May you all have peace!
As a result of what was shared here, I have been given something more to share with you dear ones. In particular, in response to this:
Quote:
"A person with dominion can give some or all of it away. Adam sold all of it" -Armand
and this:
Quote:
“Cursed is the ground because of you;" - quoted by FinalCall
As a JW, one is taught that, when the Adversary offered "all the kingdoms of the world" to Christ, the fact that Christ did not argue or deny that statement was "proof" that the Adversary actually HAD the authority to GIVE it. And that such authority came from "Jehovah." And perhaps it did, but it did NOT come from the MOST Holy One of Israel, JAH of Armies. And the information above proves it. JAH is RIGHTEOUS, not unrighteous... and so to give ALL of mankind, all of CREATION, over to Death, as a recompense for the action of ONE man, would be unrighteous. However, if CHRIST wouldn't do that, then we can KNOW that JAH Himself would not.
So, from where did the Adversary get HIS "rulership"? As dear Armand and FinalCall (peace to you both!) have shown us, he received it... from Adham!
How so?
Adham, being the ONLY son of God having come into THIS world, would be the HEIR. At least, until "Shiloh" (his younger brother) came. As it was with Ishmael and Isaac. Ishmael, although the son of a slave woman, Hagar, was loved. However, the TRUE heir... would be the son of SARAH, the FREE wife. Adham... and Christ.
For a time, though, Adham... HAD DOMINION. Or "rulership." Over the earth and ALL that was in it. It was HIS... and so his... to sell/give away. And that's exactly what he did. He didn't just sell his progeny. As dear Armand shared, he sold EVERYTHING (in this world) to Death. Through DEATH'S son, the "son of DESTRUCTION."
The Adversary was a SERVANT, as angels ARE. He was NOT a son. But a son... a ruler with authority (over all of the EARTH)... gave that one HIS authority. In exchange for the promise of rulership... even over Death. Of course, THAT didn't happen.
Yet another LIE against the MOST Holy One of Israel debunked. Another blasphemy brought to ruin. JAH didn't put the Adversary in authority, didn't give that one authority. HE... sent His Son by His FREE wife... His TRUE heir... and gave THAT One... to buy BACK what Adham sold. To give LIFE to what Adham SOLD to Death:
ALL the kingdoms of the world.
Now, some will argue that Adham COULDN'T have given away all the kingdoms of the world... because such kingdoms didn't exist yet. Or... did they? Take a look at the following, and then YOU tell ME, when it says that the Adversary showed our dear Lord "ALL THE
KINGDOMS" of the world, WHAT... EXACTLY... did he SHOW him?
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For me, I always thought (because I was taught by the WTBTS, and I can understand how others would think this) that by "kingdoms," we think our dear Lord was shown GOVERNMENTS. "The Kingdom of" Egypt. The "Kingdom" of Ethiopia. Tyre. Sidon. Rome. Greece. Human political institutions, etc.
But due to the WONDERFUL truths are our dear, dear brothers shared above, I NOW understand... KNOW... that what our dear Lord was shown was much... MUCH... more!!
He was shown ALL physical life! Human, beast, flying creature, crawling/creeping thing, insect... PLANT...
On land, in the sea, in the air. ALL
living...
breathing...things in THIS world. From the various "kingdoms"... of LIFE... in THIS world. NOT political governments, but the LIFE that makes up THIS world.
We have been so misled. SO misled. SO... asleep. PRAISE JAH... that the Bridegroom is near at the door! How do we know? Surely, NO one HERE can say we are NOT being woken UP.
OUR path IS getting brighter... and brighter. Why? Because we are following the Light! TOWARD the light. And so, we are granted to SEE. And THIS, dear, dear ones, is yet another "beauty" we have been given the PRIVILEGE to "behold."
Now, may you also be given EARS... to HEAR... if you have not yet received such... when that Spirit and his Bride say to YOU:
"Come! COME!!! TAKE Life's (Christ's)
"water"... the holy spirit... blood, breath, and seed... of the MOST HOLY One of Israel, JAH of Armies... which water is poured out ONLY from the innermost parts of His Son and Christ, my dear, dear... DEAR and beloved Lord, the HOLY One of Israel, JAHESHUA, the Chosen One of JAH (MischaJah)...
FREE!"Oh, my... sometimes it's all too wonderful! But please... do not stop, Lord - FEED us! We ARE wishing and thirsting! We ARE!
Peace to you ALL... and to your dear, dear households!
YSSFS,
Shel