Imperfection!

     As any, whom have read even a small amount of the Bible knows, there has only been two men who have been perfect or without imperfection. Yes, Jesus Christ for certain and of course Adam before he chose to disobey Jehovah. Other than that there have been NO man that has not been imperfect.

     As an example Abraham became impatient with Jehovah timing of his having children and ran ahead of Jehovah and begat Ishmael. The result of that action has caused much discord between the descendants of Ishmael and Isaac and has continued down to the very end of the system of things.

     Moses was a prime example of a righteous man whom was, in spite of that, also imperfect and on at least one occasion claimed Jehovah’s miracle for his own. He also would get very angry and even destroyed the first set of stone tablets that were a gift from Jehovah.

     David, the anointed king of Israel by Jehovah’s own hand was imperfect just the same. We all know the story of Bath Sheba and it needs no elaboration. Nor does his son Solomon for he was blessed by Jehovah with wisdom and knowledge yet failed in the end due to imperfection.

     At the time of Jesus he chose 12 men whom were to be the building blocks of the Kingdom Yet they were constantly having to be corrected by Jesus. There main issue? Which one was going to be the greatest in the Kingdom. Imperfect? Absolutely!

     Now did Jehovah use these men in spite of there imperfections? The answer is obvious. After all the Christian faith spread to the far corners of the known earth in the first and second centuries. Now the next question, Did Jehovah use imperfect men throughout the centuries since? The answer must be yes even men whom were still steeped in false worship. For instance over the years there have been men from time to time whom began to study with a clean heart and Jehovah used them to keep the Holy Scriptures save and protected. So yes Jehovah does use imperfect men.

     In the late part of the 19^th century one man began to look to the scripture and came to realize that he was living at a time when bible prophecy would begin to be fulfilled. He searched everywhere else as well. Was he perfect? No! He had many ideas that were way off base but he never stopped searching and Jehovah used that and him to spearhead the modern Congregation of Jehovah’s Witnesses. At first they still had many pagan aspects to their worship but core truths began to immerge and Brother Russell continually updated his understand and slowly begin to lose everything that had pagan taint. As the rest of the remnant of Anointed emerged they too were used by Jehovah even in there imperfect state.

     And so it has continued down to this day, Jehovah uses all sorts of men to further HIS WILL. Fortunately allowing oneself to be used by Jehovah leads to blessings of spiritual understanding. If errors are made, they eventually are corrected, although perhaps not in our personal desired timeframe. Speaking for the entire Congregation of Jehovah’s People, There is not a single person whom will claim anything approaching perfection, merely a striving after perfection. I remember the song title “Its hard to be humble when your perfect in every way” I know the song is a tongue in cheek but unfortunately there are those whom truly feel this way and sometime they even are put in positions of authority where they do much damage. Again no one is perfect and looking at the organization as an entity, nether is it perfect, but Jehovah chooses to use it and the imperfect people, to proclaim His name world wide before the end comes and to try and turn hearts back to Jehovah for their salvation.

     The time is almost upon us for the destruction of Satan’s old system of things to make way for the New System. Revelation speaks about the destruction of an entity known as Babylon The Great by the Wild beast that she is riding upon. Daniel the 12^th chapter clearly points out that there would be another destruction upon the “holy people” and there “power” (also translated “hand”) would be dashed to pieces. It is no doubt that it will be a time of momentary confusion with the comfort of the whole congregation being removed and individuals will have to depend upon their faith in Jehovah. Shortly thereafter (perhaps in 1 ½ months) Armageddon itself comes, for Jehovah has said that the person lasting until then will be “happy.” Then and only then will the true fleshly perfection began with the assistance of the Kingdom of Christ. Faith may not be the gift of all men but for now imperfection is.

How long has it been really?

                     Well, the scriptures tell us that to Jehovah 1000 years equals one day. So we must obviously begin our calculation at some point. Now Jehovah’s Witnesses believe that it should have its beginning with 1914.

Thus: The formula is,

One day is to a thousand years as to x days is to # of years.

1 day =         x days

1000 ^y                93 ^y

x =

As you can see it is not very long by Jehovah’s standards.

While it is true that 93 years seems like a long time to us and perhaps many have said that the “generation” that saw the beginning of pangs of distress caused by Satan’s ouster from heaven, resulting from the war in heaven, that is mentioned in the 12^th chapter of Revelation, would not pass away until the end had been accomplished. But let me quote a couple of scriptures for you. Matthew the 24^th chapter is often quoted Verse 37 says: “For just as the days of Noah were, so the presence of the Son of man will be.”  Now turn to Genesis 6:3 which says: “After that Jehovah said: “My spirit shall not act toward man indefinitely in that he is also flesh. Accordingly his days shall amount to a hundred and twenty years.”

     Alright let’s go back to the original understanding that we used to have and abandoned because it did not seem to fit the current understanding which was that in order to be of the “generation that saw the beginning of pangs of distress would by no means pass away until the end comes.” one would have to be about the age of 6 years in order to be sufficiently cognizant to “see” with eyes of understanding.

     So subtracting 6 years from 120, Jehovah himself had set the time limit, would leave 114 years. Add that to 1914 and you come up with the date 2028. Using this as a determination of the length of the last generation would mean that we would have at least 20 more years until Armageddon and still meet the prophecies concerning the last generation not passing away anytime soon.

     Now I am not going to be dogmatic about any such dating. Another fact however, is that the generation, and I believe that it is the Generation of Anointed in the Last Days, would be here through the Great Tribulation and be here, as in not passing away, until Armageddon starts or is about to start when they will then be caught away to be with the Lord for the battle.  

     Now people will immediately start to perhaps say “Here we go again with dates!” but I’m only trying to show that sometimes our view of things is limited by our very humanity.  Daniel himself indicated in the 4 chapter and the 17^th verse that the Kingdom, Jehovah was talking about, was not Nebuchadnezzar’s puny kingdom but His own for He told him that He would give it to whom He wanted to.  So the tree can only represent Jehovah’s Kingdom and the calculation to find out when the pangs of distress would start is found in Daniel also. The very fact that the world is in such dire straights and is only getting worse is the surest sign that we have. We can point to 1914 with confidence that the world changed after that and has been steadily panting on to the end. When the conditions are just right the attack against Babylon the Great will begin and will signal the beginning of the Great Tribulation.

     Until that happens the gathering work must be done to Jehovah’s satisfaction not ours and the final sealing of the Anointed. I believe that we are in for at least one last massive effort to collect as many into the ark as possible. May YOU be one of those that listens to the shout from the Tower and stays on the narrow and crooked path.

Larry N. Kelly

NEW JERUSALEM CALENDAR

     Why did I make this calendar? Well, I felt that the present secular calendar was insulting to our great creator and God, JEHOVAH, because it venerates pagan gods of many descriptions. The Idolatry bothers me greatly. Certainly JEHOVAH, the great time keeper, should be venerated. Also because the beginning of the Reign of the King JESUS CHRIST, has such great significance to all mankind, it seemed that a new calendar should begin on the day that he began to reign.

     It is not pleasing that YOU should keep on marking time for yourselves by the use of Idols. For JEHOVAH your God is a jealous God, in that he demands exclusive devotion.

     The gods of pagan nations are a detestable thing to JEHOVAH. Why should you cause adoration of them, by keeping them close to yourselves. Now is the time to put them away.

     You should begin to mark time a new way, one that would please JEHOVAH. And so now take for yourselves a new beginning.

     JESUS CHRIST the King is the new Creation and the new beginning of all mankind.

ECCLESIASTES 3:1-22.

I created this Calendar:

THE YEAR OF THE KING JESUS CHRIST 77 (1990-1991)

     This calendar begins on October 1, 1914. It consists of several facets:

12 Months of 30 days in length:

JUDAH                                        SIMEON

REUBEN                           LEVI

GAD                                             ISSACHAR

ASHER                                       ZEBULUN

NAPHTALI                       JOSEPH

MANASSEH                     BENJAMIN

     In order to bring the year into alignment with the solar year of 365.25 days, it was necessary to add some time:

     At the beginning of the 7th year, one month of 30 days was added called HEAVENLY. At the end of the 10th year, one month was added of 21 days, called EARTHLY. At the end of every 4th year one day was added called JEHOVAH'S DAY (JAH-DAY). Each year has a name that repeats every four years: the first year; LOVE, the second; WISDOM, the third; JUSTICE, the fourth; POWER.

     I therefore dedicate this calendar to the Creator and Almighty God JEHOVAH, The Great Timekeeper.