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  Trampling of the nation's, persecution of holy ones.

  by Sardis in

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  matthew 24:15.

  15 “therefore, when you catch sight of the disgusting thing that causes desolation, as spoken about by daniel the prophet, standing in a holy place (let the reader use discernment),.

  luke 21:24 *(this scripture is incorrectly referenced to daniel 4:25. correct would be to revelation 11:2 nwt).

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  Jeffro

  Sardis:

  Keep in mind, the scriptures I quoted were written over roughly a 600 year span of time, and are consistent with their messages.

  Entirely wrong. The verses you presented were written about 250 years apart. Daniel refers to the banning of Jewish worship in 168BCE and the subsequent re-dedication of the temple in 165BCE during the reign of Antiochus IV. Matthew, Luke and Revelation borrow some phrasing from Daniel as a metaphor but refer to the Roman occupation of Jerusalem in response to the Jewish revolt in 66CE and culminating in the destruction of Jerusalem in 70CE, to be followed by an imagined hypothetical destruction of Rome and its client kingdoms.
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  2021 Service Year Report of Jehovah’s Witnesses Worldwide

  by Joker5 in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  2021 grand totals.

  branches of jehovah’s witnesses: 87. .

  number of lands reporting: 239. .

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  Jeffro

  It is possible that some who claimed to be ‘anointed’ have died. But it is also quite likely that there are others who claim to be ‘anointed’ in areas that don’t have access to Zoom, particularly in parts of Africa. The Watch Tower Society is quite correct that mental or emotional imbalance may cause ‘some’ to mistakenly think they are ‘anointed’, though the proportion is actually about 100%.
  
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  2021 Service Year Report of Jehovah’s Witnesses Worldwide

  by Joker5 in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  2021 grand totals.

  branches of jehovah’s witnesses: 87. .

  number of lands reporting: 239. .

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  Jeffro

  Yes, somehow there’s no way to confirm that someone is ‘really’ anointed unless it’s the GB members. 😂
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  2021 Service Year Report of Jehovah’s Witnesses Worldwide

  by Joker5 in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  2021 grand totals.

  branches of jehovah’s witnesses: 87. .

  number of lands reporting: 239. .

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  Jeffro

  Drearyweather:

  Its reduced by 500 this year

  This is a trivial decrease almost certainly due to some not being able to get on the Zoom memorial. Don’t expect any significant decline in ‘partakers’ any time soon.
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  2021 Service Year Report of Jehovah’s Witnesses Worldwide

  by Joker5 in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  2021 grand totals.

  branches of jehovah’s witnesses: 87. .

  number of lands reporting: 239. .

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  Jeffro

  Joker5

  The report shows a growth spurt in developed lands (eg. +3% in US, +3% Australia, +3% France, +5% in Britain)

  The ‘growth’ is in comparison to last year’s decrease and in most cases the figures are actually only slightly higher (and in some cases lower) than the 2019 figures. For example, Britain’s 2021 average publishers figure is actually only 1.8% higher than the 2019 figure. Netherlands reported a 2% increase for average publishers but is actually a 2.1% decrease compared to 2019.
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  2021 Service Report

  by alanv in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  i have just realized that the 2021 service report figures have in fact been published.

  but they are written in such a way its harder to compare.

  so on the jw website, there is a tab called 'about us'.

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  Jeffro

  Bear in mind that the 0.7% increase follows last year’s 0.6% decrease, so the net increase over 2019 is very small.
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  2021 Service Report

  by alanv in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  i have just realized that the 2021 service report figures have in fact been published.

  but they are written in such a way its harder to compare.

  so on the jw website, there is a tab called 'about us'.

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  Jeffro

  btlc:

  I'm more interested in memorial partakers number, it rise dramatically since 2005. And an explanation of it, of course.

  More info about JW memorial partakers here.
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  2021 Service Report

  by alanv in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  i have just realized that the 2021 service report figures have in fact been published.

  but they are written in such a way its harder to compare.

  so on the jw website, there is a tab called 'about us'.

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  Jeffro

  The information has also been in that format with all the separate country listings for the last few years. There’s nothing to suggest at this stage that the combined report won’t be made available. In most of the last several years it has been released in the first week of January.
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  Gog from Magog

  by Kosonen in

  1. watchtower
  2. bible

  i saw an other thread about what the wt says who or what gog is.. my speculation is based on the following:.

  in the end un will get the power for a short while, as taught in the wt literature.

  this is based on revelation 17:12-14: "the ten horns that you saw mean ten kings who have not yet received a kingdom, but they do receive authority as kings for one hour with the wild beast.

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  Jeffro

  🤦‍♂️
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  Gog from Magog

  by Kosonen in

  1. watchtower
  2. bible

  i saw an other thread about what the wt says who or what gog is.. my speculation is based on the following:.

  in the end un will get the power for a short while, as taught in the wt literature.

  this is based on revelation 17:12-14: "the ten horns that you saw mean ten kings who have not yet received a kingdom, but they do receive authority as kings for one hour with the wild beast.

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  Jeffro

  Vidqun:

  Others will ignore prophecy to their detriment. I go on God's track record on prophecy and so far I am impressed. For you, wait and see.

  It's always amusing when 'believers' resort to these bizarre by-proxy death threats when they can't provide any evidence for their beliefs.