2 TIMOTHY 3:1-5 RECONSIDERED

by bj 5 Replies latest jw friends

  • bj
    bj

    Here're some points for one to think about before quoting 2 Timothy 3:1-5 for our days, that I would like to share with you.

    In 1274, Peter the Monk wrote:"The world is going through troubled times. Today's young people only think of themselves. They've got no respect for parents or old people. They've got no time for rules or regulations. To hear them talk, you think they knew everything. And what we think of as wise, they think of as foolish. As for the girls, they don't speak, or act or dress with any kind of modesty of feminine grace."

    Also, a remarkable resemblance exist between 2 Tim. 3:1-5 and THE ASSUMPTION OF MOSES 7:3-10. According to Dr. Alfred Edershim, in his noted book THE LIFE AND TIMES OF JESUS THE MESSIAH, (p. 927) stated that this "book dates probably from about the year 2 BC, or shortly afterwards." He added that it "probably quoted in Jude ver. 9."

    And if this is perhaps not enough, the book HONOR THY FATHER - Gay Talese, (p.335) wrote: "From an Assyrian tablet, dated c. 3000 BC, we read:"The earth is degenarting these days. There are signs civilization is coming to an end. Bribery and corruption abound. Violence is everywhere. Children no longer respect and obey their parents."

  • AGuest
    AGuest

    Dearest bj... may you have peace!

    Have you not heard and did you not read... 'There is NOTHING new... under the sun.'

    Succinct truth.

    Peace to you!

    A slave of Christ,

    SJ

  • AlanF
    AlanF

    People with the JW mindset always forget these timeless and true words:

    "Do not say, "Why is it that the former days were better than these?'' For it is not from wisdom that you ask about this." -- Ecclesiastes 7:10.

    AlanF

  • bigboi
    bigboi

    Hey bj:

    Yeah it seems that this type of thinking is certainly uniquly christian. I remeber reading in a history book from a early Western civilization class about a father from Ptolemaic Egypt that brought his daughter to court for failing to live up to her duty to honor him by providing material assistance. These types of feelings are common to human society. People have been making that assumption for thousands of years as you and AlanF's posts show.

    ONE...

    Bigboi

    "it ain't what ya do. it's how you do it" quote from the song "True Honeybunz" by Bahamadia

  • eeyore
    eeyore

    history repeats itself

  • joelbear
    joelbear

    bj,

    I love that quote from the ancients regarding how bad they thought things were.

    I think that shows that life has always been a struggle, while the past, having been overcome doesn't seem quite as bad and the future, being completely unknown, can look so dark and forboding.

    hugs

    Joel

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