,WHAT ,CAN THE ,BIBLE ,TEACH ,US8 ^C #BJAE ,WATCH ,TOWER ,BIBLE AND ,TRACT ,SOCIETY OF ,PENNSYLVANIA ,PUBLISHERS ,WATCHTOWER ,BIBLE AND ,TRACT ,SOCIETY OF ,NEW ,YORK1 ,INC4 ,WALLKILL1 ,NEW ,YORK1 ,U4,S4,A4 WWW4JW4ORG ,OCTOBER #BJAF ,PRINTING ,TRANSCRIBED #BJAH INTO ,UNIFIED ,ENGLISH ,BRAILLE "<,UNCONTRACTED"> ,IN #D ,VOLUMES ,VOLUME #A ,CHAPTERS #A-#D ,BRAILLE PAGES T#A-T#F1 P#A-P#B1 AND #A-#IB ,PRINT PAGES #A-#EA ,THIS PUBLICATION IS NOT FOR SALE4 ,IT IS PROVIDED AS PART OF A WORLDWIDE ,BIBLE EDUCATIONAL WORK SUPPORTED BY VOLUNTARY DONATIONS4 ,TO MAKE A DONATION1 PLEASE VISIT DONATE4JW4ORG4 ,UNLESS OTHERWISE INDICATED1 ,SCRIPTURE QUOTATIONS ARE FROM THE MODERN-LANGUAGE .7,NEW ,WORLD ,TRANSLATION OF THE ,HOLY ,SCRIPTURES.'4 ,MADE IN THE ,UNITED ,STATES OF ,AMERICA T#B ,SPECIAL ,SYMBOLS .= ,DOT LOCATOR .=77 ,REFERENCE INDICATOR FOR INSERTED SCRIPTURE .=' ,STRESS MARK IN PROPER ,BIBLE NAMES .=@.< ,OPENING TRANSCRIBER'S NOTE .=@.> ,CLOSING TRANSCRIBER'S NOTE .=^P ,PARAGRAPH SIGN .=^R ,REGISTERED TRADEMARK .=^1 ,BOLDFACE WORD INDICATOR .=^7 ,BOLDFACE PASSAGE INDICATOR FOR THREE OR MORE WORDS .=^' ,BOLDFACE TERMINATOR2 PLACED AFTER THE LAST WORD IN A BOLDFACE PASSAGE .="< ,OPENING PARENTHESIS .="> ,CLOSING PARENTHESIS .="8 ,TIMES " .=.< ,OPENING BRACKET .=.1 ,ITALIC WORD INDICATOR .=.7 ,ITALIC PASSAGE INDICATOR FOR THREE OR MORE WORDS .=.> ,CLOSING BRACKET .=.' ,ITALIC TERMINATOR2 PLACED AFTER THE LAST WORD IN AN ITALICIZED PASSAGE .=,' ,CAPITALS TERMINATOR2 PLACED AFTER THE LAST CAPITAL LETTER IN A FULLY CAPITALIZED PASSAGE .=,,, ,CAPITALIZED PASSAGE INDICATOR FOR THREE OR MORE WORDS ,TRANSCRIBER'S ,NOTES 8,READ0 SCRIPTURES ARE INSERTED AFTER THE PARAGRAPH OR GROUP OF PARAGRAPHS IN WHICH THEY OCCUR4 ,FOOTNOTES ARE INSERTED AFTER THE PARAGRAPH IN WHICH THEY OCCUR4 ,A COMPLETE LIST OF THE ,ENDNOTES MAY BE FOUND AT THE END OF ,VOLUME #D4 ,PROPER NAMES IN THE ,BIBLE MAY HAVE A DOT #C IMMEDIATELY FOLLOWING THE SYLLABLE THAT IS TO BE STRESSED4 ,IF DOT #C FOLLOWS A VOWEL1 THE VOWEL SOUND IS LONG1 AS IN THE NAME ,ABEL "<,A'BEL- MA'IM">4 ,IF DOT #C FOLLOWS A CONSONANT1 THE VOWEL SOUND IS SHORT1 AS IN THE NAME ,ABIGAIL "<,AB'IGAIL">4 ,FOREIGN ACCENTS ON LETTERS HAVE BEEN OMITTED FOR EASE OF READING4 ,THE NUMBERS IN THE LOWER LEFT- HAND CORNER OF EVERY PAGE ARE THE PAGE NUMBERS IN THE INK-PRINT EDITION4 ,A ,,QR CODE IS LOCATED ON THE FRONT COVER1 BOTTOM RIGHT CORNER4 ,CONTENTS ,VOLUME #A ,WHAT ,IS ,GOD'S ,PURPOSE FOR ,US8 """""""""""""""""""" #A ,CHAPTER #A4 ,WHO ,IS ,GOD8 """""""""""" #F #B4 ,THE ,BIBLE,-,A ,BOOK ,FROM ,GOD """"""""""""""""" #BG #C4 ,WHAT ,IS ,GOD'S ,PURPOSE FOR ,HUMANS8 """""" #DF #D4 ,WHO ,IS ,JESUS ,CHRIST8 #GA ,VOLUME #B #E4 ,THE ,RANSOM,-,GOD'S ,GREATEST ,GIFT """"""""""""" #A #F4 ,WHERE ,DO ,WE ,GO ,WHEN ,WE ,DIE8 """""""""""""""""" #AI #G4 ,THERE ,WILL ,BE A ,RESURRECTION6 """"""""""""" #CE #H4 ,WHAT ,IS ,GOD'S ,KINGDOM8 #EG #I4 ,IS THE ,END OF THE ,WORLD ,NEAR8 """""""""""""" #GH ,VOLUME #C #AJ4 ,THE ,TRUTH ,ABOUT THE ,ANGELS """"""""""""""""""""" #A #AA4 ,WHY ,SO ,MUCH ,SUFFERING8 """""""""""""""" #BB #AB4 ,HOW ,CAN ,YOU ,BECOME ,GOD'S ,FRIEND8 """""""""""" #CI #AC4 ,RESPECT THE ,GIFT OF ,LIFE """""""""""""""""""""" #FA #AD4 ,YOUR ,FAMILY ,CAN ,BE ,HAPPY """"""""""""""""""""" #HJ #AE4 ,THE ,RIGHT ,WAY TO ,WORSHIP ,GOD """""""""""""" #IG ,VOLUME #D #AF4 ,CHOOSE TO ,WORSHIP ,GOD #A #AG4 ,THE ,PRIVILEGE OF ,PRAYER """""""""""""""""""" #BA #AH4 ,SHOULD ,I ,DEDICATE ,MY ,LIFE TO ,GOD AND ,BE ,BAPTIZED8 """"""""""""""""" #DC #AI4 ,STAY ,CLOSE TO ,JEHOVAH #FD ,ENDNOTES """""""""""""""""""" #HB ,WHAT ,CAN THE ,BIBLE ,TEACH ,US8 ,WHAT ,IS ,GOD'S ,PURPOSE FOR ,US8 ,WHEN YOU READ THE NEWSPAPER1 WATCH TELEVISION1 OR LISTEN TO THE RADIO1 YOU SEE AND HEAR MANY STORIES OF CRIME1 WAR1 AND TERRORISM4 ,PERHAPS YOU PERSONALLY ARE SUFFERING BECAUSE OF AN ILLNESS OR BECAUSE SOMEONE YOU LOVE HAS DIED4 ,ASK YOURSELF3 _4 ,IS THIS WHAT ,GOD WANTS FOR ME AND MY FAMILY8 _4 ,WHERE CAN ,I FIND HELP TO COPE WITH MY PROBLEMS8 _4 ,WILL THERE EVER BE REAL PEACE8 ,THE ,BIBLE PROVIDES CONVINCING ANSWERS TO THOSE QUESTIONS4 ,THE ,BIBLE ,TEACHES ,THAT ,GOD ,WILL ,DO ,AMAZING ,THINGS ON THE ,EARTH4 ,PEOPLE WILL NO LONGER FEEL PAIN1 GROW OLD1 OR DIE4,-,REVELATION #BA#D 8,THE LAME WILL LEAP LIKE THE DEER40,-,ISAIAH #CE#F 8,THE EYES OF THE BLIND WILL BE OPENED40,-,ISAIAH #CE#E ,THE DEAD WILL BE BROUGHT BACK TO LIFE4,-,JOHN #E#BH1BI ,NO ONE WILL GET SICK4,-,ISAIAH #CC#BD ,EVERYONE ON EARTH WILL HAVE PLENTY TO EAT4,-,PSALM #GB#AF ,BENEFIT ,FROM ,WHAT THE ,BIBLE ,TEACHES ,IT WOULD BE EASY TO THINK THAT WHAT YOU HAVE READ IN THE FIRST FEW PAGES OF THIS BOOK IS JUST A DREAM4 ,BUT ,GOD HAS PROMISED TO MAKE THOSE CHANGES ON THE EARTH VERY SOON1 AND THE ,BIBLE EXPLAINS HOW HE WILL DO SO4 ,THE ,BIBLE DOES MORE THAN THAT4 ,IT TELLS US WHAT WE NEED TO KNOW IN ORDER TO BE TRULY HAPPY AND ENJOY LIFE RIGHT NOW4 ,THINK FOR A MOMENT ABOUT THE THINGS THAT MAKE YOU WORRY4 ,THESE MAY INCLUDE MONEY OR FAMILY MATTERS1 BAD HEALTH1 OR THE DEATH OF SOMEONE YOU LOVE4 ,THE ,BIBLE CAN HELP YOU TO COPE WITH THESE PROBLEMS1 AND IT CAN COMFORT YOU BY ANSWERING SUCH QUESTIONS AS THESE3 _4 ,WHY DO WE SUFFER8 _4 ,HOW CAN WE COPE WITH OUR PROBLEMS8 _4 ,CAN OUR FAMILY BE HAPPY8 _4 ,WHAT HAPPENS TO US WHEN WE DIE8 _4 ,WILL WE EVER SEE OUR DEAD LOVED ONES AGAIN8 _4 ,WHY CAN WE BE CONFIDENT THAT ,GOD WILL DO EVERYTHING THAT HE HAS PROMISED8 ,THE FACT THAT YOU ARE READING THIS BOOK SHOWS THAT YOU WANT TO KNOW WHAT THE ,BIBLE TEACHES4 ,THIS BOOK WILL HELP YOU4 ,THERE ARE QUESTIONS FOR THE PARAGRAPHS1 WHICH WILL HELP YOU UNDERSTAND THE ,BIBLE BETTER4 ,MILLIONS OF PEOPLE HAVE ENJOYED DISCUSSING THE ,BIBLE WITH ,JEHOVAH'S ,WITNESSES4 ,WE HOPE YOU WILL TOO4 ,MAY ,GOD BLESS YOU AS YOU DISCOVER WHAT THE ,BIBLE CAN TEACH YOU6 ,BOX1 P#G 7777777777777777777777777777777777 ,GET TO ,KNOW ,YOUR ,BIBLE ,THE ,BIBLE CONTAINS #FF BOOKS AND LETTERS4 ,EACH ONE IS DIVIDED INTO CHAPTERS AND VERSES4 ,THIS MAKES IT EASY TO FIND A VERSE4 ,WHEN THIS PUBLICATION CITES A SCRIPTURE1 THE FIRST NUMBER AFTER THE NAME OF THE ,BIBLE BOOK INDICATES THE CHAPTER1 AND THE FOLLOWING NUMBER REFERS TO THE VERSE4 ,FOR EXAMPLE1 IF YOU SEE 8#B ,TIMOTHY #C#AF10 IT MEANS THE SECOND LETTER TO ,TIMOTHY1 CHAPTER #C1 VERSE #AF4 ,WHEN YOU LOOK UP THE SCRIPTURES CITED1 YOU WILL QUICKLY BECOME FAMILIAR WITH THE ,BIBLE4 ,YOU COULD ALSO START READING THE ,BIBLE EACH DAY4 ,IF YOU READ THREE TO FIVE CHAPTERS A DAY1 YOU CAN READ THE ENTIRE ,BIBLE IN A YEAR4 GGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGG ,CHAPTER ,ONE ,WHO ,IS ,GOD8 #A1B4 ,WHAT QUESTIONS DO PEOPLE OFTEN ASK8 #A ,CHILDREN ASK LOTS OF QUESTIONS4 ,YOU MAY EXPLAIN SOMETHING TO THEM1 BUT THEY OFTEN ASK1 ,8,WHY8,0 ,AND WHEN YOU TRY TO GIVE THEM AN ANSWER1 THEY MAY ASK1 ,8,BUT WHY8,0 #B ,WHETHER WE ARE YOUNG OR OLD1 WE ALL HAVE QUESTIONS4 ,WE MAY HAVE QUESTIONS ABOUT WHAT WE WILL EAT OR WEAR OR BUY4 ,OR WE MAY HAVE IMPORTANT QUESTIONS ABOUT LIFE AND THE FUTURE4 ,BUT WHEN WE DON'T FIND SATISFYING ANSWERS TO THESE QUESTIONS1 WE MAY STOP LOOKING FOR ANSWERS4 #C4 ,WHY DO MANY PEOPLE THINK THEY CAN'T FIND THE ANSWERS TO THEIR IMPORTANT QUESTIONS8 #C ,DOES THE ,BIBLE HAVE THE ANSWERS TO THE IMPORTANT QUESTIONS WE ASK8 ,SOME PEOPLE MAY THINK SO1 BUT THEY FEEL THAT THE ,BIBLE IS TOO HARD TO UNDERSTAND4 ,THEY MAY THINK THAT ONLY TEACHERS OR PRIESTS HAVE THE ANSWERS4 ,AND OTHERS ARE TOO ASHAMED TO ADMIT THAT THEY DON'T KNOW THE ANSWERS4 ,WHAT DO YOU THINK8 #D1E4 ,WHAT IMPORTANT QUESTIONS DO YOU HAVE8 ,WHY SHOULD YOU KEEP LOOKING FOR THE ANSWERS8 #D ,YOU PROBABLY WANT ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS1 SUCH AS3 ,WHY AM ,I HERE8 ,WHAT WILL HAPPEN TO ME WHEN ,I DIE8 ,WHAT IS ,GOD LIKE8 ,JESUS1 THE FAMOUS ,TEACHER1 SAID3 8,KEEP ON ASKING1 AND IT WILL BE GIVEN YOU2 KEEP ON SEEKING1 AND YOU WILL FIND2 KEEP ON KNOCKING1 AND IT WILL BE OPENED TO YOU40 "<,MATTHEW #G#G"> ,DON'T GIVE UP UNTIL YOU FIND ANSWERS THAT YOU CAN TRUST4 #E ,YES1 IF YOU 8KEEP ON SEEKING10 YOU WILL FIND THE ANSWERS IN THE ,BIBLE4 "<,PROVERBS #B#A-E"> ,THESE ANSWERS ARE NOT TOO HARD TO UNDERSTAND4 ,WHAT YOU LEARN WILL GIVE YOU A HAPPIER LIFE RIGHT NOW AND A WONDERFUL HOPE FOR THE FUTURE4 ,LET'S TALK ABOUT ONE QUESTION THAT HAS CONFUSED MANY PEOPLE4 ,DOES ,GOD ,CARE ,ABOUT ,US OR ,IS ,HE ,CRUEL8 #F4 ,WHY DO SOME PEOPLE THINK THAT ,GOD DOESN'T CARE ABOUT THEIR SUFFERING8 #F ,MANY PEOPLE THINK THAT ,GOD DOESN'T CARE ABOUT US4 ,THEY FEEL THAT IF ,GOD REALLY CARED1 THE WORLD WOULD BE VERY DIFFERENT4 ,WE SEE WAR1 HATRED1 AND MISERY EVERYWHERE4 ,PEOPLE GET SICK1 THEY SUFFER1 AND THEY DIE4 ,SOME WONDER1 ,8,IF ,GOD CARES ABOUT US1 WHY DOESN'T HE STOP ALL THIS SUFFERING8,0 #G4 " ,HOW HAVE RELIGIOUS LEADERS TAUGHT PEOPLE THAT ,GOD IS CRUEL8 " ,WHY CAN WE BE SURE THAT ,GOD IS NOT TO BLAME FOR BAD THINGS THAT HAPPEN8 #G ,RELIGIOUS LEADERS SOMETIMES MAKE PEOPLE BELIEVE THAT ,GOD IS CRUEL4 ,WHEN SOMETHING TERRIBLE HAPPENS1 THEY SAY THAT IT'S ,GOD'S WILL4 ,THEY SAY THAT HE WANTED IT TO HAPPEN4 ,WHEN THEY SAY THIS1 THEY ARE REALLY BLAMING ,GOD4 ,BUT THE ,BIBLE TEACHES THAT ,GOD IS ^7NEVER THE SOURCE OF EVIL4^' ,JAMES #A#AC TELLS US THAT ,GOD DOES NOT TEST ANYONE WITH EVIL THINGS4 ,IT SAYS3 8,WHEN UNDER TRIAL1 LET NO ONE SAY3 ,8,I AM BEING TRIED . BY ,GOD4,0 ,FOR WITH EVIL THINGS ,GOD CANNOT BE TRIED1 NOR DOES HE HIMSELF TRY ANYONE40 ,THIS MEANS THAT EVEN THOUGH ,GOD ^1HASN'T ^1STOPPED BAD THINGS FROM HAPPENING1 HE ^1NEVER ^1MAKES THEM HAPPEN4 "<^7,READ ,JOB #CD#AJ- #AB4^'"> ,LET'S USE AN EXAMPLE4 77 ,JOB #CD#AJ-AB3 ,SO LISTEN TO ME1 YOU MEN OF UNDERSTANDING3 ,IT IS UNTHINKABLE FOR THE TRUE ,GOD TO ACT WICKEDLY1 ,FOR THE ,ALMIGHTY TO DO WRONG6 ,FOR HE WILL REWARD A MAN ACCORDING TO WHAT HE DOES ,AND BRING UPON HIM THE CONSEQUENCES OF HIS WAYS4 ,FOR A CERTAINTY1 ,GOD DOES NOT ACT WICKEDLY2 ,THE ,ALMIGHTY DOES NOT PERVERT JUSTICE4 #H1I4 ,WHY WOULD IT BE UNFAIR TO BLAME ,GOD FOR OUR PROBLEMS8 ,GIVE AN EXAMPLE4 #H ,IMAGINE A YOUNG MAN WHO LIVES AT HOME WITH HIS PARENTS4 ,HIS FATHER LOVES HIM VERY MUCH AND HAS TAUGHT HIM HOW TO MAKE GOOD DECISIONS4 ,THEN1 THE YOUNG MAN REBELS AGAINST HIS FATHER AND LEAVES HOME4 ,HE DOES BAD THINGS AND GETS INTO TROUBLE4 ,WOULD YOU BLAME THE FATHER FOR WHAT HAPPENED BECAUSE HE DIDN'T STOP HIS SON FROM LEAVING HOME8 ,OF COURSE NOT6 "<,LUKE #AE#AA-AC"> ,LIKE THAT FATHER1 ,GOD DIDN'T STOP HUMANS WHEN THEY CHOSE TO REBEL AND DO WHAT IS BAD4 ,SO WHEN SOMETHING BAD HAPPENS1 WE SHOULD REMEMBER THAT ,GOD DIDN'T MAKE IT HAPPEN4 ,IT WOULD BE UNFAIR TO BLAME ,GOD4 #I ,THERE IS A VERY GOOD REASON WHY ,GOD HAS NOT YET STOPPED BAD THINGS FROM HAPPENING4 ,IN ,CHAPTER #AA1 YOU WILL LEARN WHAT THE ,BIBLE SAYS ABOUT THIS4 ,BUT YOU CAN BE SURE THAT ,GOD LOVES US AND THAT HE IS NEVER TO BLAME FOR OUR PROBLEMS4 ,IN FACT1 HE IS THE ONLY ,ONE WHO CAN SOLVE THEM4 ,-,ISAIAH #CC#B4 #AJ4 ,WHY CAN WE BE SURE THAT ,GOD WILL REPAIR ALL THE DAMAGE THAT HAS BEEN DONE BY BAD PEOPLE8 #AJ ,GOD IS HOLY4 "<,ISAIAH #F#C"> ,EVERYTHING HE DOES IS PURE1 CLEAN1 AND GOOD4 ,SO WE CAN TRUST HIM4 ,HUMANS ARE NOT LIKE THAT4 ,THEY SOMETIMES DO WRONG THINGS4 ,AND EVEN THE MOST HONEST RULER DOES NOT HAVE THE POWER TO REPAIR ALL THE DAMAGE THAT BAD PEOPLE DO4 ,NO ONE HAS AS MUCH POWER AS ,GOD HAS4 ,HE CAN AND WILL REPAIR ALL THE DAMAGE THAT HAS BEEN DONE BY BAD PEOPLE4 ,HE WILL REMOVE ALL EVIL FOREVER4,- ^7,READ ,PSALM #CG#I-AA4^' 77 ,PS4#CG#I-AA3 ,FOR EVIL MEN WILL BE DONE AWAY WITH1 ,BUT THOSE HOPING IN ,JEHOVAH WILL POSSESS THE EARTH4 ,JUST A LITTLE WHILE LONGER1 AND THE WICKED WILL BE NO MORE2 ,YOU WILL LOOK AT WHERE THEY WERE1 ,AND THEY WILL NOT BE THERE4 ,BUT THE MEEK WILL POSSESS THE EARTH1 ,AND THEY WILL FIND EXQUISITE DELIGHT IN THE ABUNDANCE OF PEACE4 ,HOW ,DOES ,GOD ,FEEL ,WHEN ,PEOPLE ,SUFFER8 #AA4 ,HOW DOES ,GOD FEEL ABOUT YOUR SUFFERING8 #AA ,HOW DOES ,GOD FEEL WHEN HE SEES WHAT IS HAPPENING IN THE WORLD AND WHAT YOU ARE GOING THROUGH8 ,THE ,BIBLE TEACHES THAT ,GOD 8LOVES JUSTICE40 "<,PSALM #CG#BH"> ,SO HE CARES DEEPLY ABOUT WHAT IS RIGHT AND WHAT IS WRONG4 ,HE HATES IT WHEN PEOPLE SUFFER4 ,THE ,BIBLE SAYS THAT 8HIS HEART WAS SADDENED0 WHEN HE SAW THE WORLD FILLED WITH BADNESS IN THE PAST4 "<,GENESIS #F#E1F"> ,GOD HAS NOT CHANGED4 "<,MALACHI #C#F"> ,THE ,BIBLE SAYS THAT ,GOD REALLY CARES ABOUT YOU4,-^7,READ #A ,PETER #E#G4^' 77 #A ,PET4#E#G3 WHILE YOU THROW ALL YOUR ANXIETY ON HIM1 BECAUSE HE CARES FOR YOU4 #AB1AC4 " ,WHY DO WE LOVE AND CARE FOR OTHERS1 AND HOW DO WE FEEL ABOUT THE SUFFERING IN THE WORLD8 " ,WHY CAN WE BE SURE THAT ,GOD WILL REMOVE ALL SUFFERING AND INJUSTICE8 #AB ,THE ,BIBLE ALSO SAYS THAT ,GOD CREATED US IN HIS IMAGE4 "<,GENESIS #A#BF"> ,THIS MEANS THAT ,GOD MADE US WITH THE SAME GOOD QUALITIES THAT HE HAS4 ,SO IF YOU FEEL BAD WHEN YOU SEE INNOCENT PEOPLE SUFFER1 ,GOD MUST FEEL EVEN WORSE WHEN HE SEES IT6 ,HOW DO WE KNOW THIS8 #AC ,THE ,BIBLE TEACHES US THAT 8,GOD IS LOVE40 "<#A ,JOHN #D#H"> ,EVERYTHING ,GOD DOES IS MOTIVATED BY LOVE4 ,SO WE LOVE BECAUSE ,GOD LOVES4 ,THINK ABOUT THIS3 ,IF YOU HAD THE POWER1 WOULD YOU REMOVE ALL THE SUFFERING AND INJUSTICE IN THE WORLD8 ,OF COURSE YOU WOULD1 BECAUSE YOU LOVE PEOPLE4 ,WHAT ABOUT ,GOD8 ,HE HAS THE POWER1 AND BECAUSE HE LOVES US1 HE WILL REMOVE ALL SUFFERING AND INJUSTICE4 ,YOU CAN BE SURE THAT EVERY ONE OF ,GOD'S PROMISES MENTIONED AT THE BEGINNING OF THIS BOOK WILL COME TRUE6 ,BUT TO BE ABLE TO TRUST THESE PROMISES1 YOU NEED TO KNOW MORE ABOUT ,GOD4 ,GOD ,WANTS ,YOU TO ,KNOW ,HIM #AD4 ,WHAT IS ,GOD'S NAME1 AND HOW DO WE KNOW THAT WE SHOULD USE IT8 #AD ,IF YOU WANT TO BE SOMEONE'S FRIEND1 WHAT'S THE FIRST THING YOU USUALLY TELL HIM8 ,YOUR NAME4 ,DOES ,GOD HAVE A NAME8 ,MANY RELIGIONS SAY HIS NAME IS ,GOD OR ,LORD1 BUT THESE ARE NOT NAMES4 ,THEY ARE JUST TITLES1 LIKE 8KING0 OR 8PRESIDENT40 ,GOD HAS TOLD US THAT HIS NAME IS ,JEHOVAH4 ,PSALM #HC#AH SAYS3 8,MAY PEOPLE KNOW THAT YOU1 WHOSE NAME IS ,JEHOVAH1 YOU ALONE ARE THE ,MOST ,HIGH OVER ALL THE EARTH40 ,BIBLE WRITERS USED ,GOD'S NAME THOUSANDS OF TIMES4 ,JEHOVAH WANTS YOU TO KNOW HIS NAME AND TO USE IT4 ,HE TELLS YOU HIS NAME SO THAT YOU CAN BECOME HIS FRIEND4 ,PICTURE1 P#AB3 ,IF YOU WANT TO BE SOMEONE'S FRIEND1 YOU TELL HIM YOUR NAME4 ,GOD TELLS US HIS NAME IN THE ,BIBLE #AE4 ,WHAT DOES THE NAME ,JEHOVAH MEAN8 #AE ,GOD'S NAME1 ,JEHOVAH1 HAS DEEP MEANING4 ,IT MEANS THAT ,GOD CAN FULFILL ANY PROMISE HE MAKES AND CAN ACCOMPLISH HIS PURPOSE4 ,NOTHING CAN STOP HIM4 ,ONLY ,JEHOVAH CAN HAVE THIS NAME4 "9 "9 ,IF YOUR ,BIBLE DOES NOT HAVE THE NAME ,JEHOVAH OR IF YOU WOULD LIKE MORE INFORMA- TION ABOUT THE MEANING AND THE PRONUNCIATION OF ,GOD'S NAME1 PLEASE SEE ,ENDNOTE #A4 @.<,IN BRAILLE1 V#D P#HB4@.> #AF1AG4 ,WHAT IS THE MEANING OF " 8THE ,ALMIGHTY08 " 8,KING OF ETERNITY08 " 8,CREATOR08 #AF ,AS WE READ EARLIER1 ,PSALM #HC#AH SAYS ABOUT ,JEHOVAH3 8,YOU ^1ALONE ARE THE ,MOST ,HIGH40 ,ALSO1 ,REVELATION #AE#C SAYS3 8,GREAT AND WONDERFUL ARE YOUR WORKS1 ,JEHOVAH ,GOD1 THE ,ALMIGHTY4 ,RIGHTEOUS AND TRUE ARE YOUR WAYS1 ,KING OF ETERNITY40 ,WHAT DOES THE TITLE 8THE ,ALMIGHTY0 MEAN8 ,IT MEANS THAT ,JEHOVAH IS MORE POWERFUL THAN ANYONE ELSE IN THE UNIVERSE4 ,AND THE TITLE 8,KING OF ETERNITY0 MEANS THAT HE HAS ALWAYS EXISTED4 ,PSALM #IJ#B EXPLAINS THAT HE IS FROM ETERNITY TO ETERNITY4 ,ISN'T THAT AMAZING6 #AG ,ONLY ,JEHOVAH IS THE ,CREA- TOR4 ,REVELATION #D#AA SAYS3 8,YOU ARE WORTHY1 ,JEHOVAH OUR ,GOD1 TO RECEIVE THE GLORY AND THE HONOR AND THE POWER1 BECAUSE YOU CREATED ALL THINGS1 AND BECAUSE OF YOUR WILL THEY CAME INTO EXISTENCE AND WERE CREATED40 ,YES1 FROM THE AN- GELS IN HEAVEN TO THE STARS IN THE SKY TO THE FRUIT ON THE TREES AND TO THE FISH IN THE SEA,-,JEHOVAH MADE EVERYTHING YOU CAN THINK OF6 ,PICTURE1 P#AC3 ,THE ,BIBLE TEACHES THAT ,JEHOVAH IS THE LOVING ,CREATOR OF THE UNIVERSE ,CAN ,YOU ,BE ,JEHOVAH'S ,FRIEND8 #AH4 ,WHY MIGHT SOME PEOPLE THINK THAT THEY CAN NEVER BE ,GOD'S FRIEND8 ,WHAT DOES THE ,BIBLE SAY ABOUT THAT8 #AH ,WHEN SOME PEOPLE READ ABOUT ,JEHOVAH'S IMPRESSIVE QUALITIES1 THEY FEEL AFRAID AND THINK1 ,8,GOD IS SO POWERFUL1 SO IMPORTANT1 AND SO FAR AWAY1 WHY WOULD HE CARE ABOUT ME8,0 ,BUT IS THAT HOW ,GOD WANTS US TO FEEL8 ,NOT AT ALL4 ,JEHOVAH WANTS TO BE CLOSE TO US4 ,THE ,BIBLE SAYS THAT ,GOD IS 8NOT FAR OFF FROM EACH ONE OF US40 "<,ACTS #AG#BG"> ,GOD WANTS YOU TO DRAW CLOSE TO HIM1 AND HE PROMISES THAT 8HE WILL DRAW CLOSE TO YOU40 ,-,JAMES #D#H4 #AI4 " ,HOW CAN YOU BECOME ,GOD'S FRIEND8 " ,WHICH OF ,JEHOVAH'S QUALITIES DO YOU LIKE THE MOST8 #AI ,HOW CAN YOU BECOME ,GOD'S FRIEND8 ,JESUS SAID3 8,THIS MEANS EVERLASTING LIFE1 THEIR COMING TO KNOW YOU1 THE ONLY TRUE ,GOD1 AND THE ONE WHOM YOU SENT1 ,JESUS ,CHRIST40 "<,JOHN #AG#C"> ,KEEP ON LEARNING1 AND YOU WILL COME TO KNOW ,JEHOVAH AND ,JESUS4 ,AND THEN YOU CAN HAVE EVERLASTING LIFE4 ,FOR EXAMPLE1 WE HAVE ALREADY LEARNED THAT 8,GOD IS LOVE40 "<#A ,JOHN #D#AF"> ,BUT HE ALSO HAS MANY OTHER BEAUTIFUL QUALITIES4 ,THE ,BIBLE TELLS US THAT ,JEHOVAH IS 8MERCIFUL AND COMPASSIONATE1 SLOW TO ANGER AND ABUNDANT IN LOYAL LOVE AND TRUTH40 "<,EXODUS #CD#F"> ,JEHOVAH IS 8GOOD AND READY TO FORGIVE40 "<,PSALM #HF#E"> ,GOD IS PATIENT AND LOYAL4 "<#B ,PETER #C#I2 ,REVELATION #AE#D"> ,YOU WILL LEARN MUCH MORE ABOUT HIS BEAUTIFUL QUALITIES AS YOU READ ABOUT HIM IN THE ,BIBLE4 #BJ-#BB4 " ,HOW CAN WE FEEL CLOSE TO ,GOD IF WE CANNOT SEE HIM8 " ,WHAT SHOULD YOU DO IF OTHERS WANT YOU TO STOP STUDYING THE ,BIBLE8 #BJ ,HOW CAN YOU FEEL CLOSE TO ,GOD IF YOU CANNOT SEE HIM8 "<,JOHN #A#AH2 #D#BD2 #A ,TIMOTHY #A#AG"> ,WHEN YOU READ ABOUT ,JEHOVAH IN THE ,BIBLE1 YOU GET TO KNOW HIM AS A REAL ,PERSON4 "<,PSALM #BG#D2 ,ROMANS #A#BJ"> ,AS YOU LEARN MORE ABOUT ,JEHOVAH1 YOU WILL LOVE HIM MORE AND MORE AND YOU WILL FEEL CLOSER TO HIM4 #BA ,YOU WILL UNDERSTAND THAT ,JEHOVAH IS OUR ,FATHER4 "<,MAT- THEW #F#I"> ,HE GAVE US LIFE1 AND HE ALSO WANTS US TO HAVE THE BEST LIFE POSSIBLE4 ,THAT IS WHAT A LOVING FATHER WOULD WANT FOR HIS CHILDREN4 "<,PSALM #CF#I"> ,YES1 THE ,BIBLE TEACHES THAT YOU CAN BECOME ,JEHOVAH'S FRIEND4 "<,JAMES #B#BC"> ,IMAGINE THAT4 ,JEHOVAH1 THE ,CREATOR OF THE UNIVERSE1 WANTS YOU TO BE HIS FRIEND6 #BB ,SOME PEOPLE MAY WANT YOU TO STOP STUDYING THE ,BIBLE4 ,THEY MAY FEAR THAT YOU WILL CHANGE YOUR RELIGION4 ,BUT DON'T LET ANYONE STOP YOU FROM BECOMING ,JEHOVAH'S FRIEND4 ,HE IS THE BEST ,FRIEND YOU COULD EVER HAVE4 ,PICTURE1 P#AD3 ,A FATHER LOVES HIS CHILDREN1 BUT OUR HEAVENLY ,FATHER LOVES US EVEN MORE #BC1BD4 " ,WHY SHOULD YOU KEEP ASKING QUESTIONS8 " ,WHAT WILL WE DISCUSS IN THE NEXT CHAPTER8 #BC ,AS YOU STUDY THE ,BIBLE1 THERE WILL BE THINGS THAT YOU DON'T UNDERSTAND4 ,DON'T BE ASHAMED TO ASK QUESTIONS OR TO ASK FOR HELP4 ,JESUS SAID THAT WE SHOULD BE HUMBLE1 LIKE LITTLE CHILDREN4 "<,MATTHEW #AH#B-D"> ,AND CHILDREN ASK LOTS OF QUESTIONS4 ,GOD WANTS YOU TO FIND THE ANSWERS4 ,SO STUDY THE ,BIBLE CAREFULLY TO MAKE SURE THAT WHAT YOU LEARN IS THE TRUTH4,-^7,READ ,ACTS #AG#AA4^' #BD ,THE BEST WAY TO LEARN ABOUT ,JEHOVAH IS TO STUDY THE ,BIBLE4 ,IN THE NEXT CHAPTER1 WE WILL FIND OUT WHY THE ,BIBLE IS DIFFERENT FROM EVERY OTHER BOOK4 77 ,ACTS #AG#AA3 ,NOW THESE WERE MORE NOBLE-MINDED THAN THOSE IN ,THESSALONI'CA1 FOR THEY ACCEPTED THE WORD WITH THE GREATEST EAGERNESS OF MIND1 CAREFULLY EXAMINING THE ,SCRIPTURES DAILY TO SEE WHETHER THESE THINGS WERE SO4 ,BOX1 P#AG-#AH 7777777777777777777777777777777777 ,SUMMARY ,TRUTH #A ,WHO ,IS ,GOD8 8,YOU CREATED ALL THINGS40,- ,REVELATION #D#AA ,WHAT CAN THE ,BIBLE TEACH US ABOUT ,GOD8 ,REVELATION #AE#C ,HE IS THE ,ALMIGHTY1 THE MOST POWERFUL PERSON IN THE UNIVERSE4 ,PSALM #IJ#B ,HE HAS ALWAYS EXISTED4 ,MATTHEW #F#I ,GOD IS OUR ,FATHER4 ,HE WANTS US TO HAVE THE BEST LIFE POSSIBLE4 ,ACTS #AG#BG ,GOD WANTS TO BE CLOSE TO US4 ,TRUTH #B ,GOD ,HAS A ,NAME 8,JEHOVAH 444 IS MY NAME FOREVER40 ,-,EXODUS #C#AE ,WHY IS ,GOD'S NAME IMPORTANT8 ,PSALM #HC#AH ,GOD TELLS US THAT HIS NAME IS ,JEHOVAH4 8,GOD0 AND 8,LORD0 ARE NOT NAMES4 ,THEY ARE TITLES1 LIKE 8KING0 AND 8PRESIDENT40 ,JEHOVAH WANTS YOU TO USE HIS NAME4 ,EXODUS #C#AD ,HIS NAME MEANS 8,HE ,CAUSES TO ,BECOME40 ,BECAUSE ,JEHOVAH CREATED ALL THINGS1 HE CAN FULFILL ANY PROMISE HE MAKES AND CAN ACCOMPLISH HIS PURPOSE4 ,TRUTH #C ,JEHOVAH ,LOVES ,US 8,GOD IS LOVE40,-#A ,JOHN #D#H ,WHAT DOES ,GOD'S LOVE MEAN FOR US8 ,EXODUS #CD#F2 ,PSALM #CG#BH ,HE IS MERCIFUL AND COMPASSIONATE4 ,HE LOVES TRUTH AND JUSTICE4 ,PSALM #HF#E ,HE IS FORGIVING4 #B ,PETER #C#I ,HE IS PATIENT WITH US4 ,REVELATION #AE#D ,HE IS LOYAL TO US4 ,TRUTH #D ,GOD ,CARES ,FOR ,YOU 8,THROW ALL YOUR ANXIETY ON HIM1 BECAUSE HE CARES FOR YOU40,- #A ,PETER #E#G ,HOW DO YOU KNOW THAT ,GOD REALLY CARES FOR YOU8 ,PSALM #CG#I-AA ,HE PROMISES TO END SUFFERING AND TO REPAIR ALL THE DAMAGE DONE BY BAD PEOPLE4 ,JAMES #D#H ,JEHOVAH WANTS YOU TO BE CLOSE TO HIM4 ,JOHN #AG#C ,THE MORE YOU LEARN ABOUT ,GOD1 THE MORE YOU WILL LOVE HIM4 GGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGG ,CHAPTER ,TWO ,THE ,BIBLE ,-,A ,BOOK ,FROM ,GOD #A1B4 ,WHY IS THE ,BIBLE AN EXCITING GIFT FROM ,GOD8 #A ,HOW DO YOU FEEL WHEN A FRIEND SURPRISES YOU WITH A GIFT8 ,YOU CAN'T WAIT TO OPEN IT1 AND YOU ARE HAPPY THAT YOUR FRIEND THOUGHT OF YOU4 ,YOU THANK HIM FOR IT4 #B ,THE ,BIBLE IS A GIFT FROM ,GOD4 ,IT GIVES US INFORMATION THAT WE CAN'T FIND ANYWHERE ELSE4 ,FOR EXAMPLE1 IT TELLS US THAT ,GOD CREATED THE HEAVENS1 THE EARTH1 AND THE FIRST MAN AND WOMAN4 ,IT GIVES US PRINCIPLES THAT CAN HELP US WHEN WE HAVE PROBLEMS4 ,IN THE ,BIBLE1 WE LEARN HOW ,GOD WILL ACCOMPLISH HIS PURPOSE TO MAKE THE EARTH A BETTER PLACE4 ,THE ,BIBLE IS SUCH AN EXCITING GIFT6 #C4 ,WHAT WILL YOU LEARN AS YOU STUDY THE ,BIBLE8 #C ,AS YOU STUDY THE ,BIBLE1 YOU WILL DISCOVER THAT ,GOD WANTS YOU TO BE HIS FRIEND4 ,THE MORE YOU LEARN ABOUT HIM1 THE CLOSER YOUR FRIENDSHIP WITH HIM WILL BECOME4 #D4 ,WHAT IMPRESSES YOU ABOUT THE ,BIBLE8 #D ,THE ,BIBLE HAS BEEN TRANSLATED INTO ABOUT #B1FJJ LANGUAGES1 AND BILLIONS OF COPIES HAVE BEEN PRINTED4 ,MORE THAN #IJ PERCENT OF THE PEOPLE IN THE WORLD CAN READ THE ,BIBLE IN THEIR OWN LANGUAGE4 ,AND ^1EACH ^1WEEK1 MORE THAN A MILLION PEOPLE GET A ,BIBLE6 ,YES1 THERE IS NO OTHER BOOK LIKE THE ,BIBLE4 ,PICTURE1 P#BJ3 ,THE .7,NEW ,WORLD ,TRANSLATION OF THE ,HOLY ,SCRIPTURES.' IS AVAILABLE IN MANY LANGUAGES #E4 ,WHY CAN WE SAY THAT THE ,BIBLE IS 8INSPIRED OF ,GOD08 #E ,THE ,BIBLE IS 8INSPIRED OF ,GOD40 "<^7,READ #B ,TIMOTHY #C#AF4^'"> ,BUT SOME MAY THINK1 ,8,THE ,BIBLE WAS WRITTEN BY MEN1 SO HOW CAN IT BE FROM ,GOD8,0 ,THE ,BIBLE ANSWERS3 8,MEN SPOKE FROM ,GOD AS THEY WERE MOVED . BY HOLY SPIRIT40 "<#B ,PETER #A#BA"> ,THIS IS SIMILAR TO A BUSINESSMAN TELLING HIS SECRETARY TO WRITE A LETTER4 ,WHO IS THE AUTHOR OF THE LETTER8 ,IT IS THE BUSINESSMAN1 NOT THE SECRETARY4 ,IN THE SAME WAY1 THE ,AUTHOR OF THE ,BIBLE IS ,GOD1 NOT THE MEN HE USED TO WRITE IT4 ,GOD GUIDED THEM TO WRITE HIS THOUGHTS4 ,THE ,BIBLE REALLY IS 8THE WORD OF ,GOD40,-#A ,THESSALONIANS #B#AC2 SEE ,ENDNOTE #B4 @.<,IN BRAILLE1 V#D P#HC4@.> 77 #B ,TIM4#C#AF3 ,ALL ,SCRIPTURE IS INSPIRED OF ,GOD AND BENEFICIAL FOR TEACHING1 FOR REPROVING1 FOR SETTING THINGS STRAIGHT1 FOR DISCIPLINING IN RIGHTEOUSNESS1 ,THE ,BIBLE ,IS ,ACCURATE #F1G4 ,WHY CAN WE SAY THAT THE ,BIBLE IS HARMONIOUS8 #F ,IT TOOK MORE THAN #A1FJJ YEARS TO WRITE THE ,BIBLE4 ,ITS WRITERS LIVED AT DIFFERENT TIMES4 ,SOME WERE WELL-EDUCATED AND OTHERS WERE NOT4 ,FOR EXAMPLE1 ONE WAS A DOCTOR4 ,OTHERS WERE FARMERS1 FISHERMEN1 SHEPHERDS1 PROPHETS1 JUDGES1 AND KINGS4 ,EVEN THOUGH THERE WERE DIFFERENT WRITERS1 ALL PARTS OF THE ,BIBLE AGREE4 ,IT DOESN'T SAY ONE THING IN ONE CHAPTER AND THE OPPOSITE IN ANOTHER4 "9 "9 ,SOME PEOPLE SAY THAT THE ,BIBLE IS NOT HARMONIOUS1 BUT THAT IS NOT TRUE4 ,SEE CHAPTER #G OF THE BOOK .7,THE ,BIBLE,-,GOD'S ,WORD OR ,MAN'S8.' PUBLISHED BY ,JEHOVAH'S ,WITNESSES4 #G ,THE FIRST CHAPTERS OF THE ,BIBLE EXPLAIN HOW THE WORLD'S PROBLEMS STARTED1 AND THE LAST CHAPTERS TELL US HOW ,GOD WILL SOLVE THOSE PROBLEMS BY MAKING THE EARTH A PARADISE4 ,THE ,BIBLE COVERS THOUSANDS OF YEARS OF HUMAN HISTORY AND SHOWS THAT ,GOD'S PURPOSE IS ALWAYS ACCOMPLISHED4 #H4 ,GIVE EXAMPLES THAT SHOW THE SCIENTIFIC ACCURACY OF THE ,BIBLE4 #H ,THE ,BIBLE WASN'T WRITTEN TO TEACH SCIENCE OR TO BE A SCHOOL TEXTBOOK1 BUT WHAT IT SAYS ABOUT SCIENTIFIC MATTERS IS ALWAYS ACCURATE4 ,THAT IS WHAT WE WOULD EXPECT OF A BOOK THAT COMES FROM ,GOD4 ,FOR EXAMPLE1 THE BOOK OF ,LEVITICUS CONTAINS ,GOD'S INSTRUCTIONS ON WAYS THE ,ISRAELITES COULD STOP DISEASE FROM SPREADING4 ,THIS WAS WRITTEN LONG BEFORE PEOPLE KNEW HOW BACTERIA AND VIRUSES CAUSE DISEASE4 ,THE ,BIBLE ALSO CORRECTLY TEACHES THAT THE EARTH HANGS ON NOTHING4 "<,JOB #BF#G"> ,AND WHEN MOST PEOPLE BELIEVED THAT THE EARTH WAS FLAT1 THE ,BIBLE SAID THAT IT WAS ROUND4,- ,ISAIAH #DJ#BB4 #I4 ,WHAT DOES THE HONESTY OF THE ,BIBLE WRITERS HELP US TO UNDERSTAND8 #I ,WHEN THE ,BIBLE TALKS ABOUT HISTORY1 IT IS ALWAYS ACCURATE4 ,BUT MANY HISTORY BOOKS ARE NOT COMPLETELY ACCURATE BECAUSE THE WRITERS WERE NOT HONEST4 ,FOR EXAMPLE1 THEY DID NOT ALWAYS WRITE ABOUT THE TIMES THEIR NATION WAS DEFEATED IN BATTLE4 ,INSTEAD1 ,BIBLE WRITERS WERE HONEST EVEN WHEN ,ISRAEL WAS DEFEATED4 ,THEY ALSO WROTE ABOUT THEIR OWN MISTAKES4 ,FOR EXAMPLE1 IN THE BOOK OF ,NUMBERS1 ,MOSES TELLS US THAT HE MADE A SERIOUS MISTAKE AND THAT ,GOD HAD TO DISCIPLINE HIM FOR IT4 "<,NUMBERS #BJ#B-AB"> ,THE HONESTY OF ,BIBLE WRITERS SHOWS THAT THE ,BIBLE COMES FROM ,GOD4 ,THIS MEANS THAT WE CAN TRUST THE ,BIBLE4 ,A ,BOOK ,FULL OF ,GOOD ,ADVICE #AJ4 ,WHY IS THE ,BIBLE'S ADVICE HELPFUL FOR US TODAY8 #AJ ,THE ,BIBLE IS 8INSPIRED OF ,GOD AND BENEFICIAL FOR TEACHING1 FOR REPROVING1 FOR SETTING THINGS STRAIGHT40 "<#B ,TIMOTHY #C#AF"> ,YES1 THE ,BIBLE'S ADVICE IS HELPFUL FOR US TODAY4 ,JEHOVAH KNOWS HOW WE ARE MADE1 SO HE UNDERSTANDS HOW WE THINK AND FEEL4 ,HE KNOWS US BETTER THAN WE KNOW OURSELVES1 AND HE WANTS US TO BE HAPPY4 ,HE KNOWS WHAT IS GOOD FOR US AND WHAT IS BAD FOR US4 #AA1AB4 " ,WHAT GOOD ADVICE DID ,JESUS GIVE IN ,MATTHEW CHAPTERS #E TO #G8 " ,WHAT ELSE CAN WE LEARN FROM THE ,BIBLE8 #AA ,IN ,MATTHEW CHAPTERS #E TO #G1 WE READ VERY GOOD ADVICE THAT ,JESUS GAVE ON HOW TO BE HAPPY1 HOW TO GET ALONG WITH OTHERS1 HOW TO PRAY1 AND HOW TO VIEW MONEY4 ,ALTHOUGH HE GAVE THIS ADVICE #B1JJJ YEARS AGO1 IT IS JUST AS POWERFUL AND HELPFUL TODAY4 #AB ,IN THE ,BIBLE1 ,JEHOVAH ALSO TEACHES US PRINCIPLES THAT HELP US TO HAVE A BETTER FAMILY LIFE1 TO BE GOOD WORKERS1 AND TO LIVE IN PEACE WITH OTHERS4 ,BIBLE PRINCIPLES CAN ALWAYS HELP US1 NO MATTER WHO WE ARE1 WHERE WE LIVE1 OR WHAT PROBLEMS WE HAVE4,-^7,READ ,ISAIAH #DH#AG2^' SEE ,ENDNOTE #C4 @.<,IN BRAILLE1 V#D P#HC4@.> 77 ,ISA4#DH#AG3 ,THIS IS WHAT ,JEHOVAH SAYS1 YOUR ,REPURCHASER1 THE ,HOLY ,ONE OF ,ISRAEL3 8,I1 ,JEHOVAH1 AM YOUR ,GOD1 ,THE ,ONE TEACHING YOU TO BENEFIT YOURSELF1 ,THE ,ONE GUIDING YOU IN THE WAY YOU SHOULD WALK4 ,YOU ,CAN ,TRUST ,BIBLE ,PROPHECY #AC4 ,WHAT DID ,ISAIAH SAY WOULD HAPPEN TO THE CITY OF ,BABYLON8 #AC ,MANY ,BIBLE PROPHECIES HAVE ALREADY COME TRUE4 ,FOR EXAMPLE1 ,ISAIAH PROPHESIED THAT ,BABYLON WOULD BE DESTROYED4 "<,ISAIAH #AC#AI"> ,HE DESCRIBED EXACTLY HOW THE CITY WOULD BE DEFEATED4 ,THE CITY WAS PROTECTED BY LARGE GATES AND A RIVER4 ,BUT ,ISAIAH FORETOLD THAT THE RIVER WOULD BE DRIED UP AND THE GATES LEFT OPEN4 ,THE ATTACKERS WOULD TAKE THE CITY WITHOUT A BATTLE4 ,ISAIAH EVEN PROPHESIED THAT A MAN NAMED ,CYRUS WOULD DEFEAT ,BABYLON4,-^7,READ ,ISAIAH #DD#BG,-#DE#B2^' SEE ,ENDNOTE #D4 @.<,IN BRAILLE1 V#D P#HD4@.> 77 ,ISA4#DD#BG,-#DE#B3 ,THE ,ONE SAYING TO THE DEEP WATERS1 ,8,BE EVAPORATED1 ,AND ,I WILL DRY UP ALL YOUR RIVERS,02 ,THE ,ONE SAYING OF ,CYRUS1 ,8,HE IS MY SHEPHERD1 ,AND HE WILL COMPLETELY CARRY OUT ALL MY WILL,02 ,THE ,ONE SAYING OF ,JERUSALEM1 ,8,SHE WILL BE REBUILT1,0 ,AND OF THE TEMPLE1 ,8,YOUR FOUNDATION WILL BE LAID4,00 ,THIS IS WHAT ,JEHOVAH SAYS TO HIS ANOINTED ONE1 TO ,CYRUS1 ,WHOSE RIGHT HAND ,I HAVE TAKEN HOLD OF ,TO SUBDUE NATIONS BEFORE HIM1 ,TO DISARM KINGS1 ,TO OPEN BEFORE HIM THE DOUBLE DOORS1 ,SO THAT THE GATES WILL NOT BE SHUT3 8,BEFORE YOU ,I WILL GO1 ,AND THE HILLS ,I WILL LEVEL4 ,THE COPPER DOORS ,I WILL BREAK IN PIECES1 ,AND THE IRON BARS ,I WILL CUT DOWN4 ,PICTURE1 P#BD3 ,THE ,BIBLE WRITER ,ISAIAH FORETOLD THAT ,BABYLON WOULD BE DEFEATED #AD1AE4 ,HOW DID ,ISAIAH'S PROPHECY COME TRUE8 #AD ,TWO HUNDRED YEARS AFTER THE PROPHECY WAS WRITTEN1 AN ARMY ARRIVED READY TO ATTACK ,BABYLON4 ,WHO WAS LEADING THE ARMY8 ,JUST AS THE PROPHECY SAID1 IT WAS ,CYRUS1 THE KING OF ,PERSIA4 ,EVERYTHING WAS SET FOR THE REST OF THE PROPHECY TO COME TRUE4 #AE ,ON THE NIGHT OF THE ATTACK1 THE ,BABYLONIANS WERE HAVING A FEAST4 ,THEY FELT SAFE BECAUSE THEY WERE PROTECTED BY MASSIVE WALLS AND A RIVER4 ,OUTSIDE THE CITY1 ,CYRUS AND HIS ARMY DUG A CHANNEL TO LOWER THE LEVEL OF THE RIVER WATER4 ,THE WATER LEVEL WENT DOWN ENOUGH FOR THE ,PERSIAN SOLDIERS TO WALK THROUGH IT4 ,BUT HOW WOULD THE ARMY GET PAST ,BABYLON'S WALLS8 ,JUST AS THE PROPHECY SAID1 THE CITY GATES WERE LEFT OPEN1 SO THE SOLDIERS TOOK THE CITY WITHOUT A BATTLE4 #AF4 " ,WHAT DID ,ISAIAH PROPHESY ABOUT THE FUTURE OF ,BABYLON8 " ,HOW DO WE KNOW THAT ,ISAIAH'S PROPHECY CAME TRUE8 #AF ,ISAIAH PROPHESIED THAT EVENTUALLY NO ONE WOULD EVER LIVE IN ,BABYLON AGAIN4 ,HE WROTE3 8,SHE WILL NEVER BE INHABITED1 NOR WILL SHE BE A PLACE TO RESIDE . IN THROUGHOUT ALL GENERATIONS40 "<,ISAIAH #AC#BJ"> ,DID THAT COME TRUE8 ,IN THE PLACE WHERE ,BABYLON USED TO BE1 ABOUT #EJ MILES SOUTH OF ,BAGHDAD1 ,IRAQ1 THERE ARE JUST RUINS4 ,EVEN TODAY1 NO ONE LIVES THERE4 ,JEHOVAH SWEPT ,BABYLON 8WITH THE BROOM OF ANNIHILATION .40,-,ISAIAH #AD#BB1BC4 "9 "9 ,IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO LEARN MORE ABOUT ,BIBLE PROPHECY1 YOU CAN READ PAGES #BG-#BI OF THE BROCHURE .7,A ,BOOK FOR ,ALL ,PEOPLE1.' PUBLISHED BY ,JEHOVAH'S ,WITNESSES4 ,PICTURE1 P#BE3 ,THE RUINS OF ,BABYLON #AG4 ,WHY CAN WE TRUST ALL OF ,GOD'S PROMISES8 #AG ,THE FACT THAT SO MANY ,BIBLE PROPHECIES HAVE ALREADY COME TRUE MEANS THAT WE CAN TRUST WHAT THE ,BIBLE SAYS ABOUT THE FUTURE4 ,WE CAN BE SURE THAT ,JEHOVAH WILL KEEP HIS PROMISE TO MAKE THE EARTH A PARADISE4 "<^7,READ ,NUMBERS #BC#AI4^'"> ,YES1 WE HAVE THE HOPE OF 8EVERLASTING LIFE THAT ,GOD1 WHO CANNOT LIE1 PROMISED LONG AGO40,- ,TITUS #A#B4 "9 "9 ,THE DESTRUCTION OF ,BABYLON IS JUST ONE ,BIBLE PROPHECY THAT CAME TRUE4 ,YOU CAN FIND INFORMATION ON PROPHECIES ABOUT ,JESUS ,CHRIST IN ,ENDNOTE #E4 @.<,IN BRAILLE1 V#D P#HE4@.> 77 ,NUM4#BC#AI3 ,GOD IS NOT A MERE MAN WHO TELLS LIES1 ,NOR A SON OF MAN WHO CHANGES HIS MIND4 ,WHEN HE SAYS SOMETHING1 WILL HE NOT DO IT8 ,WHEN HE SPEAKS1 WILL HE NOT CARRY IT OUT8 ,THE ,BIBLE ,CAN ,CHANGE ,YOUR ,LIFE #AH4 ,HOW DOES ,PAUL DESCRIBE 8THE WORD OF ,GOD08 #AH ,WE HAVE LEARNED THAT THERE IS NO OTHER BOOK LIKE THE ,BIBLE4 ,IT IS HARMONIOUS1 AND WHEN IT TALKS ABOUT SCIENTIFIC OR HISTORICAL MATTERS1 IT IS ALWAYS ACCURATE4 ,IT ALSO GIVES US GOOD ADVICE AND CONTAINS MANY PROPHECIES THAT HAVE ALREADY COME TRUE4 ,BUT THE ,BIBLE DOES EVEN MORE THAN THAT4 ,THE APOSTLE ,PAUL WROTE3 8,THE WORD OF ,GOD IS ALIVE AND EXERTS POWER40 ,WHAT DOES THAT MEAN8,-^7,READ ,HEBREWS #D#AB4^' 77 ,HEB4#D#AB3 ,FOR THE WORD OF ,GOD IS ALIVE AND EXERTS POWER AND IS SHARPER THAN ANY TWO-EDGED SWORD AND PIERCES EVEN TO THE DIVIDING OF SOUL AND SPIRIT1 AND OF JOINTS FROM THE MARROW1 AND IS ABLE TO DISCERN THOUGHTS AND INTENTIONS OF THE HEART4 #AI1BJ4 " ,HOW CAN THE ,BIBLE HELP YOU TO KNOW WHO YOU ARE8 " ,HOW CAN YOU SHOW THAT YOU ARE THANKFUL FOR THE GIFT OF THE ,BIBLE8 #AI ,THE ,BIBLE CAN CHANGE YOUR LIFE4 ,IT CAN HELP YOU TO KNOW WHO YOU REALLY ARE4 ,IT CAN HELP YOU TO UNDERSTAND YOUR DEEPEST THOUGHTS AND FEELINGS4 ,FOR EXAMPLE1 WE MAY THINK THAT WE LOVE ,GOD4 ,BUT TO PROVE THAT WE LOVE HIM1 WE NEED TO APPLY WHAT THE ,BIBLE SAYS4 #BJ ,THE ,BIBLE TRULY IS A BOOK FROM ,GOD4 ,HE WANTS YOU TO READ IT1 STUDY IT1 AND LOVE IT4 ,BE THANKFUL FOR THIS GIFT1 AND KEEP STUDYING IT4 ,THEN YOU WILL UNDERSTAND ,GOD'S PURPOSE FOR HUMANS4 ,IN THE NEXT CHAPTER1 WE WILL LEARN MORE ABOUT THIS PURPOSE4 ,BOX1 P#BG-#BH 7777777777777777777777777777777777 ,SUMMARY ,TRUTH #A ,THE ,BIBLE ,IS ,FROM ,GOD 8,ALL ,SCRIPTURE IS INSPIRED OF ,GOD40,-#B ,TIMOTHY #C#AF ,HOW IS THE ,BIBLE DIFFERENT FROM ANY OTHER BOOK8 ,THE ,BIBLE HAS BEEN TRANSLATED INTO ABOUT #B1FJJ LANGUAGES1 AND BILLIONS OF COPIES HAVE BEEN PRINTED4 ,IT GIVES US INFORMATION THAT WE CANNOT FIND ANYWHERE ELSE4 #A ,THESSALONIANS #B#AC ,THE ,AUTHOR OF THE ,BIBLE IS ,GOD4 #B ,PETER #A#BA ,GOD GUIDED MEN TO EXPRESS HIS THOUGHTS4 ,TRUTH #B ,THE ,BIBLE ,IS A ,BOOK OF ,PROPHECY 8,GOD 444 CANNOT LIE40,- ,TITUS #A#B ,WHY CAN YOU TRUST THE ,BIBLE8 ,ISAIAH #DD#BG,-#DE#B ,HUNDREDS OF YEARS BEFORE IT HAPPENED1 THE ,BIBLE PROPHESIED HOW ,BABYLON WOULD BE CONQUERED4 #B ,TIMOTHY #C#A-E ,BIBLE PROPHECIES ARE BEING FULFILLED NOW4 ,NUMBERS #BC#AI ,WE CAN TRUST WHAT THE ,BIBLE SAYS ABOUT THE FUTURE4 ,TRUTH #C ,THE ,BIBLE ,IS ,DESIGNED TO ,HELP ,YOU 8,I1 ,JEHOVAH1 AM YOUR ,GOD1 THE ,ONE TEACHING YOU TO BENEFIT YOURSELF40,-,ISAIAH #DH#AG ,WHAT HAVE YOU LEARNED ABOUT THE ,BIBLE8 ,JOB #BF#G2 ,ISAIAH #DJ#BB ,WHAT THE ,BIBLE SAYS ABOUT SCIENTIFIC MATTERS IS ACCURATE4 ,NUMBERS #BJ#B-AB ,BIBLE WRITERS WERE HONEST4 ,MATTHEW #E-#G ,JESUS GAVE US ADVICE ON HOW TO BE HAPPY1 HOW TO GET ALONG WITH OTHERS1 HOW TO PRAY1 AND HOW TO VIEW MONEY4 ,TRUTH #D ,THE ,BIBLE ,CAN ,CHANGE ,YOUR ,LIFE 8,THE WORD OF ,GOD IS ALIVE AND EXERTS POWER40,-,HEBREWS #D#AB ,WHAT CAN ,GOD'S ,WORD DO FOR YOU8 _4 ,IT CAN HELP YOU TO UNDERSTAND ,GOD'S PURPOSE4 _4 ,IT CAN HELP YOU TO KNOW WHAT KIND OF PERSON YOU ARE4 _4 ,IT CAN HELP YOU TO UNDERSTAND WHAT ,GOD EXPECTS OF YOU4 ,GOD WANTS YOU TO READ1 STUDY1 AND LOVE THE ,BIBLE4 GGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGG ,CHAPTER ,THREE ,WHAT ,IS ,GOD'S ,PURPOSE FOR ,HUMANS8 #A4 ,WHAT IS ,GOD'S PURPOSE FOR HUMANS8 #A ,GOD HAS A WONDERFUL PURPOSE FOR HUMANS4 ,HE CREATED THE FIRST MAN AND WOMAN1 ,ADAM AND ,EVE1 TO LIVE IN A BEAUTIFUL GARDEN4 ,HIS PURPOSE WAS FOR THEM TO HAVE CHILDREN1 TO MAKE THE WHOLE EARTH A PARADISE1 AND TO TAKE CARE OF THE ANIMALS4,-,GENESIS #A#BH2 #B#H1I1AE2 SEE ,ENDNOTE #F4 @.<,IN BRAILLE1 V#D P#HH4@.> #B4 " ,HOW DO WE KNOW THAT ,GOD WILL DO WHAT HE HAS PURPOSED8 " ,WHAT DOES THE ,BIBLE SAY ABOUT LIVING FOREVER8 #B ,DO YOU THINK THAT WE WILL EVER LIVE IN A PARADISE8 ,JEHOVAH TELLS US3 8,I HAVE PURPOSED IT1 AND ,I WILL ALSO CARRY IT OUT40 "<,ISAIAH #DF#I-AA2 #EE#AA"> ,YES1 HE WILL DO WHAT HE HAS PURPOSED1 AND NOTHING WILL STOP HIM4 ,JEHOVAH SAYS THAT HE CREATED THE EARTH FOR A REASON4 ,HE 8DID NOT CREATE IT SIMPLY FOR NOTHING40 "<,ISAIAH #DE#AH"> ,HE WANTS PEOPLE TO LIVE ALL OVER THE EARTH4 ,WHAT KIND OF PEOPLE DOES ,GOD WANT TO LIVE HERE1 AND FOR HOW LONG8 ,THE ,BIBLE SAYS3 8,THE ^1RIGHTEOUS . WILL POSSESS THE EARTH1 AND THEY WILL ^1LIVE ^1FOREVER ON IT40,-,PSALM #CG#BI2 ,REVELATION #BA#C1D4 #C4 ,SINCE HUMANS GET SICK AND DIE1 WHAT MIGHT YOU ASK8 #C ,BUT TODAY PEOPLE GET SICK AND DIE4 ,IN MANY PLACES1 THEY FIGHT AND KILL ONE ANOTHER4 ,SURELY THIS IS NOT WHAT ,GOD PURPOSED4 ,SO1 WHAT HAPPENED1 AND WHY8 ,ONLY THE ,BIBLE CAN EXPLAIN4 ,AN ,ENEMY OF ,GOD #D1E4 " ,WHO SPOKE TO ,EVE THROUGH A SNAKE IN THE GARDEN OF ,EDEN8 " ,HOW CAN A PERSON WHO IS HONEST BECOME A THIEF8 #D ,THE ,BIBLE TELLS US THAT ,GOD HAS AN ENEMY WHO IS 8CALLED ,DEVIL AND ,SATAN40 ,SATAN USED A SNAKE TO SPEAK TO ,EVE IN THE GARDEN OF ,EDEN4 "<,REVELATION #AB#I2 ,GENESIS #C#A"> ,HE MADE IT LOOK AS THOUGH THE SNAKE WAS TALKING4,-,SEE ,ENDNOTE #G4 @.<,IN BRAILLE1 V#D P#HI4@.> #E ,SO1 DID ,GOD CREATE ,SATAN THE ,DEVIL8 ,NO6 ^1,AN ^1ANGEL WHO HAD BEEN IN HEAVEN WHEN ,GOD PREPARED THE EARTH FOR ,ADAM AND ,EVE ^7CHANGED AND BECAME THE ,DEVIL4^' "<,JOB #CH#D1G"> ,HOW WAS THAT POSSIBLE8 ,WELL1 HOW DOES AN HONEST PERSON CHANGE AND BECOME A THIEF8 ,HE WAS NOT BORN A THIEF4 ,BUT HE DESIRES1 OR WANTS1 SOMETHING THAT DOESN'T BELONG TO HIM4 ,HE ^7KEEPS THINKING ABOUT IT1^' AND HIS WRONG DESIRE BECOMES STRONGER4 ,THEN1 WHEN HE GETS A CHANCE1 HE STEALS IT4 ,HE HAS TURNED HIMSELF INTO A THIEF4,- ^7,READ ,JAMES #A#AC-AE2^' SEE ,ENDNOTE #H4 @.<,IN BRAILLE1 V#D P#HI4@.> 77 ,JAS4#A#AC-AE3 ,WHEN UNDER TRIAL1 LET NO ONE SAY3 8,I AM BEING TRIED BY ,GOD40 ,FOR WITH EVIL THINGS ,GOD CANNOT BE TRIED1 NOR DOES HE HIMSELF TRY ANYONE4 ,BUT EACH ONE IS TRIED BY BEING DRAWN OUT AND ENTICED BY HIS OWN DESIRE4 ,THEN THE DESIRE1 WHEN IT HAS BECOME FERTILE1 GIVES BIRTH TO SIN2 IN TURN SIN1 WHEN IT HAS BEEN CARRIED OUT1 BRINGS FORTH DEATH4 #F4 ,HOW DID AN ANGEL BECOME AN ENEMY OF ,GOD8 #F ,THIS IS WHAT HAPPENED TO THAT ANGEL4 ,AFTER ,JEHOVAH CREATED ,ADAM AND ,EVE1 HE TOLD THEM TO HAVE CHILDREN AND 8FILL THE EARTH40 "<,GENESIS #A#BG1BH"> ,THAT ANGEL MAY HAVE THOUGHT1 ,8,ALL THOSE PEOPLE COULD WORSHIP ME INSTEAD OF ,JEHOVAH6,0 ,THE MORE HE THOUGHT ABOUT IT1 THE MORE HE DESIRED WHAT BELONGS TO ,JEHOVAH4 ,THAT ANGEL WANTED PEOPLE TO WORSHIP HIM4 ,SO HE LIED TO ,EVE AND MISLED HER4 "<^7,READ ,GENESIS #C#A-E4^'"> ,BY DOING THAT1 HE BECAME ,SATAN THE ,DEVIL1 AN ENEMY OF ,GOD4 77 ,GEN4#C#A-E3 ,NOW THE SERPENT WAS THE MOST CAUTIOUS OF ALL THE WILD ANIMALS OF THE FIELD THAT ,JEHOVAH ,GOD HAD MADE4 ,SO IT SAID TO THE WOMAN3 8,DID ,GOD REALLY SAY THAT YOU MUST NOT EAT FROM EVERY TREE OF THE GARDEN80 ,AT THIS THE WOMAN SAID TO THE SERPENT3 8,WE MAY EAT OF THE FRUIT OF THE TREES OF THE GARDEN4 ,BUT ,GOD HAS SAID ABOUT THE FRUIT OF THE TREE THAT IS IN THE MIDDLE OF THE GARDEN3 ,8,YOU MUST NOT EAT FROM IT1 NO1 YOU MUST NOT TOUCH IT2 OTHERWISE YOU WILL DIE4,00 ,AT THIS THE SERPENT SAID TO THE WOMAN3 8,YOU CERTAINLY WILL NOT DIE4 ,FOR ,GOD KNOWS THAT IN THE VERY DAY YOU EAT FROM IT1 YOUR EYES WILL BE OPENED AND YOU WILL BE LIKE ,GOD1 KNOWING GOOD AND BAD40 #G4 " ,WHY DID ,ADAM AND ,EVE DIE8 " ,WHY DO WE GROW OLD AND DIE8 #G ,ADAM AND ,EVE DISOBEYED ,GOD AND ATE THE FRUIT4 "<,GENESIS #B#AG2 #C#F"> ,THEY SINNED AGAINST ,JEHOVAH1 AND IN TIME THEY DIED1 JUST AS ,JEHOVAH HAD SAID THEY WOULD4 "<,GENESIS #C#AG-AI"> ,ADAM AND ,EVE'S CHILDREN WERE SINNERS1 SO THEY DIED4 "<^7,READ ,ROMANS #E#AB4^'"> ,TO HELP US UNDERSTAND WHY ,ADAM AND ,EVE'S CHILDREN WERE ALSO SINNERS1 CONSIDER THIS EXAMPLE4 ,IMAGINE BAKING A LOAF OF BREAD IN A PAN THAT HAS A DENT4 ,THE BREAD WILL HAVE THE SAME DENT AS THE PAN4 ,WHEN ,ADAM DISOBEYED ,GOD1 ,ADAM BECAME A SINNER4 ,BECAUSE WE ARE ,ADAM'S CHILDREN1 ALL OF US ARE SINNERS1 OR HAVE THE SAME 8DENT0 AS HE DID4 ,AND BECAUSE WE ARE ALL SINNERS1 WE GROW OLD AND DIE4,-,ROMANS #C#BC2 SEE ,ENDNOTE #I4 @.<,IN BRAILLE1 V#D P#IJ4@.> 77 ,ROM4#E#AB3 ,THAT IS WHY1 JUST AS THROUGH ONE MAN SIN ENTERED INTO THE WORLD AND DEATH THROUGH SIN1 AND SO DEATH SPREAD TO ALL MEN BECAUSE THEY HAD ALL SINNED,-4 #H1I4 " ,WHAT DID ,SATAN WANT ,ADAM AND ,EVE TO BELIEVE8 " ,WHY DID ,JEHOVAH NOT KILL THE REBELS IMMEDIATELY8 #H ,SATAN STARTED A REBELLION AGAINST ,JEHOVAH WHEN HE INFLU- ENCED ,ADAM AND ,EVE TO DISOBEY ,GOD4 ,HE WANTED ,ADAM AND ,EVE TO BELIEVE THAT ,JEHOVAH IS A LIAR1 A BAD RULER WHO DIDN'T WANT THE BEST FOR THEM4 ,SATAN WAS SAYING THAT HUMANS DON'T NEED ,GOD TO TELL THEM WHAT TO DO AND THAT ,ADAM AND ,EVE SHOULD DECIDE FOR THEMSELVES WHAT WAS RIGHT AND WRONG4 ,SO1 WHAT WOULD ,JEHOVAH DO8 ,HE COULD HAVE KILLED THE REBELS AND ENDED THE REBELLION4 ,BUT WOULD THAT HAVE PROVED THAT ,SATAN IS A LIAR8 ,NO1 IT WOULDN'T4 #I ,THUS1 ,JEHOVAH DIDN'T KILL THE REBELS IMMEDIATELY4 ,INSTEAD1 HE ALLOWED TIME FOR HUMANS TO RULE THEMSELVES4 ,THIS WOULD MAKE IT CLEAR THAT ,SATAN IS A LIAR AND THAT ,JEHOVAH KNOWS WHAT IS BEST FOR HUMANS4 ,WE WILL LEARN MORE ABOUT THAT IN ,CHAPTER #AA4 ,BUT WHAT DO YOU THINK ABOUT ,ADAM AND ,EVE'S DECISION8 ,WAS IT RIGHT FOR THEM TO BELIEVE ,SATAN AND DISOBEY ,GOD8 ,JEHOVAH HAD GIVEN ,ADAM AND ,EVE EVERYTHING THEY HAD4 ,HE GAVE THEM PERFECT LIFE1 A BEAUTIFUL PLACE TO LIVE1 AND WORK THAT THEY ENJOYED4 ,BUT ,SATAN HAD NEVER DONE ANYTHING GOOD FOR THEM4 ,IF YOU HAD BEEN THERE1 WHAT WOULD YOU HAVE DONE8 #AJ4 ,WHAT IMPORTANT CHOICE DOES EACH OF US HAVE8 #AJ ,TODAY1 EACH OF US HAS A SIMILAR CHOICE TO MAKE1 AND OUR LIFE DEPENDS ON THAT CHOICE4 ,WE CAN CHOOSE TO OBEY ,JEHOVAH AS OUR ,RULER AND HELP PROVE THAT ,SATAN IS A LIAR4 ,OR WE CAN CHOOSE ,SATAN AS OUR RULER4 "<,PSALM #GC#BH2 ^7READ ,PROVERBS #BG#AA4^'"> ,VERY FEW PEOPLE IN THIS WORLD OBEY ,GOD4 ,IN FACT1 HE IS NOT THE RULER OF THE WORLD4 ,BUT IF ,GOD ISN'T1 WHO IS8 77 ,PROV4#BG#AA3 ,BE WISE1 MY SON1 AND MAKE MY HEART REJOICE1 ,SO THAT ,I CAN MAKE A REPLY TO HIM WHO TAUNTS ME4 ,WHO ,RULES THE ,WORLD8 #AA1AB4 " ,WHAT DO WE LEARN FROM ,SATAN'S OFFER TO ,JESUS8 " ,WHAT SCRIPTURES SHOW THAT ,SATAN RULES THE WORLD8 #AA ,JESUS KNEW WHO REALLY RULES THE WORLD4 ,ON ONE OCCASION1 ,SATAN 8SHOWED HIM ALL THE KINGDOMS OF THE WORLD AND THEIR GLORY40 ,THEN ,SATAN PROMISED ,JESUS3 8,ALL THESE THINGS ,I WILL GIVE YOU IF YOU FALL . DOWN AND DO AN ACT OF WORSHIP TO ME40 "<,MATTHEW #D#H1I2 ,LUKE #D#E1F"> ,ASK YOURSELF1 ,8,IF THOSE KINGDOMS DIDN'T BELONG TO ,SATAN1 COULD HE HAVE OFFERED THEM TO ,JESUS8,0 ,NO4 ,ALL GOVERNMENTS BELONG TO ,SATAN4 #AB ,YOU MAY WONDER3 ,8,HOW COULD ,SATAN BE THE RULER OF THE WORLD8 ,ISN'T ,JEHOVAH THE ,ALMIGHTY ,GOD WHO CREATED THE UNIVERSE8,0 "<,REVELATION #D#AA"> ,YES1 HE IS1 BUT ,JESUS CLEARLY CALLED ,SATAN 8THE RULER OF THIS WORLD40 "<,JOHN #AB#CA2 #AD#CJ2 #AF#AA"> ,THE APOSTLE ,PAUL CALLED ,SATAN THE ,DEVIL 8THE GOD OF THIS SYSTEM OF THINGS40 "<#B ,CORINTHIANS #D#C1D"> ,AND THE APOSTLE ,JOHN WROTE THAT 8THE WHOLE WORLD IS LYING IN THE POWER OF THE WICKED ONE40,-#A ,JOHN #E#AI4 ,PICTURE1 P#CB3 ,IF ALL THE KINGDOMS OF THE WORLD DIDN'T BELONG TO ,SATAN1 COULD HE HAVE OFFERED THEM TO ,JESUS8 ,HOW ,WILL ,SATAN'S ,WORLD ,BE ,DESTROYED8 #AC4 ,WHY DO WE NEED A NEW WORLD8 #AC ,THIS WORLD IS BECOMING MORE AND MORE DANGEROUS4 ,WE SEE WARS1 CORRUPTION1 HYPOCRISY1 AND VIOLENCE ALL AROUND US4 ,HUMANS CANNOT GET RID OF ALL THESE PROBLEMS1 NO MATTER HOW HARD THEY TRY4 ,BUT ,GOD WILL SOON DESTROY THIS WICKED WORLD DURING HIS WAR OF ,ARMAGEDDON1 AND HE WILL REPLACE IT WITH A RIGHTEOUS NEW WORLD4,-,REVELATION #AF#AD-AF2 SEE ,ENDNOTE #AJ4 @.<,IN BRAILLE1 V#D P#IA4@.> #AD4 ,WHOM HAS ,GOD CHOSEN TO BE ,KING OF ,HIS ,KINGDOM8 ,WHAT DID THE ,BIBLE FORETELL ABOUT ,JESUS8 #AD ,JEHOVAH CHOSE ,JESUS ,CHRIST TO BE THE ,KING OF ,HIS HEAVENLY GOVERNMENT1 OR ,KINGDOM4 ,THOUSANDS OF YEARS AGO1 THE ,BIBLE FORETOLD THAT ,JESUS WOULD RULE AS 8,PRINCE OF ,PEACE0 AND THAT HIS GOVERNMENT WOULD NEVER END4 "<,ISAIAH #I#F1G"> ,JESUS TAUGHT HIS FOLLOWERS TO PRAY FOR THIS GOVERNMENT WHEN HE SAID3 8,LET YOUR ,KINGDOM COME4 ,LET YOUR WILL TAKE PLACE1 AS IN HEAVEN1 ALSO ON EARTH40 "<,MATTHEW #F#AJ"> ,IN ,CHAPTER #H1 WE WILL LEARN HOW ,GOD'S ,KINGDOM WILL REPLACE THE WORLD'S GOVERNMENTS4 "<^7,READ ,DANIEL #B#DD4^'"> ,THEN ,GOD'S ,KINGDOM WILL MAKE THE EARTH INTO A BEAUTIFUL PARADISE4 ,-,SEE ,ENDNOTE #AA4 @.<,IN BRAILLE1 V#D P#IA4@.> 77 ,DAN4#B#DD3 8,IN THE DAYS OF THOSE KINGS THE ,GOD OF HEAVEN WILL SET UP A KINGDOM THAT WILL NEVER BE DESTROYED4 ,AND THIS KINGDOM WILL NOT BE PASSED ON TO ANY OTHER PEOPLE4 ,IT WILL CRUSH AND PUT AN END TO ALL THESE KINGDOMS1 AND IT ALONE WILL STAND FOREVER1 ,A ,NEW ,WORLD ,IS ,NEAR6 #AE4 ,WHAT IS THE 8NEW EARTH08 #AE ,THE ,BIBLE PROMISES3 8,THERE ARE NEW HEAVENS AND A NEW EARTH THAT WE ARE AWAITING10 AND 8IN THESE RIGHTEOUSNESS IS TO DWELL40 "<#B ,PETER #C#AC2 ,ISAIAH #FE#AG"> ,SOMETIMES WHEN THE ,BIBLE TALKS ABOUT 8THE EARTH10 IT'S TALKING ABOUT THE PEOPLE WHO LIVE ON THE EARTH4 "<,GENESIS #AA#A"> ,SO THE RIGHTEOUS 8NEW EARTH0 REFERS TO ALL THE PEOPLE WHO OBEY ,GOD AND ARE BLESSED BY HIM4 #AF4 ,WHAT WONDERFUL GIFT WILL ,GOD GIVE TO THOSE WHO LIVE IN HIS NEW WORLD1 AND WHAT MUST WE DO TO RECEIVE THIS GIFT8 #AF ,JESUS PROMISED THAT THOSE WHO LIVE IN ,GOD'S NEW WORLD WILL BE GIVEN 8EVERLASTING LIFE40 "<,MARK #AJ#CJ"> ,WHAT MUST WE DO TO RECEIVE THIS GIFT8 ,PLEASE ^7READ ,JOHN #C#AF AND #AG#C^' TO FIND THE ANSWER4 ,LET US NOW SEE WHAT THE ,BIBLE SAYS LIFE WILL BE LIKE IN THE EARTHLY ,PARADISE4 77 ,JOHN #C#AF3 8,FOR ,GOD LOVED THE WORLD SO MUCH THAT HE GAVE HIS ONLY-BEGOTTEN ,SON1 SO THAT EVERYONE EXERCISING FAITH IN HIM MIGHT NOT BE DESTROYED BUT HAVE EVERLASTING LIFE4 77 ,JOHN #AG#C3 ,THIS MEANS EVERLASTING LIFE1 THEIR COMING TO KNOW YOU1 THE ONLY TRUE ,GOD1 AND THE ONE WHOM YOU SENT1 ,JESUS ,CHRIST4 #AG1AH4 ,HOW DO WE KNOW THAT THERE WILL BE PEACE EVERYWHERE ON THE EARTH AND THAT WE WILL FEEL SECURE8 #AG ^7,WICKEDNESS1 WAR1 CRIME1 AND VIOLENCE WILL BE GONE4^' ,THERE WILL NOT BE ANY WICKED PEOPLE LEFT ON EARTH4 "<,PSALM #CG#AJ1AA"> ,GOD WILL BRING 8AN END TO WARS THROUGHOUT THE EARTH40 "<,PSALM #DF#I2 ,ISAIAH #B#D"> ,THE EARTH WILL BE FULL OF PEOPLE WHO LOVE ,GOD AND ARE OBEDIENT TO HIM4 ,THERE WILL BE PEACE FOREVER4 ,-,PSALM #GB#G4 #AH ^7,JEHOVAH'S PEOPLE WILL FEEL SECURE4^' ,IN ,BIBLE TIMES1 WHEN THE ,ISRAELITES OBEYED ,GOD1 THEY WERE SAFE BECAUSE HE PROTECTED THEM4 "<,LEVITICUS #BE#AH1AI"> ,IN THE ,PARADISE1 WE WILL NOT BE AFRAID OF ANYTHING OR ANYBODY4 ,WE WILL ALWAYS FEEL SECURE6,-^7,READ ,ISAIAH #CB#AH2 ,MICAH #D#D4^' 77 ,ISA4#CB#AH3 ,MY PEOPLE WILL DWELL IN A PEACEFUL ABIDING PLACE1 ,IN SECURE DWELLINGS AND IN TRANQUIL RESTING-PLACES4 77 ,MIC4#D#D3 ,THEY WILL SIT1 EACH ONE UNDER HIS VINE AND UNDER HIS FIG TREE1 ,AND NO ONE WILL MAKE THEM AFRAID1 ,FOR THE MOUTH OF ,JEHOVAH OF ARMIES HAS SPOKEN4 #AI4 ,WHY CAN WE BE SURE THAT THERE WILL BE PLENTY OF FOOD IN ,GOD'S NEW WORLD8 #AI ^7,THERE WILL BE PLENTY OF FOOD4^' 8,THERE WILL BE AN ABUNDANCE OF GRAIN ON THE EARTH2 ON THE TOP OF THE MOUNTAINS IT WILL OVERFLOW40 "<,PSALM #GB#AF"> ,JEHOVAH1 8OUR ,GOD1 WILL BLESS US10 AND 8THE EARTH WILL GIVE ITS PRODUCE40,-,PSALM #FG#F4 #BJ4 ,HOW DO WE KNOW THAT THE EARTH WILL BECOME A PARADISE8 #BJ ^7,THE WHOLE EARTH WILL BECOME A PARADISE4^' ,PEOPLE WILL HAVE BEAUTIFUL HOUSES AND GARDENS4 "<^7,READ ,ISAIAH #FE#BA-BD2 ,REVELATION #AA#AH4^'"> ,THE WHOLE EARTH WILL BE AS BEAUTIFUL AS THE GARDEN OF ,EDEN WAS4 ,JEHOVAH WILL ALWAYS GIVE US EVERYTHING THAT WE NEED4 ,THE ,BIBLE SAYS ABOUT HIM3 8,YOU OPEN YOUR HAND AND SATISFY THE DESIRE OF EVERY LIVING THING40 ,-,PSALM #ADE#AF4 77 ,ISA4#FE#BA-BD3 ,THEY WILL BUILD HOUSES AND LIVE IN THEM1 ,AND THEY WILL PLANT VINEYARDS AND EAT THEIR FRUITAGE4 ,THEY WILL NOT BUILD FOR SOMEONE ELSE TO INHABIT1 ,NOR WILL THEY PLANT FOR OTHERS TO EAT4 ,FOR THE DAYS OF MY PEOPLE WILL BE LIKE THE DAYS OF A TREE1 ,AND THE WORK OF THEIR HANDS MY CHOSEN ONES WILL ENJOY TO THE FULL4 ,THEY WILL NOT TOIL FOR NOTHING1 ,NOR WILL THEY BEAR CHILDREN FOR DISTRESS1 ,BECAUSE THEY ARE THE OFFSPRING MADE UP OF THOSE BLESSED BY ,JEHOVAH1 ,AND THEIR DESCENDANTS WITH THEM4 ,EVEN BEFORE THEY CALL OUT1 ,I WILL ANSWER2 ,WHILE THEY ARE YET SPEAKING1 ,I WILL HEAR4 77 ,REV4#AA#AH3 ,BUT THE NATIONS BECAME WRATHFUL1 AND YOUR OWN WRATH CAME1 AND THE APPOINTED TIME CAME FOR THE DEAD TO BE JUDGED AND TO REWARD YOUR SLAVES THE PROPHETS AND THE HOLY ONES AND THOSE FEARING YOUR NAME1 THE SMALL AND THE GREAT1 AND TO BRING TO RUIN THOSE RUINING THE EARTH40 #BA4 ,HOW DO WE KNOW THAT THERE WILL BE PEACE BETWEEN HUMANS AND ANIMALS8 #BA ^7,THERE WILL BE PEACE BETWEEN HUMANS AND ANIMALS4^' ,ANIMALS WILL NOT HARM HUMANS ANYMORE4 ,LITTLE CHILDREN WILL FEEL SAFE1 EVEN AROUND ANIMALS THAT ARE DANGEROUS TO US TODAY4,- ^7,READ ,ISAIAH #AA#F-I2 #FE#BE4^' 77 ,ISA4#AA#F-I3 ,THE WOLF WILL RESIDE FOR A WHILE WITH THE LAMB1 ,AND WITH THE YOUNG GOAT THE LEOPARD WILL LIE DOWN1 ,AND THE CALF AND THE LION AND THE FATTENED ANIMAL WILL ALL BE TOGETHER2 ,AND A LITTLE BOY WILL LEAD THEM4 ,THE COW AND THE BEAR WILL FEED TOGETHER1 ,AND THEIR YOUNG WILL LIE DOWN TOGETHER4 ,THE LION WILL EAT STRAW LIKE THE BULL4 ,THE NURSING CHILD WILL PLAY OVER THE LAIR OF A COBRA1 ,AND A WEANED CHILD WILL PUT HIS HAND OVER THE DEN OF A POISONOUS SNAKE4 ,THEY WILL NOT CAUSE ANY HARM ,OR ANY RUIN IN ALL MY HOLY MOUNTAIN1 ,BECAUSE THE EARTH WILL CERTAINLY BE FILLED WITH THE KNOWLEDGE OF ,JEHOVAH ,AS THE WATERS COVER THE SEA4 77 ,ISA4#FE#BE3 ,THE WOLF AND THE LAMB WILL FEED TOGETHER1 ,THE LION WILL EAT STRAW JUST LIKE THE BULL1 ,AND THE SERPENT'S FOOD WILL BE DUST4 ,THEY WILL DO NO HARM NOR CAUSE ANY RUIN IN ALL MY HOLY MOUNTAIN10 SAYS ,JEHOVAH4 #BB4 ,WHAT WILL ,JESUS DO FOR THOSE WHO ARE SICK8 #BB ^7,NO ONE WILL BE SICK4^' ,WHEN ,JESUS WAS ON EARTH1 HE HEALED MANY PEOPLE4 "<,MATTHEW #I#CE2 ,MARK #A#DJ-DB2 ,JOHN #E#E-I"> ,BUT AS ,KING OF ,GOD'S ,KINGDOM1 ,JESUS WILL HEAL EVERYONE4 ,NO ONE WILL EVER SAY3 8,I AM SICK40,-,ISAIAH #CC#BD2 #CE#E1F4 #BC4 ,WHAT WILL ,GOD DO FOR THOSE WHO HAVE DIED8 #BC ^7,THE DEAD WILL LIVE AGAIN4^' ,GOD PROMISES THAT HE WILL RESURRECT MILLIONS OF PEOPLE WHO HAVE DIED4 8,THERE IS GOING TO BE A RESURRECTION OF BOTH THE RIGHTEOUS AND THE UNRIGHTEOUS40,- ^7,READ ,JOHN #E#BH1BI2^' ,ACTS #BD#AE4 77 ,JOHN #E#BH1BI3 ,DO NOT BE AMAZED AT THIS1 FOR THE HOUR IS COMING IN WHICH ALL THOSE IN THE MEMORIAL TOMBS WILL HEAR HIS VOICE AND COME OUT1 THOSE WHO DID GOOD THINGS TO A RESURRECTION OF LIFE1 AND THOSE WHO PRACTICED VILE THINGS TO A RESURRECTION OF JUDGMENT4 #BD4 ,HOW DO YOU FEEL ABOUT LIVING IN ,PARADISE8 #BD ,WE ALL HAVE A CHOICE4 ,WE CAN CHOOSE TO LEARN ABOUT ,JEHOVAH AND SERVE HIM1 OR WE CAN JUST DO WHAT WE WANT TO DO4 ,IF WE CHOOSE TO SERVE ,JEHOVAH1 WE CAN HAVE A WONDERFUL FUTURE4 ,WHEN A MAN ASKED ,JESUS TO REMEMBER HIM AFTER HE DIED1 ,JESUS PROMISED HIM3 8,YOU WILL BE WITH ME IN ,PARADISE40 "<,LUKE #BC#DC"> ,LET US LEARN MORE ABOUT ,JESUS ,CHRIST AND HOW HE WILL MAKE ,GOD'S WONDERFUL PROMISES COME TRUE4 ,BOX1 P#CH-#CI 7777777777777777777777777777777777 ,SUMMARY ,TRUTH #A ,GOD ,CREATED ,US FOR A ,PURPOSE 8,THE RIGHTEOUS WILL POSSESS THE EARTH1 AND THEY WILL LIVE FOREVER ON IT40,-,PSALM #CG#BI ,WHAT IS ,GOD'S PURPOSE FOR HUMANS8 ,GENESIS #A#BH ,GOD WANTED FAMILIES TO MAKE THE EARTH A PARADISE AND TO LOOK AFTER THE ANIMALS4 ,ISAIAH #DF#I-AA2 #EE#AA ,GOD WILL DO WHAT HE HAS PURPOSED1 AND NOTHING WILL STOP HIM4 ,TRUTH #B ,WHY ,LIFE ,IS ,DIFFICULT 8,THE WHOLE WORLD IS LYING IN THE POWER OF THE WICKED ONE40,- #A ,JOHN #E#AI ,WHO RULES THE WORLD8 ,JOHN #AB#CA ,JESUS CALLED ,SATAN THE RULER OF THE WORLD4 ,JAMES #A#AC-AE ,SATAN WANTED WHAT DID NOT BELONG TO HIM4 ,GENESIS #B#AG2 #C#A-F ,SATAN MISLED ,EVE1 ,ADAM AND ,EVE DISOBEYED ,GOD1 AND LATER ,ADAM AND ,EVE BOTH DIED4 ,ROMANS #C#BC2 #E#AB ,WE DIE BECAUSE WE INHERITED SIN FROM ,ADAM4 #B ,CORINTHIANS #D#C1D ,SATAN MISLEADS PEOPLE4 ,TRUTH #C ,GOD'S ,KINGDOM ,WILL ,SOLVE THE ,PROBLEM 8,LET YOUR ,KINGDOM COME4 ,LET YOUR WILL TAKE PLACE 444 ON EARTH40,-,MATTHEW #F#AJ ,WHAT WILL ,JEHOVAH DO8 ,DANIEL #B#DD ,GOD'S GOVERNMENT WILL REPLACE ALL THE WORLD'S GOVERNMENTS4 ,REVELATION #AF#AD-AF ,GOD WILL DESTROY THIS WICKED WORLD AT ,ARMAGEDDON4 ,ISAIAH #I#F1G ,JEHOVAH HAS CHOSEN ,JESUS TO BE THE ,KING OF ,HIS HEAVENLY GOVERNMENT4 ,JESUS WILL RULE OVER THE EARTH4 ,TRUTH #D ,GOD'S ,KINGDOM ,WILL ,MAKE THE ,EARTH A ,PARADISE 8,YOU OPEN YOUR HAND AND SATISFY THE DESIRE OF EVERY LIVING THING40 ,-,PSALM #ADE#AF ,WHAT WILL ,GOD'S ,KINGDOM DO FOR US8 ,PSALM #DF#I ,WAR1 CRIME1 AND VIOLENCE WILL BE GONE4 ,ISAIAH #CB#AH2 #FE#BA-BD ,IN THE NEW WORLD1 ALL WILL HAVE BEAUTIFUL HOUSES AND GARDENS AND WILL LIVE IN PEACE4 ,PSALM #GB#AF ,THERE WILL BE PLENTY OF FOOD4 ,ISAIAH #AA#F-I ,THERE WILL BE PEACE BETWEEN HUMANS AND ANIMALS4 ,ISAIAH #CC#BD2 ,ACTS #BD#AE ,NO ONE WILL BE SICK1 AND THE DEAD WILL LIVE AGAIN4 GGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGG ,CHAPTER ,FOUR ,WHO ,IS ,JESUS ,CHRIST8 #A1B4 " ,DO YOU REALLY KNOW SOMEONE FAMOUS IF YOU KNOW ONLY HIS NAME8 ,EXPLAIN4 " ,WHAT DO PEOPLE BELIEVE ABOUT ,JESUS8 #A ,THERE ARE MANY FAMOUS PEOPLE IN THE WORLD4 ,YOU MAY KNOW THE NAME OF SOMEONE FAMOUS4 ,BUT JUST BECAUSE YOU KNOW HIS NAME DOESN'T MEAN THAT YOU KNOW HIM WELL4 ,IT DOESN'T MEAN THAT YOU KNOW EVERY DETAIL ABOUT HIS LIFE AND WHAT HE IS REALLY LIKE4 #B ,YOU MAY HAVE HEARD ABOUT ,JESUS ,CHRIST1 EVEN THOUGH HE LIVED ON EARTH ABOUT #B1JJJ YEARS AGO4 ,BUT MOST PEOPLE DO NOT KNOW WHAT ,JESUS WAS LIKE AS A PERSON4 ,SOME SAY HE WAS A GOOD MAN1 SOME SAY HE WAS A PROPHET1 AND SOME BELIEVE THAT HE IS ,GOD4 ,WHAT DO YOU THINK8,-,SEE ,ENDNOTE #AB4 @.<,IN BRAILLE1 V#D P#IB4@.> #C4 ,WHY IS IT IMPORTANT FOR YOU TO KNOW ,JEHOVAH ,GOD AND ,JESUS ,CHRIST8 #C ,IT IS IMPORTANT FOR YOU TO KNOW THE TRUTH ABOUT ,JESUS4 ,WHY8 ,THE ,BIBLE TELLS US3 8,THIS MEANS EVERLASTING LIFE1 THEIR COMING TO KNOW YOU1 THE ONLY TRUE ,GOD1 AND ^7THE ONE WHOM YOU SENT1 ,JESUS ,CHRIST4^'0 "<,JOHN #AG#C"> ,YES1 IF YOU KNOW THE TRUTH ABOUT ,JEHOVAH AND ,JESUS1 YOU CAN LIVE FOREVER ON A PARADISE EARTH4 "<,JOHN #AD#F"> ,ALSO1 KNOWING ABOUT ,JESUS WILL HELP YOU BECAUSE HE IS THE BEST EXAMPLE OF HOW TO LIVE AND TREAT OTHERS4 "<,JOHN #AC#CD1CE"> ,IN ,CHAPTER #A1 WE LEARNED THE TRUTH ABOUT ,GOD4 ,NOW WE WILL LEARN WHAT THE ,BIBLE TEACHES ABOUT ,JESUS4 ,WE ,HAVE ,FOUND THE ,MESSIAH6 #D4 ,WHAT DO THE WORDS 8,MESSIAH0 AND 8,CHRIST0 MEAN8 #D ,MANY YEARS BEFORE ,JESUS WAS BORN1 ,JEHOVAH PROMISED IN THE ,BIBLE THAT HE WOULD SEND THE ,MESSIAH1 OR ,CHRIST4 ,THE WORD 8,MESSIAH0 COMES FROM THE ,HEBREW LANGUAGE1 AND THE WORD 8,CHRIST0 COMES FROM THE ,GREEK4 ,BOTH OF THESE TITLES MEAN THAT ,GOD WOULD CHOOSE THE PROMISED ,MESSIAH AND GIVE HIM A SPECIAL POSITION4 ,THE ,MESSIAH WILL MAKE ALL OF ,GOD'S PROMISES COME TRUE4 ,JESUS CAN ALSO HELP YOU RIGHT NOW4 ,BUT BEFORE ,JESUS WAS BORN1 MANY PEOPLE WONDERED1 ,8,WHO WILL BE THE ,MESSIAH8,0 #E4 ,DID ,JESUS' DISCIPLES BE- LIEVE THAT HE WAS THE ,MESSIAH8 #E ,JESUS' DISCIPLES HAD NO DOUBT THAT HE WAS THE PROMISED ,MESSIAH4 "<,JOHN #A#DA"> ,FOR EXAMPLE1 ,SIMON ,PETER SAID TO ,JESUS3 8,YOU ARE THE ,CHRIST40 "<,MATTHEW #AF#AF"> ,HOW CAN WE BE SURE THAT ,JESUS IS THE ,MESSIAH8 #F4 ,HOW DID ,JEHOVAH HELP SINCERE PEOPLE TO IDENTIFY THE ,MESSIAH8 #F ,LONG BEFORE ,JESUS WAS BORN1 ,GOD'S PROPHETS WROTE DOWN MANY DETAILS THAT WOULD HELP PEOPLE FIND THE ,MESSIAH4 ,HOW WOULD THIS HELP8 ,SUPPOSE YOU WERE ASKED TO GO TO A BUSY BUS STATION TO PICK UP A PERSON YOU HAD NEVER MET4 ,IF SOMEONE GAVE YOU A GOOD DESCRIPTION OF THAT PERSON1 YOU WOULD BE ABLE TO FIND HIM4 ,IN THE SAME WAY1 ,JEHOVAH USED HIS PROPHETS TO TELL US ABOUT WHAT THE ,MESSIAH WOULD DO AND WHAT WOULD HAPPEN TO HIM4 ,THE FULFILLMENT OF ALL THOSE PROPHECIES HELPS SINCERE PEOPLE TO KNOW THAT ,JESUS IS THE ,MESSIAH4 #G4 ,WHAT ARE TWO PROPHECIES THAT PROVE THAT ,JESUS IS THE ,MESSIAH8 #G ,HERE ARE TWO OF THOSE PROPHECIES4 ,FIRST1 #GJJ YEARS BEFORE ,JESUS WAS BORN1 ,MICAH PROPHESIED THAT THE ,MESSIAH WOULD BE BORN IN THE SMALL TOWN OF ,BETHLEHEM4 "<,MICAH #E#B"> ,AND THAT'S WHERE ,JESUS WAS BORN6 "<,MATTHEW #B#A1C-I"> ,SECOND1 ,DANIEL PROPHESIED THAT THE ,MESSIAH WOULD APPEAR IN THE YEAR #BI ,C4,E4 "<,DANIEL #I#BE"> ,THESE ARE JUST TWO OF THE MANY PROPHECIES THAT CLEARLY PROVE THAT ,JESUS IS THE PROMISED ,MESSIAH4,-,SEE ,ENDNOTE #AC4 @.<,IN BRAILLE1 V#D P#IB4@.> #H1I4 ,WHAT HAPPENED AT ,JESUS' BAPTISM THAT PROVES HE IS THE ,MESSIAH8 #H ,JEHOVAH HAS MADE IT VERY CLEAR THAT ,JESUS IS THE ,MESSIAH4 ,GOD PROMISED TO GIVE ,JOHN THE ,BAPTIZER A SIGN SO THAT HE WOULD KNOW WHO THE ,MESSIAH WAS4 ,WHEN ,JESUS WENT TO ,JOHN TO GET BAPTIZED IN THE ,JORDAN ,RIVER IN THE YEAR #BI ,C4,E41 ,JOHN SAW THAT SIGN4 ,THE ,BIBLE TELLS US WHAT HAPPENED3 8,AFTER BEING BAPTIZED1 ,JESUS IMMEDIATELY CAME UP FROM THE WATER2 AND LOOK6 THE HEAVENS WERE OPENED UP1 AND HE SAW ,GOD'S SPIRIT DESCENDING LIKE A DOVE AND COMING UPON HIM4 ,LOOK6 ,ALSO1 A VOICE FROM THE HEAVENS SAID3 ,8,THIS IS MY ,SON1 THE BELOVED1 WHOM ,I HAVE APPROVED4,00 "<,MATTHEW #C#AF1AG"> ,WHEN ,JOHN SAW AND HEARD THIS SIGN1 HE KNEW THAT ,JESUS WAS THE ,MESSIAH4 "<,JOHN #A#CB-CD"> ,ON THAT DAY1 WHEN ,JEHOVAH POURED OUT HIS SPIRIT ON HIM1 ,JESUS BECAME THE ,MESSIAH4 ,HE WAS THE ONE WHOM ,GOD HAD CHOSEN TO BE ,LEADER AND ,KING4,-,ISAIAH #EE#D4 #I ,BIBLE PROPHECIES1 ,JEHOVAH'S OWN WORDS1 AND THE SIGN ,HE GAVE AT ,JESUS' BAPTISM PROVE THAT ,JESUS IS THE ,MESSIAH4 ,BUT WHERE DID ,JESUS COME FROM1 AND WHAT WAS HE LIKE8 ,LET US SEE WHAT THE ,BIBLE SAYS4 ,PICTURE1 P#DB-#DC3 ,AT HIS BAPTISM1 ,JESUS BECAME THE ,MESSIAH1 OR ,CHRIST ,WHERE ,DID ,JESUS ,COME ,FROM8 #AJ4 ,WHAT DOES THE ,BIBLE TEACH ABOUT ,JESUS' LIFE BEFORE HE CAME TO EARTH8 #AJ ,THE ,BIBLE TEACHES THAT ,JESUS LIVED IN HEAVEN FOR A LONG TIME BEFORE HE CAME TO EARTH4 ,MICAH SAID THAT THE ,MESSIAH WAS 8FROM ANCIENT TIMES40 "<,MICAH #E#B"> ,JESUS HIMSELF SAID MANY TIMES THAT HE HAD LIVED IN HEAVEN BEFORE BEING BORN AS A HUMAN4 "<^7,READ ,JOHN #C#AC2 #F#CH1FB2 #AG#D1E4^'"> ,EVEN BEFORE COMING TO EARTH1 ,JESUS HAD A SPECIAL RELATIONSHIP WITH ,JEHOVAH4 77 ,JOHN #C#AC3 ,MOREOVER1 NO MAN HAS ASCENDED INTO HEAVEN BUT THE ONE WHO DESCENDED FROM HEAVEN1 THE ,SON OF MAN4 77 ,JOHN #F#CH3 FOR ,I HAVE COME DOWN FROM HEAVEN TO DO1 NOT MY OWN WILL1 BUT THE WILL OF HIM WHO SENT ME4 77 ,JOHN #F#FB3 ,WHAT1 THEREFORE1 IF YOU SHOULD SEE THE ,SON OF MAN ASCENDING TO WHERE HE WAS BEFORE8 77 ,JOHN #AG#D1E3 ,I HAVE GLORIFIED YOU ON THE EARTH1 HAVING FINISHED THE WORK YOU HAVE GIVEN ME TO DO4 ,SO NOW1 ,FATHER1 GLORIFY ME AT YOUR SIDE WITH THE GLORY THAT ,I HAD ALONGSIDE YOU BEFORE THE WORLD WAS4 #AA4 ,WHY IS ,JESUS SO PRECIOUS TO ,JEHOVAH8 #AA ,JESUS IS VERY PRECIOUS TO ,JEHOVAH4 ,WHY8 ,BECAUSE ,GOD CREATED HIM BEFORE EVERYTHING AND EVERYONE ELSE4 ,SO ,JESUS IS CALLED 8THE FIRSTBORN OF ALL CREATION40 "9 "<,COLOSSIANS #A#AE"> ,JESUS IS ALSO PRECIOUS TO ,JEHOVAH BECAUSE HE IS THE ONLY ONE ,JEHOVAH CREATED DIRECTLY4 ,THAT IS WHY HE IS CALLED THE 8ONLY-BEGOTTEN ,SON40 "<,JOHN #C#AF"> ,JESUS IS ALSO THE ONLY ONE ,JEHOVAH USED TO CREATE ALL OTHER THINGS4 "<,COLOSSIANS #A#AF"> ,AND ONLY ,JESUS IS CALLED 8THE ,WORD10 BECAUSE ,JEHOVAH USED HIM TO GIVE MESSAGES AND INSTRUCTIONS TO ANGELS AND HUMANS4 ,-,JOHN #A#AD4 "9 ,JEHOVAH IS CALLED A ,FATHER BECAUSE HE IS THE ,CREATOR4 "<,ISAIAH #FD#H"> ,JESUS IS CALLED ,GOD'S ,SON BECAUSE ,JEHOVAH CREATED HIM4 ,ANGELS1 AS WELL AS THE MAN ,ADAM1 ARE ALSO CALLED SONS OF ,GOD4,-,JOB #A#F2 ,LUKE #C#CH4 #AB4 ,HOW DO WE KNOW THAT ,JESUS AND ,GOD ARE NOT THE SAME PERSON8 #AB ,SOME PEOPLE BELIEVE THAT ,JESUS AND ,GOD ARE THE SAME PERSON4 ,BUT THAT'S NOT WHAT THE ,BIBLE TEACHES4 ,THE ,BIBLE SAYS THAT ,JESUS WAS CREATED1 WHICH MEANS THAT ,JESUS HAD A BEGINNING4 ,BUT ,JEHOVAH1 WHO CREATED ALL THINGS1 HAD NO BEGINNING4 "<,PSALM #IJ#B"> ,AS ,GOD'S ,SON1 ,JESUS NEVER THOUGHT OF TRYING TO BE ,GOD4 ,THE ,BIBLE CLEARLY TEACHES THAT THE ,FATHER IS GREATER THAN THE ,SON4 "<^7,READ ,JOHN #AD#BH2^' #A ,CORINTHIANS #AA#C4"> ,ONLY ,JEHOVAH IS 8,GOD ,ALMIGHTY40 "<,GENESIS #AG#A"> ,HE IS THE GREATEST AND MOST POWERFUL PERSON IN THE UNIVERSE4,-,SEE ,ENDNOTE #AD4 @.<,IN BRAILLE1 V#D P#IF4@.> 77 ,JOHN #AD#BH3 ,YOU HEARD THAT ,I SAID TO YOU1 ,8,I AM GOING AWAY AND ,I AM COMING BACK TO YOU4,0 ,IF YOU LOVED ME1 YOU WOULD REJOICE THAT ,I AM GOING TO THE ,FATHER1 FOR THE ,FATHER IS GREATER THAN ,I AM4 #AC4 ,WHY DOES THE ,BIBLE SAY THAT ,JESUS IS 8THE IMAGE OF THE INVISIBLE ,GOD08 #AC ,JEHOVAH AND HIS ,SON1 ,JESUS1 WORKED CLOSELY TOGETHER FOR BILLIONS OF YEARS BEFORE THE HEAVENS AND THE EARTH WERE CREATED4 ,THEY MUST HAVE LOVED EACH OTHER VERY MUCH6 "<,JOHN #C#CE2 #AD#CA"> ,JESUS IMITATED HIS FATHER'S QUALITIES SO WELL THAT THE ,BIBLE CALLS HIM 8THE IMAGE OF THE INVISIBLE ,GOD40,- ,COLOSSIANS #A#AE4 #AD4 ,HOW COULD ,JEHOVAH'S PRECIOUS ,SON BE BORN AS A HUMAN8 #AD ,JEHOVAH'S PRECIOUS ,SON WAS WILLING TO LEAVE HEAVEN AND BE BORN ON EARTH AS A HUMAN4 ,HOW WAS THAT POSSIBLE8 ,JEHOVAH MIRACU- LOUSLY TRANSFERRED HIS ,SON'S LIFE FROM HEAVEN TO THE WOMB OF A VIRGIN NAMED ,MARY4 ,IN THIS WAY1 ,JESUS DID NOT NEED TO HAVE A HUMAN FATHER4 ,SO ,MARY GAVE BIRTH TO A PERFECT SON1 AND SHE CALLED HIM ,JESUS4,-,LUKE #A#CJ-CE4 ,WHAT ,WAS ,JESUS ,LIKE8 #AE4 ,HOW CAN YOU COME TO KNOW ,JEHOVAH BETTER8 #AE ,YOU CAN LEARN A LOT ABOUT ,JESUS1 HIS LIFE1 AND HIS QUALITIES BY READING THE ,BIBLE BOOKS OF ,MATTHEW1 ,MARK1 ,LUKE1 AND ,JOHN4 ,THOSE BOOKS ARE CALLED THE ,GOSPELS4 ,BECAUSE ,JESUS IS JUST LIKE HIS ,FATHER1 WHAT YOU READ WILL ALSO HELP YOU COME TO KNOW ,JEHOVAH BETTER4 ,THAT IS WHY ,JESUS COULD SAY3 8,WHOEVER HAS SEEN ME HAS SEEN THE ,FATHER ALSO40,-,JOHN #AD#I4 #AF4 ,WHAT DID ,JESUS TEACH8 ,WHERE DID ,JESUS' TEACHINGS COME FROM8 #AF ,MANY PEOPLE CALLED ,JESUS 8,TEACHER40 "<,JOHN #A#CH2 #AC#AC"> ,ONE OF THE MOST IMPORTANT THINGS THAT HE TAUGHT WAS 8THE GOOD NEWS OF THE ,KINGDOM40 ,WHAT IS THIS ,KINGDOM8 ,IT IS ,GOD'S GOVERNMENT THAT WILL RULE OVER THE ENTIRE EARTH FROM HEAVEN AND BRING BLESSINGS TO PEOPLE WHO OBEY ,GOD4 "<,MATTHEW #D#BC"> ,EVERYTHING ,JESUS TAUGHT CAME FROM ,JEHOVAH4 ,JESUS SAID3 8,WHAT ,I TEACH IS NOT MINE1 BUT BELONGS TO HIM WHO SENT ME40 "<,JOHN #G#AF"> ,JESUS KNEW THAT ,JEHOVAH WANTS PEOPLE TO HEAR THE GOOD NEWS THAT ,GOD'S ,KINGDOM WILL RULE OVER THE EARTH4 #AG4 ,WHERE DID ,JESUS TEACH8 ,WHY DID HE WORK SO HARD TO TEACH OTHERS8 #AG ,WHERE DID ,JESUS TEACH8 ,EVERYWHERE HE FOUND PEOPLE4 ,HE TAUGHT IN THE COUNTRYSIDE AS WELL AS IN CITIES1 VILLAGES1 MARKETS1 PLACES OF WORSHIP1 AND PEOPLE'S HOMES4 ,HE DIDN'T EXPECT PEOPLE TO COME TO HIM4 ,HE OFTEN WENT TO THEM4 "<,MARK #F#EF2 ,LUKE #AI#E1F"> ,JESUS WORKED HARD AND SPENT MUCH TIME AND ENERGY TEACHING PEOPLE4 ,WHY8 ,BECAUSE HE KNEW THAT ,GOD WANTED HIM TO DO THAT AND BECAUSE HE ALWAYS OBEYED HIS ,FATHER4 "<,JOHN #H#BH1BI"> ,JESUS ALSO PREACHED BECAUSE HE FELT COMPASSION FOR PEOPLE4 "<^7,READ ,MATTHEW #I#CE1CF4^'"> ,HE COULD SEE THAT THE RELIGIOUS LEADERS WERE NOT TEACHING THE TRUTH ABOUT ,GOD AND HIS ,KINGDOM4 ,SO HE WANTED TO HELP AS MANY AS POSSIBLE TO HEAR THE GOOD NEWS4 77 ,MATT4#I#CE1CF3 ,AND ,JESUS SET OUT ON A TOUR OF ALL THE CITIES AND VILLAGES1 TEACHING IN THEIR SYNAGOGUES AND PREACHING THE GOOD NEWS OF THE ,KINGDOM AND CURING EVERY SORT OF DISEASE AND EVERY SORT OF INFIRMITY4 ,ON SEEING THE CROWDS1 HE FELT PITY FOR THEM1 BECAUSE THEY WERE SKINNED AND THROWN ABOUT LIKE SHEEP WITHOUT A SHEPHERD4 ,PICTURES1 P#DH-#DI3 ,JESUS PREACHED WHEREVER HE FOUND PEOPLE #AH4 ,WHAT QUALITIES OF ,JESUS DO YOU LIKE THE MOST8 #AH ,JESUS WAS A MAN WHO LOVED PEOPLE AND CARED FOR THEM4 ,HE WAS KIND AND EASY TO TALK TO4 ,EVEN CHILDREN LIKED TO BE WITH HIM4 "<,MARK #AJ#AC-AF"> ,JESUS WAS ALWAYS FAIR4 ,HE HATED CORRUPTION AND INJUSTICE4 "<,MATTHEW #BA#AB1AC"> ,HE LIVED AT A TIME WHEN WOMEN DIDN'T HAVE MANY RIGHTS AND WERE NOT TREATED WITH RESPECT4 ,BUT ,JESUS ALWAYS TREATED WOMEN WITH RESPECT AND DIGNITY4 "<,JOHN #D#I1BG"> ,JESUS WAS ALSO TRULY HUMBLE4 ,FOR EXAMPLE1 ONE EVENING HE WASHED THE FEET OF HIS APOSTLES1 SOMETHING THAT WAS NORMALLY DONE BY A SERVANT4,-,JOHN #AC#B-E1AB-AG4 #AI4 ,WHAT EXAMPLE SHOWS THAT ,JESUS KNEW WHAT PEOPLE REALLY NEEDED AND THAT HE WANTED TO HELP THEM8 #AI ,JESUS KNEW WHAT PEOPLE REALLY NEEDED1 AND HE WANTED TO HELP THEM4 ,THIS WAS VERY CLEAR WHEN HE USED ,GOD'S POWER TO HEAL PEOPLE MIRACULOUSLY4 "<,MATTHEW #AD#AD"> ,FOR EXAMPLE1 A MAN WITH LEPROSY CAME TO ,JESUS AND SAID3 8,IF YOU JUST WANT TO1 YOU CAN MAKE ME CLEAN40 ,JESUS WAS MOVED BY THIS MAN'S PAIN AND SUFFERING4 ,HE FELT SORRY FOR HIM AND WANTED TO HELP HIM4 ,SO ,JESUS STRETCHED OUT HIS HAND1 TOUCHED THE MAN1 AND SAID TO HIM3 8,I WANT TO6 ,BE MADE CLEAN40 ,AND THE SICK MAN WAS HEALED6 "<,MARK #A#DJ-DB"> ,CAN YOU IMAGINE HOW THAT MAN MUST HAVE FELT8 ,ALWAYS ,FAITHFUL TO ,HIS ,FATHER #BJ1BA4 ,HOW IS ,JESUS THE BEST EXAMPLE OF OBEDIENCE TO ,GOD8 #BJ ,JESUS IS THE BEST EXAMPLE OF OBEDIENCE TO ,GOD4 ,NO MATTER WHAT HAPPENED OR WHAT HIS ENEMIES DID TO HIM1 HE WAS FAITHFUL TO HIS ,FATHER4 ,FOR EXAMPLE1 ,JESUS DID NOT SIN WHEN ,SATAN TRIED TO TEMPT HIM4 "<,MATTHEW #D#A-AA"> ,SOME OF ,JESUS' OWN FAMILY DIDN'T BELIEVE HE WAS THE ,MESSIAH AND SAID THAT HE WAS 8OUT OF HIS MIND10 BUT ,JESUS KEPT DOING ,GOD'S WORK4 "<,MARK #C#BA"> ,WHEN HIS ENEMIES WERE CRUEL TO HIM1 ,JESUS STAYED FAITHFUL TO ,GOD AND NEVER TRIED TO HARM THEM4,-#A ,PETER #B#BA-BC4 #BA ,EVEN WHEN ,JESUS SUFFERED A CRUEL AND PAINFUL DEATH1 HE STAYED FAITHFUL TO ,JEHOVAH4 "<^7,READ ,PHILIPPIANS #B#H4^'"> ,IMAGINE HOW MUCH HE HAD TO ENDURE ON THE DAY HE DIED4 ,HE WAS ARRESTED1 FALSE WITNESSES ACCUSED HIM OF BLASPHEMY1 CORRUPT JUDGES CONDEMNED HIM1 MOBS LAUGHED AT HIM1 AND SOLDIERS TORTURED HIM AND NAILED HIM TO A STAKE4 ,WHEN HE WAS DYING HE CRIED OUT3 8,IT HAS BEEN ACCOMPLISHED60 "<,JOHN #AI#CJ"> ,THREE DAYS AFTER ,JESUS DIED1 ,JEHOVAH RESURRECTED HIM AND GAVE HIM A SPIRIT BODY4 "<#A ,PETER #C#AH"> ,A FEW WEEKS LATER1 ,JESUS RETURNED TO HEAVEN1 8SAT DOWN AT THE RIGHT HAND OF ,GOD10 AND WAITED FOR ,GOD TO MAKE HIM ,KING4,-,HEBREWS #AJ#AB1AC4 77 ,PHIL4#B#H3 ,MORE THAN THAT1 WHEN HE CAME AS A MAN1 HE HUMBLED HIMSELF AND BECAME OBEDIENT TO THE POINT OF DEATH1 YES1 DEATH ON A TORTURE STAKE4 #BB4 ,WHAT OPPORTUNITY DO WE NOW HAVE BECAUSE ,JESUS WAS FAITHFUL TO HIS ,FATHER8 #BB ,BECAUSE ,JESUS REMAINED FAITHFUL TO HIS ,FATHER1 WE NOW HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO LIVE FOREVER ON A PARADISE EARTH1 JUST AS ,JEHOVAH PURPOSED4 ,IN THE NEXT CHAPTER1 WE WILL DISCUSS HOW ,JESUS' DEATH MAKES IT POSSIBLE FOR US TO LIVE FOREVER4 ,BOX1 P#EJ-#EA 7777777777777777777777777777777777 ,SUMMARY ,TRUTH #A ,JESUS ,IS THE ,MESSIAH 8,YOU ARE THE ,CHRIST40,-,MATTHEW #AF#AF ,HOW DO WE KNOW THAT ,JESUS IS THE ,MESSIAH8 ,MATTHEW #C#AF1AG2 ,JOHN #A#CB-CD ,JEHOVAH IDENTIFIED ,JESUS AS HIS ,SON4 ,MICAH #E#B2 ,MATTHEW #B#A1C-I ,JESUS FULFILLED ALL THE PROPHECIES ABOUT THE ,MESSIAH4 ,TRUTH #B ,JESUS ,WAS AN ,ANGEL ,BEFORE ,HE ,CAME TO THE ,EARTH 8,I HAVE COME DOWN FROM HEAVEN40,- ,JOHN #F#CH ,WHAT DID ,JESUS DO IN HEAVEN8 ,COLOSSIANS #A#AE1AF ,JEHOVAH CREATED ,JESUS FIRST1 AND THEN HE USED ,JESUS TO MAKE ALL OTHER THINGS4 ,JESUS LEARNED FROM HIS ,FATHER FOR BILLIONS OF YEARS4 ,LUKE #A#CJ-CE ,JEHOVAH SENT ,JESUS TO THE EARTH4 ,TRUTH #C ,JESUS ,LOVES ,PEOPLE 8,LET THE YOUNG CHILDREN COME TO ME40,-,MARK #AJ#AD ,WHAT QUALITIES OF ,JESUS DO YOU LIKE8 ,MARK #AJ#AC-AF ,JESUS WAS KIND1 AND PEOPLE ENJOYED TALKING TO HIM4 ,JOHN #D#I1BG ,JESUS TREATED WOMEN WITH RESPECT AND DIGNITY4 ,JOHN #AC#B-E1AB-AG ,JESUS WAS HUMBLE4 ,MATTHEW #I#CE1CF2 ,MARK #A#DJ-DB ,JESUS WANTED TO HELP OTHERS4 ,TRUTH #D ,JESUS ,ALWAYS ,DOES ,GOD'S ,WILL 8,I HAVE 444 FINISHED THE WORK YOU HAVE GIVEN ME TO DO40,-,JOHN #AG#D ,HOW DOES ,JESUS' EXAMPLE HELP US TO BE FAITHFUL8 ,MATTHEW #D#A-AA ,JESUS WAS FAITHFUL WHEN TEMPTED BY THE ,DEVIL4 ,MARK #C#BA ,JESUS DID ,GOD'S WILL EVEN WHEN HIS RELATIVES MOCKED HIM4 #A ,PETER #B#BA-BC ,JESUS NEVER HARMED HIS ENEMIES4 ,PHILIPPIANS #B#H ,JESUS STAYED FAITHFUL TO ,GOD1 EVEN TO DEATH4 ,HEBREWS #AJ#AB1AC2 #A ,PETER #C#AH ,JEHOVAH RESURRECTED ,JESUS TO HEAVEN4 GGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGG