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warum ihr beim Lesen der älteren Kommentare (bis 2013) den Eindruck habt, dass wir Zeugen Jehovas sind, erkläre ich hier ausführlich. Nur ganz kurz: NEIN, wir sind keine ZJ, sondern einfach nur Christen – ohne irgendeine Konfession, Dachverband oder Organisation über uns – die für Gott und sein Wort brennen und sich gerne mit anderen darüber unterhalten und austauschen
Hier findest du die Daten zu unseren Treffen
Unser Ziel
… ist es, Menschen die Gott noch nicht kennen, zu ihm zu führen und mit seinem Wort bekannt zu machen; andere mit unserer Begeisterung für Gott und sein Wort anzustecken; einander zu ermuntern, im Glauben zu bleiben und zu wachsen; und einander zu helfen, ein ganz persönliches Verhältnis zum Schöpfer zu entwickeln, zu bewahren und zu vertiefen.
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Wir betrachten die ganze Bibel als Gottes Wort und sie hat für uns oberste Autorität. Wir vertreten keine bestimmte Lehrmeinung, sondern beziehen auch gerne andere Meinungen und Auslegungen mit ein, denn jeder sollte sich selbst anhand der Bibel ein Bild machen
Warum sagen wir „Jehova“?
Bitte „entschuldigt“, aber Arnold Fruchtenbaum – ein Jude, der zu Christus gefunden hat, benutzt (ebenso wie die unrevidierte Elberfelder 1905) diesen Namen als Name Gottes und er hatte auch in einem Seminar mal erklärt, warum:
Auch wenn wir aufgrund der Schreibart der Juden nicht genau wissen, wie der Name früher ausgesprochen wurde (die Juden selbst sprechen ihn überhaupt nicht aus), so wissen wir doch, dass die meisten Namen der Bibel, die ein „Je“ drin haben, von dem Namen Gottes abgeleitet sind, wie zum.B. Jesus, Jesaja, Jeremia – um nur einige zu nennen
Viele sprechen den Namen heute gar nicht mehr aus, das HERR hat den Gottes Namen in der Bibel ersetzt. Die meisten Übersetzer, die den Namen drin gelassen haben, übersetzen ihn mit Jahwe. Der Name Jehova wird sehr ungern benutzt, da er an die Zeugen Jehovas erinnert…
Wichtig ist, dass der Name überhaupt benutzt wird, wir werden es unter anderem auch bei den 10 Plagen noch sehen. Es steht dir also frei, Jahwe oder Jehova zu sagen.
Wir benutzen wie Arnold Fruchtenbaum den Namen Jehova – aus den selben Gründen
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Josiah entered the story of Judah carrying a name weighed down by history, he was known as the grandson of Judah’s most wicked king.
Josiah was the grandson of Manasseh,
a king remembered not for wisdom or repentance,
but for leading the nation into some
of its darkest spiritual years.
Manasseh rebuilt the high places
that had once been torn down,
filled Jerusalem with foreign altars,
practiced divination, and even sacrificed his own son.
Under his reign, idolatry was no longer hidden,
it became normal. Even the temple, meant to be
the heart of Israel’s worship, was defiled.
By the time Josiah was born,
the damage was already deep.
Generations had learned how to live
without reverence for the Lord.
Faith had become mixed, diluted,
and compromised.
Nothing about Josiah’s family background suggested renewal.
And yet Scripture introduces him without drama,
“He was eight years old when he became king.”
No prophecy recorded at his birth.
No announcement of destiny.
Just a child placed on a broken throne,
ruling a people shaped by long-term unfaithfulness.
What followed was not expected.
The turning point of Josiah’s life did not begin
with reform, strategy, or power.
Chronicles tells us that while he was still young,
he began to seek the God of David.
That detail matters.
Josiah did not inherit faith, he pursued it.
His grandfather had modeled rebellion.
His father, Amon, had continued in evil
and was assassinated after only
two years on the throne.
There was no stable spiritual environment
shaping Josiah’s devotion.
His seeking was not convenient,
and it was not reinforced by culture
or leadership around him.
Historically, Judah during Josiah’s early reign was fragile.
Assyria, once dominant, was weakening,
but its influence undoubtedly lingered.
Religious life across the land had become
a blend of Yahweh worship and foreign practices.
Compromise had become tradition.
To seek the Lord in that setting required intention.
Josiah’s devotion was not inherited comfort, it was resistance.
The defining moment of his reign came
not through policy, but through Scripture.
While repairs were being made on the temple,
the Book of the Law was found.
When its words were read aloud, Josiah tore his clothes.
In the ancient world, this was not symbolic theater.
It was a visible sign of grief, humility, and recognition of guilt.
Josiah understood that Judah
had not merely drifted over time,
they had broken covenant with eyes open.
He did not blame his grandfather.
He did not excuse himself by age.
He did not delay obedience.
Instead, he sought the Lord, gathered the people,
renewed the covenant, and led one of the most
thorough reforms Judah ever saw.
Idols were destroyed and pagan altars
were torn down.
False priests were removed.
Worship was reordered according
to the word that had been forgotten.
His obedience was public, costly, and comprehensive.
Yet Josiah’s faithfulness carried a sobering reality.
Through the prophetess Huldah, God declared
that judgment would still come upon Judah.
The accumulated sin of generations
would not be undone by one righteous king.
Josiah was promised peace in his lifetime,
but not national rescue beyond it.
Faithfulness, in his case, did not result in visible reversal.
This confronts us with a difficult truth,
obedience is not always rewarded
with immediate outcomes.
Josiah obeyed not because success was guaranteed,
but because the Lord was worthy.
Scripture honors him not for what he achieved
politically, but for how he loved God,
“with all his heart, with all his soul, and with all his might.”
He lived the very command he rediscovered.
His story ends quietly and tragically. He dies in battle.
Judah soon slips back into decline.
The reforms do not last.
And yet, Josiah’s life stands as a witness
that lineage does not determine faithfulness,
and darkness does not prevent devotion.
Within the larger story of Scripture,
Josiah feels like a signpost.
A righteous king who loved God’s law,
cleansed the temple, and called the people
back to covenant, and yet could not finally save them.
His life awakens a longing for something more enduring.
That longing leads us to Christ.
Jesus would come later as another
King from Judah, the promised King,
not formed by ideal circumstances,
who loved the Father perfectly,
fulfilled the Law completely,
and cleansed the temple
with final authority.
What Josiah could only reform for a moment,
Christ redeemed fully in the cross.
And while Josiah restored worship only temporarily,
Christ would restore hearts eternally.
Josiah reminds us that God can raise
faithfulness from the most unlikely soil.
Christ shows us that faithfulness, at last,
does not end in reform, but in restoration.