Answer:
Jehovah's Witnesses' version of the
Bible does add to and delete words from the Scriptures in such a way
that it alters their understanding of God. For example, they deny that
Jesus is God -- one with the Father – and that He is part of the
Trinity: Father, Son and Holy Spirit. The key Scriptures I use when I
discuss this with Jehovah’s witnesses are the following – in this order:
“Then
He who sat on the throne said, ‘Behold, I make all things new.’ And He
said to me, ‘Write, for these words are true and faithful.’ And He
said to me, ‘It is done! I am the
Alpha and the Omega, the Beginning and the End. I will give
of the fountain of the water of life freely to him who thirsts. He who
overcomes shall inherit all things, and I will be his God and he
shall be My son.” Re 21:5-7
“…behold, I am coming quickly, and My reward is with Me, to give to
every one according to his work. I
am the Alpha and the Omega, the Beginning and the End, the
First and the Last.” Re
22:12-13
As I read the two
passages from Revelation, I ask, “Is this God, the One you call
Jehovah?” And they always answer yes. Then I read the next two and ask
who those verses refer to:
“To Him
who loved us and
washed us from
our sins in His own blood, and has made us kings and
priests to His God and Father, to Him be glory and dominion forever and
ever. Amen. Behold, He is coming with clouds, and every eye will see
Him, even they who pierced Him.
And all the tribes of the earth will mourn because of Him. Even so,
Amen. I am the Alpha and the Omega,
the Beginning and the End,” says the Lord, ‘who
is and who was and who is to come, the ‘Almighty.”
(Re 1:5-8)
“I was
in the Spirit on the Lord’s Day, and I heard behind me a loud voice,
as of a trumpet, saying, “I am
the
Alpha and the Omega, the First and the Last,” and, “What
you see, write in a book and send it to the seven churches which are in
Asia….’
"Then I turned to see the voice that spoke with me. And having
turned I saw seven golden lampstands, and in the midst of the seven
lampstands One like the Son of Man,
clothed with a garment down to the feet and girded about the chest
with a golden band. His head and hair were white like wool, as white as
snow, and His eyes like a flame of fire; His feet were like fine
brass, as if refined in a furnace, and His voice as the sound of many
waters; He had in His right hand seven stars, out of His mouth went a
sharp two-edged sword, and His countenance was like the sun shining in
its strength. And when I saw Him, I fell at His feet as dead. But He
laid His right hand on me, saying to me, “Do not be afraid; I am the
First and the Last. I am He who
lives, and was dead, and behold, I am alive forevermore.
Amen. And I have the keys of Hades and of Death. Write the things
which you have seen, and the things which are, and the things which
will take place after this.” Re 1:12-19
To answer your second
question, I suggest you go to this page: http://www.crossroad.to/HisWord/verses/topics/time-space.htm
It shows that
God’s eternity is not bound by time like our earthly life. In other
words, what occurs at a moment of time to us can happen immediately in
His heavenly Kingdom. Perhaps it will make sense when you read the
Scriptures.