Are You Discreet? In appointing judges over Israel, Moses strove to find “wise and discreet and experienced men.” (Deuteronomy 1:13) Experience, which came with age, was not the sole criterion. Wisdom and discretion were also important. A person who is discreet shows good judgment in speech and in conduct. According to Webster’s Ninth New Collegiate […]
And I heard the number of those who were sealed, 144,000, sealed out of every tribe of the sons of Israel: Revelation 7:4. Then I saw, and look! the Lamb standing on Mount Zion, and with him 144,000 who have his name and the name of his Father written on their foreheads. I heard a […]
This topic appeared as a subheading in a previous article entitled: “Christ Our Passover”. However, further thought and reflection has motivated me to expand a little more on it. Additionally, you will see at the conclusion, the study opened up more questions that needed to be explored. Hence this may turn out to be the […]
Clear away the old leaven so that you may be a new batch, inasmuch as you are free from ferment. For, indeed, Christ our Passover lamb has been sacrificed. -1 Corinthians 5:7. The Watchtower society teaches that the Memorial of Christ’s death is a replacement for the Passover. If this is indeed the case, it […]
Let no one lead you astray in any way, because it will not come unless the apostasy comes first and the man of lawlessness gets revealed, the son of destruction. He stands in opposition and exalts himself above every so-called god or object of worship, so that he sits down in the temple of God, […]
Contributed by Vox Ratio. According to Paul, the characteristics of the Man of Lawlessness (herein M-O-L) originate with the Devil and are almost exclusively concerned with lying, deceit, and error. It would seem that it is the Man’s mendacity that allows for his rise to power, and so in a very literal sense then, the […]
“However, brothers, concerning the presence of our Lord Jesus Christ and our being gathered together to him, we ask you 2 not to be quickly shaken from your reason nor to be alarmed either by an inspired statement or by a spoken message or by a letter appearing to be from us, to the effect that […]
Neither be called leaders, for your Leader is one, the Christ. -Matthew 23:10 NWT What did Jesus mean by saying this? What message was he trying to convey to his disciples? Then Jesus spoke to the crowds and to his disciples, saying: “The scribes and the Pharisees have seated themselves in the seat of Moses. […]
What Would You Do? If we were eating in a restaurant and you spotted a hair in my food would you tell me? What if, after you pointed it out to me, I said I didn’t see it? Would you be moved to reach over, pull the hair out, show it to me and then […]
Also, he took a loaf, gave thanks, broke it, and gave it to them, saying: “This means my body, which is to be given in your behalf. Keep doing this in remembrance of me.” Also, he did the same with the cup after they had the evening meal, saying: “This cup means the new covenant […]