THEIR ENEMIES:  WHO ARE THEY?  (Rev 11:11-13 NWT & Moffatt).
After the 3½ years during which enemies of God "trampled" on the "sanctuary" and dashed the power of His holy people, His "two witnesses", The Christ in heaven and his anointed brothers on earth, hear a "loud voice" from heaven say to them: "Come up here". (Rev 11:1 3. Dan 12:7). This "loud voice" reveals the denunciations of God upon apostate enemies. It is not a loud voice in the literal sense. These denunciations, understood and spiritually accepted as the truth from God, are relayed through His faithful Spirit anointed sons. Although adversely affecting them, their enemies will realize their transgressions by the Spirit of the Lord's Judgement: "and their enemies beheld them."  (11:12).

These apostate enemies are unfaithful covenant-leavers and their followers, described in Daniel 11:30-32. By being told to, "Come up here", faithful anointed sons of God are given spiritual knowledge and authority to make these heavenly instructions known to people on earth. When their enemies behold their transgressions, the spiritual "land" of God will experience an upheaval likened to an earthquake, which will destroy seven thousand covenant-leavers     a tenth of the "City" of God. (11:13). These enemies are to be refined out for their apostate activities during the period when faithful anointed sons of God were usurped and removed by unsealed 'elders' "trampling" them in JW congregations during the "forty-two months" (1,260 days), which ended January 19th 1979. (11:1-3). According to the Judgement of God, those who remain loyal to Him are members of the "City" of 144,000 Spirit anointed sons and are proclaimed a heavenly Kingdom of priests and  kings.  (Rev 14:1-5) (Rev 5:9,10).

The prophecy of Isaiah chapter 5 reveals how enemies of God would behave toward His faithful anointed sons. Verse 8 reveals how they have ostracized and excommunicated His sons until "you men have been made to dwell all by yourselves in the midst of the land!" This "land" is the spiritual "land" of God on earth. Enemies of God deny anointed sons of God access to congregations by "joining house to house" through apostate schooling at JW 'kingdom halls' and 'book studies' and "annex" field territory through repeated 'house to house' calls to thwart any attempts by anointed members of the "temple" of God to instruct them in the spiritual teachings of God.

Jehovah has sworn that "many houses, though (supposedly) great and good, will become an outright object of astonishment, without an inhabitant." (5:9). For while they seek the counsel of the Holy One of Israel saying, "Let His work hasten; do let it come quickly, in order that we may see it; and let the counsel of the Holy One of Israel draw near and come, that we may know it!" their wicked deeds belie their claim.  (5:18 20).

"IN CONSIDERATION OF A BRIBE"? (Isaiah 5:23).
As confirmation of the identity of apostate enemies of God, they accepted an inducement to pervert the course of justice and righteousness "in consideration of a bribe". "By means of specious promises he (satan) shall pervert those who bring guilt upon the nation." (Dan 11:32 Moffatt). The inducement offered was appointment to the office of unsealed 'elder' in congregational "houses" of JWs. But to achieve this, it was necessary for satan to remove from JW congregations the "constant feature" of faithful anointed sons of God. Apostate covenant leavers and unsealed 'elders' did this through the "breaking of Law"     perverting the "times and Law" of God to make their reasons for ostracizing and excommunicating faithful anointed sons of God seem plausible to congregation members. (Isaiah 5:7)  (See 1975 JW Yearbook. Pg. 248 & 250).

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