P.s. that was my very first time of learning of this bible book exisitence.
So...your very first experience studying the Bible was with Jehovah's Witnesses? That is sort of like me. So, do you believe it matters whether the message you carry to people in the door-to-door ministry is accurate? Or is having a "beneficial" effect on their lives sufficient for you? The "benefit" being determined by the Governing Body, of course.
In other words, does it matter to you that you are trying to bring others to a religion that began as a pyramidology group? A group kept these beliefs alive during the time the Governing Body now says Jehovah began using them? According to the current Governing Body, pyramidology = spiritism. But they teach that Jehovah was using such spiritistic people as his chosen method of communicating.
Does it matter to you that you teach people that Christ is not their mediator? Or, did you know that this is the position of the Watchtower Bible and Tract Society? Don't take my word for it, read what their current doctrine states. Here is the reference to the Question From Readers discussing it.
w89 8/15 p. 30 Questions From Readers
Questions From Readers
—Is Jesus the Mediator only for spirit-anointed Christians or for all mankind, since 1 Timothy 2:5, 6 speaks of him as the “mediator” who “gave himself a corresponding ransom for all”?
Worldwide Security Under the "Prince of Peace" chap. 1 pp. 9-11 The Desire for Peace and Security Worldwide
The Way to Enjoy Peace With God
14 With painful hurt to themselves, most of mankind do not desire to accept or to believe in the Almighty God’s provision for his worshipers to enjoy relative peace and security even in this most lamentable state of human affairs. However, Jehovah is “the God who gives peace,” and it is our blessed privilege now to enter into a peace and security that will never fail. (Romans 16:20; Philippians 4:6, 7, 9) It is a peace and security that he gives even now to his body of earthly servants, his visible organization, in fulfillment of his ever-reliable promises. It is a peace and security that we can enjoy only in association with his visible organization on earth.
15 It would be out of line with the plain teachings of the Scriptures to believe that God does not have an organization, an organized people, that he exclusively recognizes. Jesus Christ recognized that his heavenly Father had a visible organization. Until Pentecost 33 C.E., it was the Jewish organization in covenant relationship with Jehovah God under the Law of Moses.—Luke 16:16.
16 Just as the ancient nation of Israel was in a covenant relationship with Jehovah God through the mediator Moses, so the nation of spiritual Israel, “the Israel of God,” has a covenant relationship through a mediator. (Galatians 6:16) It is as the apostle Paul wrote to his Christian fellow worker: “There is one God, and one mediator between God and men, a man, Christ Jesus.” (1 Timothy 2:5) Was Moses the mediator between Jehovah God and mankind in general? No, he was the mediator between the God of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob and the nation of their fleshly descendants. Likewise, the Greater Moses, Jesus Christ, is not the Mediator between Jehovah God and all mankind. He is the Mediator between his heavenly Father, Jehovah God, and the nation of spiritual Israel, which is limited to only 144,000 members. This spiritual nation is like a little flock of Jehovah’s sheeplike ones.—Romans 9:6; Revelation 7:4.
jw, I am not trying to be argumentative with you. But I am fiercely opposed to calling this doctrine "Biblical." Here is the portion I have the most problem with:
Was Moses the mediator between Jehovah God and mankind in general? No, he was the mediator between the God of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob and the nation of their fleshly descendants.
This is a lie. Outright contradiction against the Scriptures. This is why:
(1) Moses brought out of Egypt the Israelites and a vast mixed company of non-Israelites. He was the mediator also for these. These also agreed to serve God. These also gave sacrifices and were bound to the law of Moses. They WERE NOT fleshly descendants of Abraham, nor were they alien residents in the Land of Promise.
(2) Proselytes were welcome, and for anyone who was willing to agree to the covenant of the Mosaic Law—and in the case of males, undergo circumcision—Moses became the mediator between God and man.
Now, you know this is true. You know Moses was the mediator for anyone who wished to come into that favored relationship. But the doctrine of "other sheep" who have a different hope requires this lie. The doctrine of "other sheep" requires a different shepherd than Jesus, another "go-between," another mediator. If Jesus is not your mediator, who is? If someone else is your mediator, how is it that you have been listening to the voice of the owner? (John 10:1-21)
You have been deceived. You have listened to the voice of strangers. You have followed after some who wish to break in and steal you away. You have only one mediator, I hope you wake up. Currently, you are told that your King and High Priest is unapproachable in prayer. (Hebrews 5:1-14) Currently, you are cut off from the one to whom God gave all authority in heaven and on earth. (Matthew 28:18) And you let it happen. What's more, you actively promote such an empty relationship the one you claim to believe saved you.
It should tell you a lot about your spiritual situation that you feel motivated to come here (for whatever reason). I will be happy to discuss that with you by PM if you like. I am sure I don't have to tell you that something is missing.
Respectfully,
AuldSoul
