Chapter 3 of "What does the Bible Really Teach?"

Doug Mason

I do not know if this is of use to anyone, but I thought I would share it anyway.

I prepared a personal analysis of Chapter 3 from the WTS book, “What Does the Bible Really Teach?”, and I have made it available at:

http://www.jwstudies.com/Bible_Teach__chapter_3.pdf

In the first part, I made notes against scans of each page.

Following those pages, I insert the words of each Scripture being cited, and at times I include verses from the immediate context. I also add a few comments.

Please remember that are simply personal study notes.

Doug

yknot

Are you planning on doing the entire publication?

Mythbuster

Are you planning on doing the entire publication?

That would be much appreciated.

agonus

The book prospective Bible Students really need is "What Does The WATCHTOWER Really Teach"...

Doug Mason

yknot,

I haven't thought about doing any more.

I had a particular need but I could think about it - any particular chapters in mind?

Doug

In Is 45:18 "Earth" is the common translation for a word that means "land". The land of Israel is meant. That is, the land given to the children of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob. An issue gets in the way of seeing that the land of Israel still belongs to those descendents. The promises of that ownership are eternal. Changing "Israel" to mean the "Church" in modern doctrine is common. And arbitrary. ANYONE can say their group is now Israel. Apostle Paul showed that promises made to the nations were guaranteed because those made to Israel were still valid. In the ASV Is. 45: 17-19a reads,

17 But Israel shall be saved by Jehovah with an everlasting salvation: ye shall not be put to shame nor confounded world without end.

18 For thus saith Jehovah that created the heavens, the God that formed the earth and made it, that established it and created it not a waste, that formed it to be inhabited: I am Jehovah; and there is none else.

19 I have not spoken in secret, in a place of the land of darkness; I said not unto the seed of Jacob, Seek ye me in vain:

FuzzyPaul

RE: "How could God make things that could fail?"

A rabbi pointed out that God is not afraid of what we might do. He has allowed freedom of action.

Regards,

FuzzyPaul

paragraph 12 - 2 Corinthians 4:3 But if, in fact, our gospel is veiled, it is veiled to those who are perishing. 4 Regarding them: the god of this age has blinded the minds of the unbelievers so they cannot see the light of the gospel of the glory of Christ, who is the image of God. 5 For we are not proclaiming ourselves but Jesus Christ as Lord,

A god is worshiped. That does not mean that Satan is always obeyed or is an effective ruler. Satan still exerts his influence through Human servants who will not do his will in all cases.

The Watchtower teaches a serious over-estimation of Satan's power. He is only a Cherub Angel. More powerful than us but a mere angel. The difference in power between Jesus and Satan is infinite. In The Revelation Satan has "authority" while God has "power".

Regards,

Paul

FuzzyPaul

Paragraph 13 : Armageddon is a place, not the name of the event. Har-magadan means Mountain of Magadan. Magadan is the HEBREW namne of Magdala, the town Mary the Magdallene was from. It was located 2 miles north of the city of Tiberius on the Western shore of Lake Tiberius, (The Sea of Galilee.) That location is now underwater. Magadon is NOT Megiddo. This is a universal mistake. The original Aid To Bible Understanding, (The only decent pub the WT ever had other that Commentary on the Letter of James - written by a now ex-JW) has a listing on Magadan.

See Goggle map at http://maps.google.com/?q=32.84733494629723,35.5229361797708%20%28Magadan%29&t=k&z=9&om=0

The Watchtower is a pretender, they have no true scholarship. They use void arguments, asking crafted questions they answer craftily.

I spent 45 years in the Watchtower and I now believe that if the Watchtower teaches it, the actual truth is likely the opposite.

Paul

Doug Mason

FuzzyPaul,

Thanks for your thoughts, I appreciate your ideas. Any more?

Doug

Chapter 3 of "What does the Bible Really Teach?"

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