Posts by Sarah Smiles

but they do have their views, I've asked that question of a few elders and older ones, and have hear a similar ring, they are very zealous in the witnessing work, they have this strong desire to go to heaven and are in love with Jehovah and want to be with him, cant' wait to be with him, also feel a very very stong union with Christ and a oneness.

Most of the 144,000 already attended other religions and that is why they partake.

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Becoming officially recognized as Annointed

by B_Deserter in

i've heard there is a very secretive process the wts uses to determine whether or not they'll consider someone "of the annointed.

" from what i've heard it's a very rigorous set of questions.

can anyone here confirm this?

Sarah Smiles

PinTail

Jehovah is a god

If you say so! But why did you call your God and LORD Jehovah a god? Seem to me you should have had a flash of divine light while posting! Because Jehovah is The Almighty God!

I think everyone should part take so no big deal here. But your not one of the 144,000 because that is a continuing number which will include the great crowd that NO MAN COULD NUMBER! but Jehovah God can and knows the number!

God is not going to make one of the 144,000 have special feelings that the other sheep would not have. That is just a myth with the J.W.

What did flashing divine light come down and strike you feet all the way to your head?

Flash of Light! 30 Minute Talks what are they?

by Sarah Smiles in

it was not an unusual thing during the elijah period of the church to see at conventions some leading brother with a group around him, while he was looking wise and expounding his recently discovered interpretation: of some prophecy, particularly the revelation.

they had every man of any prominence in the church foretold by the prophetic utterances and were giving much praise and adulation to some of these.

riches 315. .

Sarah Smiles

It was not an unusual thing during the Elijah period of the church to see at conventions some “leading brother” with a group around him, while he was looking wise and expounding his “recently discovered interpretation: of some prophecy, particularly the Revelation. “ They had every man of any prominence in the church foretold by the prophetic utterances and were giving much praise and adulation to some of these.” Riches 315.

Instead of having every man of many prominence they have one talk at a time. They just need to throw in a Revelation verse!

Who would have guessed that this is what the talks were really about!

Prophetic Utterances, but they only looked wise too bad most are lying prophets.

Just in case there are some mentally ill ones lurking, "I really did not have a flash of light just a hot flash."

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Revelation Its Grand Climax At Hand! Another Angel!

by Sarah Smiles in

revelation climax pg 158, paragraph 16. .

revelation 12:7 .

who is michael?

Sarah Smiles

Maybe, Blondie would say,"Who is Like Jesus."

Jgnat, Thank you! :-)

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Two witness rule?

by ThomasCovenant in

just downloaded the 'pay attention to the flock' pdf.

thanks.. noticed the instruction on page 108.. ''if there are two or three witnesses to the same kind of wrongdoing but each one is witness to a separate incident, their testimony can be considered.

such evidence may be used to establish guilt, but it is preferable to have two witnesses to the same occurence of wrongdoing.''.

Sarah Smiles

I guess this does not apply to children coming forward at seperate times!

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Revelation 7:13

by Sarah Smiles in

therefore the great multitude could not appear prior to 1918. riches pg 297, paragraph 2.. the identification of the great multitude has not heretofore been clear to those creatures on earth who served god.

evidently john, being in doubt, propounded the question as to the identity of the great multitude.

had he known, he would not had asked the question.

Sarah Smiles

“ …Therefore the great multitude could not appear prior to 1918.” Riches pg 297, paragraph 2.

“The identification of the great multitude has not heretofore been clear to those creatures on earth who served God. Now, however, we see that the great multitude could not be identified by the followers of Christ Jesus until the coming of the Lord to the temple. Evidently John, being in doubt, propounded the question as to the identity of the great multitude. Had he known, he would not had asked the question.”

What are these which are arrayed In white robes?

And hence came they? Revelation 7:13.

“The fact that an elder propounds the question show that the question was not settled prior to the bringing of the church to maturity in Christ, which time is marked by the cleansing of the temple of sanctuary, which did not take place until 1932.” (Daniel 8:14) Riches page 313. .

“Prior to the coming of the Lord Jesus to the temple many of the followers of Christ Jesus, and particularly the “elective elder” company, though themselves to be teachers and interpreters of prophecy, including the prophecy of the Revelation. It was not an unusual thing during the Elijah period of the church to see at conventions some “leading brother” with a group around him, while he was looking wise and expounding his “recently discovered interpretation: of some prophecy, particularly the Revelation. “They had every man of any prominence in the church foretold by the prophetic utterances and were giving much praise and adulation to some of these.” Riches 315.

Today!

“Yes the elder could locate the answer and give it to John. This suggest that the resurrected ones of the 24-elders group may be involved in the communicating of divine truths today. For their part, those of the John class on earth got to learn the identity of the great crowd closely observing what Jehovah was performing in their midst. They were quick to appreciate the dazzling flash of divine light that emblazoned the theocratic firmament in 1935, at Jehovah’s due time.”

“During the 1920s and early 1930s the John class had stressed the heavenly hope both in the publication and in the preaching work. But increasing numbers of those who needed the message and who showed zeal in the witness work came to profess an interest in living forever in the Paradise earth. They had no desire to go to heaven.” Revelation Book page 124, study paragraph 17.

How many times did Jesus cleanse the temple?

When did Jesus say the multitude appeared?

The fact that one of the elders could answer Johns questions suggest what?.

How did the John class learn the identity of the great crowd?

Does anyone know what the WTBTS says about speaking in tongues?

Can people communicate with the Dead to gain divine light?

Prior to 1932 did Jesus see the great multitude or not?

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How Did you Feel Being Raised as a Jehovah's Witness?

by flipper in

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friends

quite a thought, huh?

i was raised from birth as my family was in it 7 years before i was born ( 1952).

i remember wanting to go out for school sports in high school as my p.e.

Sarah Smiles

Hello, in the 60s and 70sI was raised as a J.W. and never attended another religion. I was also one of those children that parents had to leave in the middle of the night because of the blood issue. It was fun, where I was raised the Dub always got together and had a really great time. Up North was tough, people were critical of everything. If my older brother had his shirt pulled out the elders would constantly correct him, as if ,he had control of his shirt falling out of his pants.

Ayhow back to Westminster Calif, people were sneaking across the boarders and bringing medication back from Mexico which was illegal in the states. Every other day, I went to Mexico to get shots or bring them back with a car load of older J.W. women who were sick. These women would come from all over the world. We always went in groups of people who were very sick and some old. Most of the time they just scared me to death. Had me believing that I was going to die as soon as I became an adult. Trust me it was their way of getting together! bunch of bull!

When I went to public school, I had to stand up next to a building by a Flag all day long so I could get vitamins. Play day was taken away from me and I had to sit in the library. They all became health freaks! the school nurse and doctors vs. parents and the local elders, etc,. They took me out of public school with a tutor who didn't do much and I missed my friends from school. I was a very social child and loved people and my friends.

The move up North was hard on everyone, thanks to the elders who said we needed to get out of Calif because of the court system! Anyhow, I did go back to public school but still had to walk around the track instead of socializing with the other children. It was all so stupid in Calif, in fact I do not remember any time when the courts threaten to take me away from my mom. There was a couple of cases in the paper! and that panic all the J.W.

To answer your question I believed that we were God's people. Up North, the J.W. did not socialize with the children like Westminster J.W. So I longed to have friends, go to dances, games, and all the things J.W. children were not allow to do. Yes, I do blame the religion for my lack of education! I also blame my mother and the elders!

Later on in life, I went back to school and was the first one to get a college education! and the college kids well the view me as one of them instead of an older person. That was fun!

I would say leave the organization and go to college! Ignore religion for awhile and attend school. It was the best time of my life.