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  Recent Annual Meeting - Asking for Clarification

  by truth_b_known in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  would someone in the know please clarify for me some alleged comments given from the governing body at the recent/yet to be streamed for the rank and file annual meeting?.

  it is my understanding that samuel herd basically tells the rank and file that old light is new light and the new light of july, 2013 is now old light.

  to be specific, herd states that the official stance on whether or not the annointed remaining on earth, to include the governing body, will all be in heaven prior to armageddon.. at this same annual meeting tony morris iii tells those in attendance that stephen letts' statement that "we're living in the final part of the last days, undoubtedly the final part of the final part of the last days!

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  At this same Annual meeting Tony Morris III tells those in attendance that Stephen Letts' statement that "we're living in the final part of the last days, undoubtedly the final part of the final part of the last days! Shortly before the last day of the last days" may not be true. Morris goes on to state that it may be awhile before Armageddon gets here, we might not live to see it, but that's no reason to give up because "this is the best life."

  
  

  Youtube : Anthony Morris reads a letter from a brother who talks about his mother and himself waiting for Armageddon and not giving up:

  Reviewing the 2021 Annual Meeting (Part 4 of 4)
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  Recent Annual Meeting - Asking for Clarification

  by truth_b_known in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  would someone in the know please clarify for me some alleged comments given from the governing body at the recent/yet to be streamed for the rank and file annual meeting?.

  it is my understanding that samuel herd basically tells the rank and file that old light is new light and the new light of july, 2013 is now old light.

  to be specific, herd states that the official stance on whether or not the annointed remaining on earth, to include the governing body, will all be in heaven prior to armageddon.. at this same annual meeting tony morris iii tells those in attendance that stephen letts' statement that "we're living in the final part of the last days, undoubtedly the final part of the final part of the last days!

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  It is my understanding that Samuel Herd basically tells the rank and file that Old Light is New Light and the new Light of July, 2013 is now Old Light. To be specific, Herd states that the official stance on whether or not the Annointed remaining on Earth, to include the Governing Body, will all be in paradise prior to Armageddon.

  YOUTUBE : 2021 Annual Meeting Talk, "I Will Never Abandon You"

  
  

  I Started a thread 12 days on this site:

  2021 Annual Meeting Talk, "I Will Never Abandon You"
  
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  Governing Body Update #9...Jehovah is guiding his people during the pandemic

  by RULES & REGULATIONS in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  david splane starts off with, ''i thought we might reflect on jehovah's goodness and the way he's been guiding his people during the pandemic.''.

  not once in his talk does he mention that jehovah would give all members a super immune system that would fight off the virus.

  neither does he mention that jehovah would reduce positive covid-19 numbers, hospital admissions and covid-19 deaths of his people.. mr. splane: how does the almighty, all knowing jehovah guide his people during the pandemic?.

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  So, where exactly is Jehovah guiding these people?

  
  

  ''Hundreds of us live together, work together, eat together, share the same surfaces day in and day out.''
  I guess the pandemic never reached the ''Bethel family'' because ...without Jehovah's blessing, there would not of been a new publication ''Enjoy Life Forever,'' monthly broadcasts, videos, regional conventions, the Gilead Graduations and the annual meetings.
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  Governing Body Update #9...Jehovah is guiding his people during the pandemic

  by RULES & REGULATIONS in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  david splane starts off with, ''i thought we might reflect on jehovah's goodness and the way he's been guiding his people during the pandemic.''.

  not once in his talk does he mention that jehovah would give all members a super immune system that would fight off the virus.

  neither does he mention that jehovah would reduce positive covid-19 numbers, hospital admissions and covid-19 deaths of his people.. mr. splane: how does the almighty, all knowing jehovah guide his people during the pandemic?.

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  David Splane starts off with, ''I thought we might reflect on Jehovah's goodness and the way he's been guiding his people during the pandemic.''

  Not once in his talk does he mention that Jehovah would give all members a super immune system that would fight off the virus. Neither does he mention that Jehovah would reduce positive covid-19 numbers, hospital admissions and covid-19 deaths of his people.

  Mr. Splane: How does the Almighty, All Knowing Jehovah guide his people during the pandemic?

  Governing Body updates about the pandemic

  The Bethel Family stayed healthy

  Jehovah has the Governing Body start a pilot program : Resume in person Kingdom Hall meetings
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  Funniest insults

  by LoveUniHateExams in

  1. social
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  so, i was wondering what are the funniest insults i've heard/been called.. the woman who taught me the arabic alphabet did a lesson about insults in colloquial palestinian arabic.. the one that stuck out to me was iniqbir or ini'bir.

  literal meaning: bury yourself.

  "go and bury yourself".

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  My family immigrated to the United States in 1969. I was 9 years old. Spoke no English, couldn't read or write in English. Learned English by watching cartoons and playing with my friends.

  There was a boy in my fourth grade class who loved to make fun of me because I immigrated from Italy. He was relentless in calling me names. How he came up with these names at 9 years old still amazes me to this day!

  Dago...Grease Ball...WOP...

  I still laugh at these two insults...Olive Oil Salesman and Spaghetti Bender
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  Watchtower Study on 5th December.

  by Lost in the fog in

  1. watchtower
  2. bible

  the wt study for this week is all about disfellowshipping.

  in an early paragraph it said "think how heartbroken jehovah must have been when members of his own angelic family turned their back on him!".

  however when you think about it, when this happened according to the wt teaching, jehovah still engaged with satan in the heavens (book of job) and had conversations with him about what was going on in the earth.. so why do the wt org practice shunning when jehovah god obviously didn't?.

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  1. 4.When a repentant wrongdoer returns, the heavens rejoice and the congregation welcomes him back.​—Luke 15:7.

     The article never mentions all the hoops and hurdles the repentant wrongdoer has to jump after being reinstated!

     Here is what the ''SHEPHERD THE FLOCK OF GOD” book mentions about the reinstatement:

     
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  The Watchtower—Study Edition | December 2021

  by RULES & REGULATIONS in

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  study article 50. listen to the voice of the fine shepherd.

  9 consider an experience that illustrates how jehovah can care for our material needs.

  a couple in full-time service drove over an hour in their old car to pick up some sisters living at a refugee center and take them to a christian meeting.

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  nowwhat? The sad part is that many pioneers that avoid working will be wondering why Jehovah didn't bail them out when they are evicted and their car is repo'd

  My niece and her husband were full time Special Pioneers. The Society gave them a fixed monthly payment to pioneer full time, while they worked part-time jobs.

  I just found out that they were let go due to the pandemic. The only pioneering work they did was phone witnessing and mailing out letters. They were let go from the Society. They went to live with her in-laws, because they couldn't manage on their part-time salaries. Jehovah forget to bail them out after serving the Society for over 10 years!
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  The Watchtower—Study Edition | December 2021

  by RULES & REGULATIONS in

  1. watchtower
  2. bible

  study article 50. listen to the voice of the fine shepherd.

  9 consider an experience that illustrates how jehovah can care for our material needs.

  a couple in full-time service drove over an hour in their old car to pick up some sisters living at a refugee center and take them to a christian meeting.

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  Abraham1 said:
  Rules and Regulations,
  You did not check the Scriptures I cited (Mathew 13:24-30). It implies God acts to benefit ALL His children, not to any individual here and there. (Mathew 19:28; Romans 2:11)

  I beg to differ:

  1 John 5:14-15 ESV

  And this is the confidence that we have toward him, that if we ask anything according to his will he hears us. And if we know that he hears us in whatever we ask, we know that we have the requests that we have asked of him.

  John 15:16 ESV
  

  You did not choose me, but I chose you and appointed you that you should go and bear fruit and that your fruit should abide, so that whatever you ask the Father in my name, he may give it to you.

  Matthew 21:22 ESV

  And whatever you ask in prayer, you will receive, if you have faith.”

  Matthew 7:11 ESV
  

  If you then, who are evil, know how to give good gifts to your children, how much more will your Father who is in heaven give good things to those who ask him!
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  The Watchtower—Study Edition | December 2021

  by RULES & REGULATIONS in

  1. watchtower
  2. bible

  study article 50. listen to the voice of the fine shepherd.

  9 consider an experience that illustrates how jehovah can care for our material needs.

  a couple in full-time service drove over an hour in their old car to pick up some sisters living at a refugee center and take them to a christian meeting.

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  Matthew 7:7-11

  New International Version

  Ask, Seek, Knock

  7 “Ask and it will be given to you; seek and you will find; knock and the door will be opened to you. 8 For everyone who asks receives; the one who seeks finds; and to the one who knocks, the door will be opened.

  9 “Which of you, if your son asks for bread, will give him a stone? 10 Or if he asks for a fish, will give him a snake? 11 If you, then, though you are evil, know how to give good gifts to your children, how much more will your Father in heaven give good gifts to those who ask him!
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  The Watchtower—Study Edition | December 2021

  by RULES & REGULATIONS in

  1. watchtower
  2. bible

  study article 50. listen to the voice of the fine shepherd.

  9 consider an experience that illustrates how jehovah can care for our material needs.

  a couple in full-time service drove over an hour in their old car to pick up some sisters living at a refugee center and take them to a christian meeting.

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  This is because God acts in large scale, and we think in small scale, being reduced to localized needs. (Mathew 13:24-30)

  Abraham 1

  If tomorrow you had to be admitted to a hospital with Covid-19, cancer or any life threatening illness, which would you choose:

  A : Have Doctors and Nurses help you with all their knowledge, medical care, medicines, life saving equipment

  B: Be admitted in a room without any medical staff, equipment, medicines. All you have is prayer to save you. Hope that God acts in a large scale...