Preaching the Good News of the Kingdom! Is it authorized?
Anyone reading the composite sign of the coming of Christ will read Matthew 24:14 and believe as Jehovah's Witnesses do that , that is an authorized Christian work; and no doubt, it certainly looks like that is the case by all appearances. The question is, though, is it really? Could there possibly be another work that was to be done, that one could be mistaken for the other, because they so closely resembled each other?
Notice what the publication called: "You can live forever in paradise on earth, distributed by the Governing Body of the Watchtower Society has to say about this work, on page 186 paragraph 8: "What about our Day? What is the central teaching of God's true Christian Congregation? In Prophesying of these "last days" Jesus said: "This good news of the Kingdom will be preached in all the inhabited earth for a Witness to all Nations, and then the end will come." So the Kingdom must be the main message today." If anyone takes the time to read through the three chapters that deal with the composite sign of the coming of Christ, they will notice that nowhere in those three Chapters did Jesus foretell an Organization that was representative of him. In fact all he foretold was the prevalence of many false Prophets, and he warned not to believe any of them or go after them. {Matthew 24:4,5,11} {Mark 13:6} Notice his following words on this:
23 "If anyone says to you then, Behold, here is the Christ (the Messiah)! or, There He is!--do not believe it. 24For false Christs and false prophets will arise, and they will show great signs and wonders so as to deceive and lead astray, if possible, even the elect (God's chosen ones). {Matthew 24:23,24 AB} {Mark 13} {Luke 21} Notice too, something else Jesus tells us at Luke 21:8:
8And He said, "Be on your guard and be careful that you are not led astray; for many will come in my name appropriating to themselves the name Messiah which belongs to me, saying I am He! and The time is at hand! Do not go out after them." {Luke 21:8 AB} The Governing Body of the Watchtower Society will appropriate to themselves the position of the Faithful Slave which Position belongs only to the Christ, and by so doing take the name of the Messiah as he foretold they would do. Jesus clearly told told us, do not go out after them. They will tell us also that the Christ was invisibly present in the year 1914; but these next words of the Christ makes liars out of them:
26"So if anyone tells you, 'There he is, out in the desert,' do not go out; or, 'Here he is, in the inner rooms,' do not believe it. 27For as lightning that comes from the east is visible even in the west, so will be the coming of the Son of Man." {Matthew 24:25-27 NIV} Invisibly present in 1914, no one would know that he was, but the Christ has told us here that when he makes his appearance the whole wide world will know it. Like a bolt of lightening that lights up the entire heavens, so that no one will miss seeing it.
Jehovah's Witnesses will come to our doors and inform us that the Christ has been invisibly present ever since the year 1914, so they have been telling us, the time is at hand, as they preach this good news of the Kingdom. We'll remember, Jesus said, "Do not go out after them. That tells us that the Governing Body has misinterpreted the work that the true Christian's should be doing today. They themselves do not understand the Book they tell us is sealed to everyone but them. What actually was the work the true Christian's would involve themselves in? How do we learn from the Bible what that work really is? How was it done in the first Century, and how were the Apostles equipped to get that work done? Note the following:
26"But when the Helper comes, whom I will send to you from the Father, the Spirit of truth, who proceeds from the Father, he will bear witness about me.27And you also will bear witness, because you have been with me from the beginning." {John 15:26,27 ESV} So, the Holy Spirit would bear witness to them about the Christ, the Apostles in turn would themselves bear witness about the Christ. This was the witness work they were to be involved in at that time; as well today. It was a Witness to the Christ's lofty preeminent position. To this end they would need to be equipped by the Christ. They would need the Spirit of the Truth to fully accomplish this work. Lacking that they would never even understand what this work was all about. How did they obtain that Spirit? Jesus will tell us that:
15"If you love me, you will obey what I command. 16And I will ask the Father, and he will give you another Counselor to be with you forever— 17the Spirit of truth. The world cannot accept him, because it neither sees him nor knows him. But you know him, for he lives with you and will be in you." {John 14:15-17 NIV}
This is something that clearly identifies the Governing Body of Jehovah's Witness as a false Prophet; they lack the Spirit of the Truth, shown by their involvement in this preaching of the good news of the kingdom. Was they to be in possession of the Spirit of Truth, they would know accurately what work they should be doing; and quite clearly they do not know anything about that work. They would need accurate knowledge of the Bible in order to get this work done and the very fact that they involve themselves in the work that they do shows that they do not understand the message about the Christ.
Was it to be true that they were really Spirit Directed; the following would be applicable to them; and they would know exactly how to do the work necessary for a true Christian to do, today:
26"But the Counselor, the Holy Spirit, whom the Father will send in my name, will teach you all things and will remind you of everything I have said to you." {John 14:26 NIV} {John 16:13} {1 John 2:27} In this case what would the Holy Spirit teach, that will conclusively show what this Christian work is today?
Since it is to do with the exaltation of the Christ, I will begin with the scripture at John 17:4 which states:
4 "Having finished the work you gave me to do, I brought you glory on earth." {John 17:4 NCV} First point to consider about Jesus, he had completed his mission, his Father had sent him to do. Note this next point:
33 "I have told you these things so that in Me you may have peace. You will have suffering in this world. Be courageous! I have conquered the world." {John 16:33 HCSB}
In this case what is significant about conquering the World? Let me show you:
21" The one who conquers, I will grant him to sit with me on my throne, as I also conquered and sat down with my Father on his throne." {Revelation 3:21ESV}
All of the Heavenly Calling when they conquer as did the Christ will sit down on the Throne with the Christ wearing their crowns as crowned Kings. This is the significance of the Christ conquering; When he sat down with his Father on his Fathers Throne after he ascended in the first Century; ever since his ascension in the first Century the Christ has been wearing his crown as King of God's Kingdom. Recall he had to sit at his Fathers right hand until his Father made his enemies a footstool for his feet; he was to wait in that seated postion until Jehovah tells him to: "Go subduing in the midst of your enemies." {Psalm 110:1,2} Ever since the first Century the Christ has held, "All Authority in heaven and on earth." {Matthew 28:18-20} Notice in that scripture Jesus said: "And Look! I am with you all the days until the conclusion of the system of things." Meaning Jesus has been invisibly present ever since his ascension in the first Century. Never mind the year 1914.
The Apostle Paul pointed to the lofty position held by the Christ with a short discourse he gave about the matter:
19"and what is the immeasurable greatness of his power toward us who believe, according to the working of his great might 20that he worked in Christ when he raised him from the dead and seated him at his right hand in the heavenly places, 21far above all rule and authority and power and dominion, and above every name that is named, not only in this age but also in the one to come. 22And he put all things under his feet and gave him as head over all things to the church, 23 which is his body, the fullness of him who fills) all in all." {Ephesians 1:19-28 ESV}
5 "Have this mind among yourselves, which is yours in Christ Jesus, who, though he was in the form of God, did not count equality with God a thing to be grasped, 7but made himself nothing, taking the form of a servant, being born in the likeness of men. 8And being found in human form, he humbled himself by becoming obedient to the point of death, even death on a cross. 9 Therefore God has highly exalted him and bestowed on him the name that is above every name, 10so that at the name of Jesus every knee should bow, in heaven and on earth and under the earth, 11and every tongue confess that Jesus Christ is Lord, to the glory of God the Father." {Philippians 2:5-11 ESV}\
Paul tells us that now Jesus is far above all Rule Power and Authority Power and Dominion; with a name above every name; so that in the name of Jesus every knee should bend in heaven on earth and even those under the earth and every tongue should confess that Jesus is Lord to the glory of God the Father. That is the good news true Christian's should be preaching today; Paul nicely sums it up with his words at 2 Corinthians 4:3,4 To wit ...
3"But even if our Gospel (the glad tidings) also be hidden (obscured and covered up with a veil that hinders the knowledge of God), it is hidden [only] to those who are perishing and obscured [only] to those who are spiritually dying and veiled [only] to those who are lost. 4 For the god of this world has blinded the unbelievers' minds [that they should not discern the truth], preventing them from seeing the illuminating light of the Gospel of the glory of Christ (the Messiah), Who is the Image and Likeness of God." { 2 Corinthians 4:3,4 AB} The following is an example of what Paul was preaching and shows how some were Blind to his message:
17 "So he reasoned in the synagogue with the Jews and with those who worshiped God, and in the marketplace every day with those who happened to be there. ) 18 Then also, some of the Epicurean and Stoic philosophers argued with him. Some said, "What is this pseudo-intellectual trying to say?" Others replied, "He seems to be a preacher of foreign deities"—because he was telling the good news about Jesus and the resurrection. 19 They took him and brought him to the Areopagus, and said, "May we learn about this new teaching you're speaking of? 20 For what you say sounds strange to us, and we want to know what these ideas mean." { Acts 17:17-20 HCSB} We see Paul's message was not the good news of the Kingdom, it was the good news about Jesus and the resurrection. satan blinding these ones never understood Pauls message. that is the problem with the Governing Body of Jehovah's Witnesses and why they involve themselves in an unauthorizerd Kingdom preaching work. Satan has them all blind to the truth of the real message that should be preached. Just as Paul foretold. Paul also foretold one that would have a verbal message or letter that had the appearance of coming from the true Apostles, and he warned not to be seduced by them. {2 Thessalonians 2:1-12} This one could do as Jesus had warned; may possibly mislead even the Chosen ones. {Matthew 24:24} It would be the Chosen Ones who had the true authorized work to do. John mentions these as the seed of the Woman who have the work of bearing witness to Jesus. {Revelation 12:17} Which was the work the true Christian's were to do at this time. As noted by John:
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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." {Revelation 12:17 NWT} This would be a work that satan would never wish to see done, because in exalting the Christ as these ones would do, it exposes satan's vast empire of False Religion for all the liars that they are. Thereby incurring satan's War-Like Anger against them. We notice here though, the seed of the Woman is not preaching the Good News of the Kingdom; their work is lifting up the Son of Man to his rightful place. That work not only brings on them the hatred of satan the devil, but the hatred of the entire World, as foretold it would do, by Jesus:
9 "Then you will be arrested, persecuted, and killed. You will be hated all over the world because you are my followers." {Matthew 24:9 NLT} {John 3:14,15} {Numbers 21:5-9}
As we've noticed, the Christ never foretold any representative Organization on earth in Matthew 24- Mark 13- Luke 21 that was a visible Organization on earth at that time; and the reason for that was, that he himself was the representative King of Jehovah's new Heavenly arrangement of things; Heavenly Mount Zion, Heavenly New Jerusalem, the Jerusalem above. He, it was, that did the final gathering of the Heavenly calling; he it was that did the separating work between the sheep-like ones and the goat-like ones; he it was, as the one leader and one teacher, did all of the teaching by means of Holy Spirit from the invisible Spirit Realm of those who would survive the Battle of Armageddon. No visible Organization was no longer needed, as these following cited scriptures will show and substantiate everything I've stated here: {Hebrews 12:18-24} {Revelation 3:12; 14:1;21:2,10} {Galatians 4:26} {Revelation 7:1-4} {Matthew 25:31-46} {Matthew 23:8-10} {Acts 2:33} {John 14:15-17,26} {John 15:26,27} {John 16:13} {1 John 2:27} I have supported every word I have written with solid scriptural proof, that cannot be refuted.
There is no visible Organization on earth now as the Governing Body would have you all believe; the preaching of the Good News of the Kingdom does not mark anyone as a true Christian; it marks them as those who do not understand the Book, they claim, no one but them does. They are all Bible illiterate. They do not understand the work a true Christian should be doing now; and that work was not exalting the Governing Body as is the case; it was to exalt the Christ, who now holds the preeminent position over every Religious Leader on this earth. Time to de-frock every religious Leader on this earth today, and Bend your knees to the Christ. More especially, does this apply to the Governing Body of Jehovah's Witnesses and all of their followers; involved in their unauthorized work of preaching the good news of the kingdom; lyingly telling everyone that their Organization is God's visible Spirit Directed Organization. It's Spirit Direct alright, but it's not Jehovah's Holy Spirit; it's a satanic Spirit; which would account for their 130 year record of failed predictions and false prophecies.
So, No! Absolutely Not! The 'Preaching of the Good News of the KIngdom in all the inhabited earth for a witness to all Nations,' did not have Jehovah's Stamp of approval on it. It was not an authorized work for the True Christian's to involve themselves in today. It was a work done by those who might possibly mislead even the Chosen Ones; fortunately for us, it is not possible to mislead the Chosen Ones! Wannabe