are you an OTHER SHEEP, then you are a heavenly kingdom citizen ! new to me too.

by prologos 4 Replies latest watchtower bible

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  prologos

  Monday Febr 17 daily wt text comment:

  "---earthly representatives -- However just as human governments can revoke* the citizenship of a person who commits certain acts, Jehovah will revoke the citizenship of those who unrepentantly break his standards. -- remain as KINGDOM CITIZENS--". so:

  although wt writers maintain that the bible is only written for the anointed, this wt comment is not adressed to that GROWING minority, but the R&F.

  so: lurkers, you are KINGDOM CITIZENS, even spiritual ISRAELITES perhaps. and

  elders will decide whether you are or not.

  * usually only immigrants can loose their citizenship, home-grown traitors might be executed while still having citizen rights.
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  blondie

  http://www.jehovahs-witness.net/jw/friends/239809/1/Blondies-Comments-You-Will-Not-Hear-at-the-10-01-2012-WT-Study-CITIZENS#.UwGl_pqYZLM

  3. (a) Who have the opportunity to be Kingdom citizens?

  (b) What will we consider in this article?

  3 Paul’s admonition to “carry on as citizens” applies

  principally to those who will rule with Christ

  in heaven. (Phil. 3:20) But by extension, it can be applied

  to those who will be the earthly subjects of

  God’s Kingdom. Why? Because all dedicated Christians

  serve the same King, Jehovah, and must live

  up to the same standards. (Eph. 4:4-6) Today, people

  work hard to qualify to become citizens of a prosperous

  country. How much more should we value

  the opportunity to be Kingdom citizens! To deepen

  our appreciation for that privilege, let us consider

  some similarities between the requirements

  for becoming a citizen of a human

  government and a citizen of God’s

  Kingdom. We will then examine three

  things we must do if we are to retain the

  honor of being Kingdom citizens.

  COMMENTS

  Applies PRINCIPALLY to those who rule in heaven with Jesus

  BY EXTENSION…where does this extension originate in the bible?
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  Honesty

  What a load of bullshit.
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  designs

  I have my Green Card.
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  valkyrie

  BY EXTENSION…where does this extension originate in the bible?

  The "Extension" originates in the same text as the "Overlap": the Book of Conjunctions and Inclusions (written by the prophet Join), 22:22.

  [I think "Grafting" can be found somewhere near the end of that prophetic book.]