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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). (baalmaster 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).

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