1 Cor. 4;9 we have become a spectacle to the world. How?

by jam 4 Replies latest jw friends

  • jam
    jam

    I remerber the closing pray of A CO, We are A theatrical

    spectacle on the stage of mankind. I took this to mean

    as representatives of the WT., our conduct will be watch

    from heaven and earth,( can make one A little paranoid).

    But after reading that verse, Paul is comparing the apostles

    to A parade of men appointed to death, A spectacle in the

    world,s theater on their way to execution. In this brief life the

    prophets are persecuted. In this moment of mortality the

    apostles " are made A spectacle unto the world, 1 Cor.4;13

    we are made as filth of the world. deemed to be the offscouring

    off all things. What is the WT veiw, are they the filth of the world?

  • AGuest
    AGuest

    What is the WT veiw, are they the filth of the world?

    That depends, dear Jam (peace to you!)... on what they're "selling" at the time: that everyone hates them and they are the only one's being "persecuted' in the world... and that's "for the sake of the Kingdom"... which "proves" they're "Jehovah's people"... OR... that everyone actually "loves" them and "wants" them to work for them, be their neighbor, marry their children... wash their windows... etc... because they're also the darned "most cleanest" (physically and spiritually) and "most honest" people on the planet.

    Yes, they're the most hated among mankind... and most loved.

    Funny... most folks I know (other than themselves) can't stand them (although no one I know HATES them... except, perhaps former JWs, whose lives they've blown apart). Few that I know love them... as workers, neighbors, inlaws... or window washers.

    Just sayin'...

    It's all in the "eye" of the beholder, isn't it?

    Again, peace to you!

    YOUR servant and a slave of Christ,

    SA

  • Farkel
    Farkel

    : I remerber the closing pray of A CO, We are A theatrical

    spectacle on the stage of mankind. I took this to mean

    as representatives of the WT

    Translation: "we are theatritical buffoons and fools performing on a stage of our own idiocy and failed predictions. But we STILL speak "truth." Trust us! We might STILL get it right! Someday, somehow. Trust US!"

    HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHHA!

    Farkel
  • wobble
    wobble

    I have it on good authority (the ghost of Freddie Franz) that they have mistranslated it "theatrical spectacle", Freddie tells me it should read "Laughingstock"

  • Heaven
    Heaven

    Spectacle to the world? Most of the world has no idea who they are. Sheesh. Little frogs meet enormous pond.

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