Bible Speaks

Are You Looking? ~ What Do You See? - A New World for You and Me! ~
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Soon the Dream will Come True! - Find Peace in Your Dreams Tonight! 
A beautiful world, a world of peace, no pains, no sorrows, no pollution, no fear! Oh, look I see a rainbow! Yes, the clouds have cleared the storm has left. I smell the air it is refreshing! No pollution anymore! I hear the songs of birds and rejoicing in the air....I will fear no more. I hear children laughing and playing, I feel it is a time to dance and rejoice....I must look some more.....!
(Psalms 37:9-11)
9 "For evildoers themselves will be cut off, But those hoping in Jehovah are the ones that will possess the earth. 10 And just a little while longer, and the wicked one will be no more; And you will certainly give attention to his place, and he will not be. 11 But the meek ones themselves will possess the earth, And they will indeed find their exquisite delight in the abundance of peace."vs 22 "The righteous themselves will possess the earth, And they will reside forever upon it."
(Isaiah 11:6-9) . . .And the wolf will actually reside for a while with the male lamb, and with the kid the leopard itself will lie down, and the calf and the maned young lion and the well-fed animal all together; and a mere little boy will be leader over them. 7 And the cow and the bear themselves will feed; together their young ones will lie down. And even the lion will eat straw just like the bull. 8 And the sucking child will certainly play upon the hole of the cobra; and upon the light aperture of a poisonous snake will a weaned child actually put his own hand. 9 They will not do any harm or cause any ruin in all my holy mountain; because the earth will certainly be filled with the knowledge of Jehovah as the waters are covering the very sea."
(Isaiah 65:17-66:1) . . .“For here I am creating new heavens and a new earth; and the former things will not be called to mind, neither will they come up into the heart. 18 But exult, YOU people, and be joyful forever in what I am creating. For here I am creating Jerusalem a cause for joyfulness and her people a cause for exultation. 19 And I will be joyful in Jerusalem and exult in my people; and no more will there be heard in her the sound of weeping or the sound of a plaintive cry.” 20 “No more will there come to be a suckling a few days old from that place, neither an old man that does not fulfill his days; for one will die as a mere boy, although a hundred years of age; and as for the sinner, although a hundred years of age he will have evil called down upon him. 21 And they will certainly build houses and have occupancy; and they will certainly plant vineyards and eat [their] fruitage. 22 They will not build and someone else have occupancy; they will not plant and someone else do the eating. For like the days of a tree will the days of my people be; and the work of their own hands my chosen ones will use to the full. 23 They will not toil for nothing, nor will they bring to birth for disturbance; because they are the offspring made up of the blessed ones of Jehovah, and their descendants with them. 24 And it will actually occur that before they call out I myself shall answer; while they are yet speaking, I myself shall hear. 25 “The wolf and the lamb themselves will feed as one, and the lion will eat straw just like the bull; and as for the serpent, his food will be dust. They will do no harm nor cause any ruin in all my holy mountain,” Jehovah has said. 66 This is what Jehovah has said: “The heavens are my throne, and the earth is my footstool. . . ."
I know You See it! ? ??? ?

There is a mosquito in a tree outside my back porch .... staring at me now ....

Send it to paradise!

Appreciate Jehovah’s Loyalty and Forgiveness ~ ?????
“You, O Jehovah, are good and ready to forgive; and the loving-kindness to all those calling upon you is abundant.”—PSALM 86:5.
How forgiving is Jehovah? The Bible says that Jehovah forgives “in a large way.” This means that he forgives both completely and permanently. (Isaiah 55:7)
How do we know that Jehovah forgives completely?
Think about the promise at Acts 3:19. (Read.) The apostle Peter said that if a sinner truly repents, he feels sorry for his bad course. How can a person who has sinned be forgiven by Jehovah? Peter said that the sinner must “repent” and “turn around.” A person who truly repents decides that he is not going to repeat his sin. (2 Corinthians 7:10, 11)
This person then turns around, that is, he stops doing what is wrong and does everything he can to please God. Then his sin can be “blotted out.” To blot out means to wipe out, or erase. So when Jehovah forgives, it is as if he erases our sins. Jehovah forgives completely.
How do we know that Jehovah forgives our sins permanently? We learn how forgiving Jehovah is from something he said to Jeremiah in a prophecy about anointed Christians. (Read Jeremiah 31:34.)
Jehovah said: “I shall forgive their error, and their sin I shall remember no more.” So once Jehovah forgives, he does not keep thinking about our sins so that he can accuse us or punish us again and again. He forgives our sins permanently. But what if you believe that your sins are too serious or too numerous for Jehovah to forgive?
Please consider Jehovah’s invitation recorded at Isaiah 1:18: “‘Come, now, and let us set matters straight between us,’ says Jehovah. ‘Though your sins are like scarlet, they will be made as white as snow.’” Yes, even sins that seem as indelible as scarlet dye on a white garment are not beyond Jehovah’s forgiveness. Jehovah does not want you to keep suffering with a guilty conscience.  
Lesson for today. (Psalms 103:12)
https://wol.jw.org/en/wol/d/r1/lp-e/402013445?q=blotted+out&p=par

On the Road to Paradise – See You there! – ?????
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I agree ... everything has a place in the ecological niche.
If I survive Armageddon and have found favor with God, I will ask him about tapeworms, mosquitoes, trichinosis worms that get in muscles, and thousands of other things that are 1/100,000,000 smaller than we are, that to live their lives, they infect ours.
I understand bees ... but I do not understand many of the things, large and small, that  make our lives, and each other's lives, absolutely miserable, and lead to a slow, painful, excruciating death.
But, Thank Jehovah for Polar Bears.
When the grandmother Eskimo has lived her life, and has lost all her teeth, and can no longer chew Polar Bear fur to make it soft and pliable for her son's and grandson's clothing ... she will some quiet night slip from her Igloo where her family sleeps, all naked together under layers of fur so as not to freeze to death, and walk across the ice and snow and sit down, and she will freeze to death.
Then, the Polar Bear will come and eat her ... and later, her family will eat the Polar Bear, and with her life, she has thus helped preserve her family alive.
Thank Jehovah for Polar Bears.

By the way .... there is NO WAY that Polar Bear is starving ... they usually die of parasite infection, respiratory infection, old age or rifle bullets.
A Polar Bear can swim 60 MILES across open ocean to find food.
There is NO WAY the "journalist" who made this report can know if this particular bear, or any individual Bear is starving ... or not.
He may have been shot last week.
He may be sick.
He may be injured.
He may not be hungry.
Ad nauseum.
 

@James Thomas Rook Jr.
Pray for the Whole Earth! Soon with its Disasters; Earthquakes, Fires, Typoons, Wars, Killing, Perhaps the Earth will find extinction!! Pray, Pray, Pray! Worry about that mosquito in Paradise! ???

A POINT OF NO RETURN? ? ???
Is the earth headed for a point of no return? Some scientists feel that the effect of changes can be difficult to predict. Because of this, they are concerned that we might be approaching “tipping points” where sudden and unanticipated climate changes could bring disastrous results.
A polar bear on a small mound of ice
Consider, for example, the West Antarctic Ice Sheet. Some believe that with sustained global warming, there is a point where the melt of this ice sheet could be irreversible. This is because ice cover naturally reflects the sunÂ’s rays. But as the ice sheet thins and shrinks, the ocean below, which is less reflective, is eventually exposed. The dark ocean surface absorbs more heat, which in turn leads to greater melting. A self-feeding, runaway cycle could be created. The resulting rise in sea levels from the meltwater could spell disaster for hundreds of millions of people.
Regarding the remarkable changes the Kingdom will bring, God declares: “Look! I am making all things new.” (Revelation 21:5) Does this mean that God will replace the earth with a new one? No, for there is really nothing inherently wrong with our planet. Rather, God will do away with those responsible for the planetary crisis, “those ruining the earth,” that is, the present-day human system with its governmental structure. This will be replaced by “a new heaven and a new earth”—a new heavenly government, God’s Kingdom, ruling over a new earthly society.—Revelation 21:1.
To eliminate the ecological debt caused by man, God will rebalance the ecological budget, so to speak. Describing what God will do, the psalmist was inspired to write: “You care for the earth, making it abundantly fruitful and very rich.” With a regulated climate and, above all, God’s blessing, the earth will become a paradise yielding plenty of food.—Psalm 65:9-13.
The creation account in Genesis concludes with the words: “God saw everything he had made, and look! it was very good.” (Genesis 1:31) Truly, the earth is far too precious to end up in environmental bankruptcy. We are comforted in knowing that our planet’s future rests safely in the hands of our loving Creator, Jehovah God. He promises: “The righteous will possess the earth, and they will live forever on it.” (Psalm 37:29) May you be counted among “the righteous,” who will call earth their eternal home.
https://wol.jw.org/en/wol/d/r1/lp-e/2014642?q=melting&p=par
#Repost @paulnicklen
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This week I posted a video of a starving bear. It was difficult to film, and even harder to watch, as evidenced by the reactions it elicited. The truth is hard, but photojournalism is more than pretty pictures. It can be a difficult job. Journalism exposes—raw and without bias—the world’s issues in the interest of transparency, honesty and, I believe, change for the better. At @Sea_Legacy, we want to break down the walls of apathy and move people to change. We went to the Canadian Arctic to document the effects of climate change. We found the good, the bad and the ugly, but mostly just beautiful animals and landscapes we want to protect. We will continue to share it all with you in the interest of creating positive and lasting change.
Thank you for helping us in #TurningTheTide. @Sea_Legacy with @CristinaMittermeier.
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 Thank Jehovah for the Polar Bears! 
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Thank you Jehovah for the Beautiful skies ? and oceans ?
Living light under the Milky Way in Tasmania, Australia
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Photo by  @james.garlick

@David Normand
I am humble and have humor sometimes. 
 

To each his own. Most of the sisters I know are humble and willing to listen. Brothers on the other hand can be as obstinate as a Missouri mule. 
 

Yes... it is.

Christ and The Early Christians Refused to Celebrate Christmas ? – Did You Know That?
https://www.jw.org/en/publications/magazines/watchtower-no6-2017-november/christian-christmas-bible/#?insight[search_id]=0a22656b-7d35-4c52-8a57-e01d8ca57e9d&insight[search_result_index]=3
 

We Need to be Humble Sisters!
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Just a Smile for you! 

What Does the Bible Teach About Hell? Would a God of Love Torture People in Fire? ? ??
Turning to the book of Genesis, we read about the creation of the earth, seas, fish, animals and even the sun and the moon. Yet nowhere do we read about GodÂ’s creating a special underworld compartment for the broiling torment of man. Like a BBQ. ???
It seems strange that, if he made one, God did not have recorded in the Bible the creation of such an important place as a burning hell. Yet suppose he did make one. Would not Jehovah’s love and justice have moved him to warn Adam of the full penalty of sin? Jehovah told Adam the consequence of sin was death. Are we really to think that, after Adam sinned, Jehovah changed his mind about the death sentence and decided to give Adam the torture treatment? The Bible answers: “I, Jehovah, change not.”—Mal. 3:6, AS.
But does not “hell” appear in the Hebrew Scriptures? Yes. So let us do the logical thing and pry into the background of that word “hell.” Webster’s unabridged dictionary tells us that hell corresponds to the Hebrew Sheol and the Greek Hades.
It also says that hell comes from the English word helan, meaning “to conceal.” So we have found that the early meaning of the word “hell” carried no thought of any kind of heat. It merely meant “concealed.
We have found, too, that the original Hebrew word, usually translated “hell” in English Bibles, is Sheol.
Now,what does Sheol mean? It simply means “a hollow place.” So the original Hebrew word perfectly corresponds with the original or early meaning of the English word “hell.”
Now that the clergy have put fire into the word “hell,” the vital question is, Did the inspired Hebrew Bible writers say that conscious life and red-hot activity exist in Sheol or hell?
No, quite the opposite! Instead of blazing fire, it is described as a “land of darkness.” (Job 10:21)
Instead of a place of soul-chilling shrieks, it is described as a place of “silence.” (Ps. 115:17)
The Catholic Douay Bible, at Ecclesiastes 9:5, 10, says: “The living know that they shall die, but the dead know nothing more. Neither have they a reward any more: for the memory of them is forgotten. Whatsoever thy hand is able to do, do it earnestly: for neither work, nor reason, nor wisdom, nor knowledge, shall be in hell [Sheol, AS], whither thou art hastening.” So, since the “dead know nothing more,”
Or as the King James Version says, “the dead know not any thing,” it would be impossible for them to know conscious torment. And since there is no work in hell, how can there be activity, red-hot or otherwise?
So HELL is the common Grave of man. And the Devil and his Demons are spirits, FIRE has no effect on them as they are not fleshly.
But Jehovah God can make then totally inactive as dead. As he promise to do so in Revelation 20:1-3 he will be bound for a 1000's years and after that?
(Rev.20:10") – And the Devil who was misleading them was hurled into the lake of fire and sulfur, where both the wild the false prophet all ready WERE."Now please drop down to verse 14, what is the LAKE of FIRE?
"The second death where there is no return, in the case of these demons total destruction. As Revelations was written in signs. Even DEATH and the Grave were put in it right? What is death and the grave? CONDITIONS! not objects you can burn.
Here is a link that will help. https://wol.jw.org/en/wol/d/r1/lp-e/1102015146#h=23:0-23:438
Sincerely Lee. Thank you for your post 

Proof God Jehovah Exists and Is Alive!
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(Romans 1:20) "For his invisible [qualities] are clearly seen from the world’s creation onward, because they are perceived by the things made, even his eternal power and Godship, so that they are inexcusable."
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The Splendor of Jehovah’s Creation “How Many Your Works Are, O Jehovah!” WHETHER we live in the country or in a city, high up in the mountains or way down by the sea, we are surrounded by the awe-inspiring splendor of creation. 
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We too do well to observe and study creation. For instance, we might well “raise [our] eyes high up” and ask: “Who has created these things?” Why, it is Jehovah God, who has an “abundance of dynamic energy” and who truly is “vigorous in power”!—Isaiah 40:26 
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How should meditation on Jehovah’s creative works affect us? In at least three ways. It can (1) remind us to cherish our life, (2) move us to help others to learn from creation, and (3) impel us to get to know and appreciate our Creator more fully. 
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Our life as humans, far superior to that of “unreasoning animals,” enables us to observe and value the wonders of creation. (2 Peter 2:12) 
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Our eyes can see the graceful landscape. Our ears can hear the melodious songs of birds. And our sense of time and place gives us reference points that become fond memories. Even though our present life is not perfect, it is definitely worth living! 
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Keep in Awe and Rejoicing in His Works! -
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We Need to be Humble Sisters!
Hmmm ???????
Just a Smile for you! 

Gaining True Understanding. ?????
(Proverbs 1:1-6) –  shows that the “man of understanding is the one who acquires skillful direction, to understand a proverb and a puzzling saying, the words of wise persons and their riddles.” 
These must not be things said merely to pass the time away in idle conversation, for wise persons would not customarily waste time in such manner, but must refer to instruction, questions, and problems that discipline and train the mindand heart in right principles, thereby equipping the learner for wise action in the future. 
Knowledge and understanding together bring wisdom, which is “the prime thing,” the ability to bring a fund of knowledge and keen understanding to bear on problems with successful results. 
The person who is rightly motivated seeks understanding, not out of mere curiosity or to exalt himself, but for the very purpose of acting in wisdom; ‘wisdom is before his face.’. He is not like those in the apostle Paul’s day who assumed to be teachers of others but were “puffed up with pride, not understanding anything,” unwisely letting themselves become “mentally diseased over questionings and debates about words,” things that produce disunity and a host of bad results. 
The person seeking true understanding prays to God: “Make me understand, that I may observe your law and that I may keep it with the whole heart . . . that I may keep living.” This is the right motive. Pride, stubbornness, self-will, and independence are enemies of understanding. 
The person with true understanding does not think he knows everything; hence Proverbs 19:25 says, “There should be a reproving of the understanding one, that he may discern knowledge.” Because he is an understanding person, he is ready to listen, discerns the basis for the reproof, and benefits by it more than a stupid one would from a hundred strokes. - Bible Speaks - 
Lesson for today. (Psalms 119:99, 100)

The "Tree of Life" can YOU Find it Today? Was it a Real Tree? ??? 
Lessons From Creation 
(Revelation 2:7) —
“Let the one who has an ear hear what the spirit says to the congregations: To the one who conquers I will grant to eat of the tree of life, which is in the paradise of God.’”
What is “the paradise of God”? Since these words are addressed to anointed Christians, the paradise here must refer to the paradisaic heavenly realm—the very presence of God himself. 
The faithful anointed will be rewarded with eating “of the tree of life.” They will receive immortality.— (1 Cor. 15:53) - Bible Speaks 
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https://wol.jw.org/en/wol/d/r1/lp-e/1200275925

Rahab - She Was “Declared Righteous by Works” ???
HOW DOES THAT HELP US TODAY?  READ WHY... "In the same manner, was not Ra?hab the prostitute also declared righteous by works after she received the messengers hospitably and sent them out by another way? (James 2:25) - Bible Speaks -
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READ THE STORY AT:
https://wol.jw.org/en/wol/d/r1/lp-e/2013809?q=rahab&p=par

Spirit Creatures—How They Affect Us?
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YOU ALSO CAN HAVE GOD'S PROTECTION FROM THE WICKED SPIRTS - LEARN HOW! (PSALMS 34:7,8)
7 "The angel of Jehovah is camping all around those fearing him, And he rescues them." 8 "Taste and see that Jehovah is good, O YOU people;
Happy is the able-bodied man that takes refuge in him." (DANIEL 6:22,23)
22 "My own God sent his angel and shut the mouth of the lions, and they have not brought me to ruin, forasmuch as before him innocence itself was found in me; and also before you, O king, no hurtful act have I done.” 23 Then it was that the king himself became very glad, and Daniel himself he commanded to be lifted up out of the pit. And Daniel was lifted up out of the pit, and there was no hurt at all found on him, because he had trusted in his God." But why has God tolerated evil spirits and the wickedness that has caused people so much suffering? That question will be answered in the next chapter. * Regarding righteous angels, Revelation 5:11 says: “The number of them was myriads of myriads,” or “ten thousand times tens of thousands.” So the Bible does indicate that hundreds of millions of angels were created. 
Faithful angels come to the aid of those who serve Jehovah.—(Hebrews 1:7, 14) 
Satan and his demons are misleading people and turning them away from God." (Revelation 12:9) 
If you do God’s will and oppose the Devil, Satan will flee from you. (James 4:7, 8) - Bible Speaks 
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https://www.jw.org/en/bible-teachings/questions/what-are-angels/

Do you guys remenber this experience in the Year Book (yb15)? From Argentina
Gabriel the young brother started studing with his grandparent…that after his family was in the truth for 29 years Â…He accepted the truth from his grandson!!
The grandfather progressed spiritually and got baptized.
His grandson (his teacher) just got baptized, only 10 years old 
Jehovahs blessings are wonderful. 

@grisel.manrique thank you

666 - The Mark of the Beast -What Does It Mean? 6??6??6??
666—Not Just a Puzzle "Nobody might be able to buy or sell except a person having the mark, the name of the wild beast or the number of its name. Here is where wisdom comes in: Let the one that has intelligence calculate the number of the wild beast, for it is a man's number; and its number is six hundred and sixty-six." (Revelation 13:17, 18) 
FEW Bible topics have evoked as much interest and concern as the prophecy about the mysterious mark, or name, of "the wild beast"—the number 666. 6??6??6??
On television and the Internet, as well as in movies, books, and magazines, the mark of the beast has been the focus of endless speculation. - Bible Speaks -
https://wol.jw.org/en/wol/d/r1/lp-e/2004240?q=666&p=par

"It is the foolishness of an earthling man that distorts his way, and so his heart becomes enraged against Jehovah himself."—Prov. 19:3. 
Never Become “Enraged Against Jehovah”
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Even though we might admit that fact, our imperfect nature can distort our thinking and cause us to go down a path that eventually leads to disaster. (Prov. 14:12) In what way? Instead of blaming ourselves or Satan for a problem, we could start to blame Jehovah. We might even become “enraged against Jehovah himself.”—Prov. 19:3.
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Is it really possible that we could become “enraged against Jehovah”? Surely to do so would be futile. (Isa. 41:11) What would we hope to gain? A poet once said: “Your arm’s too short to box with God.” We may never go so far as to vocalize a complaint against Jehovah. But Proverbs 19:3 says that a man’s foolishness “distorts his way, and so his heart becomes enraged against Jehovah himself.”
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Yes, a person can become enraged against God in his heart. This attitude could manifest itself in subtle ways. An individual could, as it were, hold a grudge against Jehovah. As a result, that person might withdraw from the congregation or not fully support arrangements for JehovahÂ’s worship.
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The negative speech of others can influence us. (Read Deuteronomy 1:26-28.) The Israelites had just been delivered from slavery in Egypt. Jehovah had miraculously brought ten plagues on that oppressive nation and thereafter destroyed Pharaoh and his military force in the Red Sea. (Ex. 12:29-32, 51; 14:29-31; Ps. 136:15) GodÂ’s people were poised to enter the Promised Land. Yet, at that crucial moment, the Israelites started to complain about Jehovah. What caused this lack of faith? Their hearts melted because of the negative report of some who had been sent to spy out the land. (Num. 14:1-4)
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What resulted? A whole generation was not allowed to enter into that “good land.” (Deut. 1:34, 35) Could we at times allow the negative speech of others to weaken our faith and cause us to grumble about Jehovah’s dealings with us?
https://wol.jw.org/en/wol/d/r1/lp-e/2013603?q=prov+19%3A3&p=par