis 3:6) We should neve

allow Apple or Linux to allure us from our faith

but rather stick to the teaching of Microsof

with billions of other worshippers.

The forbidden fruit


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QUESTIONS FROM READERS

In many places people use brooms to

keep their houses and yards clean. CanChristians use a broom with a clear con-

science?B. B., Germany

In fact, brooms have been in use for thou-

sands of years. Their origin dates back far into

the pre-Christian era. Even in ancient China

the people worshipped a broom goddess which

shows that there was already a close relation

between the broom and pagan mythology back

then.

The Romans too attributed a magic function

to the broom. An internet forum says that in

Rome the midwifes swept the threshold with a

broom to expel the evil before a child was born

in a house. The book The Magical Household

by Scott Cunningham and David Harrington

says that "the Aztecs worshiped the Witch-

Goddess Tlazolteotl, who was usually depicted

carrying or riding a broom."page 113.

But that was long ago. Does the link be-

tween broom and magic still exist today? The

Encyclopaedia Wikipedia says: Brooms have

long been connected with witchcraft and

associated with female witches. Today the

broom is included in lists of ritual tools in

many pagan guide books, where it is often

referred to as a besom. A broom is used to

sweep ritual circles clean of negative energy.Still today you can make a witches broom

license in Germanys Harz region.

Jesus too cautioned against the danger tha

comes from using a broom. He described anunclean spirit who inspected a house, lookin

for a place to live: On arriving it finds it swep

clean. Then it goes its way and takes alon

seven different spirits more wicked than itsel

and, after getting inside, they dwell there

Luke 11:25, 26.

We clearly see that the broom is a pagan

symbol and is closely linked to false religion

even to magic and the occult. The use of

broom can attract demons. So as true Christians we surely will spare no effort to beware o

brooms!

The broom is the symbol of witches


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DO WE SUPPORT SATANS ASSIGNMENT?

I have handed them over to Satan that they may be taught. (1 Timothy 1:20)

At a number of passages, the Bible com-

pares true Christians to wheat. The December

1, 1981 Watchtower says that harvesttime is

now upon us, for the harvest is a conclusion of

a system of things. Happily, a wheat class of

true Christians has been gathered. page 21.

Gathering wheat is not so easy. In Jesus

day, harvesting wheat took much time and

effort. First, harvesters gathered the wheat

stalks from the field. Then, they beat the stalks

against a hard surface or used farm animals to

pull a threshing sledge over the stalks to break

them into pieces. This process dislodged the

grain from the stalks and the husks. Next, the

farmers tossed the mixture into the air. The

kernels, or whole seeds of grain, fell back onto

the threshing floor, while the breeze blew the

chaff away. Finally, the kernels were carefully

sifted to remove from them any undesirablematerials. The Watchtower, January 15,

2008, page 32.

Wheat must be winnowed and sifted

Wheat that has simply been gathered i

useless. It must be winnowed and sifted t

remove undesirable materials and improve th

quality of the wheat. The same is true, in

metaphorical sense, of true Christians. No

everyone who has been gathered into God

organization is a true Christian some ar

undesirable materials who must be removefrom the congregation. Who is involved in mak

ing this refinement of the organization?

Cleaning today

The first step is winnowing. John the Bap

tizer said regarding Jesus: His winnowin

shovel is in his hand. The chaff he will burn

up with fire that cannot be put out. (Luk

3:17) So it is Jesus who quasi tosses Christianinto the air, so that chafflike counterfeit Chris

tians are carried hither and thither by ever

wind of teaching by means of the trickery o

men, by means of cunning in contriving

Watchtowerarticles.Ephesians 4:14.

He arranges it so that the doctrine of hi

earthly organization is ever changing and then

watches who adapts to the new teachings in

stead of sticking to the Bible. He will burn u

with fire all Christians who fall for the trick

ery of the faithful and discreet slave, that is

he will withdraw his approval from them an

literally annihilate them in Armageddon.


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But the winnowing is only a rough pre-

cleaning. Afterwards the wheat must be care-

fully sifted to remove any undesirable mate-

rials. Whom did Jehovah charge with this

task? Jesus provided the answer when he said

to his disciples: Satan has demanded to have

you men to sift you as wheat. (Luke 22:31)

Like in pre-Christian times, Satan has the

assignment to detect undesirable materials in

Gods organization and take care of their dis-

posal. compare Job 1:6; 1 Chronicles 21:1;

2 Samuel 24:1, Footnote.

Satan does not accomplish his assignment

alone. The elders support him, since they too

have the responsibility to keep the congrega-

tion clean. But they too cannot meet this re-

sponsibility alone, because the book Pay Atten-

tion to Yourselves and to All the Flock says

regarding judicial committees: Elders called

upon to care for this responsibility must exer-

cise heavenly wisdom. (page 110) But the

elders have never been to heaven, so that they

have only earthly wisdom at their disposal.

Satan however spent thousands of years in

heaven and assists them with heavenly wis-

dom. When the elders notice that some pub-

lishers are undesirable materials and should

not be a part of the true Christian congrega-tion, these get handed over to Satan that

they may be taught by him. 1 Timothy 1:20.

Elders serving in judicial committees allow

Satans heavenly wisdom to guide them

The already mentioned book further says

If a person has definite knowledge of wrongdo

ing that could contaminate the congregation

he is obligated to report the matter in order t

keep the congregation clean. (page 98) Henc

every publisher can support Satan with hi

important job by being on the look-out fo

stumblings of his brothers and sisters an

denouncing them at the elders. So Jesus, Sa

tan, the elders and the publishers work togeth

er in unity, so that there will exist a clean con

gregation of true, genuine Christians in tim

right before Armageddon.

However, Satan has a problem: The tim

left is reduced. (1 Corinthians 7:29) Satan iknowing he has a short period of time. (Reve

lation 12:12) So he wont be able to complet

the cleaning of Gods people before Armaged

don. Thats why as soon as the thousand year

have been ended, Jehovah will charge him

again to remove the last remaining undesira

ble materials from his people. Since he wil

spend the thousand years until then in th

abyss where he cannot see what happens on

earth, he will rely on tips from the public. A

the human memory will also be brought t

perfection in paradise, the people will exactl

remember every wrongdoing they hav

watched during the thousand years, so tha

they can report them to the judicial committee

appointed by Satan.

Then mankind will be cleansed as a peopl

for fine works and handed over to Jehovah bSatan. (compare The Watchtower, June 1, 2002

page 18) Even today we should support Satan

an important fellow worker of Jehovah, with

his assignment.


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WHO IS REALLY HAPPY?

Many people believe that Gods blessing makes happy. Does the Bible support

this common viewpoint?

First we have to examine how Gods blessing manifests. The Bible mentions a

number of issues, for example: The blessing of Jehovah that is what makes rich.

(Proverbs 10:22) Furthermore Jehovah advised the Israelites: You must eat meat

according to the blessing of Jehovah your God. (Deuteronomy 12:15) According

to the prophet Isaiah Jehovah of armies will certainly make a banquet of wine

kept on the dregs, of well-oiled dishes filled with marrow. (Isaiah 25:6) So whoev-

er is blessed by Jehovah has riches and good food.

In addition the Sovereign Lord Jehovah will certainly wipe the tears from all

faces. (Isaiah 25:8) Indeed, the Bible says about those blessed by Jehovah: God

will wipe out every tear from their eyes. (Revelation 7:17) In ancient times God

has prepared laughter for Sarah, and the mouth of his servants came to be filled

with laughter. (Genesis 21:6; Psalm 126:2) So whoever is blessed by Jehovah will

not shed tears but laugh.

Wealth, good food, laughter, no weeping are that not the best conditions to behappy? Consider what Jesus, the greatest teacher of all times, explained: Happy are

you poor Happy are you who hunger Happy are you who weep But woe to

you rich persons Woe to you who are filled up now Woe, you who are laugh-

ing. Luke 6:20, 21, 24, 25.

In other words: Woe to those blessed by Jehovah! Rather, happy are those who

escape Jehovahs blessing. How can someone who is still a Jehovahs Witness be-

come happy? Jesus provided a clear hint: Happy areyou whenever they excludeyou. (Luke 6:22) True, being disfellowshipped can make really happy!

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