Stay Close to Jehovah - End Notes - 9.Sin

Anything that we feel, think, or do against Jehovah  or his win is sin.  Because sin damages our relationship with God, he has given us laws and principles that help us to avoid intentional sin.  In the beginning, Jehovah created everything perfect, but when Adam and Eve chose to disobey Jehovah, they sinned and were no longer perfect.  They grew old and died, and because we inherited sin from Adam we too grow old and die.

Chapter 3, paragraph 7; Chapter 5, paragraph 3


10. ARMAGEDDON

This is God's war to destroy Satan's wicked world and all wickedness

Chapter 3, paragraph 13; Chapter 8, paragraph 18

11. GOD'S KINGDOM

God's Kingdom is a government that Jehovah set up  in heaven.  Jesus Christ is ruling as is King.  In the future, Jehovah will use the Kingdom to remove all wickedness.  God Kingdom will rule over the earth.

Chapter 3, paragraph 14

12. JESUS CHRIST

God created Jesus before everything else.  Jehovah sent Jesus to earth to die for all humans.  After Jesus was killed, Jehovah resurrected him. Jesus is now ruling as King of God's Kingdom. 

13.  THE PROPHECY OF THE 70 WEEKS

The Bible prophesied, or foretold, when the Messiah would appear.  This would be at the end  of a period called the 69  weeks, which began in the year 455 B.C.E. and ended in the year 29 C.E.

How do we know tat it ended in 29 C.E?  The 69 weeks began in the year 455 B.C.E. when Nehemiah arrived in Jerusalem and began to rebuild the city.  (Daniel 09:25; Nehemiah 2:1, 5-8)  Just as the word "dozen" makes us think of the number 12, so the word "week"  reminds us of the number 7.  The weeks in this prophecy are not weeks of seven days  but are weeks of seven years, in line with the prophetic rule of "a day for a year."  (Numbers 14:34; Ezekiel 4:6)   This means that each week is seven years long and that the 69 weeks add up to 4483 years (69 x 7).  If we count 483 years from 455 B.C.E., it takes us to the year 29 C.E. This is exactly the year when Jesus was baptized and became the Messiah. - LUKE 3:1, 2, 21, 22.

The same prophecy foretold another week, which is an extra seven years.  During this time period, in the year 33  C.E., the Messiah would be killed, and beginning the year 36 C.E., the good news of God's Kingdom would be preached  to all the nations and just to the Jews. - DANIEL 9:24-27. 

Chapter 4, paragraph 7

Next time: Stay Close to Jehovah - End Notes - 14. THE FALSE TEACHING OF THE TRINITY

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