Because there was prophecied to be a big gap in the annointed and their activity on the earth. There would be a period of inactivity starting soon after the 1st century congregations were established and ending with Pastor Russell. This prophecy is found at Hezekiah 9:9.
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Annointed in history
by moomanchu inthis has probably been brought up before,
why isn't there a record of annointed ones through history?
why weren't they preaching and teaching jehovah's kingdom and all that.
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Their Armageddon Faith Born From Desperation....
by metatron ini spoke with a well placed, highly responsible brother some weeks ago, who didn't care for my opinions about corruption "from the.
bottom all the way to the top" in the organization.
he defended the society against every accusation i made but was stopped short by one.
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Theocrat
Only chocolate? Sugarfree is thoughtful, but i'm not diabetic. Only real sugar for me, please.
I'll give you some sugar, alright.
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Their Armageddon Faith Born From Desperation....
by metatron ini spoke with a well placed, highly responsible brother some weeks ago, who didn't care for my opinions about corruption "from the.
bottom all the way to the top" in the organization.
he defended the society against every accusation i made but was stopped short by one.
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Theocrat
Apple pie, or pie in the sky?
I bring gifts of chocolate pie. Sugar-free for my diabetic neighbors.
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Sorry, another 607 question? I'm confused.
by lost_light06 inim trying to figure something out concerning the wts 607-1914 chronology that has me confused.
i thought they based the chronology on when jerusalem was destroyed.
however, the following is taken from the daniel book and it seems to base it on something else.
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Theocrat
Really? What historians?
Not Josephus. The SEVENTY years of SERVITUDE (Antiquities 11:1:1) run from 609 B.C.E. (following the Assyrian Empire's crushing defeat at Haran and the subsequent vassalage of Judea to Babylon) until 539 B.C.E. (when Babylon itself was defeated). The FIFTY years of DESOLATION for the Temple (Apion 1:21) run from 587 B.C.E. (when Jerusalem and its Temple were destroyed) until 537 B.C.E. (when the foundations of the Temple were laid [second year of Cyrus]). The accounts in Josephus indicate that the temple (and Jerusalem) lay desolate FIFTY years (Apion 1:21), which fifty years were a part of the SEVENTY years of SERVITUDE (Antiquities 11:1:1). Apion 1:19 does NOT contradict this; it confirms that the fifty year's period of desolation occurred "during the interval of seventy years". The several deportations occurred at various times during the seventy years, but the SERVITUDE of Judea as a nation need not begin with any of the deportations as recorded in the Bible. The prophecies as recorded in Jeremiah do not even require deportation and exile at all: cf. Jer. 27:7,8,11-13,17; 38:17,18
The WTS' chronology is wrong not only because Jerusalem fell in 587 B.C.E., but more importantly, because Daniel chap. 4 has nothing to do with foreshadowing the Messianic Kingdom. See also Luke 21:8.
One might also add that the events predicted by Russell for 1914 (see Studies in the Scriptures, vol. II "The Time is at Hand" pp.76-78) did not occur, proving C. T. Russell a FALSE PROPHET (Deut. 18:20-22).
But I heard that Josephus liked to drink his own pee pee.
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Are you irritated by popular misconception?
by TD inmaybe this is a sign of advancing age and i shouldn't let it irritate me.... (but it does anyway..) .
when popular misconception gets repeated long and often enough by the ignorant, it eventually becomes accepted truth.
for example, the great war of 1914 - 1918 was not the first "world war" by any yardstick you might wish to compare various armed conflicts by.
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Theocrat
haha troll...you would like that wouldn't you.
The way I see it as far as your church sign goes: at least you're willing to pay attention to something that Jesus says.
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Their Armageddon Faith Born From Desperation....
by metatron ini spoke with a well placed, highly responsible brother some weeks ago, who didn't care for my opinions about corruption "from the.
bottom all the way to the top" in the organization.
he defended the society against every accusation i made but was stopped short by one.
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Theocrat
I just threw up a litte bit in my mouth.
I've heard eating so much crow can be nauseating.
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Sorry, another 607 question? I'm confused.
by lost_light06 inim trying to figure something out concerning the wts 607-1914 chronology that has me confused.
i thought they based the chronology on when jerusalem was destroyed.
however, the following is taken from the daniel book and it seems to base it on something else.
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Theocrat
OK, theocrat. If you can't be serious, I will just have to ask scholar.
Ask old Neb how his boy Evil-Merodach-Knievel is doing.
rofl ok...when he wakes up from his hangover I will. Nebbie stayed out too late last night. He thought it was funny when he left his "royal piss" in a houseplant after he stumbled home.
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Sorry, another 607 question? I'm confused.
by lost_light06 inim trying to figure something out concerning the wts 607-1914 chronology that has me confused.
i thought they based the chronology on when jerusalem was destroyed.
however, the following is taken from the daniel book and it seems to base it on something else.
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Theocrat
Leo, what I meant is: the final capture of Jerusalem by Nebuchadnezzar was completed in 607 B.C.E., because it was altogether an 18-month siege according to 2 Kings 25:1-4...this time the city was emptied of most of its inhabitants.
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Are you irritated by popular misconception?
by TD inmaybe this is a sign of advancing age and i shouldn't let it irritate me.... (but it does anyway..) .
when popular misconception gets repeated long and often enough by the ignorant, it eventually becomes accepted truth.
for example, the great war of 1914 - 1918 was not the first "world war" by any yardstick you might wish to compare various armed conflicts by.
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Theocrat
Is anyone else irritated by this phenomenon, or is this just the complaint of a grumpy old curmudgeon?
Option B.
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Their Armageddon Faith Born From Desperation....
by metatron ini spoke with a well placed, highly responsible brother some weeks ago, who didn't care for my opinions about corruption "from the.
bottom all the way to the top" in the organization.
he defended the society against every accusation i made but was stopped short by one.
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Theocrat
It's not "neighbor", it's "brother", or "sister".
Nope. It's "neighbor".