Dear @DPMartin and @theefaith
More specifically the JW
* call the Holy Spirit God's active force (instead of Comforter) by citing the force of God over the waters and saying that is the Holy Spirit.
* they call MICHAEL as Jesus due to authority to declare judgment which they argue can only be Jesus
When I looked up what Michael represents, this is a symbol of God's MERCY
That is closer to the Holy Spirit
than it is to Jesus
My guess is since they have supplanted the Holy Spirit by calling it something else, God's active force which isn't a person,
they are somehow replacing that part with MICHAEL they associate closely as one with Jesus.
Since God the Father, Jesus Christ the Son, and the Holy Spirit are One,
They are inserting Michael in with the Holy Spirit as one with Jesus.
When I talk with JW, I just imagine this is how they are mapping out and associating the meanings of the Father Son and Holy Spirit.
This reflects where they are divided from Christians and not calling the same things by the same names.
But Michael means Mercy, so this blending of Jesus with what should be the Holy Spirit
is taking the place of connecting Jesus with God.
The JW are more like righteous gentiles so it makes sense they focus locally on their fellowship and are disjoint from the bigger picture joining all church believers with God through Christ.
God has segregated them for His reasons and seasons. Not a cult but the more accurate term is "cultic."
thanks for the response, yea have had a few discussions with JW's, its shame really, most are nice people.
if my memory serves there's a subtle but grave difference in the translation they use and say, KJV, in the first chapter of the Gospel according to John. which seems to allow in their minds this theology they go by in relation to who or what Jesus is. the thing is, it disregards the rest of what the bible says even their translation.
its been my experience with JW's they seem to take the out of context to a higher level then most do. in the 70's for instance they insisted that they were the 144,000 mentioned in revelations. and common sense would tell anyone else, the JW's are much more than 144,000 in number. once that ran its course they have seemed to drop it by the 80's. so it seems kingdom halls are just for people to group together.