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He got more than a medal. He got his freedom and a clear conscience. And our Lord did give him a mighty pat on the back! "Well done faithful servant!" In 1971, Franz was invited to become a member of the Governing Body of Jehovah's Witnesses, a small group of men at the second-highest...

Yes, Raymond "ripper" Franz, really knew his stuff. Franz began working in the organization's writing department and was assigned to collaboratively write Aid to Bible Understanding, the first encyclopaedic book published by Jehovah's Witnesses. In the preface of the first of his two...

Raymond Franz was a member of the Governing Body of Jehovah's Witnesses from 1971 until May 22, 1980, and served at the organization's world headquarters for fifteen years, from 1965 until 1980. Franz has written and edited two detailed books which relate his personal experiences with the Watch...

No they are direct spiritual perceptions to be read in the "Book of God". What's wrong with the article in Time? Epiphanius told us that Jesseans was the same as Essenes: Epiphanius also admits that the Christians were at first called Therapeutæ and Jesseans, an equivalent name, as he...

That is one theory Bob; but I am not dealing in theories. Nevertheless that is how history names the Teacher of Righteousness. The story has been put forward since early times that Jeschu Ben Pandera was Jesus of Nazareth- wrong! G. R. S. Mead did a great study on the subject in Did Jesus...

Is Paul speaking to Spirit-begotten believers in Romans 8? Does he say in verse 11 that the Spirit would “make your mortal bodies alive?” Phillips: I said that our nature is "dead" in the presence of Christ, and so it is, because of its sin. Nevertheless once the Spirit...

Hi Br. islamis4u, Some people say it is the "Word of God" but it's not really- it's just a book, albeit a holy one. The manual is in your soul- if it wasn't what use would any other outer manual be? The Foundation of Christianity is Christ Jesus - not the Bible or any other book. All books...

Of course, there is symbolism and allegory in the Bible- you find Bible authors saying as much. But then is is up to everyone to find the answer to those symbols. As always, we must examine our personal vanities, and those vanities promoted by earthly organisations- using the switch and bait of...

All who had been in captivity from what had seemed since world was new were given sweet release. For three days and three nights those who were captive were captive no more - sublime and holy, miraculous release! Although unseen, there was much that was done - all was accomplished, in...

Hi "Mee", Mee pasted: >>The "women" therefore must be symbolic women, doubtless religious organizations >>such as Babylon the Great and her ‘daughters,’ false religious organizations, the >>joining of and participation in which would prevent one from being spotless. The Bible says nothing about...

Yes, but do you know God in a personal relationship?

Hey juantoo3, Samson broke the Nazarite oath when his hair was cut. Nazareth was founded by Netzer (a pupil of the Teacher of Righteousness). The Teacher of Righteousness of the Dead Sea Scrolls is mentioned in the Talmud; he was stoned to death and hung on a tree in Lud /Lyddia. Jeshu Ben...

According to the Watchtower, the Gentile Times began when Jerusalem was destroyed in 607 BCE, lasted 2,520 years, and ended in 1914, (see Aid To Bible Understanding,pp. 94-96). If this is true then who besides the Watchtower says Jerusalem fell in 607 BCE? Why do all history scholars say it...

The Teacher of Righteousness is not Jesus of Nazareth. There are a lot of differences, the main one being that Jesu Ben Pandira/Panthera (Teacher of Righteousness) lived 100 B.C. We will follow the 4 stages of Messianism as outlined by J. "Netzer, Nazaraioi, Nazareni, Nazerini" and then to...

"Jesse" - that is where we get the word "Essene". And Jesus did visit that particular community.

What does John 2:19-21 teach? 23. According to Acts 2:24-28 what was it for which Christ’s body was resting in hope? —Isn’t being “dissolved into gases” just an instant form of corruption?

In Luke, Jesus says to the thief next to him: "Surely today you will be with me in paradise." Christ's descent into hell is described in 1 Peter 3:18-20. It is clear that after Christ died he was "made alive in the spirit" and that in this state of exaltation he descended into hell--not to...

Is Jesus the mediator for the Great Crowd, or only for the 144,000, according to the Watchtower of 4-1-79 (p. 31)? Is the “Anointed Remnant” the mediator for the Great Crowd according to the Watchtower of 11-15-79 (p. 24-27)?

Salvation in Watchtower doctrine is “taking in knowledge” of God and Christ (John 17:3 NWT) not “knowing” God in a personal relationship. If this is true then why will Christ at the judgment say to the condemned “I never knew you?” Doesn’t he know all about these people?