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  Is my understanding correct?

  by Doug Mason in

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  is my understanding correct?

  1. to arrive at 1874 for christs parousia, ctr employed time parallels from the scriptures and measurements from the great pyramid.

  2. ctr used a 2520-year timeframe to arrive at october 1914 for the end of the gentile times.

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  Nabunaid stayed in Tema

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  nabunaid (nabonidus) ruled (555-539) as the last king of new babylonia.

  in practice, however, nabunaid shared the kingship with his own eldest son belshazzar.

  before nabunaid started on an expedition to tema he divided the rule of the empire between himself and his son and entrusted actual kingship to belshazzar.

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  Jack Finegan on the date of Jerusalem's Destruction

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  i am not fussed whether jerusalem was destroyed in 587 bce or a year later in 586 bce.

  some are interested and as promised i have scanned some pages from a book by jack finegan which some might find interesting and useful.

  but please do not raise issues with me -- i am the messenger, not the creator of the message.

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  When DID the Jews return?

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  the date of the jews return to jerusalem following their captivity in babylon, is absolutely crucial to the gb.

  importance of the date .

  this date (537 for the return of the jews to their homeland) plays a very important role for all bible students (jws), for by it we can fix the time of the beginning of the desolation of the land of judah and the beginning of the times of the gentiles, or, the appointed times of the nations.

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  Is the GB "Christ"?

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  where in scripture does the gb get the idea of being anointed?

  jesus warned his disciples to watch out for the deceivers (matt 24: 4) who would falsely point to wars, famines, and earthquakes (verses 6 and 7) as the sign of the end of the age (verse 3).

  at the same time, jesus told his disciples that these deceivers would claim to be christ (verse 5), which means anointed one.

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  Dating Babylon's Fall

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  how does the wts calculate that babylon fell in 539 bce?

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  Did Russell change his expectations re 1914?

  by Doug Mason in

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  before starting this post, i would like to take this opportunity to "thank" all you people for your great help.

  this is a good pool of knowledge and understanding.

  in a previous post, i asked about the change that russell made to the dimensions of the great pyramid.

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  Who stretched the pyramid? When? Why?

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  the site http://www.reexamine.org/quotes/1874.htm lists the quotations related to the dimensions of the great pyramid.

  the first quotation comes from the 1904 edition of millennial dawn, vol 3, p.342.

  part of the quotation says: "the close of 1874 was the chronological beginning of the time of trouble such as was not since there was a nation".

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  Rutherford and 1914 "coming"

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  i have seen the 1929 book where rutherford stated that christ's parousia took place in 1874. .

  in the course of my research, i have seen people claiming that during the 1920s, rutherford dated the "coming" of christ at 1914. .

  i do not want to repeat hearsay, and would like to hear from people who have the original documents or verifiable photocopies.

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  Is the "Kingdom" a "government"?

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  my understanding is that the wts says the "kingdom of god/heavens" is a "government".

  where do they get that idea from in scripture?

  i presume that by "government" they mean "a system of exercising authority through an executive policy making body".

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