Posted by You Know [YOUKNOW] on April 09, 1999 at 12:10:57 {qzNMJDwJ.2/CPYT8orz2uZ.2QN.njo}:
In Reply to: *My Assignment From Jehovah posted by Doug on April 09, 1999 at 10:43:02:
Thats sorta like challenging David Copperfield to do a card trick ain't it?
One line of reasoning, for those capable of it, is that the language of the 109th Psalm expands to include a plurality, not just simply one individual like the man Judas. Notice verse 27 for example, it says: "And may THEY know that this is your hand; that you yourself, O Jehovah, have done it."
Also, verse 28 similarly says: "Let THEM for THEIR part, pronounce a malediction." There is no biblical evidence whatsoever that Judas ever publically denouced Jesus, and besides the prophecy foretells it will be "they" and "them"--- not he or him.
Futhermore, in a related Psalm which Jesus personally applied to Judas who ate the dipped morsel from Christ's own hand, the language is even more indicative that there is a most larger fulfillment. Psalm 41:9 is the verse, but notice the preceeding verse 7 which says: "Unitedly against me ALL THOSE hating me whisper to one another; Against me they keep scheming something bad for me."
How well this prophecy applies to H2O, which is indeed a public forum which has brought various kinds of opposers of Jehovah's anointed ones together, and has given them
a voice so that they may "unitedly" speak against us. The "wicked suspicions," and idle gossip, the twisted reasonings of those who at one time apparently knew better, identify H2O as one of the things which has helped galvanize and
unite a modern day Judas class in their opposition to the work of Jehovah. Hope that helps. / You Know