Theocratic Ministry School Schedule:

Week of February 9-15, 2015
TMS Study References
Theocratic Ministry School Schedule:
Bible Reading: Judges 11-14
Number 1: Judges 13:15-25
Number 2: Annas—Theme: Hateful Opposition to
the Truth Is Futile—it-1 pages 112-113
Number 3: Is the Bible Scientifically Accurate?—
nwt page 11 paragraphs 1-3
Song: 54
Talk #1 – Bible Reading
(Judges 13:15-25) 15 Ma·noʹah now said to
Jehovah’s angel: “Please stay, and let us prepare a
young goat for you.” 16 But Jehovah’s angel said to
Ma·noʹah: “If I stay, I will not eat your food; but if
you wish to present a burnt offering to Jehovah, you
may offer it up.” Ma·noʹah did not know that he was
Jehovah’s angel. 17 Then Ma·noʹah said to
Jehovah’s angel: “What is your name, so that we
may honor you when your word comes true?”
18
However, Jehovah’s angel said to him: “Why are
you asking about my name, seeing that it is a
wonderful one?” 19 Then Ma·noʹah took the young
goat and the grain offering and offered them on the
rock to Jehovah. And He was doing something
amazing while Ma·noʹah and his wife were looking
on. 20 As the flame ascended from the altar
heavenward, Jehovah’s angel ascended in the
flame from the altar while Ma·noʹah and his wife
were looking on. At once they fell with their faces to
the ground. 21 Jehovah’s angel did not appear again
to Ma·noʹah and his wife. Then Ma·noʹah realized
that he was Jehovah’s angel. 22 Ma·noʹah then said
to his wife: “We are sure to die, because it is God
whom we have seen.” 23 But his wife said to him: “If
Jehovah wanted to put us to death, he would not
have accepted a burnt offering and a grain offering
from our hand, he would not have shown us all
these things, and he would not have told us any of
these things.” 24 The woman later gave birth to a
son and named him Samson; and as the boy grew,
Jehovah continued to bless him. 25 In time
Jehovah’s spirit started to impel him in Maʹha·nehdan, between Zoʹrah and Eshʹta·ol.
until about 15 C.E. (Lu 2:2) Annas was therefore high
priest when Jesus, at the age of 12, amazed the
rabbinic teachers at the temple. (Lu 2:42-49) Annas
was removed as high priest by Procurator Valerius
Gratus. Though he no longer had the official title, it was
quite evident that he continued to exercise great power
and influence as high priest emeritus and predominant
voice of the Jewish hierarchy. Five of his sons, as well
as his son-in-law Caiaphas, each held the office of high
priest. Because of his prominent position, Annas is
rightly designated in the Scriptures as one of the chief
priests. (Mt 26:3; Lu 3:2) When Jesus was arrested, he
was first taken to Annas for questioning and then was
sent to Caiaphas for trial. (Joh 18:13) The name of
Annas heads the list of the foremost opponents of the
apostles of Jesus Christ.—Ac 4:6.
The wealthy and powerful house of Annas was of
the tribe of Levi, and the sale of sacrifices within the
temple grounds was one of their chief sources of
income—reason enough why they sought to kill Jesus,
who twice cleansed the temple, which they had made
“a cave of robbers.” (Joh 2:13-16; Mt 21:12, 13; Mr
11:15-17; Lu 19:45, 46) An additional reason for
Annas’ hatred of Jesus and his apostles was likely
Jesus’ teaching of the resurrection, the raising of
Lazarus in living proof, and the preaching and teaching
of the same doctrine by the apostles, for if Annas was
indeed a Sadducee, he did not believe in the
resurrection.—Ac 23:8; compare 5:17.
Talk #3 – Is the Bible Scientifically
Accurate?
nwt p. 11 Question 4: Is the Bible scientifically
accurate? ***
“He stretches out the northern sky over empty
space, suspending the earth upon nothing.”
Job 26:7 [Page 727]
“All the streams flow into the sea, yet the sea is
not full. To the place from which the streams
flow, there they return so as to flow again.”
Ecclesiastes 1:7 [Page 916]
“There is One who dwells above the circle of the
earth.”
Talk #2 – Hateful Opposition to the
Truth Is Futile
Isaiah 40:22 [Page 989]
*** it-1 pp. 112-113 Annas ***
(Anʹnas) [from Heb., meaning “Showing Favor;
Gracious”].
Appointed high priest about 6 or 7 C.E. by
Quirinius, the Roman governor of Syria, and serving
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