'WICKEDNESS IS NOT NATURAL, SIN BEING DUE TO
AN ACT OF WILL,  NOT TO NATURE AS CREATED.'

'But God, who is supremely good in his creation of natures that are good, is also completely just in his employment of evil choices [of others] in his design, so that whereas such evil choices make a wrong use of good natures, God  turns evil choices to good use. Thus when the devil, who was good as God created him, became bad by his own choice, God caused him to be cast down to a lower station and to become a derision to the angels of God; and this means that the devil's temptations prove to be for the benefit of God's saints, though the devil longs to injure them thereby... In the very creation of the devil, though by God's goodness he was made in a state of good, God had already, in virtue of his foreknowledge, laid plans for making good use of him even in his evil state...'  (From: 'City Of God' by Augustine Bk. XI. Ch.17).

I agree. Almighty God foreknew that His created angel would withdraw from Him and become satan the devil, that Adam and Eve would sin, and that JW apostates would "trample" on His anointed "temple" sons.  Bearing this in mind will assist the reader in his understanding of Revelation 11:1-3, and will explain why those who became members of the apostate "disgusting thing" did so by 'an act of will'.  (Matt 24:15).

How were apostates in the "courtyard" but outside the sanctuary of God revealed when the moment had arrived for the prophesied 3½ years of "trampling" to begin?  (Trampling: To treat with contempt;  to domineer).  (Rev 11:2).

Apostates began showing contempt for, and domineered over, anointed "temple" sons of God. By 'an act of will' they shifted the responsibilities of anointed ones from them, disfellowshipped them, and stood in authority as unsealed 'elders' in their place.

Apostates in the "courtyard" (near to anointed "temple" sons of God) were cast clear out by God.  What does this mean?

That they are not to receive life-giving Spirit teachings from God through His "temple" sons, only bitter denunciations from the prophesied "Little Scroll".  (Rev 10:8-11).

After the 3½ years of "trampling", those of the "temple" class fled into a spiritual "wilderness" to be fed.  What does this symbolic "wilderness" represent?

It represents an uninhabited place prepared by God where "temple" members of  the heavenly "woman" were spiritually fed by holy angels of God.  (Rev 12:6 & 14).

When did the "two witnesses" of God (The Christ Michael in heaven and his anointed brothers on earth)  begin to prophesy in a "sackcloth" condition?  (Rev 11:3).

In 1975.

When did the prophesying of the bitter "Little Scroll" begin?  (Rev 10:10,11).

14th December 1976, after the "trampling" had begun.

What will happen to the apostates in the "courtyard" who were cast clear out, and whom God foreknew would "trample" upon His anointed "temple" sons?

They are not measured-in for life in the heavenly realm of God. God foreknew of their decline and contempt for the last of the anointed "temple" slaves of God to be gathered. He knew that these enemies, left to their own will, would domineer over ("trample" on) His anointed "temple" sons.

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