1, 2. Long olketa Hebrew Scripture, datfala toktok “ples for mi putim leg bilong mi” hem minim wanem?

JEHOVAH GOD sei: “Heven nao throne bilong mi, and earth hem ples for mi putim leg bilong mi.” (Isa. 66:1) God story tu abaotem datfala ples for putim leg bilong hem, wea hem nao earth, taem hem sei: “Mi bae mekem ples wea mi putim leg bilong mi for barava luk naes.” (Isa. 60:13) Long wanem wei nao God duim datwan? And wanem nao iumi wea stap long earth mas duim?

² Long olketa Hebrew Scripture, datfala toktok “ples for mi putim leg bilong mi” hem minim tu datfala temple long Israel bifor. (1 Chron. 28:2; Ps. 132:7) Datfala temple hem barava luk naes long Jehovah bikos hem nao main ples for tru worship, and hem mekem Jehovah kasem praise long earth.

3. Wanem nao main ples for tru worship distaem, and wanem taem nao hem start?

³ Long distaem, main ples for tru worship hem no wanfala really temple long earth bat hem wanfala spiritual temple. Temple hia mekem Jehovah kasem praise winim eni building. Wanem nao datfala spiritual temple? Hem arrangement wea God mekem for olketa man fren witim hem and worshipim hem. Ransom sakrifaes bilong Jesus nao mekem disfala arrangement kamap. Disfala arrangement hem start long 29 C.E. taem Jesus baptaes and Jehovah anointim hem for kamap hae priest long datfala spiritual temple.—Heb. 9:11, 12.

4, 5. (a) Wanem nao Psalm 99 hem talem wea olketa tru Christian barava laek for duim? (b) Wanem kwestin nao iumi wanwan shud ting raonem?

⁴ Iumi tinghae long disfala arrangement wea God mekem for iumi savve worshipim hem. Iumi showimaot diswan taem iumi preach long pipol abaotem Jehovah and olketa nambawan samting wea iumi kasem from datfala ransom. Iumi hapi tumas bikos distaem winim eit million tru Christian nao praisem Jehovah evriday! Staka pipol garem rong tingting and tingse bihaen olketa dae and go long heven nao bae olketa praisem God. Bat pipol bilong Jehovah savve hem important for praisem Jehovah long earth distaem.

⁵ Taem iumi praisem Jehovah, iumi duim sem samting wea olketa faithful wakaman bilong God olketa duim wea Bible storyim long Psalm 99:1-3, 5. (Readim.) Olketa faithful man olsem Moses, Aaron, and Samuel barava sapotim tru worship long bifor. (Ps. 99:6, 7) Distaem tu, olketa anointed Christian faithful for worshipim Jehovah long spiritual temple long earth bifor olketa go long heven for waka olsem priest witim Jesus. Staka million “nara sheepsheep” faithful for sapotim olketa. (John 10:16) Olketa anointed Christian and olketa nara sheepsheep wan mind for worshipim Jehovah. Bat iumi wanwan shud ting raonem disfala kwestin: ‘Waswe, mi barava sapotim arrangement bilong Jehovah for tru worship?’

⁷ Kasem 1919, Jehovah showimaot klia hu nao olketa wea hem hapi long olketa and wea worshipim hem long spiritual temple bilong hem. Olketa hia changem samfala samting long laef bilong olketa mekem olketa savve worshipim God long wei wea hem laekem. (Isa. 4:2, 3; Mal. 3:1-4) Long datfala taem, samting wea aposol Paul lukim insaed wanfala vision staka handred year bifor, hem start for kamap tru.

8, 9. Wanem nao datfala “paradaes” wea Paul lukim long vision?

⁸ Paul storyim datfala vision wea hem lukim long 2 Corinth 12:1-4. (Readim.) Long datfala vision, Jehovah mekem Paul for lukim samting wea bae happen long future. Wanem nao datfala “paradaes” wea Paul lukim? Hem savve minim datfala physical Paradaes long earth wea bae kamap long future. (Luke 23:43) Hem savve minim tu datfala spiritual paradaes wea bae stap evriwea long earth long niu world, wea hem samting wea pipol bilong God distaem start for enjoyim finis. And tu, hem savve minim olketa gud samting long heven long “datfala paradaes bilong God.”—Rev. 2:7.

⁹ Bat why nao Paul sei hem “herem olketa toktok wea hem tambu for man talem”? Bikos long datfala taem, hem no stretfala taem for Paul explainim evri nambawan samting wea hem lukim long datfala vision. Bat distaem nao Jehovah letem iumi for talemaot long nara pipol olketa gud samting wea pipol bilong hem kasem distaem!

10. Long wanem wei nao spiritual paradaes hem difren from spiritual temple?

¹⁰ Iumi savve story abaotem “spiritual paradaes” staka taem, bat wanem nao datwan hem minim? Hem minim wei wea pipol bilong Jehovah enjoyim staka spiritual samting distaem, wea mekem olketa garem peace witim God and olketa nara brata and sista. Spiritual paradaes hem difren from spiritual temple. Datfala spiritual temple hem minim arrangement wea God mekem for olketa man fren witim hem and worshipim hem. Datfala spiritual paradaes hem mekem iumi luksavve long olketa wea God hem hapi long olketa, and wea worshipim hem long datfala spiritual temple.—Mal. 3:18.

11. Wanem nambawan privilege nao iumi garem distaem?

¹¹ Iumi hapi tumas bikos start long 1919, Jehovah letem olketa man wea no perfect for waka tugeta witim hem for strongim and mekem grow disfala spiritual paradaes! Waswe, iu tu sapotim disfala nambawan waka? Waswe, iu tinghae long disfala privilege for waka tugeta witim Jehovah for mekem hem kasem praise long earth?