Posts by deaconbluez

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Most Witnesses Don't Know the "Current Truth" on Matthew 5:5!

by deaconbluez in

matthew 5:5: "happy are the mild-tempered ones, since they will inherit the earth.".

if you ask most witnesses what this verse means, they will say that it means those who are meek/mild/humble will be given the earth as a reward to live forever on.

i was surprised to find out that this is not the official watchtower teaching of that verse.

deaconbluez

Yeah Jason, I remember being irritated by their interpretation of that verse back in my loyal-JW days.
It's like we (of their "great crowd" class) had no privileges at all, except for being in the presence of or in the organization with "the anointed". We didn't have Christ as our mediator, only "the anointed" did. We couldn't even inherit the earth, only the "anointed" did.
What a bunch of egotistic megalomaniacs they were, to believe that every little thing in the Bible is exclusively for them.

Exactly!

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Most Witnesses Don't Know the "Current Truth" on Matthew 5:5!

by deaconbluez in

matthew 5:5: "happy are the mild-tempered ones, since they will inherit the earth.".

if you ask most witnesses what this verse means, they will say that it means those who are meek/mild/humble will be given the earth as a reward to live forever on.

i was surprised to find out that this is not the official watchtower teaching of that verse.

deaconbluez

In other words, JWs spend their lives slaving for the watchtower society, and have no idea they're promoting the idea of one day becoming Freddie Franz's (or other annointed one's) pet.
I remember that interpretation, but I didn't really think about it at the time.

Yeah, like I said, the majority of Witnesss that don't research anything, but just take the Watchtower's word on everything...they are the ones that wouldn't know this "official" teaching if it were asked of them.

I remember countless Bible studies where elders would use that verse to explain how all humans will inherit the earth, not to mention how many times from the platform it was explained that way.

In the same way, if you ask the average Witness, "Who is your Mediator?" They will most likely say, "Jesus." But that isn't what their precious "spirit-directed" organization teaches.

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Most Witnesses Don't Know the "Current Truth" on Matthew 5:5!

by deaconbluez in

matthew 5:5: "happy are the mild-tempered ones, since they will inherit the earth.".

if you ask most witnesses what this verse means, they will say that it means those who are meek/mild/humble will be given the earth as a reward to live forever on.

i was surprised to find out that this is not the official watchtower teaching of that verse.

deaconbluez

Matthew 5:5: "Happy are the mild-tempered ones, since they will inherit the earth."

If you ask most Witnesses what this verse means, they will say that it means those who are meek/mild/humble will be given the earth as a reward to live forever on. I was surprised to find out that this is not the official Watchtower teaching of that verse. Their "current truth" (LOL) is that Jesus himself is the "meek" and that the earth is his inheritance.

Here are the references in their literature:
Insight on the Scriptures, Volume 1 p.1201"The anointed members of the Christian congregation are spoken of as having a heavenly inheritance, sharing Jesus' inheritance as his "brothers." (Eph 1:14; Col 1:12; 1Pe 1:4, 5) This includes the earth. -Mt 5:5."

Watchtower 1974 June 15 pp.377-378
"...saying that the 'mild-tempered will inherit the earth.' Yes, those mild-tempered ones who are to be with Christ in his heavenly kingdom will rule over this earth."

Watchtower 1959 August 1 p.479
"When Jesus said, as recorded at Matthew 5:5, "Happy are the mild-tempered ones, since they will inherit the earth," of whom was he speaking?-H. S., U.S.A. Jesus here applied the expression "mild-tempered" or "meek" to his disciples of that time who were in line for the heavenly kingdom. He was the chief meek one among them and their example. Hebrews 1:1, 2 and 2:5, 6 show that Jesus inherits the earth or takes over the possession of it. His disciples were made his joint heirs in the Kingdom and enter into this inheritance or possession of the earth with him. Hence Matthew 5:5 does not strictly apply to the "other sheep.""

Watchtower 1958 March 1 p.139
"Will that mark the fulfillment of Jesus' promise: "Blessed are the meek: for they shall inherit the earth"? No, at least not primarily. Those words, first uttered by the psalmist David, apply first of all to the pre-eminently meek One, Jesus Christ, to whom his Father, Jehovah God, said: "Ask of me, that I may give nations as your inheritance and the ends of the earth as your own possession." Inheriting the earth is part of his reward for his meek and faithful course while a man.-Matt. 5:5, AS; Ps. 2:8."

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Earth will or will not pass/fade away?

by bite me in

i've learned that jw's are taught that the current earth will never fade or pass away, how is that possible if our bibles tell us that it will.

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deaconbluez

There's nothing to indicate that the sun is on some kind of timer like that to go super nova. In fact, just the opposite, with the constant expansion of the universe.

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Handling snakes, A religoius practice outlawed

by purplesofa in

jw
friends

much of the same logic and reasoning is done with those that practice snake handling as those that practice no blood transfusion........you might find these articles interesting.. .

snake handling is a religious practice that is outlawed in some us states.

maybe some day blood transfusions will be looked at the same way.

deaconbluez

The verses where Pentecostals get the idea for snake-handling (Mark chapter 16) are believed to NOT be part of Mark's Gospel by just about all Biblical scholars. Even if the verses were authentic, they say nothing about snake-handling being a requirement for Christians or a required form of worship.

These people that behave like this give Christians a bad name. Not all of us are insane.

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Earth will or will not pass/fade away?

by bite me in

i've learned that jw's are taught that the current earth will never fade or pass away, how is that possible if our bibles tell us that it will.

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deaconbluez

Every day, there is a 1 in 20,000 chance that a large meteor will hit the earth. Doesn't seem like much of a chance, unless you take into consideration how long human life on earth has existed and we haven't seen a meteor hit that can cause mass-destruction. My opinion, based on my faith in God, is that He wouldn't allow something like that to destroy us.

The Witnesses base their teaching of the earth never passing away on a combination of texts, including Psalm 37:11, where the "meek will possess the earth" and Ecclesiastes 1:4, where it says "the earth is standing even to time indefinite."

I don't know what role the earth will have in the New Jerusalem when it becomes established, I just know that I want to be a part of whatever God's plan is, whether it be in heaven as a spirit, at another location in the heavens as flesh, or on earth.

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Does anyone else love Willie and Kris but miss Johnny and Waylon?

by dinah in

jw
friends

got to following a post and ran into ol' kris.

they don't write songs like that anymore..

deaconbluez

Not only was Waylon superb with his writing, singing, and Telecaster playing, but Waylon invented a music genre. Not many can say that.

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2008 TMS download

by yknot in

i didn't if this had been posted yet.. sister emailed me that the huff family has included this download on their website.. http://hufffamily.com/html/theocratic_goodies.html.

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love yall, .

deaconbluez

One thing that is accurate about that picture, though:

There are just as many people eating as there are people working. JW's = some of the laziest people I have ever seen.

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2008 TMS download

by yknot in

i didn't if this had been posted yet.. sister emailed me that the huff family has included this download on their website.. http://hufffamily.com/html/theocratic_goodies.html.

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love yall, .

deaconbluez

And look at the guy walking from behind the green shed. I bet he just got a hummer from a pioneer.

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2008 TMS download

by yknot in

i didn't if this had been posted yet.. sister emailed me that the huff family has included this download on their website.. http://hufffamily.com/html/theocratic_goodies.html.

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love yall, .

deaconbluez

LOL look at this picture on the site: