Abaddons story. My life growing up in the One.
My name is Anthony Garcia and I was raised as one of Jehovah’s Witnesses. I never questioned the things that I was taught growing up and from the outside the organization looks like something very special. My mother died in her faith thinking that I was an apostate and the thought of that makes me very sad and very angry. I was dis fellowshipped years ago and after doing some time in prison I felt that the only way back to God was through this organization and then that’s when something happened to me that changed my life forever. The governing body is always talking about their calling and the anointing of God, but when someone makes the same claim they are often mocked and regarded as crazy, and confused. The day that I was called I was sitting in the Kingdom Hall and these thoughts kept running through my mind, and then the Elder giving the talk said something about the anointed and that’s when I heard a loud voice in my head say, “YES.” I didn’t know what was happening and my immediate response was, “I’m imaging this” and tried to dismiss it, but it only grew louder. I was visibly shaken from this experience and had to leave the Hall. I walked outside leaving my nephews at their seats and wept for several minutes outside. Every time I tried to dismiss the thought of being called the voice seemed to amplify in my head and if you’re wondering, Yes, I was dis- fellowshipped at this time and was making an honest effort to come back to the organization when this happened. Everyone knows the little voice that we call our conscience, and we can always hear it telling us what is right and what is wrong, but this was so much different. The voice came from the same place my conscience was, just loud, very loud and it would not let me ignore it. I still struggle with this every day.
“ 24 So Jacob was left alone, and a man wrestled with him till daybreak. 25 When the man saw that he could not overpower him, he touched the socket of Jacob’s hip so that his hip was wrenched as he wrestled with the man. 26 Then the man said, “Let me go, for it is daybreak.”
But Jacob replied, “I will not let you go unless you bless me.”
27 The man asked him, “What is your name?”
28 Then the man said, “Your name will no longer be Jacob, but Israel, because you have struggled with God and with humans and have overcome.”
29 Jacob said, “Please tell me your name.”
But he replied, “Why do you ask my name?” Then he blessed him there.
30 So Jacob called the place Peniel, saying, “It is because I saw God face to face.”
It was not to long after this experience that I told my family what had happened and at first it seemed a positive thing, but I would soon be very surprised by the change of attitudes of those around me. It was very disheartening to see there drastic change from supportive to just plain wicked in the way they treated me. I didn’t understand what or who I was at the time, but I did know that God was guiding me to something far removed from what Jehovah’s Witnesses teach and all of Christianity for that matter. I remember the first scripture that was revealed to me; 2 Thessalonians 2. In the end it was my understanding of this part of the bible that led to my total excommunication and the labeling of “Apostate”. It was bad enough I told the people that I thought would embrace what I was saying, but when you tell any JW, especially the Elders that you are anointed and then question their doctrine then you should know what to expect, but it didn’t matter. I was being pushed out by the very thing that I loved the most; Jehovah. The Spirit inside me had awakened that day at the hall and I knew then that things would never be the same again, and now I know why.
It’s been a little over three years since this life changing event has happened to me, but it is only recently that I have a clear understanding of what is real and what is the blind over our eyes. This is not just about Jehovah’s Witnesses and their false teachings. This is about the whole world lying in the power of the wicked one. The deception is thousands of years in the making and Satan is misleading everyone, and I mean everyone. Through much suffering and having to walk a cramped and twisted road, knowledge has been given to me. I always think about Christ, when everyone around him thought he was crazy, just the son of a carpenter. Yes I am a sinner and I have the record to prove it, but Christ came to save the sick, the lame, the dying and those that are tired and weighed down by this system. His load is indeed light, all you have to do is see the Glorious Truth and the wonder of Gods mercy and love. During my journey and knowing now where I stand with God I have written everything I know down; everything that has been revealed to me. I only ask that you open your mind and your hearts to what I have to say. Some of these things will frighten you and you might even think I’m crazy, but take the time to read what the Bible says and compare them to my words with a pure heart and maybe you’ll see what I see; that this is not the real world and the truth is so much better than the lie.
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