[38] Ephesus, Smyrna, Pergamum, Thyatira, Sardis, Philadelphia & Laodicea

1 To the angel of the congregation in Ephesus write: These are the things that he says who holds the 7 stars in his right hand, he who walks in the midst of the 7 golden lampstands,
2 I know your deeds, and your labour and endurance, and that you cannot bear bad men, and that you put those to the test who say they are apostles, but they are not, and you found them liars.
3 You are also showing endurance, and you have borne up for my name's sake and have not grown weary.
4 Nevertheless, I hold [this] against you, that you have left the love you had at first.
5 Therefore remember from what you have fallen, and repent and do the former deeds. If you do not, I am coming to you, and I will remove your lampstand from its place, unless you repent.
6 Still, you do have this, that you hate the deeds of the sect of Nicolaus, which I also hate.
7 Let the one who has an ear hear what the spirit says to the congregations: To him that conquers I will grant to eat of the tree of life, which is in the paradise of God (Revelation 2).

4 I hold this against you, that you have left the love you had at first (Revelation 2).

This was the love which the whole Watchtower Society first had, the new love of getting to know God for the first time, like the love of every bible study and of every girl and boy when they first fall for each other.

5 I am coming to you and I will remove your lampstand from its place (Revelation 2).

FDS3 was 'born' at the sanctification of Charles Taze Russell in 1884Tishri (See [42]), when the greater congregation of Ephesus began. FDS3 (not CTR) was commissioned to build the temple of its administration in 1895Tishri, at the start of the second half baptism of the 1NC saints (because CTR did not finish it, but FDS3 did 22½ years later in 1918Nisan). It was appointed to feed the body, the body of domestics, the body of Jesus, in 1914Tishri, after 30 years of existence.

It started feeding the domestics and condemning Babylon on 1914Heshvan26 (17th November 1914). This being the first day of the 1260 days of prophesying in sackcloth of Revelation 11:3 see [33]. This was when Jesus came for 3.5 years, from 1914Tishri to 1918Nisan in the chronological pattern for that time. The lampstand's place was to be over all belongings, this appointment occurred in 1918Nisan, when FDS3 was appointed over all of Jesus' belongings, his sons, the sons of the 3AC and the JAC. But Russell was removed (died) before then. This shows that the slave with Russell as head never became appointed over all Jesus' belongings because he left the love he had at first.

2 You cannot bear bad men, and you put those to the test who say they are apostles, but they are not, and you found them liars (Revelation 2).

The bad men who said they were Jews, God's chosen people, but were not, were the clergy of Christendom, whom the beloved brother vociferously denounced, he proved them to be liars, like his predecessor John the Baptist said to the Pharisees:

Do not presume to say to yourselves: As a father we have Abraham (Matthew 3:9).

In other words: Do not say that you are a Jew. In particular these modern day non-jews were the Catholics who believe they come directly from the apostle Peter (we think), and possess his authority. It is true they have authority, but it does not come from Peter. Amusingly enough Russell's authority was in the line from Peter, for Peter was the first president of FDS1, the first century administrator of the house of David on mount Zion, who probably baptised Charles Russell. Whereas Gordon's authority is similar to that of Paul, the first president of FDS2, the first century administrator of the house of Jehovah on mount Moriah, the second mountain in Jerusalem, rather than the king's palace on mount Zion, the first mountain in Jerusalem. 

In particular it was Russell’s refusal to bear the badness of Nelson Barbour, when he printed in the Magazine ‘The Herald of the morning’ an article denying the ransoming value of Jesus’ sacrifice, which led him to leave that magazine. In response he started his own magazine in July 1879, proclaiming the ransoming value of that sacrifice, without which both Adam and all men are condemned in perpetuity. This magazine was called ‘Zion’s Watchtower’. What a name! See [152]: Josephus - ‘Scopus’ is the Latin for Watchtower. A ransom doctrine that the Watchtower has since corrupted by propounding that Adam himself is not ransomed ! If Adam is not to be ransomed then all of Abraham's seed are done for. He was the one who was sentenced to death, not any of his sons (directly).

And to the angel of the congregation in Smyrna write: These are the things that he says, 'the First and the Last,' who became dead and came to life [again],
I know your tribulation and poverty--but you are rich--and the blasphemy by those who say they themselves are Jews, and yet they are not but are a synagogue of Satan.
Do not be afraid of the things you are about to suffer. Look! The Devil will keep on throwing some of you into prison that you may be fully put to the test, and that you may have tribulation 10 days. Prove yourself faithful even to death, and I will give you the crown of life (Revelation 2:8-10).

The first and the last, who became dead and came to life again (Rev 2:8).

Look! I am coming quickly, and the reward I give is with me, to render to each one as his work is.
I am the Alpha and the Omega, the first and the last, the beginning and the end (Revelation 22:12,13).
By the Immediate Repetition Principle, there is a greater meaning to Alpha and Omega and a greater meaning to the concept of first and last. The clue is in the verse above: I am coming quickly! Jesus was the first to come to this world as Enoch, the one transferred so as not to see death. And he is the last to come as Abbadon the passover angel of Armageddon

They have over them a king, the angel of the abyss. In Hebrew his name is Abaddon, but in Greek he has the name Apollyon (Revelation 9:11).
The greater meaning of Alpha and Omega, more than merely first and last, is that since there are 24 letters in the Greek alphabet, there must be 24 comings (of Michael, Gabriel and Melchizedek) in all to mankind. Beginning with Enoch and ending with Abaddon, these both being comings of Michael. This is a big understanding - see [506]. This is another reason why the hour of a coming is often used, the hour referring to one of the 12 comings of Jesus himself - see [505]. All of this is mentioned in the counsel to Smyrna because Jesus finished his first coming in the second presence on 1918Iyyar25, the day that the governing body were locked up in prison (1918 May 6th) during the congregation of Smyrna, under the second president of the Watchtower, Joseph Rutherford. This coming was to appoint the angel of Smyrna, Judge Rutherford as vassal King on earth over FDS3. He was appointed by Jesus as the head administrator over all of his belongings, all of his sheep.

As regards dying and coming to life, the first of the 5 resurrections from death of the New Covenant Saints in the Lord's day was in 1918Nisan, 33.5 years after brother Russell was anointed - see [42]. On 1918Iyyar25 16,000 new covenant saints ascended to heaven see [152], [164]. 

The blasphemy by those who say they are Jews, and yet they are not but are a synagogue of Satan (Rev 2:9).

Blasphemy by saying they are Jews means taking God's glory for oneself by declaring that they are the true people of God. This is what the various anti Rutherford groups were doing at the appointment of Rutherford. So this is Jesus speaking prophetically about the split into the 'Russellites' and the 'Rutherfordites' at the beginning of Smyrna. The 'Russellites' became another synagogue of Satan. 'Synagogue' because it contained people who used to be the true people of God, Abraham's true seed, baptised into the 2AC in the line from Charles Russell, i.e. ex International Bible Students from the WBTS (Watchtower Bible and Tract Society). 

The term 'Jew' is used to mean one of God's official true people, i.e. one of Abraham's seed of the 2AC, i.e. being water baptised, i.e. being clean in the flesh, i.e. having one's sins in the past forgiven at any moment in time. In fact really a Jew is one of Abraham's seed who remains loyal to God, as did the Kingdom of Judah (for a lot longer than the Kingdom of Israel). This means being in the true congregation of the Christ, for membership of such is this baptism into the 2AC, and disfellowshipping is the breaking of this baptism. 

The leaders of the Watchtower, including Rutherford, the president, went to prison for just under a year in this watch, as a result of religious persecution from the churches of course.

Look! the Devil will keep on throwing some of you into prison, that you may be fully put to the test and that you may have tribulation 10 days (Rev 2:10).

And to the angel of the congregation in Pergamum write: These are the things that he says who has the sharp, long two-edged sword, I know where you are dwelling, that is, where the throne of Satan is; and yet you keep on holding fast my name, and you did not deny your faith in me even in the days of Antipas, my witness, the faithful one, who was killed by your side, where Satan is dwelling.
Nevertheless, I have a few things against you, that you have there those holding fast the teaching of Balaam, who went teaching Balak to put a stumbling block before the sons of Israel, to eat things sacrificed to idols and to commit fornication.
So you, also, have those holding fast the teaching of the sect of Nicolaus likewise.
Therefore repent. If you do not, I am coming to you quickly, and I will war with them with the long sword of my mouth. (Revelation 2:12-16).
The sharp two edged sword is the bible. And it is true interpretations of the scriptures such as those which we have correct in this website/book, that are currently being used against those in the fallen Watchtower who will not repent.

Antipas means 'overall', 'against the whole', 'corresponding to the entire', and by the No Coincidences Principle there must be some relevance to Herod Antipas, he being the only other Antipas in the bible. Now Herod, against his will, and out of respect for an oath killed John the baptist, who was the first Elijah who came in the first presence, and was an archetype of Charles Russell, the third Elijah, the first in the second presence - see [Elijah Coming Lawlessness, Elijah Coming Manifestation]. Also in Revelation 11 Jesus has two witnesses who prophesy in sackcloth for 1260 days. Charles Russell and the Watchtower were the first of these faithful witnesses. So really this looks like the end of Russellite influence of the Watchtower. Jesus appears to be saying that he is not too happy with the end of Russellite influence but is nonetheless happy with the persistence of faith in him.

The throne of Satan is the UN, right next to the Watchtower, just across the east river in Manhattan. This juxtaposition started in this 3rd watch, the 3rd presidency of the Watchtower. Rockerfeller Junior donated 8.5 million dollars in 1946/7 and the building was completed in 1952. Brother Knorr was president from 1942 until 1977:

I know where you are dwelling, that is where the throne of Satan is...by your side where Satan is dwelling (Rev 2:13).

Knorr prophesied in 1942 that the League of Nations would be reformed, on the basis of Revelation 17, the beast ascending out of the abyss. Unfortunately the fact that Satan dwells by their side is repeated, so applying the Repetition Principle of the code, there are two ways in which he dwells by their side. The first way is the physical position of the UN, the second is through Balaam, Balak, and Nicolaus, all teachers in the congregation for the scriptures say in the counsel to Pergamum and Thyatira:

You have those holding fast the teaching of Balaam (Rev 2:14).

You also have those holding fast the teaching of the sect of Nicolaus (Rev 2;15).

Jezebel, who calls herself a prophetess, and she teaches and misleads my slaves to commit fornication and to eat things sacrificed to idols (Rev 2:20).

All 3 of these warnings relate to those who teach. And the counsel is to the angel of the congregation, the head of those who teach. It therefore all applies to the FDS and the anointed remnant, the new covenant saints. Jezebel cannot be women in the congregation (as the Watchtower proposes) because women do not teach in the congregation. Jezebel is therefore a class of men who are the wife of the king of Israel, as Jezebel was to Ahab. This is obviously the anointed remnant, the new covenant saints, who are promised in marriage to Jesus. Their/her fornication is a result of her posing as a prophetess, i.e. her calling herself the 'wide awake John class', a channel for God, a channel for the holy spirit, rather than a channel for food for men. She tells everyone that she is the chef, but she is no more than a waitress. By posing as a prophetess, Jezebel dolls herself up to look more sexy, more spiritually attractive, than God, in front of the sheep, therefore the slaves that follow, the 4th and 5th presidents, Franz and Henschel, give their admiration to her, and they love her, whereas the first commandment is to love Jehovah.

In fact they love money (Balaam), prominence (Nicolaus) and their relatives and leaders (Jezebel) more than God, and they follow after these things rather than after God, and this is spiritual fornication. In fact it's adultery given that they are covenanted to love God first. This counsel is not to Babylon, it is to anointed Christians, and to Abraham's true seed, his children through the first covenant, and it applies today. The baptism in water of the Watchtower was the baptism of John the baptist, into the second name of Abraham, a cleansing for entrance to the 2AC.

Balak, the king of the Moabites, relatives of the Jews but not Jews must be a reference to the great crowd in the Watchtower. The Great Crowd become a stumbling block for the remnant, the new covenant saints, they fornicate with them in some way, which is idolatry. They serve them rather than Jesus or God.

Nicolaus was one of the 7 ministerial servants appointed in Acts 6 to deliver food to tables because this was not convenient for the apostles since they wished to remain with the Word of God, who is Jesus. This 'Word' is currently in heaven, and the apostles are remaining with him, and the 7 certified ministerial servants are the 7 stars in Jesus' right hand, the ones truly appointed to deliver food to tables at the proper time in the Lord's day:

It is not pleasing for us to leave the word of God to distribute [food] to tables (Acts 6:2).

Russell was Philip the evangeliser to the Samaritans, the second half of the nation, standing for the second half baptism of the spiritual Jews, and Nicolaus who is Henschel was the proselyte, a DIY Jew. The angel of the sixth congregation, Philadelphia, is Stephen who is Gordon, who has been killed, disfellowshipped but has seen with his mind all sorts of things.

The leaven of Pergamum progresses to corruption in Thyatira and death in Sardis. This is obviously a temporal progression. One bible describes the three churches of Pergamum, Thyatira and Sardis, as the compromising, the corrupt and the dead. This is the progression of sin, James puts it: desire then sin then death (James 1:14,15). It's the same progression, a progression in time. Jezebel has been dead in the flesh since 2001Tishri30, when WSS2 lost its water baptism and became GNS2.

Milton is the Egyptian whom Gordon killed and later buried in the sand, by his two letters of 1994Adar17 and 1994Tammuz9 respectively. The sand is not such a bad place to be, for as such by the seashore are the seed of Abraham, the true seed. The next guy who Gordon spots fighting is the spiritual wild beast, the disfellowshipped 5^th watch, the evil slave, fighting the sluggish slave, the Nethinim within the Watchtower.

So he turned this way and that and saw there was nobody in sight. Then he struck the Egyptian down and hid him in the sand.

This is FDS3 the evil slave beating the Nethinim, the sluggish part of the WSS, the Wicked & Sluggish slave.

At this he said: Who appointed you as a prince and judge over us? Are you intending to kill me just as you killed the Egyptian? Moses now got afraid and said: Surely the thing has become known! (Exodus 2:12-14).

And to the angel of the congregation in Thyatira write: These are the things that the Son of God says, he who has his eyes like a fiery flame, and his feet are like fine copper:
I know your deeds, and your love and faith and ministry and endurance, and that your deeds of late are more than those formerly.
Nevertheless, I do hold [this] against you, that you tolerate that woman Jezebel, who calls herself a prophetess, and she teaches and misleads my slaves to commit fornication and to eat things sacrificed to idols.
And I gave her time to repent, but she is not willing to repent of her fornication.

Look! I am about to throw her into a sickbed, and those committing adultery with her into great tribulation, unless they repent of her deeds.
And her children I will kill with deadly plague, so that all the congregations will know that I am he who searches the kidneys and hearts, and I will give to you individually according to your deeds.
However, I say to the rest of you who are in Thyatira, all those who do not have this teaching, the very ones who did not get to know the "deep things of Satan," as they say: I am not putting upon you any other burden.
Just the same, hold fast what you have until I come (Revelation 2:18-25).

So Jesus did not come in the 4th watch, the presidency of Freddie Franz. The phrase: I am not putting upon you any other burden is a reference to Acts 15:

For the holy spirit and we ourselves have favoured adding no further burden to you except these necessary things: to keep abstaining from things sacrificed to idols, and from blood, and from things strangled, and from fornication (Acts 15:28,29).

This decision by the governing body of FDS1 under the presidency of James, was due to the physical Jews in the congregation trying to put burdens on the flock to obey aspects of the law of Moses which were uncalled for. The same is happening in Thyatira, hence this counsel from Jesus. The only burden that Jesus is putting on the flock is that they avoid fornicating with Jezebel and avoid eating things sacrificed to idols, wording identical to the Governing body decision in Acts 15. In fact there were a huge number of unnecessary physical restrictions put on the Jehovah's witnesses at that time, which still remain in place. But Jesus knew that the flock was carrying these burdens and was impressed with that. But warns them about the deep things of Satan. One of  these things are idolatry of your priest, fornication with the wife of the king, Jezebel, rotten new covenant saints. 

Kidneys remove waste material. They symbolise one's rejection of bad. This is a metabolic symbolism, a physiological symbolism. This counsel identifies the leaven, the corruption as being the idolatry of Jezebel and in fact of all the high up ones in the organisation. This is the deep thing of Satan, idolatry of those in authority in the truth. We can certainly see that disfellowshipping by Jesus occurs because he says:

And her children I will kill with deadly plague, so that all congregations will know that I am he who searches the kidneys and hearts (Rev 2:23).

And Jezebel's permanent children are those of the great crowd who do not make it into the true 6th congregation of Philadelphia. But her temporary children are all of the great crowd, all of whom are disfellowshipped, i.e. killed by Jesus, in the fallen 5th watch. The 5th watch of the Watchtower has no true increase in size (it has increased but mainly after it was rejected by Jesus). All of the increases of all 7 watches are prophetically recorded in the bible - see [36].

The sin which has lead to this occurring is idolatry of the FDS, for the JWs are no longer Christians, but are Christian-ians, following followers of Christ rather than following the Christ himself. They like the Catholics, follow the priest, in their case the slave, rather than the master of that slave. They live by Papal decree, they have put their trust in mortals to whom no salvation belongs. It has been the blind following the blind and now they have all fallen into the ditch, in fact into the abyss. This is the fornication with Jezebel, the teacher, the wife of king Jesus, the remnant. Jesus says of Jezebel:

Look! I am throwing her into a sickbed (Revelation 2:22 KI/NWT).

He does not say: maybe I'll throw her into a sickbed. She is now in this bed, she became sick when Gordon's first letter arrived in 1992Elul, at this time her 70 years of land Sabbath error which started in 1922Elul at Cedar point Ohio ended, and her false worship error started. These 70 years were the 70 sent out by Jesus, who prefigure the preaching campaign of FDS3 and the 12 sent out prefigure the preaching campaign of FDS4. This sickness occurred in the 4th watch since it is counsel to this watch in the present tense. But the children are killed in the 5th watch, since Jesus speaks of this death in the future tense to Thyatira, and so it must occur in Sardis.

Those who have good hearts but bad kidneys, are yes men, they cannot say no to bad. The congregations of the JWs are full of such men. They can say no to physical fornication, but they cannot say no to spiritual fornication. In other words they cannot say no to their priests. They love the Watchtower more than the Bible, that is if they are even able to make a distinction between the two publications. They read the Bible only to confirm the doctrine of the Watchtower, whereas it should manifestly be the other way round. Of course they declare that they are reading the Watchtower to confirm the doctrine of the Bible, but they are liars. If they are put to the test and asked to follow the Bible, in the absence of any comment in the Watchtower they will not do it. And if they are following something in the Watchtower that conflicts with the Bible, they will keep on following the Watchtower not withstanding the Bible.

For the Catholics took the bible away from the eyes of the congregation by refusing to print it in English. Which one of the bible translators did they not persecute or kill? But the Watchtower is more subtle. It puts the bible right in front of the eyes of the brothers, but takes it away from their minds, by telling the flock that their minds will never grasp a new understanding from it, since only the remnant, the slave, the new covenant saints in the HQ of the JW's, the Governing Body, can do this, Jezebel, the wife of the King, who 'calls herself' a prophetess. The remnant in fact call themselves a prophetess in their own book of Revelation:

He uses the John Class in unlocking the meaning of the prophecy ('Revelation book' page 16).

But they forget that whilst the FDS is exclusive over all of Jesus' belongings, interpretations do not belong to him, they belong to God, as Joseph said. And as Jesus said, when asked how a man who had not studied in the schools, had a knowledge of letters:

What I teach is not mine, but belongs to him that sent me (John 7:16).

But now Jesus says to the great crowd, Jezebel's temporary children whom she feeds and looks after, if that is the appropriate term:

I will give you individually according to your deeds (Rev 2:23).

So your master is here encouraging you, the reader, to consider your predicament, individually, not to ask the FDS or your religious leaders, what your predicament might be. For whatever denomination and whatever church they may represent, they cannot save you, they are all in a sickbed.

And to the angel of the congregation in Sardis write: These are the things that he says who has the 7 spirits of God and the 7 stars, I know your deeds, that you have the name that you are alive, but you are dead.
Become watchful, and strengthen the things remaining that were ready to die, for I have not found your deeds fully performed before my God.
Therefore, continue mindful of how you have received and how you heard, and go on keeping [it], and repent. Certainly unless you wake up, I shall come as a thief, and you will not know at all at what hour I shall come upon you.
Nevertheless, you do have a few names in Sardis that did not defile their outer garments, and they shall walk with me in white ones, because they are worthy.

Jesus makes it quite plain that he will come in this watch. He comes to Sardis, the 5th Presidency that of Milton Henschel, the angel, the messenger, the president who has the name that he is alive, but he is dead. He is not a new covenant saint he is not genuine. Jesus comes as a thief and removes the authority and baptism of the Watchtower without them realising it at first, as a thief does when he steals something. 

The thief in the night was Judas. It was he that used to steal from the congregation money box. The one further fulfillment, the unique antetypical Judas, steals not money but something far more valuable, sanctified Christians, the Nethinim. Milton is told to repent, and he will. Milton this is what Jesus says to you:

Become watchful and strengthen the things remaining that were ready to die (Revelation 3:3).

You will do this.

Certainly unless you wake up, I shall come as a thief, and you will not know at all at what hour I shall come upon you (Rev 3:3).

Look! I am coming as a thief, Happy is the one that stays awake and keeps his outer garments, that he may not walk naked and people look upon his shamefulness (Rev 16:15).

So for a fact Jesus does come as a thief, removing their priestly garments. Therefore for a fact they do not wake up, and they do not know at all what hour he comes on them. Therefore he comes in the physical 5th watch. In fact he has already come, and we are telling you after the event. He came to appoint FDS4 to feed all the saints, Jesus' belongings, on 1995Sivan30, 30 months after Gordon's sanctification, and he appointed us exclusively over all of his belongings, all the saints, on 1995Tishri17, on the third day counting inclusively, after 1995Tishri15, when FDS3 fell, and became WSS2, this being 3.5 months after 1995Sivan30 - see [42]. His comings are always to appoint a new priesthood, this priesthood has been appointed exclusively over the saints since 1995Tishri17. It was the practice in Zerubbabel's temple to strip the Levites who fell asleep on the watch, although this is not referred to in the bible, and was not a feature of the law. It's like Jesus said just before defining both FDSs:

Keep on the watch therefore because you do not know on what day your Lord is coming. But know one thing, if the householder had known in what watch the thief was coming, he would have kept awake and not been broken into, on this account you too prove yourselves ready, because at an hour that you do not think to be it the Son of man is coming (Matthew 24:42,43).

This clearly says that those who are commanded to keep on the watch fail to see the coming of the Lord, who is the Son of man, and they did not know in what watch he was coming, since he comes at an hour they 'do not think to be it'. We did see him, but we were not the householder then, you were. If the Son of man has already come, then he is trying to commence the judging of the sheep and the goats.

The scriptures which prove the symbolism that outer garments are priestly attire and white outer garments means declared righteous are as follows:

With the following Aaron should come into the holy place: with a young bull for a sin offering and a ram for a burnt offering. He should put on the holy linen robe, and the linen drawers should come upon his flesh, and he should gird himself with the linen sash and wrap himself with the linen turban. They are holy garments. And he must bathe his flesh in water and put them on (Leviticus 16:3,4). White outer garments.

And the priest who will be anointed and whose hand will be filled with power to act as priest as successor of his father, must make an atonement and must put on linen garments (Leviticus 16:34). Nice proof that the priesthood went from Father to son.

Yes, it has been granted to her to be arrayed in bright, clean, fine linen, for the fine linen stands for the righteous acts of the holy ones (Rev 19:8).

Also the armies that were in heaven were following him on white horses, and they were clothed in white clean fine linen (Rev 19:14).

Furthermore Jesus himself says to Milton himself:

He that conquers will thus be arrayed in white outer garments, and I will by no means blot out his name from the book of life (Rev 3:5).

One gets a name when one is sanctified, like Moses said:

And now if you will pardon their sin, and if not, wipe me out please, from your book that you have written (Exodus 32:32).

If Jesus swears not to rub your name out, then you are permanently in the book, for God does everything through Jesus. If this is the case then you have everlasting life, which means that you are sealed, declared righteous. So now we are able to see the big picture in the counsel to Sardis:

Nevertheless you do have a few names in Sardis that did not defile their outer garments, and they shall walk with me in white ones, because they are worthy (Rev 3:4).

This means they 'shall' become the priesthood, they are worthy, they are declared righteous. This cannot refer to the Nethinim because they are not sanctified until after Sardis falls. So it refers to the new covenant saints who move a mountain, and rejoin Jesus, walking with him in FDS4. These are the birds of the heavens who find lodging in the branches of the mustard tree. The sheep who both go in and out of the sheepfold and find pasturage. Look!

These are the ones that did not defile themselves with women; in fact, they are virgins. These are the ones that keep following the Lamb no matter where he goes. These were bought from among mankind as firstfruits to God and to the Lamb (Revelation 14:4).

Jesus does not go to the pub or to the theatre, he goes not from congregation to congregation, but from religion to religion, from temple to temple, from FDS to FDS. If you are a sheep you will follow him to the next FDS.

Jezebel who calls herself a prophetess, and she teaches and misleads my slaves to commit fornication and to eat things sacrificed to idols (Rev 2:20).

There then follows a beautiful example of the Omission Principle for we read:

But she is not willing to repent of her fornication (Rev 2:21).

What about eating things sacrificed to idols? Well Freddie Franz, the 4th president did repent of this, he accepted that there was merit to our work, and directed that it should be looked at. We know this, from various scriptures, and it has been confirmed to Gordon, by one of the governing body.

I am coming quickly. Keep on holding fast what you have, that no one may take your crown (Revelation 3:7-11).

This is the coming at Armageddon. Someone has taken Gordon's crown, the Wicked and Sluggish Slave of Matthew 25 [35].

The key of David, is the key to the Kingship of the Kingdom on earth, for David started the line of earthly kings over God's people and received the covenant of salt:

20 I have found David my servant, With my holy oil I have anointed him,

27 Also, I myself shall place him as firstborn, The most high of the kings of the earth.
28 To time indefinite I shall preserve my loving-kindness toward him, And my covenant will be faithful to him.
29 And I shall certainly set up his seed forever And his throne as the days of heaven

34 I shall not profane my covenant, And the expression out of my lips I shall not change.
35 Once I have sworn in my holiness, To David I will not tell lies.
36 His seed itself will prove to be even to time indefinite, And his throne as the sun in front of me (Psalm 89)

5 Is it not for you to know that Jehovah the God of Israel himself gave a kingdom to David over Israel to time indefinite, to him and to his sons, by a covenant of salt? (2 Chronicles 13:5).

The Key of David is the Key to his Kingship which is the key to the temple of the Second new covenant saints who have a covenant to be kings of the Kingdom of God on earth. Now Jesus opened the door to this temple in 1994Elul as Gordon informed the Watchtower at the time - see [history11.html]. The sanctification from heaven of the second presence group of Second new covenant saints ended in 1999Elul 5 years later - see [194]. This sanctification, being from heaven and being an entrance into a temple was a door opened by Jesus which no man could shut and then a door closed by Jesus which no man could open. But after this sanctification of the second presence Nethinim, we have the sanctification of the great crowd. This door is not opened by Jesus but rather we read of Eliakim the son of Hilkiah:

And I will put the key of the house of David [no less] upon his shoulder, and he must open without anyone's shutting, and he must shut without anyone's opening (Isaiah 22:21,22).

Shoulder means 'work', 'responsibility', this key is to the house of David, those ruled by David's seed, the Great Crowd on earth in the Kingdom of God. This door is opened by Eliakim who is FDS4, and is the son of Hilkiah, who is Gordon. 

Gordon's ex-girlfriend in the truth (the JWs) correctly worked out the date of Armageddon for herself based on 1 Timothy 2:6 'Who gave himself a corresponding ransom for all'. She reasoned that Adam must have sinned aged 33.5, the age when Jesus died, from this scripture. Adam's sin being the start of Satan's 6,000 year lease, (he was born on 4027Tishri10). She was a clever girl, she got this before Gordon did, she fed him in fact. She must be in the 'Wide awake John class'! Like the prophet said:

And in the last days, God says, I shall pour out some of my spirit upon every sort of flesh. And your sons and your daughters will prophesy. And your young men will see visions and your old men will dream dreams. And even upon my men slaves and my women slaves I will pour out some of my spirit in those days, and they will prophesy (Acts 2:17,18 - quoting Joel 2:28,29).

Sadly, Sharon would probably never admit to having done this now. Because as any male reader will know, when you first go out with a girl everything that you do is totally brilliant, and then when you finish with her everything that you ever did was absolute rubbish, until such time as you go out with her again that is (if you ever do). Actually her father has had six incorrect attempts so far at the date of the end  - he told Gordon - a serious speculator. Anyway she once told Gordon about a chap who was disfellowshipped because he thought that Isaiah 22 and the removing of Shebna from being the steward over the house, and his replacement with the servant Eliakim, referred to the fall of the FDS and its replacement with a new FDS.

He was spreading this doctrine among the congregation. In fact even if he had been wrong, this still would not have been a sin, so long as he wasn't spreading this doctrine outside the congregation. He is entitled to his opinion, and he is entitled to share it with his baptised brothers. But he should not preach it to non-believers as if it was the society's doctrine, and neither should he attempt to woo outsiders with his personal brilliance. So he should not have been disfellowshipped even had he been wrong, unless he was using this prophecy to incorrectly undermine the authority of the FDS at that particular time, thereby constituting himself leaven, he may well have been doing that, we do not know. We suspect he was merely acting as a prophet of the eventual downfall of the FDS, and like their forefathers did to the prophets of old, the spiritual Jews killed him. But as it happens he was absolutely right! For the scripture which says:

These are the things he says who is holy, who is true, who has the key of David, who opens so that no one will shut, and shuts so that no one opens (Rev 3:7).

This applies to FDS3 as Shebna and FDS4 as Eliakim and Gordon as Hilkiah. The comparison of Isaiah22 with Revelation3 reveals that Eliakim is the new FDS. Hence the reference to the old FDS as the synagogue of Satan (Revelation 3:9). So today you are being told that God has extracted vengeance on behalf of that perspicacious lover of the truth, who was thrown out of 'the truth' by hypocrites. And now those who disfellowshipped him whether in error or not, are themselves disfellowshipped, and there is no error in their case. He is welcome in the congregation of Philadelphia, which will be known as 'the life' and so is Sharon for that matter and her speculating father, and the reader. 

But there is more:

Look! I will give those from the synagogue of Satan who say they are Jews and yet are not but are lying - Look! I will make them come and do obeisance at your feet, and make them know that I have loved you / I loved you (aorist tense) (Rev 3:9).

Gordon has always wished that this last phrase was in the present tense. But really He is being too sensitive. Just like the true God said through Malachi:

But I loved Jacob and Esau I have hated (Malachi 1:2,3)

When Jesus loves you, it doesn’t stop, because he knows how to love, and true love never fails, it endures all things. So they (Spiritual Israel) do obeisance before Gordon's feet, who are the Nethinim, the second new covenant saints, for 10 times, from 1994Elul at the start of the baptism of the Nethinim until 2004Elul, when the temple of FDS4 is accepted, and the abomination causing desolation is placed. It was distressing to us that the obeisance being in the sight of the 2NC saints in the Watchtower, was not actually in our sight physically for the whole period. But they are an abused woman full of fear and selfishness, deceived and mislead by Satan through his chosen liar and control freak. Their love for their husband Jesus must now conquer their fear of man.

You spiritual Jews are no longer Jews, just like the physical Jews. You ceased being Jews on 2001Tammuz1, when you were disfellowshipped. The remnant for the most part are sons of God, even declared righteous in the spirit, but they are not sons of Abraham through the 2AC, because they have broken their water baptisms. They are not parties to the first promise to Abraham, they are therefore not Jews, they are a synagogue of Satan, as was the case with the members of Babylon in the time of Smyrna.

Let the one who has an ear hear what the spirit says to the congregations: To him that conquers I will grant to eat of the tree of life, which is in the paradise of God (Revelation 2:7).

Let the one who has an ear hear what the spirit says to the congregations: He that conquers will by no means be harmed by the second death (Revelation 2:11).

Let the one who has an ear hear what the spirit says to the congregations: To him that conquers I will give some of the hidden manna, and I will give him a white pebble, and upon the pebble a new name written which no one knows except the one receiving it (Revelation 2:17).