At the mouth of 2-3 witnesses a matter is established .Gods word the bible proves a generation is 50 years +, or - 5 years

by smiddy 28 Replies latest watchtower beliefs

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  redvip2000

  2016 yrs. divided by 42 gen. =48 years per generation

  
  Yeah but even this doesn't make any sense. A generation is not 48 years. In fact a generation is not any specific amount of time. It's simply ONE group of people that are born around the same time.

  
  

  When Jesus gave his prophecy in Matt.24 :34 "this generation will by no means pass away untill all these things occur." he was no older than 33 years right ? This prophecy occured in the year 70 AD., well within the 50 year timeslot for a generation as outlined in Gods word the Bible .
  

  True. This is the best point you make IMO.
  
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  smiddy3

  I bump this thread for the many newbies and lurkers who have visited this site with regards to a ballpark figure for the Biblical years of a generation.
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  slimboyfat

  Good point, a reasonable generation is around 40 or 50 years.

  And the idea that a “generation” can last longer than a human lifespan (as we are currently stretching the limits from 1914) is just insane.

  I don’t know who is more nuts, Splane for coming up with it, or the other crackers for going along with it,
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  smiddy3

  Bump for all of the newbies here to think about when not dealing with their own problems .

  Oh, and by the way a very warm WELCOME to all of you newbies that have just joined recently .
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  waton

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  Bump for all of the newbies here to think about

  S3: food for thought: Jesus taught a 'pass away generation'.but

  In 1918 wt writers introduced the "will never pass away, never die " generation, millions in number. but

  then they switched to 'anointed' generation, which has to pass away, to die, to go to heaven. But

  the wait is too long, so they added the anointed overlap with >100 year old "group" members overlapping in succession. Even then they get it wrong, because as you quoted:

  "--not pass away until all these things occur" but the wt anointed will pass away, right away, -- before the Great Tribulation hits hard. (you cant be in heaven fighting while also still being axed on earth),

  wt generation doctrine has so many flaws, the 14 -50 years is only one of their problems.
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  eyeuse2badub

  Holy shit! Does that mean the wt's "overlapping generations" new light teaching is possibly a pile of bullshit? OMG!

  just saying!
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  waton

  "We may have spotted a parallel universe going backwards in time"

  
  Read more: https://www.newscientist.com/article/mg24532770-400-we-may-have-spotted-a-parallel-universe-going-backwards-in-time/#ixzz6KnFiQq9s

  and wtBtS inc comes close to inhabiting that alternative universe:

  Generic generation is 14-50 years long, wtBtS inc's is a geriatric: two 100 year old seniors with a 40 year overlap = 160 years long.

  In wt, people that want to die take the Eucharist (emblems), people that do not want to die (Other Sheep) reject the wine and bread offered.

  Jesus fed the wine and bread to Other Sheep, non anointed, wt does not, allows only the anointed like Jesus, (the non-partaker) to partake.

  Jesus said the last generation will pass away after the end, wt says generation will pass away before the end event, the GT even starts,
  Jesus said generation will pass away, wt says millions of the last generation will never die. wt still teaches that!!, first heard in the book of Genesis. backward in time,

  wt land, an upside down universe, 'changing time and seasons".
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  Splash

  Good grief, have I really been on this board for so long !?!
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  smiddy3

  Their are so many newbies coming on board now I would like to know what they think of this thread ?