‘One Nation Under God’ . . . By Whom? . . . and . . . When?
As in Elijah’s day,
between Baal and Jah
shouldn’t we
now
earnestly reflect?
“Then E·liʹjah approached all the people and said:
“How long will you be limping between two different opinions?
If Jehovah is the true God,
follow him;
but if Baʹal is, follow him!”
But the people did not say a word in answer to him.
E·liʹjah then said to the people:
“I am the only prophet of Jehovah left, while the prophets of Baʹal are 450 men.
Let them give us two young bulls, and let them choose one young bull and cut it into pieces and put it on the wood,
but they should not put fire to it.
I will prepare the other young bull, and I will place it on the wood, but I will not put fire to it.
Then you must call on the name of your god, and I will call on the name of Jehovah.
The God who answers by fire will show that he is the true God.”
To this all the people answered:
“What you say is good.” 1 King 18:21-24.
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“Taste and see that Jehovah is good;
Happy is the man who takes refuge in him.” Ps. 34:8.
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For promised: “You will safeguard those who fully lean on you;
You will give them continuous peace,
Because it is in you that they trust.” Isa. 26:3.
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… As men rally near and far,
about whose head should wear the royal crown,
by religious entities
urging them
to deflect worship from God’s beloved Son
who gave his life in ransom so that eternal life can be attained after victory of integrity is lovingly won by an international crowd?
Just where else can ‘true’ liberty be found
than in One who is now ‘immortal,’ ‘incorruptible,’
‘sound in mind,’
not towards ‘unrighteousness’ at all inclined?
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“Jehovah has firmly established his throne in the heavens;
And his kingship rules over
everything.” Ps. 103:19.
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True,
in subjection we ‘must’ be
until it conflicts
with the commandments of the Almighty…
Then, still, peaceful we will proceed–neutrally.
Magnifying His Sovereignty.
“For Jehovah the Most High is awe-inspiring;
He is the great King
over all the earth.” Ps. 47:2.
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“Your kingship is an eternal kingship,
And your dominion endures
throughout all generations.” Ps. 145:13.
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As Great King Nebuchadnezzar came to acknowledge
after arrogantly he to his accomplishments pridefully did accolades direct…
Then Jah made him humbly
recollect:
“You will be driven away from among men, and your dwelling will be with the beasts of the field, and you will be given vegetation to eat just like bulls;
and you will become wet with the dew of the heavens, and seven times will pass over you,
until you know
that the Most High is Ruler
in the kingdom of mankind
and that he grants it to whomever he wants.” Dan. 4:25.
To the One whom Daniel saw
in the ‘time of the end’:
““I kept watching in the visions of the night,
and look!
with the clouds of the heavens,
someone like a son of man was coming;
and he gained access to the Ancient of Days,
and they brought him up close before that One.
And to him there were given rulership, honor, and a kingdom,
that the peoples, nations, and language groups should all serve him.
His rulership is an everlasting rulership that will not pass away, and his kingdom will not be destroyed.” Dan. 7:13, 14… Jesus Christ’s.
Yes, “In the days of those kings”
(Our day according to world events on a global scene…)
“the God of heaven will set up a kingdom that will never be destroyed.
And this kingdom will not be passed on
to any other people.
It will crush and put an end
to all these kingdoms,
and it alone will stand forever,”
“The Grand God has made known to the king what will happen in the future.
The dream is true, and its interpretation is trustworthy.”” Dan. 2:44, 45.
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So can we hold onto dual citizenship in loyalty between God and man?… Jump ship right before the Messianic King sweeps the land?…
Will they, Jehovah and Jesus, understand the ‘bird in the hand’ philosophy?… Feel ‘faithfulness’ is overrated and let one traitorously stand,
when opportunity knocks and a door you do not open until your skin
is all you think of?
Whereas, Jah wants your ‘heart’ to obey he and his son’s righteous commands.
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For a long time this has been Jah’s Fatherly way:
“But Jehovah is waiting patiently to show you favor,
And he will rise up to show you mercy.
For Jehovah is a God of justice.
Happy are all those keeping in expectation of him.” Isa. 30:18.
He and his son have made provisions for obedient ones to everlastingly stay:
“Go, therefore, and make disciples of people of all the nations,
baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the holy spirit,
teaching them to observe all the things I have commanded you.
And look! I am with you all the days
until the conclusion of the system of things.”” Matt. 28:19, 20.
But now: “Blessed is the man who puts his trust in Jehovah,
Whose confidence is in Jehovah.” Jer. 17:7.
In no other
should religious leaders convince their members to elect as savior,
At the end of the day.
Why Jehovah
in this way will proceed against ‘Babylon the Great’:
“On her forehead was written a name, a mystery:
“Babylon the Great, the mother of the prostitutes and of the disgusting things of the earth.””
“He said to me: “The waters that you saw, where the prostitute is sitting, mean peoples and crowds and nations and tongues.
And the ten horns that you saw and the wild beast,
these will hate the prostitute and will make her devastated and naked, and they will eat up her flesh and completely burn her with fire.
For God put it into their hearts to carry out his thought,
yes, to carry out their one thought by giving their kingdom to the wild beast,
until the words of God will have been accomplished.
And the woman whom you saw means the great city that has a kingdom over the kings of the earth.”” Rev. 17:5, 15-17.
As in one hour, false religion will fall,
tripped up by Jah
in his anger against hypocrisy and falsehood
blinding many minds.
Against Him and his authority
utterly betrayed…
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Not expecting to see this at all, she,
Babylon the Great symbolically sashays:
“For she keeps saying in her heart:
‘I sit as queen, and I am not a widow, and I will never see mourning.’
That is why in one day her plagues will come,
death and mourning and famine,
and she will be completely burned with fire,
because Jehovah God, who judged her, is strong.” Rev. 17:7, 8.
So immediately required:
“Get out of her, my people,
if you do not want to share with her in her sins,
and if you do not want to receive part of her plagues.
For her sins have massed together clear up to heaven,
and God has called her acts of injustice to mind.
Repay her in the way she treated others,
yes, pay her back double for the things she has done;
in the cup she has mixed,
mix a double portion for her.
To the extent that she glorified herself and lived in shameless luxury, to that extent give her torment and mourning.” Rev. 18:4-7.
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What Will Happen During THE “Great Tribulation”?
3. According to Revelation 17:5, 15-18, how will God destroy “Babylon the Great”?
3 Read Revelation 17:5, 15-18. “Babylon the Great” will be destroyed! As mentioned earlier, the nations will have no control over what happens at this point. Why not? Because “God [will] put it into their hearts to carry out his thought.” What is that thought? To destroy the world empire of false religion, including Christendom.* God will put his thought into the hearts of “the ten horns” of the “scarlet-colored wild beast.” The ten horns represent all the political powers that support “the wild beast”—the United Nations. (Rev. 17:3, 11-13; 18:8) When those political powers turn on false religion, that will mark the beginning of the great tribulation. It will be a truly catastrophic world event.
4. (a) What might the nations say to justify their attack on false religion? (b) What will the former members of those religions likely do?
4 We do not know what reasons the nations might give to justify their attack on Babylon the Great. They might say that the world’s religions are an obstacle to peace and that they constantly meddle in politics. Or they might say that those religious organizations have accumulated too much wealth and property. (Rev. 18:3, 7) It seems reasonable that this attack will not mean that all the members of those religions will be destroyed. Rather, it seems that the nations will get rid of the religious organizations. Once those organizations are gone, the former members will realize that their religious leaders failed them and will likely try to distance themselves from those religions.
5. What has Jehovah promised about the great tribulation, and why?
5 The Bible does not indicate how long the destruction of Babylon the Great will take, but we do know that it will take place within a relatively brief time. (Rev. 18:10, 21) Jehovah has promised that he will “cut short the days” of the tribulation so that his “chosen ones” and true religion will survive. (Mark 13:19, 20) But what will Jehovah expect us to do between the start of the great tribulation and the war of Armageddon?
Keep Upholding Jehovah’S Pure Worship
6. Why is it not enough simply to cut ties with false religion?
6 As discussed in the preceding article, Jehovah expects his worshippers to separate themselves from Babylon the Great. However, this requires more than our cutting ties with false religion. We must be determined to uphold true religion—the pure worship of Jehovah. Consider two ways that we can do that.
7. (a) How can we remain firm for Jehovah’s righteous moral standards? (b) How does Hebrews 10:24, 25 emphasize the importance of our meeting together, especially now?
7 First, we must remain firm for Jehovah’s righteous moral standards. We cannot accept the world’s values and standards. For example, we do not approve of sexual immorality of any kind, including marriage between people of the same sex and other homosexual lifestyles. (Matt. 19:4, 5; Rom. 1:26, 27) Second, we must continue worshipping with our fellow Christians. We do this wherever we can, whether in our Kingdom Halls or, when necessary, in private homes or even in secret. No matter what happens, we cannot let up in our routine of meeting together for worship. In fact, we need to meet together “all the more so as [we] see the day drawing near.”—Read Hebrews 10:24, 25.
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