I wish I never heard of jws, it has costed me dearly, but I guess we have all been there, that we are all in the same boat as the saying goes.

For those that have been hurt greatly, I am really sorry, I feel your pain, nobody deserves that kind of treatment. But, the Borgs days are numbered, be glad that you are out. If you have family members still in and still blinded by this wicked cult from the cauldron of hell, I have no idea what to say, because you have heard it all before anyway.

Take care, be safe, have a good thanks giving when it comes.

I need someone to run elijah returns while I am in Russia.

Bye (at least for now)

The Last Two Witnesses: Chinese (Simplified) By Elijah Returns (Chinese Translator Anonymous)

最后两个证人耶和华和新的世界秩序

我写有关上帝的话语，而且，今天对我们来说有意义的东西、将来要讨论的东西和从圣经得出来的结论，要通过某种方式做个备份。我们说那是上帝的话语，是因为所有的经文都是由上帝他自己感动而成，甚至为所有的被造物而写，以此作为一个警示，警示在不久的将来要降临在他们身上的东西，这些被造物就是人类自己。（提摩太后书3：10-17，罗马书15：4，彼得后书2：21）

我们现在所看见的，所经历的甚至还不是那将要来临的灾难的开头，因为末日还没有到，末日是一个特定的时期，但它马上就要到了。现今由美国和英国统治的世界马上就要完结了，但在他们死亡的灰烬里要再出来一个最后的世界统治者，他要有绝对的权力，这是最后一个王，是第八个也是最后一个，他是从先前的七王中出来的。他起来的时候巴比伦城在他背后，他的颜色是鲜红的。（启示录13：3b，17：3，17：11-13）

《韦氏大学词典》是这样定义“红”的：煽动或公开支持激进的、社会的或者还有政治上的变化，尤其是通过武力。

但是，在这个王出现之前，上帝的最后两位先知要来，而且他们要宣扬一个新的信息，它是一个甜的信息，但会有苦的结果(启示录10：8-11，11：3-6)这两位先知要像以利亚和摩西一样，甚至拥有他们的能力，叫天闭塞不下雨，变水为血，而且我们知道以利亚甚至超越了死亡。他们有能力做任何他们想做的事情。这样，在那可怕的一天开始之前，他们要领许多人归回上帝。他们在地上捆绑什么，在天上就捆绑什么，他们在地上释放什么，在天上就释放什么。（马太福音18：18，约翰福音20：23，使徒行传13：11-12）在他们被最后一个王处死之前，他们要宣扬这个新消息四十二个月，这个王就是要在世界政治舞台出现的那个。正如基督自己所说，这将会是一个从未见过的这样灾难与迫害的时期。（马太福音24：15-16，21-22，但以理12：1）这将要发生的事情是难以想象的，是自从造天地以来从未见过的，以后也必不再见的。但正如圣经所说，只是为了义人和那残留的人，这日子要减少，当基督作王再来审判万物的时候，那些日子就结束了（马可福音13：20，马太福音24：30，启示录11：15）。

从最后两位先知出现到万物的完结是七年。最近我们看到政治领导人集聚在瑞士，讨论世界从未有过的、不断衰退的经济形势，他们公开宣布，而且在思想上也一致认为，解决现今全球经济形势的一个方法是推行“世界统一银行”和“世界统一货币”，这些将要由现今的“老化的”、“病态的”、“失败的”联合国来管理。但是，由一个迫切要问的问题是，“这个最后的王什么时候拥有绝对控制权（正如我们将要看到的）？是谁到时候能够真正买卖？（启示录：13：15-18）这个讨论会同样呼吁重建这个“病态的”和“失败的”联合国以使他更加富有效率地、在“国际各族联盟”的旗帜下，实现世界统治。（对照 但以理7：25，12：11）

所以我写了一些非常重要的观点，非常重要以至于它们要的的确确地影响上帝的子民、他的义者和所有现今生活在这个地球上的人类，“正在生活的这一代人”。
我们实在是要生活在一个由巨大影响力的一个时代，一个困难的时代，而且随着时间的推移将会变得更加有影响力和更加困难，直到“末日的时间”最后像贼一样，来到我们身边，到时候，我们现在生活的系统将要崩溃，而且最后一个世界之王起来。（启示录：16：15，帖撒罗尼迦前书5：2，马太福音24：6）但是让我们更加细致地看这些事情吧，因为它们将伴随着万物的终结而同时发生，而且已经很近了。

耶和华最后两位先知的到来

很快，在末日来临之前我们将看到站立在耶和华面前的两位最后的先知的出现（启示录10：8-11，11：3-7，马太福音24：14，使徒行传1：8，撒迦利亚4：14）这要在六印中的第一印打开的这段时间里发生，就是基督在他的敌人中间兴起战争的时候。这两个人要出现并且宣扬天国的好消息，他们将一直这么做直到他们在地上的使命的结束。这两个人要像以利亚和摩西一样，甚至拥有他们的权柄，叫天闭塞不雨，变水为血等等，来证明神托付于他们的使命和能力。这个使命要持续三年或四十二个月。兽要恨恶这两个人，甚至要杀他们。而且兽与各族要因此快乐。他们要在大街上分割这两个人的身体，让所有人都看见，以此作为那些敢违抗兽权威的人的警钟（启示录11：3，13：4b）但这两个人要再次起来，在三天半的时间里，或是在三年半的时间里（如果是按照耶和华给以西结的规则：一天就是一年）而且那时候，当他们再起来的时候，所有的人要害怕这两个人，所有的人会因为将要发生在人类身上的事情而吓晕倒，因为这两个人被云彩带到天上耶和华的怀抱里，看着发生在他们敌人身上的命运。第七号响起，国度成了耶和华和他的基督的了。（启示录11：11，以西结37：3、10，启示录11：2，13：5，但以理7：21，24-26，12：11a，路加福音21：20-*24*，马太福音24：15，马可福音13：4，启示录12：12，但以理12：1）
野兽的兴起

这个野兽，或令人厌恶的东西，他使地变得荒凉，他要在现有的系统中兴起，或比现有的由英美统治的系统更优越。
“这些事什么时候才有，他们的迹象是什么？”但以理的预言很准确，我们可以从他关于几年内的70个星期的预言中发现，他用了几乎同样的说明词来指出，当末日的时间快来的时候我们应该寻找什么，但以理书，和以西结、启示录一样，是关于末日的书，在但以理书7：23中用的词“最后”的意思是“最终”，“终于”“在一个没有其它什么更多的时间点”（希伯来裔德国人 Langenscheidt ）。

这些事什么时候才有？但以理接下来提到一个时间，在这个时间里一个小角要兴起，它要比其它的角都大，并且说自大的话，甚至侮辱三个王。“之后”要与上帝作战，与上帝的义者作战，甚至与万王之王作战，只是在最后的定好的时间里，毁灭他自己的统治（但以理7：8，20-21，24-26）

守望台被英国保持很久了，而且英国在几个世纪前已经侮辱了三个王，但是如果是这样，如果这是真的，为什么英国没有统治整个世界？的确，在他的帝国被称为日不落帝国，但他也从来没有统治世界，什么时候英国会与上帝作战，与他的义者作战，甚至与万王之王？其结果只是自取灭亡，如果真的已经发生了，那就剩下很少要去填充了，对每个人都是希望渺茫，难以拯救。但是正如预言是为末日而写，这个末日是没有发生的，但很近了。（但以理12：4，9，8：17,19）

罗马是但以理预言中的第四个兽，圣经在但以理书和启示录中告诉我们它有10个角，或者10个王要从中兴起，直到最后一个角来到，他不仅要侮辱3个王，而且还要说自大的话，使自己成为一个神，声称他可以做任何真的、全能的上帝可以做的事情，实在太不敬了，怪不得耶和华要与撒旦的这个令人讨厌的东西作战。（马可13：14。以西结28：1-3 以赛亚14:16：3-4，诗篇2：3）

自从罗马时代以来一直不断有王出现，但是这些王没有国度，没有真正的“世界统一帝国”“来统治世界”。角，或者继来的王，或出自罗马，这些王确实统治、管理，但时间很短，直到最后一个角来临，这个小角要以其它的角更大，他要践踏世界，毁坏世界，它是第八个也是最后一个王，他是从先前的七个中出来的。
他的法律会变得很严厉，由于没有这个王的印记，许多人，包括上帝的子民和他的义者，都会跌倒或死亡。(但以理7:23-24 启示录 17:11-13 11.2 13:5, 15-18 但以理12:11，3:6).
耶稣说过，当我们看到这个东西站在他不该站的位置的时候，我们要逃跑，因为它标志着一段迫害与死亡的时间的开始。直到由撒但控制的名族时间完结了。路加福音是圣经中唯一提到此事的书（马太24：15，马太 13：14，路加21:24）
但是这些事情什么时候发生，这些事的迹象是什么？但以理很清楚的告诉我们，“《从不间断的特征的不断消失到令人讨厌的东西的兴起》，将会有1290天，这些是在那两位见证人完成使命的大约30天前开始的。

随着时间的推移，这时间就是上帝的子民被攻击，直接的猛烈攻击，敬拜上帝的自由要被禁止。这个攻击要一直延续，直到上帝子民被践踏结束，或野兽的统治的终结，1290天之后，或是启示录和但以理书上写的是42个月，或三年半，或几倍于它，或是它的一半，人们想怎么说就怎么说吧。

他将会在不远的将来，在一个特定的时间，伴随一个特定的行动而开始。正如几年内的70个星期的开始，在这70个星期里要修复、重建耶路撒冷城墙，直至领袖弥赛亚来临，准确地说我们不能确定什么时候开始，但是地上的王们只有一个想法，就是给这个兽、这最后一个王权力，让他来至高地统治世界。而且他们为那些不愿屈服于王的旨意的人感到悲哀，从那个时刻到万物的完结是1260天。

它要随着现今由英美统治的世界的崩溃而开始，而且这个崩溃与撒旦从天坠落是一致的，撒旦和他的野兽的统治时间只有42个月，撒旦在地上的短暂的时间之后，他要被仍进无底洞1000年，这一千年是基督的统治，撒旦因被扔进无底洞而愤怒。从1914年至今可不算短的时间，他的时间与兽一样，只有42个月，过了这42个月世界就会与往常不一样。撒旦被仍进无底洞而且他知道他的野兽和假先知将被毁灭，这就是他愤怒地离开去寻找耶和华义者的余下的人的原因，而且义者中的一些人会离开耶和华。（启12：1-12， 6：12-17 但12：11a， 7：25 启13：5 ， 20：1-3）

在最后两位见证人结束他们使命之前的75天，那个1375天的时期要开始，而且很有可能伴随着给那十四万四千人印记而开始（但以理12：12启7:3），两位见证人的死亡标志撒旦的崩溃与被逐出天国，也标志着野兽在地面上的1260天的统治的开始（驱除对耶和华的敬拜要30天+撒旦与野兽的统治的1260天=1290天）（但12：119， 7:25-26 启13：5）

在第七印与第一号之间有半个小时的沉默，然后有大火从耶和华的祭坛上倾倒在地上，毁灭开始，毁灭是伴随着七个号角吹起而开始的，随着七个号角的响起，接受最后一个王的印记的人要得可怕的瘟疫，看起来在最后一个王完结之前，在哈米基多顿之前，有21个月的假和平与安定。

上帝的子民受到攻击与践踏

当这个世界进入末日的时候，那将会是很可怕的，但只有很短暂的一段时间，尽管如此，这段时间还是充满了可怕与恐惧，这种恐惧将会在上帝的子民和他的义者身上发生，《圣经》告诉我们这个兽要与他们征战，征服他们甚至杀了他们，而且这会一直延续下去直到“各族的时间”完结，如路加福音所说。路加福音是《圣经》中唯一提到“各族的时间，各族的践踏”的书，（启11：2 但7：21， 24-25，12：11 路加21:20-24 ）

对上帝子民的践踏会一直持续到各族的时间结束，如路加所说。的确，随时间的推移，将会越来越至关重要，但是现在可以看到的仅是这些至关重要的时间的开始，而不是结束，因为这些事情要首先在世界末日之前，在别人之间发生（太24：26马13：7提后3：1太24：8）
为什么要攻击上帝的子民呢？但以理说是为了一个清洗的工作，而且这个清理的工作要通过对各民族的践踏到来，这个践踏开始是由野兽和巴比伦实施的，而且他们会一直践踏直到时间的完结，为什么？因为那些人自称是上帝的子民，尽管他们不是，而且他们丢弃了正义，呼喊声和泪水被带到耶和华面前(启11:1 但8:13-14 路加21:24彼得前书4：14 以西结9:6诗篇1：5马太7：21-23 但以理书8：14 以赛亚书59：13-15 撒迦利亚书5：1-11，诗篇 106：6)

他们已经采用了暴力行为，谋杀行为，对孩子的卑劣的、令人厌恶的、不道德的行为，与联合国的不道德行为，和错误的教育，这错误的教育实际上是一种背叛上帝的行为，他们还说违背上帝旨意和精神的言辞，这些可憎的行为还没有使上帝放在心上，这些行为并不是上帝的命令。真正的好牧人会主动负责而且羊群也会期望好牧人藏到避风的地方，因为羊群发现自己在被放逐之列的最前面，甚至在被刀剑击杀的最前面，刀剑的击杀是在特定好的时候到来的，(启示录11：1 ，9：4 但以理8：13-14 路加福音21：24，彼得前书4：14，17以西结书9：6 诗篇1:5马太福音7：21-23以赛亚书59：13-15，32：7 诗篇106:5 撒迦利亚5:1-5)

如果这些事情要降临在上帝的义者和他的子民和所有的人类身上，为什么那个所谓的、自己认命自己的、忠诚的、深谋远虑的仆人没有宣告出来让人们知道？因为这会很好，结果是失去一个人的生命，为的是不宣布这些事情，这些事情是上帝让他的仆人先知知道的，让他宣告出来（以西结书33：6 马太福音24:45-47 希伯来书3:18 阿摩司3:7 箴言24:11-12 ）相反他们正如耶利米巧妙的说的，宗教领袖们说“刀剑必不来，刀剑必不来”，而实际上刀剑必来，而且追赶他们到绝境，（耶利米6:14）清洗的工作将会在1150天的时间里发生，或者在2300个早晨和晚上发生，如但以理书第8章所描写的。

至于那个所谓的、自己任命自己的、忠诚的仆人，他是不是已经被任命为这个家庭中的一员或者还没有，正如经上清楚的说的，将要有一个人被赐予才能，去作这项工作，但他没有去作，他将要与其它假冒伪善的人一样，被仍在外边，一起经历那即将来临的毁灭。（路加福音12:42-48,19:12-27 马太福音24：45-51，25:21 马可福音13:34-37 使徒行传20：31）

坐在上帝义者中间的沉沦之子的离道叛教

使徒保罗说我们将要看到另外一些事情，它们非常重要，它们会在末日开始之前发生，就是“坐在耶和华子民中间的大罪人沉沦之子的启示”（帖后2：2-4）。
离道叛教之事必要先来。而且它不是发生在敬拜的边缘，而是正中心。这种离道叛教之事确实要来，由坐在耶和华子民中间的强盗之子来实施。他们使自己看起来像神一样，声称他们有记号，但实际上没有。他们污秽了他们与万王之王所立的约。这些人是那野兽的间谍，或者是那要使野兽兴起之人的间谍。这些要兴起野兽的人被野兽的荒谬的言辞与许诺所误导，他们甚至接受那野兽的礼物，但实际上是向撒旦出卖了自己的灵魂，走上了那个卖长子名分的以扫所走的道路。耶稣说过一些义人要被兽对他们所说的话愚弄（但以理11：30，31c，39，以西结28：1-3，以赛亚14：12-14，启16：13，马太24：24）。离道叛教之事先来，是由那些与耶和华、基督立约的人做的，但以理书11：30告诉我们野兽或这个令人厌恶的东西要败坏与引诱那些与耶和华立约的人。刚开始时但，我们可能认为这些誓言是永恒不变的，但并非都如此，因为但以理书11章30节说：“他（兽）必回来联络背弃圣约的人”，
那兽要巴结奉承这些背弃圣约的人。
“这些人是背弃跟从耶和华、背弃与基督所立的圣约的人。一个人绝对不可能背弃一个他从来没有立过的约。”

这个人或这个群体甚至认为他们所做的都是为上帝而做，他们给那兽神一般的服侍，他们是多么瞎眼啊！他们里面的黑暗是何等的大啊！这些人所立的约与犹大的一样。（约翰福音16：2b 路加福音22：29）

立过与犹大一样的圣约的人，要被虚伪的奉承诱惑，败坏到与兽合作。这要在末日开始之前发生。《读者文摘百科辞典》列举了“败坏”的几个定义：通过贿赂使人离弃忠诚或正直，毁坏道德，堕落，毁灭，从根本上改变，贬低，毒害。把这两个放在一起，我们应该想像的到，上帝向我们挥动的黄色警示旗，告诉我们那个危险的地方，让我们小心。我们每个人都进入与兽一样的政治、社会或军事圈是非常不可能的。因此，兽的个人魅力与巴结奉承将不会在直接的，单独的环境中来欺骗我们。他的政治智慧和巴结奉承将在他的公共政策中出现。我们绝不要忘记这个人是世界性的人，他会像一个人一样难以改变。因此，他必要用他的政治策略来引诱我们的肉欲，眼目的情欲和生活中的虚荣心。

（约翰一书2：15-17）他通过提出政治规划和公共政策，这些政治规划和公共政策将会在他的保护伞下为我们提供物质上的舒适和安全，来吸引我们背弃我们的信仰，把我们的合作、信任、忠诚给他。这看起来对我们是有利的，至少短期来说是这样。但绝对不要忘记，当通过巴结得来的诱惑和败坏，失败的时候，逼迫和恐惧就开始统治我们了。第三个，同样也是最后一个，圣经中预言的章节（这些人知道他们的上帝是坚强的，坚定的）这些话要做工。上帝写这些是要告诉我们如何让不被阿谀奉承这个东西欺骗。耶稣在约翰福音17：3中说：“认识你独一的真神，并且认识你所差来的耶稣基督；这就是永生。”认识上帝是识破和拒绝具有诱惑力的兽的阿谀奉承的钥匙，因为认识上帝是信仰的根基。我们知道上帝给的是永恒的真理。兽却会用完全的谎言、不完全的真理、一时的真理来欺骗。因为他们认识并且相信上帝和他的道理，这些能看穿兽误导人的话的人将会做以下的事情：他们会在荣耀神的事情上变得坚强，他们宁愿冒生命的危险也不愿出卖上帝的荣耀;因为相信上帝，他们将会做好承受兽的迫害的准备，因为那结出坚定决心和目标感的果子会给他们力量;而且这些认识上帝和好牧人声音的人将会做出有见识的行动，甚至结局是胜利的，他们将传授见识给他人，帮助他人，他们将从巨大的苦难中脱险，这个苦难将会在很短时间内降临在所有的人类身上，生活在这地上的这一代人将会看见这些事情。（马太24：24路加22：29，24：21，约翰10：14）这些强盗之子甚至做梦妄想成为主宰，但不是圣经的主宰，而是统治世界的主宰，因为做这件事情，他们将会失败，将会被绊倒。

这种背叛可能现在已经进行一段时间了，甚至可能在与联合国合作之前就已经开始了。而且非常有可能，犹大一类的人、背叛者这等沉沦之子将在神的家中树立偶像冒犯神。
我们将会目睹一些非常惊人的、非常令人害怕的事件，但是这些认识他们上帝的人将会做出有见识的行动，并且传授知识给那些有印记的、要被从这些事情中解救出来的人。这个挽救性的、补偿性的工作，将会伴随着两个站立在耶和华面前的见证人的出现而马上开始，这两个见证人讲说生命的言语和真理（启示录13：3 撒迦利亚4：14）
末日的时间将要降临人类，耶和华的风暴释放了。

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However, this does not fit the biblical picture of events, nor are these claims made by the Watchtower in accord with reality.

The WTS Idea is based largely on Psalm 110:2 and Revelation 12:7-9, Psalm 110:1- 2:

“The utterance of Jehovah to my Lord is: ‘Sit at my right hand until I place your enemies as a stool for your feet.’ The rod of your strength Jehovah will send out of Zion, [saying:] ‘Go subduing (“rule” in other versions) in the midst of your enemies.’”

Jesus will be at Jehovah’s right hand in heaven only until the time comes to begin placing his “enemies as a stool for” his feet. This is proved by the second statement that Jesus is then, from literal Zion, to “‘Go subduing (“rule” in other versions) in the midst of [his] enemies.’”

“I have installed my king upon Zion my holy mountain … You will break [or “shepherd”] them [the nations] with an iron sceptre … And now, O kings, exercise insight … and YOU may not perish from the way” (Ps. 2:6, 7, 10, 12).

So Jesus, after being established on his throne can go out of literal Zion to “Go subduing in the midst of” his prime enemies - the wild beast, the false prophet and “the rest” i.e. their armies (Rev. 19:12-21), and Satan during the earliest stage of the Millennium.

WORLD DISARMAMENT

“And it must occur in the final part of the days [that] the mountain of the house of Jehovah will become firmly established…and to it all the nations must stream … And he will certainly render judgement among the nations and set matters straight respecting many peoples; and they will have to beat their swords into ploughshares and their spears into pruning shares. Nation will not lift up sword against nation, neither will they learn war any more” (Isa. 2:1-4).

The WTS explanation of this passage is that it refers to those people who, before the Millennium, come out of the nations to become JWs and who will not take up arms. However, most of these individuals were not armed and never planned to take up arms anyway. Rather obviously the passage refers to whole nations who will be judged and cease to operate any kind of war machine. It is they, and not Christians, who will break up “their swords and their spears.” This situation evidently has yet to happen and according to Isaiah 2 God will bring it about “in the final part of the days” of the short transitional time of transfer of world power to Jesus. So the WTS interpretation of a 1914 establishment of the kingdom fails because the world’s governments still have full control of earth’s affairs and are fully armed. Jesus clearly has not been ruling in the midst of his enemies during the last 95 years. However, the placing of the enemies under Jesus’ feet is not something which is absolutely completed until the end; but is a “subduing (ruling)” of them throughout the Millennium as his kingship widens (Dan. 2:35):

“Next, the end, when he [Jesus] hands over the kingdom to his God and Father, when he has brought to nothing all government and all authority and power. For he must rule as king until [God] has put all enemies under his feet. As the last enemy, death is to be brought to nothing.” (1 Cor. 15:24- 26).

Revelation 12:7-9:

“And war broke out in heaven: Michael and his angels battled with the dragon, and the dragon and its angels battled but it did not prevail…so down the great dragon was hurled…he was hurled down to the earth, and his angels were hurled down with him.”

“And I heard a loud voice in heaven say: “Now have come to pass the salvation and the power and the kingdom of our God and the authority of his Christ …On this account be glad you heavens…Woe for the earth and for the sea, because the Devil has come down to YOU, having great anger, knowing he has a short period of time”

(Rev. 12:10-12).

As shown in earlier studies Jesus has not returned. The biblical scenario is that Satan will be thrown out of heaven and cause intense persecution of Christians for about 3½ years (the Great Tribulation) immediately after which Jesus returns and establishes the Kingdom.

Because of the statement “Now have come to pass…the kingdom” in Revelation 12:10-12 the WTS explanation is that the kingdom was indeed established at exactly the same time Satan was thrown out of heaven to cause woe for the earth. However, after the narrative of verses 1-9 the next passage is an anonymous prayer of praise to God concerning what will happen in the relatively near future. As with many of the statements in the middle of the book of Revelation so, too, the passage in 12:10-12 is proleptic (anticipatory). This is proven by noting:

· “And the seventh angel blew his trumpet. And loud voices occurred in heaven, saying: ‘The kingdom of the world did become the kingdom of our Lord and of his Christ, and he will rule as king forever and forever’” (Rev. 11:15).

At this point in the events of Revelation there is only an anticipation of the establishment of the Kingdom and so the Hebrew prophetic past tense (proleptic) has been used. The Word Biblical Commentary says:

At this point the author inserts a hymnic passage consisting of vv 10-12, which comment on the significance of the expulsion of Satan from heaven…The temporal verb arti “now,” together with the aorist verb egeneto, which has perfective value,…indicates that the ascriptions of deliverance, power and kingship to God are grounded in the specific temporal occurrence of Satan’s expulsion from heaven narrated in v 9…If God’s kingship has already become a fact in 11:15, what can the duplicate statement in 12:10 mean? The answer must be that in the present text the coming or occurrence of the kingship of God is described proleptically.

Bible Commentator George Eldon Ladd states in his commentary on Revelation that with reference to Revelation 12:10:

This announcement, like that in 11:15, is proleptic and looks forward to the consummation which has not yet occurred; but it has occurred in principle, for Satan is already a defeated foe…This defeat leads to the establishment of the authority of the Messiah of the world.

Bible Scholar Robert Govett notes regarding the “short period of time” that Satan has:

This ejection of the devil, then, cannot yet have taken place. For after it he has only 1260 days respite, and those persecuted by him have to endure only 1260 day’s exile: 12:14 and 13:5.

So the passage in verses 10-12 is a praise to God for the expulsion of Satan so that the next part of God’s purpose is opened up in anticipation of the soon establishment of the Kingdom.

It is separate from the preceding narrative and therefore does not occur at the exact time of Satan’s expulsion which precipitates the Great tribulation. Furthermore, the Great tribulation precedes the establishment of the Kingdom. Jesus’ one time return is shown in Matthew 24: 21, 29 as occurring after the Great Tribulation. Please see STUDY 4. It is at Jesus’ return that the Kingdom is set up as he showed in the illustration of the man of noble birth travelling to a distant land to secure kingly power (Luke 19:11-15).

ENEMIES WHO REJECT THE KING ARE DESTROYED SOON AFTER HE RETURNS

· “But his citizens hated him and sent out a body of ambassadors after him, to say, ‘We do not want this man to become king over us.’ ‘Eventually when he got back after having secured the kingly power, he commanded to be called to him these slaves…”

(Luke 19:14, 15).

It is only after his return that the king orders the execution of these hateful enemies:

· “Moreover, these enemies of mine that did not want me to become king over them BRING here and slaughter them before me” (Luke 19:27).

However, we did not see the slaughter of the Messianic king’s enemies in 1914 or at any time since, and so the scenario is that:

· “…in the days of those kings the God of heaven will set up a kingdom…it will crush and put an end to all these kingdoms…forasmuch as you beheld that out of the mountain a stone was cut not by hands, and that it crushed the iron…” (Dan. 2:44).

The phrase“will set up a kingdom” shows that the kingdom is established at the same time that it strikes the feet of the image and crushes the worldly kingdoms; yet 1914 did not bring the crushing and putting “an end to all these kingdoms”of the world. The stone described in Daniel 2:25 is a symbol of God’s kingdom.

THE OTHER 3 BEASTS SUBMIT

“I kept on beholding until the beast was killed and its body was destroyed and it was given to the burning fire. But as for the rest of the beasts [the other 3], their rulerships were taken away, and there was a lengthening of life given to them for a time and a season” (Dan. 7:11b).

Evidently, these three co-existing rulers will not be destroyed at the time that the fourth beast is destroyed. Yet, they clearly submit to the rulership of Messiah (Ps. 2:12) because, after having lost their rulership they are allowed to live on “for a time and a season.” Nevertheless, we have not yet seen the destruction of the 4th beast at any time since the supposed setting up of the kingdom in 1914.

EARLY RESULTS OF THE KINGDOM’S ARRIVAL

· “When the Son of man arrives in his glory, and all the angels with him, then he will sit down on his glorious throne…and he will separate people one from another…sheep and goats…” (Matt. 25:31, 32).

Until the 1990s the WTS taught that the separating of sheep from goats had been in progress since the setting up of the kingdom in 1914. However, since the 1990s the WTS interprets this

separating work as something that will begin in the future. Logically they should also move the time for the Son of Man to “sit down on his glorious throne” to the future because clearly these two events begin to happen at the same time:

· “And as for the stone that struck the image, it became a large mountain and filled the whole earth” (Dan. 2:35b).

Thisfilling of “the whole earth”indicates that the kingdom will be on earth and that its expansion begins the moment it crushes the feet of the image. There is here no indication of an earlier establishment of the kingdom than on this occasion or of any decades’ long gap existing between its setting up and the beginning of the crushing of the world’s kingdoms.

RESTORATION BEGINS AS SOON AS JESUS TAKES OVER CONTROL

· “…that he may send forth the Christ appointed for you, Jesus, whom heaven, indeed, must hold within itself until the times of restoration of all things of which God spoke through the mouth of his holy prophets of old time” (Acts 3:20, 21).

This is not the restoration only of pure worship but of the restoration of “things of which God spoke through the mouth of his holy prophets of old time” involving humanity and resulting in “the new heavens and new earth.” So shortly after Jesus returns this restoration begins:

· “Jesus said to them: Truly I say to YOU, In the recreation, when the Son of Man sits down on his glorious throne…” (Matt. 19:28).

The ESV renders “In the recreation” as: “in the new world,” the NLT as “when the world is made new,” and Barclay as “at the rebirth of the world,” thereby demonstrating the fact that improving conditions will begin to exist very soon after the kingdom is established.

GOD’S WILL SOON TAKES PLACE

“Let your kingdom come. Let your will take place…upon earth” (Matt. 6:10).

Again there is no indication of any decades’ long gap between when God’s kingdom comes and when His will takes place on earth. Evidently, God’s will is not being done at the present time by the vast majority of people.

JESUS IS KING OVER THE EARTH AS SOON AS THE KINGDOM ARRIVES

The WTS teaches that Jesus is now the king only over his people even though the Kingdom has been set up. But, as we have already seen, he will have rulership over the whole earth from shortly after the establishment of the kingdom. This being the case it is impossible that Jesus has actually begun his kingdom reign because the WTS still views Satan as being “the god of this system of things” (1 Cor. 4:4).

CONCLUSION

It is entirely logical that after the establishment of the Kingdom and after dealing with his main enemies Jesus would immediately bring into effect the processes to improve conditions in the world. The WTS scenario has an invisible kingdom with invisible rulers who have accomplished nothing toward world improvement over the last 95 years!

It is an “Earthly” Appointment, and it is an Appointment which is not given out until all things have been concluded. But, this Appointment is not given to all people believing in Christ, it is an Appointment that will be given to those who were “called” to do this work, and an Appointment given to those who carried out that work loyally and without spot:

And having “called” ten of his servants, he gave them ten minas, and said to them, ‘Do business till I come Luke 19:13

Thayer Definition:

καλέω / kaleō

1) To Call

1b) To Invite

Strong’s Definition of those Called

.. these are not all of mankind; for though these are “all his servants”, and though these are the servants of Christ, and are “peculiarly his”, being “ministers of the Gospel”, who are eminently, and in a “special manner”, the “servants of the most high God”.

But, as for the number “ten”, this cannot be the apostles, but this number is a large and perfect one, a round number, it is sometimes made use of as a certain number. The call of these by their Lord, it is a call of them to office and work of the ministering…..

Jesus no doubt, like the hairs on our heads, he also knows the full number of these called ones.

When Solomon began to reign over such a large territory, he required many who would act in the role of top officials in the governance of that Territory. He sought out faithful men, men he could trust, men who were known, men who had proven track records…..then he appointed them.

Likewise, when Christ becomes King, and will rule for 1000 years, he will also require many to come and act as governors. He will need “trusted” persons, persons whom he can delegate authority and responsibility to.

There will obviously be varying levels of responsibility and authority, and this is dependent on the record of service one has provided. One must have a proven record of service, and one that is without stain in order to qualify for such a position.

His lord said to him, well done, good and true servant: you have been true in a small thing, I will give you control over great things: take your part in the joy of your lord Matthew 25:21

ויאמר אליו אדניו הטיבת לעשות עבד טוב ונאמן כי במעט נאמן היית ועל־הרבה אפקידך בוא לשמחת אדניך׃

And he said to him, You have done well, O good servant: because you have done well in a small thing you will have authority over ten towns Luke 19:17

ויאמר אליו הטיבות לעשות העבד הטוב תחת אשר היית נאמן במעט מזער היה שליט על־עשר ערים׃

The parable of the Ten Minas shows that the reward for “faithful” dedication to God now, will result not only in life, but in authority in the World to come. The more “faithful” one will be in the outworking of holy service of God now, and by being a “faithful” and “dedicated servant” in that work, the more one will be given.

And, as it says in the parable, some will even have leadership over towns, but only if, when Christ arrives, he finds that servant acting “faithfully” in the work that was given to that servant to do.

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“Generation” from the greek ‘’ Genea’’. The Primary definition of the word denotes: Race, Kind, Family, Stock, and Breed Reverend C.I. Scofield (1909).

1074 Genea: Strongs Greek Dictionary

Original Word: γενεά
Transliteration: genea
Phonetic Spelling: (ghen-eh-ah’)
Short Definition: age

Definition race, family, generation

Merriam Websters Collegiate Dictionary

the act or process of producing offspring; procreation
a bringing into being; production
a single stage or degree in the succession of natural descent: father and son are two generations
the average period (about thirty years) between the birth of one generation and that of the next
all the people born and living at about the same time
a group of such people with the same experience, attitude, etc. in common
The word used in this sense/meaning/context here, is a sure one, because none of the things Christ spoke of, such as the World Wide Preaching Work, The Great Tribulation, The Return of Christ in Visible Glory, and The Gathering of the Elect, none of” these things” occurred at the destruction of Jerusalem by Titus in 70 A.D.

The promise by Christ is therefore that, ‘’this Generation”, “Nation”, or “Family” will indeed be preserved until “these things” as promised by Christ be wonderfully fulfilled, events which have not occurred yet, events which are still future, though very near to be sure, as will also be the manifestation of the sons of God. None of these events have occurred yet.

The Watchtower Bible and Tract Society does not fulfill any of these categories whatsoever, and contrary to what they personally believe and teach, neither do they fulfill any Bible Prophecy.

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confer ( 1João 4:1; 1Tess.5:21 ).

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