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THE ALTERNATIVE DAILY TEXT by The Witchtower editor

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i have published more than 200 'daily text' comments in german, and will now start translating those into english.

they will be published here:.

http://dailytext2.wordpress.com/.

processor

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http://dailytext2.wordpress.com/2014/04/04/costly-in-the-eyes-of-jehovah-is-the-death-of-his-loyal-ones/

Alternative Daily Text for Friday, April 4, 2014

“Costly in the eyes of Jehovah is the death of his loyal ones.” (Psalm 116:15)

Granted, Jehovah’s Witnesses believe “that God will destroy the wicked.” (The Watchtower, November 1, 2008, page 8) Like David in former times, they pray to Jehovah: “O God, if only you would slay the wicked!” (Psalm 139:19) But in actual fact, only “what he pleases or delights in will be done” – and Jehovah stated clearly: “I take no pleasure in the death of the wicked.” (Man’s Salvation Out of World Distress at Hand!, page 117; Ezekiel 33:11) Jehovah showed this attitude even at the very beginning of human history, when Cain slaughtered his brother Abel and so became the first “wicked” in history. God was afraid that someone would kill Cain, and “so Jehovah set up a sign for Cain in order that no one finding him would strike him.” (Genesis 4:15) The Bible proves that “the wicked live on” according to Jehovah’s purpose. – Job 21:7.

Whose death does please Jehovah, then? The first person ever killed was Abel, of whom we know “that he was righteous.” (Hebrews 11:4) Later Jehovah instructed Abraham to offer up his son Isaac – who was counted among the “great cloud of witnesses” – “as a burnt offering.” (Hebrews 11:20; 12:1; Genesis 22:2) The righteous “were stoned … they were sawn in two … they were slaughtered.” (Hebrews 11:37) Jesus was the most righteous man who ever lived, and, without doubt, his death was pleasing to Jehovah. (God’s Kingdom of a Thousand Years Has Approached, page 69) “There exists the righteous one perishing in his righteousness, and there exists the wicked one continuing long in his badness,” for “costly in the eyes of Jehovah is the death of his loyal ones.” – Ecclesiastes 7:15, NWT 1984; Psalm 116:15.

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THE ALTERNATIVE DAILY TEXT by The Witchtower editor

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i have published more than 200 'daily text' comments in german, and will now start translating those into english.

they will be published here:.

http://dailytext2.wordpress.com/.

processor

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http://dailytext2.wordpress.com/2014/03/30/you-must-not-mention-the-names-of-other-gods-they-should-not-be-heard-on-your-lips/

Alternative Daily Text for Sunday, March 30, 2014

“You must not mention the names of other gods; they should not be heard on your lips.” (Exodus 23:13)

The Bible’s command is clear: Worshippers of Jehovah “must not mention the names of other gods,” yes, “not even speak their names.” (NLT) Evidently, Christians must avoid all writings in which the names of false gods are mentioned. To which writings does this apply?

“Molech, Ashtoreth, Baal, Dagon, Merodach, Zeus, Hermes, and Artemis are some of the gods and goddesses mentioned by name in the Bible.” (Awake!, February 2006, page 28) Elsewhere it mentions Chemosh and Tammuz (Judges 11:24, Ezekiel 8:14) And, in a subtle way, the Bible requests its readers to ‘read it aloud,’ so that they must speak the names of these false gods in any case. (Revelation 1:3) So it is totally out of the question that worshippers of Jehovah must give the Bible a wide berth.

What about the publications of Jehovah’s Witnesses which are read by millions of people worldwide? These do not only mention all of the false gods named in the Bible, but, in addition, also Marduk, Anu, Enlil, Ea, Sin, Shamash, Ishtar, Nergal, Nebo, Osiris, Isis, Horus, Geb, Nut, Anath, Asherah, Ashtoreth, Ahura Mazda, Yamm, Mot, Apollo, Cronus, Uranus, Jupiter, Juno, Minerva, Mithras, Cybele and many more. (Insight on the Scriptures, volume I, pages 974 – 979) Therefore, let us avoid the Watchtower publications like the plague, since anyone ‘mentioning the names of other gods’ is “something detestable to Jehovah.” – Deuteronomy 7:25.

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THE ALTERNATIVE DAILY TEXT by The Witchtower editor

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i have published more than 200 'daily text' comments in german, and will now start translating those into english.

they will be published here:.

http://dailytext2.wordpress.com/.

processor

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http://dailytext2.wordpress.com/2014/03/28/the-righteous-have-enough-to-eat/

Alternative Daily Text for Friday, March 28, 2014

“The righteous have enough to eat.” (Proverbs 13:25, GNT)

“The UN’s Food and Agriculture Organization … estimated that 842 million people are undernourished … Malnutrition is a cause of death for more than 3.1 million children under 5 every year.” (Wikipedia) Who is to blame for that? Tyrannical rulers who exploit their population? The western industrial nations? The climate change?

No. According to the Bible, this is not the case, since “the Lord will not allow the righteous to hunger.” (Proverbs 10:3, NASB) “Those seeking Jehovah will lack nothing.” (Psalm 34:10) The Bible’s conclusion is clear: When someone starves, it’s his own fault, because only “the stomach of the wicked is empty.” (Proverbs 13:25, HCSB) Accordingly, true Christians do not share in efforts to alleviate world hunger.

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"Keep Seeking First the Contribution Box" - the REAL district convention program ;)

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the real district convention program can be downloaded only here: http://www.svhelden.info/pdf/co-pgm14-e2.pdf.

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processor

memorial invitations! Has there been any done for this years as yet?

Here you go: http://www.svhelden.info/pdf/mi14_E_new.pdf

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"Keep Seeking First the Contribution Box" - the REAL district convention program ;)

by processor in

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the real district convention program can be downloaded only here: http://www.svhelden.info/pdf/co-pgm14-e2.pdf.

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processor

The REAL District Convention Program can be downloaded only here: http://www.svhelden.info/pdf/co-pgm14-E2.pdf

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THE ALTERNATIVE DAILY TEXT by The Witchtower editor

by processor in

i have published more than 200 'daily text' comments in german, and will now start translating those into english.

they will be published here:.

http://dailytext2.wordpress.com/.

processor

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http://dailytext2.wordpress.com/2014/03/23/husbands-continue-loving-your-wives-just-as-the-christ-also-loved-the-congregation/

Alternative Daily Text for Sunday, March 23, 2014

“Husbands, continue loving your wives, just as the Christ also loved the congregation.” (Ephesians 5:25)

The apostle Peter instructed Christian men: “Husbands … live with your wives with understanding since they are weaker than you are. Honor your wives.” (1 Peter 3:7, GWT) “Indeed, God’s Word plainly says that wives should be assigned ‘honor.’” (Awake!, February 8, 1993, page 13) But how should that look like in practice? Should a husband open the door for his wife, adjust her chair, or in any other way behave like a “gentleman?” One might think so, but the famous judge Joseph F. Rutherford stated with regard to the men of his day: “The men have become effeminate, soft and easily influenced, and have lost their real manhood … For instance, when men are sitting at a table and a woman approaches,
all the men arise and pay her homage … The men remove their hats upon entering an elevator, if a woman is present; and these things are said to be acts of respect and to show that a man is a gentleman. But it is subtle, and the real meaning is much different from that. It is a scheme of Satan to turn men away from God and from his announced rule of the proper position of man and woman … The scheme or habit of paying homage to women is not of God, but from the great enemy of God. It is a veneer of being a proper thing, and therefore it is more subtle than otherwise.” – Vindication, volume I, page 156.

Thus the obeisance to women that is common in the world is not acceptable to God, but was introduced by Satan, the Devil. So, what kind of “honor” that husbands should show to their wives did the apostle Paul think of? In Ephesians 5:25 he instructed men to ‘love their wives just as the Christ loved the congregation.’ And “Jesus perfectly imitated his beloved heavenly Father.” (Come Be My Follower, page 144) How does Jehovah show his love for his worshippers? Again Paul provides the answer: “The Lord punishes everyone He loves. He whips every … [person] He receives.” (Proverbs 3:11-12, NLV) Since Jehovah wants all his male worshippers to “become imitators of God,” he has wisely made sure that “women are weaker than men.” – Ephesians 5:1; 1 Peter 3:7, NLV.

According to the Bible, every husband “must love his wife,” and consequently “from time to time he will beat his wife.” (Ephesians 5:33; Awake!, November 22, 1988, page 8) In this context, “remember the words … by one wife beater: ‘If we stop beating, we lose control. And that’s unthinkable.’” (Awake!, November 22, 1988, page 6) The same magazine also explained how to recognize a a good husband: “Does … [he] freely tell others – outside family members, friends, other Christians – that from time to time he will beat his wife, inflict bodily harm on her, because he loves her so much?” – page 8.

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the bible and its prophecies

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i have been doing a lot of research on the bible and its roots so to speak and its becoming clearer that the jews like other races took gods and stories from others and made them their own.

its also become clear that many of the books were written later then stated, like daniel probably written about a hundred years before christ and some of it maybe even after.

but what i don't get is the prophecies.

processor

Why would an author write up a prophecy after the fact? To establish credibility.

It's just like the Watchtower does today. Originally, Russell had predicted that 1914 would be the climax of Armageddon, and all nations would be gone by then.

Today, they talk like Russell would have predicted WW1.

The same likely happened to all these writings of old. They were not complely made up, but simply adopted a bit to match with actual events. Their purpose was encouraging the believers, and "prophecies" that came true are always good for that.

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THE ALTERNATIVE DAILY TEXT by The Witchtower editor

by processor in

i have published more than 200 'daily text' comments in german, and will now start translating those into english.

they will be published here:.

http://dailytext2.wordpress.com/.

processor

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http://dailytext2.wordpress.com/2014/03/15/moab-is-my-washbasin/

Alternative Daily Text for Saturday, March 15, 2014

“Moab is my washbasin.” (Psalm 60:8)

Jehovah God called Moab ‘his washbasin.’ Does that mean that God has a wash from time to time? Should we, as “imitators of God,” also wash ourselves? (Ephesians 5:1) No, that is not the case. According to the reference work Insight on the Scriptures, the reference to the “washbasin” rather “indicated contempt.” (volume II, page 861) After all, it was David who attributed these words to God. How is David connected to Moab?

God foretold through his prophet Balaam: “He [a future king] will certainly break apart the forehead of Moab.” (Numbers 24:17) This was fulfilled when “David … conquered the land of Moab. He made the people lie down on the ground in a row, and he measured them off in groups with a length of rope. He measured off two groups to be executed for every one group to be spared. The Moabites who were spared became David’s servants.” – 2 Samuel 8:2, NLT.

So God did not have a wash in his washbasin; rather he ‘broke it apart.’ Thereby he gave us an example, since washbasins are a real danger for all true Christians. Jesus pointed out that hand washing is a “tradition of the men of former times,” thus a pagan custom. (Mark 7:3) “The proud religious law-keepers and all the [apostate] Jews never eat until they wash their hands.” – Mark 7:3, NLV.

In actual fact, the custom of hand washing – and of washing in general – comes from the pagan goddess Hygieia. Even the word “hygiene” is derived from her name. No wonder that God despises ‘washbasins’ and uses this term as a swearword! May we never get enmeshed in any ritual acts in honor of Hygieia!

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the bible and its prophecies

by Crazyguy in

i have been doing a lot of research on the bible and its roots so to speak and its becoming clearer that the jews like other races took gods and stories from others and made them their own.

its also become clear that many of the books were written later then stated, like daniel probably written about a hundred years before christ and some of it maybe even after.

but what i don't get is the prophecies.

processor

1) Israel will prevail over its enemies (Isaiah 41:12-14..written 701-681 BC)

The verse says that "the men at war with you will become as something nonexistent, as nothing at all." This clearly was NOT fulfilled. Rather, Israel had become "something nonexistent" for centuries, and now it exists again but there are still many nations 'at war with them' that DO exist.

2)The ruins of Israel would be rebuilt. (Amos 9:11,13....written 750 BC)

Well, yes, this was to expect. Why should the land be devastated forever? It was obvious that at some time someone would build something there.

3) Ezekiel prophesied for morden day Israel (Ezekiel 36:11..written 593-571 BC).

Really? "Yes, I will multiply your people and your livestock; they will increase and be fruitful. And I will cause you to be inhabited as you were formerly, and I will make you prosper more than in the past"

The prophecy just says that Israel would "be inhabited." But ... if you believe in the Bible account of Solomon, that he was by far the greatest and richest king of all times of all the earth, does modern Israel really "prosper more than in the past?"

4)Tress again would grow in Isreal. (Isaiah 41:18-20...written 593-571 BC)

Ha! No one could foresee that in a land with water, trees would grow. Really. Only God could see that. ;)

5)Israel's fruit would fill thw world. (Isaiah 27:6...written 701-681 BC)

Does it? The verse actually says that their fruit would fill "the land," not "the world." Well, another thing that is not too hard to prophesy. Of course, Israel's fruit would fill Israel. Why should Germany's fruit fill Israel?

6)Jerusalem would become the world's most inportant religious site. (Micah 4:! written 750-686 BC)

The verse refers to the 'mountain of the house of JHWH', and it says that this house would be firmly established and stream there.

Obviously, there is no "house of JHWH" there today, so this is another unfulfilled prophecy.

7)Egypt would never again rule over other nations. (Ezekiel 29:15..written 593-571)

Well, they never gained their previous power. But verse 14 actually said that "they will become an insignificant kingdom," and this did not really apply during the Greek/Macedonian rule.

8) Zechariah 8: 7-8, Jews return to Jerusalem (written 520-518 BC)

Besides that this was also not too hard to prophesy, most scholars consider the prophecy written in the 4th or 3rd century BC.

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the bible and its prophecies

by Crazyguy in

i have been doing a lot of research on the bible and its roots so to speak and its becoming clearer that the jews like other races took gods and stories from others and made them their own.

its also become clear that many of the books were written later then stated, like daniel probably written about a hundred years before christ and some of it maybe even after.

but what i don't get is the prophecies.

processor

Well ...

1) There is some evidence that most of the Bible was written in the 7th century CE, of course based on older tales.

2) Many of the Bible's prophecies simply were not fulfilled - or does the Lion eat straw today? Does Solomon's throne still exist? Did Damascus 'cease to be a city forever'?

3) In a large number of prophecies, there are always some that come true. In Zedekiah's day there were two prophets, Jeremiah who prophesied that Babylon will destroy Jerusalem, and Hananiah who prophesied that Babylon would not destroy Jerusalem. Since Babylon destroyed Jerusalem, our Bibles have the book of Jeremiah that mentions the false prophet Hananiah. If Babylon would not have destroyed Jerusalem, likely our Bibles would have a book of Hananiah that would mention the false prophet Jeremiah.