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to righteousness.’’—Isa. 60:17, Rotherham. | to righteousness.’’—Isa. 60:17, Rotherham. | ||
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{{bekezdés|kérdés száma=2|bekezdés száma=2|bekezdés=Jehovah God is the supreme power, and Jehovah together with Christ Jesus constitutes the ‘‘Higher Powers’’, to which all persons must be subject. (Rom. 13:1) Jesus is designated in the prophecy as ‘‘The Mighty God’’ (Isa. 9:6), meaning the mighty executive officer of Jehovah, the Almighty God. He is the representative and spokesman of the Almighty Jehovah. (Gen. 17:1) Jesus Christ is ‘‘the Head of the church’’, which is his body. (Col. 1:18) Jehovah is the ‘‘head of Christ’ (1 Cor. 11:3), and therefore Zion, God’s capital organization, is a theocratic government, a pure theocracy, and not ‘‘a peoples’ mandate’’ or a government ‘‘of the people, by the people’’. The organization of Jehovah is a kingdom. It is not a limited or constitutional monarchy with restrictions upon it by a creature or creatures. Jehovah has made Christ Jesus Lord and King, and Christ Jesus answers to no members of his body for his official acts. All official acts and service, as foreshadowed in the | {{bekezdés|kérdés száma=2|bekezdés száma=2|bekezdés=Jehovah God is the supreme power, and Jehovah together with Christ Jesus constitutes the ‘‘Higher Powers’’, to which all persons must be subject. (Rom. 13:1) Jesus is designated in the prophecy as ‘‘The Mighty God’’ (Isa. 9:6), meaning the mighty executive officer of Jehovah, the Almighty God. He is the representative and spokesman of the Almighty Jehovah. (Gen. 17:1) Jesus Christ is ‘‘the Head of the church’’, which is his body. (Col. 1:18) Jehovah is the ‘‘head of Christ’ (1 Cor. 11:3), and therefore Zion, God’s capital organization, is a theocratic government, a pure theocracy, and not ‘‘a peoples’ mandate’’ or a government ‘‘of the people, by the people’’. The organization of Jehovah is a kingdom. It is not a limited or constitutional monarchy with restrictions upon it by a creature or creatures. Jehovah has made Christ Jesus Lord and King, and Christ Jesus answers to no members of his body for his official acts. All official acts and service, as foreshadowed in the | ||
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She WATCH TOW EE [) AND HERALD OF CHRIST'S PRESENCE Vou. LIX JUNE 1, 1938 No. 11 ORGANIZATION PART 1 “Instead of bronze I will bring in gold; and instead of iron I will bring in silver; and instead of wood, bronze; and instead of stones, iron; and I will appoint the oversight of thee to prosperity, and the setting of thy tasks to righteousness.’’—Isa. 60:17, Rotherham.
1 JEHOVAH'S ORGANIZATION is in no wise democratic. Jehovah is supreme, and his government or organization is strictly theocratic. This conclusion is not open to successful contradiction. Let this great and indisputable truth stand as a guidepost in the consideration of the foregoing text and what follows herein.
- That prophecy of Isaiah had its first miniature
fulfillment when the Jewish remnant were delivered from Babylon by the Gentile kings, Darius the Mede and Cyrus the Persian, and when that typical people were permitted to return to Jerusalem (Zion) there 163
