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| They Don't Want to Hear it! The Bible has an enormous amount of valuable information in it. Some of the information is historical, some is anecdotal but there is a large amount of prophecy and wisdom that is so important we would be foolish to ignore it. But many people do!
How can people ignore the wisdom of the Bible?
Many people consider the Bible to be a book of dead history. First of all, you must understand that in the last days scoffers will come, scoffing and following their own evil desires. They will say, "Where is this 'coming' he promised?" By the same word the present heavens and earth are reserved for fire, being kept for the day of judgment and destruction of ungodly men. (2Peter 3:3,4,7) (New International Version) On the other hand, there are people who love and cherish SOME of the Bible's wisdom. They pick and choose what they want from the Bible. If they see or hear something that is unpleasant or disagreeable, they ignore it as if it wasn't even written there. "But you shall speak My words to them whether they listen or not.." (Ezekiel 2:7) (New American Standard Bible) The words written in the Bible came from God. Not just any God, but Jehovah God. Jehovah had His many prophets write the words in the Bible for a purpose. That is because every word that Jehovah utters has a purpose. 10 As the rain and the snow come down from heaven, and do not return to it without watering the earth and making it bud and flourish, so that it yields seed for the sower and bread for the eater, 11 so is my word that goes out from my mouth: It will not return to me empty, but will accomplish what I desire and achieve the purpose for which I sent it. (Isaiah 55:10-11) (NIV) "...I am God, and there is none like me. I make known the end from the beginning, from ancient times, what is still to come. I say: My purpose will stand, and I will do all that I please." (Isaiah 46:9,10) (NIV) The Bible indeed has many words of encouragement and comfort but it also has numerous warnings for us to heed. "...the word of Jehovah came unto me, saying... give them warning from me. " (Ezekiel 3:16,17) (American Standard Version)
Picking and Choosing Many members of Christendom only want to hear scriptures that please them. They do not want to hear "ALL" that God or His Son said. Many pick and choose the scriptures to soothe them and make them feel comfortable and complacent. When other scriptures are presented to them, ones that require action on their part or suggest that a change is needed - they often get angry and quickly reject both the scripture and the source. But Who Are They Hurting? Only Themselves! Why? The answer is simple - by refusing to listen to scriptures where Christ or his Father gives a warning, the reader has instantly rejected not only Christ's message but also the originator of that message - our Heavenly Father, Jehovah God. Jesus Said - "...anyone who says 'No' to me is really saying 'No' - to the one who sent me." (Luke 10:16) (Contemporary English Version) "...if you don't accept the trustworthiness of the One who commanded my words and acts, none of it matters. That is who you are questioning -not me but the One who sent me." (John 8:28) (Message Bible) Jesus said - "There is a lot more I could say to condemn you. But the one who sent me is truthful, and I tell the people of this world only what I have heard from him." (John 8:26) (CEV)
Rejecting the warning scriptures and only clinging to pleasanter ones will not stop the inevitable from happening. Yes, whether they like it or not, a world-wide warning has been given and the outcome, as given, will truly happen, whether they listen or not. What Warning Scriptures? "In the past God overlooked such ignorance, but now he commands all people everywhere to repent. For he has set a day when he will judge the world with justice by the man he has appointed. He has given proof of this to all men by raising him from the dead." (Acts 17:30,31) (NIV) Many people say, "Judge the world? But my minister says God loves us just as we are!" Is that really so? 9Don't you know that those who do wrong will have no share in the Kingdom of God? Don't fool yourselves. Those who indulge in sexual sin, who are idol worshipers, adulterers, male prostitutes, homosexuals, 10thieves, greedy people, drunkards, abusers, and swindlers--none of these will have a share in the Kingdom of God. (1Corinthians 6:9-10) (NIV) "...he condemned the cities of Sodom and Gomorrah by burning them to ashes, and made them an example of what is going to happen to the ungodly;" (2Peter 2:6) (NIV) Our Messiah issued some serious Warnings. "As the weeds are pulled up and burned in the fire, so it will be at the end of the age." (Matthew 13:40) (NIV) "I have come to bring fire on the earth, and how I wish it were already kindled!" (Luke 12:49) (NIV) "But the day Lot left Sodom, fire and sulfur rained down from heaven and destroyed them all. It will be just like this on the day the Son of Man is revealed." (Luke 17:29-30) (NIV) "I tell you that it will be more bearable for Sodom on the day of judgment than for you." (Matthew 11:24) (NIV) But The Messiah was not the only one... "Just a little while longer, and the wicked ones will be no more; though you look for them, they will not be found. But the meek will inherit the earth and enjoy great peace. " (Psalm 37: 10,11) (NIV) "For the upright shall dwell in the earth, and the righteous shall remain in it. But the wicked shall be cut off from the earth, and the treacherous shall be rooted out of it." (Proverbs 2:21,22) (NIV) 17 You make God tired with all your talk. "How do we tire him out?" you ask. By saying, "God loves sinners and sin alike. God loves all." And also by saying, "Judgment? God's too nice to judge." (Malachi 2:17) (Message Bible) "...This will happen when the Lord Jesus is revealed from heaven in blazing fire with his powerful angels. He will punish those who do not know God and do not obey the gospel of our Lord Jesus. They will be punished with ever- lasting destruction and shut out from the presence of the Lord and from the majesty of his power on the day he comes to be glorified." (2Thessalonians 1:7-10) (NIV) "...And you will destroy all who have caused destruction on the earth." (Revelation 11:18) (New Livinig Translation) This is fair warning for those who blithely believe that "God and Jesus loves all of us just as we are!" How bad will it be? “And 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. They will not be bewailed, neither will they be gathered up or be buried. As manure on the surface of the ground they will become.” (Jeremiah 25:33) (Young's Literal Translation) Along with the warnings come blessings for the righteous. "Happy are the meek and mild for they will inherit the earth." (Matthew 5:5) (Amplified Bible) "We are looking for what God has promised, which are new heavens and a new earth. Only what is right and good will be there." (2Peter 3:13) (New Life Version) 
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| CHRIST HAS ALREADY SHOWN US WHAT HE PLANS TO DO By resurrecting the dead back to a restored life here on the earth, Our Savior, God's Son, displayed not only his ability to resurrect the dead - but also his future intentions. 18 While he was saying this, a ruler came and knelt before him and said, "My daughter has just died. But come and put your hand on her, and she will live." 19 Jesus got up and went with him, and so did his disciples. 23 When Jesus entered the ruler's house and saw the flute players and the noisy crowd, 24 he said, "Go away. The girl is not dead but asleep." But they laughed at him. 25 After the crowd had been put outside, he went in and took the girl by the hand, and she got up. 26 News of this spread through all that region. (Matthew 9:18-19,23-26) (New International Version) The Bible’s prophets wrote about this extraordinary phenomenon many times thousands of years ago: "Multitudes who sleep in the dust of the earth will awake." (Daniel 12:2) (NIV) "Thus saith the Lord Jehovah: Behold, I will open your graves, and cause you to come up out of your graves, O my people; and I will bring you into the land... And I will put my Spirit in you, and ye shall live, and I will place you in your own land: and ye shall know that I, Jehovah, have spoken it and performed it, saith Jehovah." (Ezekiel 37:12-14) (American Standard Version) "Your dead will live; Their corpses will rise. You who lie in the dust, awake and shout for joy, For your dew is as the dew of the dawn, And the earth will give birth to the departed spirits. " (Isaiah 26:19) (New American Standard Bible) 3 And he said unto me, Son of man, can these bones live? And I answered, O Lord Jehovah, thou knowest. 4 Again he said unto me, Prophesy over these bones, and say unto them, O ye dry bones, hear the word of Jehovah. 5 Thus saith the Lord Jehovah unto these bones: Behold, I will cause breath to enter into you, and ye shall live. 6 And I will lay sinews upon you, and will bring up flesh upon you, and cover you with skin, and put breath in you, and ye shall live; and ye shall know that I am Jehovah. 7 So I prophesied as I was commanded: and as I prophesied, there was a noise, and, behold, an earthquake; and the bones came together, bone to its bone. 8 And I beheld, and, lo, there were sinews upon them, and flesh came up, and skin covered them above; but there was no breath in them. 9 Then said he unto me, Prophesy unto the wind, prophesy, son of man, and say to the wind, Thus saith the Lord Jehovah: Come from the four winds, O breath, and breathe upon these slain, that they may live. 10 So I prophesied as he commanded me, and the breath came into them, and they lived, and stood up upon their feet, an exceeding great army. (Ezekiel 37:3-10) (ASV) Under the direction of his Father and using the power that Jehovah will give him Christ will resurrect many people back to life right here on the earth. "Don't be surprised! The time will come when all of the dead will hear the voice of the Son of Man, and they will come out of their graves." (John 5:28) (Contemporary English Version) "...just as I have received authority from my Father." (Revelation 2:28) (NIV) Even in Christ’s Day - The people recognized that it was the God of Israel - Jehovah - who gave His Son His power. "The people were amazed when they saw the mute speaking, the crippled made well, the lame walking and the blind seeing. And they praised the God of Israel. "
(Matthew 15:31) (NIV) "One night he went to Jesus and said, 'Sir, we know that God has sent you to teach us. You could not work these miracles, unless God were with you.' " (John 3:2) (CEV) Did Christ possess this power because he was God? "Jesus gave them this answer: ' I tell you the truth, the Son can do nothing by himself; he can do only what he sees his Father doing... For just as the Father raises the dead and gives them life, even so the Son gives life to whom he is pleased to give it. ' " (John 5:19,21) (NIV) 
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| Compromise or Stand Firm? Standing Firm for our beliefs is the opposite of "Compromise".
With Pagan Holidays to amuse and distract us, will we STAND FIRM and show our strength in the purity of Christ's original teachings, or will we be weak - and compromise with the world?
What pagan holidays? Are Christmas and Easter pagan holidays?
"It was in the fifth century that the Roman Catholic Church commanded that the birth of Christ be observed forever on December 25th, the day of the old Pagan Roman feast of the birth of Sol, one of the names of their pagan sun-god!" - Encyclopedia Americana, Vol.6, p.623 "THE BIRTHDAY OF Nimrod, the son of the Babylonian Queen, was adopted by the Roman Church, giving it the name of Christ. This tendency on the part of the apostate Church of Rome, to compromise and meet paganism half-way was very early developed."
-The Two Babylons; pg. 93 Alexander Hislop
The Early Christians were STRONG in their faith and they REFUSED to Compromise. "All men will hate you because of me, but he who STANDS FIRM to the end will be saved. At that time men will see the Son of Man coming in clouds with great power and glory."
(Mark 13:13,26) (New International Version) Yes, True followers of Christ - always refuse to compromise.
24 "No one can serve two masters. Either he will hate the one and love the other, or he will be devoted to the one and despise the other. You cannot serve both God and Money." (Matthew 6:24) (NIV) The early Christians were hated by the world around them, for their refusal to compromise with the Roman world. They were considered unpatriotic and anti-social while the Roman world was deep into the frivolity of Saturnalia Winter Celebration on December 25th. For this they were despised. "But what makes you Christian people so offensive is your stubbornness. You are antisocial snobs. You will not show proper respect for our festivals."
--- Glimpses Issue #139 : Why Early Christians Were So Despised; Ken Curtis PH.D., Beth Jacobson, Diana Severance Ph.D., Ann T. Snyder and Dan Graves. ©2003 by Christian History Institute. "The Octavius of Minicius Felix" 2nd century A.D. From: http://chi.gospelcom.net/GLIMPSEF/glmpstt.shtml "We Christians neither cover our doorposts with wreaths, nor... decorate our house like some new brothel. We... do NOT celebrate along with you the holidays... The pagan Romans clad their doorposts with green and branching laurels... In the Saturnalia... Presents come and go... There are... gifts... and Banquets... yet Christians should have no acquaintance with the festivals of the pagans."
- Tertullian, (A.D. 155-220), quoted by David Bercot, A Dictionary of Early Christian Beliefs, 1998, p. 342).What about birthday celebration?
"the earliest Christians simply were NOT interested in celebrating the Nativity. They 'viewed birthday celebrations as heathen'. The third-century church father - Origen had declared it a sin to even think of keeping Christ's birthday 'as though he were a king pharoah'." - December 23,1996 issue of US News & World Report "Christians of the first century did not celebrate the festival honoring the birth of Jesus - for the same reason they honored no other birthday anniversary. It was the feeling at that time by all Christians that the celebration of all birthdays (even the Lord's) was a custom of the pagans." - Dr. John C. McCollister's The Christian Book of Why MEN PLEASERS - or - GOD PLEASERS? "Am I now trying to win the approval of men, or of God? Or am I trying to please men? If I were still trying to please men, I would NOT be a servant of Christ."
(Galatians 1:10) (NIV) "You adulterous people, don't you know that friendship with the world is hatred toward God? Anyone who chooses to be a friend of the world becomes an enemy of God." (James 4:4) (NIV) 11 Take no part in the worthless deeds of evil and darkness; instead, rebuke and expose them. (Ephesians 5:11) (NIV) "Don't team up with those who are unbelievers. How can light live with darkness? What harmony can there be be- tween Christ and the Devil? ...Therefore, come out from them and separate yourselves from them, says the Lord. Don't touch their filthy things..." (2Corinthians 6:14-17) (New Living Translation) "And why do you break the command of God for the sake of your tradition? Thus you nullify the word of God for the sake of your tradition." (Matthew 15:3,6) (NIV) REFUSING TO COMPROMISE Christ and his early followers were noted for their refusal to compromise. They took death rather than compromise their faith. "An arrested Christian could receive a pardon simply by offering incense on a Roman altar, but many refused to do so, citing scripture passages urging faith in the one God "JEHOVAH". These heroes of the Christians were called "martyrs," a word that means ‘WITNESSES’." - A History of Christianity in Egypt; Birth and Early Growth Their refusal to follow worldly festivals and their refusal to compromise with the pagan world around them caused them to be ridiculed, ostracized, and often persecuted. And yet, they stood firm. What about Easter? Is Easter as bad as Christmas? "Christmas and Easter - These spurious, counterfeit holydays represent a COMPROMISE with paganism, an attempt on the part of the church to convert the heathen by meeting them halfway. But the Scriptures clearly teach that there must be NO Compromise with the evil one on any point. Paul gives the warning: "Now the Spirit speaketh expressly, that in the latter times some shall depart from the faith, giving heed to seducing spirits, and doctrines of devils; speaking lies in hypocrisy; having their conscience seared with a hot iron." 1 Timothy 4:1, 2."
-HEATHEN CUSTOMS In the Christian Church; By Murl VanceWhat is so bad about Easter? "It is interesting that the holiest day of the liturgical Christian year, Easter Sunday, bears the name of the pagan sex goddess Eastre and the pagan sun god Solis." -Panati, Charles. Sacred Origins of Profound Things. New York: Penguin Books USA Inc., 1996. "The forms and ceremonies of paganism gradually crept into the worship. Some of the old heathen feasts became church festivals with change of name... " - (Story of the Christian Church, p.79) ; Jesse Lyman Hurlbut "Subtly... the old gods had entered their churches... And they live still in the festivals of Christianity." --(Testament: The Bible and History, Romer, 1988, pp. 230-31). TRUE CHRISTIANS ARE WITHOUT SPOT FROM THE WORLD
"Pure and undefiled religion in the sight of our God and Father is... to keep oneself unstained by the world." (James 1:27) (NASB) "Therefore, my beloved brethren, be steadfast, immovable..." (1Corinthians 15:58) (New American Standard Bible) "Obey his commands with all purity. Then no one can find fault with you from now until our Lord Jesus Christ returns." (1Timothy 6:14) (NLT) An excellent suggestion considering that our Messiah is indeed coming back to us soon! A SMALL REMNANT - A "CULT" THAT REFUSES TO COMPROMISE Those who refuse to compromise with paganism; those who refuse to celebrate Christmas and Easter are HATED by the World.
Yes, the minority Christians who refuse to compromise with the pagan celebration of Christmas and Easter are hated by the world. But then, they expected that. "If you lived on the world's terms, the world would love you as one of its own. But since I picked you to live on God's terms and no longer on the world's terms, the world is going to hate you."
(John 15:19) (Message Bible) They are labeled as non-Christians and usually looked down upon as being a cult and yet, they are more closely following the teachings of Christ than the majority Christians who openly ignore the Bible's warnings about compromise.
There are over seven million of these Christians who refuse to COMPROMISE with the rest of Christendom. They would rather take the ridicule of apostate Christians than to compromise their faith. They would rather follow closely in Christ's footsteps. Like Christ and the early Christians, they are labeled as a "CULT".
Their refusal to compromise automatically tells who they are. Yes, because they are famous for not following the crowd. They are famous for being different. They are famous for being disliked and for refusing to compromise with the world.
As a group, Jehovah's Witnesses are famous for NOT celebrating Christmas, Easter, Halloween or birthdays because they refuse to compromise their faith. While the world of Christendom, the nominal Christians, make excuses for celebrating pagan festivities, these last thoughts from the Bible will be left with them:
"...in the "LAST DAYS"... They will love fun instead of loving God. They will do things to make it look as if they are Christians. But they will not receive the power that is for a Christian." (2Timothy 3:1,4,5) (New Life Version) "The world and all its desires will pass away. But the man who obeys God and does what He wants done will live forever."
(1John 2:17) (NLV) "Deal as sparingly as possible with the things the world thrusts on you. This world as you see it is on its way out." (1Corinthians 7:31) (MSG) "So leave the corruption and don't COMPROMISE; leave it for good," says God. "Don't link up with those who will pollute you. I want you all for myself." (2Corinthians 6:17) (MSG)
"Like a muddied fountain and a polluted spring is a righteous man who yields, falls down, and compromises his integrity before the wicked." (Proverbs 25:26) (Amplified Bible) Why do you call me, 'Lord, Lord,' and do NOT do what I say?
(Luke 6:46) (NIV) "On judgment day many will tell me, `Lord, Lord, we prophesied in your name... and performed many miracles in your name.' But I will reply, `I never knew you. Go away; the things you did were unauthorized.' "
(Matthew 7:22,23) (NLT) How important is it to stand firm to the end? "All men will hate you because of me, but he who stands STANDS FIRM to the end will be saved."
(Matthew 10:22-23) (NIV) 
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| The Power of Prayer Most of the people in this world follow a religion and in many religions is a provision for communicating with a deity. Christendom, especially Catholicism, promotes the idea that mindless repetition of the Lord’s Prayer is the accepted way to pray to their nameless lord and that is exactly what they do. A lot! This is not really what Jehovah, the true God, wants from us. To worship Jehovah properly we need to pray to our Heavenly Father, but not repetitiously. After all, how would we like it if people came up to us and muttered the same phrases to us over and over? People would not conceive of talking to other people like a "broken record", so why do people treat The God who created the universe as if He would like to hear monotonous repetition? Jehovah’s Son never taught that: "But when ye pray, use not vain repetitions, as the heathen do: for they think that they shall be heard for their much speaking." (Matthew 6:7) (King James Version)
People around the world love to pray repetitiously to their false gods, so we should want to avoid being like them. When Christ gave us the "Lord’s prayer", he made it plain that it was a guide to go by: "Be not ye therefore like unto them: for your Father knoweth what things ye have need of, before ye ask him." (Matthew 6:8) (King James Version) What else do we need to know? A lot more than the bumbling preachers of Christendom teach! Prayer should only be directed to Jehovah – as He requires – not His Son or anybody else! 1 And God spake all these words, saying, 2 I am Jehovah thy God, who brought thee out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of bondage. 3 Thou shalt have no other gods before me. (Exodus 20:1-3) (ASV) Proper prayer to Jehovah is a serious business. If we want Jehovah to listen to our prayers, we must do it the way He requires. Jehovah has strict requirements but He doesn’t really ask for much! Most people know to pray to Jehovah in His Son’s name. This is why: 6 Jesus answered, "I am the way and the truth and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me."
(John 14:6) (NIV)
But more importantly,
"If you ask anything in my name, I will do it." (John 14:14) (New Living Translation) Most Christians are more than happy to pray to God in Jesus’ name. About two billion Christians around the world pray to God in Jesus’ name every day. Their first mistake is praying to God without specifying which God. Consequently, Jehovah may disregard their prayers. What is the second mistake? Oddly enough, it is praying in Jesus’ name! And why is that? Jehovah’s Son is not named Jesus! According to the Catholic Encyclopedia: http://www.catholicity.com/encyclopedia/ JESUS The word Jesus is the Latin form of the Greek Iesous, which in turn is the transliteration of the Hebrew Jeshua, or Joshua, or again Jehoshua, meaning "Jehovah is salvation." From: http://www.catholicity.com/encyclopedia/j/jesus_christ,origin_of_name_of.html This is a widespread and popular belief. Many people are already aware that the Son of God’s name in Hebrew is Yeshua or Jeshua. That is True enough. What else is true? "Joshuah" or "Jehoshuah" translates as "The Salvation of Jehovah". "(Joshua) Yahshua/Yahushua/Yahoshua, is the correct Name for the Savior. In all spellings and pronunciation, the Name is rendered to mean "salvation of YAH" or "YAH'S salvation/ (His) Savior." The Name (Joshua) in its fullest translation means, "He (YAH) shall save His people. (Yah or Jah - is an abbreviation for Jehovah) (Just as Yeshua (Joshua) is an abbreviation for Yehoshuah or Jehoshuah) - (meaning - The Salvation of Jehovah - or Jehovah's Savior)."
-COME OUT OF HER MY PEOPLE, by C. J. KosterWe can see that Jehoshuah means "Jehovah's Savior" "The name "Jehoshua" means the same as Joshua."
-Hitchcocks’s Dictionary of Bible NamesSince "Jehoshuah" or "Joshua" literally means "the Salvation of Jehovah" - we can see why people said that he came in his Father's Name. 9 And the multitudes that went before, and that followed, cried, saying, Hosanna to the son of David: Blessed is he that cometh in the name of the Lord; Hosanna in the highest.
(Matthew 21:9) (NIV) We can also see why Jehovah chose this name for his Son - because "Jehoshua" is to be the means by which Jehovah would provide salvation to Mankind. This is in total agreement with the prophet Joel, who said that only those calling upon the name of "Jehovah" would be saved. "And it shall come to pass, that whosoever shall call on the name of Jehovah shall be delivered..."
(Joel 2:32) (ASV) So what is wrong with calling our Savior "Jesus"?
"It is known that the Greek name endings with sus, seus, and sous were attached by the Greeks to names and geographical areas as means to give honour to their supreme deity, Zeus." -Dictionary of Christian Lore and Legend Professor J. C. J. Metford So what does the name, "Jesus" Mean, in Greek? "Some authorities, who have spent their entire lives studying the origins of names believe that "Jesus" actually means - "Hail Zeus!" For Iesous in Greek IS "Hail Zeus." "Ie" translates as "Hail" and "sous" or "sus" translates as Zeus. The English name "Jesus", therefore, stems etymologically from "Jupiter-Zeus" the chief god of the ancient Greek Olympus." -"Yeshua" or "Jesus" -- Which? Biblical Research Institute; 1996 by Les Aron Gosling From: http://www.meguiar.addr.com/End_Times_Table_of_Contents.htm How did "Joshua" mutate into "Jesus"? "And so it is throughout Christendom. The name of Jahwah is ignored by the apostate religion. When the Savior was born into the world his mother was a Hebrew maid of the tribe of Judah; but His Father was the Almighty whose name alone is Jahwah, or Jah. Strong's, Hebrew # 3050; Jah; the sacred name. As He was the Son of Jahwah, it was evident that He would carry His Father's name, and He plainly states saying, " I am come in My Father's Name." John 5; 43. Our translated scripture says that Jahwah's Son's name is Jesus, a compound word of Ie and Zeus. But remember the heavenly messenger spoke unto a Hebrew, and declared His name in the Hebrew, which the writer explained to mean, "Jah is Salvation." This name, Jahshuwah, being Hebrew, was objectionable to the Greeks and Romans, who hated the Judeans, and so it was deleted from the records, and a new name inserted. Jahshuwah was thus replaced by Ie-Sous, now known to us as Jesus. The new religion was known as Christianity, because the supreme deity of it was called Christos, and so we ask, whence came Christos ? The Hebrews called their coming Savior the Messiah. The disciples of the Savior accepted Him as such, and to them He was known as Jahshuwah the Messiah. The Greeks, however, rejected the Hebrew name, and called Him Christos, similar to Chrisna ( Krisna ), name of the deity-savior of the East. Among the people of the East, a sun-god savior was worshipped by the name of Krisna, and so among the Greeks of the new religion the Savior was known as Kristos, or Christos. Thus the Sanskrit name was of the Indian messiah became the name of the messiah of the new religion, and it was known as the new Christian ( Krisna ) faith. They had worshipped Zeus, or Jupiter, as the supreme deity, so now they were told the new name was Theos, or Dios, or God. Their savior was Zeus, so now they were to accept Jesus ( Iesous, or Zeus ). He came in His Father's Name and by that we must adore Him. Away with the pagan name Christ, heathen name Jesus, and exalt the Savior, Jahshuwah, the Son of Jahwah, by His own name."
THE ORIGIN OF CHRISTIANITY: by A.B. Traina From: http://www.meguiar.addr.com/origin_of_christianity.htm Other Scholars agree. "Many people think that we are just trying to be different and make another cult, but let us examine the facts. It is admitted that the Saviour never heard himself addressed as Jesus Christ, not even when Greeks went to Philip and said, "We would see Yahushua" (John 12:20-21). The Greek proselytes knew him as Yahushua, and as the Messiah, for there is no other NAME under heaven, given unto men, whereby we must be saved. The name "Jesus" was never applied to the Saviour during His lifetime, nor for nearly 300 years after His death and resurrection." From: http://yahushua.net/nicolaitan.htm "Jesus. That was a name given to him by the early church many years after His death. They wanted to remove any Jewishness from the new church. They eliminated His Jewish name and blended the name of Zeus into the Christian church to make it comfortable for all those who previously worshipped the Greek and Roman gods. It made it easier for the pagans to become Christians. Since Zeus was the top god of their experience, attaching the name Ioesus to Yahshua gave Him top priority in the worship hierarchy." -Winds of Praise Broadcasting Believer or Follower? The Sound of the Shofar By Jon Thompson So we can plainly see that the name, "Jesus" is the opposite of the name, "Joshua". Now that we understand that, we now know better than to pray to a nameless lord in Jesus’ name. Now that "The End" of this world is so near, people have an extra incentive to pray to Jehovah is His Son’s actual name as Bible prophecy requires. "Hail Zeus" or "Salvation of Jehovah"? ...this is what was said through the prophet Joel, "And in the last days," God says... everyone who calls on the name of Jehovah will be saved." (Acts 2:16,17,21) (NWT) www.watchtower.org "For the Scripture says... 'everyone who calls on the name of Jehovah will be saved.'" (Romans 10:11,13) (NWT) www.watchtower.org
Lastly, we have a quaint way of ending our prayers that has got to stop. Now is a good time! Amen According to the online Encyclopedia Wikipedia: "Amun (also spelled Amon, Amoun, Amen, and rarely Imen, Greek Ἄμμων Ammon, and Ἅμμων Hammon, reconstructed Egyptian Yamānu) was the name of a deity, in Egyptian mythology, who gradually rose to become one of the most important deities in Ancient Egypt, before fading into obscurity."From: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amun We have all been tricked into ending our prayers with the name of an Egyptian god! We can be sure that Jehovah does not want to hear that! We can be equally sure that Jehovah does not want to hear "Hail Zeus" either. Our Saviour already knew well in advance and warned us all that many devout followers would make grave mistakes based upon their faulty knowledge. 22 On judgment day many will say to me, ‘Lord! Lord! We prophesied in your name and cast out demons in your name and performed many miracles in your name.’ 23 But I will reply, ‘I never knew you. Get away from me, you who break God’s laws.’ (Matthew 7:22-23) (NLT) Now is the time to discard utterly worthless beliefs and put true and accurate beliefs to work for us. Successful communication with the true God, our Father, Jehovah, depends on it! 4 But you, Daniel, shut up the words and seal the book, until the time of the end. Many shall run to and fro, and knowledge shall increase." (Daniel 12:4) (ESV) That time is right now! 
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Time for what?
"I have come to bring fire on the earth, and how I wish it were already kindled!" (Luke 12:49) (NIV) But most people think Jesus loves everybody! 29 But the day Lot left Sodom, fire and sulfur rained down from heaven and destroyed them all. 30 It will be just like this on the day the Son of Man is revealed. (Luke 17:29-30) (NIV) JEHOVAH GOD SENT HIS SON BACK TO US WHEN THE TIME WAS RIGHT "At the time that God has already decided, he will send Jesus Christ back again." (1Timothy 6:15) (Contemporary English Version) "FOR YET IN A VERY LITTLE WHILE, HE WHO IS COMING WILL COME, AND WILL NOT DELAY." (Hebrews 10:37) (New American Standard Bible) 3 Praise be to the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who has blessed us in the heavenly realms with every spiritual blessing in Christ. 9 And he made known to us the mystery of his will according to his good pleasure, which he purposed in Christ, 10 to be put into effect when the times will have reached their fulfillment—to bring all things in heaven and on earth together under one head, even Christ. (Ephesians 1:3,9,10) (New International Version) BUT SCOFFERS THINK THAT HE ISN'T HERE YET "...in the last days there will be scoffers who will laugh at the truth and do every evil thing they desire. This will be their argument: "Jesus promised to come back, did he? Then where is he? Why, as far back as anyone can remember, everything has remained exactly the same since the world was first created." (2Peter 3:3,4) (New Living Translation) 18 They said to you, "In the last times there will be scoffers who will follow their own ungodly desires." (Jude 1:18) (NIV) Now is a good time to read the news and reconsider. Why? Because that day is here! How do we know? 9 I, the LORD, will show no mercy or pity when that time comes. In my anger I will destroy the earth and every sinner who lives on it. (Isaiah 13:9) (CEV)
29 Then shall they know that I am Jehovah, when I have made the land a desolation and an astonishment, because of all their abominations which they have committed. (Ezekiel 33:29) (ASV) And we see that happening every day now! 
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