'...do you realize that in the Bible there are many instances of situations where Jehovah's people were given directions that made no sense from a human standpoint and seemed totally illogical. For instance - Abraham sacrificing Isaac; Noah building an ark when there had never been rain; Moses having the Israelites march out in battle formation and then marching back in the direction they left - Pharaoh thought they were crazy and then Moses led them to the Red Sea - Pharaoh thought he could kill them all as their backs were against the wall (sea); Also Gideon - his army whittled down to 300 men with torches and jars they went out to defeat the enemy. And what about Jericho - for six days they marched around the city once and on the seventh day they marched seven times and then shouted. Then there was Jehosophat who was afraid when the Ammonites and others were coming to annihilate them - he prayed and Jehovah said put the singers and women and children in front of the armed forces and go and meet the enemy! All of these situations were Jehovah's direction but they seemed foolish, illogical from a human standpoint - it seemed each time as if they would be killed. Then he asked this question---Do you have the faith to follow the direction of the faithful and discreet slave in these last days even if you don't understand what they are asking and it seems as if you will die because the direction is illogical--Will you quickly obey and trust the channel Jehovah is using? He told us to carefully meditate on that because we will be in a similar situation in the tribulation where we will think we are facing death, but we need to obey quickly the directions given.
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by stillajwexelder 6 Replies latest watchtower beliefs
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Open mind
Was this an excerpt from Brother Jones' talk?
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Open mind
You know.................
Jim Jones?
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insearchoftruth
Too bad those in studies can not be put on these email distributions, they would RUN AWAY FAST...but after indoc/brainwashing, they see this as important stuff....
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NewYork44M
Noah building an ark when there had never been rain;
Now that I am out I like to debunk old myths. To think that the rain cycle did not begin until the flood is just plain silly.
Where did this myth come from? I heard it all my life and reading your post just triggered another "I cant believe I believed that" moment.
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blondie
No Christian examples. The Israelites back then had armies, soldiers, and weapons. Should Christians?
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jwfacts
Amazing how Witnesses cannot differentiate between Jehovah and the Watchtower. Jehovah personally directed Moses, Abraham and Noah. The Watchtower claims he now needs a US corporation as an intermediary.