Posts by myelaine

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Where does the Bible mention 7000 year long Creative Days?

by tim hooper in

to my total astonishment, there is no mention whatsoever in the scriptures re jehovah's creative days being each of 7000 years duration.. nothing!.

zilch!.

...and yet the wt had this to say:.

myelaine

dear Apognophus...

Thank you.

God sanctified the seventh day when He rested from all that He had created.

the day of the LORD is dark and gloomy and then He is roused from His holy habitation...scripture seems to indicate that the day of the LORD is the beginning of a New Day (evening then morning) for Him. He no longer rests...He comes in the evening and before the morning He has vanquished His enemies (isaiah 17:13-14; isaiah 66:12-16) so that would mean the New Day doesn't start with the millenial kingdom...it starts with the day of the LORD.

Scripture says even Jesus, who is the Sun of Righteousness, will come like a thief in the NIGHT.

love michelle

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Where does the Bible mention 7000 year long Creative Days?

by tim hooper in

to my total astonishment, there is no mention whatsoever in the scriptures re jehovah's creative days being each of 7000 years duration.. nothing!.

zilch!.

...and yet the wt had this to say:.

myelaine

dear undercover...

you said, "They also still claim that Adam was created 6000 years ago, keeping us in the last thousand years of day six."...

I don't get it?

if God is resting on the seventh day and believers, who are in Christ Jesus (2 peter 1:19; rev.22:16) have entered into God's rest (the morning after the evening...the seventh day) then unbelievers are in the evening before the morning...but still the seventh day.

does the wtbts have God creating the new heavens and new earth on His seventh day...His day of rest?

love michelle

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Where does the Bible mention 7000 year long Creative Days?

by tim hooper in

to my total astonishment, there is no mention whatsoever in the scriptures re jehovah's creative days being each of 7000 years duration.. nothing!.

zilch!.

...and yet the wt had this to say:.

myelaine

For God, a creative day is the evening and then the morning...nowhere in the bible is a creative day said to be 24 hours, a year or 1000 years. the "lights" were for signs and seasons, and for days and years...surely not for the convenience of God's timekeeping as He had 3 evenings and mornings before the earth had a sun, moon and stars. So, there really is no scriptural motivation to be dogmatic about how long a "creative day" is.

Jesus said the "world" is presently in darkness (seventh evening)...malachi 4:2...

"Come to Me, all you who labor and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest." Matthew 11:28

love michelle

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What happened in Christianity ? O.T prophets were male & female ,God was not gender specific,

by smiddy in

jw
friends

according to scripture they could.

sure in jw land anybody could partake of the emblems and wine , male and female denoting they could be rulers with christ in his heavenly kingdom , however did many of these partakers actually have any say with the governing body ?

in fact did any of them have any say in their own kingdom halls ?

myelaine

Song of Solomon 6:10-13

Daniel 12:1-3

love michelle

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"Probably You Might be Saved" - Somewhere in Zephaniah As I Recall

by Perry in

the watchtower (and old-timers in the org) love to quote old testament passages that were directed toward israel.

however, the new testament is "a better covenant based upon better promises".. in the following verses, salvation is not described as a possibility, but as a certainty, as a present possession for the original christians:.

justification is a present possession (rom.

myelaine

dear cofty...

Jesus believed and centered His sermons around some of the things that nominal christians don't take literally. Is the fact that they aren't "all in" with what He said really a shining endorsement of Him? Is the fact that they only take way the "love stuff" and leave the "judgement stuff" an example of faithful witness?...the whole truth?

are you able to make an informed decision without being informed?...

Jesus wants people to make an informed decision about Him, what He offers and why.

love michelle

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"Probably You Might be Saved" - Somewhere in Zephaniah As I Recall

by Perry in

the watchtower (and old-timers in the org) love to quote old testament passages that were directed toward israel.

however, the new testament is "a better covenant based upon better promises".. in the following verses, salvation is not described as a possibility, but as a certainty, as a present possession for the original christians:.

justification is a present possession (rom.

myelaine

dear cofty...

Can you define wishy washy?

love michelle

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"Probably You Might be Saved" - Somewhere in Zephaniah As I Recall

by Perry in

the watchtower (and old-timers in the org) love to quote old testament passages that were directed toward israel.

however, the new testament is "a better covenant based upon better promises".. in the following verses, salvation is not described as a possibility, but as a certainty, as a present possession for the original christians:.

justification is a present possession (rom.

myelaine

dear cantleave...

the believer is a witness to Him and what His rule will bring about. You will know them by their fruits.

love michelle

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"Probably You Might be Saved" - Somewhere in Zephaniah As I Recall

by Perry in

the watchtower (and old-timers in the org) love to quote old testament passages that were directed toward israel.

however, the new testament is "a better covenant based upon better promises".. in the following verses, salvation is not described as a possibility, but as a certainty, as a present possession for the original christians:.

justification is a present possession (rom.

myelaine

scripture does say that satan is the ruler of this world.

Jesus does reign over the world now though. Like canada there is a monarch who reigns but doesn't rule. Scripture says that when Jesus returns He will begin to rule the earth. Isaiah 9:6 says that the government will be on His shoulders...meaning that, as Perry said, those who are His are ruled by His laws and they DO on earth as He would have them do. they will continue to DO as He does when He returns. as scripture states that His "government" will rule and reign with Him (as kings and priests).

love michelle

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WHY NOT fire Jehovah and hire a BETTER God?

by Terry in

what kind of god are you looking for?.

the one i want to hire has to fill these requirements:.

1. kind to a fault without being a namby-pampy hippy.

myelaine

dear Terry...

"This job requires a GENUINE DEITY without human form, thoughts, attitudes or emotional baggage."

you want a God that is impersonal...

Yet...

"Kind to a fault without being a namby-pampy hippy. Solid kindness. Good souled. Helpful without asking a heavy fee."

hmmm...I don't think you've really thought this through :)

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Lifting the Veil on "Islamophobia"

by cofty in

the late christopher hitchens decribed the word islamophobia as "created by fascists, and used by cowards, to manipulate morons.. please take half an hour to read a fascinating conversation between sam harris and ayaan hirsi ali.. ayaan is an apostate from islam.

she fled to the netherlands in '92 to escape an arranged marriage and went on to become a member of the dutch government from 2003-2006.. ayaan is now a fellow with the future of diplomacy project at the belfer center for science and international affairs at the harvard kennedy school... she lives with round-the-clock security.. "some moderate muslims hate meand yes, thats a strong word, but i think what theyve said supports itbecause i make them feel uncomfortable.

the things i talk about put them in a state of dissonance that they cant live with.

myelaine

dear Pistoff...

the short answer is...not likely. so far there has been "self censorship" on the part of the government, military, media, and campus student body to avoid offending the muslim population of america (in general) in an effort to thwart further unrest...capitulation to the dictates of blasphemy laws contained in sharia law.

http://shariahthethreat.org/a-short-course-1-what-is-shariah/a-short-course-7-blasphemy/