Who but the jw's could be gleeful over the happenings in the middle east? and the problems in N & S Korea? Ammo for the doors I guess.
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by carla 15 Replies latest jw friends
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blondie
Actually JWs should be hoping for "peace and security" since that is what happens just before the UN destroys Babylon the Great, according to WTS interpretations.
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w03 1/15 p. 27 "Zealous Kingdom Proclaimers" Joyfully Assemble ***The Bible foretold that such conditions, including a cry of "peace and security," would lead up to God’s fear-inspiring day of judgment. (1 Thessalonians 5:3)
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Stealth453
Sorry, I live in the jungle...what's going on?
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greendawn
They associate such negative events with the idea of a new system so they are pleased to see them happening, could one or other event get out of hand and somehow lead to armageddon?
The point is that being part of the WTS org and obeying its instruction will not bring salvation from any armageddon whenever it arrives. It is guilty of too many sins. -
blondie
Stealth, might I suggest GoogleNews?
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moomanchu
Isn't Jesus coming at a time when no one expects him?
Doesn't all of dubdom and christendom expect his return to be imminent?
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jgnat
Nutty evangelicals and JW's alike put on a happy face for disaster...even funerals. After all, the bible tells them to.
2 Peter 3:11 (NIV) Since everything will be destroyed in this way, what kind of people ought you to be? You ought to live holy and godly lives 12 as you look forward to the day of God and speed its coming. [a] That day will bring about the destruction of the heavens by fire, and the elements will melt in the heat. 13 But in keeping with his promise we are looking forward to a new heaven and a new earth, the home of righteousness.
I consider that type of reaction to be a perversion of the meaning of the gospels. Who said we can't cry over the loss of a loved-one, or be sorry for the loss of peace in a bit of our world? To do otherwise is to ignore our heart's cry.
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Bryan
Blondie
*** w03 1/15 p. 27 "Zealous Kingdom Proclaimers" Joyfully Assemble ***
The Bible foretold that such conditions, including a cry of "peace and security," would lead up to God’s fear-inspiring day of judgment. (1 Thessalonians 5:3)
I just read this passage again. Could it not be said that the cry of "peace and security" could be because people felt that they had actually achieved it, and not that they begged god for it?
Bryan
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blondie
could be because people felt that they had actually achieved it
That's true, Bryan, and the WTS has made that interpretation as a CYA measure. But I would think it would have to be clearly seen by people in general for it to stand out from all other "cries of peace and security." It will seem at least to have gotten better if only for a short time...even to JWs.
Blondie
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anewme
Whatever!
If they are right....and this conflict in the Middle East leads to a war the world is terrified of and the nations and the U.S. beg the U.N to put a stop to it and all look to the U.N as the entity which brings "peace and security" to the world and Armageddy comes because this makes God jealous that people are looking to a false god for their help...then BRING IT ON!!! THE WHOLE STORY STINKS AND IS RIDICULOUS!