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Encouraging scriptures for the day

by Kosonen in

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hello my friends,.

here are some encouraging scriptures for the day:.

revelation 21:2 i also saw the holy city, new jerusalem, coming down out of heaven from god and prepared as a bride adorned for her husband.. hebrews 11:10 for he (abraham) was awaiting the city having real foundations, whose designer and builder is god.. revelation 21:24 and the nations will walk by means of its light, and the kings of the earth will bring their glory into it.. revelation 22:1 and he showed me a river of water of life, clear as crystal, flowing out from the throne of god and of the lamb 2 down the middle of its main street (of the holy city).

Kosonen

I have understood that the covenant about a kingdom is a separate covenant from the new covenant. But I know that the JWs do not separate them.

But I have seen in the Bible that the new covenant is about forgivness of sins through Jesus' blood. And I have not seen in the Bible that the new covenant is about the kingdom.

Jeremiah 31:31 “Look! The days are coming,” declares Jehovah, “when I will make with the house of Israel and with the house of Judah a new covenant. 32 It will not be like the covenant that I made with their forefathers on the day I took hold of their hand to lead them out of the land of Egypt, ‘my covenant that they broke, although I was their true master,’ declares Jehovah.” 33 “For this is the covenant that I will make with the house of Israel after those days,” declares Jehovah. “I will put my law within them, and in their heart I will write it. And I will become their God, and they will become my people.”

34 “And they will no longer teach each one his neighbor and each one his brother, saying, ‘Know Jehovah!’ for they will all know me, from the least to the greatest of them,” declares Jehovah. “For I will forgive their error, and I will no longer remember their sin.”

Also explained in Hebrews chapter 8 and 9.

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Encouraging scriptures for the day

by Kosonen in

jw
friends

hello my friends,.

here are some encouraging scriptures for the day:.

revelation 21:2 i also saw the holy city, new jerusalem, coming down out of heaven from god and prepared as a bride adorned for her husband.. hebrews 11:10 for he (abraham) was awaiting the city having real foundations, whose designer and builder is god.. revelation 21:24 and the nations will walk by means of its light, and the kings of the earth will bring their glory into it.. revelation 22:1 and he showed me a river of water of life, clear as crystal, flowing out from the throne of god and of the lamb 2 down the middle of its main street (of the holy city).

Kosonen

Matthew 28:20 "teaching them to observe all the things I have commanded you."

I undestand this includes to commemorate Jesus' desth by taking from the emblems, the bread in wine.

Might be difficult to accept because of personal history as a Jehovah's witness.

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An Apex Body to rule the global financial system

by Kosonen in

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un and g20 and international financial institutions are working to set up the following: (a quote from the pdf at .

https://indonesia.un.org/en/238877-our-common-agenda-policy-brief-6-reforms-international-financial-architecture.

action 2: create a .

Kosonen

Teddnzo, May be it is in general?

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Encouraging scriptures for the day

by Kosonen in

jw
friends

hello my friends,.

here are some encouraging scriptures for the day:.

revelation 21:2 i also saw the holy city, new jerusalem, coming down out of heaven from god and prepared as a bride adorned for her husband.. hebrews 11:10 for he (abraham) was awaiting the city having real foundations, whose designer and builder is god.. revelation 21:24 and the nations will walk by means of its light, and the kings of the earth will bring their glory into it.. revelation 22:1 and he showed me a river of water of life, clear as crystal, flowing out from the throne of god and of the lamb 2 down the middle of its main street (of the holy city).

Kosonen

Matthew 12:20 No bruised reed will he crush, and no smoldering wick will he extinguish, until he brings justice with success. 21 Indeed, in his name nations will hope.”

Luke 15:7 I tell you that in the same way, there will be more joy in heaven over one sinner who repents than over 99 righteous ones who have no need of repentance.

Luke 5:8 Seeing this, Simon Peter fell down at the knees of Jesus, saying: “Depart from me, Lord, because I am a sinful man.”

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Encouraging scriptures for the day

by Kosonen in

jw
friends

hello my friends,.

here are some encouraging scriptures for the day:.

revelation 21:2 i also saw the holy city, new jerusalem, coming down out of heaven from god and prepared as a bride adorned for her husband.. hebrews 11:10 for he (abraham) was awaiting the city having real foundations, whose designer and builder is god.. revelation 21:24 and the nations will walk by means of its light, and the kings of the earth will bring their glory into it.. revelation 22:1 and he showed me a river of water of life, clear as crystal, flowing out from the throne of god and of the lamb 2 down the middle of its main street (of the holy city).

Kosonen

Luke 12:31 Instead, keep seeking his Kingdom, and these things will be added to you. 32 “Have no fear, little flock, for your Father has approved of giving you the Kingdom. 33 Sell your belongings and give gifts of mercy. Make money pouches that do not wear out, a never-failing treasure in the heavens, where no thief gets near and no moth consumes.

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

Revelation 7:9 After this I saw, and look! a great crowd, which no man was able to number, out of all nations and tribes and peoples and tongues, standing before the throne and before the Lamb, dressed in white robes; and there were palm branches in their hands. 10 And they keep shouting with a loud voice, saying: “Salvation we owe to our God, who is seated on the throne, and to the Lamb.”

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The pushing berween the K of N and K of S

by Kosonen in

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the brics summit was big this year.

new member states were added.

interesting that they call themselves the global south.

Kosonen

https://www.reuters.com/world/key-facts-about-brics-2023-summit-2023-08-07/

Invitations to attend the summit were also extended to 67 leaders across Africa, Latin America, Asia and the Caribbean, South African Foreign Minister Naledi Pandor said.

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The pushing berween the K of N and K of S

by Kosonen in

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friends

the brics summit was big this year.

new member states were added.

interesting that they call themselves the global south.

Kosonen

Wikipedia:

BRICS is a grouping of the world economies of Brazil, Russia, India, China, and South Africa

In August 2023, at the 15th BRICS Summit, South African President Cyril Ramaphosa announced that Argentina, Egypt, Ethiopia, Iran, Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates had been invited to join the bloc. Full membership will take effect on 1 January 2024.[11][12]

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The pushing berween the K of N and K of S

by Kosonen in

jw
friends

the brics summit was big this year.

new member states were added.

interesting that they call themselves the global south.

Kosonen

The BRICS summit was big this year. New member states were added.

Interesting that they call themselves the Global South. Plain and simple, the King of the South from Daniel's book is in the end time what is called the Global South.

And the Global North are the countries tied to NATO, the North Atlantic Treaty Organization.

North and South.

Unfortunately the WT organization has got it wrong applying the King of the North to Russia.

The BRICS view themselves as representatives of the Global South.

In a recent Chinese youtube news chanel CGTN, they speak about the struggle between the Global South and the Global North. I find it awesome that they use these denominations, because it fits so well on the struggle between the King of the North and the King of the South.

https://youtu.be/OY5kwjJ0sPg?si=40FEmkvjBUP9m6Rg

Here is what Wikipedia has to say about the terms, Global South and the Global North.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Global_North_and_Global_South

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Encouraging scriptures for the day

by Kosonen in

jw
friends

hello my friends,.

here are some encouraging scriptures for the day:.

revelation 21:2 i also saw the holy city, new jerusalem, coming down out of heaven from god and prepared as a bride adorned for her husband.. hebrews 11:10 for he (abraham) was awaiting the city having real foundations, whose designer and builder is god.. revelation 21:24 and the nations will walk by means of its light, and the kings of the earth will bring their glory into it.. revelation 22:1 and he showed me a river of water of life, clear as crystal, flowing out from the throne of god and of the lamb 2 down the middle of its main street (of the holy city).

Kosonen

Hello my friends,

Here are some encouraging scriptures for the day:

Revelation 21:2 I also saw the holy city, New Jerusalem, coming down out of heaven from God and prepared as a bride adorned for her husband.

Hebrews 11:10 For he (Abraham) was awaiting the city having real foundations, whose designer and builder is God.

Revelation 21:24 And the nations will walk by means of its light, and the kings of the earth will bring their glory into it.

Revelation 22:1 And he showed me a river of water of life, clear as crystal, flowing out from the throne of God and of the Lamb 2 down the middle of its main street (of the holy city). On both sides of the river were trees of life producing 12 crops of fruit, yielding their fruit each month. And the leaves of the trees were for the healing of the nations.

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One True Religion

by mrquik in

is there one true religion?

applying jesus' identifying requirements, not one religion qualifies.

coming close doesn't count.

Kosonen

I think we can get to know how it's going to be based on Daniel 11:31-45, Revelation 12:13-17 and Ezekiel 38:8-23. But these scriptures are not the only ones about it, because there are more. Daniel 11, Revelation 12, Ezekiel 38

There will be an attack on at least the WT headquarters, because what else would Daniel 11:31 speak about?

"they will profane the sanctuary, the fortress, and remove the constant feature. And they will put in place the disgusting thing that causes desolation."

After that will happen the things written in the following verses 32-45.

I would expect that the 'removal of the constant feature' ends the "theocratic" activity in the WT organization.

Instead local brothers and sisters "having insight" (verse 33) will guide. And "many will join them by means of smoth speach" (verse 34).

How long period are we dealing with here from verse 31 till about the end? Daniel 12:11 “And from the time that the constant feature has been removed and the disgusting thing that causes desolation has been put in place, there will be 1,290 days.

But some will be happy to escape this time to a remote place, in order that in the end become the target of Gog of Magog.

Ezekiel 38:8 and Revelation 12 speak about where the symbolic woman flees, to a place prepared by God, where the symbolic woman will be fed spiritually with the truth during 1260 days.