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"The Lord rebuke you Satan"
by mdb in
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who says, the lord rebuke you satan?

and the [angel of the] lord [yhwh] said to satan, the lord [yhwh] rebuke you, satan!

the lord [yhwh] who has chosen jerusalem rebuke you!
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everlasting dominion.
by mdb in
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jesus' dominion & kingdom equal with the mist high god's.... i thought it good to declare the signs and wonders that the most high god has worked for me.. how great are his signs,.

and how mighty his wonders!.

his kingdom is an everlasting kingdom,.
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Funds received.
by mdb in
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how does the watchtower obtain their funds - more specifically, individual kingdom halls?.

i know that they receive money through investments and real estate, but at the local level is there an offering taken during sunday morning services?

do the members have to pay for their own watchtower and awake!
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Patrol of the kingdom hall property.
by mdb in
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out of curiosity, does the kingdom hall make a habit of sending a pair of men out to patrol thier building during weekly studies?

once a week there are certain individuals who walk around a certain kingdom hall to pray against the organization and for the salvation of those inside.

almost like clockwork, at 8pm two well dressed jw men walk around the building once.
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Jesus the archangel Michael? No.
by mdb in
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jesus the archangel michael?

1 thess 4:16 (daniel 10:13).

the watchtower teaches that michael is the only archangel (aid to bible understanding).
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Angel of the Lord
by mdb in
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but you are not willing to come to me that you may have life.. jn 5:39,40. when jesus said this to the jews, the only scriptures they had were the ot, so the scriptures that testify of jesus are the ot and he can be found in them.. but jesus answered them, my father has been working until now, and i have been working.. therefore the jews sought all the more to kill him, because he not only broke the sabbath, but also said that god was his father, making himself equal with god.. jn 5:17. jesus made himself equal with god; making himself to be god.

god tested abraham, and it is the angel of the lord who said, you have not withheld you son from me and you have obeyed my voice.

as jesus said, you search the scriptures, for in them you think you have eternal life; and these are they which testify of me.
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a look to Isaiah.
by mdb in
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thus says the lord [yhwh], the king of israel,.

and his redeemer, the lord [yhwh] of hosts:.

besides me there is no god.. isaiah 44:6. how many persons are speaking in isaiah 44:6?
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no one snatched out of who's hand?
by mdb in
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jesus answered them, i told you, and you do not believe.

the works that i do in my fathers name, they bear witness of me.

but you do not believe, because you are not of my sheep, as i said to you.
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"no man hath seen God at any time"
by mdb in
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2. bible
in the book let god be true (watchtower bible and tract society, 1946), p.86-87, section titled is there a trinity?, while attempting to disprove the trinity doctrine using 1 tim 3:16, it states:

the translation, word for word from the greek, reads, "who was manifested in flesh.

" the american standard uses "he who"; other versions use the word "which".
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Everything you need to know on 144,000
by mdb in
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anointed class & other sheep

the watchtower teaches that women are a part of the anointed class.

the disciples are called sheep in jesus flock: matt 10:16; 26:31.