Contributed by Rachel Roman
Let’s imagine you enter a dark room. At first, you can
barely make out anything in the room. A dimmer switch is on the wall, so you
slowly raise the switch to increase light in the room. The light slowly
begins to shine on the objects in the room. You make out the shapes, and
identify a tv on the wall, chairs surrounding a conference table, and some type
of plant in the corner. As the light in the room gets brighter, the
objects don’t change, but the details of the objects become clearer. The color
and shape of leaves indicate the type of plant, you see the brand and model tv,
the material of the chairs and their structure, the detailed wood grain and
color of the table.
The tv doesn’t change into a bicycle, and then back to a tv, then back to a bicycle. The table and chairs don’t morph into a car and broom, then reappear with chairs and stools. The plant doesn’t vanish, then present as a refrigerator.
This simple illustration describes the WT’s spiritual
leaders who have a “bad eye,” blind guides walking in darkness, and the
horrific result for both themselves and those they lead (Luke 11:34; Eph.4:18; 2 Pet.2:2; Matt.15:14; 7:15; 2 Tim.3:5; Luke 6:43-44; Matt.7:19; Luke 6:45; Prov.6:12; Prov.18:21; Rev.21:2-3,24-26; 22:2,14; 21:27).
Let’s look at scripture to see what Jesus was talking about
when he speaks of an “eye.”
A good eye is one part of the Body of Christ, a prophet
given spiritual understanding of the prophetic word, as a lamp lit by
oil/Holy Spirit that gives light to the entire Body (2 Pet.1:19; John 8:12; Psalm 18:28; Rev.22:16; Matt.6:22; 2 Pet.1:20-21; 1 Cor.3:16; 1 Cor.12:4,12; Rom.12:5; 1 Cor.12:29; Rom.12:6; Luke 11:34-36; Matt.5:14,16).
All members of the Body of Christ must speak truth because
they are the spiritual priesthood, kings and priests, whose head is Jesus (Matt.28:18; John 17:2; 1 Cor.8:5-6; John 12:44-46,49-50; 6:63; 8:12; 14:6; Eph.5:23-26,30,27; 4:25; 1 Pet.2:5; Mal.2:7; Eph.2:1-2; 1 Pet.2:9; Eph.2:6; Rev.19:16; 1:6; 21:2; Zech.8:3; Rev.21:23-27; 22:1-5).
True interpretation of prophecy illuminates the pathway to
life for the entire Body/bride members to be holy and blameless, walking in the
light, and giving life to those who heed their truthful teachings (2 Pet.1:19-21; Psalm 119:105; 16:11; Prov.4:18; 2 Cor.4:6). In the time of the end, Jesus shines his
light in a human messenger angel/prophet/star [Angels…just invisible?], sending his messenger to
reveal to the remaining Body members their darkened spiritual condition (1 Tim.4:1; Matt.6:23; 2 Pet.2:1-2,17; Matt.24:24; John 8:44; 2 Cor.11:3; Eph.6:12; Matt.24:11,22; Rev.1:1-3,20; Mal.3:1-6,16-18; Mal.2:7; Rev.1:6).
A symbolic “two
witnesses” (LINK) “Moses & Elijah” - Meditate upon these scriptures. In the time of the end, why is this
call to repentance needed (Elijah) and the commandments of God called to mind
(Moses)? Because the bride of Christ must be clean, without spot or
blemish (Eph.5:23,26-27). Anointed who are deceived by false prophets’
teachings of falsehood/lies/bad fruit, do not abide in Jesus but are unclean,
impure, excluded from being a bride member, a representative of the city of
truth, New Jerusalem…and no one who believes and endorses lies will enter the
Kingdom of God (1 John 2:27; John 15:16,5-6; Titus 1:16; 2 Tim.3:7,5; 1 Cor.10:12; 2 Pet.3:2,17-18; 2 Cor.13:5; 1 Cor.15:50; Rom.8:9; 1 Pet.2:22; John 6:63; John 4:24; 1 Pet.1:16; Lam.3:40; Zech.8:3; Rev.21:2,23-26; 22:14; 21:27; 22:1-3; Deut.11:13; Matt.5:8; Rev.22:4; 14:1; 22:5,11-12,18-19; Matt.12:37; Prov.12:22).
If a good eye is a true prophet, we easily deduce a bad eye is a false prophet. False prophets among God’s own people arise in the last days - they take the lead but are unfaithful (a harlot) without spiritual perception, spouting deceptive teachings, posing as ministers of righteousness, claiming their teachings are the truth, but are NOT (Matt.24:1-3,11-12,24; 2 Thess.2:1-4; Dan.11:36-37; Dan.8:11; Luke 21:20 [LINK] 2 Pet.1:19-21; 2:1-2; Matt.24:22,21 [LINK-Great Tribulation] Matt.7:15-19; Jer.23:29; 2 Thess.1:6-9 [LINK-lake of fire] Matt.7:20; 2 Cor.11:13-15; Rom.16:18; Phil.3:19; Hos.4:12; Prov.5:3; 7:21; Jer.5:26; Prov.7:25,27; Jer.5:26,30-31; Matt.7:21-23 [LINK-who is the harlot in Revelation].
These false prophets walk in darkness and do not have the
light of life because they are unfaithful…God has shut their “eyes,” and they
cannot perceive the meaning of His words (John 8:12; 6:63; 14:6; Matt.15:7-9; Isa.29:13; Psalm 69:23; Isa.29:10; Matt.13:14; Job 12:25; John 8:44; Psalm 112:4; Prov.4:19).
Those who are held captive by their false teachings enter
the dominion of darkness, a spiritual domain of wickedness where the false
prophets’ authority is by Satan, an authority to deceive others by demonic
lying teachings (Matt.6:23; Eph.6:12; 2 Cor.11:3; 1 Tim.4:1; 2 Pet.2:1; 2 Pet.2:2,17; John 8:44).
Please, examine all scripture against what you are being taught so you can make a distinction between true interpretations and teachings of God, and false (1 John 4:1; John 6:63; 2 Tim.3:16; Prov.1:23; 1 Tim.2:4; John 14:6; John 17:3; Prov.3:5-6).
The prophetic Word is clear that false
prophets prophesying lies speak of their own imagination and are among God’s
very own people; blind guides who mislead, just as prophesied by Jesus
to occur in the last days (Deut.18:20-22; Jer.14:14; Ezek.13:2; Jer.23:11; 6:13-14; 23:21-22; 6:15; 2 Pet.1:20-21; 2:1-2; Acts 20:30; Matt.24:24-25).
The “bad eye” is the unfaithful anointed leaders of WT, false prophets, a “lamp” without oil/Holy Spirit, recognized by their bad fruit/false teachings (Matt.6:22; Acts 20:30; Matt.6:23; Prov.4:19; Eph.4:18; Matt.7:15; 24:24; Matt.7:16; John 15:5; Matt.7:20) Indeed, the unfaithful anointed leaders with their own mouths prophesy (claim to speak for the Father and Jesus), purporting their ever-expiring teachings and redacted prophetic interpretations are evidence of being led by God’s Spirit…yet teachings that vacillate and expire over time are bad fruit (2 Pet.1:20-21; 2:1-2; Matt.7:15; Luke 6:43-45; Matt.7:19). ALL of their prophecies (i.e., 1914, Beth-Sarim, 1975, “this generation,” etc.) have a stellar 100% failure rate. You are not to fear them (Deut.18:20-22; Isa.2:22).
Fear God (Psalm 33:8; Prov.14:27)!
Have not even the anointed leaders of WT published
interpretation of the book of Revelation, a book that contains words of
prophecy (Rev.1:3)? Yes, they have, but their understanding of
that book and all prophetic word they have interpreted does not remain, as all
their teaching do not remain, being under constant redaction. And why? Because
they do not abide in Jesus…their teachings are NOT sourced in Holy Spirit (https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=John%2015%3A1%2C4-6%3B%20Jer.23%3A29%3B%202%20Pet.1%3A19-21%3B%202%3A1%3B%20John%208%3A44%3B%202%20Pet.2%3A2%3B%20Rev.16%3A13-14&version=CSB).
WT gb member Jackson himself stated, “The simple
answer is we don’t know! And we don’t need to know! Because we’re not the
judges. It’s above our pay grade” (Source: JW Broadcasting - January 2024:
Annual Meeting 2023, Part 2 - 54:28).
Well, that is true…their pay grade is the wages of
sin (Prov.12:13; Rom.6:23). They admit they “do not know” yet they
continue to teach false interpretations of the prophetic word, but clearly not
by Holy Spirit, because no lie is of the Spirit (John 6:63; 1 John 2:27,20-21). Their teachings are from a deceitful spirit sourced
in Satan, the father of the lie (2 Pet.1:20; Matt.6:23; Ezek.13:3; Matt.15:14; 2 Pet.2:17; 1:21; 2:1; 1 Cor.6:20; Rom.6:16; 1 Cor.7:23; Col.2:8; Matt.24:11; 2 Pet.2:2-3; Jer.5:26; Matt.10:36; Psalm 143:3; 88:12; Prov.4:19; Jude 1:13; 2 Cor.11:13-15; Jer.5:30-31; Matt.24:24; John 8:44; Matt.24:25; Rev.16:13).
They are in spiritual darkness, without the light of life
they have no life, dead, along with all who are led by them…it is imperative
that those who have been deceived by them, repent (Psalm 143:3; Prov.21:16; 2:1-2,11-13,15; Matt.15:14; John 8:12; 12:46; Rev.3:19; Prov.1:23).
“Son of man, you dwell in the midst of a rebellious house,
which has eyes to see but does not see, and ears to hear but does not hear; for
they are a rebellious house” (Ezek.12:2).
“A faithful witness does not lie, But a false witness will
utter lies” (Prov.14:5).
“Leave them; they are blind guides. If the blind lead the
blind, both will fall into a pit” (Matt.15:14).
“For by your words you will be justified, and by your words
you will be condemned” (Matt.12:37).
“See to it that no one takes you captive by philosophy and
empty deceit, according to human tradition, according to the elemental spirits
of the world, and not according to Christ” (Col.2:8).
“A fool’s mouth is his destruction, And
his lips are the snare of his soul” (Job 18:7).
“For among My people are found wicked men; They
lie in wait as one who sets snares; They set a trap; They catch men” (Jer.5:26).
“You love to destroy others with your words, you liar!” (Psalm 52:4).
“Deliver my soul, O Lord, from
lying lips And from a deceitful tongue” (Psalm 120:2).
“The teaching of the wise is a fountain of life, that one
may turn away from the snares of death” (Prov.13:14).
“When wisdom enters your heart, And knowledge is
pleasant to your soul, Discretion will preserve you; Understanding
will keep you, To deliver you from the way of evil, From the
man who speaks perverse things, From those who leave the paths of
uprightness To walk in the ways of darkness” (Prov.2:10-13).
“This is the message we have heard from him and declare to
you: God is light, and there is absolutely no darkness in him. If we say, “We
have fellowship with him,” and yet we walk in darkness, we are lying and are
not practicing the truth. If we walk in the light as he himself is in the
light, we have fellowship with one another, and the blood of Jesus his son
cleanses us from all sin” (1 John 1:5-7).
Consider this: If
I perform medical procedures, but outright state that I am not a licensed
medical practitioner to those under my duty of care, does that remove my
accountability? Most certainly not. Although I give disclaimer that
I am not a licensed medical practitioner, but take liberty in performing
medical procedures without a lawful license, I still remain liable. Disclaimers
do not remove accountability for actions. I bear the responsibility for my
unlawful actions, caring for the health of people and putting them at risk for
adverse harm. Any who consent to receive my care bear their own responsibility
for the choice they made, even fatal consequences (Ezek.14:10).
Both the blind guides (“bad eye”) of WT and those who seek
their care/are led by them, bear responsibility for what they have
chosen. The consequence is fatal for the wrong choice. The blind and
those blindly led fall in a pit (Prov.6:12; Psalm 101:4; Prov.16:12; 12:28; Psalm 34:12-13; Prov.4:24; 1 Pet.3:10-11; Prov.12:22; Matt.12:37; John 3:19,21,20; Matt.15:14; Prov.19:9; Ezek.33:11; 18:30-32; 2 Chron.7:14; Luke 13:23; Matt.7:15-21; Isa.1:16; Matt.7:22-23; 22:14; 1 John 1:7; Rev.7:13-15; 21:2; Zech.8:3; Rev.21:3,27).
https://4womaninthewilderness.blogspot.com/2016/02/pluck-out-your-eye.html:
The eye of the Body of Christ, is the
prophets
(Amos 3:7; Eph.3:4-5; Num.12:6; Heb.1:1; Rev.22:6; Eze.3:17; 10:12; Rev.4:8) (LINK).
If
the contemporary Body of Christ is lead by a bad eye (a wicked
steward/false prophet/Harlot full of adultery -2Pet.2:14; Rev.17:2), that whole body will be thrown into darkness
leading to Gehenna.
The faithful are not to "tolerate"
such an eye/false prophet
(Rev.2:20, 2:2; 13:11,7,10; Col.2:8; 2Pet.2:1-2,3; 2Thess.2:1-2,3; Rev.2:2).
We "tear it out" of the Body of
Christ (1Cor.5:13; Eph.5:11).
This is done, by not looking back to her (Rev.17:18; 18:4; Luke 17:32,28-29,32; Rev.18:4; 11:8), as the eye of a lustful man may seek intoxication
from a harlot (Rev.17:2; Isa.52:11) instead of his chaste wife (Prov.5:19) (LINK).
We are washed clean by the word (Eph.5:26; John 13:10), and through a faithful "clear" "eye"/prophet (Matt.6:22),
[and having the needed humility to weigh carefully,
what is said
by that one (1Cor.14:29; 1John 4:1; 1Thess.5:20-21; 2Cor.13:5)
(Jer.26:5-6)],
light returns to the body members that accept a good "eye" (1Thess.5:19-20; Matt.10:41).
(John 9:7; Jer.35:15; John 9:11)
The light in a faithful
"eye"/prophet, can only benefit the other parts of the Body...
(Eph.4:7-8,11-16; Rom.12:6-8; Matt.23:34; Rev.11:3,7),
...if it is accepted (Matt.10:40-41; John 13:20) and followed (Eze.33:31-32; Isa.52:8-9,11).
To do so, we must be willing to put new wine (truth) into a new wine-skin
(understanding/faith)... and willing to pluck out our own previous personal
perceptions, however flattering to us, attractive to our flesh, comfortable and
familiar, or cherished as valuable treasures
(Eze.7:19; Rev.6:6; 13:17; 18:11; Zeph.1:18) (What do buying and selling mean?)
The harlot's false and poisonous doctrine cannot compare with the riches of
truth which Christ entrusts to the work of his faithful priests
(Isa.55:2; Rev.3:18; Matt.6:20; Luke 21:33; John 6:63)
(Matt.25:14; Luke 16:12,11; 1Cor.4:1; Mal.2:7).
https://restorationofjacob.blogspot.com/2026/09/the-proper-food.html:
We recognize a false prophet, a false teacher, from a true prophet or teacher sent by Christ, by the quality of spiritual food. (Proverbs 11:30; 18:21; John 15:7-8) Good food remains; not just for one meal, or one published magazine or book that is soon to be replaced by another. Bad food, or “fruit”, rots away as Watchtower’s doctrines are continually replaced by more “bad fruit”. (Proverbs 1:20-31; Matthew7:15-20; John 15:4-6)
There is no in-between, no blending of the two; God’s word is pure. (Psalm 12:6; Proverbs30:5; Psalm 19:8; 119:140; 2 Timothy 3:16-17; James 3:17; Revelation 3:18)
Only a devious, lying leader would convince someone that his predictions or
doctrines proven to fail and need adjusting time and again, are blessed by God
as “proper food at the proper time”. (Acts 20:28-31)
Would God ever support men who make claims that their words are trustworthy, when their long record of failures has consistently left the flock empty, hungry and thirsty for the words of Jesus Christ? (Isaiah 32:6;55:10-11; 2 Tim 2:15; John 6:35; Matthew 5:6)
These unfaithful servants of Christ offer food to the sheep that rots as soon as it is served. (Isaiah 28:7-8; Ezekiel 13:22-23; Luke 6:43-44)
According to God, there is no “proper time” to believe in a lie, as Jehovah’s
Witnesses have done since the organization began. (Proverbs 1:5;1 John 2:4)
