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Therefore you will come to have no one in the congregation. (Micah 2:5)
The prophet Micah lived in the eighth century B.C.E. in Israel. According to the book
Insight on the Scriptures, he prophesied during very turbulent times when false worship
and moral corruption flourished in Israel and
Judah, also when King Hezekiah instituted
religious reforms. His words can also be
applied to our time when false worship flourishes among Jehovahs organization, and when
the Watchtower Society institutes religious
reforms.
Like Jehovah, Micah is telling from the beginning the finale, revealing right at the outset what the future holds for the Watchtower
Society. (Isaiah 46:10) Gods organization of
intelligent persons is likened to a woman, and
likewise the Watchtower Society is depicted as
a woman in Micahs prophecy. (1981 Yearbook
of Jehovahs Witnesses, page 3) Micah says
about the Bethel buildings in Brooklyn, Patterson and elsewhere: I will pour down into
the valley her stones, and her foundations
I shall lay bare. (Micah 1:6) In the end,
nothing will remain of these buildings which
are blasphemously called Bethel or House of
God.
Also their graven images will all be
crushed to pieces. (Micah 1:7) In Micahs
day, images were not printed but graven. The
Watchtower Society has truly flooded the world
with its printed images which awaken illusionary hope for a future paradise in gullible
people.
But Micah also foretold: All the gifts
made to her as her hire will be burned in
the fire. (Micah 1:7) The fact that the
Watchtower Society is adopting cost cuts everywhere indicates that part of it assets burned
in the fire of the worldwide financial crisis. Its
leaders may expect to get off cheaply because
their followers will surely continue to make
donations. But the stroke upon her is unhealable. Micah 1:9.

Field service

Micah says regarding Jehovahs Witnesses:

Woe to those who are scheming what is
harmful, and to those practicing what is
bad! By the light of the morning they
proceed to do it. (Micah 2:1) In fact, most
Jehovahs Witnesses go to field service by the
light of the morning. And they dont proceed
randomly, rather they are scheming or planning their harmful work: To share effectively in field service, good planning is necessary
Our Kingdom Ministry, 11/1975, page 3.
Of course, many people in the field service
territories have more beautiful houses than the
publishers. Thats why its a open secret that
many Jehovahs Witnesses secretly anticipate
the annihilation of all worldlings, so that they
can inherit their houses after Armageddon.
This attitude is actually in harmony with
Watchtower literature. The book Insight on the
Scriptures says: The possessions of the wicked
will go to the righteous, as the proverb states:
The wealth of the sinner is something treasured up for the righteous one. Pr 13:22;
21:18. But Micah exposed this selfish attitude
already 2800 years ago: They have desired
fields and houses, and have taken
them. Micah 2:2.

Their publications are full of images

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Micah further says that Jehovahs Witnesses have defrauded an able-bodied man
and his household, a man and his hereditary possession. (Micah 2:2) Indeed, the
1995 Yearbook of Jehovahs Witnesses admits
that entire families often share together in
Jehovahs service. (page 228) With regard to a
family which accepted the so-called truth
together, the prophecy says: This is what
Jehovah has said: Here I am thinking up
against this family a calamity. (Micah
2:3) Of course Jehovah does not cause the calamity, but he allows his alleged witnesses to
bring it upon this family.
Apostasy begins

But some families dont allow themselves to

be taken for a fool forever. At some point they
notice that they had fallen for a dangerous cult
and notice: It is a time of calamity. (Micah 2:3) Truly, in that day one will certainly lament a lamentation, even a
lamentation. One will have to say: We
have positively been despoiled! (Micah
2:4) In many cases, information provided by
apostates through the Internet contributes to
this development.
The elders do not like that of course. They
lament: The very portion of my people he
alters. How he removes it from me! To the
unfaithful one he apportions out our own
fields. (Micah 2:4) They wonder why Jehovah permits that some of their people turn
away from the allegedly only true religion.
They view their field service territory as their
own fields and are appalled by unfaithful
apostates reaching the people there through
the Internet.

subject is taboo for them. Sometimes even in

the congregation, voices are being raised saying
that there might be some truth in the ideas of
the apostates. But the elders advise such persons: Dont say such things! Micah 2:6,
NLT.
On behalf of Jehovah Micah says to the elders and to the Governing Body: The women
of my people you drive out from the house
in which a woman has exquisite delight.
(Micah 2:9) How do they do that? On the one
hand by regularly lowering the pioneer hour
goal. 1977 it was changed from 100 to 90 hours,
1999 to 70 hours. Rumors say that a reduction
to 50 hours might be imminent.
Hence the shoes of the pioneers and their
preaching companions dont wear out so fast, so
that they spend less time at the shoe store
the house in which a woman has exquisite
delight. On the other hand, many sisters dont
even have money for new shoes because they
heeded the Watchtower counsel, so that their
husbands learned only a simple profession and
they themselves none at all.
Jehovah continues to accuse the Watchtower organization: You make victims of the
children. (Micah 2:9, MSG) In fact, most
children of Jehovahs Witnesses are doomed to
become social outcasts. Others must move with
their family to another area because of the
kingdom interests, or their parents send
them to Bethel. Also, many Jehovahs Witnesses withhold a good education from their children.

Downfall begins

Micah says to them: Therefore you will

come to have no one in the congregation. (Micah 2:5) The elders are concerned
about this development, but they dont want to
talk about it. They let words drop. They
will not let words drop concerning these
things. (Micah 2:6) Indeed, at peoples doors,
they let many words drop. But concerning
these things the ideas of the apostates and
their influence they make no words. This

They make victims of the children by

robbing them of a normal childhood

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Micah further declares: The only prophet

you want is a liar. (Micah 2:11, CEV) True,
even if former false teachings were called present truth back then, they actually were lies.
That the annihilation of all human governments and the churches would be completed in
1914, that Abraham, Isaac and Jacob would be
raised in 1925 and take over the rule over Palestine, that Armageddon would come in 1975
all that were lies, no present truth. No single
one of these prophecies has fulfilled, though
there had supposedly been clear evidence
back then. Many Jehovahs Witnesses dont
even know of these doctrines.
The End

No wonder that Jehovah urges all Jehovahs Witnesses through his prophet Micah:
Get up and go! (Micah 2:10) He says: Get
up, go away! One who breaks open the
way will go up before them; they will break
through the gate and go out. (Micah 2:10,
13, NIV) Hence, everyone should leave the
Watchtower organization the sooner the better. The one who breaks open the way in the
first place was Raymond Franz, whose book
Crisis of Conscience has opened many Jehovahs Witnesses eyes for the first time. In the
meantime there are numerous other books and
websites that belong to the open-breaker class.
They all helped many Jehovahs Witnesses to
break through the gate of mind control and
go out into freedom.
Severe judgment awaits the elders. Jehovah
says to them: You are supposed to know
right from wrong, but you are the very ones
who hate good and love evil. You skin my
people alive and tear the flesh from their
bones. Yes, you eat my peoples flesh, strip
off their skin, and break their bones. You
chop them up like meat for the cooking
pot. Then you beg the Lord for help in
times of trouble! Do you really expect him
to answer? After all the evil you have done,
he wont even look at you! (Micah 3:1-4,
NLT) Instead of lovingly caring for their fellow
Christians, they sting them into accomplishing
more field service hours and talk them into
feelings of guilt. Whoever doesnt perform as
expected is abandoned. Granted, that is not

true for all elders. Some of them have retained

their humanity, as there were some sincere
men among the Pharisees. (John 3:1) But as a
group, these elders have fully deserved Gods
judgment.
You lying prophets promise security
for anyone who gives you food, but disaster
for anyone who refuses to feed you. (Micah 3:5, CEV) The Watchtower leaders are
lying prophets who keep their followers busy
with studying their so-called literature. But
how do they promise security for anyone who
gives them food?
Jesus also said: You gave me food. (Matthew 25:35, MSG) The February 1, 2002
Watchtower explains what Jesus meant with
these words: Christs anointed brothers on
earth in this time of the end have particularly
received the active support of the other sheep
in carrying out the God-given commission to
preach this good news of the kingdom in all the
inhabited earth for a witness to all the nations. (page 22) Hence those who give food to
the elders are publishers who give sufficient
contributions and have enough hours on their
field service report slip. They look forward to
living forever in peace and security on a paradise earth. The Watchtower, December 1,
2007, page 29.

They promise disaster for inactive ones

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Very soon now, all those who profane

Gods holy name will be destroyed

They promise disaster for anyone who refuses to feed them. Accordingly the August 1,
1988 Watchtower says: Very soon now, all
those who profane Gods holy name will be
destroyed. (page 7) And by this they mean all
who do not belong to their organization and do
not comply to its rules. (compare You Can Live
Forever in Paradise on Earth, page 255) But
they think that Jehovahs Witnesses with too
little field service hours also belong to the ones
who will be annihilated. According to the brochure From Kurukshetra to Armageddon and
Your Survival there will be wholesale slaughter. Those slain by Jehovah will certainly
come to be in that day from one end of the
earth clear to the other end of the earth.
page 7.

Luckily many have already left the Watchtower organization, and others will follow. But
a large number of their supporters will follow
them into destruction: Upon Jehovah they
keep supporting themselves, saying: Is not
Jehovah in the midst of us? There will
come upon us no calamity. (Micah 3:11)
They really think that there will be only one
organization Gods visible organization [the
Watchtower organization] that will survive
the fast-approaching great tribulation. (You
Can Live Forever in Paradise on Earth, page
255) According to their imagination, only lovers of God and of his family, his organization,
will survive. The Watchtower, December 15,
1982, page 27.

No more brighter light

Through his Prophet Micah, Jehovah further announces: Therefore on account of

you men Zion will be plowed up as a mere
field, and Jerusalem herself will become
mere heaps of ruins, and the mountain of
the house will be as the high places of a
forest. (Micah 3:12) According to the March
15, 1972 Watchtower it is the visible earthly
[Watchtower] organization that represents
Zion. (page 183; compare Isaiahs Prophecy
Light for All Mankind, vol. I, page 364) The
Watchtower Society, the connected organizations and their headquarter in Brooklyn will
be plowed up as a mere field, so that after
some time nothing will remain of it.

Jehovah announces to these false prophets:

Therefore you men will have night, so
that there will be no vision; and darkness
you will have, so as not to practice divination. (Micah 3:6) There will be no more
brighter light but rather darkness. So
there will be no [fallacious] vision for the
Watchtower prophets, allowing them to publish
new dates for Armageddon as they did in the
past. Though they'll hide behind their reputations and make lame excuses to cover
up their God-ignorance, God explains to
them: You seers will be put to shame, and
you fortune-tellers will be disgraced. And
you will cover your faces. Micah 3:7,
MSG, NLT.

The Watchtower will become mere heaps of ruins

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According to the January 1, 1984 Watchtower Jehovahs Witnesses are the earthly
representatives of Jerusalem above. (page 26)
Their kingdom halls will become mere heaps
of ruins. No one will want to purchase a building that belonged to Jehovahs Witnesses before, so that demolition will be the only option.
The mountain of the house represents the
many mountains at which the Watchtower
Society has their facilities, such as the Cranberry Mountain in Patterson, New York, USA,
where the Watchtower Educational Center is
located, or the Steinfels in Selters, Germany,
with its large Bethel complex. All these mountains and the nearby Watchtower facilities
will be as the high places of a forest. Likely
the Watchtower buildings will have to make
way for a forest that is used as a recreation
area for cult victims. Some inconvincible ones
will certainly go and say: Come, you people, and let us go up to the mountain of
Jehovah, but they will only find high places
of a forest. Micah 4:2.

Peace for mankind

Jehovah will set matters straight.

They will not lift up sword neither will
they learn war anymore. (Micah 4:3) What
is the sword that Jehovahs Witnesses will
not lift up anymore? When N. H. Knorr spoke
back in 1942 at the New World Theocratic
Assembly he identified the Bible as the
greatest offensive weapon, the sword of the
spirit. In essence, he expressed the thoughts
of Jehovahs servants in general: If we could
only find the text we want, we could hold off
our opponents. 1975 Yearbook of Jehovahs
Witnesses, page 218.
So no one will bother his fellow men anymore with the Bible in his hand. The warfare
Jehovahs Witnesses wage is strictly spiritual,
says the October 1, 1999 Watchtower. (page 11)
They will not learn this kind of war anymore.
They also will no more try to proselytize other
people. The people will actually sit, each
one under his vine and under his fig tree,
and there will be no one making them
tremble, not even on Saturday morning.
Micah 4:4.

The mountain of the house will be as high places of a forest

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Jehovah announced long time ago: I will

bring together those who were sent away,
those whom I caused to have trouble. (Micah 4:6, NCV) Jehovahs Witnesses were sent
away many times when they tried to talk to
people about Gods kingdom. Now, Jehovah will
cause them to have trouble by bringing them
to the brink of ruin.
Messages of woe

The bothersome messages of woe in the

Watchtower are jarring Jehovah on the nerves
even today: O watch-tower why do you
cry out in a loud voice? Has your wise
man died? (Micah 4:8, 9, NLB) The times
when interesting articles mostly written by
Fred W. Franz, the wise man could be read
in the Watchtower are long gone. And back
then, the brighter light was interesting but
yet wrong. The Watchtower writers have not
come to know the thoughts of Jehovah,
and they have not come to understand his
counsel. Micah 4:12.
Jehovahs judgment is already fixed: Be in
severe pains. You will have to come as
far as to Babylon. (Micah 4:11) Indeed, the
Watchtower Society has made itself a part of
Babylon the Great by its cooperation with the
UN and the OSCE and its involvement in
World War I. Hence they must be in severe
pains before their final destruction. Jehovah
will only let this organization exist until the
time that she who is giving birth actually
gives birth. (Micah 5:3) Since the birth of a
child happens about three times every second,
it can be only a short time.

O watch-tower why do you cry out?

Those who were sent away

Current situation

Now Micah is transferred back to the near

future. Though the judgment for the Watchtower Society will have begun, there will still
be many Jehovahs Witnesses. With regard to
them Micah says: Those who are left will
be among the nations, among many people,
like a lion among the animals in the
woods, like a young lion among flocks of
sheep. When he passes through, he crushes
them and tears them to pieces. (Micah 5:8,
NLB) Jehovahs Witnesses really behave like a
lion. They say: Many will not listen, but we do
not get upset. We are looking for sheeplike
ones. (Our Kingdom Ministry, September
1979, page 4) When they found someone who
shows interest in their message, they crush
him and tear him to pieces by imposing a totally new way of life on him. In many cases, only
ruins of his former life, friends and family remain.
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In the meantime they pray to God: Raise

your fist in victory over your enemies, and
all your enemies will be destroyed! (Micah
5:9, NCV) Even in the October 1, 1952 Watchtower Jehovahs Witnesses declared: We pray
with intensity and cry out this prayer for Jehovah to delay no longer, and plead that his anger be made manifest. Bring forth your arm
and let the enemies see it, and use it for their
hurt and destruction. (page 600) But they
have no clue that Jehovah will answer their
prayer by bringing destruction upon Jehovahs
Witnesses themselves. Micah said to Jehovah:
All enemies of yours will be cut off, and
he warned his alleged witnesses: It must
occur in that day, that I will cut off your
horses from the midst of you and destroy
your chariots. (Micah 5:9, 10) Regardless of
their horsepower, Jehovah will defang the cars
of the remaining Jehovahs Witnesses, so that
they wont be able to drive to their field service
assignments. Indeed, Jehovah has a legal
case with his people. Micah 6:2.

Many Jehovahs Witnesses realize that the

tightly organized sacred service doesnt bring
them closer to God. They notice like Micah:
With what shall I bow myself to God on
high? Shall I confront him with whole
burnt offerings, with calves a year old?
Will Jehovah be pleased with thousands of
rams? Shall I give my firstborn son for
my revolt? (Micah 6:6, 7) They quasi say:
Shall I confront him with home bible studies
lasting a year? Will Jehovah be pleased with
thousands of field service hours? Shall I send
my firstborn son to Bethel?
They understand what suffering has been
caused by articles like Should Children Be
Spanked? or Disciplining Children for
Life. They heed Micahs advice: Hear the
rod and who it was that designated it.
(Micah 6:9) Actually it was not Jehovah who
designated the rod as a method of education
but the self-proclaimed faithful and discreet
slave.
Bethels future

The Watchtower, January 15, 1954

SHOULD CHILDREN BE SPANKED?

The Bible shows that spanking does have value as a
form of discipline when appropriate. A good spanking wont kill him, the Bible says at Proverbs 23:13
and 14. As a matter of fact, it may save his life. (Todays English Version) Awake!, 5/8/79, p. 28.
Awake!, November 22, 1980

Hear the rod and who it was that designated it.

As Jehovah explains through the prophet

do there yet exist in the house of a wicked
one the treasures of wickedness. (Micah
6:10) The house of a wicked one is the Bethel
home that also accommodates the writing department. Jehovahs Witnesses view their doctrine as a precious treasure. During the years
many treasures of wickedness have been
brought forth in the writing departments
buildings. (compare The Watchtower, August 1,
1995, page 23) Bethels own inhabitants
have spoken falsehood, and their tongue is
tricky in their mouth. (Micah 6:12) In fact,
all prophecies uttered by the Watchtower have
turned out wrong. Among the members of the
writing department there is no upright
one. Micah 7:2.

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The prophet Micah says to the publishers:

You, for your part, will sow seed, but you
will not reap. (Micah 6:15) There is no
doubt about what is meant with this seed.
The April 1970 issue of Our Kingdom Ministry
explained to the reader: You have opportunity
to sow seeds of truth by leaving the magazines
for them to read. (page 3) And according to the
June 15, 1992 Watchtower, Jehovahs Witnesses yield a rich harvest of souls. (page 15)
Thus Micahs prophecy means that Jehovahs
Witnesses will print and place many magazines
but not gather men.
No one will want to listen to them. Rather
they will become an object of astonishment
and something to be whistled at. (Micah 6:16) Even today Jehovahs Witnesses are
now and again whistled at; in 1937 Francisco
Zortea and other publishers were greeted by
laughter, catcalls and derision in Italy. (1982
Yearbook of Jehovahs Witnesses, page 148)
Before long no one will take them seriously
anymore.

The Watchtower, September 15, 1981, page 22

Not even eating with a disfellowshiped person

Good company

When someone refuses to continue the meaningless life course of a Jehovahs Witness, he
gets disfellowshipped. He is then shunned even
by his relatives. The September 15, 1981 Watchtower issue says: Christians related to such a
disfellowshiped person living outside the home
should strive to avoid needless association, even
keeping business dealings to a minimum. (page
29) This development was foretold by the prophet Micah: A son is despising a father; a
daughter is rising up against her mother; a
daughter-in-law against her mother-in-law;
a mans enemies are the men of his household. Micah 7:6.
It happens sometimes that relatives do not
completely shun an expelled person, though
they would be obliged to according to Watchtower doctrine. But anyway Jehovah gives to
all disfellowshipped persons the following advice: Do not put your faith in a companion. Do not put your trust in a confidential
friend if he is still a Jehovahs Witness.
Micah 7:5.
Jehovah promises a sincere person to bring
him out of the congregation and forth to the
light. (Micah 7:9) Regarding the remaining
Jehovahs Witnesses, Jehovah promises him:
They will be afraid of you. (Micah 7:17)
Indeed, apostates have no need to be afraid of
Jehovahs Witnesses rather these have fear of
apostates. Finally the prophet prays to Jehovah: You will throw into the depths of the
sea all their sins. (Micah 7:19) The sins of
the Watchtower Society are mainly their false
teachings and treacherous prophecies which
are printed in their countless publications.
Jehovah will throw into the depths of the sea
all the Watchtower publications, so that they
will never again harm innocent readers.

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QUESTIONS FROM READERS

In your June issue, you claim that Microsoft is the true religion. But recently I
read in the science magazine The Sun that
Bill Gates is the antichrist. The letters of
his full name William Henry Gates III add
up to the number 666 according to the
ASCII code. Also the Bible says about the
first Christians: Not even one would say
that any of the things he possessed was his
own; but they had all things in common.
(Acts 4:32) That is a fitting description of
the Open Source concept, and thats why I
think that the truth can be found somewhere in the Linux community. M. S.,
Germany.
Reply: Thank you for your mail. The idea
that the Open Source concept would correspond
to Early Christianity is mentioned time and
again by orthodox theologians. But they ignore
the context of the parallel account: They sold
goods. (Acts 2:45, ASB) This report cannot
refer to the Open Source movement that provides its products for free. Rather this passage
is fulfilled by Microsoft. Acts 2:45 and 4:32
describe the DLL concept of Windows that
allows all applications to use many functions in
common.

Linux contains d(a)emons

The symbol of the

Linux community
is an unclean
and hated bird

But there is an even stronger proof for Microsoft and not the Linux movement being the
true religion: A large number of demons (also
called daemons) are working in every Linux
system. Hence the man from the city who had
demons represents a Unix or Linux system.
Luke 8:27.
But there is another Bible prophecy that is
fulfilled by Linux: Babylon the Great has
become a dwelling place of demons and a
lurking place of every unclean and hated bird!
(Revelation 18:2) Indeed, German magazine PCWelt reported on November 12, 2001: Linux
conquers the church. And the logo of Linux is
an unclean bird, a penguin.
In Windows systems however, there are no
daemons at work but services. They are actually
Gods angels who are sent out to render service. (Hebrews 1:14, NASB) The Bible says
about the services that are integrated in Windows: They kept attending upon their service
according to their commission. (1 Chronicles
6:32) Jehovah even views some services as sacred. (Romans 12:1) In fact, modern Windows
systems were foreshadowed by Jehovahs great
spiritual temple. The prophet Ezekiel wrote
about it: There were windows. (Ezekiel 40:16)
Thats why Awake! magazine urged its readers:
Stand next to the control panel April 22,
1989, page 7.

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Some claim that neither Microsoft nor the

Linux community but Apple would be the true
religion. They point out that Apples products
are used to the most distant part of the earth.
(Acts 1:8) But while Microsoft products are
used to expose the dark deeds of Jehovahs
Witnesses, numerous people use Apple products to listen to the Watchtower podcast. Thus
Apple contributes to the promotion of false
worship and can certainly not be the true religion.

Microsoft products contribute to

spreading the truth about the antichrist
The AAC format is best supported
by Apple products (www.jw.org)

What can be said about the claim that the

letters of William Henry Gates III would add
up to the number 666? That is simply wrong.
In fact, the result is 2052 exactly the number
of years from Noahs death in 2018 B.C.E. to
Jesus death in 33 C.E. That shows that Bill
Gates must be seen in line with the Bibles
great patriarchs and prophets. As Noah protected his family from destruction in the flood,
Bill Gates will protect his followers from the
wild beast Google which is the leading Internet company and is as such depicted by the
number 666. (The Hebrew equivalent of www,
, corresponds to the numeric value 666; see
The Witchtower, February 2009, page 3.)
Also, Bill Gates cannot be the antichrist because the present-day antichrist Watchtower
organization. (see The Witchtower, July 2009,
page 3) Faithful men use software from Microsoft to expose the evil deeds of the Watchtower Society. The products of the true religion
make the worldwide distribution of the truth
possible.

The website The Straight Dope says: Early

Christian scholars often took the forbidden
fruit to be an apple. So Apple is not the true
religion; rather the products of this company
are the forbidden fruits, something to be
longed for to the eyes, to distract people from
true worship. (Genesis 3:6) We should never
allow Apple or Linux to allure us from our faith
but rather stick to the teaching of Microsoft
with billions of other worshippers.

The forbidden fruit

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QUESTIONS FROM READERS

In many places people use brooms to
keep their houses and yards clean. Can
Christians use a broom with a clear conscience? B. B., Germany
In fact, brooms have been in use for thousands of years. Their origin dates back far into
the pre-Christian era. Even in ancient China
the people worshipped a broom goddess which
shows that there was already a close relation
between the broom and pagan mythology back
then.
The Romans too attributed a magic function
to the broom. An internet forum says that in
Rome the midwifes swept the threshold with a
broom to expel the evil before a child was born
in a house. The book The Magical Household
by Scott Cunningham and David Harrington
says that "the Aztecs worshiped the WitchGoddess Tlazolteotl, who was usually depicted
carrying or riding a broom." page 113.
But that was long ago. Does the link between broom and magic still exist today? The
Encyclopaedia Wikipedia says: Brooms have
long been connected with witchcraft and
associated with female witches. Today the
broom is included in lists of ritual tools in
many pagan guide books, where it is often
referred to as a besom. A broom is used to
sweep ritual circles clean of negative energy.
Still today you can make a witches broom
license in Germanys Harz region.

Jesus too cautioned against the danger that

comes from using a broom. He described an
unclean spirit who inspected a house, looking
for a place to live: On arriving it finds it swept
clean. Then it goes its way and takes along
seven different spirits more wicked than itself,
and, after getting inside, they dwell there.
Luke 11:25, 26.
We clearly see that the broom is a pagan
symbol and is closely linked to false religion,
even to magic and the occult. The use of a
broom can attract demons. So as true Christians we surely will spare no effort to beware of
brooms!

The broom is the symbol of witches

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DO WE SUPPORT SATANS ASSIGNMENT?

I have handed them over to Satan that they may be taught. (1 Timothy 1:20)

At a number of passages, the Bible compares true Christians to wheat. The December
1, 1981 Watchtower says that harvesttime is
now upon us, for the harvest is a conclusion of
a system of things. Happily, a wheat class of
true Christians has been gathered. page 21.
Gathering wheat is not so easy. In Jesus
day, harvesting wheat took much time and
effort. First, harvesters gathered the wheat
stalks from the field. Then, they beat the stalks
against a hard surface or used farm animals to
pull a threshing sledge over the stalks to break
them into pieces. This process dislodged the
grain from the stalks and the husks. Next, the
farmers tossed the mixture into the air. The
kernels, or whole seeds of grain, fell back onto
the threshing floor, while the breeze blew the
chaff away. Finally, the kernels were carefully
sifted to remove from them any undesirable
materials. The Watchtower, January 15,
2008, page 32.

Wheat that has simply been gathered is

useless. It must be winnowed and sifted to
remove undesirable materials and improve the
quality of the wheat. The same is true, in a
metaphorical sense, of true Christians. Not
everyone who has been gathered into Gods
organization is a true Christian some are
undesirable materials who must be removed
from the congregation. Who is involved in making this refinement of the organization?
Cleaning today

The first step is winnowing. John the Baptizer said regarding Jesus: His winnowing
shovel is in his hand. The chaff he will burn
up with fire that cannot be put out. (Luke
3:17) So it is Jesus who quasi tosses Christians
into the air, so that chafflike counterfeit Christians are carried hither and thither by every
wind of teaching by means of the trickery of
men, by means of cunning in contriving
Watchtower articles. Ephesians 4:14.
He arranges it so that the doctrine of his
earthly organization is ever changing and then
watches who adapts to the new teachings instead of sticking to the Bible. He will burn up
with fire all Christians who fall for the trickery of the faithful and discreet slave, that is,
he will withdraw his approval from them and

Wheat must be winnowed and sifted

literally annihilate them in Armageddon.

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But the winnowing is only a rough precleaning. Afterwards the wheat must be carefully sifted to remove any undesirable materials. Whom did Jehovah charge with this
task? Jesus provided the answer when he said
to his disciples: Satan has demanded to have
you men to sift you as wheat. (Luke 22:31)
Like in pre-Christian times, Satan has the
assignment to detect undesirable materials in
Gods organization and take care of their disposal. compare Job 1:6; 1 Chronicles 21:1;
2 Samuel 24:1, Footnote.
Satan does not accomplish his assignment
alone. The elders support him, since they too
have the responsibility to keep the congregation clean. But they too cannot meet this responsibility alone, because the book Pay Attention to Yourselves and to All the Flock says
regarding judicial committees: Elders called
upon to care for this responsibility must exercise heavenly wisdom. (page 110) But the
elders have never been to heaven, so that they
have only earthly wisdom at their disposal.
Satan however spent thousands of years in
heaven and assists them with heavenly wisdom. When the elders notice that some publishers are undesirable materials and should
not be a part of the true Christian congregation, these get handed over to Satan that
they may be taught by him. 1 Timothy 1:20.

The already mentioned book further says:

If a person has definite knowledge of wrongdoing that could contaminate the congregation,
he is obligated to report the matter in order to
keep the congregation clean. (page 98) Hence
every publisher can support Satan with his
important job by being on the look-out for
stumblings of his brothers and sisters and
denouncing them at the elders. So Jesus, Satan, the elders and the publishers work together in unity, so that there will exist a clean congregation of true, genuine Christians in time
right before Armageddon.
However, Satan has a problem: The time
left is reduced. (1 Corinthians 7:29) Satan is
knowing he has a short period of time. (Revelation 12:12) So he wont be able to complete
the cleaning of Gods people before Armageddon. Thats why as soon as the thousand years
have been ended, Jehovah will charge him
again to remove the last remaining undesirable materials from his people. Since he will
spend the thousand years until then in the
abyss where he cannot see what happens on
earth, he will rely on tips from the public. As
the human memory will also be brought to
perfection in paradise, the people will exactly
remember

every

wrongdoing

they

have

watched during the thousand years, so that

they can report them to the judicial committees
appointed by Satan.
Then mankind will be cleansed as a people
for fine works and handed over to Jehovah by
Satan. (compare The Watchtower, June 1, 2002,
page 18) Even today we should support Satan,
Elders serving in judicial committees allow
Satans heavenly wisdom to guide them

an important fellow worker of Jehovah, with

his assignment.

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WHO IS REALLY HAPPY?

Many people believe that Gods blessing makes happy. Does the Bible support
this common viewpoint?
First we have to examine how Gods blessing manifests. The Bible mentions a
number of issues, for example: The blessing of Jehovah that is what makes rich.
(Proverbs 10:22) Furthermore Jehovah advised the Israelites: You must eat meat
according to the blessing of Jehovah your God. (Deuteronomy 12:15) According
to the prophet Isaiah Jehovah of armies will certainly make a banquet of wine
kept on the dregs, of well-oiled dishes filled with marrow. (Isaiah 25:6) So whoever is blessed by Jehovah has riches and good food.
In addition the Sovereign Lord Jehovah will certainly wipe the tears from all
faces. (Isaiah 25:8) Indeed, the Bible says about those blessed by Jehovah: God
will wipe out every tear from their eyes. (Revelation 7:17) In ancient times God
has prepared laughter for Sarah, and the mouth of his servants came to be filled
with laughter. (Genesis 21:6; Psalm 126:2) So whoever is blessed by Jehovah will
not shed tears but laugh.
Wealth, good food, laughter, no weeping are that not the best conditions to be
happy? Consider what Jesus, the greatest teacher of all times, explained: Happy are
you poor Happy are you who hunger Happy are you who weep But woe to
you rich persons Woe to you who are filled up now Woe, you who are laughing. Luke 6:20, 21, 24, 25.
In other words: Woe to those blessed by Jehovah! Rather, happy are those who
escape Jehovahs blessing. How can someone who is still a Jehovahs Witness become happy? Jesus provided a clear hint: Happy are you whenever they exclude
you. (Luke 6:22) True, being disfellowshipped can make really happy!

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