Mike DaVoice

“Long before Jehovah made Himself Judah’s enemy, Judah made Jehovah her enemy—to herself and to her illegitimate children. Consequences are things a narcissist rarely take into consideration.
pg 43”
― Michael Ben Zehabe, Lamentations: how narcissistic leaders torment church and family

“It would be a dire miscalculation to assume Jehovah doesn’t hate individuals. Paul made this clear at Ro 9:13. Hosea made this clear at Ho 9:15. Amos made this clear at Am 6:8. Jehovah hates anyone harming His sheep and loves those helping His sheep. Jesus advocated hatred for those who Jehovah hated.
pg 39”
― Michael Ben Zehabe, Lamentations: how narcissistic leaders torment church and family

“A narcissistic church leader will preemptively create under-educated, group-dependent followers. By contrast, Jesus admired independent thinkers, exampled at Mt 9:22, where the woman with an issue of blood bucked convention in favor of her Bible-trained faith.
pg 38”
― Michael Ben Zehabe, Lamentations: how narcissistic leaders torment church and family

“I’m sick at heart. (וְלִבִּ֥י דַוָּֽי) literally; “and-my-heart faints.”
. . . she says, back-of-hand-glued-to-forehead pose, cutting her eyes toward Jehovah, to see if He will buy into her manipulative drama.
Again, it takes the gall of a narcissist to destroy a family and then pretend the real victim is their, poor sick heart. Even at a distance, it must have been a terrible thing for angels to watch—powerless to comfort the Father they loved and admired. But, no angel was capable of feeling God’s depth of anguish. And how well they knew Jehovah’s anguish.”
― Michael Ben Zehabe, Lamentations: how narcissistic leaders torment church and family