Our brother and retired teacher, lecturer in Biblical and Religious matters, Colin J. Edwards has written a book about the 17 th Century Tilly family of Ringwood, Hampshire in Southern England who were Congregational Puritans. He looks to what happened if you had a conscience and didn’t agree with the prevailing view of religion and politics and describes the social background and the daily life of a family suffering harassment, death, unemployment, eviction, social isolation and absolute poverty .
Desperation led to thoughts of emigration to a New World > ‘Worlds Apart’
Tuesday 27 April 2010
Monday 26 April 2010
Called ones escape
“The sun shall be turned into darkness, and the moon into blood, before the great and terrible day of Jehovah cometh. And it shall come to pass, that whosoever shall call on the name of Jehovah shall be delivered; for in mount Zion and in Jerusalem there shall be those that escape, as Jehovah hath said, and {1} among the remnant those whom Jehovah doth call. {1) Or [in the remnant whom etc]}” (Joe 2:31-32 ASV)
“{1} And it shall be in the last days, saith God, I will pour forth of my Spirit upon all flesh: And your sons and your daughters shall prophesy, And your young men shall see visions, And your old men shall dream dreams: {1) Joe 2:28 ff} Yea and on my {1} servants and on my {2} handmaidens in those days Will I pour forth of my Spirit; and they shall prophesy. {1) Gr [bondmen] 2) Gr [bondmaidens]} And I will show wonders in the heaven above, And signs on the earth beneath; Blood, and fire, and vapor of smoke:” (Ac 2:17-19 ASV)
Do not be afraid to learn or to speak
"Moses now said to Jehovah: 'Excuse me, Jehovah, but I am not a fluent speaker, neither since yesterday nor since before that nor since your speaking to your servant, for I am slow of mouth and slow of tongue.' At that Jehovah said to him: 'Who appointed a mouth for man or who appoints the speechless or the deaf or the clear-sighted or the blind? Is it not I, Jehovah? So now go, and I myself shall prove to be with your mouth and I will teach you what you ought to say.'" (Exodus 4:10-12)
"But [Jeremiah] said: 'Alas, O Sovereign Lord Jehovah! Here I actually do not know how to speak, for I am but a boy.' And Jehovah went on to say to me: 'Do not say, "I am but a boy." But to all those to whom I shall send you, you should go; and everything that I shall command you, you should speak. Do not be afraid because of their faces, for "I am with you to deliver you," is the utterance of Jehovah.'" (Jeremiah 1:6-8)
"But [Jeremiah] said: 'Alas, O Sovereign Lord Jehovah! Here I actually do not know how to speak, for I am but a boy.' And Jehovah went on to say to me: 'Do not say, "I am but a boy." But to all those to whom I shall send you, you should go; and everything that I shall command you, you should speak. Do not be afraid because of their faces, for "I am with you to deliver you," is the utterance of Jehovah.'" (Jeremiah 1:6-8)
Geroepenen ontkomen
“(3:4) De zon zal in duisternis verkeren, de maan in bloed, voordat de dag van Jahwe komt, de grote, angstwekkende dag. (3:5) Zo zal het gaan: alwie de naam van Jahwe aanroept, hij wordt gered, want op de berg Sion en in Jeruzalem daar zal de redding zijn, zoals Jahwe heeft gezegd. En degenen die door Jahwe worden geroepen, zij zijn het die ontkomen.” (Joe 2:31-32 WV78)
Engelse versie/ English version: Called ones escape
Cry out to Yahweh
What can you say when life seems so hopeless?
Dark days may come but we have someone to look foreward. Thanks to his son we can come up to Him, who created heaven and earth. We can hope and cry out to the one who is our strenght.
Jehovah is the one to whom we can call and be sure He shall give us an answer at any time.
Dark days may come but we have someone to look foreward. Thanks to his son we can come up to Him, who created heaven and earth. We can hope and cry out to the one who is our strenght.
Jehovah is the one to whom we can call and be sure He shall give us an answer at any time.
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| Sing to Jehovah, Jehovah's Witnesses' current hymnal (Photo credit: Wikipedia) |
Cry out to Yahweh there is no where else to go.
Peace does not mean to be in a place where there is no noice, trouble or hard work, it means to be in the midst of those things and still be calm in your heart.
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Dutch text/Nederlandse text: Roep naar Yahweh
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