882.
STUBBORNNESS.
"And it must occur that when someone
has heard the words of this oath, and he has blessed himself in his heart,
saying, 'I shall come to have peace, although I shall walk in
the stubbornness
of my heart' (persists in his
idolatry.
Moffatt), with the intention of sweeping away the well watered one
along with the thirsty ones, Jehovah will not want to forgive him".
(From Deut 29:19 21).
THE STUBBORNNESS OF "AHAB"-TYPE SONS TODAY.
"And it came about that, as soon as
Ahab saw Elijah, Ahab immediately said to him: "Is this you, the bringer of
ostracism upon Israel?" To this he said: "I have not brought ostracism upon
Israel, but you and the house of your father have, because you men have left the
commandments of Jehovah, and you went following the Ba'als."
(1 Kings 18:17,18). In fulfilment today, the spiritual "drought" in the
spiritual "land" of God has been due to the activities of "Ahab"
'elders'
(ba'als) in JW congregations ("the gods of those nations". Deut 29:18)
to sweep away "well-watered" ones as well as spiritually
"thirsty" ones. The Spirit of God operating in anointed sons of God has
revealed how apostate "Ahab" teachings have been sweeping away
God's people. But our prayers to God have been heard and will be answered. In
accordance with the principle of Deuteronomy 29:21, Jehovah has separated
out stubborn apostates "for calamity from all the tribes of
(spiritual) Israel in accord with all the oath of the covenant that is
written in this book of the Law."
OSTRACISM FROM GOD.
Ask yourselves: How could the lawless Ahab be a "bringer of
ostracism" upon the whole of spiritual "Israel"
today? The answer is revealed by those with the Spirit of Elijah making known in
what ways unfaithful covenant leavers and unsealed
'elders'
among JWs have abandoned the commandments of God and continued following the
ba'als instead of Jehovah. In similar fashion, many natural born Jews are guilty
of serving "the gods of those nations". (29:18). (baal: master
or husbandly owner (of them)). "So Jehovah will have to separate
(them) for calamity from all the tribes of Israel in accord
with all the oath of the covenant that is written in this book of the Law."
Then is the legal case of witnesses for God completed. (Rev 10:8-11).
THE "TURMOIL", "SMALL CLOUD" (LITTLE
SCROLL),
AND THE "DOWNPOUR" OF "HAIL" (ANGER OF GOD).
The Spirit of Elijah says to "Ahab"
'elders':
"Go up, eat and drink; for there is the sound of the turmoil of a
downpour." (From 1 Kings 18:41-46). What "Ahab"
'elders'
must "eat and drink" are the denunciations from God by the Spirit
of Elijah that will become as "the sound of the turmoil".
The "downpour"
itself will be the Spirit "hail" of the anger of God within the
spirits of these stubborn apostates to sweep them away. (Isaiah 28:1 22). The fulfilment of this past
"shadow" of the reality is the Spirit
authority of the "Little Scroll". (Rev 10:8-11).
THOSE HEARING NEWS OF CALAMITY.
"I am bringing a disaster on this
city, that will make the ears of every hearer ring; because the people have
forsaken me and desecrated this valley by sacrificing here to foreign gods".
(From Jeremiah 19:3,4 Moffatt).
"I am
about to do a deed in Israel that will make the ears of all who hear it ring...
against Eli... because he knew that his sons were blaspheming God and yet
he did not check them." (From 1
Samuel 3:11-14 Moffatt).
"I bring
upon Jerusalem and Judah a disaster that will make the ears of all who hear it
ring... the dynasty of Ahab... have done evil in My sight and
vexed me". (From 2 Kings 21:12 15
Moffatt).
5/9/82.
|