Get ready for all the pointless, stupid speculation folks. Or maybe not, do modern dubs even remember or care about this aspect of their end-times nuttery?
UN panel confronts Vatican on child sex abuse by clergy
So the big fish first and then . . .
The UNITED NATIONS IS TURNING ON RELIGION!!
by nicolaou 34 Replies latest social current
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problemaddict
In my experience, yes they do. The real ones know that this is an important step, and a unique JW teaching.
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zound
Interesting timing. Jw.borg just put up a new FAQ called "What is the seven headed wild beast of revelation?"
They don't mention the united nations by name but imply strongly that it is the united nations - i wonder why?
The Bible’s answer
The wild beast with seven heads introduced at Revelation 13:1represents the worldwide political system.
It has authority, power, and a throne, which point to its being a political entity.—Revelation 13:2.
It rules over “every tribe and people and tongue and nation,” so it is greater than a single national government.—Revelation 13:7.
It combines features of the four beasts described in the prophecy atDaniel 7:2-8, including the appearance of a leopard, the feet of a bear, a lion’s mouth, and ten horns. The beasts in Daniel’s prophecy are identified as specific kings, or political kingdoms, that rule in succession over empires. (Daniel 7:17, 23) Thus, the wild beast of Revelation chapter 13 represents a composite political organization.
It ascends “out of the sea,” that is, from the turbulent masses of mankind that are the source of human governments.—Revelation 13:1; Isaiah 17:12, 13.
The Bible says that the number, or name, of the beast—666—is “a man’s number.” (Revelation 13:17, 18) That expression indicates that the beast of Revelation chapter 13 is a human entity, not a spirit or demon entity.
Even though nations may agree on few things, they unite in their determination to maintain their authority rather than submit to the rule of God’s Kingdom. (Psalm 2:2) They will also join forces to battle God’s armies commanded by Jesus Christ at Armageddon, but this war will result in the nations being destroyed.—Revelation 16:14, 16; 19:19, 20.
“Ten horns and seven heads”
Certain numbers are used symbolically in the Bible. For example, ten and seven represent completeness. The key to understanding the specific meaning of the “ten horns and seven heads” of the beast ofRevelation chapter 13 is an “image of the wild beast” identified later in Revelation—a bright-red beast that has seven heads and ten horns. (Revelation 13:1, 14, 15; 17:3) The Bible says that the seven heads of this red beast mean “seven kings,” or governments.—Revelation 17:9, 10.
Likewise, the seven heads of the beast of Revelation 13:1 represent seven governments: the primary political powers that have dominated through history and have taken the lead in oppressing God’s people—Egypt, Assyria, Babylon, Medo-Persia, Greece, Rome, and Anglo-America. If we conclude that the ten horns represent all sovereign states, small and large, then the diadem, or crown, on each horn shows that each nation rules concurrently with the primary political power of the time.
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THE GLADIATOR
According to the bible, the United Nations will turn on the harlot and eat her fleshy parts. Such a waste.
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zound
Even though nations may agree on few things, they unite in their determination...
They've really gone out of their way to say the united nations without actually naming the united nations. Because they are the harlot - the hypocrites.
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THE GLADIATOR
Ah, but they did in the Babylon book, 1968 as far as I recall.
See the building in the back ground.
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zound
Yes I know, but that was before they got in bed with them and agreed to diseminate positive information through their magazines about the UN. Now they have to speak in code to the sheep.
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adamah
FINALLY! A UN sub-committee is forming on behalf of the children of the World, and is going to attack the RCC with their, eh, final reports: someone in the Vatican might get a paper-cut from that!
And even if the sub-committee sent their recommendation to the General Assembly of the UN to take some peace-keeping police action against the Vatican (!), those UN troops are going to be up against well-trained Vatican Swiss guards, directed by the totalitarian Pope named 'Francis': that's a cage-match, a fight to the death, that has Pay Per View written all over it!
Adam
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THE GLADIATOR
They shouldn't be getting into bed with sheep.
They would be better of keeping the harlot; a lot more fun.
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zound
I always secretly thought the harlot pictures were hot when I was a jw kid. False religion looked damn sexy to me.
