Witchtower: September 1, 2009 - The "Shulammite Remnant" Exposed

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THE “SHULAMMITE REMNANT” EXPOSED“My breasts are like watchtowers.” (Song of Solomon 8:10, Hoffnung für Alle)

The Song of Solomon reports on the endur-

ing love the Shulammite felt for a shepherdand on King Solomon‟s unsuccessful attempts

to gain her affection. She firmly refused to

follow King Solomon and become his bride.

What meaning does this prophetic drama have

for our day?

The anointed Jehovah‟s Witnesses who still

live on earth form the “Shulammite Remnant.”

(Sing Praises to Jehovah, Song 11; see also The

Watchtower, December 1, 1957, page 721) And

“the Greater Solomon [is] Jesus Christ, now

ruling as heavenly King.” (The Watchtower,May 1, 2003, page 21) Hence it is hardly sur-

prising that the members of the anointed rem-

nant are also not interested in following Jesus

Christ. Their love is directed at humans who

honor them and go from house to house for

them.

In fact, the anointed Jehovah‟s Witnesses

are but one of many groups who claim to be the

greater Solomon‟s bride: “There may be sixty

queens and eighty concubines and maid-

ens without number.” (Song of Solomon6:8) But Jehovah‟s Witnesses fancy themselves

as specially privileged; they believe that they

“have the only true religion and that” other‟s

“form of worship is false.” – Our Kingdom Min-

istry, May 1999, page 2.

Appointed over all belongings

The Shulammite said: “ The sons of my

own mother … appointed me the keeper of

the vineyards, although my vineyard, one

that was mine, I did not keep.” (Song ofSolomon 1:6) The “anointed” Jehovah‟s Wit-

nesses consider themselves as “sons of His free

heavenly organization, „the Jerusalem above,‟

their „mother.‟” (The Watchtower, March 1,

1973, page 141) Hence „the sons of their own

mother‟ are Jesus Christ and the already dead

anointed ones – compare The Watchtower,

March 15, 1985, page 14.

The Shulammite explained that she was ap

pointed the keeper of her brother‟s vineyardalthough she could not even keep her own one in

order. Likewise do Jehovah‟s Witnesses claim

that their anointed remnant “in 1919 was ap

pointed over all Jesus‟ belongings.” (The Watch

tower, May 15, 1997, page 15) That is really odd

considering that “prior to 1919, the Bible Stu

dents, as Jehovah‟s Witnesses were then known

had to be released from a form of spiritual cap

tivity to the ideas and practices of false religion

Although having rejected such false teachings a

the Trinity and the immortal soul, they werstill tainted by Babylonish practices. Many ha

developed a self-righteous attitude in characte

development. Some were exalting creatures. …

Without any Biblical basis, they were observin

birthdays and Christmas. The cross was stil

prominent in their thinking. … Others sough

the respectability accorded Christendom.” – Th

Watchtower, May 1, 1989, page 3.

The Shulammite boasted: “The king ha

brought me into his interior rooms!” (Song

of Solomon 1:4) According to the March 12001 Watchtower, “the „interior rooms‟ of th

prophecy likely have to do with the tens o

thousands of congregations of Jehovah‟s peopl

around the world.” (page 21) Jehovah‟s Wit

nesses claim to be directly commissioned by th

“king,” Jesus Christ. – compare The Watchtow

er, March 1, 1998, page 14.

Greetings from “our brothers afield” and

notice that “Brother Max Nitzsche … was killed in

action at an assault in Russia” from the German

issue of The Watchtower (September 1915)


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The Song of Solomon continues: “What is

this thing that is coming up from the wil-

derness like columns of smoke, being per-

fumed with myrrh and frankincense, even

with every sort of scent powder of a trad-

er?” (Song of Solomon 3:6) The “columns of

smoke” remind of an incident in the book of

Revelation: “Out of the smoke locusts cameforth upon the earth.” (Revelation 9:3) The

May 1, 1992 Watchtower explains: “These lo-

custs picture the anointed remnant of Chris-

tians who, now in the Lord‟s day, go forth to

devastate Christendom‟s pastures.” – page 11.

So “this thing that is coming up from the

wilderness like columns of smoke” is the Shu-

lammite remnant. Again “myrrh and frankin-

cense” are mentioned, showing that the anoint-

ed ones live in relative luxury. They may notown very much, but they are cherished by their

followers and supported with all comforts of

life.

The Song of Solomon says regarding the

Shulammite remnant‟s residence: “It is his

couch. … Sixty mighty men are all around

it, from the mighty men of Israel, all of

them in possession of a sword, being

taught in warfare, each one with his

sword upon his thigh.” (Song of Solomon

3:7, 8) Indeed, most anointed ones do not exertthemselves in field service anymore. They quasi

sit on the “couch,” while “sixty mighty men” –

the thousands of pioneers – do the actual work.

These are “in possession of a sword [of the

spirit]” that they keep always handy, and they

are “taught in [theocratic] warfare.” – Ephe-

sians 6:17.

Beth-Sarim today

Stench and lacking foresight

Though the Shulammite put costly scen

on, Solomon noticed: “Your hair is like a

drove of goats.” (Song of Solomon 4:1) Tha

was not quite a compliment. According to th

British Goat Society, some goats “have a ver

strong distinctive smell. … The odour is ver

strong and difficult to eliminate from skin an

clothing.” The Story of the goatfish in the rive

Oder says: “The goat was for her people a sym

bol of uncleanness, stench and stupidity.” Sinc

the Shulammite dealt with sheep and goats a

day, she surely smelled accordingly. The mod

ern Shulammite class too applies the Apostl

Paul‟s words to itself: “We are a dreadful smel

of death and doom.” – 2 Corinthians 2:16, NLT

Solomon added: “Your eyes are those o

doves, behind your veil.” (Song of Solomon

4:1) That seems like a compliment at firs

glance, since doves can see up to 35 kilometer

far. But unfortunately the Shulammite did no

make use of this ability but rather hid her eye

„behind her veil.‟ And of course one cannot se

very well through a veil – that might explain

why all of the Shulammite remnant‟s predic

tions failed up to now.

However, the “veil” reveals something els

about the Shulammite remnant. The book You

Youth – Getting the Best out of It says: “Whe

Judah came along, the record says that „he a

once took her [Tamar] for a harlot, because sh

had covered her face with the veil.‟ Her dres

gave her the appearance of a prostitute of tha

time.” (page 53) So back then, prostitutes coul

be identified by a veil (compare The Watchtow

er, November 1, 1972, page 666) Also thWatchtower organization led by the Shu

lammite remnant “has practiced spiritual for

nication by making alliances with the politica

… elements of this world” like the United Na

tions or the OSCE. – The Watchtower, June 15

1972, page 357.


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Spiritual drunkenness

The Shulammite said about her lover: “He

brought me into the house of wine.” (Song

of Solomon 2:4) On another occasion, he said

to her: “Your navel roll is a round bowl. Let

not the mixed wine be lacking from it.”

(Song of Solomon 7:3) They both obviouslymade good use of alcohol, a gift from God.

(Psalm 104:15) In this regard, they were like

“the drunkards of Ephraim” against which

Isaiah warned. – Isaiah 28:1, 3.

The June 1, 1991 Watchtower explains:

“‟The drunkards of Ephraim‟ were really the

drunkards of Israel. … Were Isaiah‟s prophe-

cies fulfilled only on ancient Israel and Judah?

By no means. Both Jesus and the apostle Paul

quoted his words about spiritual drunkenness

and applied them to the religious leaders oftheir time. … Today, too, a situation like that

in Isaiah‟s time has arisen.” (page 11, 13) The

religious leaders of Israel were spiritually

drunk back then, and so is “the anointed [Shu-

lammite] remnant of the Israel of God” in our

time. (Isaiah’s Prophecy – Light for All Man-

kind, volume 2, page 168) They too belong – in

a metaphorical sense – to “those staying a long

time with the wine, those coming in to search

out mixed wine.” – Proverbs 23:30.

Wine has a soporific effect too. The Shu-

lammite‟s “palate [was] like the best wine

that is … softly flowing over the lips of

sleeping ones.” (Song of Solomon 7:9) The

members of the Shulammite remnant arrange

an abundance of meetings and reading material

to keep their followers busy and to prevent them

from waking up from their spiritual sleep. Since

the members of the “faithful and discreet slave”

are also recipients of the “spiritual food” that

they provide, they too are affected by the spir-

itual sleep. This way, they also imitate the Shu-

lammite who frankly admitted: “I am asleep.”

– Song of Solomon 5:2 .

The book Holy Spirit – The Force Behind

the Coming New Order! says about the first-

century members of the Shulammite remnant:

“As anointed ones, they were obliged to imitate

the example of Jesus Christ.” (page 123) But

Jesus Christ is “the bread of life … the livin

bread.” (John 6:48, 51) By contrast Solomon

said to the Shulammite: “Your belly is a heap

of wheat.” (Song of Solomon 7:2) But “

heap of wheat” is still far away from a “bread

– that shows how far the Shulammite remnan

is from Jesus Christ.

The shepherd provides another clue wh

the Shulammite was in a bad shape spiritually

“ As a lily among the thorns, so is m

friend.” (Song of Solomon 2:1, 2, YLT

Hence the modern Shulammite remnant i

“among the thorns” too – and what happen

according to Jesus with someone who is “sown

among the thorns?” “The anxiety of this system

of things and the deceptive power of riche

choke the word.” – Matthew 13:22.

Feminine charms

The Shulammite said: “As a bag of myrrh

my dear one is to me; between my breast

he will spend the night.” (Song of Solomon

1:13) Since she was not married when sh

spoke these words, she cannot have referred t

her literal breasts. No, the “breasts” obviousl

picture something very important, for they ar

mentioned seven times in the Song of Solomon

– more than in any other Bible book.

Luckily the Shulammite herself explain

what is illustrated by her breasts: “My breast

are like Watchtowers.” (Song of Solomon

8:10, Hoffnung für Alle) Her shepherd adds

“Your two breasts are like two young ones

the twins of a female gazelle.” (Song o

Solomon 4:5) The “breasts” clearly depict th

two magazines The Watchtower and Awake

that are usually placed and read together lik

“twins.” But why are they called “twins of

female gazelle?”


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Gazelles can run very fast, up to 45 mph.

They are also known for jumping and changing

their position rapidly. The same can be said

about the magazines published by the Shu-

lammite remnant. An example is the interpre-

tation of the “generation” of Matthew 24:34:

First it was applied to all people who had seen

the invisible sign in 1878, then to all anointedChristians, then to all people who had con-

sciously witnessed the year 1914. Later it was

applied to all people who lived in the year 1914

anyway, then to all people who were no Jeho-

vah‟s Witnesses, and now it is again applied to

all anointed Christians.

The Shulammite frequently describes her

“dear one” or “beloved one,” a shepherd boy. The

modern antitype of the Shulammite‟s “dear one”

is the kind of people who believe everything that

comes out of the Shulammite remnant‟s mouth.How do such people „spend the night between

the Shulammite‟s breasts?‟ Since the “breasts”

are the magazines The Watchtower and Awake! ,

this passage refers to people who stay awake

until late at night to read this precious litera-

ture.

Who else belongs to the Shulammite rem-

nant‟s „dear ones?‟ “The sound of my dear

one! Look! This one is coming, climbing

upon the mountains, leaping upon the

hills.” (Song of Solomon 2:8) They join inIsaiah‟s words: “How comely upon the moun-

tains are the feet of the one bringing good

news.” (Isaiah 52:7) The modern Shulammite

class likes zealous publishers.

The Shulammite said: “Do come, O my

dear one, let us go forth to the field. … Do

let us rise early.” (Song of Solomon 2:11,

12) On behalf of the Shulammite remnant, the

elders use similar words to invite the publish-

ers to the meetings for field service.

It can happen that a sister is there who al-ready placed all her magazines. The Shu-

lammite once was in a similar situation, so

that her brothers said about her: “We have a

little sister that does not have any

breasts.” (Song of Solomon 8:8) But usually

another sister can help out and say: “The new

ones as well as the old … I have treasured

up for you.” – Song of Solomon 7:13 .

The Shulammite‟s lover was “gazing

through the windows” and said to his futur

wife: “Rise up, you girl companion of min

… and come away … The downpour itsel

is over, it has gone its way … Rise up

come, O girl companion of mine, my beau

tiful one, and come away.” (Song of Solo

mon 2:9-13) The members of the modern Shulammite class love publishers who do not onl

preach the good news themselves but also en

courage their wives to join them.

Where do the Shulammite remnant and th

“great crowd” that is associated with them loo

for such people who could join them? The Shu

lammite said: “Let me rise up, please, and

go round about in the city; in the street

and in the public squares let me seek th

one whom my soul has loved.” (Song o

Solomon 3:2) Likewise do Jehovah‟s Witnesses “go round about in the city, in the street

and in the public squares” to “search for sheep

like ones.” – 1976 Yearbook of Jehovah’s Wit

nesses, page 56.

But their search is rarely crowned with

success. In the “service year” 2008, publisher

in Germany spent on average 7084 hours

placed 5977 magazines and made 3359 return

visits to lead one person to baptism as a Jeho

vah‟s Witness. The Shulammite made simila

experiences: “I sought him, but I did no find him.” (Song of Solomon 3:2) But som

publishers are skilled in „blinding the minds o

the unbelievers‟ so that they take the Watch

tower for “the illumination of the glorious goo

news about the Christ.” (2 Corinthians 4:4

“My dear one is dazzling,” said the Shu

lammite likewise. – Song of Solomon 5:10.

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That‟s why they sometimes find someone

who gets into a discussion – often people who

are in a crisis and hence are easy prey for a cult.

The Shulammite showed how to deal with such

a person: “I found the one whom my soul

has loved. I grabbed hold of him, and I

would not let go of him, until I had brought

him into my mother’s house and into theinterior room.” (Song of Solomon 3:4) When

Jehovah‟s Witnesses once gained a foothold at

an interested person, they will not let him go in

a hurry. They will bother him until they „have

brought him into their mother‟s house,‟ that

is the “house” of their “motherlike organization,”

the Kingdom Hall. (The Watchtower, June 1,

1998, page 23) They want to bring him by all

means into the “interior rooms” that “have to

do with the tens of thousands of congregations

of Jehovah‟s people around the world.” – The Watchtower, March 1, 2001, page 21.

A total of 36,175 people were baptized in

Germany from 1999 to 2008, yet the average

publisher count decreased by 3,592. Even the

Shulammite noticed: “Many waters them-

selves are not able to extinguish love.”

(Song of Solomon 8:7) Indeed, the “waters” of

baptism “are not able to extinguish” the “love”

that sincere people have for the truth. Sooner

or later they recognize that they were hood-

winked by a delusion and back out or leave the

Watchtower organization.

Besides field service, there is another way

of winning the Shulammite remnant‟s favor.

The Shulammite said prophetically about

someone who makes use of this option: “His

black hair is like the raven. His eyes are …

by the channels of water. … His cheeks are

… towers of scented herbs. His lips are

lilies, dripping with liquid myrrh. His

hands are cylinders of gold.” – Song ofSolomon 5:11-14.

Such a person would be “by the channels of

water,” that is where the “water of life” is quasi

“bottled” or printed into the magazines The

Watchtower and Awake! – at Bethel. “His

hands” control the print “cylinders” that print

literature more precious than “gold.” The cyl-

inders ooze with red ink that looks like “liqui

myrrh.” But the major part of the ink is “black

… like the raven,” and it is not only used fo

“[Watch-]Towers” but also for other magazine

and books.

Self-aggrandizement

Solomon said regarding the Shulammite“ A garden barred in is my sister … a wel

of fresh water. … Let its perfumes trickle.

(Song of Solomon 4:12, 15, 16) That can b

applied to the Shulammite remnant, especiall

to the members of the Governing Body. The

are “a garden barred,” for their sessions are to

secret. Their followers however think that th

“faithful and discreet slave” would be “a well o

fresh water [of life],” and by distributing hi

writings they would be “diffusing the fragranc

of the knowledge of God.” – The WatchtowerJuly 15, 1990, page 10.

Solomon said to the Shulammite: “You ar

altogether beautiful … and there is n

defect in you.” (Song of Solomon 4:7) Th

members of the Shulammite remnant accept i

their organization only people who find “n

defect” in them. Their followers are advised: “I

we fully recognize him [Jehovah] as being

Grand Instructor, we will not doubt or criticiz

the methods of instruction Jehovah‟s „faithfu

and discreet slave‟ class is using today.” (Th

Watchtower, January 1, 1986, page 30) And th

June 15, 1996 Watchtower said that the “com

plaining” of some “ungodly men … may eve

extend to criticizing publications of the „faithfu

slave.‟” – page 21.

“Many waters themselves are

not able to extinguish love.”


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BACTERIA AND PARASITES GLORIFY JEHOVAH“I also, for my part, shall certainly make you sick.” (Micah 6:13)

King David sang in a song of thanksgiving

to God: “I shall laud you because in a fear-

inspiring way I am wonderfully made. Yourworks are wonderful, as my soul is very well

aware.” (Psalm 139:14) But David was not the

only creature that was “wonderfully made” by

God. On May 22, 1997 “Lloyd Barry of the

Governing Body … pointed out that the Crea-

tor, Jehovah, takes delight in all of his crea-

tions” and cited from Hebrews 3:4 that “he that

constructed all things is God.” – The Watchtow-

er, November 15, 1999, page 10.

Without doubt, “Jehovah is the Source of

life. All living things owe their life to God.”

(What Does God Require of Us?, page 24) And

since the July 15, 1971 Watchtower says that

“all living things bespeak intelligent design,”

we must include not only wild beasts like lions

and crocodiles but also bacteria, parasites and

other germs. (page 45) These organisms also

bear witness to an intelligent creator who lov-

ingly designed and constructed them.

The October 1, 2004 Watchtower confirms

this idea. It says that “most of creation givesglory to God.” Why only “most of?” The excep-

tions are not parasites and bacteria but “most

humans.” – page 14.

“All living things bespeak intelligent design”

Helicobacter pylori

Bacteria – How Did They Get Here?

By Evolution or by Creation?

God created at least 9000 different types o

bacteria “according to their kinds.” (Genesi

1:24) Prof. Franz Daschner, one of Germany‟most distinctive scientists for hygiene an

former director of the Institute of Environmen

tal Medicine and Hospital Hygiene at Freibur

University said in a speech on November 30

2007: “Bacteria are incredibly intelligent an

imaginative when they intend to make us hu

mans sick.” That can, for example, seen a

Helicobacter pylori.

While other bacteria are mortified by th

gastric acid, this creature is able to “surviv

the acidic pH of the lumen and burrow into th

mucus to reach its niche, close to the stomach'

epithelial cell layer. The bacterium has flagell

and moves through the stomach lumen an

drills into the mucoid lining of the stomach. …

To avoid being carried into the lumen, H. pylor

senses the pH gradient within the mucus laye

by chemotaxis and swims away from the acidi

contents of the lumen towards the more neu

tral pH environment of the epithelial cell sur

face.” (Encyclopaedia Wikipedia)

Indeed, this “wonderfully made” creature i

perfectly equipped for accomplishing its taskwhich is to cause chronic gastritis, gastric u

cers and duodenal ulcers, maybe even cancer

In Germany alone, thousands of people di

every year of these diseases and their conse

quences. Does it not prove the creator‟s grea

wisdom that a creature that is only a few mi

crometers in size can perform such a task, even

despite our modern medicine?


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Prof. Daschner later mentioned another

bacteria that is also “wonderfully made.” A c-

cording to his words “it seems that God advised

the Staphylococcus epidermidis: „On the skin I

forbid you to do evil. But when someone lets

you under the skin, be growing and become

many.‟ Staphylococcus epidermidis has a fanat-

ic and fantastic love for foreign bodies. … Itreproduces on the foreign bodies, forms small

colonies and creates a sleeve of organic film

around the colony, so that neither the leuco-

cytes nor the antibodies in the blood serum nor

most antibiotics are able to harm it.” Like the

animals, so is this bacterium “instinctively

wise” though it belongs to “the smallest

[things] of the earth.” (Proverbs 30:24) Its wis-

dom even surpasses the wisdom of the human

immune system, and so it glorifies its creator.

The bacteria‟s behavior is also a strongproof against evolution. On the one hand be-

cause they display wisdom that could by no

means emerge just by itself. For example,

many bacteria are resistant against antibiotics

because, according to Prof. Daschner, they

have “so called Eflux pumps with which they

pump the antibiotic out through the pores. Or

they modify their cell wall structure. Or they

produce enzymes that dissolve antibiotics.”

Though evolutionists are “shrouding their the-

ory in mystic billions of years,” as the Septem-

ber 22, 1981 Awake! issue noticed, bacteriawould have had to develop their mechanisms

within few decades! That is absolutely incon-

ceivable. The only logical conclusion is that the

creator programmed the defensive measures

into these beings from the beginning. In his

unlimited foresight, he knew that the apostate

mankind would one day discover and develop

antibiotics to prevent his bacteria creatures

from accomplishing their ministry.

Staphylococcus epidermidis

On the other hand, bacteria falsify evolu

tion by the way of dealing with bacteria o

other types. According to evolution theory the

would have to be interested only in their own

survival and in the continuity of their own

species. The fate of other species should no

interest them; rather they would have to try t

gain an edge over other types of bacteria.

But the opposite is true. Prof. Daschner ex

plained how bacteria communicate their de

fense strategies to others: “One species of bac

teria was especially intelligent and has store

resistance genes against many antibiotics on

circular plasmid in the individual cells. Thes

look for a partner, virtually say: „Come to me,

have something good for you.‟ The bacteria la

next to each other. … Over a protein bridge

the resistance gene can now be transferre

from one cell to the other. This way, for exam

ple, resistance against antibiotics is trans

ferred from a bacteria species that is harmles

for humans to pathogenic bacteria.”

That‟s why there are more and more bacte

ria that are resistant against all available an

tibiotics, killing around 50,000 people in Eu

rope each year. By this ingenious mechanism

the Creator made all human efforts to extinc

infectious diseases foredoomed to fail. Henc

his promise of a new world without disease

remains attractive. – Isaiah 33:24.

You Can Live Forever

with Parasites on Earth

Not only bacteria are “wonderfully made

but parasites too. As the May 22, 1999 Awake

issue said, “a parasite is a living organism tha

obtains some benefit from its host, a livin

organism on or in which it lives.” (page 14These creatures of God are very effective a

their task; according to the above mentione

Awake! issue they cause “abdominal pain, nau

sea, loss of appetite, a swollen abdomen, fa

tigue, and chronic indigestion, diarrhea, o

constipation” as well as “weight loss, restles

sleep, itching, wheezing, and fever.”


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But there are parasites that were equipped

by God with much more effective features. The

nematode Onchocerca volvulus for example

causes the so-called river blindness. The maga-

zine Awake! describes it in its October 8, 1995

issue: “These parasites torment their human

victims. Over the years the skin of the infected

person thickens and becomes scaly. … Victims

develop what is vividly described as crocodile

skin, lizard skin, or leopard skin. Itching is

intense, reportedly driving some to suicide. If

young worms invade the eyes, in time, vision

deteriorates and the victim becomes totally

blind. … . Sata, a female victim of river blind-

ness in Burkina Faso, said: „For a blind person,

whether a man or woman, the suffering‟s the

same. If a young woman is blind and unmar-

ried, she won‟t get a husband. I got marriedbefore I became blind, but my husband died.

My brother became blind when he was young

and so couldn‟t get a wife.‟” – page 25. Hence

this young and blind widow can now dedicate

her whole life to Jehovah‟s service, without

being distracted by a man or “the desire of the

eyes.” – 1. John 2:16; compare Matthew 5:29.

Parasites are “instinctively wise” too.

(Proverbs 30:24) German newspaper Welt

online reported on May 15, 2001 that CarlZimmer describes in his book Parasitus Rex

“how parasites program other beings like ro-

bots for their purposes.” And the August 8,

2003 Awake! issue describes “an ingenious ruse

used by the parasites that can infect the hu-

man immune system and cause leishmaniasis.

… The parasites exploit a normal process in

the body whereby cells that are no longer need-

ed or that become harmful self-destruct (apop-

tosis) and are swallowed up by scavenger cells

called macrophages. The parasites mimic the

molecular signals produced by cells in the early

stages of apoptosis, thus tricking the scaven-

gers into devouring them. Once inside the

scavenger cells, the parasites multiply rapidly

and then infect other cells. Symptoms include

sores, swelling of the spleen and liver, and in

some cases death.” – page 29.

Bacteria, parasites and insects – all God‟

creatures – work in perfect harmony when i

comes to making humans sick. As the May 22

2003 Awake! issue noted, “insect-borne diseas

es „were responsible for more human diseas

and death in the 17th through the early 20th

centuries than all other causes combined.‟ …Presently, about 1 out of every 6 people is in

fected with a disease acquired through insects

– page 3.

God’s “Eternal Purpose” for Mankind

Now Triumphing by Means of Diseases

Some people cannot imagine that sickenin

bacteria and parasites were created by God

They believe that not God but the devil woul

have brought these beings into existence. Buthe devil is not a creator. In fact, such peopl

are lacking an accurate understanding of Jeho

vah‟s purpose.

Jehovah himself said: “Who makes on

mute, or deaf, or seeing, or blind? Isn't it I

Yahweh?” (Exodus 4:11, WEB) Of course, no

Jehovah himself makes the people mute, dea

or blind. Rather, he makes use of the bacteri

and parasites that he created. They suppor

him in accomplishing his will.

Onchocerca volvulus, the cause of river blindness,

emerging from a Black Fly‟s antenna.


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Diseases play a major role in God‟s purpose.

He threatened his people: “Jehovah will cause

the pestilence to cling to you. … Jehovah will

strike you with tuberculosis and burning fever

and inflammation and feverish heat. … Jeho-

vah will strike you with the boil of Egypt and

piles and eczema and skin eruption. … Jeho-

vah will strike you with madness and loss of

sight and bewilderment of heart. … Jehovah

will strike you with a malignant boil upon both

knees and both legs, from which you will not be

able to be healed.” (Deuteronomy 28:21, 22, 27,

28, 35) Granted, all those diseases should

strike the Israelites only in case they would sin

– but “there is no man that does not sin.”

– 1 Kings 8:46.

But is it not God‟s will that all humans live

in happiness and health? No. The book Insight

on the Scriptures says: “The entire Bible ac-

count … makes manifest Jehovah God‟s prima-

ry purpose: the sanctification of his own name.”

(Volume II, page 16) And “the God that was the

smiter of Egypt with every sort of slaughter in

the wilderness” explained through the prophet

Jeremiah how he imagines the sanctification of

his own name: “Those slain by Jehovah will

certainly come to be in that day from one end of

the earth clear to the other end of the earth.”(1 Samuel 4:8; Jeremiah 25:33) As natural

disasters alone are not sufficient to kill all

humans, Jehovah does also use bacteria, para-

sites and savage beasts. “Jehovah is a Killer.”

– 1 Samuel 2:6.

Since humans are imperfect, not all diseas-

es lead to death. In many cases, we recover

from our diseases after some time. But even if

we don‟t die from them, we cannot attribute

“our diseases and ailments to … the Devil.”(The Watchtower, August 1, 1973, page 476)

Indeed, it is not Satan who causes diseases.

Rather, Jehovah himself promised: “I also, for

my part, shall certainly make you sick.” (Micah

6:13) That‟s why he created an abundance of

germs that faithfully accomplish his will.

These do not spare God‟s servants. Th

prophet Isaiah foretold about Jesus Christ

“Jehovah himself took delight in crushing him

he made him sick.” (Isaiah 53:10) Jehovah wa

not simply forced to allow diseases to strive hi

son; rather, he “took delight” in it; he “decide

to crush him” (NCV ), it “pleased” him ( KJV

Jesus imitated his father‟s attitude when h

declared: “Sickness … is to honor God and t

promote His glory.” (John 11:4, AMP ) Jesus di

give the glory to God, likely because he feare

to become “eaten up with worms” like Herod

otherwise. – Acts 12:23.

Survival Into Overpopulation?

Even back in 1982, the Watchtower men

tioned “estimates of how many humans hav

ever lived on earth that vary from 14 billion t

20 billion.” (April 1, 1982, page 20) All thes

people could survive Armageddon or be resur

rected if they “observe the commandments o

God.” (Revelation 12:17) And “his command

ments are not burdensome,” as the apostl

John noted. (1 John 5:3) Hence, the longer i

takes until Armageddon comes, the more peo

ple could survive it or revive in the New World

– that could easily lead to overpopulation with

all of its negative consequences.

“Jehovah is a killer”


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For this reason, Jehovah in his wisdom took

appropriate measures, so that not all these

people observe his commandments and he has

to keep them alive. By means of The Watchtow-

er and other religious literature, “God lets an

operation of error go to them, that they may

get to believing the lie, in order that they all

may be judged.” (2 Thessalonians 2:11, 12) Buthe does also use bacteria and parasites to in-

duce people to sin. German newspaper Spiegel

online reported on April 4, 2009 that Trepone-

ma pallidum pallidum, the bacterium that

causes syphilis, boosts the sexual activity of

infected humans. That increases the probabil-

ity that they act immorally, giving God a rea-

son to annihilate them in Armageddon.

The parasite Toxoplasma gondii likely has

a similar purpose. The Czech biologist JaroslavFlegr found that this protozoon alters the be-

havior of infected humans – they become less

confident and are more assailed by doubts;

infected men are more wary and care less

about social norms. That can make them ques-

tion even the remarks of God‟s channel of

communications, and such disrespectful behav-

ior gives God every reason to wipe them out.

This way he makes sure that there will be

enough space for the few survivors of Arma-

geddon.

The nematode Onchocerca volvulus tha

causes river blindness does also conduce to th

success of Jehovah‟s purpose. After all, blin

people cannot read the “magazines setting ou

life-giving truths.” (2000 Yearbook of Jehovah

Witnesses, page 120) Granted, some of them

worship Jehovah anyway, so that they ma

have to “be concealed in the day of Jehovah‟anger.” (Zephaniah 2:3) But most blind peopl

have no possibility of getting to know Jeho

vah‟s purposes, and so he will have every rea

son to annihilate them and to glorify his nam

by a great slaughter.

“All creation praises Jehovah,” noted th

December 15, 1988 Watchtower. (page 15) Tha

no doubt includes bacteria, parasites and othe

works of creation that Jehovah created “accord

ing to their kinds.” (Genesis 1:24) Every singl

one of these fascinating creatures contribute

to the fulfillment of Jehovah‟s purpose in on

way or another. Are we not struck with aw

when we think about the vast wisdom tha

Jehovah displayed when he created these be

ings? Next time when we have the honor o

accommodating one of these creations in ou

body, we surely will glorify our God full o

thanksgiving. (compare Matthew 10:24) “Le

every living creature praise the LORD!” – Psalm

150:6, CEV .

Other marvelous creatures

Awake! magazine wrote that “infectious diseases and parasites were the world‟s biggest killers, snuffing out th

lives of 16.4 million people each year.” (February 22, 1996, page 9) But germs are not the only creatures that are mad

for spreading disease and death. “Animals too are wonderfully made.” (The Watchtower , June 15, 2007, page 23) Fo

example let us consider the big cats. “Since 1990, lions have killed more than 560 Tanzanians, including nursing mot h

ers, children playing outside their huts and people dragged from their beds.” (Environment News Service, August 17

2005) “Tigers have killed at least three children and four adults in northern India in recent weeks … Villagers in the are

are keeping their children home from school and have stopped tending their fields for fear of the tigers.” (AssociatePress, January 30, 2009) Indeed, “all living things, including the great cats, are evidence of God‟s wisdom and power

and he views them as worthy of his attention and care.” – Awake!, June 2008, page 17.

The “Leviathan” – likely the crocodile – is also part of the works that Jehovah „made in wisdom.‟ (Psalm 104:24, 26

God does “give them their food in its season,” including at least three humans in Australia in early 2009. True, “Jehova

is a killer” – not only by means of natural disasters and diseases but also by wild beasts. – 1 Samuel 2:6.


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QUESTIONS FROM READERS

I have cheesy feet. Should I have them

amputated? Can I cause myself or others to

stumble by my feet? Or may I even attract

the opposite sex? –

G. K., Germany.

According to Radio Berlin, about five percent

of all people suffer from perspiring feet. But

young Christians who abandon higher education

often can afford only cheap shoes which boost

the problem. Hence they are more affected by

smelly feet than other segments of the popula-

tion.

Cheesy feet were always common among

God‟s servants. At least on one occasion, Jesus

“put water into a basin and started to wash the

feet of the disciples,” obviously because he

couldn‟t stand the stench any longer. (John

13:5) Even long before, the priests in Israel had

to “wash … their feet that they may not die”

from the smell. – Exodus 30:21.

As Christians, we have to avoid stumbling

anyone. Some Christians may fear that their

cheesy feet might even distract people in field

service from the good news. But the psalmist

said about false gods and their worshippers: “ A

nose they have, but they cannot smell.” (Psalm

115:6) Thus we should not bother about the

people in our territory. After all, Christians

should even be “a bad smell” for worldlings. – 2

Corinthians 9:16, CEV .

Can “the feet of one bringing good news”

stink at all? (Nahum 1:15) Yes, since the bad

smell is not caused by the feet themselves but

by bacteria that decomposes the perspiration.

And these microbes are part of God‟s “wonder-

fully made” works of creation. (Psalm 139:14)

The August 15, 1984 Watchtower even men-

tions “the immensity and majesty of the uni-

verse, the fascination of microorganisms.”

– page 5.

The March 8, 1974 Awake! issue according

ly noticed: “Though one does not want to b

needlessly offensive to others, there is such

thing as being overly concerned with banishinB[ody] O[dor].” (page 24) And the May 22, 200

issue said: “People are showering too often fo

too long.” (page 28) Indeed, washing and show

ering can occupy precious time that we shoul

better spend for the life-saving kingdom

preaching work.

But there is another aspect that young peo

ple must consider when they wonder what t

do with their cheesy feet. After all, to remain

clean in the eyes of the “faithful and discreeslave” they have to avoid immorality at an

price. But scientists found in 2005 that women

are attracted by the smell of male sweat on

their fertile days. Thus cheesy feet could be th

entering wedge into a development leading to

fatal stumbling, including catastrophic conse

quences like unwanted pregnancy, sexuall

transferable diseases and disfellowshipping.

Every Christian must make a decisio

whether he wants to do something about hi

cheesy feet or not. He should heed Jesus‟ ad

vice: “If … your foot is making you stumble, cu

it off and throw it away.” (Matthew 18:8) Ther

is no indication that Jesus meant that in

transferred sense. No, he even repeated hi

order: “If your foot makes you stumble, cut i

off; it is finer for you to enter into life lam

than with two feet to be pitched into Gehenna.

– Mark 9:45.

How much better it is to cut off one‟s fee

and burn oneself out in the house-to-hous

service instead of leading a comfortable lif

with two feet and then being killed at Arma

geddon! Every servant of God who has smell

feet should consider that!


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WHEN WILL ARMAGEDDON COME?

Jesus clearly explained: “At an hour that you do not think to be it

[“when you do not expect him”, NIV ], the Son of man is coming.” – Matthew 24:44.

WHEN DID GOD’S SERVANTS NOT THINK ARMAGEDDON WOULD COME?

“The day of Jehovah is near .” – Joel 1:15 (9th century BCE)

“The day of Jehovah is near !” – Isaiah 13:6 (8th century BCE)

“The great day of Jehovah is near . It is near .” – Zephaniah 1:14, (7th century BCE)

“The day of Jehovah against all the nations is near .” – Obadiah 15, (6th century BCE)

“It is the Day of Vengeance, which began in the world war of 1914 and which will

break like a furious morning storm in 1918.” – The Finished Mystery , page 404 (1917)

“Armageddon is at hand … and that within an early date.” – Vindication, volume 1, page 146 (1931)

“Armageddon … is very near .” – Consolation, May 26, 1943, page 4

“Armageddon is so near at hand it will strike the generation now living.”

– After Armageddon – God’s New World , page 29 (1953)

“The end of this wicked system of things is very near .” – The Watchtower , April 15, 1970, page 245

“We can well believe the Bible on the nearness of this system‟s end.”

– The Watchtower , November 1, 1973, page 646

“Soon the Biblical Armageddon will rid this globe of the wicked.” – The Watchtower , October 1, 1976, page 58

“That the end of this system of things is very near , is proved by evidence.”

– The Watchtower , October 15, 1980, page 9

“ Jesus … foretold exactly what you are seeing today: manifold evidences … that the end

of this wicked system of things is indeed near .” – Awake!, December 8, 1981, page 15

“Soon God‟s war of Armageddon will put an end to Satan‟s rule.” – Awake!, February 8, 1986, page 9

“These ungodly men will be destroyed at what the Bible calls the battle of Armageddon – which, as

this magazine has often shown, will take place soon.” – The Watchtower , August 1, 1991, page 5

“ Jehovah will soon bring an end to this wicked world.” – The Watchtower , July 15, 1994, page 5

“Very soon, at God‟s war of Armageddon, these will give way to the „new heavens‟”

– The Watchtower , November 15, 1997, page 6

“Soon this world will face the battle of Armageddon.”

– Isaiah’s Prophecy – Light for All Mankind , volume 1, page 21 (2000)

“The end of this wicked system is just ahead!” – The Watchtower , April 15, 2006, page 7

“Deliverance by God‟s Kingdom Is at Hand!” – The Watchtower , May 15, 2008, page 12

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