John 12.24to28

Why didn't Jehovah just forgive Adam and Eve? Adam and Eve weren't little kids. They were adults. They had perfect adult minds. The Bible doesn't say how long they had lived when they sinned. It could have been decades. We don't know. What we do know is that they never apologized. They never asked to have the situation fixed. They didn't care. They didn't want Jehovah. They didn't care that the kids would die. They didn't care. They just didn't want to respect any boundaries - they wanted to do their own thing even if it was rude and hurt other people. Jehovah couldn't just let them keep living forever, because then they'd keep hurting other people forever, and the world would be even more violent than it is today. Jehovah was kind enough to let them live several hundred years, for our sakes, so that we could be born and have a chance anyway, even though Adam and Eve didn't want us. Jehovah wanted us. Three days isn't that long to be separated from someone. How can it be said that it was such a huge sacrifice? Jesus was the firstborn of creation. He had been with Jehovah for countless eons of time. The group of angels in heaven is called figuratively God's "wife". Jesus came to earth for 33 1/2 years. Imagine your mate, kid, and best friend being gone for 33 1/2 years, and that's more like the sacrifice Jehovah made. It wasn't just the 3 days that Jesus was dead. Additionally, imagine watching your kid have to be born into a world where the ruler of the world was intent on attempting to murder that child/adult at any given opportunity. Imagine putting that child's care into the hands of imperfect people who had only been alive a couple of decades. Imagine not being there in person to talk to that child/adult as they are growing up in the world that you created with them and for them. "All other things have been created through him and for him." Why did Jesus have to come anyway? You've got a tree. The root is rotting. The tree is still alive, but it's just a matter of time until it falls over. It's like Jesus came to be the replacement for the roots. All humans descend from God. We were meant to all be alive, the family is meant to be connected to God through Adam. That is how the headship of Adam is supposed to work. He should have been here still as the oldest, wisest, most experienced father for all of us. When Adam was removed from the equation (because of his own choice), someone had to fill that spot. We're not meant to live and die, one generation after another, without our original human family head. We're meant to all be alive, the complete family tree, at the same time. "Remain in union with me, and I will remain in union with you. Just as the branch cannot bear fruit by itself unless it remains in the vine, neither can you unless you remain in union with me." "So it is written: “The first man Adam became a living person.” The last Adam became a life-giving spirit." Jesus died to be fit for Adam's spot. Jesus acted as the family head. He took the lead. In order to take that spot, he had to understand what it's like to suffer and die, otherwise he couldn't fill the role. He had to take the lead in everything in order to be the head. Since all humans since Adam's time have died, the only way Jesus would be fit to be head is if he also knew what it is like to die. Otherwise he couldn't relate to them all the way. Now he can. What does it matter? How is this knowledge practical for today? The attention Jehovah and Jesus gave to the issue shows that it is very important to them what happens to the human family. Sending the oldest and highest angel to take Adam's place shows how close the universal family is. Imagine a family where the youngest child has a need and the oldest kid volunteers to fill that need. The oldest kids are actively concerned for the well being of the little ones. Humans were not just disposable to Jehovah or our older brothers, the angels. Each human is a direct reflection of Jehovah, one of his kids, just like the angels are his kids. Knowing how much He values each of us as individuals, as His children, helps us to realize that He will never leave us and is not far off from each one of us. We have a place in the universal family. Also, it helps us to understand Jesus' words "I will be with you in Paradise". It's literal, not figurative. He'll be here. "“Look! The tent of God is with mankind, and he will reside with them, and they will be his people. And God himself will be with them. And he will wipe out every tear from their eyes, and death will be no more, neither will mourning nor outcry nor pain be anymore. The former things have passed away." Why is it taking so long to apply the ransom benefits? Why do we have to wait? Kids can't learn calculus in a day. First they have to learn how to count. Much of humankind won't even follow Jehovah's basic directions, like don't stick body parts in places they don't belong. Some people don't even believe God exists. Why would He be educating everyone on the deeper things at this point, with people so prone to rebel against Him? And yet, He does educate us. There were issues in heaven that we only know a little bit about. The angel who became Satan made many false accusations. We only know about the ones recorded in the Bible. Surely when we are older, we will learn more about what else happened between those bad angels and Our Father. Age appropriate. Jehovah tells us what we need to know. If He isn't telling us everything right now, well, He must have a good reason. He tells us enough. He said if we keep reading the Bible, we will have what we need. If we need answers to our questions that bad, and we keep reading the Bible while asking Jehovah to give us understanding, He will answer that prayer in a way that satisfies our request. Six thousand years or so isn't that long, considering how long it took God to make the universe. Six thousand years or so isn't that long compared to how long we're going to live. It feels long to us right now. When we were five, the summer felt really long. Things change as you get older. Why couldn't God just fix Adam's children without Jesus coming? Isn't Jehovah God? A computer code works within a certain system. The systems God put in place for the universe are balanced, and everything takes work to get a result. It took work for God to make Adam - it wasn't just some quick "poof!" thing. Imagine God like a craftsman, an artist, an engineer, building each of the types of cells necessary, composing the interplay of all the organs and nerves and parts, in a way that reflects how Jehovah operates - an image of Jehovah in human form. Imagine designing the brain with components for memory, joy, learning, motion... Jehovah put so much work into designing us. It took time and effort. Today on a device, a designer can zoom in and work on details on a photograph and then zoom back out. Imagine Jehovah doing something similar when designing the tiny parts in the body. Imagine Jehovah's hands working. We have hands because they reflect Jehovah the Spirit. He is Our Father. Then He leaned over and breathed into Adam's mouth, the very first breath. He was so close to His Human Son. These things took work. They took time. Jehovah placed us in time. Time is a loving provision of Jehovah. We don't understand everything about what time really is, but in His wisdom, Jehovah is letting us see it's okay for time to go by during this trial. If He says it's okay, then it will be okay. Jehovah is bigger than time. He knows what He's doing. He is worthy of our trust. Kids don't always understand everything their parents are doing and why. Jehovah is a good parent, so He does explain things to us. We know enough about Him to stay faithful to Him.

God's love is not partial. The same sun that touches the righteous touches the unrighteous. It is evidence of His love for them. His love is higher than anything we can imagine. Jehovah says He will forget the sins of those who repent. But before they repent, even if they never choose to repent, He still shows them love. They say "an elephant never forgets" but I don't know how true that is. I do know this is true: "Jehovah has comforted his people, And he shows mercy to his own afflicted ones. But Zion kept saying: “Jehovah has abandoned me, and Jehovah has forgotten me.” Can a woman forget her nursing child Or have no compassion for the son of her womb? Even if these women forget, I would never forget you. Look! On my palms I have engraved you. Your walls are always before me." Jehovah does not forget any of His children. Even the ones who choose to stop loving Him. He knew them in the womb or when they were being made out of the dust, like Adam. Adam and Eve stopped loving Him, but we still know about them in the Bible. We will never forget about that. Jehovah loved them. They chose to leave Him, but that doesn't change His love for them. He couldn't let them keep living, because they would have gone around killing everybody. They had a choice, and they chose poorly, but that doesn't mean Jehovah forgot them. The name of the wicked will rot in that they won't be around anymore, and all bad memories will fade, but love is not a bad memory. Jehovah hates what is bad, but He is not sorry that He made His children. He is not sorry that He loves. He gave them free will, and they all have the potential to reflect His glory. If they choose not too, that is a chance Jehovah is willing to take, even though it pains Him. But that doesn't stop His love from flowing. Jehovah never forgets love. He will always love you, He wanted you, that's why He created you, and His memory of the good things in you will endure even if you choose to disconnect from Him and fade into death. That's part of Jehovah's torture stake, the One He's carrying. (Jesus learned how to carry it from watching Jehovah.) Jehovah's love is forever. The joy will outweigh the pain. "Praise Jah! Give thanks to Jehovah, for he is good; His loyal love endures forever." "It is because of Jehovah’s loyal love that we have not come to our finish, For his mercies never end. They are new each morning; your faithfulness is abundant." "“Jehovah is my share,” I have said, “that is why I will show a waiting attitude for him.” Good is Jehovah to the one hoping in him, to the person who keeps seeking him." (I have nothing more to comment on this thread at present. You can believe what you want, @boyle @Pudgy et al. I believe in Jehovah and His Love, and I am one of Jehovah's witnesses, which includes being a witness of His love for you. Peace out, kiddos!🌍💖🙂)

I wish you were as well, instead of insulting God and Christ and think you are somehow doing good by your bad behavior, and then think someone is attacking you, when you are the one doing the attacking. What bullies like you and pudgy don't like is being challenged. That's always been the problem here. They don't like being called out on their false allegations, misrepresentations, misapplication of scripture, and far more the lack of knowledge of history and politics. Too many people here think they are wise when they are far from it. They just can't stand to be corrected on their false assumptions, and assertions. As you wish. "“With whom, therefore, should I compare the men of this generation, and whom are they like? They are like young children sitting in a marketplace and calling out to one another, saying: ‘We played the flute for you, but you did not dance; we wailed, but you did not weep.’ Likewise, John the Baptist has come neither eating bread nor drinking wine, but you say: ‘He has a demon.’ The Son of man has come eating and drinking, but you say: ‘Look! A man who is a glutton and is given to drinking wine, a friend of tax collectors and sinners!’ All the same, wisdom is proved righteous by all its children.” Okay, @boyle dear. Bye for now then. I do hope you have a good afternoon.🌷💖

I like onions. Do you like onions, @boyle? Jehovah made onions. They have their place in the garden. You kinda remind me of an onion sometimes. (Sometimes I wish you were a little more like a sweet onion though...)

Worshippers of the god of evolutionary theory are content with the idea that it took millions of years for the human heart to get to this point. Worshippers of the true God know that the heart can "evolve" much quicker. It's only been a few thousand years since Adam. It's only going to take a thousand to get back to perfection. Jehovah will speed it up in its time. (If He's willing to wait for you, so am I. By "you" I mean any and all of the lost children.) "God kept making it grow...God...makes it grow." "Be patient then, brothers, until the presence of the Lord. Look! The farmer keeps waiting for the precious fruit of the earth, exercising patience over it until the early rain and the late rain arrive. You too exercise patience; make your hearts firm, because the presence of the Lord has drawn close." "Brothers, take as a pattern of the suffering of evil and the exercising of patience the prophets who spoke in the name of Jehovah. Look! We consider happy those who have endured. You have heard of the endurance of Job and have seen the outcome Jehovah gave, that Jehovah is very tender in affection and merciful." I pray I will gain all my brothers. I do believe in that kind of "evolution" - the evolution of the heart by means of Jehovah's holy spirit. I have seen evidence of it, and I am evidence of it. "Window test."☺️ "Have the gates of death been revealed to you, Or have you seen the gates of deep darkness? Have you understood the vast expanse of the earth? Tell me, if you know all of this. In which direction does the light reside? And where is the place of darkness, That you should take it to its territory And understand the paths to its home? Do you know this because you were already born And the number of your years is great?" Turn around and look into Jehovah's eyes. Fall in love with Jehovah again. Take refuge in Jehovah's arms. He is reaching out to you. He's the one who invented quasars. He knows how to make light reach the places darkened by an eclipse. It's not that He "needs" us, but He wants us - we are His Children - and we definitely need Him. Praise Jehovah.💖

If it's a sin "to kill a mockingbird", how much more so it's a sin for Atticus to "shoot" at Scout! And yet, the ransom blood is enough for even these things, should a person choose to turn around and embrace Jehovah and embrace life. "I was shown mercy because I acted in ignorance and with a lack of faith. But the undeserved kindness of our Lord abounded exceedingly along with faith and the love that is in Christ Jesus. This saying is trustworthy and deserving of full acceptance: Christ Jesus came into the world to save sinners. Of these, I am foremost. Nevertheless, I was shown mercy so that by means of me as the foremost case, Christ Jesus might demonstrate all his patience, making me an example to those who are going to rest their faith on him for everlasting life. Now to the King of eternity, incorruptible, invisible, the only God, be honor and glory forever and ever. Amen."

I have unfortunately known more than my fair share of people who could be described with of any of the following descriptive phrases you used: "suffering from narcissistic disorder, and delusions of grandeur, overshadowed by a huge inferiority complex for which he constantly overcompensates by denigrating others." I personally don't believe in "narcissistic disorder" - I believe there are such things as extreme selfishness and also free will and that people choose their own adventure as far as personal naughtiness goes. I also have unfortunately known more than my fair share of people who like to act like snipers, who don't ever miss when they shoot, who don't like to play unless they can win at all costs, who try to cowardly take out others from the shadows. (For more details on how to play those kinds of games, you can ask @Just sayin. Hopefully he has retired from that kind of "gaming", but he still has lots of past experience and he can tell you about others who play that way too.) The Bible speaks of such ones, sniper types: "Every one of these men could sling a stone to within a hairbreadth and would not miss." The Bible also speaks of those who attack the innocent ones: "See how the wicked bend the bow; They set their arrow on the bowstring, To shoot from the darkness those upright in heart." "Shield me from the secret plots of wicked men, From the crowd of wrongdoers. They sharpen their tongue just like a sword; They aim their cruel words like arrows, To shoot at the innocent from their hiding places; They shoot at him suddenly, without fear. They hold fast to their evil intent; They discuss how to hide their traps. They say: “Who will see them?” They search out new ways of wrongdoing; They secretly devise their shrewd strategy; The thinking within each one’s heart is unfathomable." "Why, O Jehovah, do you stand at a distance? Why do you hide yourself in times of distress? The wicked one arrogantly pursues the helpless one, But he will be caught in the schemes he devises. For the wicked one boasts about his selfish desires And blesses the greedy one; He disrespects Jehovah. In his haughtiness, the wicked man makes no investigation; All his thoughts are: “There is no God.” His ways keep prospering, But your judgments are beyond his understanding; He scoffs at all his adversaries. He says in his heart: “I will never be shaken; For generation after generation I will never see calamity.” His mouth is full of curses, lies, and threats; Under his tongue are trouble and injury. He waits in ambush near the settlements; From his hiding place he kills an innocent one. His eyes are watching for an unfortunate victim. He waits in his hiding place like a lion in its lair. He waits to seize the helpless one. He seizes the helpless one when he pulls his net shut. The victim is crushed and brought down; The unfortunate ones fall into his clutches. He says in his heart: “God has forgotten. He has turned away his face. He never notices.”" Jesus' example helps us to know how to deal with those who seem to be "suffering from narcissistic disorder, and delusions of grandeur, overshadowed by a huge inferiority complex for which he constantly overcompensates by denigrating others," like the Pharisees and scribes and others who wanted to kill Jesus. Several times the Bible says Jesus managed to evade death by slipping through the crowds or avoiding certain areas because it wasn't his time to die yet - he had more work to do. He wasn't going to purposely walk into the barrel of a gun, so-to-speak. However, at the appointed time, he knew the "snipers" would get him. How did he put it? "What you are doing, get done more quickly." When it's my time, I will not beg off. (I am a very fearful and anxious person by nature, but Jehovah always gives me the strength I need at the appointed time.) None of us know the day or the hour we might get "sniped". Jehovah can resurrect the dead, so we don't need to fear death. It is wise to not court death, thus we strive to be "as cautious as serpents and innocent as doves." What we do know is that those who live by the sword will die by the sword. Whether Wally McNasty's lying or not, the "put down your sword" advice is for his own good, not just for mine. I hope he can live forever. The ransom has already been paid. Jehovah is not asking anybody to go to the moon and back. But people still have to choose their own adventure as far as getting life goes. People can choose to serve what are not real gods if they want to - like the god of evolutionary theory, or the god of weapons of mass destruction. Or they can worship themselves. I do believe that's what "narcissism" theory describes, self-worship. It's an active choice, to serve any of those gods. He'd be so much better off choosing Jehovah. "Now if it seems bad to you to serve Jehovah, choose for yourselves today whom you will serve, whether the gods that your forefathers served on the other side of the River or the gods of the Amʹor·ites in whose land you are dwelling. But as for me and my household, we will serve Jehovah." It would be wonderful to be able to all hang out together in Paradise. Jehovah is forgiving, and He's not partial. Praise Jehovah.

Well, then, hopefully he decides to put down his "sword" soon. "Then Jesus said to him: “Return your sword to its place, for all those who take up the sword will perish by the sword."" "If anyone has an ear, let him hear. If anyone is meant for captivity, he will go into captivity. If anyone will kill with the sword, he must be killed with the sword. This is where it calls for endurance and faith on the part of the holy ones."

Maybe it's because he was hurt and betrayed. Maybe he feels he wasted a big part of his life believing something false and he doesn't want anyone else to waste their life believing something false and he's hoping that by such behavior he might help jolt some people into analyzing their beliefs. Maybe it's out of his great love for mankind that he puts on the Wally McNasty mask. What do you think? Here's what I think: if those things are true, then he is still close to Jehovah, known by Jehovah, and one of Jehovah's witnesses, (although jaded) because God is Love. Love is a fruitage of Jehovah's spirit. It's not possible to have love without being connected to the Source of love. "...so that they would seek God, if they might grope for him and really find him, although, in fact, he is not far off from each one of us. For by him we have life and move and exist, even as some of your own poets have said, ‘For we are also his children.'" The thing he is mistaken on is that it's not Jehovah who betrayed him. Job thought the same thing. Job was a righteous man too. It's a common mistake. Suffering skews our vision sometimes. Jehovah understands. Jehovah's the One who is going to fix it, that broken heart. 💔❤️‍🩹 Jehovah's hand in ours "stills the thunder." "And every road you took God knows your search was for the truth." He knows. He'll make the sun shine again.

"So right away I said to him: “My lord, you are the one who knows.”" 🥸🤭

A lost sheep that went astray and ate the flesh of man, does not need repentance but needs to be slaughtered, if you do not want to be accursed of cannibalism. There is no joy for the Shepherd to know he not only lost a sheep, but a fellow human. It sounds like you need to work on getting your diet straightened out.

You don't believe in Jehovah or the Devil, so I don't know why you keep pretending. When you talk about God, it's just like when the evolutionary theorists talk about evolution. It's empty, like you're talking about stuff you just make up as you go along, but there's nothing solid behind it. "They make high-sounding statements that are empty." It's the same thing you did when you pretended you were Haitian Creole, but you couldn't hack the "accent" because somebody else who really knows the language will call you out on it as soon as you speak. "For who among men knows the things of a man except the man’s spirit within him? So, too, no one has come to know the things of God except the spirit of God. Now we received, not the spirit of the world, but the spirit that is from God, so that we might know the things that have been kindly given us by God. These things we also speak, not with words taught by human wisdom, but with those taught by the spirit, as we explain spiritual matters with spiritual words. But a physical man does not accept the things of the spirit of God, for they are foolishness to him; and he cannot get to know them, because they are examined spiritually. However, the spiritual man examines all things, but he himself is not examined by any man. For “who has come to know the mind of Jehovah, so that he may instruct him?” But we do have the mind of Christ." I wish you could understand. Someday. "Do not despise the day of small beginnings." 🙂

Well, that's comforting, since I trust His judgment.🙂 I don't think ExJWs can explain it at all. I've read some of what they say pretending to understand and explain evolution, and it's ridiculous. It's like they applied the tips from "How to Talk Like an Evolutionary Theorist and Impress All Your Friends" lesson. I've never heard so much frosting covered foolishness in my life. What does this even mean to an evolutionist? Jehovah's witnesses need a solid foundation to explain why evolution is none existent in their framework of understanding science. The same way, Jehovah's witnesses would have to prove, God's creation lasted more than 6 days. What do you mean "what does this even mean to an evolutionist?" Do you mean the recommendation to pray? It worked for me. I was an evolutionist. I was an atheist. When I followed those exact directions, I got my proof. I didn't need anybody to explain creation. I didn't care in that moment about creation at all. I cared about finding the answer to the question: "Is there really a God and will He answer me because I am in hell right now and the fire is really hot..." (figuratively speaking of course) and He did provide absolute proof. So, your question is invalid. When I prayed to Jehovah by name that time, I had not repented yet. I had not changed my lifestyle yet. I had not studied the Bible or requested a study or anything. I was in a horrible situation, and I called to God for help, and He helped me. I had tried calling on other gods, and there was nothing. Somebody in my family that used to go to the Kingdom Hall reminded me that you pray to Jehovah in Jesus name. I listened. And I got my absolute proof. You don't need to convince an evolutionary atheist of anything about creation for them to pray to Jehovah. I am proof of that.

"I will disguise myself..." "Why are you concealing your identity?" "So he disguised his sanity in their presence and acted insane while among them." People have different reasons for their disguises. The King of Israel had one reason. Jeroboam's wife had a different reason. David had his own reason, a very good reason. There is an appointed time for everything under the sun, even an appointed time to wear a mask. I am not the judge of such things. Let Jehovah be the judge. A mask can conceal a face, but it cannot prevent love from reaching the heart. His love extends beyond the mask(s). All things will be revealed at the proper time. I am willing to wait for Jehovah's time. Praise Jehovah. RPReplay_Final1682195310.mov

If you pray to Jehovah by name, using His name, and you pray in Jesus name, and ask Him to help you in all sincerity, to show Himself to you in all sincerity, to make it so clear it is undeniable, then you will get your proof that Jehovah is the Creator. You will get your absolute proof. (Just another question for evolutionary theorists: why do people pray? If humans evolved well enough to have opposable thumbs, if nature selected for vocal chords that can sing and speak, then what was the advantage for prayer? Dogs don't pray. Monkeys don't pray. Trees don't pray. If prayer is leftover from some sort of primitive thing, then why don't other "primitive" species pray?) The Bible answers that question. Jehovah is the One who created prayer. "O Hearer of prayer, to you people of all sorts will come. My errors have overwhelmed me, But you cover over our transgressions. Happy is the one whom you choose and bring near To reside in your courtyards. We will be satisfied with the goodness of your house, Your holy temple. You will answer us with awe-inspiring deeds of righteousness, O God of our salvation; You are the Confidence of all the ends of the earth And of those distant across the sea." "And the prayer of faith will make the sick one well, and Jehovah will raise him up. Also, if he has committed sins, he will be forgiven." "He will pay attention to the prayer of the destitute; He will not despise their prayer." "Jehovah remembers us and will bless; He will bless the house of Israel; He will bless the house of Aaron. He will bless those who fear Jehovah, The small as well as the great. Jehovah will give you an increase, To you and your children. May you be blessed by Jehovah, The Maker of heaven and earth. As for the heavens, they belong to Jehovah, But the earth he has given to the sons of men. The dead do not praise Jah; Nor do any who go down into the silence of death. But we will praise Jah From now on and forever. Praise Jah!"

“What do you think? If a man has 100 sheep and one of them strays, will he not leave the 99 on the mountains and set out on a search for the one that is straying?..." "How much more valuable is a man than a sheep!" "While he was still a long way off, his father caught sight of him and was moved with pity, and he ran and embraced him and tenderly kissed him." The Father will "walk" as far as it takes. He will "run" toward the sheep. Even before the sheep has time to say "I'm sorry." "Then the son said to him, ‘Father, I have sinned against heaven and against you. I am no longer worthy of being called your son.’ But the father said to his slaves, ‘Quick! bring out a robe, the best one, and clothe him with it, and put a ring on his hand and sandals on his feet. Also bring the fattened calf, slaughter it, and let us eat and celebrate, for this son of mine was dead but has come to life again; he was lost and has been found.’" "And when he has found it, he puts it on his shoulders and rejoices. And when he gets home, he calls his friends and his neighbors together, saying to them, ‘Rejoice with me, for I have found my sheep that was lost.’ I tell you that in the same way, there will be more joy in heaven over one sinner who repents than over 99 righteous ones who have no need of repentance." Let the name of Jehovah be glorified. "Father, glorify your name.” Then a voice came out of heaven: “I have glorified it and will glorify it again." "Our Father in the heavens, let your name be sanctified." "For “everyone who calls on the name of Jehovah will be saved."" "Search for Jehovah while he may be found. Call to him while he is near. Let the wicked man leave his way And the evil man his thoughts; Let him return to Jehovah, who will have mercy on him, To our God, for he will forgive in a large way." (Just call on Him. By name. He's waiting to hear from you.)

"“Lazʹa·rus our friend has fallen asleep, but I am traveling there to awaken him.” "The disciples then said to him: “Lord, if he is sleeping, he will get well.” "Jesus, however, had spoken about his death. But they imagined he was speaking about taking rest in sleep. Then Jesus said to them plainly: “Lazʹa·rus has died, and I rejoice for your sake that I was not there, so that you may believe. But let us go to him.” Jesus can wake those who are asleep. Dreams come true. Jesus and Jehovah will walk as far as it takes.💞Praise Jehovah.

(How about a couple songs before lunch...The lyrics of these songs, if you slightly change them to mean about how Jehovah feels about us, would be accurate...He will make the dreams a reality. Jehovah's "dream" will be reality. He can "evolve" our dreams too. It is not impossible with Jehovah. He will hang out with His kids. He will walk with us even during the hard times. He is Jehovah. "Jehovah Causes to Become.")

You make me smile, @boyle😆. I will go for now - hope you guys have a good afternoon.🥰🌷

Ezekiel didn't go warn his brothers out of bitterness or unfairness, even though he was treated unfairly by his brothers. He spoke to them out of love and obedience to Jehovah. "Then spirit entered into me and made me stand up on my feet, and he spoke to me and said: “Go, shut yourself inside your house. As for you, son of man, they will put ropes on you and tie you with them so that you cannot go out among them. And I will make your tongue stick to the roof of your mouth, and you will become mute, unable to reprove them, because they are a rebellious house. But when I speak with you I will open your mouth, and you must say to them, ‘This is what the Sovereign Lord Jehovah says.’ Let the one listening listen, and let the one refusing to listen refuse, because they are a rebellious house."

"He went on to say to me: “Son of man, take to heart and listen to all my words that I speak to you. Go in among the exiles of your people and speak to them. Tell them, ‘This is what the Sovereign Lord Jehovah says,’ whether they listen or refuse to listen."

Jehovah has allowed those taking the lead in organization to have authority at present. Jehovah has also written down in advance what He is going to do to those in authority who go against His will. Jehovah has also written down what His witnesses should do with that information.

I agree with such sentiments. I think that is wise. I also do not curse God or Christ. I don't condemn the organization because of bitterness or unfairness.

That's nice.