The Watchtower—Study Edition | February 2022 Trust in Jehovah ...We really meant ''the Governing Body''

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  LongHairGal

  WATON:

  What I have found interesting in reading on here, etc. is how the religion is telling the R&F about conditions just after Armageddon. They are told that paradise won’t be right away and there will be inconveniences and so on..etc.

  This was always speculation first of all. Now, it seems they are ‘fleshing out’ the fantasy with ‘details’ that nobody could possibly know.. I wonder if it is just to give the impatient rank&file JWs something to think about OR is it to give the impression they have an actual pipeline to the ‘divine’ and can see into the future??
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  waton

  ‘fleshing out’ the fantasy with ‘details’

  LHG, I remember in a book study a long time ago, that it would 7 years just to mark the location of all the corpses/bones to be buried later by the digging gangs. That was 7x7 years ago.

  there is no joy in wt land even over the ever receding horizon.
  
  
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  FedUpJW

  Likely? Might? May? Sounds an awful lot like people who in reality are know nothings trying to impress the gullible with what they [think they] know.
  
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  JW GoneBad

  Likely? Might? May? Sounds an awful lot like people who in reality are know nothings trying to impress the gullible with what they [think they] know.

  This is the type of terminology a crooked used car salesman uses...if your not careful you will wind-up with a lemon! :) :)
  
  
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  Listener

  Since Satan is the Ruler of this World, then instructions that are illogical, strange and impractical couldn't originate with anyone else.
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  JW GoneBad

  WT is at it again with their "we may receive instructions that seem strange, impractical, or illogical" reckless, scary talk! Take note of this paragraph in this week's WT study article:

  "Another way that Jehovah provides direction is by means of “the faithful and discreet slave.” (Matt. 24:45) At times, this slave may give direction that we do not fully understand. For example, we may receive specific instructions designed to prepare us to survive a natural disaster that we think is unlikely to occur in our area. Or we may feel that the slave is being overly cautious during a pandemic. What should we do if we feel that the instructions given are not practical? We can think about how the Israelites benefited by heeding the counsel given through Joshua and Zerubbabel. We can also think about other Bible accounts that we have read. Sometimes God’s people received direction that did not appear to be practical from a human standpoint but turned out to be lifesaving."​—Judg. 7:7; 8:10 (March 2022 WT Study Article #12 pg 19 par 16)