Wow, this bit of info surprised even me!!!

by LeKook 44 Replies latest watchtower beliefs

  • LeKook
    LeKook

    I just spoke to a Witness friend (has been a witness 25+ years), who said that the elders in her congregation told her that Witnesses had better be prepared to begin going door to door, not to announce "good news", but to denounce people who refuse to accept "the TRVTH". Has anyone else heard about this? I thought it was a joke at first, but she said no, that's where the elders told her things were headed. They said that was soon to be the new message the Witnesses are supposed to deliver. How soon she couldn't say. They just told her to be ready for it, and that Witnesses would have to determine for themselves if they were prepared to deliver it.

    Thoughts?

  • sinis
    sinis

    Thats like observing a hill of army ants and poking it with a stick, taking your cloths off and rubbing around on it - you will get bit!!! They are going to try and fulfill their own prophecy - look at me, look at me, woe is me, why are we being persecuted????!!!! Dumb asses...

  • LeKook
    LeKook

    I couldn't even respond to her saying that, I was so amazed by it. Not that I think they aren't already becoming prophets of doom (if you've seen some of their published offerings to householders, you know how scary some of the stuff is). But now they are going to outright freak people out in order to get converts. I was just, WOW... I don't even know what to say.

  • shamus100
    shamus100

    Sounds like bullshit. Local elders with small penises, er, um, nothing else to say so they try to look important by stretching the truth by a country mile. ;)

  • Violia
    Violia

    Long years ago they said this. This sounds like someone who may be jumping the gun. They are so anxious for the vultures to eat our eyes.

  • LeKook
    LeKook

    I think I'm more amazed by the fact that it wouldn't surprise me a bit if it was real. One of the many reasons I got out. The scare tactics got to be a bit much, even for me.

  • TheListener
    TheListener

    This is from the WT 2008 7/15 pages 6,7

    What developments are yet in store for the preaching work? The siege of Jericho, recorded in the book of Joshua, provides an illustration. Recall that just before God destroyed Jericho, the Israelites were instructed to march around the city once a day for six days. On the seventh day, however, there was to be a marked increase in their activity. Jehovah told Joshua: “You should march round the city seven times and the priests should blow the horns. And it must occur that when they sound with the horn of the ram, . . . all the people should shout a great war cry; and the wall of the city must fall down flat.” (Josh. 6:2-5) It is possible that there will be a similar expansion of our preaching activity. No doubt, by the time of the destruction of the present system of things, we will have seen the greatest witness to God’s name and Kingdom in the history of this world.

    What developments are yet in store for the preaching work? The siege of Jericho, recorded in the book of Joshua, provides an illustration. Recall that just before God destroyed Jericho, the Israelites were instructed to march around the city once a day for six days. On the seventh day, however, there was to be a marked increase in their activity. Jehovah told Joshua: “You should march round the city seven times and the priests should blow the horns. And it must occur that when they sound with the horn of the ram, . . . all the people should shout a great war cry; and the wall of the city must fall down flat.” (Josh. 6:2-5) It is possible that there will be a similar expansion of our preaching activity. No doubt, by the time of the destruction of the present system of things, we will have seen the greatest witness to God’s name and Kingdom in the history of this world.

    What developments are yet in store for the preaching work? The siege of Jericho, recorded in the book of Joshua, provides an illustration. Recall that just before God destroyed Jericho, the Israelites were instructed to march around the city once a day for six days. On the seventh day, however, there was to be a marked increase in their activity. Jehovah told Joshua: “You should march round the city seven times and the priests should blow the horns. And it must occur that when they sound with the horn of the ram, . . . all the people should shout a great war cry; and the wall of the city must fall down flat.” (Josh. 6:2-5) It is possible that there will be a similar expansion of our preaching activity. No doubt, by the time of the destruction of the present system of things, we will have seen the greatest witness to God’s name and Kingdom in the history of this world.

    What developments are yet in store for the preaching work? The siege of Jericho, recorded in the book of Joshua, provides an illustration. Recall that just before God destroyed Jericho, the Israelites were instructed to march around the city once a day for six days. On the seventh day, however, there was to be a marked increase in their activity. Jehovah told Joshua: “You should march round the city seven times and the priests should blow the horns. And it must occur that when they sound with the horn of the ram, . . . all the people should shout a great war cry; and the wall of the city must fall down flat.” (Josh. 6:2-5) It is possible that there will be a similar expansion of our preaching activity. No doubt, by the time of the destruction of the present system of things, we will have seen the greatest witness to God’s name and Kingdom in the history of this world.

  • TheListener
    TheListener

    sorry, my post formatting is off.

  • sinis
    sinis

    I am going to laugh my ass off when what is coming is a cosmic cyclical event (watch for massive EQ's between Sept 25-Oct 29). Ain't a damn thing they can do about it, and god is not in the picture. Its gonna suck to be them, when they realize no "savior" is coming...

  • designs
    designs

    Ah The old Jericho campaign again. Hey JWN get prepared for a lot of new xJW signups....

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