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I use the King James Version
when talking to people of the Jehovah's Witness faith, because I don't
trust the New World Translation and most of them somewhat trust
the King James Version.
First read Rev.
1:8
to them which says in the KJV "I am Alpha and Omega, the beginning and
the ending, saith the Lord, which is, and which was, and which is to
come, the Almighty."
Ask them who is the
Alpha and Omega in this verse, they will have to say Jehovah because
the version Jehovah's Witnesses use says Jehovah.
Next read
Revelation 21:6-7 which
says "And he said unto me, It is done. I am Alpha and Omega, the
beginning and the end. I will give unto him that is athirst of the
fountain of the water of life freely. He that overcometh shall
inherit all things; and I will be his God, and he shall be my
son."
Ask who is
the Beginning and
the End, in this verse. They should respond
Jehovah again because they have already said that the Alpha and Omega
is Jehovah.
Then read
Rev. 22:12-13
"And, behold, I come quickly; and my reward is with me, to give every
man according as his work shall be. I am Alpha and Omega, the beginning
and the end, the first and the last." Say, If the Alpha and Omega is
Jehovah, the Beginning and the End is Jehovah, then the First and the
Last should be Jehovah as well, do you agree? When they say
yes continue reading the passage down to verse 16, which identifies the
speaker as Jesus. At this point they will start getting antsy and try
to convince you the speaker has changed in the passage. Then just say
ok, and ask them again if the First and the Last is Jehovah. When
they say yes tell them just one more passage.
Read Rev. 1:17-18
"And when I saw him, I fell at his feet as dead. And he laid his right
hand upon me, saying unto me, Fear not; I am the first and the last: I
am he that liveth, and was dead; and, behold, I am alive for
evermore,
Amen; and have the keys of hell and of death. "
The speaker here says he was dead,
when did Jehovah die?
If they try to
fight you on this point remind them that they said that Jehovah was the
Alpha and Omega the Beginning and the End, the First and the
last. If they were right when they said that then Jehovah must
have died at some point, and you would like to know when, If they were
wrong then Jesus is the Alpha and Omega, the Beginning and the End the
First and the Last, and Almighty (Rev. 1:8)
At this point they will probably
claim to remember an appointment and hurriedly excuse themselves.
When they do hand both of them pieces of paper
with those
verses written down on it along with your phone number. And invite them
to call you back if they have any more thoughts on the subject.
Handing one to each person enables
them to come back secretly if one is so inclined, if you had the paper
to just one, they may not let the other have access to it.
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