by EndofMysteries 8 Replies latest watchtower bible
I wonder if anybody realizes, that this scripture, Luke 19:40 But Jesus answered, "I tell you, if these become silent, the stones will cry out!"
Everybody has understood this to mean literal stones on the ground crying out, but that is not what it meant.
Look what Ez 36:26 says, "I will give you a new heart and put a new spirit in you; I will remove from you your heart of stone and give you a heart of flesh."
The witnesses are the stones crying out.
Never thought of it in that light.
With 607 BC, the stones are crying out. The tons of archeological evidence demands to be heard.
EoM,
Looks like you may have leaked whatever "Noooo Lite TM " will be announced at the Annual Meeting this weekend!!!
If JW are the stones, then....
I don't think he meant that if his immediate followers were made quiet the hard
hearted would cry out. I think he meant that even if his immediate followers
were silenced that the actual stones would cry out meaning a metaphor that
followers who were all around (common like stones not stone hearted) would
testify in his behalf.
Luke 19:40 is usually thought to be a reference to Habakkuk 2:11: "For the stone will cry out from the wall, and the beam from the woodwork will respond."
It sounds like the writers of the bible were smoking some real good cannabis, it's becoming more and more obvious as time goes on.
Kojack
What's funny though, is some of what they 'preach' is what the bible teaches, the parts about forgiveness of sins, about what elders can do, about how to understand the bible. then once inside is when it changes. It would be funny if ones saw the truth part, then caught on to the change when inside, and left, pointing out the truth part they were originally taught lol.
"what is this talk about a judicial committee? The first watchtower you gave me said they can only hear my sin and pray for forgiveness and encouragement, I'm outta here! "
My understanding of the stones crying out is, for what it worth, is this. Jesus was amongst a geat crowd of supporters, cheering for him. It says the authorities were afraid to take Jesus into custody because of their fear of the crowds. Some told Jesus to tell the supporters to cool it. Jesus said that if he told the crowd to stop crying out, then there would be an incident where literal stones would figuratively cry out The opposers would literally stone him to death, like they wanted to do when he first started his ministry. He knew that as long as there was a great crowd of supporters, he would be safe.
belbab
