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863A.
"FOR REBELLIOUSNESS IS THE SAME AS THE SIN OF DIVINATION,
AND PUSHING AHEAD PRESUMPTUOUSLY THE SAME AS USING
UNCANNY POWER AND TERAPHIM". (From 1 Samuel 15:23).
(Pages 777 to 862 of the
"Little Scroll" denounce the use of
uncanny power and teraphim).
Jehovah God rejected Saul as king of Israel. Why? Because of
his rebelliousness, "erecting a monument
for himself"
rather than "obeying the voice of Jehovah". (15:12&19).
The reason why he disobeyed Jehovah is stated in verse 24: "I have
sinned; for I have overstepped the order
of Jehovah and your words, because I feared the people and so obeyed
their voice." (See 15:22-24).
On meeting Samuel, Saul said, "I have carried out the
word of Jehovah." (15:13). But he lied, which is "the same as the
sin of divination, and
pushing ahead presumptuously the same as
using uncanny power and
teraphim." (15:23). Disobeying the voice of Jehovah is spiritistic rebellion.
| UNCANNY: |
Weird,
supernatural, unsafe to associate with. |
| PRESUMPTUOUS: |
Venturing
beyond what one has ground for, forward, arrogant. |
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TERAPHIM: |
Family god or idol,
household deity. |
| DIVINATION: |
Seeking
to know the future or hidden things by
supernatural means and
spiritistic power. |
Fear of the people and the use
of uncanny power are what manifest a false prophet. They may give an impression
of righteousness, but their prophecies do not adhere to the Word of God. Their
false teachings do not have the Spirit of truth from Almighty God, so cannot
benefit mankind or teach the Will of God that they might get saved through The Christ. (John 14:15-17. 1 Cor 15:28).
The "man of lawlessness" of the sect falsely
calling themselves Jehovah's Witnesses is made up of false prophets. They
venture beyond the Scriptures in what they declare, and push ahead of the Will
of God and His appointed "times and Law".
(2 John V.9. 1 Tim 1:5-7). To "erect a monument"
to themselves, they utter smooth and seductive sayings, changing the
"times and
Law" of God to facilitate a "monument" to their falsehood, and becoming like gods to their
"house" of "intense lovers". (Dan 7:25. 2 Thess 2:1-4)
(Zech 13:4 6).
JEHOVAH ANSWERS THESE FALSE
PROPHETS AMONG JWs. (Isaiah 28:1-29).
Jehovah says to unfaithful covenant-leavers, the
"drunkards of Ephraim" that are the "rulers of
this people" (JWs), that He will
"flood out" their "place of concealment"
(lies)
by the Spirit "hail" of His Judgement. (28:14,17).
| (V.1) |
"Eminent crown" |
Self-exalted prominence over faithful anointed brothers of The Christ. |
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"Fading blossom" |
False prophecies that were once their
source of pride and exaltation over
faithful anointed sons of God, but will fade and die
without spiritual "fruitage". |
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"Fertile valley" |
Fertile
"soil" in
the spiritual "land" of God. |
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"Overpowered by wine" |
"Drunk" with
power and adulation from the "clusters" of their
"intense lovers",
the "vine of
the earth". (Rev 14:18 20). |
| (V.2) |
"Vigorous" one |
The Christ Michael. |
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"Hail" |
The Spirit of the
Judgement of
God upon apostates on earth. |
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"Flooding waters" |
Unpolluted Spirit denunciations from God
that will
"flood out"
apostates. |
| (V.3) |
"Trampled down" |
The apostate teachings, false prophecies
and self-exaltation of unfaithful
covenant-leavers over
faithful anointed brothers of The Christ
will be
crushed. |
| (V.4) |
"Early fig(s)
before summer" |
Before Jehovah reveals each of His Spirit teachings in due season, apostates
press ahead presumptuously with an uncanny
demonic
spirit and falsely
declare the fulfilment of scriptures before they are due. Without Holy Spirit
from God, an apostate covenant-leaver is unable to discern a Spirit teaching or
prophecy from God correctly, so
by
uncanny
demonic
power he "swallows
it down" prematurely. (Dan
11:31,32).
Apostates declare the fulfilment of prophecies of God in a self-glorifying way
before they are due, and their superfluous unripe apostate teachings will be
exposed by the Spirit of the Lord's Judgement within them. |
(Cont. on Page
863B).
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