*** w89 9/1 p. 19 par. 7 Remaining Organized for Survival Into the Millennium ***
7 Only Jehovah's Witnesses, those of the anointed remnant and the "great crowd," as a united organization under the protection of the Supreme Organizer, have any Scriptural hope of surviving the impending end of this doomed system dominated by Satan the Devil.
are there other instances where they say this about who will survive the big A
by therevealer 6 Replies latest watchtower beliefs
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therevealer
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Quarterback
They have modified this statement in a more recent WT - Public Edition to say, "Only those encouragibly wicked will die at A".
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transhuman68
Should be something here you can use....
http://www.jwfacts.com/watchtower/salvation-only-for-jehovahs-witnesses.php
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Leolaia
All you gotta do is search the CD ROM for instances of "organization" and "ark" in the same sentence. You'll find statements like these:
*** w53 2/1 p. 86 pars. 20-21 Deliverance to a Righteous World ***
There was no deliverance apart from Noah and his God-approved family organization for constructing the ark of deliverance. (2 Pet. 2:5) There was no deliverance of Israelite first-born in Egypt apart from the visible organization arrangement through Moses. Nor was there any deliverance out of Egypt apart from God’s visible arrangement....It is the same at this consummation of the system of things, the destruction of a world now near at hand....Inasmuch as “the heavens and the earth that are now are stored up for fire and are being reserved to the day of judgment and of destruction of the ungodly men” to make way for the righteous new world, only the faithful following of Jehovah’s rules will guarantee deliverance at the present world’s end.*** w06 5/15 p. 22 par. 8 Are You Prepared for Survival? ***
Just as Noah and his God-fearing family were preserved in the ark, survival of individuals today depends on their faith and their loyal association with the earthly part of Jehovah’s universal organization. -
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*** w07 7/1 p. 13 Highlights From the Book of Ezekiel—I ***
9:3-6.Acquiring the mark—the evidence that we are dedicated, baptized servants of God and that we have the Christian personality—is essential for surviving the “great tribulation.” (Matthew 24:21) Anointed Christians, represented by the man with the secretary’s inkhorn, are taking the lead in doing the marking work, that is, the Kingdom-preaching and disciple-making work. If we want to retain our mark, we must zealously help them in this work.
*** w96 1/15 p. 17 par. 9 Jehovah’s Sheep Need Tender Care ***As an unbaptized publisher progresses spiritually, he may make a dedication to God in prayer and want to be baptized. (Compare Mark 1:9-11.) He should make his desire for baptism known to the congregation’s presiding overseer, who will arrange for elders to review with the publisher the questions on pages 175 to 218 of OrganizedtoAccomplishOurMinistry. The four parts into which the questions are divided may be covered in three sessions by three different elders if possible. If they agree that the unbaptized publisher has a reasonable understanding of Bible teachings and qualifies in other ways, they will tell him that he may be baptized. As a result of his dedication and baptism, he becomes ‘marked’ for salvation.—Ezekiel 9:4-6.
*** w89 1/15 p. 20 pars. 20-21 How Baptism Can Save Us ***In ancient times, slaves were often marked on the forehead. By the preaching work today, the antitypical ‘man clothed in linen’—the remnant of Jesus’ anointed followers—is ‘marking’ those who will survive the end of this system. In this work the anointed are assisted by their associates, the “other sheep.” (Ezekiel 9:1-7; John 10:16) And what is the “mark”? It is the evidence that we are dedicated to Jehovah and are Jesus’ baptized disciples who have a Christlike personality.
Especially now is it vital that we have the “mark” and retain it, for we are deep into “the time of the end.” (Daniel 12:4) To be saved we must ‘endure to the end’ of our present life or of this system. (Matthew 24:13) Only if we thus remain faithful as witnesses of Jehovah will baptism save us.***Knowledge book *2008 kl chap. 18 p. 180 par. 21 Make It Your Aim to Serve God Forever ***A dedicated, baptized person faithfully endeavoring to follow Jesus is special to God. Jehovah examines all the billions of human hearts and knows how rare such individuals are. He considers them to be treasures, “desirable things.” (Haggai 2:7) Bible prophecies show that God views such ones as marked to survive the execution of his judgment soon to come upon this wicked system of things. (Ezekiel 9:1-6; Malachi 3:16, 18) Are you “rightly disposed for everlasting life”? (Acts 13:48) Is it your earnest desire to be marked as one serving God? Dedication and baptism are part of that mark, and they are essential for survival.
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therevealer
thanks for the added references. For me making that claim or suggesting that to be truth and then to print this in the examining the scriptures daily "However, not everyone feels the way you do. In fact, those who truly make the Bible their guide are a minority-only about 0.1 percent of the earth's
population." says a lot about their arrogance. They have the "rights" to make the good news known, and life is dependant on our hearing it from "them" and responding to it. And look at their success rate - 0.1 percent. And herein lies my reason for accumulating the references that prove that they claim only they have the persons in their kingdom halls that will have life. My older brother struggles with this, not wanting to admit they make this claim. He prefers to use the "we just don't know who will yet respond". I think it is just to hard to except that their claim allows for 7,000,000,000 to bite the dust at the big A -
therevealer
refreshing for a new day. Does anyone agree that the 0.1 percent comment is dumb on their part?
Also thanks to transhuman68