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AUTHORITIES.
"Let every soul be in subjection to the superior authorities, for there is no authority except by God; the existing authorities stand placed in their relative positions by God. Therefore he who opposes the authority* has taken a stand against the arrangement of God; those who have taken a stand against it will receive judgement to themselves. For those ruling are an object of fear, not to the good deed, but to the bad. Do you, then, want to have no fear of the authority? Keep doing good, and you will have praise from it; for it is God's minister to you for your good. But if you are doing what is bad, be in fear: for it is not without purpose that it bears the sword; for it is God's minister, an avenger to express wrath upon the one practicing what is bad." (Rom 13:1-4).
"Children be obedient to your parents in union with the Lord, for this is righteous: "Honour your father and your mother"; which is the first commandment with a promise: "That it may go well with you and you may endure a long time on the earth." And you, fathers, do not be irritating your children, but go on bringing them up in the discipline and mental-regulating of Jehovah." (Eph 6:1-4).
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Å THOSE OF THE SUPERIOR AUTHORITIES ON EARTH AMONG MEN ARE THOSE WHO PUNISH ONLY BAD DEEDS, BUT ARE NOT THE SUPERIOR AUTHORITIES OF GOD'S LAWS WHICH TEACH GOODNESS. GOD IS ALSO AGAINST THE BAD DEEDS OF MAN'S POLITICAL ERRONEOUS LAWS.
* THOSE WHO INTERFERE IN A FATHER'S "MENTAL -REGULATING" OF THEIR CHILDREN BY GOD'S LAWS ARE TAKING A STAND AGAINST GOD.
# SCHOOL: [from Gr. skho.lé, basically, "leisure"; then, that for which leisure was employed, a disputation, lecture, study, learning; by metonymy, school]. The Creator placed the responsibility upon parents to teach their offspring the true meaning of life, their physical lives as well as their spiritual lives. They were to train them up in the way they were to go, and this training would be a guide to their children not only in their youth, but also in their old age. (Prov 22:6). Parents were obligated to begin the training during the child's infancy. (2 Tim 3:14,15). To fulfil this obligation they were to provide schooling for their children in the home. It appears that there were no community schools for children in ancient Israel. The home was the school. The parent was to teach by example as well as by precept, and schooling was to be a regular and continuous arrangement. [# See: 'Aid to Bible Understanding']. |
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THE SOURCE OF THIS WORLD'S AUTHORITY ▲:
"And I saw a wild beast ascending out of the sea▲, with ten horns and seven heads, and upon its horns
And the dragon
▲ gave to the beast its power and its throne and great authority▲. And I saw one of its heads as though slaughtered to death, but its death-stroke▲ got healed, and all the earth followed the wild beast with admiration. And they worshipped the dragon because it gave the authority to the wild beast▲, and they worshipped the wild beast with the words: "Who is like the wild beast, and who can do battle with it?"
And I saw another wild beast ascending out of the earth, and it had two horns like a lamb, but it began speaking as a dragon. And it makes the earth and those who dwell in it worship the first wild beast, whose death-stroke got healed. And it misleads those who dwell on the earth, because of the signs that were granted it to perform in the sight of the wild beast, while it tells those who dwell on the earth to make an image to the wild beast that had the sword-stroke and yet revived. And there was granted it to give breath to the image of the wild beast, so that the image of the wild beast should both speak and cause to be killed all those who would not in any way worship the image of the wild beast
Let the one that has intelligence calculate the number of the wild beast, for it is a man's number; and its number is six hundred and sixty-six
And I saw, and, look! the Lamb▲standing upon the Mount Zion, and with him a hundred and forty-four thousand having his name and the name of his Father written on their foreheads
"She has fallen! Babylon the great▲ has fallen, she who made all the nations drink of the wine of the anger of her fornication!"
If anyone worships the wild beast and its image, and receives a mark on his forehead or upon his hand, he will also drink of the wine of the anger of God that is poured out undiluted into the cup of His wrath, and he shall be tormented with fire and sulphur▲." (From Rev 13:1 to 14:13 NWT).
SYMBOLS:
THE SEA: Restless mankind.
THE DRAGON: satan the devil.
DEATH-STROKE: Inactive.
WILD BEAST: satan's worldwide organization of politics.
FIRE AND SULPHUR: Eternal death with no resurrection.
BABYLON THE GREAT: The world empire of false religion.
THE LAMB: Jesus The Christ (his heavenly name is Michael).
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