Expectation postponed is making the heart sick

irondork

(Let's try this thread again)

Expectation postponed is making the heart sick - Proverbs 13:12

1950

w50 7/1 The Real Feast of Ingathering Under Way, p. 203, par. 27

We have now reached the time of the end, that is, the consummation of this old system of things, and there is much work to be done before the storm of Armageddon… and happy is the man that has a part in this great work that will soon end…

1960

w60 10/15 What Does God’s Kingdom Mean to You, p. 635

Soon the established kingdom will wipe out this entire system of things, paving the way for peaceful, righteous rule on earth.

1970

w70 6/1 Remain “Healthy in Faith” p. 339 par. 25

Very soon the world empire of false religion, Babylon the Great, will come to its destructive end. Christians do not have long to wait thereafter for the “war of the great day of God the Almighty,” Armageddon,

1980

w81 12/15 Zealous For “the Work of the Lord”, p. 24 par. 9

The present world system is tottering at the brink.

1990

w91 8/1 Judgment Day – A Time of Hope, p. 5

These ungodly men will be destroyed at what the Bible calls the battle of Armageddon—which, as this magazine has often shown, will take place soon.

2000

w00 2/1 How Much Longer for the Wicked?, p. 8 par. 2

The last of them will draw his final breath in the rapidly approaching “war of the great day of God the Almighty.”

… In fact, we can expect the fulfillment of it very soon

2010

w08 3/15 Jehovah Hears Our Cries For Help, p. 16 par. 18

… always keep in focus the marvelous fact that Jehovah will soon relieve mankind of all distresses

It seems the only exception to this “sick heart” phenomenon is when the Watchtower corporation is the one responsible for generating the expectations.

w03 9/15 “The Law of the Wise One” – A Source of Life, p. 25

“Expectation postponed is making the heart sick,” Solomon states, “but the thing desired is a tree of life when it does come.” (Proverbs 13:12) Unfulfilled expectations are bound to lead to disappointments that make the heart sick. This happens in everyday life. However, this is not the case with the expectations that are solidly based on God’s Word. We can have complete confidence that they will be fulfilled. Even apparent delays are less likely to be disappointing.

tootired2care

What I think of is just the sheer arogance of it all! You have a group of men who admit they are not inspired, yet they feel they have the end times trademarked, when nothing else has happened the last 2,000 thousand frickin years! I think in the next few years they are going to have a complete revolt on their hands over their education policy and many other things.

Nambo

The permanantly postponed expectation of meeting a lovely Sister to marry made my heart far sicker than a postponed Armeggedon,

In fact I was quite worried the New System was going to come before I met Sister Right if they where correct about there being no marriage in the New World, I just didnt feel petting Lions was going to fullfill my emotional needs.

cult classic

It never dawns on witnesses that many of their illlnesses result from living a life of perpetual disappointment. They are thoroughly trained to deny their feelings and thoughts. It is impossible to maintain health when the mind, body and soul are not on the same page.

So very sad.

Disillusioned Lost-Lamb

Feelin' pretty nauseous 'bout now.

WTWizard

And, it is never coming. Christians that are expecting this, and particularly the witlesses, are going to be positively devastated. Fact is, what they are expecting is a total transformation. Jesus is supposed to return in all his glory, destroy the wicked, and deliver the righteous (the believers) into paradise. All the major fundamentalist Christians have some version of this, and they are all in for a whopper of a disappointment.

All they are going to get is the transition from the Age of Pisces (which we recently left) into the Age of Aquarius. Those who are spiritually awake in a genuine sense noticed this shift, starting gradually from the 1960s hippie movement through today. Hard core Christians, on the other hand, are expecting much more. When all they are going to get is a bunch of people deserting Christi-SCAM-ity altogether. Some will turn to Islam, but increasingly they will turn to freethinking atheism or Satanism. The die-hards are in for a huge disappointment.