Reign King, Amen!

by Sarah Smiles 6 Replies latest watchtower beliefs

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  Sarah Smiles

  Do you find it strange that the JW end their prayer with, "In the name of Reign King Jesus, Amen?"

  I guess everthing has to go through Jesus and that is why they ended with Jesus as King. Which he is King!

  But on the flip side, I thought the JW teach that Jesus is Michael in heaven who is ready to stand up for his people. I mean if Jesus is no longer Jesus the earthly man but Michael in heaven?

  So why not pray, "Reign King Michael?"

  A girlfriend said that to me one day as a joke! and it was a good one, because I am still laughing!
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  jayhawk1

  In the central states JWs seem to end their prayers this way...

  "... in the name of your son Jesus Christ we pray. Amen."

  I wonder why JWs don't use the name Michael. But then again, maybe they don't want to be like Mike.
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  Sarah Smiles

  That is funny :-)
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  brunnhilde

  Huh. The closest thing we had here was, "in the name of our reigning King Christ Jesus, Amen." It referred, of course, to the belief that Christ came invisibly in 1914 and has been reigning since then.
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  Handsome Dan

  Yes and the king sits on his throne in a Watchtower in Brooklyn New York
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  LtCmd.Lore

  Whys Jesus always at the end? Couldn't you just as easily start with Jesus.

  Why can't it be: "Dear god: In the name of Jesus our king we thank you for providing this food for us that we worked all week for... etc, etc... and please help my sister to recover from her amputation amen."

  Lore
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  Sarah Smiles

  Yes they could start it at the beginning.