AKA
(A Kingdom Alias)
(A Kingdom Alias)
One small letter made a huge change in my reputation. After "becoming filled with holy spirit", I was known as Paul. (Acts 13:8) But, before, I shared the name same as a Jewish king.
Who is Saul?
I'm one of the biggest land animals on earth. Everyone knows that my nose is called a trunk. But, some seem to forget how strong it is, containing about 150,000 muscle units, yet how versatile it is, being a grabber, straw, hose, and snorkel to name a few.
What is an elephant?
The Elephant's Trunk
(https://www.jw.org/en/bible-teachings/science/was-it-designed/elephant-trunk-video/)
The standard pay for a day's wage in Rome. Sometimes, if even you only started working at the 11th hour. (Matthew 20:8-14)
What is a denarius?
I'm a new book that was released during the historic 2023 annual meeting. My focus is to train Jehovah's people to transition to more natural, conversation-based preaching methods. By studying me, they'll be able to show love by talking about subjects that interest the householders, in a way that helps to make these rightly disposed ones into disciples. Utilizing my techniques will become a new part of the mid-week meeting starting in January 2024. (lmd, pg. 3)
What is Love People-Make Disciples?
I was a dear friend of Jesus. He knew my sisters, Mary and Martha. I was dead for several days before Jesus brought me back to life. (John 11:38-44)
Who is Lazarus?
The Messiah gave me the name Cephas when we first met. (John 1:40 to 42) The Greek equivalent of this name means small, little, or a piece of rock, denoting how I would help to provide the foundation for the 1st century Christian congregation.
Who is Simon Peter?
You are a 77-year-old woman and you are confused about why I'm sniffing you. I know because my nose can detect age, gender, and even your mood. Especially if we're the same species. In fact, my nose is so powerful, that I can detect compounds at a parts per trillion level. For the foodies, that means, if my tongue was as strong, I could taste a quater teaspoon of sugar in an Olympic-sized pool.
What is a dog?
The Dog's Sense of Smell
(https://www.jw.org/en/bible-teachings/science/was-it-designed/dogs-sense-smell/)
We're what a needy widow dropped in the treasury chest. Jesus knew that we were probably a couple of lepta, with a single lepton being worth 1/128 of a drachma. Yet, he still said that the needy widow "put in more than... all [the others] did." (Luke 21:2)
What are two small coins?
The first lesson of the Love People-Make Disciples book. Showing with the example of Jesus talking to the Samaritan woman at the well, this is an easy way to display love for people. (lmd, pg. 4 & 5)
What is Interest in Others?
I'm a presiding officer of the synagogue. My daughter was very sick and I begged Jesus to heal her. He said that my daughter was just "sleeping," although she died from her illness. This just shows how impermanent death is to him. (Luke 8:41, 42, 49-56)
Who is Jairus?
Despite being known as Contentious, (argumentative and prone to heated debates), she was known for having a deep respect for her husband (her lord). Eventually, her Lord named her a Princess, befitting of her beautiful appearance, personality, and status of offspring. (Genesis 17:15 & 16)
Who is Sarai?
You may teach your dog to roll, on the ground, on command. But, Jehovah created us to roll, in the air, instinctually to stabilize against oncoming vertical turbulence. So, I can never be called a bumbling pilot.
What is a bumblebee?
The Bumblee's Flight Control
(https://www.jw.org/en/bible-teachings/science/was-it-designed/bumblebee-flight-control/)
This is the price of a slave, under the Law. This is also the price that the Chief Priest paid to have Judas betray Jesus because they felt that the Master was worth no more than a common slave. (Matthew 26:14 & 15)
What is 30 silver pieces?
Like how salt is used to season our fries, this quality is how we should always season our words. Although irritated by their false deity and idol worship, Paul showed this quality on full display when preaching to the people of Athens. (lmd, pg. 12 & 13)
What is tact?
My name was Tabitha and I lived in Joppa. I tried to be a giving person whenever I could, and I love making clothes for the others in the congregation. One day, I got sick and passed away. But, through the help of Jehovah, Peter was able to bring me back. I wonder what size robe he wears? (Acts 9:36-40)
Who is Dorcas?
We were princes of the tribe of Judah who had a high-ranking status in a foreign nation. We were some of the few to survive the scorching sentence when everyone else bowed down to the emperor's enormous effigy.
Who is Hananiah, Mishael, & Azariah? (Daniel 1:6 & 7)
With the help of a colony of bacteria, this animal uses its light organ to illuminate the underside of its body to mimic the light wavelengths of the moon's and star's light, as it appears underwater, to cause a sort of luminary camouflage to avoid predatory.
What is the bobtail squid?
Light from Life (https://www.jw.org/en/bible-teachings/science/was-it-designed/Light-From-Life%E2%80%8B-Was-It-Designed/)
I'm also called a starter. I'm the coin that a disciple used to pay the temple tax. I guess he was a fisher of coins that day!
What is a tetradrachma? (Matthew 17:24-27)
In line with the express, less is more, this is how Jesus taught others. This example comes through Jesus' illustration of how birds are fed. We can display this by 'not talking too much,' 'helping others connect new teachings with things they already know,' and 'using illustration carefully'.
What is simplicity? (lmd, pg. 24 & 25)
I was a prophet of Jehovah. (Not to be confused with the other prophet that sounds like me.) I was filled with Jehovah's Holy Spirit. So much so that Jehovah enabled me to resurrect a man who touched me after I had died. (I wonder if it counts if my bones touch each other.)
Who is Elisha? (2 Kings 13:20 & 21)
I became the second most powerful in all the land. I saved nations from a natural disaster. I AM Zaphenath-paneah!
Who is Joseph? (Genesis 41:44 & 45)
I'm less than a quarter of an inch, and house flies how bigger brains than me. (Yeah! The ones that love to run into your window 50 times over without learning a lesson.) Yet, big-brained researchers are trying to develop cameras that copy the process of my staircase-shaped retinas, which let me determine how far away something is, by how blurry it appears to me.
What is a jumping spider?
The Jumping Spider's Blurry Vision
(https://www.jw.org/en/library/magazines/g201303/jumping-spider-blurry-vision/)
This expression or verb became a core principle for our relief work/donations. It was spoken about to balance deficiencies with surpluses. Let's hope Denzil doesn't try to coin this term for charity work.
What is equalizing? (2 Corinthians 8:14)
Although, this idea may seem contrary to what this book is training us to do, knowing when to apply this simple, but important technique can keep you and the householder able and willing to converse another time, even if it isn't with each other. It may be necessary to use this technique when the "person is angry, wants to argue, or does not want to talk right now." The best thing to do when using this technique is to end on good terms.
What is end the conversation? (lmd, Appendix B)
Have you ever gotten in trouble for being a kid sleeping at a meeting? Staying awake until 9:00 or 10:00 PM can be hard. So, imagine staying at a meeting until midnight. Still, you can be sure that I, and the other kids of Troas, don't fall asleep at the meeting anymore, even if it lasts until the next morning. Not since that night when I fell asleep, then fell out a third-story window. Good thing Paul was there. But, I had the worst headache for the rest of the night.
Who is Eutychus? (Acts 20:5-12)