Book study week of 02-12 - Revelation 1:10-17

by Inquisitor 6 Replies latest watchtower bible

  • Inquisitor
    Inquisitor

    Hiya all!

    I would love to hear from you guys how mainstream Christians and textual critics/scholars interpret the following features of Revelation 1:10-17

    i) The Lord's Day

    ii) The seven congregations - did these really exist? Did they "resemble a section of a modern-day circuit of Jehovah's Witnesses"? Even if that were true, shouldn't the old geezers have written that the circuit of JWs resemble those 7 ancient congs, not the other way around? There's a hint of self-importance there.

    iii) Who was the "son of man" with seven stars in his hand and a sword in his mouth?

    INQ

    p.s. if this topic has been previously covered, pls link me up. Thanks.

  • cultswatter
    cultswatter

    Well I think that Rutherford talked about the seven trumpets but the 7 stars I don't know

  • moggy lover
    moggy lover

    See my post to your topic on the previous page, pg 301 on Feb 15.

    Cheers

  • Leolaia
    Leolaia

    1) Lord's Day = Sunday.

    2) Yes, these existed and no, they were not organized in a centralized manner like a JW "circuit".

    3) Jesus.

  • Room 215
    Room 215

    What fascinated me was that in Jesus' counsel to the seven congregations, the NWT foregoes the capitalized YOU which in their explanatin always refers to a reply in the second person PLURAL; it would seem then that the advice given was directly to the overseer, not to the entire congregation.

  • Inquisitor
    Inquisitor

    Thanks for replying you guys! Esp, moggy lover for typing out such a detailed response on the other thread (my mistake).

    I also got a nice link to a bible commentary site from cyberguy. But you will probably have to PM him/her to get it.

    INQ

  • rescuer
    rescuer

    Hello all,

    New to this but trying to get educated and have been reading a lot from everyone here.

    I am trying to help some one out of it.This person has recently been baptised.Where would I get current copies of Watchtower and Awake.

    Any and all help would be appreciated

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