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[Doryseeker]

On Tuesday April 28^th 2015, a man named Franklin Minaar, member of the Branch church went to the East London South Africa zoo, climbed over the wall of the lion’s enclosure, walked up to the lions and said, “Let the battle begin.” He was mauled to death. According to his sister Audrey Minaar he was a very religious man, and said her brother had previously been treated for mental illness at Cecilia Makiwane Hospital. For some reason or other, his Bible was found in the in the same old age home where I am. The owner allowed me to keep it.

With the exception of a few chapters in Kings and Chronicles, he went through the entire Bible, changing the word God into “El”, (Gen. 1:1) Lord God into “Yahweh” (Gen. 2:4). At the bottom of the page in Afrikaans, he wrote, “HWHY” (JHWH reversed) “Because the Israelite text was from right to left.” From there onwards he used Tippex to blot out every text containing words, Lord or God and wrote Yahweh using at first a red pen, and later black. In the Greek scriptures he also used Tippex to blot out the word “Jesus” and wrote “Yahoshua”.

Seeing that I’m going on 90 years old, I asked a much younger friend of mine, to keep his Bible until the resurrection.

Imagine how happy Mr. Minaar would be when hears that we kept his Bible. He will have two new friends to teach him all that transpired since his death. My friend will also be keeping my Scofield Reference Bible which was used when anointed brother Andrew Jack studied with me during 1956.

 

Jack, Andrew: yb07 183 (dx86-16 Latvia)

w09 7/15 p. 24 Ninety Years Ago I Began to ‘Remember My Grand Creator’

 

[Patiently waiting for Truth]

I agree that it is Yahweh, not Jehovah. 

[Equivocation]

57 minutes ago, 4Jah2me said:

I agree that it is Yahweh, not Jehovah. 

Yahweh and Jehovah are fine for the English speaker. Some people also prefer Yehovah, Jahweh and other names that points to the YHWH.

You can say whatever, Jehovah knows who is calling his name in prayer through Jesus. 😁👍🏾

[JW Insider]

On 6/25/2020 at 9:23 AM, Doryseeker said:

Seeing that I’m going on 90 years old, I asked a much younger friend of mine, to keep his Bible until the resurrection.

Thanks for sharing that story. You relate all this as it happened to you, and not a story from someone else. It's a very intriguing story and it would be nice to get some further details, picture of that Bible, etc.

I found a reference to a man's death at the East London (SA) zoo here:

Man mauled to death by lions at East London zoo By Siya Miti - 28 April 2015

Also, in addition to the reference above you gave to Andrew Jack in Latvia, there is also a reference to his time in South Africa that covers the years when he evidently studied with you.

*** yb07 pp. 84-85 South Africa ***
In 1935, Andrew Jack, a qualified printer, was sent to help with the printing work at the Cape Town branch. He was Scottish, of slim build, with a ready smile. Previously he had enjoyed full-time service in the Baltic states of Lithuania, Latvia, and Estonia. After arriving in South Africa, Andrew obtained more printing equipment, and before long the one-man printery was operating at full speed. The first automatic printing press, a Frontex, was installed in 1937. For over 40 years, it turned out millions of handbills and forms as well as magazines in Afrikaans.
Andrew served at the South Africa Bethel for the rest of his life. Even when well on in years, he set a fine example for the Bethel family, regularly having a full share in the field ministry. A faithful anointed brother, Andrew finished his earthly course in 1984 at the age of 89, after 58 years of dedicated service.

At your advanced age, I'm sure you have a lot of memories going back many years, and the fact that you shared some of this is much appreciated.