Welcome, wishing you a fine day! I would like to take some time this day to clear up a few things.

AN OUTSTANDING TRANSLATION. Some have been wondering what is the outstanding Bible translation I make use of for most verse quotations--it is the New World Translation of the Holy Scriptures, produced by a body of originally anonymous scholars beginning in the 1950's. Reasonably it has been revised and refined over the years but always with integrity to Scripture as a primary motivation. You likely have appreciated it's clarity of thought--as a literal word for word translation it makes possible careful word studies as God clearly intended to let the Scriptures themselves often interpret God's word from within. Where can you find this translation? This loving labor of work was produced by the organization originally known as IBSA, or the International Bible Students Association, who later adopted the name Jehovah's WItnesses in 1931. The best place to get this translation freely is right on your phone, tablet, or computer, by downloading the app called JW Library. Commendably, it is made available for free to the public, not just for those who are Jehovah's Witnesses. Downloading the app will enable you to further download the Study Bible, and related references, as well as helpful Bible study aids.

ORIGINS. In case you were wondering, Jehovah God, I know, was helping me in my youth largely through several Baptist friends of our family, although it took some time before I began to peer more carefully into the Scriptures. Most of my later Bible knowledge came initially as a result of association with Jehovah's Witnesses. They helped to clear up several common misunderstandings of God's word, and have the spirit of the truth, encouraging diligent study of God's word and stressing the need to "make the truth your own."--convincing yourself of the value of adherence to the truth of God. I know that God has been guiding me for a purpose, allowing me to undergo much while seeking to do His will. (John 4:34). I am very grateful to Jehovah's Witnesses for what they have done to assist and encourage a knowledge of the truth. As you may know from this website and blog, I have sought to freely share the Bible's message and wisdom with others, for the purpose that as many as possible may have a better opportunity to submit to God's will themselves, to find the road leading to eternal life and learn how to walk this road in the ways of true peace and happiness. I did this largely because the shackles of lies, both religous and secular, were seeming to get a stranglehold on our human family, contributing to much pain and sorrow as ones floundered without true wisdom and the beneficial knowledge of God. All the while, I prayed, that making such knowledge available to others wouldn't hinder God's purpose for me, to allow me to accomplish His will in the way He sees fit. I ask, still, that even you continue to respect Jehovah's decisions and judgments, and those He chooses to use to accomplish His loving will and purpose.

TWELVE TRIBES. Still, as the light of truth became clear that God didn't just want millions to survive into His righteous new world, but rather BILLIONS, I kept hoping that the organization I was learning much from would recognize God's will in this matter, such as considered in the article on this website "Twelve Tribes of Christianity." (1John 2:2; James 1:1; Galat 6:16). It is all those having the FAITH of Abraham, fleshly Israel's progenitor, "all those who walk orderly by [Christian] rule of conduct,"regardless of their ethnic origins, race, color, etc. that can make up the "Israel of God." I know that the organization is aware of this website with it's articles and blog, but have not shown a humble willingness to adjust their teachings much the slightest. They have taught that ones must meticulously avoid involvement in social and political issues in order to remain "no part of the world." Yet the world Jesus and other apostles had reference to was a godless, or unchristian one, seeking to turn ones away from Jehovah and Christ. That has not largely been the case with this nation, the United States of America, over time, that clearly God had a hand in forming some centuries ago, or many other nations of the free world, who largely believe in God and want their citizens to find true happiness, submitting to many wise principles of God's word for the betterment of the human family.