by M.J. 25 Replies latest watchtower bible
Where exactly does it say in Revelations that this is only for annointed Christians, and not just annointed Christians, but they have to be JWs also?
How can they spout such written diahorrea and not corroborate it without any space for doubt?
Can you feel the boredom setting in, in Watchtower land!?
Is the constant restudying of the book an attempt to make it look like Armageddon is coming.......sooooooooooon?
Might I suggest that you just don't go to the meeting?
What's the worst that can happen?
Might I suggest that you just don't go to the meeting?
What's the worst that can happen?
Exactly, and you have the perfect excuse... How many times do I need to study a book that isn't addressed to me anyway? How long is it going to take to get through this book this time? 12 months? 16 months? Longer?
Welcome S8 newbie and we feel for ya, buddy. Any chance you can turn in your resignation letter within the next 24 hours? Why be partner to perpetuating the lies?
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LOL on all the other posts... absolutely mind-boggling the first (1988-89) Revelation Climax Book... it was the book that repeated the word "organization" every few words and it was THE first book that literally made my stomach hurt... that was a first in 10 years of being a JW... and was the Beginning of the End for me.
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Anybody who may still HAVE TO go to these book studies, don't EVEN try to make sense of ANY explanations the WT gives re: Revelation. They have it ALL SCREWED UP so bad it's not even funny. Just DUMP IT ALL -- ASAP -- and let the Lord direct you to the REAL understanding of scripture minus WT-interpretations. The Holy Spirit is your "interpreter" -- NOT the WT.
/ag
The first two times we studied that book, it was complex and boring and I didn't get it. The third time I rarely went, but was always amused by this little diary I used to keep in the margins of the book; major events of the week. Lots of fun a few years later. Try it yourself; you know they'll be dragging this beauty up another three or four times...
I hope that after a few times through, a significant number of people will realise how absurd and self-serving it is.
An even stronger reason for publishing this book is the need to keep up-to-date with present truth.
As opposed to past truth?
How can "truth" change? It's either true or it's not. It cannot become something different and still be "truth".
Primarily, its message is addressed to anointed Christians, whom Jesus has bought with his blood to become corulers with him in the new heavens. (Revelation 5:9, 10) Nevertheless, this good news will also fortify the faith of those millions who look forward to everlasting life under Christ’s Kingdom. Are you one of these?
Here's another reference that alludes to something I have recently discovered...only the 144,000 are considred Christians. The average non-anointed JW is not a Christian.
The WTS throws the word "Christian" around a lot but if you look carefully you can see that they almost always use it to reference the 144,000 or their remnant. When lumping both the "little flock" and "great crowd" together they'll refer to them as "true Christians and their companions" or something similar and when speaking of just the "great crowd" they're called "true followers", "Jehovah's faithful followers" or something similar. Other times when they use the word "Christian" it might seem to include all members but if you read between the lines you can see that there is a seperation that is not obvious to those who don't understand the doctrine...and this includes the average JW.
I too always thought that all JWs were Christians because we(back when I was still in) followed(supposedly) the teachings of Christ, but since the "Christian Congregation" is made up only of the 144,000 and since Jesus is mediator only for them, that leaves the rest of the non-anointed out in the cold. If one is not a member of the Christian congregation, how can one be a Christian?
Nine paragraphs????? Thats the whole study???? How the heck do you stretch out 9 paragraphs to an hour?
With that damn book? With their wacked out "interpretations", you could stretch one lousy paragraph into an hour and everyone would still be confused.
Heck back in the 60s we had to go through the "Babylon the Great has fallen" book and at a hefty 704 pages, it still holds the unenviable records for being: 1 The longest darn book used at a Tuesday book study Yep. Took the likes of two years to go through its lofty rhetoric 2 The most incomprehensible book ever written by Freddy Franz, the exclusive "oracle" of God.
Back in the 60's we actually offered this book from door to door. I was pioneering at the time. It wasn't easy to place--only remember placing one. It was with a person who liked to do deep Bible study.
Yep - I was another one who felt that it was just me - if I would just keep on persevering, I would eventually understand these "deep things" of God.
I have always compared the Watchtrowels self application of Revelation to themselves like stretching a condom over a bowling ball.
I pity all those who have to sit through this drivel for what the FOURTH time now???
Just shoot me.
