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DANIEL 12:7-13: (7) "And I heard the man robed
in linen, who was above the water of the river, swear by Him who lives for ever
(raising his right hand and his left hand to heaven), that it would be three
years and half a year, and that when the power of him who shattered the sacred
people should be over, then the end of all should arrive. (8) I
heard this, but I did not understand it. So I asked, "O my lord, what is to be
the last phase before the end?" (9) But
he said, "Ask no more, Daniel, for the revelation is to be kept secret and
close, till the crisis at the close.
(10) Many
shall purify themselves and make themselves white and be refined, but the evil
shall do evilly; none of the evil shall understand things, it is the pious who
understand. (11) [[Twelve
hundred and ninety days shall pass, after the daily offering has been stopped
and the appalling abomination has been set up.]] (12) [[Blessed is he who waits till he
reaches the thirteen hundred and thirty THE "APPALLING ABOMINATION" "SET UP" IN JW CONGREGATIONS WORLDWIDE:
SPECIOUS: Of good appearance, plausible, fair or right on the surface. As can be seen from extracts of the 1975 Yearbook of Jehovah's Witnesses, the first "Ahab" promises and 'shifting of responsibilities' began in September 1972. So, the "constant feature has been removed" (NWT) and the "appalling abomination has been set up". (Moffatt). Their* (new) congregational arrangement is the appalling abomination! A partial removal of the responsibilities of anointed underpriests began years earlier through treachery shown toward Spirit anointed sons of God, when "contributions" of His "tenth parts" of spiritual discernments were denied congregations of the "nation" by apostate men of the governing body acting as priests. Their refusal to accept these teachings is now causing desolation among the people. (Mal 3:8-10) (See Pages 830 to 835). The selection of candidates for the position of 'elder' in congregations of JWs is certainly not theocratic, as they recommend each other without the spiritual qualification of an anointing by Holy Spirit from God to do so. The "little flock" of God are the 144,000 anointed men whom Almighty God trains and disciplines to be His priestly servants and elders. (1 Peter 2:9 & 5:1-4). Jehovah God is their Head, not "other sheep" "not of this fold" or "Ahab"-type "goats". (John 10:16). This was their* doing and is not of God. 5/3/78. |
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