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  Second-Temple period mysteries and mysticisms

  by Doug Mason in

  1. watchtower
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  i don't know if anyone is interested in the subject of the mysteries and mysticisms of the second-temple period (including paul and the gospels) but if so:.

  https://www.academia.edu/s/61773ba12f?source=link .

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  Doug Mason

  Thank you, Terry.

  I turned page 8 on its head, I was wrong and I appreciate your help.

  Please tell me if it is still out of whack - and anywhere else.

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  Appropriate to other things, I came across the following passage in an old book languishing unloved for many a year:

  Those who regard the prophets mainly as guides to the future are likely to be disappointed by this work. For me, "the prophets speaks primarily to the men of his own time, and his message springs out of the circumstances in which he lives" (Men Spake from God, Ellison, page 4). Hence we will best understand Ezekiel as we try to grasp what his own generation should have understood and only then reinterpret, if necessary, in the light of the New Testament. In dealing with the prophecies of the future. I have therefore been normally more concerned with what Ezekiel's contemporaries were to understand by them than what we may read into them from the standpoint of the New Testament. (Ezekiel: The Man and His Message, Ellison, (1956), 11).
  

  Doug
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  Second-Temple period mysteries and mysticisms

  by Doug Mason in

  1. watchtower
  2. bible

  i don't know if anyone is interested in the subject of the mysteries and mysticisms of the second-temple period (including paul and the gospels) but if so:.

  https://www.academia.edu/s/61773ba12f?source=link .

  doug.

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  Doug Mason

  Thank you, Terry. I will rethink that part again.

  I am wrong to use "Christian" definitions of "mysticism" and "mystery". I need to provide the understanding of these terms during the Second-Temple period (which includes Paul).

  To give you an idea of the slippery slope that befuddled my ancient grey cells, I have provided the "Christian" definitions here:

  https://jwstudies.com/Defining_Christian_Mysticism__Inge.pdf

  https://jwstudies.com/Defining_Mysticism__a_Survey__Zarrabizadeh.pdf
  

  Regards -- and thank you,

  Doug
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  Second-Temple period mysteries and mysticisms

  by Doug Mason in

  1. watchtower
  2. bible

  i don't know if anyone is interested in the subject of the mysteries and mysticisms of the second-temple period (including paul and the gospels) but if so:.

  https://www.academia.edu/s/61773ba12f?source=link .

  doug.

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  Doug Mason

  I absolutely agree with you, Terry!

  The list of "definitions" in the book where I lifted that from runs to a few pages, several not in English, most far worse..

  Thank you for your feedback and I will take another look with the view to replacing the paragraph.

  I really appreciate your feedback.

  If anyone can find a meaningful replacement from a recognised scholar, please let me know.

  Doug
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  Second-Temple period mysteries and mysticisms

  by Doug Mason in

  1. watchtower
  2. bible

  i don't know if anyone is interested in the subject of the mysteries and mysticisms of the second-temple period (including paul and the gospels) but if so:.

  https://www.academia.edu/s/61773ba12f?source=link .

  doug.

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  Doug Mason

  Hi,

  Back again, this time with egg on face.

  I found errors with the hyperlinks I provided at Page 7 of my Study. No excuses, just plain incompetence.

  The corrected file is at:

  https://jwstudies.com/2TP_Mysticisms.pdf

  I will correct the Academia address in the morning.

  Sorry.

  Doug
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  Second-Temple period mysteries and mysticisms

  by Doug Mason in

  1. watchtower
  2. bible

  i don't know if anyone is interested in the subject of the mysteries and mysticisms of the second-temple period (including paul and the gospels) but if so:.

  https://www.academia.edu/s/61773ba12f?source=link .

  doug.

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  Doug Mason

  Hi,

  I don't know if anyone is interested in the subject of the mysteries and mysticisms of the Second-temple period (including Paul and the Gospels) but if so:

  https://www.academia.edu/s/61773ba12f?source=link

  Doug
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  Paul's mystical gospel?

  by Doug Mason in

  1. watchtower
  2. bible

  in the process of preparing studies on the second-temple period, i was working on the evolution of their understandings of: death and resurrections, and salvations.

  when i was looking at paul’s attitude to the matter (he was at the latter part of the period) i developed the following material:.

  https://jwstudies.com/paul_s_gospel__death_and_resurrection.pdf .

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  Doug Mason

  In the process of preparing Studies on the Second-Temple period, I was working on the evolution of their understandings of: Death and Resurrections, and Salvations. When I was looking at Paul’s attitude to the matter (he was at the latter part of the Period) I developed the following material:

  https://jwstudies.com/Paul_s_Gospel__Death_and_Resurrection.pdf

  When I set out, as usual I had no idea how it would turn out.

  I need your help. Would you please criticise it. Tear it to shreds; I do not mind. But please give me evidence. Have I misunderstood Paul?

  Doug
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  Jehovah's witnesses believe in Tranys.

  by mickbobcat in

  1. watchtower
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  so women who are of the anointed will be changed to male?

  i know it says there are neither male nor female in heaven but they are never depicted as women always male gender.

  so does the cult believe in the transgender crap?.

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  Doug Mason

  Oscar Wilde said:

  "Be yourself. Everyone else is already taken."
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  Jehovah's witnesses believe in Tranys.

  by mickbobcat in

  1. watchtower
  2. bible

  so women who are of the anointed will be changed to male?

  i know it says there are neither male nor female in heaven but they are never depicted as women always male gender.

  so does the cult believe in the transgender crap?.

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  Doug Mason

  Rafty,

  The people who wrote Revelation were also very specific about the exact number who would come from each of the specified Jewish clans. No ifs, no buts.

  The writers also said these 144,000 needed protecting because they were living on earth while God's fury is being poured out.

  Doug
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  Jehovah's witnesses believe in Tranys.

  by mickbobcat in

  1. watchtower
  2. bible

  so women who are of the anointed will be changed to male?

  i know it says there are neither male nor female in heaven but they are never depicted as women always male gender.

  so does the cult believe in the transgender crap?.

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  Doug Mason

  Shotwhile...

  I have both volumes of "Insight" on my computer. I could try to send them to you via Dropbox, but to do that you would need to PM me your email address or email me directly -- you will find my address on all of the material I write. I promise you that I do not have the time or the inclination to hassle or to follow up. unless you were to contact me further.

  I can assure you that page 371 of Volume 2 of "Insight" does not have an entry for "men" although that same page has a lengthy article that runs on to the following page on "menstruation", including a lesson on biology.

  Doug
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  Jehovah's witnesses believe in Tranys.

  by mickbobcat in

  1. watchtower
  2. bible

  so women who are of the anointed will be changed to male?

  i know it says there are neither male nor female in heaven but they are never depicted as women always male gender.

  so does the cult believe in the transgender crap?.

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  Doug Mason

  See pages 44 - 45 of:

  https://jwstudies.com/The_Watch_Tower_Society_Reveals_Itself.pdf
  

  As for "transgender" being "crap" I think you need to talk to people who are neither male nor female in their physical bodies (intersex) and also to those whose minds are similarly afflicted.

  Doug