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Weekly question: Jeremiah said, “Is there no balm in Gilead?” What did you mean? Answer 1: Jeremiah referred to the people need urgent spiritual healing. In Gilead there was literal balm, a product known for its medicinal properties, but Judah’s problem was not physical, but spiritual. They had wounds caused by idolatry, disobedience and religious […]

Weekly question: In what sense did Jehovah deceive his people? Answer 1: Jehovah did not deceive his people directly, nor told them a lie. Rather, it allowed some false prophets to continue to announce a false message of peace. As the people no longer wanted to hear the warnings of Jehovah through Jeremiah, he ended

Weekly question: Jehovah defied the unbelieving Jews. What do we learn from what he told them? Jeremiah 2:28: And where are the gods that thou hast now made you? Come on, if they can save you when your calamity comes. For your gods are become as many as your cities, O Judah. Answer 1: We

The Biblical passage for this week is Isaiah 56 and 57. This week’s standout pearl question is: How is this prophecy fulfilled? Based on Isaiah 56:6, 7: As for the strangers who join Jehovah to serve him, to love the name of Jehovah, and to be his servants, all who respect the sabbath and defile

The biblical passage for this week is Isaiah’s 54 and 55. This week’s standout pearl question is: What three important things remind us of the first part of this verse? Based on Isaiah 54:17: No weapon to fabricate against you will work, and you will condemn any language that accuses you in a trial. This

The biblical passage for this week is Isaiah’s 52 and 53. This week’s standout pearl question is: Explain how this prophetic mandate is implemented Based on Isaiah 52:11: Step aside, get away, get out of there, don’t touch anything impure. Stand out of the way of her, keep clean, you who bear the vessels of

The Biblical passage for this week is Isaiah 50 and 51. This week’s standout pearl question is: Apparently, what does this text mean? Based on Isaiah 51:1: Listen to me, ye, ye who go after righteousness, ye that seek Jehovah. Look at the rock from which they were cut and in the quarry from which