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863A.

"FOR REBELLIOUSNESS IS THE SAME AS THE SIN OF DIVINATION,
AND PUSHING AHEAD PRESUMPTUOUSLY THE SAME AS USING
UNCANNY POWER AND TERAPHIM". (From 1 Sam 15:23).

(See "Little Scroll" Pages 777 to 862 for evidence
of uncanny power and Teraphim, in parallel fulfilment today).

Jehovah God rejected the man named Saul as king over Israel. Why? Because of his rebelliousness, "erecting a monument for himself" instead of listening and "obeying the voice of Jehovah". (1 Sam 15:12,22,23). The initial reason why he disobeyed God is stated in verse 24: "I have sinned; for I have overstepped the order of Jehovah and your words, because I feared the people and so obeyed their voice."

After Saul's mission, and on meeting Samuel he said, "I have carried out the word of Jehovah." (V.13). But he lied, which is the same as the sin of divination, and pushing ahead presumptuously the same as using uncanny power and teraphim. Disobeying God's voice is the same as spiritistic rebellion.

UNCANNY:

PRESUMPTUOUS:

TERAPHIM:

"DIVINATION":

Weird and mysterious (supernatural, beyond what nature will account for).

Unduly confident, arrogant, forward.

Family gods or idols.

Embraces generally the whole scope of gaining secret knowledge, especially about future events, through the aid of spiritistic powers.
(See JW book: 'Aid to Bible Understanding'. Pg.456).

Fear of the people, together with the aforesaid unGodly characteristics, are what manifest a false prophet. Further, he would give the false impression that he has a righteous nature, and his prophesying would not be strictly Bible‑based. The teachings of such ones certainly would not have the Spirit of truth from Almighty God to benefit mankind, according to His purpose to subject all things to Him through Jesus Christ (and not through the rebellion of false prophets).

Therefore he would be a "man of lawlessness", having no reason to be confident in what he declares, but would push ahead of God in His appointed times and laws; spirit laws according to the Way and Will of God and His ultimate purpose as respects His Creation. These men utter smooth perverse sayings (not the voice of God) to entice others to 'erect a monument' to them, changing the times and law of God to do their self-erecting, until they become like gods themselves to their "family" of "intense lovers". (2 Thess 2:2. Zech 13:6).

ISAIAH Ch.28: JEHOVAH'S ANSWER TO FALSE PROPHETS. (1 Sam 15:23) .
It is Jehovah who is flooding out their places of concealment by "hail".

(V.1)

(V.2)

(V.3)

(V.4)

EMINENT CROWN:

FADING BLOSSOM:

FERTILE VALLEY:

OVERPOWERED
BY WINE:

VIGOROUS ONE:

HAIL:

FLOODING WATERS:

WITH THE FEET:

TRAMPLED DOWN:

EARLY FIG(S)
BEFORE SUMMER:

To the rulers of you people, proud drunkards of Ephraim today and your reality in fulfilment.

Their kind of prominence among anointed brothers of "spiritual Israel".

Their pride and extreme desire for prominence without its fruitage over other "tribes" (their anointed brothers).

Spiritual growth in God's "land".

Drunk with their apostasy of creating "intense lovers" of themselves for self-glorification ('wine' from the "vine of the earth"). (Rev 14:18).

The Christ Michael.

Spiritual denunciations from God upon apostates on earth.

Unpolluted life-giving heavenly truths.

Upon those under the heavenly realm.

Apostate teachings and self-prominence over their anointed brothers is crushed and brought to an end.

Before God has revealed to them each of His teachings in their season, apostates press ahead presumptuously and falsely declare their meaning with an uncanny spirit (spiritistically). His teachings are not examined with Holy Spirit but are 'swallowed down' prematurely and spiritistically. They declare their meanings in a self-glorifying way before maturity, and their superfluous unripe false teachings later expose them.

(Cont. on Page 863B).

7/8/79.