Snippet of a JW letter.

jeeprube

Here's a snippet from a letter my sister in law recently wrote my wife. Enjoy:

Hope you two are doing well!

Exciting things are happening lately. Blank's bible study attended a
one-day special assembly in Denton where his fleshly sister was getting
baptized. A member of Bethel was visiting and said that the governing
body strongly feels that the end is very near. They are just waiting for
the prophecy in Revelation to be fulfilled where Jehovah will put it
into the hearts of the governments to turn on false religion. The
preaching work, at Matthew 24:14, is strongly felt to be nearing fulfillment
if not fulfilled already! That's where it says that the good news will
be preached everywhere before the end comes. There are only 3 places
where the good news has not reached because it can't reach there
(banned) - North Korea, Afghanistan and Yugoslavia.

steve2

A member of Bethel was visiting and said that the governing
body strongly feels that the end is very near.

Then it must be true, mustn't it! The egocentricity of each generation that feels it is the one on the edge of the end of the world. The dull-headed breathlessness of the letter really stands out.

mavie

A member of Bethel was visiting and said that the governing
body strongly feels that the end is very near. They are just waiting for
the prophecy in Revelation to be fulfilled where Jehovah will put it
into the hearts of the governments to turn on false religion.

Interesting, I wonder in what capacity this is being told to dubs. From the platform?

The preaching work, at Matthew 24:14, is strongly felt to be nearing fulfillment
if not fulfilled already! That's where it says that the good news will
be preached everywhere before the end comes. There are only 3 places
where the good news has not reached because it can't reach there
(banned) - North Korea, Afghanistan and Yugoslavia.

So, the millions of people in this county can be reached?

lilybird

Exciting things are happening lately

Sad how the dub's minds are programmed to think the stuff she wrote in her letter is exciting.. Sounds just like how it was 20 years ago when I still a mind-controlled dub.

Does she still really believe the end is near or even going to happen??

moshe

For those of JW's who lived through the 1975 fiasco I don't see how that group of witnesses could get excited about present day events. Hey, what ever happened to the King of the North? Wasn't Russia supposed to kick some butt? Peace and Security was a big catch phrase at one time,too They always forget about the inconvenient stuff.

Seeker4

The preaching work, at Matthew 24:14, is strongly felt to be nearing fulfillment if not fulfilled already!

Any Witness that believes that is braindead! What self-delusion.

S4

looking_glass

There are only 3 places
where the good news has not reached because it can't reach there
(banned) - North Korea, Afghanistan and Yugoslavia.

Really and how do they prove this! Once again, it is a spin job

Nathan Natas

...the governing body strongly feels that the end is very near.

Yeah, it's called a premonition of personal demise. Their end is near, but the world will keep turning quite nicely without them, thank you.

blondie

I wonder how many people in India and China have been called on (2 billion); how about the Muslim countries which outlaw proseltyzing?

Oh, that's right everyone doesn't have to have an individual witness...

*** w00 1/15 p. 13 par. 17 "Keep on the Watch" ***

Fifth, we see a global preaching work being accomplished, which Jesus said would take place just before the end of this system. Jesus stated: "This good news of the kingdom will be preached in all the inhabited earth for a witness to all the nations; and then the end will come." (Matthew 24:14) Today, that prophecy is in the course of fulfillment on an unprecedented scale. True, untouched territories still exist, and it may be that in Jehovah’s due time, a large door leading to greater activity will open. (1 Corinthians 16:9) Nevertheless, the Bible does not state that Jehovah will wait until every individual on earth has received a personal witness. Rather, the good news must be preached to Jehovah’s satisfaction. Then the end will come.—Compare Matthew 10:23.

*** w65 9/15 pp. 575-576 Questions From Readers ***

Since millions of persons in China and other places have never heard the Kingdom message, will these people be preserved through the destruction of Babylon the Great and the war of Armageddon, or perhaps be resurrected later?—H.S., U.S.A.

It is important to understand what the Bible says about the destruction to come at the end of this system of things. In his illustration of the sheep and the goats Jesus indicated that a separating work would be done "when the Son of man arrives in his glory," and that persons would be classed as either "sheep" or "goats." (Matt. 25:31-46) In part, the basis for the separation would be the reaction of people to the preaching of the good news of the established kingdom. That preaching work is now being done by Jehovah’s witnesses. Jesus explained that those on earth who favorably responded to that message and treated kindly its bearers would be classed as "sheep" and would enter into "everlasting life." The rest of mankind who did not respond favorably to the preaching work and offered no aid to those who carried the Kingdom message would be classed as "goats" and would go, not into a temporary death, but into "everlasting cutting-off" at the time when judgment is executed.

But some persons, appreciating that millions of people are to be resurrected and given an opportunity to serve God, wonder if the millions of individuals living today who apparently have never heard the Kingdom message preached will be everlastingly destroyed without ever having had a witness about God’s purposes. It is true that at present it appears that there are vast numbers of mankind who have not heard the Kingdom preaching. Also, from what the Bible says and from conditions in the world, we know that we are in the "last days." But we do not know just how much more will be accomplished in preaching the Kingdom message before the end comes. (2 Tim. 3:1-5; Matt. 24:3-13) If at the end of the second world war someone had said that the Kingdom preaching would be carried out, by more than a million publishers, in over 190 lands, including communistic countries, many might have found that hard to believe. Yet, Jehovah has blessed his people, and that is exactly what is being accomplished. So, if it is Jehovah’s will to have this message personally carried to the millions on earth who seemingly have not yet heard it, that will be accomplished. If he chooses, he could see to it that this message is spread in ways that we cannot yet imagine. Jesus did foretell that "this good news of the kingdom will be preached in all the inhabited earth for a witness to all the nations; and then the end will come." (Matt. 24:14) We can rest assured that God will see that the preaching work is done to his satisfaction. After that "the end" comes.

Then those who correspond with "goats," whether in China or elsewhere, will be pronounced "cursed" and will not be permitted to survive that "end" into God’s new order of things. Since these go into symbolic "fire" (like the Devil and his angels), their punishment will be everlasting. They will never be resurrected.—Matt. 25:41-46.

"Just a little while longer, and the wicked one will be no more; and you will certainly give attention to his place, and he will not be. But the meek ones themselves will possess the earth, and they will indeed find their exquisite delight in the abundance of peace."—Ps. 37:10, 11.

Abandoned

OK, so why does this come as heresay, by means of someone else who heard it from some bethelite? I wonder if any of the gb felt that we were really close to the end in 1914 or 1918 or 1925 or 1943 or 1945 or 1963 or 1975 or 1990 or 1995 or 2000? Do these even have a clue as to the meaning of the word "credibility?"

Snippet of a JW letter.

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