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HOW FAR HAS THE "HARLOT" "MOTHER"
REACHED OUT AMONG THE PEOPLE
THROUGH HER "HARLOT" 'DAUGHTERS'?

The prophecy of God in the book of Revelation for the period in which we now live symbolically describes spiritistic "Babylon" as a "mother". It reads: "Babylon the Great, the mother of the harlots and of the disgusting things of the earth." (Rev 17:5). From this "mother" are born many "harlot" 'daughters' through many generations. People of every nation have been ruined by the "fierce wine" (false teachings) of the "fornication" of "Babylon" and her "harlot" 'daughters'. (Rev 18:3 NWT NEB).

The so-called "Great"ness of "Babylon" among the nations is her (and their) worldwide opposition to the Will of the Creator of heaven and earth, Almighty God, through worship of false gods, goddesses, graven images, dungy idols, magic, astrology, sorcery, etc. All these are ultimately the demon worship of satan the devil, the power behind her teachings. The false teachings of the "harlot" 'daughters' of "Babylon" originated in ancient Babylon, where over fifty false gods were worshipped. Her defiance through her "harlot" 'daughters' has been handed down through the generations, and still continues in these and other forms. Sectarian worship stops up the way to the Kingdom of God. (See Matt 23:13).

HOW FAR HAS "BABYLON" REACHED?
She has reached as far as JW members who demonstrate deliberate coldness to "alien residents" (strangers to the worship of Jehovah and who do not fear Him) but claim to be "in the truth" (claiming full obedience to the Word of God). (Mal 3:5). Potential "sheep"-like ones are being turned away and deprived of the opportunity to acquire accurate knowledge of the Will of God by "wolf"-like unsealed JW 'elders' harassing "sheep"-like ones to serve them and thereby scattering them by their bad example. (Matt 7:15-19). The sect falsely calling themselves Jehovah's Witnesses is a modern-day "harlot" 'daughter' claiming to have Divine authority but misleading its members with the "deep things of satan" issued through so-called "ministers of righteousness". (Rev 2:20-24. 2 Cor 11:12-15). The following are some of the many bad examples which manifest their spiritual "darkness":

(1)  An unsealed 'elder' from another district in the hearing of new Bible students
      ('Bible Studies') told a brother in the faith: "We don't want your 'Bible Studies',
      we like to get our own 'Studies'."

(2) An unsealed 'elder' and his wife were told to leave the house of a married
couple because they were slandering a brother in the faith living nearby.

(3) With reference to an anointed son of God, the wife of an unsealed 'elder' stated publicly:
"When he is present at the group study, we don't have Jehovah's Spirit."

(4) Two families, totalling nine people, left a congregation meeting before
it had commenced due to the bullying of another unsealed 'elder'.

(Cont. on Page 797).

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