True Worship!
It is well-known today, by those, who are informed , that the Governing Body, of Jehovah's Christian Witnesses, so called, tell us that Jehovah has a 'Visible Spirit Directed Organization,' on earth today. Let us reason together on that claim, to acertain if that statement has scriptural support. For if that is true, then the Bible will back up that claim 100%. A close examination of this subject, will reveal, that it does not have any scriptural support at all. How do we know that for a certainty? Consider this very carefully. Would the true Anointed Brother's of the Christ, was they to be on this earth, at this time, be in agreeance with the Governing Body of Jehovah's Witmesses? Would they, be teaching that Jehovah's Spirit Directed Organization, was in fact, on this earth now, at this time? Visible, for all to see? The answer to that, is a resounding, No! They most definitely would not!
Of course, many will argue, that Jehovah, has always had a Visible Organization on earth, and they will point to the fact, that Moses, led the Israelite Nation, dispensing the Old Law Covenant; and by that means, guided and directed the Israelite Nation, by means of the old law covenant. Which, by the way, none of them ever kept, according to the Apostle Steven. {Acts 7:53} Someone might say, 'Why then the Law?" Paul will answer: "It was added to make transgressions manifest, until the seed should arrive, to whom the promise had been made; and it was transmitted through Angels by the hand of a mediator"... "However, before the faith arrived, we were gaurded under Law ... "Consequently the Law has become our tutor leading to the Christ, that we might be declared righteous due to faith. But now that the faith has arrived, we are no longer under a tutor." {Galatians 3:11,16; 5:19-25} ; Note these words, 'we are no longer under a tutor.' Of course, when the Christ appeared, the Mosaic Law had ended, because, as Paul had said: "For Christ is the end of the Law," so that everyone exercising faith, [in him] may have righteousness." {Romans 10:4} So! That ended, Jehovah's Visible arrangement of things under the old Law. No longer to being an visible earthly arrangement, but now, a Heavenly arrangement of things. This, of course being foretold at Jeremiah 31:31-34 in these following words: "Look! There are days coming, is the utterance of Jehovah, and I will conclude with the house of Israel and with the house of Judah a New Covenant; NOT ONE LIKE THE COVENANT THAT I CONCLUDED WITH THEIR FOREFATHERS in the day of my taking hold of their hand to bring them forth out of the land of Egypt, which COVENANT OF MINE THEY THEMSELVES BROKE, although I myself had husbandly ownership of them, is the utterance of Jehovah. `For this is the Covenant that I shall conclude with the house of Israel after those days, is the utterance of Jehovah. I will put my Law within them, and in their heart I shall write it. And I will become their God, and they themselves will become my people. And they will no more teach each one his companion and each one his Brother, saying, `Know Jehovah!`` for they will all of them know me, from the least one of them even to the greatest of them, is the utterance of Jehovah. For I shall forgive their error, and their sin, I shall remember no`more." It should be pointed out, that fleshly Israel is not in question here, this is, "The israel of God," Paul mentioned at Galatians 6:16 "For he is not a Jew who is one on the outside, nor is circumcision that which is on the outside upon the flesh. But he is a Jew who is one on the inside, and [his] circumcision is that of the heart, by Spirit, and not by a written code. The praise of that one comes not by Men, but from God." {Romans 2:28,29} That clears that up. Remember! The first Law Covenant was a Visible earthly arrangement, but the one Jeremiah foretold, would not be like the first Covenant, and the difference would be, rather than an earthy visible arrangement, quite naturally, it would be a New Heavenly Government, ruled by the Christ and his 144,000 associate King Priests, which heavenly Government was fortold in Isaiah 9:6,7 in these following words: "For there has been a Child born to us, there has been a Son given to us; and the Princely rule will come to be on his shoulder. And his name will be called Wonderful counselor, Mighty God, Eternal Father, Prince of Peace. To the abundance of the Princely rule and to peace there will be no end, upon the Throne of David and upon his kingdom in order to establish it firmly and to sustain it by means of justice and by means of righteousness, from now on and to time indefinite. The very Zeal of Jehovah of Armies will do this." Notice, if you will, this is exactly in harmony with what the Angel Gabriel told Mary, the Mother of Jesus: "Have no fear Mary, for you have found favor with God; and, look! you will conceive in your womb and give birth to a Son, and you are to call his name Jesus. This one will be great and will be called Son of the Most High; and Jehovah God will give him the Throne of David his Father, and he will rule as King over the house of Jacob forever, and there will be no end of his Kingdom." {Luke 1:26-33}
While the Mosaic Law was in force, earthly Mount Zion, and eartly Jerusalem played a very prominent role, however; when the New Covenant was inaurgarated on the precious Blood of the Christ, certain changes took place, in that, I mean, Earthly Mount Zion became Heavenly Mount Zion. Earthly Jerusalem reverted over to Heavenly New Jerusalem. The Law was changed! The Priesthood was changed. As Paul noted at Hebrews 7:12. A complete change, from earthly to heavenly, as might be expected. But how, do we know, for a fact, that earthly Jeruslem has no more to do with anything?
Reacall, now, the warning Jesus served on those early Jews, at Luke 21:20 in these words: "Furthermore, when you see Jerusalem surrounded by encamped Armies, then know that the desolating of her has drawn near. Then let those in Ju-de'a begin fleeing to the Mountains, and let those in the midst of her withdraw, and let those in the Country places not enter into her; because these are days for meting out justice, that all the things written may be fulfilled." {Luke 21:20-24} One might logically wonder, how could they flee, with encamped Armies surrounding the City of Jerusalem? It is a known fact of history, that Cestius Gallus leading the Roman Army, surrounded Jerusalem in 66 AD. But the Jews manning the walls of Jeruslem proved superior to General Gallus's forces, and drove them back; Gallus losing about 6000 of his Battled hardened troops, in the retreat.
While he was in retreat, the Jews who had taken the warning of Jesus seriously, fled the City at that time, escaping with their lives. But Jesus had served another warning, that, for the most part, went unheeded. Listen to this account now: "And when he got nearby, he viewed the City and wept over it, saying: "If you, even you, had discerned in this day the things having to do with peace --- but now they have been hid from your eyes. Because the days will come upon you when your enemies will build around you a fortification with pointed stakes and will encircle you and distress you from every side, and they will dash you and your Children within you to the ground, and they will not leave a stone upon a stone in you, because you did not discern the time of your being inspected." {Luke 19:41-44}
it is another fact of known history, that four years after the first attack in 66 AD. Genaral Titus, leading the Roman Army in 70 AD came against the City of Jerusalem. He ripped up Ten miles of surrounding forest land and built that wall all around the City of Jerusalem; exactly as Jesus had predicted, it came to pass. Over 1 Million were put to the sword, and by the time Titus was finished, there was not a stone left upon a Stone of their house of Worship. Jehovah had shown them, by allowing that action against them he had abandoned that Nation, and that is exactly what Jesus had told them. "Look! Your House is abandoned to you!" {Matthew 23:37-39}
But, that complete destruction, ended Jehovah's Visible Organization on earth and now, as Ezekiel had foretold, it was a heavenly Organization. Speaking to the last reigning king, to sit on Jehovah's Throne at Jerusalem, we read: "And as for you, O deadly wounded, wicked Chieftain of Israel, whose day has come in the time of the error of the end, this is what the Soveriegn Lord Jehovah has said, 'Remove the turban, and lift off the crown, THIS WILL NOT BE THE SAME {The Kingship} {No LONGER ON EARTH} Put on high even what is low, and bring low even the high one. A ruin, a ruin, a ruin I shall make it. As for this also, it will certainly become no ones {THE KINGSHIP} until he comes who has the legal right, and I must give it to him." {Ezekiel 21:25-27} The Question is, now, when, would it be given, to the one with the legal right?
Now, I want you to notice the words of the Christ at John 16:33 where he made this following statement: "I have said these things to you that by means of me, you may have peace. In the World you are having tribulation, but take courage! I have conquered the World." What is the significance of those words to us today? It is this: "To the one that conquers I will grant to sit down with me on my Throne, even as I conquered and sat down with my Father on his Throne." At the very ascension of Jesus, in the first Century, when he rose to his glorified exalted position to the right hand of his Father, and received the promised Holy Spirit; from that moment on, he was wearing his Crown as King of God's Kingdom. {Revelation 3:21} {Acts 2:33} You, of course, will ask; why isn't he exercising that Authority as ruling King as yet? Fair question! Which the Psalmist will answer: "The utterance of Jehovah to my Lord [Jesus,] is, "Sit at my right hand until I place your enemies as a stool for your feet. The rod of your strength Jehovah will send out of [heavenly Mount} Zion saying, "Go subduing in the midst of your enemies." Since the first Century, Jesus has been waiting for that command from his Father, to, "Go subduing!" To claim, what is rightfully his.
All of the preceding, points to, not an earthly, Organization, but, rather, a Heavenly one, in the invisible Spirit Realm. Heavenly Mount Zion, and Heavenly New Jerusalem. Which the Apostle Paul will tell us more about, in his words, about this very Organization. Speaking to all of the first Century Christian's, Paul tells us, the following: "For you have NOT APPROACHED that which can be felt, and which has been set aflame with fire, and a dark cloud and thick darkness and a tempêst, and the blare of a Trumpet and the voice of words; on hearing which voice the people implored that no word should be added to them. For the command was not bearable to them: Ànd if a Beast touches the Mountain, it must be stoned. Also the display was so fearsome that Moses said: Ì am fearful and trembling. {Exodus 19:9-19;20:19} But you have Approached a Mount Zion and a City of the living God, Heavenly Jerusalem and myriads of Angels, in general assembly, and the congregation of the firstborn who have been enrolled in the heavens, and God the judge of all, and the spiritual lives of righteous ones who have been made perfect and Jesus, the mediator of a new covenant and the Blood of sprinkling which speaks in a better way than Abel's Blood." {Hebrews 12:18-24} you do not need anyone to be teaching you; but as the Anointing from him is teaching you about all things, and is true and is no lie, and just as it has taught you, remain in union with him." {1 John 2:27} Notice now, how Paul builds on this, with his words: "For it is to us God has revealed them through his Spirit, for the Spirit searches into all things, even the deep things of God." {1 Corinthians 2:10} {Revelation 1:1,2}
Paul was here, drawing a comparison, between two Covenants, one of which came into being, in a way, that struck fear, not only into Moses, but the entire Nation of Israel, when Jehovah gave Moses the Ten Commandments, embodied within the Ten, some 760 other laws. It was a fearsome display of Jehovah's great power; but Paul pointed out, that wasn't what they were approaching now. This now, was Heavenly Mount Zion. Heavenly New Jerusalem, the Jerusalem above, the City of the living God. This, now, is where all their eyes were focused on; a New Heavenly arrangement of things. This is what Paul had told them: "You have approached a Mount Zion and a City of the living God, Heavenly Jerusalem. This Jerusalem was quite different than earthly Jerusalem, that was in slavery with her Children, but Paul now tells us, "But the Jerusalem above is free, and she is our Mother." {Galatians 4:25,26}
The Apostle John was given a view of the Lamb [Jesus} standing on Heavenly Mount Zion, and with him 144,000 of his anointed Brothers with his name and the name of his Father written on their foreheads. {Revelation 14:1} The Apostle Steven just prior to his stoning made this statement, before he died: "Look! I behold the Heavens opened up and the Son of Man [Jesus} standing at God's right hand." {Acts 7:56} that is something that they couldn't stand to listen to, so with their hands over their ears, they rushed upon him with one accord, gnashing their teeth at him, and stoned him to death. Acts 7:54-60} They had the idea, that they were Jehovah's Visible earthly arrangement, led by Moses, but, as I have already pointed out, that arrangement had ended, with the appearance of the Christ, and the fact that they had been cast off as a Nation, set them ablaze with great anger, when they heard the words of Steven condemning them as murderers and persecuters, like their forefathers. Acts 7:51-53}
Jesus too, laid a scathing denunciation on them, when he told them: "Serpents, offspring of vipers, how are you to flee from the judgment of Ge-hen'na?" For this reason, here I am sending forth to you Prophets and Wise Men and public instructors. Some of them you will kill and impale, and some of them you will scourge in your synagogues and persecute from City to City; that there may come upon you all the righteous Blood spilled on earth, from the Blood of righteous Abel to the Blood of Zechariah son of Barachia, whom you murdered between the sanctuary and the Alter." {Matthew 23:33-36} From there, he went on to tell them, that their House [the Temple} would be abandoned to them. {Matthew 23:37-39} Which of course, it was, in 70 AD. when Titus destroyed their place of Worship, the Temple.
Bible students today, know, that when the Christ walked this earth, he was the 'one leader' and 'one teacher' and that, 'everything his Father had taught him, he had made known to all of his first century followers.' {John 15:15 Matthew 23:8-10} What about after his ascension to his exalted, glorified position to the right hand of his Father? He had told them: "While remaining with you I have spoken these things to you. But the helper, the Holy Spirit, which the Father will send in my name, that one will teach you all things and bring back to your minds all the things I told you." {John 14:25,26}
Now, we are coming close to the real truth of the matter. Do we need a Visible Organization today? As was Moses? Who dispensed the Mosaic Law? The Governing Body of Jehovah's Witnesses will tell you that we do, in-as-much as they make claim themselves, that they are God's Visible Spirit Directed Organization on earth today. Let me now, show you, why that is an obvious blatant lie. That will be revealed as I cite this next scripture in Acts 2:33 which tells us this: "Therefore because he was exalted to the right hand of God and received the promised Holy Spirit from the Father, he has poured out this which you see and hear." Now! What is the significance of Jesus now having control of the Holy Spirit? Back up to John 14:25,26 and you will learn just what that is. That one teaches you all things and brings back to our minds, everything we have learned thus far. John 16:13 takes this a step further, for there we read: "However, when that one arrives, the Spirit of the Truth, he will guide you into all the Truth, for he will not speak of his own impulse, but what things he hears he will speak, and he will decare to you the things coming."
Notice at John 14:16 that the helper, the Holy Spirit would be with them forever. That, too, must have some very special significance, as the Apostle John will highlite, with his words: "And as for you, the Anointing you received from him remains in you, and
One major thing, we must keep in mind with Jesus holding in his hands, Jehovah's main principle teaching instrument; the Holy Spirit and through that medium can bring all truth hungry ones to a full and comprehensive knowledge of his Father's word; and all done now, from the Heavenly invisible Spirit Realm.
I'll allow the Apostle Paul to sum this writing up, with some final words of his: "For I put you on notice, Brother's, that the good news that was declared by me as good news is not something human; for neither did I receive it from Man, nor was I taught it [by Man] except through Revelation by Jesus Chrrist." ... "that by way of a Revelation the sacred secret was made known to me, just as I previously wrote, in brief." {Galatians 1:11,12} {Ephesians 3:1-3}
Even the Apostle John received the entire 22 Chapters of the Revelation account, by means of a Revelation from the Heavenly Spirit Realm.
As to the Chosen Ones, mentioned by Jesus at Matthew 24:24; how many, and just who they are, no one knows. John made reference to them, as the seed of the Woman, that satan wages war against. He also foretold a final sealing of the remaining ones of that class, just prior to the outbreak of the great tribulation. {Revelation 7:1-4;12:17} None of these would ever try to form an earthly Organization, because they would know that their Master, the Christ was guiding and directing, all of the remaining ones by means of the Holy Spirit, now under his Power and control, just as he did in the first Century after his ascension.
We must consider, too, that, when the Son of Man comes in his glory with all the Angels with him, he sits down on his glorious Throne, and all the Nations are gathered before him, as he separates the Sheep from the Goats; with the Sheep on his right hand of favor, while the Goats on his left, are reserved for the lake of fire. {Matthew 25:31-46} How many sheep-like ones there are, no one could know that; except to say, the Bible predicts only a few are on the road to life, while many are on the broad road to destruction. {Zephaniah 1:14-18} So, of both classes of survivors, either Heavenly,or Earthly no one would, or could, know the actual count in numbers. {Matthew 7:13,14} {Isaiah 24:1-6}
We do know, though, that when the gathering of his anointed Brothers is done, they are all scattered to the four winds, from one extremity of the Heavens to the other extremity. So they are all here right now, but only the Christ will know, just who they are, and where they are. You may well be one of them, I may well be one of them, but let's just wait and see, and not presumptuously push ahead making claim that we are one of them, because, it is highly possible, we are not, and end up in shocked surprise, as all today, who make the claim that they are, may well do. {Matthew 24:29-31}
So! it is clear! Jehovah does not need a Visible Spirit Directed Organization on this earth today. That Spirit Directed Organization is now, and since the first Century, a Heavenly Spirit Directed Organization.Conducting all its affairs from that source. {Revelation 3:12;21:10} Due to the fact, that the Christ is in control of the Holy Spirit. {Acts 2:33}
Only a False Prophet would make the claim that they are Jehovah's Visible Spirit Directed Organization on earth; and they would make such a claim, because they do not understand the Holy writings, blinded by satan the devil, as they would be, as a false Prophet, would necessarily have to be. It would be as Paul predicted, it would be: "If the good news, we declare is in fact veiled, it is veiled among those who are perishing, among whom the god of this system of things has blinded the minds of the unbelievers that the illumination of the glorious good news about the glory of Christ might not shine through." {2 Corinthians 4:3,4}
So! Quite clearly, the Governing Body of Jehovah's Witnesses show by their false claim, that they are definitely not Jehovah's Spirit directed Organization on this earth, at all.
At the risk of being repititious, let me show, once again, why, Religious Christendom, and more notebly, the Governing Body of Jehovah's Witnesses, do not see, that it is the Christ, now, and since the first Century, does all of the teaching of his Father's word, by, and through, the medium of the Holy Spirit, under his power and control, ever since, his ascension to his exalted and glorified position to the right hand of his Father; at which time, he received the promised Holy Spirit, that enables him to continue the teaching he did while he walked this earth. only now, from the Heavenly Spirit Realm, where Jehovah's 'Spirit Directed Organization,' is now located.
"If, now, the good news we declare is in fact veiled, it is veiled among those who are perishing, among whom the god of this system of things, [satan the devil] has blinded the minds of the unbelievers that the illumination of the glorious good news about the glory of Christ, might not shine through." Those are the words of an inspired Apostle of Jehovah God! Do we need more than that to convince us that it is not necessary for Jehovah to have a Visible Spirit Directed Organization on this earth, now, at this time? So ends my follow-up on true Worship! wannabe