names for elders
princes
glorious ones
chieftains
sheiks
mighty men
OVERseers (not servants any more)
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w99 3/1 p. 16 par. 15 "The Temple" and "the Chieftain" Today ***Such faithful anointed elders have been training the developing chieftain class for decades, preparing prospective members of this class for the day when they will be delegated their full measure of authority in God’s new world to come.
And the scrolls...........are they inspired like the Bible............if so how will they be transmitted?
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bh pp. 214-215 Judgment Day—What Is It? *** The scrolls must therefore represent God’s further requirements. To live forever, both Armageddon survivors and resurrected ones will have to obey God’s commandments, including whatever new requirements Jehovah might reveal during the thousand years.
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w99 3/1 p. 22 par. 18 Jehovah’s Blessing on Our "Land" ***. Revelation 20:12 foretells that "scrolls" will be opened in those days, providing additional light of understanding from which the resurrected ones will benefit.
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w99 11/1 p. 19 par. 19 Benefits From Loving God’s Word ***During that time, perfect direction will flow to earth’s inhabitants from the Sovereign Lord, Jehovah, through his exalted Son, Jesus Christ. ‘Scrolls will be opened,’ revealing Jehovah’s instructions for new world living.—Revelation 20:12.
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w95 4/15 p. 23 par. 13 The Day That ‘Burns Like a Furnace’ *** Armageddon survivors will
no doubt be provided with further instructions based on this, and these
may well be written in "the scrolls" of Revelation 20:12 that will be opened at the time of the resurrection.
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w92 5/15 p. 20 par. 23 True Happiness in Serving Jehovah *** In God’s coming system of things, "scrolls" will be opened. (Revelation 20:12) These will
contain exciting new commandments and regulations contributing to the happiness of obedient humankind.
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w89 6/15 p. 27 "Before Glory There Is Humility" *** The heavenly government under Jesus Christ
will have earthly representatives who will apply the instruction written in the scrolls referred to at Revelation 20:12. Such ones will have glorious privileges, not as kings, but "as
princes in all the earth," ***
w85 6/15 p. 18 par. 21 Sustaining Ourselves on the Fulfillment of Jehovah’s Utterances *** During this thousand-year judgment period, Jehovah
evidently will give additional instructions, unknown to us at present, as new "scrolls" are opened. (Revelation 20:12)
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w85 7/1 p. 22 par. 18 Jehovah’s Goodness in "the Final Part of the Days" *** The "scrolls" to be opened during Jesus’ Thousand Year Reign will
no doubt contain rules that will benefit mankind.
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w83 11/15 p. 7 Life in Paradise—Will It Be Boring? *** Doubtless Jehovah will reveal new instructions suited to mankind’s changed circumstances. The people will then be judged by the laws and instructions in the "scrolls" opened during Christ’s Millennial Reign.—Revelation 20:12.
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pe chap. 21 p. 181 par. 17 Judgment Day and Afterward *** What are the "scrolls" that are opened from which "the dead" as well as "the living" are judged?
Evidently they will be
something in addition to our present Holy Bible. They are inspired writings or books that contain Jehovah’s laws and instructions. By reading these all people on earth will be able to know God’s will. Then, on the basis of the laws and instructions in these "scrolls," everyone on earth will be judged.
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re chap. 41 p. 298 par. 14 God’s Day of Judgment—Its Joyful Outcome! *** However, John has just mentioned other scrolls that will be opened during the Millennial Reign. (Revelation 20:12) What will these be? At times, Jehovah has given specific instructions for particular situations. For example, in Moses’ day he provided a
detailed series of laws that meant life for the Israelites if they obeyed. (Deuteronomy 4:40; 32:45-47) During the
first century, new instructions were given to help faithful ones to follow Jehovah’s principles under the Christian system of things. (Matthew 28:19, 20; John 13:34; 15:9, 10)
Evidently, then, the opening of these scrolls will publish Jehovah’s detailed requirements for mankind during the thousand years. By applying in their lives the regulations and commandments of those scrolls, obedient humans will be able to lengthen their days, attaining finally to everlasting life.
