Very soon now, that day will be here, and Jehovah will destroy every part of Satan’s world.
2013, 2011, 2008, 2007...
Threshold: 2016 We stand at the threshold of the promised new world.
2015 Now in the final part of “the last days,” God’s servants are on the threshold of a righteous new world
he account in Numbers has many important lessons for God’s people today, who stand at the threshold of a far greater promised land.
2014 Standing as we are on the threshold of the new world, think of what Moses told the Israelites shortly before they entered the Promised Land:
2013 God’s servants today are on the threshold of a righteous new world. Do we trust in Jehovah to provide what we need in order to survive the coming “great tribulation”?
2006 We are now on the threshold of a new world promised by Jehovah God.
2005 AS WE stand on the threshold of the coming new system of things,
2001 However, Christians today stand at the threshold of a wonderful Promised Land—God’s righteous new world.
1997 Today, Jehovah’s people stand at the threshold of the righteous new world.
and 1973 In contrast to these faithful servants of old, we are on the very threshold of the new system that they ‘saw afar off.’
Posts by blondie
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33July 2023 Study Watchtower - Great Tribulation is coming soooooooooooooon!
by BoogerMan inis this the "great tribulation" which jesus warned he would bring upon the corrupt christian congregations worldwide, (revelation 2:22; 7:14) or is it the same 1st century g.t.
which he said would never occur again?
(matthew 24:21).
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blondie
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A new Tony Morris thread: Question
by XBEHERE ini am not trying to hijack the already well commented on thread on this subject .
https://www.jehovahs-witness.com/topic/5068920948523008/breaking-news-anthony-morris-iii-no-longer-serving-on-governing-body.
however i do have a question: for pimo's, pimq's, and those who still go to meetings in person fairly regularly... is anyone still talking about this?
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blondie
road to nowhere, I have seen announcements online jw.org saying some higher up jw has died. People were in the dark in 1981 when Ray Franz was announced by the WTS Kingdom Ministry that he was no longer a member of the Bethel Family. Pre-1981 only 2 references to Ray Franz "Finally, the new annex was completed, and on Saturday, May 13, 1978, Brother Raymond Franz of the Governing Body gave the dedication talk in French." (repeated 1 other place). I certainly had no clue and I knew several people at Bethel. Later 2 of them went home because the wife was pregnant, and privately they told me what they knew but told me not to tell anyone or they would get in trouble. From the August 1980 Kingdom Ministry p 2."This is a notification that Raymond Victor Franz is no longer a member of the Governing Body and of the Brooklyn Bethel family as of May 22, 1980.
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JWs Using the system
by XBEHERE ini have it on good authority from a friend living near warwick that many bethelites filed for covid-19 economic relief from the us govt.
he said that one bethelite actually told him that they were being instructed to file some sort of income, not sure of the logistics of that with the vow of poverty and all, but if they did that then they would qualify for economic relief.
basically getting thousands of dollars for free.
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blondie
WTS comments on this (reporting not supporting)"In some lands, governmental authorities provide pensions, welfare programs, and home-care attendants for senior citizens...For instance, the elders may be able to help out by assisting the parents to learn about and benefit from governmental or social programs locally. " WT 3/15/2014 p 24
"At times, material assistance is available through governmental or social programs, so relatives or others may help the needy one to apply for such assistance." Organized Book, p 128
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Breaking News: Anthony Morris III no longer serving on the Governing Body
by WingCommander inthis has been announced on the jw's official website, in the "jw news" section.
this is not a joke.
anthony moron da turd is out as a gluttonous body member!
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blondie
Vanderhoven, I have seen this info on non-jw sites, and I'm sure non-jws are speculating too. Removing those videos will supposedly per the WTS keep people from investigating Tony.
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New Convention Song “ It Will Not Be Late”
by BluesBrother inthis made me chuckle.
a new song that they are encouraged to practice for the convention.. “ we know your day will come, sure as the rising sun.
no matter how long it takes , it will not be late” …………... it is based on habakkuk 2 , we discussed this in depth around 1973/1974.
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blondie
BluesBrother, I just saw that direction from the WTS. Many jws don't know the words or tune, and never practice. In today's world, most people have little exposure to music, singing especially. I suspect that the WTS and its representatives have heard how badly songs are sung at the meetings and conventions. I know I did. I remember the WTS some time ago, commended African jws who practiced the songs after the meetings before they went home and how they could sing without musical accompaniment. I remember telling jws to sing out loudly, like this picture in the current jw songbook.
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Advice to reduce hours earn less and spend more time on the ministry
by ExBethelitenowPIMA inthe advice to reduce work and earn less to spend more time preaching has not aged well.. the cost of living crisis means many have more going out on necessities than they have coming in.. so many asked their employer to reduce their hours and refused promotion only to see their colleagues go up the ladder when they stayed lowly position with rubbish jobs thinking the end will be here soon.
next week midweek meeting is all about preparing for an economic crisis.. they say have a go bag and new advice for all jws to store food and water at home and grow a vegetable garden, i kid you not.
this is the new direction..
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blondie
"Go" bags, to the government facilities to help you. Many times that WTS has told members to seek out these resources before expecting the congregation or the WTS to fund them. Even when the WTS rebuilds homes of their members who lose in a disaster, the WTS has them hand over their insurance checks to the WTS. How any times, has anyone ever heard the BOEs announce that the "brothers and sisters" donate for a specific individual or family in the WTS. Of course, if individual jws know of a problem already, they are free to help them out, few jws do, they can, but the WTS warns that that person may be taking advantage of them.
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Advice to reduce hours earn less and spend more time on the ministry
by ExBethelitenowPIMA inthe advice to reduce work and earn less to spend more time preaching has not aged well.. the cost of living crisis means many have more going out on necessities than they have coming in.. so many asked their employer to reduce their hours and refused promotion only to see their colleagues go up the ladder when they stayed lowly position with rubbish jobs thinking the end will be here soon.
next week midweek meeting is all about preparing for an economic crisis.. they say have a go bag and new advice for all jws to store food and water at home and grow a vegetable garden, i kid you not.
this is the new direction..
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blondie
Beth Sarim, the WTS talks about "inner rooms" and equates staying with the "congregation" of jws, but many jws equate that with the building, KH. Of course, there is no magical protection of a building. In fact, the word "congregation" and the old version "church" pertains only to a group of people.
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TOOLKIT FOR TRAUMA RECOVERY.
by LostintheFog1999 insaw this on a pomo friend's page and thought it was definitely worth sharing with all of you.
i had never seen it before but i don't know if any of you have.. https://witnessnomore.com/?page_id=19.
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blondie
I looked it over, seems helpful. Could be things many here already know, but we know many jws, PIMOs, read things here.
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All the Old JW Acquaintances Passing Away
by StephaneLaliberte inyesterday, my dad told me an older sister passed away.
she wasn't too old (in her 60s), but i knew her 30 years ago and haven't seen her in 15 years; the main reason being that i faded 10 years ago.. yesterday, i seriously considered attending the funeral and catch-up with old jws i used to know.
after thinking it over, i decided against it.
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blondie
Good comments, I don't go to funerals either (or any other occasions with jws there,, a recruiting talk as road to nowhere says. To me it is like returning to the vomit. I don't even send a card or letter or similar. First, we must protect ourselves from known sources of toxic people, especially people that see the crap and stay.
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WEASEL WORDS--WHAT ARE THEY--HOW THE WTS USES
by blondie in"a number of techniques employed to mislead others fall under the category of weasel words, and this article quotes examples that are regularly found in watchtower publications.. weasel words are defined as:.
“words or statements that are intentionally ambiguous or misleading,”[1].
intended “to avoid answering a question clearly or to make someone believe something that is not true."[2].
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blondie
Actually, Beth Sarim, I have put the quote into Google with "" quote marks around it and many times the source pops up, then it can be checked out as being in context. I was reading PR comments on jw.org and realized that the video comments of the person had been edited, out of context. I made a copy of it and sent it to the person to alert them. The video was taken off in just an hour and hasn't been used since.
