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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.

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  http://dailytext2.wordpress.com/2014/04/08/there-is-death-in-the-pot-o-man-of-the-true-god/

  Alternative Daily Text for Tuesday, April 8, 2014

  “There is death in the pot, o man of the true God.” (2 Kings 4:40)

  “Jesus said that upon his return he would find a ‘faithful and discreet slave’ providing spiritual food,” and as is known, “the Governing Body members [of Jehovah’s Witnesses] … today make up the faithful and discreet slave.” (The Watchtower, June 1, 1984, page 12; July 15, 2013, page 23) This “faithful and discreet slave [was] pictured by Elisha,” thus they are sometimes called “the Elisha class, the ‘faithful and discreet slave,’” for their work is equivalent to that of Elisha. – Watchtower Publications Index 1930-1985, “Elisha Work”; “Let Your Name Be Sanctified”, page 351.

  Thus, it is reasonable to believe that the “Elisha class” provides the same kind of food as Elisha did. The Bible reports that in Elisha’s day “there was famine in the land,” and “today [there] is the deplorable spiritual famine.” (2 Kings 4:38; The Watchtower, May 1, 1987, page 10) Back then, Elisha made “his attendant … boil stew for the sons of the prophets.” (2 Kings 4:38) What kind of food did he provide? “As soon as they ate from the stew, they cried out: ‘There is death in the pot, o man of the true God.’ And they could not eat it.” – 2 Kings 4:40.

  The same kind of food is “provided through ‘the faithful and discreet slave’” in our day. (The Watchtower, July 15, 1992, page 30) David prophetically described how someone would feel when attending a Jehovah’s Witness meeting in hope for edification: “I was hoping for sympathy, but there was none, and for comforters, but I found none. But for [spiritual] food they gave me poison.” – Psalm 69:20, 21.
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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.

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  http://dailytext2.wordpress.com/2014/04/05/make-the-heart-of-this-people-unreceptive-that-they-may-not-actually-turn-back/

  Alternative Daily Text for Saturday, April 5, 2014

  “Make the heart of this people unreceptive … that they may not actually turn back.” (Isaiah 6:10, NWT 1984)

  Jehovah’s Witnesses “are eager to see as many people as possible saved from the impending ‘great tribulation.’” (The Watchtower, February 1, 1987, page 11) But is this God’s will? Not necessarily, since “the sanctification of Jehovah’s name is far more important than human salvation” and “our being freed from bondage to sin and death and gaining life.” – The Watchtower, October 15, 2008, page 15; January 15, 2007, page 10.

  ”The book of Ezekiel emphasizes … that the sanctification of Jehovah’s name is more important than anything else” – maybe Jehovah would love to save all people, but “as the prophecy shows, he will sanctify his name by destroying all.” (“All Scripture Is Inspired of God and Beneficial”, page 137) “Jehovah’s indignation is against all the nations, and his wrath is against all their army. He will devote them to destruction; he will give them to the slaughter. Their slain will be thrown out, and the stench of their carcasses will ascend.” – Isaiah 34:2, 3.

  As in the past, where Jehovah regularly “struck down” thousands among his own people “with a great slaughter,” so it will be in the future. (1 Samuel 6:19) Thus “the worldwide preaching work of Jehovah’s Witnesses” is opposed to God’s purpose, for how should the prophecy be fulfilled that “those slain by Jehovah in that day will be from one end of the earth clear to the other end of the earth” if too many people would leave the false religion and join Jehovah’s people? – The Watchtower, July 15, 1990, page 18; Jeremiah 25:33.

  The “abundance of grain on the earth” promised by Jehovah is only possible if “those slain by Jehovah … will become like manure on the surface of the ground.” (Psalm 72:16; Jeremiah 25:33) But unfortunately, the “truth is not presented in a complex, difficult-to-comprehend manner in the Bible.” (The Watchtower, October 15, 1996, page 5) If too many people would get to know the truth, Jehovah would be unable to destroy them. Not only would there be a lack of manure, but also his name would not be sanctified, which “would cause Satan to rejoice.” (Keep Yourself in God’s Love, page 129) Isaiah knew that, therefor he asked Jehovah to act in the same manner as he did with the Egyptian Pharaoh: “Make the heart of this people unreceptive, make their ears unresponsive, and paste their eyes together, so that they may not see with their eyes and hear with their ears, so that their heart may not understand and they may not turn back.” (Exodus 7:3; Isaiah 6:10) This strategy worked out; today “most people reject the good news,” and Jehovah “will crush them to clear the way for a much-needed change.” (The Watchtower, August 15, 2005, page 21; Awake!, October 8, 1969, page 11) “O the depth of God’s riches and wisdom and knowledge! How unsearchable his judgments are!” – Romans 11:33.
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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:.

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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.

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  http://dailytext2.wordpress.com/.

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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.

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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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  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 ;)

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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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  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.

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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.

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  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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  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!