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fifiie watcht0wer publisiied semi-monthly by its mission his journal ill published for the purpose of enabling the people to know jehovah god and his purposes as expressed in the bible ,it pubhshes blble lnstruction speciiically designed to aid jehovah s witnesses it arranges systematic blble study for its readers and supphes other merature to aid in such iitudies it publishes sultable matenal for radlo broadcastmg and for other means of public instruc· tion in the scriptures it adheres strictly to the bible as authority for its utter· anceb it is entirely free and separate from all partles bects or other worldly orgarnzations it is wholly and mthout reservatlon for the kingdom of jehovah god under chnst hls beloved king it 15 not dogmatic but invites careful and critical exaidlllation of its contents in the light of the scriptures it does not indulge in controversy and its columns are not open to personalities watch tower bible 117 adams street j f rutherford tract society brooklyn n y u s a f pl esident offioers w e van ambubgli secretary t ~reat shall and all thy children shall be tau~ht of jehovah and be the peace of thy children ~ljtzil1h 54 i3 the scriptures clearly teach that jehovah is the only true god is from everlasting to evejlastmg the maker of heaven and earth and the glver of life to his creatures that the logos was the beginning of his creatlon and his active agent in the creatlon of all things that the logos is now the lord jesus christ in glory clothed with all power in heaven and earth and the chief executive officer of jehovah that god created the earth for man created perfect man for the earth and placed him upon it that man wilfully disobeyed god s law and was sentenced to death that by reuson of adam s wrong act ull roen are born smners and wlthout the right to life that jesus was roade human and the man jesus suffered death in order to produce the rausom or redemptive price for all mankind that god raised up jesus divine and exulted him to heaven above every crell.tur and above every name and clothed him with all power and authority that jehovah s organization is called zion and thut christ jesus is the chief officer thereof and is the rightful king of the world that the anointed and faithful followors of christ jesus are children of zion member of jehovah s organization and are his witnesses whose duty and privilege it is to testify to the supremacy of jehovah declare his purposes toward mankind as expressed in the bible and to bear the fruits of the kingdom before all who will hear that the world has ended and the lord jebna christ has been placed by jehovah upon his throne of authority has ousted satan from heaven and is proceeding to the cstablishment of god s kingdom on earth that the relief and blessingb of the peoples of earth can come only by and through jehovah s kingdom under christ which hm now begun that the lord s next great act is the destruction of satan li orga.n.ization and the estab· hshment of righteousness in the earth and that under the kmgdom all those who will obey its righteous laws shall hve on carth foreve riches the tltle of a new book i the society has long desired to publish something specially suitable for mstruction of children and young people as rcspects years also slllce the unfolding of the truths concerning the j onadab class or great multi· tude and the first appearance of members of such class jehovah s witnebses and also lllcoming j onauab brethren have keenly deshed a pubhcation partlcularly deslgned for instruc· hon of those who already are of and those who shall yet swell the ranks of the great multltuue jehovah by christ jesus has now graciously provided buch in the book blches in reading and studymg tlus book god b anolllted remnant will profit no less than the jonadabs all bhould read it carefully to know why and how to put it in the hanus of those seeinng righteousness and meekness the author b edition is now unuer prcparation contallling a personal letter from and by the hand of the author to all jehovah s kingdom publishers imtml expense of pubhshing blckes obhges the society to ask a contnbution of 50c a copy of this limited eultion among companies and groups orders should be promptly placed wlth local stockkeeper that books may be shipped in lots the king another seabon of refreshing to all god s kingdom pubhshers by concerted intensified activity afield is arranged for in the testimony penod the king to wit february 1-9 dur yearly subscription price united states ~1.00 canada and 1.50 gillut buit.un austilalasia 1i!iscellaneous foueign and south aejuca 78 american remittances should be made by express or postal moncy order or by bank draft canadian bdtlsh south african and awstra1ulan remittances should be made direct to the respective branch oidces remittances from countries other than those men· tioned may be made to the brooklyn omcc but by international postal money order only foreign offices bntilt · · · · · · · · · · 34 craven terrace london w 2 england canadian · · · · · · · 40 irwin avenue troronto ontario canada aultralluta ·· 7 beresford roild strathfteld n a w australia south afrioan ···· bolton houle cape trown south africa rlea.se addresa the society in every case translaliolul 0 thi journal appear in 861ie1 gi ~ouao a.1l sincere students of the bible who by rooson of infirmity poverty or adversity are unable to pay the subscrldtlon price may have the watchtower free upon written application to the publlahetll il1jlde once each year statlni the reajlon for so roqueat1n it we are glad to thwl ald the needy but the written application once each year is required by the postal ~ations notie to sub,orlb,r8 acknowledgment ot a new or a renewal subscription will be sent only when requested change of address when requested may be expected to appear on address label within one month a renewal blank carrying notice of expiration will be sent with the journal one month before the subscription expires entered /u second cllus mail matlet at brooklvn n y postofflce act oj march 3 if!79 lng thebe nine days all publishers wlll offer the public a three· booklet combinatlon on a 10c contribution that is two coloreucover booklets together wlth the new self-covered booklet loyalty further details hereon will duly appear in the director cer· tainly all in line for the kmgdom will take part to the utmost in this eervice period and also all present members of the great multitude with palm branches iii hand mil wiueiy acclaim jehovah s anolllted king let all such show wisuom und zeal now in maklllg all advance preparation for tills midwinter campaign get iii touch wlth the head office at brooklyn if you are not actn e in territory nnuer one of our branch offices convention at los angeles on friday saturday and snnuay february 21,22 and 23 a convention will be held at los angeles fhls nil be a local service convention iii southern callforma with all gathenngs at the shrme auditonum by the loru s grace brother rutherford will speak to a large assembly there on sunday feb· ruary 23 preparatlons are under way for a raulo chain to carry the speech from the audltorium to listeners iii all parts of the woilu dunng the hour 12 00 noon to 1 00 p.ilj pacific standard pime which is the equlvalent of 3 00 to 4 00 p.m dmted states eastern standard time listeners iii other lands are advlsed to prepare now to tune in this broadcast on anyone of beveral frequencies wave lengths in the so-called shortwave band from 11 to 50 meters.

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f5cewaicihi10wier and hjelrald of c1hilrllst:s priesencle january vol lvii 1 1936 no.1 blind servant sui son part 5 lvho is blind but my sen ant or deaf as my messenger that i sent who is blind as he that is perfect and blind as the lord s servantl lsa 42 19 j ehovah says behold my servant whom i uphold mine elect in whom my soul delighteth no greater commendation could be given than that jehovah god he that created the heavens and ~tretched them out he that spread forth the earth and that which cometh out of it he that gives life to all thin~s that breathe in whom resides all power wisdom alld grace he that is fron everlastin to ewi lasting the l iost ifi~h over all thus speaks to all crcatures who dpsire to know the right way i~m 42 i g l hat 110 creature mig-ht have reason to douht the identity of that elect servant .jehovah further caused to he written jjet this mind he in you which was also in christ jesus who · b in found in fa~hion aq a man he humbled himself and bc came obedient unto death e on the deat.h of the cross whrrefore god llso hath highly exalted him lind ~iven him a liame which is above every name that at the liame of jesus every knee should bow of thing s in heaven and thin~s in earth and thing s unclei the earth and that every tongue should confess that jesus christ is lord to the glory of god the father phil 2 5-11 this god s highest honor he bestows on his blect servant christ jesus because of the scrvant s complete obedience in the performance of the will of ood though he were a son yet learncd he obedience by the things which he suffered and bejn made perfect he became the author of eternal salvation unto all them that ohey him heh 5 8 9 and now when a1l1he nations of the earth are in dire distress and perplexity and without hope in the world jehovah says to those who will hear in his name shall the nations hope matt 12 21 a.r.v margin thus jehovah points to christ jesus his anointed king and vindi ator as the r llcr of the world there is no other name under heaven whereby men can get life because god has appointed his bleet servant christ jesus the one to dispense to the obedient the gift of life everlasting -rom 6 23 acts 4 12 i it is of this same elect servant that jehovah speaks and says who is blind but my servant or deaf as my messenger that i senty who is blind as he that is perfect and blind as the lord s servant 3 seeing many things but thou observest not opening the ears but he heareth not isa 42 i 20 it is that same elect servant that now magnifies god s law and makes it most honorable he is the vindicalor of jehovah his word and his name it is the eh ct and exaltcd servant of jehovah that is blind an 1 says the lord there is none as blind as that servant why is his elect servant blind 1 because he has but one purpose and his eyes arc closed to everythin else l hat purpose is to always do the will of .tehovah god and nothin can cause him to deviate tlh refrom in the slightest drg-rec of him it i l writ· 1ll i delight to do thy will 0 my nod yea thy 1:1 if is within my heart ps 40 8 for i came down from heaven not to do mine own will bllt the will of him that sent me john 6 38 and he that sent me is with me the father hath i1 jt kft me alone for i do always those things that please him john 8 29 a speaking to those hypocrites who thoug ht themselves wise but who were in the darkness jpsus laid down the rule of .jehovah to wit the li~ht of the holly is the eye therefore when thine eye is sing le thy whole body also is full of light lmt whcn thine j e is evil thy hody also is full of darkness luke 11 34 and on i1nother occasion jesus said i am the lig-ht of the world he that followeth me shall not walk in darkness but shall have the light of life john 8 12 thus the rule is laid down to which t1:0re arc no exceptions that those who arc faithful and true to jehovah god are blind to eveq thing that is contrary to god s will everyone who becomes a member of god s royal house is thereby made a membel of the elect servant class of jehovah and therefore must follow in the footsteps of jesus like jesus all such must be blind to everything save doing the will of almighty god · in the prophetic drama in which samson played tile chief part he pictured at this point god s elect servant particularly those faithful followers of christ jesus on earth who become members of that faithful and elect servant during the time when the l iessengel or servant elect was preparing the way before

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4 s riie vatcht0wer bnooklyx k y jehovah and also pictun:d particularly the remnant on earth after the coming of christ jesus to the temple like almost nil the servants of jehovah god samson has been the object of much criticism by men it is cv n true that men who

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jaxl ary 1 1936 ffiie watci it0 ver 5 · while samson was in this state of lethargy on delilah s lap delilah called a man skillful with a knife or shears who cut away the locks of his hair that skillful barber well pictures the secret sen-icc men ,vho went stealthily about during the war dars to entrap men to induce or compel men to support the war lord the cutling of samsoll s hair v;as an involuntary defilement of the naz:ll ite vow and interrupted the performance of his a ignecl duty i j he delilah class had caused much trouble during 1917 and 1918 in the ranks of the society and had now learned that the society was weal ening in respect to the rulers of the world no one then fully recognized that the higher powers arc jehovah god and christ jesus and they alone the delilah class knew that this emergency provided by the worid war and its attending circumstances was the time for the samson clas to be humiliatcd and therefore seized upon the opportunity like judas to betr:1y their brethren into the hands of the modern philistines men wllo had previously been ellgaged in tl,e erstwhile pilgrim service uj1ler the supervision of the society and who had joined the inirluitous ones now went about amongst the various companics of god s people and hy the use of soft speech and enticing words ingratiated themselves and wrongfully omained the evidence of many of the i,ord s people and thrn sougllt to turn them in opposition to the society and its work -sec l he watchtower march 1 1918 page 79 10 vhen samson s hair had bren cut away delilah ~avo the warning to the phili tines and she said rhe p1jijistines be upon thee samson and he a oke out of l.is sleep ami said i will go out as at other times before and shake myself and he wist not that the lord was dt parted from him judg 16 20 lli~il ewise when the samson class awoke out of a state of drowsiness in 1918 the discovery was made that the sarr.son class was greatly incapacitated and almost impotent the society made an effort to pmh ln with 1he work but failin to sec the real hsue and the necessity of taking an uncompromising posi tion lls to the kingdom it became weak the watchtower was then not taking a bold lead for the cause of the kir gdom as it should have dolle and with that the lord was displeased and he permitted the enemy to vent its spleen on the samson class even as the phili tines took samson while the record docs not say that god was displeased with bamson and that :cor the manifest reason that samson was playing his part in the drama the record shows that what samson did foreshadow was that god would be displeased with the samson class for the fulfillment of the pro phetic drama and which did take place in the early part of 1918 to be sure jehovah foreknew this condition would arise and he foretold it throngh the prophecy of the drama jehovah was displeased with what the samson class did but that was no warrant or authority :cor the enemy to amict samson and therefore the lord says throngh his prophet anj i am very sore displeased ,dth the heathen that are at case for i was but a little displeased [with the samson class and they [the modt rn philistines helped forward the aftliction [on god s people ze h 1 15 by the mouth of the prophet isaiah god likewise foretold his displeasure with his people when he said l hou wast un ry with me isa.12 1 12 as god permitted the philistines to take samson to foreshadow what should follow likewii>e he permitted the samson class to he taken by the enemy carly in l!ns samson was srized by the philistines through the coni>piracy of delilah the s lilj on class was seized ljy the modern philistine in l ls throu h the treacherousness of the del ilah class at that time some who had bct n ilrominent in the activities of the society prior to 1917 berame the bitter enemies of the society and conspired with the enemy for instance because he rendered the nerny sel i e a~ainst his brethren one of those indi~ted by the fc

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fiffie watcjit0wer 14 the beastly governing power of which the mod ern philistines were a part had caused the two wit· nesses to lie dead hin the street l he modern philistines had been the chief movers in this assault upon jehovah s witnesses in 1918 the samson class had permitted themselves to be invei~led into a position of indifference resulting in partial blindness they did not see and appreciate the true is ue and on that issue taking a firm stand and holding that position regardless of consequences the samson class did not voluntarily seek that position but from wealmess found themselves in that place on the seventh day of may 1918 the official members of the society were arrested and many others of the society were arrested before and immediately thereafter and the work of the society was effectively stopped that there was a partial blindness on the part of the samson clas is supported by the followin at that time plte watchtower was edited hy a committee different memhers writin the different artieles that were puhlished in the watchtower of april 15 1!h7 and bc fore the arrest of the society s officerh this was said oncernin the support of the ~ov rnments in the war there is no mid

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,tanuary 1 19 0 f.ffie watclit0wer 7 h and if ··· he [the nazarite j hath defiled the head of his consecration then he shall shave his head in the day of his cleansing on the seventh day [of the week of cleansing shall he shave it and he shall consecrate unto the lord the days of his separation and shall bring a lamb of the first year for a trespass offering but the da:vs that were before [the violation of his nazarite vow shall be lost because his separation was defiled -nmn 6 9-12 18 god foreknew and foretold the restoring of sam· son s hair and what it would symbolize and the full restoration to god s favor of the samson class with the regrowth of samson s hair his position as a naza· rite was renewed and his purification was accomplished thus foretelling that god s faithful people pictured by samson must continue in faith and be faithful samson appears now to be stronger than e er before and surely after 1 l9 god s faithful people on earth were and since have been slron:ser than ever before that is strong in the lord and in the power of his might faithfully declaring his mc age ph 6 10 18 whilo grinding in prison samson would be con· sidering how he could fulfill his commission from jehovah likewise during tho period of re traillt of the samson class they were pru·ing to god and meditatinl how th y might a~ain he of greater service to jehovah than ever before ,nlat could they uo against the enemy and to the glory of jehovah 1 wa ever upon their minos i l his was the period of time between the taking away or ending of the elijah work and the beginnin of the misha work and their dead bodies shall lie in the street of the great city which spiritually is called sodom and e:rypt where also our j.jord was crucified and after three days and an half tho spirit of life from god entered into them and they stood upon their feet and ~reat fear fell upon them which saw them and they heard a great voice from heaven saying unto them come up hithrr and they ascended up to heaven in a cloud and their enemies beheld them hev 11 8 11 12 20 in 1919 the i.jord s anger toward his people ceased and the elisha work was begun thou wast angry with me thine anger is tllrned away and thou comforted t me isa 12 1 fhereafter the samson class experienced jehovah s favor and since then they have continued to sing the praises of jehovah isa 12 2-6 pliillstines rejoice the philistines a lsemhled for a great sacrifice and praise to their god dagon and rejoiced because of what they concluded was samson s complete downfall then the lords of the philistines gathered them together for to offer a great sacrifice unto dagon their god and to rejoice for they said our god hath delivered samson our enemy into our hand judg 16 23 22 the philistines flouted the supremacy of jehovah samson s cod and ascribed their own victory to their god and the devil whom he specially represented 11 the same matter is illustrated by belshazzar s feast whose father had destroyed jerusalem and made prisoners of the jews while belshazzar drank wine with his lords wives and concubines and praised their god satan s representative even so the philistines had done dan 1-4 after the samson class was put in forcible and involuntary restraint the modern philistines felicitated each other rejoiced and gave praise to their god and all the people of influence amon~st them of the ruling powers of the world joined therein and reproached the samson class and continue to reproach them it may be well here to call atl ntion to some evidence showing that the modern philistines are made up of the homan catholic iiierarehy and the so-called protestant clergy and the principal of their flocks together ith the jewbh rabbis hypocritically these claim to serve god and christ but in fact they serve the devil the homan catholic hierarchy boldly and blasphemollsly claims to be the representative of god oil earth rulilj as the vice· gerent of christ jesus its action is contrary to c ry law of god therefore the homan catholic liierarehy heads the list of hypocrites protestants so namc,j themselves because they knew of the duplic ity of the catholic hierarchy but the men who took that origi al stand are gone and thc mooerll-day protcst:1l1t leaders have tumed away entirely to the devil uid lil e the lion wldeh samson slew nno all the h pocrites are joined together in one crowd and gol ut· elares that he will appoint the end of the delilah class with this bunch of hypocrites 23 and now some of the recent historical facts show the hypocrisy of the homan catholic hierarchy llave in mind that the hierarchy thil ty-five years ago holdly allljounced its purpose to get control of the unitcd statrs government a combination of the political rl li gionists both catholics and prot stants at the naltimore convention in 1912 r sulted in maklllg woodrow wilson president of the united states ~lr yil oll was listed as a protestant l ilc rcaftcr l he natio/lal catholic uegister published an article congrat llatill the people on lur vilson s clectioll and am lig~t other things said it is god s plan that the holy father of nome hhould be the temporal and spil itnal head of his kingclom on earth it is the same today as in the time of the first pope the brst way to accomplish this is through political power throur h reli· gious education and service god has doubly blcs ed the catholic church of america by placing one of its most faithful sons at the right hand of president wilson next to the president honorable joseph l umulty a knight of columbus of the :33rd degree wields til greatest political power of any man in america and as a true catholic he is exercising the greatest tru t which goj has given into his hands for the glory of the holy church through his tact and holy zeal he has creat0d a warm friendship between the catllnlic church and pl esiocnt wilson this id the fu t tirj.e

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8 in the history of the country when the president and a great political pnrty have openly sought an equal and honest alliance with the catholic church 24 this supports the conclusion that the roman catholic hierarchy has steadfastly pushed forward to grab the american government to gratify its own selfish desires millions of honest people have been induced to ljc:sociate them lelves with the catholic church system and support it and these are not responsible for hat the hierarchy has done and what is here said about the hierarchy docs not apply to honest sincere catholics those who have a desire to sec god s kingdom will break away from the catholic hierarchy in due time n it should he remembered that it was during the vilson administration that america entered the war and on july 17 l!j17 l he finisllcd mystery was released and on june 21 1!jl8 the of[iccrs of the w tcli towi:n bible l rac r so jr:ry were sentell d to eighty years imprisonment by a judge who wa doing the bidfling of 1 11 wibon and the homan cat holic ljierul chy it wu s durin mr wilson s admill1 tration that catholic and protestant clergymen 1 11.1 a conference at philadelphia to pcrfl rt the plan 1 to destroy the samson cla 1s a resolution looking to that very end was al10pted and carried to washington resulting in a bill s being int rodlh cd in the ~enate makin a violation of the spiona~c law punishable with d ath and providing that all sue·h offenders must be tl ied by comt martial .john l 0 brian an ultrachu hman crcdited as beillg a protestant hut working together with the catholics aihl who had prosecuted other honc~t men on a chal ge of heresy in the chul ch or~anizati lis yiis in the department of ju ltire and led the fight against the samson lass aiekd alld abl tted by i.l dyed-in-the-wool knight of columlm the foregoing bill as brought before the senate it was openly and holdly stated hy a general in the llnited states army that the plll po e of that hill was to get the dible students that is the antitypical samson clnss 26 sam on s hair was grown long again and he was in god s favor ollowing the v orld war and particularl in l a22 the samsutl class had been reinstated in god s favor and they pushed forward with the wit11 ss work as never before l hen the clergymen of all classes and denominations combined and began the persecution of the samson class not only in america but in all parts of i i christendom during the past seven years there has heen a constant wicked persecution of jehovah s witnesses in kew jersey and in many other parts of the earth and this persecution in flagrant disregard of the fundamental law of the land continues and the result is that thousands of honest and faithful followers of christ jesus ha e been ill-treated arrested and thrown into prison it was in 1929 that a treaty was signed between mussolini and the vatican whereby the papacy beeomes an in brook1,yn n y dependent state and thereafter the hierarchy sends its ambassadors to the various countries of chri~tcu dom thus showing that the roman catholic iiierarchy docs not represent god and christ because the present wicked world is under the complete domination of the devil and god would have no ambassadors in the devil s organization 21 the hierarchy has entered into and signed an agreement with the visible rulers of germany and austria and the hierarchy is really back of the nazis and using the nazis for the purpose of stamping out all who oppose the catholic hierarchy the hierarchy in america operates to control the nation and sees to it that many important offices arc filled by aqcnts of the hierarchy and particularly that investigators of the department of .justire are ag-enls of the hierarchy who have not the slightcst degree of honesty and fairdcnlin with their fellow creatures 28 since the world war the modern philistines have cont illned to make an open show of jehovah s witne 8 the samson clas l and the samson cln s ha e cn reproached und continue to be reproached hecause of their faithfulness to goel and christ l he ultra-catholic and protestant people not knowlll why they arc reli iolli~ts but yielding to the sedueti e illfhlpnrc of the ·iergy have joined with the clcrg-y in heapill repl oaeh upon jehovah s witne rs e en :1 tlh y did upon samson and whpn the people saw him they praised their ~od for they said our god hath delivered illto our hands our liemy and t hc destroyer of our cotllltry whieh slew many of us [hath slain many of us lu jud 16·24 29 as the economic oihlitions of the world have become distressing since 1!j2a the moc1prn phili tinc i und their abies and the principal of their 1ioe i h:1 e seized upon the same ds an emel gellcy to enact 0p[ln sive legislation in their endpavor to destroy the woll of .jehovah s witncs es and to this end have vi~or ously prosecuted a campaig-n to discredit jehovah :llid his witnes s in the yes of the people and to some extcnt have succeeded in doin so 80 as the philistines heaped indig-nities upon samson their blind prisoner so in recent years the mol· ern philistilles have continued to heap indignities upoil jehovah s servant c1a ls blind to all purposes exccpt the serving of jehovah god they have caused thclr newspapers to publish malicious lies about them hen the truth might have served their ends better th y have made sport of jehovah s witnesses through the press and made them appear as long-haired rrnq people and as a cult that is not to be sel iotl~ly considered they have d sired to expose jehovah s witnesses to ridicule and shame even as the phil i,t incs did with samson and it came to pas l whcn their hcarts were merry that they said cab for sam il1 that he may make us sport and they called for s:nnson out of the prison house and he made them sport and they set him between the pillars jullg 16 2

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january i 1936 s3-1ie watci-it0 ver 9 1 the lords and ladies of the philistines reveling in wine and otherwise indulging themselves at the expense of the people brought samson before them for their sport at this point of the prophetic drama samson must have pres nted a misf ralle and ludicrous appearance flong hair and long beard matted together and co ered over with grime and the dirt of the prison blind iu hoth cyes and dressed iu prison garb he would present such a picture as impure and wicked minds would revel in for twenty years samson was a dread unto the philistines and now he was in their power completely di raced and the philistines would u c him for sport the rest of his days likewise in 1919 the actual prison hou es wcre opened and the samson class released but they were in fact still under gr eat restraint anu in the eyes of the lergy the modern philist ines were dreadfully humiliated anu presented a motley appearanre satan s earthly representatives directed by his chief officer go ezl l 38 1-4 39 1-4 hau drawn the clergy catholic and protestant closer together in their conspiracy the chief ohject of satan at all times is to bring reproach upou the name of .je· hovah anu to camc men to curse the holy one lie now uscs the mod rn philistines to that very end 82 some time had elapseu sinee the world war and the eombinetl clergy hau indul~cl excessively in the wine of the vine of the earth hev 14 17 o and they wantf d sport compare this with what i rceorued ahout bdshul~zar s fcast belshazzar while l he tasted the wine eolllj:jlmded to ij1 in the goluen alld silver vessels which his father ndjuchaul zzar bau takell ont of the temple which was in jcrn alcm that the kin and his princes his wives and his concubines might drink therein dan 5 2 83 l he oldeu vc sl ls of modern times arc the faithful witlh s les of .jdlovah who hf ar god s mc lsage to those who have hearing curs and bccau e they arc j iovah s rcpl csf utatives the devil nihi his representatives delight to hl il1g reproa h upon them 81 samson was hrought before the assembly of the lort of the philistines that the hilarity of that occasion might increase and that their gkc might know no bounds a f{reat crowd of plore than six thousand philistines were gathered in the asscmbly place and were having a gay feast samson in the midst of all tllat revelry was entirely hlinu to it but his eye l of understanding his mcntal vision were clear and he was determined to retrieve if possible his former action and now to give everything to the honor of jehovah s nam thcre in the presence of the philistines samson was bein mll-de a gazing-stoek both by reproach and by affliction iieh 10 33 samson bl re his humiliation with calmness awaiting his opportunity to display the strength which gou had given him and ahout which the philistines did not know no doubt the thought then came into samson s mind that gou had permitted him to be brought into this condition of great reproach and humiliation that he might per form his mightiest service looking to the vindication of jehovah s name he had been waiting on the lord and at·knowledging him in all his ways and now the lord imd renewed and increased his strcngth but they that wait upon the lord shall renew their strcngth they shall mount up with wings as eagles they shall run and not be weary and they shall walk and not faint i8a 40 31 85 put this part of the prophetic drama alongsilh the physical facts that have come to pass within the last few years l he faithful servants of jehovah foretold by samson have been within that time the objects of ridicule and reproach evcrywhere by the ekr gy of all denominations and their allics hf gardlf ss of how mueh the loru ha bc to wd his out ard bll s ings upon his witnesscs the pulj1ic press called into action by the modern philistines has l e ileu alltl reproached jehovah s witnes es by constantly puhli ihing falsehoods concel nin thmn from the pulpit and in public assemblies of the law-makers anu the lawof[ircrs of the modern philistines all tllf se have ridiculeu and lied about and eontemptnunsly rcpro:l hed jehovah and his witlwsscs l hesc witn scs have heen made a gazin tock of thc many loth hy reproaches and afllictions anu others not actually hrought into vicw have suffcrcd by rca son of bein companion of thl c faithful 011cs ho have been so ill-nsed when thc publ ic prcss and pal,ticularly the ii icrarehy s pailt rs h:1 e an opportunity to publish somdhing ahout jehovah s witnesscs thpy dplibf l atclj ignol e the truth a ud publ ish lies and laugh about it aud rejoic c in their drunken reyel in making sport of ~alll on the philistincs repro:lehed the name of jehovah cod and praised the devil throll~h their god dagon in modern times the mouel l1 phili tines making sport of jehfn ah s witne ses have hr ul enly repl o:u·heu tllc name of jehovah and at the same timc they give 1>1 als t.o the devil und his organization 36 vito is blind but my servant 1 saith the 1.oru the true samson class must at this time be hliljl to ey rything except the doin of gou s will in this time of persecution the e faithful witncsses blind to ewrything except god s serviee hear the wortls of comfort from jehovah s ani written lon ago for their 1 11efit to wit cast not away therdore your eonfiucnce which hath great recompence of rewaru pol j e have necd of patience that after ye have done the will of god ye might receive the promise lieb 10 35 36 37 :3amson s heart must have burned with righteous injignation at the reproaches cast upon the name of jehovah when he was led to a position where he was set .· between the pillars that supported the great hall lie would bc eager to hc used there to the glory of god and to the vindication of his name ,jehovah was directing the drama and jehovah put it into the mind of samson as to the manner in which he eould be used and that must have thrilled samson s heart likewise the samson class while being abused ill-

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10 81ie watcht0wer brookly y treated ridiculed denounced arrested and thrown into prison be~au~e of their faithfulness to jehovah have at all times been eager to do something to the honor and praise of jehovah s holy name 1 he two pillars of the d:l on temple suijported the roof on which were seated about three thousand persons and a like number or even more would be on the lower floor and with attending lackt ys and other servants the number would be even greater than six thousand and what did those two pillars represent y 88 the structure was satan s house visible to the eyes of m n and accommodated those who were in it i he house therefore represl nted satan s visible organization in which his devotees feai lted and praised his nam und eurs d .jehovah uod sinre the coming of the lord jeslls to the temple of .jehovah the ruling factors or earthly 101 d of the evil s visible organization huw llssemblt in his temple the two support ing pillars of whif h are 1 that the visible ruling powers of the earth and the oncs to be praised are the religionists controllers of commrl ce and the po· litiral instruments aihl that tht se therefore conr,titute the hi her powers which powers arc ordain d of ooll anti to which all men mu t be subject regardless of what ood may say this of course is a perversion of the scripture at homans 13 1 2 that such high er powers or visible ruling factors arc the ones en· dowed and fully empowcr d and ably qualified to give to the people pro p rity security and peace on earth making it a fit plac e in which to live and that these two antitypieal pillars alone will robe the earth in glory llnd !j auty and then christ .jesus might be in vited to come and look at it fo this end they have organized the l ague of nations a world court made numerous peace treuties deelared holy years brought forth numerous so-called recovery schemes such as killing pigs and destroying 1 ops to enhance the price of what remains and contillu d to tax the people to raisc money to keep millions on the dole and subject to th ir politieal dictates 1 iiey have organized and put into operat ion such schernr of government as pas· cism nazism didators and hailed these as man s de· lh erer instead of giving honol to god and his king christ jesu baek of this entire movement is the roman catholic hierarchy wh if ll by various schemes and under various names has made itself the controlling power in many nations such men as hitler mosley mussolini and others al e merely tools to the black organization of whi h the jesuits arc the 8e i et service agents it is authoritatively stated that mosley arjd 1 11 hoosevclt spent some time cruising togf th r on the seas shortly before the latter was clectcd to the presidenf y of the cnited states although mo lcy in england is ost nsihly socialistic the move ment is in fact for arded by the homan catholic ilier arehy to furnish an excuse to grab the briti h empire and control it openly ijike visc the socialist and communist movements ahout which so much is now said in america by the clergy especially are fathered and carried on by the roman catholic hierarchy and it allies in order to furnish an opportunity and afiord an excuse for the hom&n organization to grab america and rule it by the hand of a cruel dictator 39 for some time now the samson class that is to say god s faithful witne ses on earth have becn placed bet veen these two pillars of satan s organization jehovah in his own good way has made known to these faithful ones the meaning of the two signs in heaven hev 12 1-3 and that one of those signs is satan s organization and jehovnh s witne ses cknrly discern that the t vo pillars of the visible part of satan s organization arc as stated above by god s ~race th y have now eome to the correct understantiill of the higher powers and have lcarned that these hi her powers arc jehovah and christ jesus alollc they now clearly discern that the two pillars supporting satan s visible organization are false and fraudulent and that the only hope for mankind is the kin uom of god by and through christ jesus his clcct and blind servant blind 40 samson was entirely blind and as such he there playeti a part in the drama picturing j ehovnh s faithful servant cia now blind to everythin save lhe service of jehovah looking to tho vinuiration of hi llame and samson said unto tho lad that held hilll by the hand suitcr lile that i may feel the pilbr whereuljon the house standeth that i may lean upon them juug 16 26 samson knew the two pilla s were there supporting the building anti doubtle s on his former visit to gaza he had examined that great home and now he could use the knowleuge to goood effect p i~ning weakness and to be in need of rcllt samson requested that he might be permitted to feel of the pillars that held up tho hou~e likewise jehovah 8 witnesses under their uead christ jesus give the appearancc of weakness because they arc hut a few in number and they possess not the riches of this world nor political power nor influence they trust wholly in jehovah and in his king blind to the taunts and jeers and insolence hurled at him bamson there determin d to get himself into a position to th honor of jchovah s name ijikcwisc sinee 19:22 the bamson class blind to the reproaches taunts jeers and repeated iu sults heaped upon them have determined by the lord s grace to get th mseh·cs into a posi tion that they may have some part in the vindication of jehovah s name l hcy sec that such is the very pnrpose of jehovah s tatini out from the world a p ojjlc for his liume that thcy mig-ht show forth his pr,ll i s -acts 15 14 1 pet 2 9,10 41 that must have been a noisy crowd indul~i in great hilarity both on thc roof and below it all nwk· ing sport in one way or other of samson kow the house was full of men and women and all the lords of the philic;tincs were there and there were upon

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january 1 1936 mie watclit0 ver 11 the roof about three thousand men and women that beheld while samson made sport judg 16 27 the exalted ones of the philistines had gathered there from all the allied cities they were ridiculing the israelites whom once they had greatly feared and doubtless they still feared samson might do something but they knew they were great in number and had samson wllere they could watch him ijikewise today the modern philistines when considering their position and hearing what the samson class have to say look with fear at what might come to pass and they trust in their own allied strength and think they have the samson class where they can watch them and get rid of them at will .2 son class pray to god withont ceasing 1 the s 5 17 of himself samson did not have stren~th to pull down the great home but jehovah was ahout to furnish all the needed strength likewise the samson class have no power to pull dowt1 satan s houl e but god gives them the streng h to dedure his pnrpose to accomplish that vpry thing 2 cor 10 4 and sam on called unto the lord and said 0 lord jon rjehovah remember me i pray thee anu stren~then me i pray thee only thiq once 0 orl that i may be at onco avenl ed of the phili tinl q for my two eyes juug 16 28 doubtless the prayer of samson wns spoken aloud so that the philistilli>s mi ht heal aj 1 know by whom their destruction would be accomplished likewise today the samson clas pray to gou and call upon his name alouu awl herald his message far and wide that the philistines may hear and have an opportlmity to know by hat power their calamity is coming upon them pol they shall know that i am jehovah tlte remnant now are fully aware of the meaning of the great issue at hand and they lmow the key po iition and they pray to jehovah to show his strength aihi to pull down the wicked organ1imtion teach me to do thy will for thou art my god thy spirit is good lead me intl the land of uprightness quicken me 0 lord for thy name s sake for thy righteousnc sake bring my soul out of trouhle and of thy mercy cut off mine enemies and destroy all them that afflict my soul for i am thy servant ps 143 10-12 0 my god make them like a wheel as the stuhble before the wind as the fire burneth a wood and as the flame setteth the mountains on fire that men may know that thou whose name alone is jellovall art the most high over all the earth -ps 83 13 14 18 4 samson cried out only this once 0 god he knew that this would be his fmal effort and he wanted to make the most of it this is the day of jehovah and it is only one day it is the opportunity to vindirate jehovah s name and it is only this once it shall be one day which shall be known to the .3 samson prayed to jehovah and likewise the sam his prayer lord zech 14 7 the faithful witnesses of jehovah pictured here by samson are detennined that they will make the most of this day regardless of the onsequences that may befall them through man samson wholly blind knew he must die now the samson class blind to everything save doing the will of god to the vindication of his name know that they must die and this they are glad to do and are determined to do out in the service of the 1i10st high they are so blind to everything else that they refuse to be turned aside to look at anything else like the faithful apostle paul they declare this one thing i will do that i may be a true follower of christ jesus phil 3 13 threats opposition assaults prison and ill-treatment will not deter the faithful remnant in carrying out their consecration vow unto god l hey rememher that jesus has said to them be thou faithful unto rleath and this they are determined to do rev 2 10 his eyes 0 samson prayed that he might be avenged of the philistines for my two eyes other renderin~s of this text that i may be aven~ed with one a c llging for one of my two eyrs loth margin likewise the american cvi~cd version mardnal renrkring that i may be avenged for aile of my two eyes on the philistinrs ijccser samson could properly charge the blindin of hi one ye to his yielding to delilah and tim fore hadowing or picturing the servant class of the lord becoming ne ljg-l llt and to a dcg-ree compromising in the ear 1~jl8 fhe bl indn i of the other eye was proprrly charged to the pllllistines alll for that they must settle with jehovah god hecau e samson was his servant it was not a ea r of pl rsonal vengeance for which samson cri u hut for the vindication of jehovah s own name likewi e jehovah s witnes~es do not prny for personal ven~eanco to be visited ujlon the mod l jl philistines but for tho vinuication of jehovah s name their own negligence at which god was angered and for which god has now for~ivon th m and fully restored them to his favor had contributed to their partial hlindness but the modern philistines are responsible for bringin about tho complete blindness and they pray vengeance upon the modern philistines for the vindication of jehovah s name ruch vengeance or vindication 1m olves his witnesses because they are representatives of jehovah and arc the ones the enemies reproach and against whom the enemies have conspired to bring about their destruction by the persecution of these witnesses the modern philistines have reproached the name of jehovah and the account must now be squared and his holy name vindicated the philistines without warrant had amicted the servants of god both in samson s case and in modern times zcc h 1 15 the part that samson played in this part of the drama in connection with his blindness pictured the fact that jehovah s witnesses as servants of the 10 t high,

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12 fiffie watclit0 ver brooklyn k 1 have become blind to everything save doing the will of god even as christ jesu was blind to everything else isa 42 19 jehovah did not authorize the philistines to make samson blind nor did he lay upon the modern phili itines the duty of bringing ahout tho blindness of his faithful servant class the effort on the part of the modern philistines is therefore presumptuous before the ijord for which &in they must answer they have reproached his name hy willfully misusing and ill-treating his witnesses and therefore they must und shall suffer destruction at the hand of the lord 1 he publication of jehovah s ord and name is all.important and this must be done before the destruction of the modern philistines and samson took hold of [threw his arms around leeser» the two milldle pillars upon which the house stood and 011 whieh it was borne up of the one with his right hand and of the other with his left judg 16 29 the phil istines thinking that samson s strength was broken and not understanding that his long hair pictured the reproach upon a faithful servant and for that reason god had givcn him strength again they would only mock at his prayer find continue to reproach god likewi e today the modern philistines look upon jehovah s witnesses as a crowd of weaklings giving no heed to their sayings and their testimony that is borne hut continue to scornfully laugh at that and repr/jach god s holy liame nut the samson class are full of faith even as hamson by faith af complished his work and samson said let me die with the philistines and he howed himself with all his might and the house fell upon the lords and upon all the peoplo that were therein so the dead whirh he slew at his death were more than they which he slew in his life judg 16 30 · 8 samson s request was that he mi~ht die with the philistines thus showing that he was not seeking some· thing for himself but that he was willing to die in order that he might vindicate the name of jehovah god and prove his integrity to jehovah today jehovah s witn sses know that they are surrounded by mortal enemies and that in order to have a part in the vin· dication of jehovah s name they mllst continue in his service in procbiming his name and that such will bring down upon their heads the wrath of the enemy but they prefer to die in such manner to any other way fhey are determined to serve god with their last breath l he constant reproach abuse ill-treatment and imprisonment will not det r them in their faithful devotion and service to jehovah now jehovah s witnesses in his strength and power given to them through jesus christ their head go about doing the will of god and they bend the pillars of the modern philistines with all their might leeser and continue to shout the praises of jehovah 8 j they do so 49 samson died true to the meaning of his name that is destroyer desolator in this latter part of .7 ,v the prophetic drama samson pictured the work of god s faithful people which work is designated as the elisha work and which was foreshadowed by what elisha the prophet did those doing the elish:t work must end their course in death and in doing so they accomplish more than was accomplished duro ing the elijah period as it is written samson slew in his death more than he slew in his life even so it is with the servants of god as pictured by the blijah and the elisha periods of the church it would appear from this and other scriptures that this part of the drama pictures the beginning of armageddon but not the end thereof that samson died with tho fall of the philistines honse docs not mean that all the samson class will go down in death at tho time of the beginning or even at the end of armagcdllon 1 he point that is hero particularly emphasized ly the prophetic drama is tho faithfulness of samson and his approval and the faithfulness of tho saitl ioll clas l samson received the approval of jehovah because of his faithfulness and likewise the samson cla~s tvlltinuing faithful unto death receive the final approv· al of jehovah other scriptures show that home of the remnant will survive armageddon 1 hereforo the samson picture necessarily show and emphasizes faith fulnc ss of jehovah s witnesses unto death and not tlte particular time or manner in which they shall die go no one can properly reproach samson and tho record made hy him lie was jehovah s servant pl rforming the part ll isigncd to him for tho purpo e of foretelling events of greater importance to come to pass in the future god caused to be made a record of sa.mson and his exploits and amongst other thi[l~s 1ltat record says 1 hrough faith [he wrow;ht rig-ht· eousness .· stopped the mouths of lions out of weakness [was mnde strong had trial of mockings and seonrgings ·· honds and imprj lunment .·· of whom the world was not worthy · and ·· obtained a good report through faith heb 11 32-39 u what more could bo said of a faithful scrvl1nt such a record could only picture a clas of pcr llll j faithful and true unto god even unto death and that is exactly what the faithful remnant must be and v ill be no reproach can be properly placed agamst tho remnant for the course they are taking in the service of jehovah because they are his servants doing his will they are now the objects of all manner of uhll e but like samson the world is not worthy of them and continuing faithful unto the end they bhall receiye and obtain a good report and an everl[lstin approyal of jehovah for their elleouragc mcnt god caused the apostle to write to those continuously devoted to him and faithful in his oorvice if c do these things ye shall never fall for so an cntr mce shall be ministered unto you abundantly into the everlasting kingdom of our lord and saviour .jcsu j christ 2 pet 1 10 11 jehovah s servant c t s,

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january 1 19 6 f.ffie watctit0 vver 13 blind to everything of this world now has a clear vision of the glorious kingdom l.mder christ which will fully and for ever vindicate god 9 holy name and concerning his faithful servant class jehovah says seeing many thin~s but thou observest not openin the ears but he heareth not the lord is well pleasrd for his righteousness sake he will ma~nify the law and make it honourable isa 42 20,21 n the prophe~ic drama which god made and in which samson is so prominently a player should brin great satisfaction and cheer to jehovah 8 witnesses at the present timl now they can see why their former brethren pictured by delilah hetrayed them why the modern philistine continuo to persecute them and how necpssary it is for them to continue steadfastly in faith and :faithfulness in serving the most hi h even unto the end this prophetic drama proves beyond all question of doubt that everyone of the temple class receivinr the final approval of jehovah must continue faithful as his blind servant even unto do:j.th rhe destruction of the six thousand and more philistinc>s at the fallin of their temple was not the complete destruction of all the lhilistines that was left to be accomplishl d later and it appears from ther-e scriptures that thero are yet some important parts to 1ie played in god s prophetic dramas by his faithful witness class 1 questions for stuny according to isaiuh 42 5 who~o ure tho words of identification und approval with which tll!lt chaptn open l n8 showing how ~re:l.t js that co/llmf illlation who is the servant hero reff rred to and wh:lt is the hil;h hollor hestowed upon him :for what reabon has that great hellor been thus conferred 2 3 who is the scrvant reierreil to in isaiah 42 19 x plain his being blind point out the divino rule therein laid down oj 4,5 account for s:lmson s ljcing the object of severe criticism show hetl:cr he or others hom jehovah has u d can properly be eliticized hy men how are their imperfections or apparent mistakes to be rc~ard d1 j g fl who was delilah f how iii the fulfil1m nt of judges ig 19 did 1i]ah make s:ullson sleep upon her 1 l1ccs how did she call for a loan and cause him to ut off samson s hair if 10 1 point out circumstances and fuets in which verses j and 21 have been fulfillej what is there to sholl !tether at this point ood was displeased with samson or dth the samson class 17 0 accordmg to related scriptures whm did the regrowth of sumson s hair mean for him 1 apply this part of the prophetic i,icture 21-27 descl lbe the situntion in which the modern phiiistim s arc seen as foretold of them in verse 23 i 28,29 what conihtions are seen to have been foresliown in verse 247 30-35 what coutse tuken by the modern p]1l1i~tine9 fulfills the prophetic picture lltescntco the fin mcil l s the 1ioltti ians and the clergymen j and by doing so they have qnicljy fall.·n into the devil s trap 1 john 2 15 ja 3 4:4 it is a well-lmown fact that all the religiou ljcr eelltion t hat has come upon the true christians has lj0en incited by those who claim to be christians esau of old foreshadowed these hypocritical fraudulent soc lled christians gen 27 41-4g even as e m pel cuted jacoh to whom he raid hifl birthright for a 1,less of polta~c so have the nominal christians per-

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14 r.rne watclit0 ver brooklyn n y sceuted the true esau therefore foreshadowed the devil s representatives while jacob foreshadowed the lord s representatives why was it necessary for je us christ to suffer at the hands of the enemy 1 did his suffering have anything to do with the ransom or f>in-offering in behalf of mankind 1 the answer must be no for the reason that a perfect man adam had sinncu and forfeited his life and the perfect human life of jesus poured out constituted the ransom regardless of any suffrring from contradiction of sinners to which jesus was subjected in considering this question recall that among the israclites the slaying of the sacrificial animals representing the death of our ijord jesus took place in the court of the sacred taberna·le or temple which court pictnres the condition of righteou wss with god and while one is on the 11th and that the prpsentation of their blood fore il1ndowing the sillo ring took pla e in the tabernaele s holic t of all which rcprl scnts heaven itself rhe bodies of thc se animals were caltied out of the court and burnpd outside of the camp of the israelites and thw the sufferings of jesus arc shown ouhide the court ev 11 outside the camp symholically speaking then why should jesus sufrer it is written for t he bodies of thosc beasts whose blood is bronght into the sanctuary by the high priest for sin arc hurned without t ilc camp wherefore jesu l aj o that he might san tify the people with his own blood suft ered without tho gate let us go forth therefore llllto him without the camp bearing his repl oa h lteh 13 11-13 in the c.yes of the .jews n man was a sinner and accursed in the &ight of god if he uied upon the tree because it is written in the divine law cursed is everyone t hat hall l t h on a tree «lal 3 13 dent 21:23 the bloell of jellus representing his lifo poured out must be presented in heavl n lis an offerin for the sins of mankind and vithout that blood s being presented as a sin-offering the people could not be sanctified for by one ofrering he hath perfected for e er them that arc sanctified lieb 10 14 but before jesus coulu appe,l in heaven aud present that lifebloou as a sin-offering he must prove his wurthiness thus to appear in the presence of god in order to do this he must prove his loyalty and faithfulne s to god he must be put to the test of the severest kind and under the test prove loyal and faithful suffering opposition from sinners the representatives of the enemy pictured as outside the camp was the great cross of suffering vhich was actually fulfilled and completed when jesus was crucified as a sinner the things which jesus suffered therefore were these to wit the reproach cast upon his father s name the reproach of himself because of his faithful service to his father the contradiction of himself by sinners and being denounced as a sinner and then dying as a sinner upon the cursed tree he endured this suffering and ;yet rejoiced in it because he knew that he was doing his father s will his covenant was to do the will of god and it was the will of god that his faithfulness and loyalty should thus be proved and should he meet this test and stand it faithfully such would prove his perfection therefore it is written though he were a son yet learned he obedience by the things which he suffered and being made perfect he became the author of eternal salvation unto all them that uhf y him lleb 5 8,9 this of itself proves conclusively that by suffering he learned obrdience and was thus perfected as the author of the eternal salvation to all obedient ones for it became him for whom arc all things and by whom are all things in bringing many sons unto glory to make tile captain of their salvation perfect through suffering lieb 2 10 lt is claimed by some that the perfection of jesus here constituted his developing a perfect chara·ter· this could not be true jesu was and is a charader a perfect character is a jlerfect creature or person jesus was perfect as a mall therefore was a pel ft et character what then is meant by bein made perfect 1 lie thereby proved his loyalty and faithfullll s under the most advcl l>e condit ions which entailpd uron him grcat suffcring thereby hc provcu that he wa and al ays ould be true and faithful unto jelto ah and that .jehovah could for ever entrust him with the highest po ition in all hi i universe hein thus iil i feded would entitle him to an entrance into heaven as the great rcpl cscntathe of jehovah that he mi~ht there pl l nt ltis lifeblood as a sin-offering on behalf of the human race rhi is the reason why the apo tle says that he might sanctify the people with his o n blood [jesus suffel ed without the gate lieb 13 2 god pul pospd to have a creation which wou he always loyal and faithful to him in no way ould he prove this new creation except by putting l h onl to the severest test by suf[el in jesus va put to the test and proved faithful and loyal and one of the titles he received was the paithful and 1 r11e it would have heen imijo sible for him to presl llt hi lifeblood in heaven as a sin-offering unles he ill ov faithful alld true this lll oof he must i~ive by aud through ~uffering because of his co:npktc obedience to the father s will eyen unto suffering au ignominious death god granted unto him life clidne at his resurrection and the highc~t position in the universe god himself excepted as it is written christ jesus made himself of no reputation and took upon him the form of a servant and was made in the likeness of men and being found in fashion as a man he humbled himself and became obedient unto death even the death of the cross wherefore god al o hath highly exalted him and given him a name whit ll is above every name that at the name of jesus evcl y knee should bow of things in heaven and things in earth and things under the earth and that every tongue should confess that jesus christ is lord to the glory of god the father phil 2 7 1 those who nre privileged to be the members of the

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