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Sewing machines - a sign of the time of the end?
by Bonnie_Clyde 16 Replies latest watchtower beliefs
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BrendaCloutier
Russell was waaayyyy offff. Doesn't he know that chimpanzee's found using tools is THE sign of the end?
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Ingenuous
Calico:
Sewing machines are practically computers now! The end must be in a few minutes!
LOL - It's too late - they are computers! There are some nice high-end sewing machines with Windows on them now.
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Bonnie_Clyde
I just thought of something. The Studies in the Scriptures "The Time is at Hand" was written in 1916. This summer our district conventions them is "Deliverance at Hand." Could the fact that it is now 100 years from 1916 be significiant?
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Bonnie_Clyde
Sorry, my math was wrong. It's only 90 years.
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bikerchic
The sewing machine, one of the first, began to reach its perfection 43 years ago. Since then, we have all kinds of farming machinery and tools, and workshop, store, factory and home conveniences, in abundance and cheap--through human invention. These are shortening the hours of labor, and doing away with the "sweat of face," which the Bible declares to be identified with the curse.
LMAO!
If only I could have back the years I spent at my sewing machine to make suitable clothing for a minister™. Yes I remember well the "sweat of face" making garb long enough to be considered a spiritual chase woman in the congregation, gosh if I knew the GB's outlook on this I would have at least counted my time sewing and put in pioneer™ hours!
Yes it was a curse and a waste of time.
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Bonnie_Clyde
The Studies in the Scriptures "The Time is at Hand" was written in 1916.
Actually, the volumes were re-issued with new prefaces in 1916. The original publication dates are:
Divine Plan of the Ages: 1886
The Time is at Hand: 1889
Thy Kingdom Come: 1891
The Day of Vengance (later, The Battle of Armageddon): 1897
The At-One-Ment Between God and Man: 1899
The New Creation: 1903