History Repeats Itself?

An ancient world was “destroyed"!

Will it happen again?

Just as an ancient world was “destroyed” in the days of Noah -
again - God has promised to “destroy” all of the evil in the entire
world when His son returns to the earth.

³⁷As it was in the days of Noah, so it will be at the coming of the
Son of Man.
(Matthew 24:37) (New International Version)

A whole world was “destroyed”!

By now the quotation marks around the word “destroyed”
must be apparent. Why is the word always in quotes?

Because the world will not be totally destroyed! Just the
cultures, military, commerce, and governments that
exist now.

Look at the world around us, with its cities, its culture, its
scientific achievements, its population of billions. It is easy
to be impressed by its apparent permanence, is it not?
Could it be possible that some day soon this advanced and
ultramodern world could completely disappear? That may
be difficult to envision. However, according to a very good
source, a “world”, a civilization, existed before this one and
it was wiped out – down to just eight people.

Why Did That Ancient World Perish?

The global deluge was not a natural disaster. It was a
judgment from God. Warning was given, but it was
largely ignored.According to Peter:

⁵ And God did not spare the ancient world--except for Noah and
his family of seven. Noah warned the world of God's righteous
judgment. Then God destroyed the whole world of ungodly
people with a vast flood.

(2Peter 2:5) (New Living Translation)

Why did God destroy them?

⁵ The LORD saw how bad the people on earth were and that
everything they thought and planned was evil.

(Genesis 6:5) (Contemporary English Version)

^11-12 God knew that everyone was terribly cruel and violent.
(Genesis 6:11-12) (CEV)

Isn't this situation similar today?

Maybe the hatred and violence is not quite as
widespread yet, but give it time.

We regularly hear about horrifying acts of terrorism,
campaigns of genocide - mass killings by gunmen and
bombers with little apparent motive, and domestic
violence on a shocking scale. The earth has again be-
come filled with violence, and as before, the world has
been put on notice of a judgment to come. Jesus himself
said that he would come as God's appointed Judge and
that he would separate people as a shepherd separates
sheep from goats:

³² All the nations will be gathered before him, and he will separate the
people one from anotheras a shepherd separates the sheep from the
goats.³³ He will putthe sheep on his right and the goats on his left.
³⁴ "Then the King will say to those on his right, 'Come, you who are
blessed by my Father; take your inheritance, the kingdom prepared
for you since the creation of the world. ⁴¹ "Then he will say to those
on his left, 'Depart from me, you who are cursed, into the eternal fire
prepared for the devil and his angels. ⁴⁶ "Then they will go away to
eternal punishment, but the righteous to eternal life."
(Matthew 25:32-34,41,46) (NIV)

Christ and his followers issued some serious
warnings to mankind long ago:

"As the weeds are pulled up and burned in the fire, so it will be at
the end of the age."
(Matthew 13:40) (NIV)

"I have come to bring fire on the earth, and how I wish it were
already kindled!"
(Luke 12:49) (NIV)

"But the day Lot left Sodom, fire and sulfur rained down from
heaven and destroyed them all. It will be just like this on the day
the Son of Man is revealed."
(Luke 17:29-30) (NIV)

"For these are days of vengeance, that all things which are written
may be fulfilled. And there shall be signs in sun and moon and stars;
and upon the earth distress of nations, in perplexity for the roaring
of the sea and the billows; men fainting for fear, and for expectation
of the things which are coming on the world: for the powers of the
heavens shall be shaken. And then shall they see the Son of man
coming in a cloud with power and great glory. For so shall it come
upon all them that dwell on the face of all the earth. But watch ye at
every season, making supplication, that ye may prevail to escape all
these things that shall come to pass, and to stand before the Son of
man.
(Luke 21:22,26,27,36) (American Standard Version)

"For then there will be a great tribulation, such as has not occurred
since the beginning of the world until now, nor ever will ever again.
Unless those days had been cut short, no life would have been saved."
(Matthew 24:21,22) (New ASV)

"This will happen when the Lord Jesus is revealed from heaven in blazing
fire with his powerful angels. He will punish those who do not know God
and do not obey the gospel of our Lord Jesus. They will be punished with
everlasting destruction and shut out from the presence of the Lord and
from the majesty of his power on the day he comes to be glorified"
(2Thessalonians 1:7-10) (NIV)

Billions will die but many will survive unharmed

The Bible says that this time, however, there will be – not a
small group – but a great crowd who worship the only true
God.  In the world to come, these will enjoy life in permanent
peace and security as never before. Jehovah’s prophets have
spoken it:

⁹ After this I saw a vast crowd, too great to count, from every nation and
tribe and people and language, standing in front of the throne and before
the Lamb. They were clothed in white and held palm branches in their
hands. ¹⁰ And they were shouting with a mighty shout, "Salvation comes
from our God on the throne and from the Lamb!" ¹¹ And all the angels
were standing around the throne and around the elders and the four
living beings. And they fell face down before the throne and worshiped
God. ¹² They said, "Amen! Blessing and glory and wisdom and
thanksgiving and honor and power and strength belong to our God
forever and forever. Amen!" ¹³ Then one of the twenty-four elders asked
me, "Who are these who are clothed in white? Where do they come
from?" ¹⁴ And I said to him, "Sir, you are the one who knows." Then he
said to me, "These are the ones coming out of the great tribulation.
They washed their robes in the blood of the Lamb and made them white.
¹⁵ That is why they are standing in front of the throne of God, serving him
day and night in his Temple. And he who sits on the throne will live among
them and shelter them. ¹⁶ They will never again be hungry or thirsty, and
they will be fully protected from the scorching noontime heat. ^{1 7} For the
Lamb who stands in front of the throne will be their Shepherd. He will lead
them to the springs of life- giving water. And God will wipe away all their
tears."

(Revelation 7:9-17) (New Living Translation)

"For yet a little while, and the evildoers will be no more; though
you look with care where they used to be, they will not be found. But
the meek shall inherit the earth and shall delight themselves in the
abundance of peace."
(Psalm 37:10,11) (Amplified Bible)

³ and he will judge between many peoples, and will decide concerning
strong nations afar off: and they shall beat their swords into plowshares,
and their spears into pruning-hooks; nation shall not lift up sword against
nation, neither shall they learn war any more. ⁴ But they shall sit every
man under his vine and under his fig-tree; and none shall make them
afraid: for the mouth of Jehovah of hosts hath spoken it.

(Micah 4:3, 4) (ASV)

A worldwide warning about this coming Day of Judgment and
a message of good news about the peace that will follow are
today being zealously preached in obedience to Jesus' prophetic
command.

¹⁴ And the Good News about the Kingdom will be preached
throughout the whole world, so that all nations will hear it;
and then, finally, the end will come.
(Matthew 24:14) (New Living Translation)

This warning is not to be taken lightly. Almighty God keeps
his word:

"In the past God overlooked such ignorance, but now he commands
all people everywhere to repent. For he has set a day when he will
judge the world with justice by the man he has appointed. He has
given proofof this to all men by raising him from the dead."
(Acts 17:30,31) (NIV)

CHRIST HAS ALREADY SHOWN
US WHAT HE PLANS TO DO

By resurrecting the dead back to a restored life here on the
earth, Our Savior, God's Son displayed not only his ability
to resurrect the dead - but also his future intentions.

¹⁸ While he was saying this, a ruler came and knelt
before him and said, "My daughter has just died. But
come and put your hand on her, and she will live."
¹⁹ Jesus got up and went with him, and so did his disciples.
²³ When Jesus entered the ruler's house and saw the
flute players and the noisy crowd, ²⁴ he said, "Go away.
The girl is not dead but asleep." But they laughed at
him. ²⁵ After the crowd had been put outside, he went in
and took the girl by the hand, and she got up. ²⁶ News of
this spread through all that region.
(Matthew 9:18-19,23-26) (New International Version)

The Bible’s prophets wrote about this extraordinary
phenomenon many times thousands of years ago:

"Multitudes who sleep in the dust of the earth will awake."
(Daniel 12:2) (NIV)

"Thus saith the Lord Jehovah: Behold, I will open
your graves, and cause you to come up out of your
graves, O my people; and I will bring you into the land...
And I will put my Spirit in you, and ye shall live, and I
will place you in your own land: and ye shall know that
I, Jehovah, have spoken it and performed it, saith Jehovah."
(Ezekiel 37:12-14) (American Standard Version)

"Your dead will live; Their corpses will rise. You who lie
in the dust, awake and shout for joy, For your dew is as
the dew of the dawn, And the earth will give birth to the
departed spirits. "
(Isaiah 26:19) (New American Standard Bible)

³ And he said unto me, Son of man, can these bones live?
And I answered, O Lord Jehovah, thou knowest. ⁴ Again
he said unto me, Prophesy over these bones, and say unto
them, O ye dry bones, hear the word of Jehovah. ⁵ Thus
saith the Lord Jehovah unto these bones: Behold, I will
cause breath to enter into you, and ye shall live. ⁶ And I
will lay sinews upon you, and will bring up flesh upon you,
and cover you with skin, and put breath in you, and ye
shall live; and ye shall know that I am Jehovah. ⁷ So I
prophesied as I was commanded: and as I prophesied,
there was a noise, and, behold, an earthquake; and the
bones came together, bone to its bone. ⁸ And I beheld,
and, lo, there were sinews upon them, and flesh came up,
and skin covered them above; but there was no breath in
them. ⁹ Then said he unto me, Prophesy unto the wind,
prophesy, son of man, and say to the wind, Thus saith the
Lord Jehovah: Come from the four winds, O breath, and
breathe upon these slain, that they may live. ¹⁰ So I
prophesied as he commanded me, and the breath came
into them, and they lived, and stood up upon their feet,
an exceeding great army.
(Ezekiel 37:3-10) (ASV)

Under the direction of his Father and using the power
that Jehovah will give him Christ will resurrect many
people back to life right here on the earth.

"Don't be surprised! The time will come when all
of the dead will hear the voice of the Son of
Man, and they will come out of their graves."
(John 5:28) (Contemporary English Version)

Even in Christ’s Day - The people recognized
that it was the God of Israel - Jehovah - who
gave His Son His power.

A WARNING MESSAGE

THAT MOST WILL IGNORE

Just Like in Jeremiah's Day

Jeremiah was given a commission by Jehovah God,
to warn the people of a coming destruction.  But
Jeremiah was also told in advance that no one
would listen to him. 

"When you tell them all this, they will not listen to you."
(Jeremiah 7:27) (New International Version)

So then - why did Jeremiah have to preach a warning message? 
Why did Jeremiah persist in preaching for fifty years knowing in
advance - that no one would listen to him?

Why ?

Because Jehovah God is just - and will not destroy anyone
without a prior warning.

Surely the Lord Jehovah will do nothing, except
he reveal his secret unto his servants the prophets.  
(Amos 3:7) (American Standard Version) 

"Son of man, I have made you a watchman... so hear the word
I speak and give them warning from me."
(Ezekiel 3:17) (NIV) 

So too, today - Jehovah has sent his messengers
to warn mankind of an impending destruction.  And
they too are told by means of the Bible - that the
vast majority of mankind will not listen.

"...so with God and Christ as witnesses, I command
you to preach God's message. Do it willingly, even if
it isn't the popular thing to do."
(2Timothy 4:1,2) (Contemporary English Version) 

"But you shall speak My words to them
whether they listen or not."
(Ezekiel 2:7) (New American Standard Bible) 

So what is the message for today that the people
of the world will just ignore?

"And this Gospel - good news of the Kingdom Reign
shall be preached in all the world for a witness unto
all nations, and then shall  'the end' come."
(Matthew 24:14) (21^st Century King James)

This message was NOT popular in Jeremiah's
Day and it is NOT popular now.

"If you think people are so hardened in sin that they will
hate you for preaching the Word, then read JEREMIAH."
-- R. L. Whiteside.

God's faithful messengers have never been in the majority.
The Old Testament prophets and the New Testament apostles
were never overwhelmed with popularity. People did not speak
well of them or their message. They detested and persecuted
the messenger. Instead of becoming angry at God who composed
the message, they poured out their wrath upon the faithful servant
who delivered it. It has always been so. Therefore, it should be no
surprise today.

THE MAJORITY WILL NOT LISTEN

 Christ, himself, foretold that the vast majority of
mankind would be destroyed when he returns:

"Enter through the narrow gate. For wide is the gate and
broad is the road that leads to destruction, and many
enter through it. But small is the gate and narrow the road
that leads to life, and only a few find it."
(Matthew 7:13,14) (NIV

What will happen to the ones who do not find it?

A GLOBAL DESTRUCTION

"This will happen when the Lord Jesus is revealed from
heaven in blazing fire with his powerful angels. He will punish
those who do not know God and do not obey the gospel of our
Lord Jesus. They will be punished with everlasting destruction
and shut out from the presence of the Lord and from the
majesty of his power on the day he comes to be glorified."
(2Thessalonians 1:7-10) (NIV)

"A thousand may fall at your side, ten thousand at your
right hand, but it will not come near you. You will only observe
with your eyes and see the punishment of the wicked."
(Psalm 91:7,8) (NIV)

"Those slain by Jehovah will certainly come to be in that day
from one end of the earth clear to the other end of the earth.
They will not be bewailed, neither will they be gathered up or
be buried. As manure on the surface of the ground they will
become."
(Jeremiah 25:33) (ASV)

"For, behold, Jehovah cometh forth out of his place to punish
the inhabitants of the earth for their iniquity."
(Isaiah 26:21) (ASV)

"For, behold, Jehovah will come with fire, and his chariots
shall be like the whirlwind; to render his anger with fierceness,
and his rebuke with flames of fire. For by fire will Jehovah
execute judgment, and by his sword, upon all flesh; and the
slain of Jehovah shall be many... And they shall go forth,
and look upon the dead bodies of the men that have
transgressed against me."
(Isaiah 66:15,16,24) (ASV)

"...Neither their silver nor their gold shall be able to deliver them
in the day of Jehovah's wrath; but the whole earth shall be
devoured by the fire of his jealousy."
(Zephaniah 1:14-17 (ASV)

"For it will come upon all those who live on the face of the whole
earth. Be always on the watch, and pray that you may be able to
escape all that is about to happen, and that you may be able to
stand before the Son of Man."
(Luke 21:25-27,35,36) (NIV)

INSTEAD OF HEEDING THE WARNING
THEY WILL RIDICULE AND LAUGH

First of all, you must understand that in the last days scoffers
will come, scoffing and following their own evil desires.
(2Peter 3:3) (NIV)

"In that day men will ridicule you; they will taunt you."
(Micah 2:4) (NIV)

"But remember...that the apostles of our Master, Jesus Christ,
told us this would happen: ‘In the last days there will be people
who don't take these things seriously anymore. They'll treat them
like a joke. These are the ones who are thinking only of
themselves. There's nothing to them, no sign of the Spirit!’"
(Jude 1:17-19) (Message Bible)

JUST LIKE NOAH'S DAY - MOST 
WILL IGNORE THE WARNING 

"For just as the days of Noah were, so the presence of the
Son of man will be. For as they were in those days before
the flood, eating and drinking, men marrying and women
being given in marriage, until the day that Noah entered into
the ark; and they took no note until the flood came and swept
them all away, so the presence of the Son of man will be."
(Matthew 24:37-39) (New World Translation) WWW.WatchTower.Org

THE TIME OF IGNORANCE IS OVER

"In the past God overlooked such ignorance, but now he commands
all people everywhere to repent. For he has set a day when he will
judge the world with justice by the man he has appointed. He has
given proof of this to all men by raising him from the dead."
(Acts 17:30,31) (NIV)

The Lords of Christmas

Most Christians believe that Christmas is a holy day for all
Christians. Not only is Christmas revered by the mainstream
Christians but they think that their God and Jesus appreciates
their celebration efforts. Yet Christmas is not a Christian custom!

Where did Christmas come from?

Christ Is Ready
for the Harvest

The world is a shambles and getting worse every day.
People all over the world are asking:

Why were our homes destroyed by earthquakes,
fires and flooding?

Why is there so much violence and warfare?
Why is the economy so bad?
Why is my job gone?
What will happen next?

Why is the world a shambles?

Mankind was allowed to run amuck in this world
for many thousands of years. Just look at what
we have accomplished!

What does the world have?

Poverty and famines.
Widespread hatred.
Oppression, wars, pollution, disease, squalor, unrest and despair.

Not only that, but the problems are growing!

Not once have the governmental leaders of this world,
in their wisdom, ever solved any of these problems in
any country.

They never have and never will. Because of widespread
corruption and incompetence, the world’s leaders solely
look out for their own interests and disregard the problems
of the people they supposedly serve.

Who can save the world from certain disaster?

"...for they shall cry unto Jehovah because of oppressors,
and he will send them a saviour, and a defender, and he
will deliver them."
(Isaiah 19:20) (ASV)

"...At the time that God has already decided,
he will send Christ back again."
(1Timothy 6:15) (CEV)

That is wonderful news! Jehovah and His son
are about to do something about the havoc
and chaos in the world soon.

But what must occur first?

A small thing – and yet – a large accomplishment!

Before God’s son takes over, all of his true followers
must stop calling him "Jesus".

Why?

"The Hebrews called their coming Savior, the Messiah,
Jahshuawah (Jehoshua). The disciples of the Savior
accepted Him as such, and to them He was known as
Jahshuwah the Messiah. The Greeks, however, rejected
the Hebrew name, and called Him (IESOUS-Jesus) instead."
- The Origin of Christianity
by A.B. Traina

"It is interesting to note - that throughout his life - the
one now known as Jesus Christ never did hear himself
called by that name."
- "Man’s Great Adventure,"
by Edwin W. Pharlow, professor of history,
Ohio State University.

"It is known that the Greek name endings with sus,
seus and sous were attached by the Greeks to names
and geographical areas as means to give honour to
their supreme deity, Zeus."
-Dictionary of Christian Lore and Legend
Professor J. C. J. Metford

That is why. God’s son is not Jesus! Just as the Bible
translators substituted "GOD" and "LORD" for God’s
actual name, Jehovah, they also painstakingly traded
"Jesus" for "Jehoshua" in place of Christ’s true name.

Has it always been that way?

"In the 1611 KJ New Testatment the name Yahshua
(Yehoshua) appeared originally wherever the Messiah
was spoken of. Yehoshua means Yehovah's (Jehovah's)
Salvation. Later the Messiah's name was replaced with
Iesus (Greek) which later in the 1600's it became Jesus
starting with the new English letter 'J' which was
introduced at that time. Further, the Greek 'Iesus'
comes from the name Zeus, the ruling God in the
Greek pantheon."
-Gospel of The Kingdom
True Names and Title
Dr. Henry Clifford Kinley
1931 - Ohio USA

Instead, true Christians will let go of Christendom’s
three-headed trinity god named Jesus and call our
savior by his correct name.

Jehoshua

Christ's name (Jehoshua) is of Hebrew origin and
is taken from the name Yehoshua, which in English
is often translated as Joshua. Yehoshua, in Hebrew
means "Yehovah Saves".
-Strong's Exhaustive Concordance

Jehoshua was the name given to Christ by his
heavenly Father, Jehovah God. Many years
after his death - Rome changed his name to
suit their pagan heritage and to please their
pagan converts. "Ieous" was Greek for "Hail
Zeus", which was translated later into English
as "Jesus". And this error has continued to the
present. "The name Joshua (Jehoshua) derives
its greatest importance and highest sanctity
from the fact that it was sacredly chosen as the
name to be borne by the Messiah. This name was
corrupted and altered in time into the name Jesus."
--Personal Names in the Bible
by Dr. W.F. Wilkinson, M.A.
Joint Editor of Webster and Wilkinson's
Greek Testament: pages 342-343.

"Jesus. That was a name given to him many years after
His death. Rome wanted to remove any Jewishness from
the new church. They eliminated His Jewish name and
blended the name of Zeus in order to make it comfortable
for all those who had previously worshipped the Greek
and Roman gods. Since Zeus was the top god of their
experience, attaching the name Ioesus (hail Zeus) to
Yahshua - gave Him top priority in the worship hierarchy."
-Winds of Praise Broadcasting
Believer or Follower?
The Sound of the Shofar
By Jon Thompson

CHRIST DECLARED :

"I have come in My Father's name and with His power..."
(John 5:43) (AMP)

And as we can plainly see, that name is not "Jesus"!

Christ will not take action on behalf of his true followers
until they give up their "J-zeus" error. Only when Jehovah's
people begin to call upon "Jehoshua" - will they obtain the
Salvation that Jehovah has promised to them.

But some will balk against such a change!

They will resist this request from God's Chosen King.
For whatever reason, there are some that will rather
leave Jehovah's earthly organization rather than
call Christ "Jehoshua".

That would be "the weeds".

"The owner's servants came to him and said, 'Sir, didn't
you sow good seed in your field? Where then did the
weeds come from?' 'An enemy did this,' he replied. "The
servants asked him, 'Do you want us to go and pull them
up?' 'No,' he answered, 'because while you are pulling the
weeds, you may root up the wheat with them. Let both
grow together until the harvest. At that time I will tell the
harvesters: First collect the weeds and tie them in bundles
to be burned; then gather the wheat and bring it into my barn.' "
(Matthew 13:27-30) (NIV)

All over the world weeds have been sown in with the faithful.
They have served Jehovah side by side for some time now
just as Jehoshua Christ said they would. The time has finally
come to sort the weeds from the wheat.

"Be patient like those farmers and don't give up.
The Lord will soon be here!"
(James 5:8) (CEV)

"...I know you can't stomach evil, that you weed
out apostolic pretenders..."
(Revelation 2:2) (MSG)

"...limp souls. Useless as weeds, fragile as grass,
insubstantial as wind-blown chaff."
(2Kings 19:26) (MSG)

"...Soon, oh very soon, her harvest will come
and then the chaff will fly!'"
(Jeremiah 51:29) (MSG)

"I know your deeds... You have kept My word,
and have not denied My name."
(Revelation 3:8) (NASB)

And it was for this very reason that Christ waited so
long to reveal this truth to his followers. The Harvest
wasn't ready and he didn't want to uproot the wheat
with the weeds. But now that will not be a problem
anymore because the Harvest is ready.

The First Command directed to Jehovah's people by
God's chosen King, Jehoshua, is to begin calling
Christ by his rightful name. It is not a difficult thing
to do but it will mean putting God and Christ first
in our lives and it may also mean a loss of favor with
the rest of the Jesus-worshiping world.

A similar but tremendous dividing work happened
when Jehovah God began to take out of the nations
A People For His name. When the International Bible
Students made the decision to become "Jehovah’s
Witnesses" - to fulfil Bible Prophecy and identify
themselves as His people, some fell away - as they
were weed-like and refused to be called by Jehovah's
Divine Name.

This same dividing or separating - is happening again
today - at this time of "The End". But now, instead of
Jehovah’s name separating true followers from the
unfaithful, this time it will be the name of God's Son,
"Jehoshua" Christ that will uproot the weeds that were
sown by Satan.

A choice has to be made. A choice will be made.
One way or the other - each of us will choose the
side on which we will stand. From such a small
change will come a tremendous accomplisment.

THE HARVEST IS ON!

The wheat and weeds are about to be sorted and gathered.

Which side will we choose?
"Jesus" or "Jehoshua"?

"Now what I am commanding you today is not too
difficult for you or beyond your reach. No, the word
is very near you; it is in your mouth and in your heart
so you may obey it."
(Deuteronomy 30:11,14) (NIV)

"...YOU will by no means see me until YOU say,
‘Blessed is he that comes in Jehovah’s name.’"
(Luke 13:35) (NWT)

"There is salvation in no one else! God has given no
other name under heaven by which we must be saved."
(Acts 4:12) (NLT)

"Blessed is he who is coming In the name of Jehovah..."
(Psalm 118:26) (YLT)

And while we are at it…

ARE YOU SAYING "AMEN" – IN IGNORANCE ?

"By ending our prayers in 'amen'... one could very
well ask, "Have we been misled to invoke the name
of the Egyptian 'Sun-god' at the end of our prayers?"
-United Hebrew Congregation
Charles J. Voss

It is common to end a discourse on spiritual matters,
(or end a prayer) with (the word) "Amen". Few of us
realize that the word 'Amen' is an Egyptian word. It
refers to the Egyptian god of Thebes. The Hebrews
adopted the word and it passed into Christian use as
"Amen". It is a petition for (the god - Amen) to fulfill
our words.
- MYSTIC GIFTS FROM ANCIENT EGYPT
By Dr John Palo ; 1999

The Israelite exiles from Egypt knew that Jehovah was not
the same as the Egyptian god Aten, and so they presumed
he must be the equivalent of the great State God of Egypt.
It was decided, therefore, to add the name of that State-god
of Egypt to all prayers thereafter, and the name of that Egyptian
god was "Amen". To this day, the name of Amen is still recited
at the end of prayers in both Jewish and Christian religions.
- Genesis of the Grail Kings
by Sir Laurence Gardner; pg. 6

Finally, we may note that the word "Amen" occurs in gnostic
spells… especially of Egyptian origin, and a sort of magical
efficacy seems to have been attributed to this word.. The
practice of answering "Amen" at the end of prayers appears
in the Canons of Hippolytus (No. 146) and in the Egyptian
Church Order (p. 101).
- New Advent Catholic Encyclopedia
Thurston, Herbert. "Amen."
The Catholic Encyclopedia.
Vol. 1. New York:
Robert Appleton Company, 1907.

When we did it in ignorance, maybe God looked past that.
But now that you know the truth, what will you do? Will you
continue to use the name of a pagan god to close your prayers?
Is it too hard to change that now? Because you’ve been using
the ‘amen’ tradition for a long time - will you rationalize and
justify why you keep on invoking the name of the Egyptian
god, Amen? Will you find a pastor or teacher to reassure you
that "it’s okay to say ‘amen’ - Or will you give thanks to God for
revealing His truth and stop using the name of a pagan god?"
-And they all Said, "AMEN"
by J.D. Roberts

The true followers of Jehovah and
His son will know what to do.