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  Why the King of South (USA) is in the Northern Hemisphere?

  by pistolpete in

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  there's been a lot of talk among jws, that this is it with russia (king of the north) pushing and shoving against the (king of the south usa).

  but look at the world map below on the link, and notice that usa is in the northern hemisphere.. meaning the king of the south must be none other than -----------argentina .

  that's so funny that jws still can't figure it out that they are being conned to the max.

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  Jeffro

  Disillusioned JW:

  Other than first king of the north and the first king of the south (according to WT interpretation and according to the interpretation of many Christian groups),

  The JW interpretation of Daniel is Adventism which is derived from Protestantism, so it is of course unremarkable that other denominations share elements of their interpretations of Daniel.

  However, nothing in Daniel applies to now. The kings of the north and south were the Seleucid and Ptolemaic dynasties up until the mid-2nd centuries BCE.
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  Jehovah's witnesses at polish border. Wtf

  by usualusername1 in

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  sky news reporting ukrainian refugees coming into poland.

  "jws are offering support".

  🤦🏿.

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  I’m sure the JWs are just there to offer humanitarian aid without taking advantage of people’s suffering to proselytise. Totally sure. Probably.
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  Philistine pronunciation

  by road to nowhere in

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  the wt uses phi list ine.

  the world says phil is tine.

  i remember they had a pronunciation guide devised by a clergyman which is ok in as much as as we dont speak hebrew.

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  road to nowhere:

  Yes, but that old clergycritter decided the second syllable was to be accented, no matter. That was my intent to show.

  And you’re wrong. It is a regional US dialect, not the unique or arbitrary ‘decision of one clergyman’.
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  Fearmongering news on JW.ORG : Russia Invades Ukraine

  by RULES & REGULATIONS in

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  2. bible

  russia invades ukraine.

  in the early morning hours of february 24, 2022, russia began a military invasion of ukraine, despite the efforts of world leaders to avoid war.

  how might this military conflict affect the world?

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  The book of Daniel foretold a rivalry between “the king of the north” and “the king of the south.” (Daniel 11:25-45) Watch the video Fulfilled Prophecy—Daniel Chapter 11 to learn why Russia and its allies can be identified as the king of the north.*

  Nope. Nothing in Daniel has anything at all to do with Russia (or anything else happening now). See Daniel's dreams and visions and What Does the Bible Really Teach about Gog of Magog?

  Jesus Christ foretold a time when “nation will rise against nation and kingdom against kingdom.” (Matthew 24:7) Read the article “What Is the Sign of ‘the Last Days,’ or ‘End Times’?” to see how the Bible shows that wars today fulfill Jesus’ prophecy.

  What JWs say about Jesus' 'presence' and the 'great tribulation' also contradicts what the Bible actually says. See What Does the Bible Really Teach about Jesus' Presence?
  
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  So, which end times prophecy is it?!

  by nowwhat? in

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  when all is quiet on the world scene, the jdubs say see!

  they are about to to declare peace and security!

  when tensions are high the jdubs point to the pushing of the kon and the kos and say see bible prophecy is being fulfilled!.

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  The JW website has added a page about the Ukraine invasion, claiming it relates to biblical prophecies. Their response amounts to self-serving drivel that is detached from reality.
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  Philistine pronunciation

  by road to nowhere in

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  the wt uses phi list ine.

  the world says phil is tine.

  i remember they had a pronunciation guide devised by a clergyman which is ok in as much as as we dont speak hebrew.

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  road to nowhere:

  The WT uses phi LIST ine. The world says PHIL is tine.

  It isn’t the case that Watch Tower uniquely says it a different way to ‘the world’. The pronunciation indicated above as “PHIL is tine” (/ˈfɪlɪstaɪn/, where ‘tine’ rhymes with ‘wine’) is the English pronunciation in most English speaking countries, and is also used in the US, but some United Stated dialects use “phi LIST ine” (/fɪˈlɪstin/).
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  JWs don’t use the apocryphal, yet source them

  by Anony Mous in

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  so a quick little note about a few things that i recently learned.

  if you ever had the yellow book of bible stories, there was the story of enoch, also repeated in other watchtower publications, about the angels fathering giants and being a menace on earth.

  now if you look at the nicean bible, which is the wtbts selection of the bible, it mentions enoch twice and only has a very brief passage about nephilim and ben elohim.

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  Sea Breeze:

  The book of Jasher is referenced in the bible

  The Bible does refer to a 'Book of Jasher/Jashar'. However, the actual content of the book is unknown.

  There was a spurious 16th century version and another 18th century forgery that purport to be translations of the lost book. They quote from various biblical books to try to sound authentic.
  
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  Do you think the big A will come after Russia invades Ukraine?

  by Iamallcool in

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  any takers?

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  Fisherman:

  I don’t think so because the book of Rev actually does speak about the future

  So does Star Trek. It's still not actually a prophecy about the future.
  
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  Do you think the big A will come after Russia invades Ukraine?

  by Iamallcool in

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  any takers?

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  a watcher:

  Ukraine has nothing to do with Armageddon.

  Correct.
  

  There are still many prophecies in Revelation that need to be fulfilled before Armageddon comes. I believe Armageddon is at least several years in the future.

  🤦‍♂️No. Revelation was about cryptic references to events that affected early Christians under the Roman empire during the first and early second centuries. Relevance to anything now, or to the future, is exactly zero.
  
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  Entire WT Library online

  by admirmitch in

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  stumbled on this video online.

  looks like the entire wt library is online and available via login access.

  read some comments and presenter was a bethel insider so he had special access.

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  Jeffro

  The other publications would also likely be available (internally) as update packages for the Windows-based Watchtower Library application…

  For example, when using the Publications Index on that version, if you click any of the shorthand references to an old publication, it responds by saying that the full name of the publication isn’t available in the library. This indicates that the term is actually linked to the unavailable publication rather than it not being a link at all.