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MOUNT ZION.

"But you have approached a Mount Zion and a city of the Living God, heavenly Jerusalem, and myriads of angels, in general assembly, and the congregation of the first-born who have been enrolled in the heavens, and God the Judge of all, and the spiritual lives of righteous ones who have been made perfect, and Jesus the mediator of a new covenant, and the blood of sprinkling, which speaks in a better way than Abel's blood."  (Heb 12:22-24).

WARRING AGAINST SPIRITUAL "MOUNT ZION".
Besides the hordes that war against the "Mount Zion" of God through the activities of their political "wild beast" and sectarian "harlot" religions of spiritistic "Babylon", there are other forms of warring. (Rev 13:5 7 & 17:5,6). Those who celebrate Christmas, for example, are known admirers of the "wild beast" and/or are members of sectarian religions. But what of those who are not members or admirers of these authorities over mankind, and who may even oppose them? Such ones should ask themselves: 'Do I actively care for those whose spirits are being made perfect through Jesus the mediator of the new covenant for a Kingdom of 144,000 anointed underpriests as an integral part of "Mount Zion", or do I instead make things "tight" for them?  (Isaiah 29:7).

MAKING THINGS "TIGHT" FOR THOSE OF
SPIRITUAL "MOUNT ZION" AND "AR'I.EL".
Like their brother Jesus Christ, those whose spirits are being made perfect are being made so through sufferings. People may only approach God by offering spirit sacrifices through these anointed underpriests according to accurate knowledge of the ways of doing so. These ways are made known to them through anointed members of Mount Zion. (Jer 31:33,34. Heb 8:10-12). To oppose the spirit development of such ones and their spirit sanctifying work is a direct method of warring against Zion. (Matt 25:41-46). Although Jehovah God foresaw that earthly members of spiritual "Mount Zion" would be ostracized in His spiritual "land" but would return from this "wilderness" condition, His woes are prophesied against those responsible: The apostates! *   (Isaiah 33:14.  29:1-16.  32:14-17.  Rev 12:14).

It is written: "These are the things he says who is holy, who is true, who has the key of David, who opens so that no one will shut, and shuts so that no one opens". (Rev 3:7). This "key" of knowledge was given to the Firstborn Son of God (of David's lineage), namely The Christ Jesus. As "mediator of a new covenant" he was given spiritual authority to commence the ingathering of 144,000 anointed Kingdom heirs as a spiritual House for God.  (1 Peter 2:4,5.  Rev 5:9,10.  7:4).  To "open" and to "shut" indicates a defined gathering period.

Apostates * "leaving the holy covenant" waged war against spiritual "Mount Zion".  (Dan 11:30-32). After coming to know the Will of God, unfaithful covenant-leavers of the sect falsely calling themselves Jehovah's Witnesses published many apostate teachings in their books and Watchtowers ("siege towers"), waging war against faithful covenant members by twisting # the fundamental meanings of the Word of God to make things "tight" for faithful anointed sons of God. (Isaiah 29:7,8). But these apostates will be exterminated, just as it is written: "The ruthless shall be no more, the arrogant shall cease to be; those who are quick to see mischief, those who charge others with a sin or lay traps for him who brings the wrongdoer into court or by falsehood deny justice to the righteous     all these shall be exterminated."  (Isaiah 29:20,21 NEB).

* APOSTASY:

Abandonment of religious faith, vows, or principles.  (Aposta: withdraw).

# TWIST:

Peculiar tendency of mind, character, etc (freq. derogatory).

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