Queen Esther

Why so many Bibles?
Why are there so many biblical versions or translations? Do you think the new versions are a help or an obstacle to understanding the Bible? Knowing their origins will help us evaluate them well.
Let's start seeing who wrote the Bible and when.
The Original Bible
Generally, the Bible is divided into two sections. The first consists of 39 books containing "the sacred formal declarations of God" (Romans 3:2). God inspired faithful men to write these books for a long period of time, about 1513 years since 1513 (before the common era) until shortly after 443 A.E.C. wrote primarily in Hebrew, so we call this section the Hebrew Scriptures, also known as "Old Testament".
The second section consists of 27 books that are also considered "the word of God" (1 Thessalonians 2:13). God inspired some faithful disciples of Jesus Christ to write these books for a much shorter period of time, About 41 years from around 41 E.C. (was common) until 98. They wrote mainly in Greek, so we call this section the Christian Greek Scriptures, also known as "New Testament".
These 66 inspired books form the full Bible, God's message for humanity. But why did you do more translations of the Bible? Let's see three of the main reasons.
So that people could read the Bible in their mother tongue.
To remove the errors of the copyists and retrieve the original text.
To update the language.
Let us look at how these factors were taken into account in two of the first translations.
The Greek Septuagint
About three hundred years before Jesus, some Jewish scholars began translating Hebrew scriptures into another language: the Greek. This translation became known as the Greek Septuagint. Why did they do it? To help the many Jews who at that time spoke Greek rather than Hebrew to stay close to their "Holy writings" (2 Timothy 3:15).
The Septuagint also helped millions of people who were not Jewish and spoke Greek to know the teachings of the Bible. In what way? Professor Wilbert Howard wrote: " since the middle of the first century, it became the Bible of the Christian church, and his missionaries were from synagogue in synagogue 'testing with the scriptures that Jesus was the Messiah' (Acts 17:3, 4 According to biblical scholar Frederick Bruce, that was one of the reasons why the Jews "lost interest in the septuagint".
As the disciples of Jesus received the books of Christian Greek Scriptures, they were added to the translation of the Hebrew Scriptures, and thus obtained the full bible that we have today.
Latin vulgate
About three hundred years after the Bible was completed, the religious scholar jerónimo completed a Latin translation, which in time was called the latin vulgate. Why was another latin translation needed if there were already several? Jerónimo wanted to correct "bad translations, misprints and unexplained additions or omissions", says the international standard Bible Encyclopedia.
Jerome corrected many of those mistakes. However, later, the church took the worst of decisions: it determined that the latin vulgate was the only authoritative translation of the Bible, and it was for centuries. Instead of helping ordinary people to understand the Bible, the vulgate did the opposite, because over time most people stopped understanding Latin.
New translations
Meanwhile, other translations of the Bible appeared, such as the famous peshitta Syriac, around the fifth century of our age. But it was not until the th century that new attempts were made so that ordinary people could read the scriptures in their mother tongue.
In England, at the end of the th century, John Wyclef began the process to release the bible from dead languages and produce an English translation that ordinary people could understand. Shortly afterwards, the printing methods of Johannes Gutenberg allowed biblical scholars to print and distribute new versions of the Bible in many of the languages spoken in Europe.
When there were many English translations, critics questioned the need for more than one version in the same language. However, in the th century, the English clergyman John Lewis wrote: " languages age and become incomprehensible, so it is necessary to revise old translations to get them to speak in the language used by people, and the current generation can Understand ".
Currently, the biblistas are in a better position than ever to review old translations. They have a greater understanding of the languages in which the Bible was written and have valuable ancient biblical manuscripts found in recent times. Thanks to that, they have been able to determine more precisely the original text.
So it is very useful to have new versions of the Bible, although with some you have to be cautious. *Now, when what motivates reviewers to make a new version of the Bible is a sincere love for God, we can benefit greatly from his work*

Beauty comes from whatever is in the heart!!without that loving spirit beauty turns to UGLY!!!!

Thanks for the link, Kurt .....
As of 11PM on Wednesday, October 11, 2017, they had collected approximately $60 thousand dollars of their $25 thousand dollar goal.
 

A  very  poor,  deaf,  interested  Bible - student  woman, made  also  an  appeal  on  the  GoFundMe - page,  but  she  got  zero $   Very  different  this  page....  sorry !

*Don't  Give  Up*  -  Regional Convention  in  Nigeria !  How  do  they  look?
I  MEAN,  THEY  ARE  VERY  HAPPY    Many  greetings,  our  dear  Brothers

SPIRITUAL GEMS - week from 9th to 15th of October.
12: 3. Who are those who have insight, and when do they shine "as the brightness of the expanse"? (w13 15/7 page 13, paragraph 16, final note).
Those who have perspicacity are anointed Christians and "shine" when participating in preaching.
12:13. What does it mean that Daniel would stand up? (pp. 315 para 18).
When Daniel returns to life through resurrection.
What has Jehovah taught you this week's Bible reading?
Daniel 12: 1-10.
He teaches us of Jehovah that he is a God of prophecy. We say this because His prophets revealed to them things that would have a future fulfillment beyond their time. And now we can witness their fulfillment.
Daniel 12: 3.
He teaches us of his undeserved kindness. In these verses the prophet Daniel wrote that at the time of the end the anointed ones would bring "many to righteousness." This is achieved through the preaching of the Kingdom message. In this way Jehovah's laws are taught to millions of people, making God consider them righteous by demonstrating the undeserved goodness of Jehovah.
What other spiritual pearls did you find in this week's Bible reading?
Daniel 10:11.
In these verses Daniel was called "very desirable" because he was a humble, devout man and devoted to study and prayer. It was precisely these qualities that allowed him to remain faithful to God until the end of his life. This encourages us to follow his example of humility and devotion to Jehovah.
Daniel 10: 9-11.
In imitation of the angel who was sent to Daniel, we should encourage and strengthen our brothers, offering them a helping hand and offering them words of comfort.
********************************** Daniel 11:12: The prophecy we find in this chapter is interesting, but we must not speculate on who might be the King of the North, as he mentions w93 1/11 para . 2. Rather, we should be alert and strengthened in a spiritual sense because we do not know when we will pass through a test of faith that puts us against the wall.
***************************************In Daniel 10:11: We see that The name that became Daniel was definitely of a loyal man. There we saw how not only the angel told him that he was a desirable man but a "very desirable man." This reminds us that we must treat our relatives with special words, especially our spouse and children ... for they also expect words of love and tenderness ... Let not the influence of the world make us hard people, let us try to abrupt way to those we love.
*********************************Daniel 12:13 there Daniel has allusion to the resurrection which he who has been a very desirable man humble loyal and finds applied what he learned from the scriptures shows me the faith so great that he had in this valuable promise, and this text can also be used in the ministry to give people hope about the blessings that are to come.
****************************** Daniel 11:32 speaks that if one acts iniquitously against the covenant, he will lead them to apostasy by sweet words, which teaches me that acting in an unrighteous manner without repentance brings serious consequences that ends in speaking badly of the organization of Jehovah and apostasy the only sin for which there is no pardon.
**********************************Daniel 12: 1 there is mentioned Michael the son of God who has been given full authority to act against unjust human governments at the end of the text mentions that alone it will escape all that was written in the book, which gives us the guarantee that everything will improve under the government of Jesus and we encourage to continue striving.

My pioneer girlfriend is learning Indonesian since some years. She was last year for 2 months there. Her husband was from Indonesia. She is in 2 congregations in Hamburg / Germany.  In our current week, she is enjoying to third time her special 3. pioneer school. Before,  2 times for 10 days, with sleeping and meals. To beginn the first school, then after 12 years the 2. school and now, the especially 3. school. But now, only for 6 days, in her nearness, from morning to evening !  To weekend, she will tell me from the 3. pioneer school. Very rare, 3 times visiting these schools.
She is so happy   bec. she had still before few weeks a very serious surgery  with a very less survivior chance !  Many many prayers went to Jehovah, from all brothers and sisters, family and friends and herself prayers. She said, she felt Jehovah very near in diff. moments. It happened some positive, special things   What a great experience we all made with our loving God Jehova❤️  Thank you so much Jehovah !

Sorry, dear @Alexa ...  I am not there   and I am not sure, if I work it in our old system....  Its pretty far away from my home  -  north Germany to the USA.  Maybe its a weekend tour for rich people, but from here I would like to go 1-2 weeks and thats too expensive just now. But I was 2 times in our German Bethel in Selters /Taunus  A wonderful experience !
My best wishes and greetings to you from far away Germany ???

One man was there who had been sick for 38 years.—John 5:5.
Just north of the temple at Jerusalem was a pool known as Bethzatha. Large crowds of sick and infirm people would gather there, hoping that they would be miraculously cured. Moved with pity, Jesus approached a man who had been sick longer than Jesus had been alive on earth. (John 5:6-9) Jesus inquired if he wanted to get well. The response was immediate. The man wanted to be healed but he could not see how, for he had no one to help him into the pool. Jesus then commanded the man to do the impossible—to pick up his mat and walk. Taking Jesus at his word, the man picked up his mat and began to walk. What a heartwarming foregleam of what Jesus will do in the new world! In this miracle, we also see Jesus’ compassion. He sought out the needy. Jesus’ example should motivate us to continue to seek out people in our territory who are depressed about the terrible things happening in this world. w15 6/15 2:8-10
https://wol.jw.org/en/wol/dt/r1/lp-e/2017/10/11

My pioneer girlfriend is learning Indonesian since some years. She was last year for 2 months there. Her husband was from Indonesia. She is in 2 congregations in Hamburg / Germany.  In our current week, she is enjoying to third time her special 3. pioneer school. Before,  2 times for 10 days, with sleeping and meals. To beginn the first school, then after 12 years the 2. school and now, the especially 3. school. But now, only for 6 days, in her nearness, from morning to evening !  To weekend, she will tell me from the 3. pioneer school. Very rare, 3 times visiting these schools.
She is so happy   bec. she had still before few weeks a very serious surgery  with a very less survivior chance !  Many many prayers went to Jehovah, from all brothers and sisters, family and friends and herself prayers. She said, she felt Jehovah very near in diff. moments. It happened some positive, special things   What a great experience we all made with our loving God Jehova❤️  Thank you so much Jehovah !

Ich hatte ihn wieder vergessen...  Herzlichen Dank liebe Heidi, Du bist ein Schatz?  Ich freu mich so sehr, daß Du Deinen Pionierdienst wieder genießen kannst und nicht mehr so traurig bist wie vor einigen Monaten.....  Jehova hat Dir geholfen, er erhörte all Deine und unsere Gebete❤️
Liebe Grüße, mit einer festen Umarmung, von Deiner Schwester Esther???
Bis bald..........  ( Gerade gestern Abend zuhause angekommen ) 
PS.  Jesaja 40:31
31 doch die auf Jehova hoffen, werden neue Kraft gewinnen. Sie werden sich emporschwingen mit Flügeln wie Adler. Sie werden laufen und nicht ermatten; sie werden wandeln und nicht ermüden.“

Hallo liebe Esther kennst du schon den Jahrestext für 2018 Jesaja 40:31 ein schöner Text liebe Grüße Heidi bis bald

Sorry, dear @Alexa ...  I am not there   and I am not sure, if I work it in our old system....  Its pretty far away from my home  -  north Germany to the USA.  Maybe its a weekend tour for rich people, but from here I would like to go 1-2 weeks and thats too expensive just now. But I was 2 times in our German Bethel in Selters /Taunus  A wonderful experience !
My best wishes and greetings to you from far away Germany ???

Are you present there Queen Esther?

OVERVIEW OF THE HALL WHERE WARWICK HELD, THE ANNUAL MEETING.

We only celebrate a little the first days, when a Baby was born, bec. SO much joy   After that its finished with birthdays !   JESUS  NEVER  celebrated his birthday, NOBODY  knows this exactly day.  Maria and Joseph made it perfect !  Who are WE,  that we want celebrate it ?  JESUS is SO much bigger than all humans...  we've NO right to do that.  Only our last day is importend, if we were loyal in the Truth ! 
So we learned it from the Bible,  Jesus'  last day,  the 14. Nisan❤️  the highest ceremony for us JW !   THANK YOU JEHOVAH❤️  THANK YOU JESUS❤️

OVERVIEW OF THE HALL WHERE WARWICK HELD, THE ANNUAL MEETING.

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Look  into  the  smiling  faces  when  they  go  preaching

23 Jehovah is my Shepherd.
I will lack nothing.



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Yes,  marriage is a  LONG  sweet dream   and we must work on our whole life,  when its possible...   Then we will never hear the loud  ALARM - clock !    Many  couples  work  it  -  but  the  most  can't  and  won't,  thats  fact,  sorry   THAT'S  LIFE....

You must pray . . . this way.—Matt. 6:9.
The expression “our Father,” not “my Father,” reminds us that we belong to an “association of brothers” who truly love one another. (1 Pet. 2:17) What a precious privilege that is! Anointed Christians, who have been begotten as God’s sons with heavenly life in view, rightly address Jehovah as “Father” in the fullest sense. (Rom. 8:15-17) Christians whose hope is to live forever on earth can also address Jehovah as “Father.” He is their Life-Giver, and he lovingly provides for the needs of all true worshippers. Those with this earthly hope will in the fullest sense become God’s children after they have reached perfection and have proved their loyalty in the final test. (Rom. 8:21; Rev. 20:7, 8) Parents give their children a fine gift when they teach them to pray and help them to view Jehovah as a caring heavenly Father. Parents can give their children no greater gift than that of helping them to develop a warm, close relationship with Jehovah. w15 6/15 4:4-6
https://wol.jw.org/en/wol/dt/r1/lp-e/2017/10/12

One man was there who had been sick for 38 years.—John 5:5.
Just north of the temple at Jerusalem was a pool known as Bethzatha. Large crowds of sick and infirm people would gather there, hoping that they would be miraculously cured. Moved with pity, Jesus approached a man who had been sick longer than Jesus had been alive on earth. (John 5:6-9) Jesus inquired if he wanted to get well. The response was immediate. The man wanted to be healed but he could not see how, for he had no one to help him into the pool. Jesus then commanded the man to do the impossible—to pick up his mat and walk. Taking Jesus at his word, the man picked up his mat and began to walk. What a heartwarming foregleam of what Jesus will do in the new world! In this miracle, we also see Jesus’ compassion. He sought out the needy. Jesus’ example should motivate us to continue to seek out people in our territory who are depressed about the terrible things happening in this world. w15 6/15 2:8-10
https://wol.jw.org/en/wol/dt/r1/lp-e/2017/10/11

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