Posts by Kosonen

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Is Anyone Happy That Police Forces Are Being Abolished or scut??

by minimus in

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in minneapolis, the city council has voted to abolish the police.. many cities want to either disband or defund the police.

black lives matter and other groups have influenced citizens and neighborhoods to get rid of police and their authority.

is anyone really supportive of removing the police or cutting out law enforcement through the budget?

Kosonen

I think that in fact it is this year Satan has been thrown down to earth with the consequences stated in God's word:

Revelation 12:12 Woe for the earth and for the sea, because the Devil has come down to you, having great anger, knowing that he has a short period of time.”

And the chaos and destruction that is happening in USA I believe is a fullfillment of the prophecy about the mortal wound and the sword-stroke to one of the heads of the wild beast. Yes, one of the seven-heads should represent USA.

Rev 13:3 I saw that one of its heads seemed to have been fatally wounded, but its mortal wound had been healed, and all the earth followed the wild beast with admiration. 4 And they worshipped the dragon because it gave the authority to the wild beast, and they worshipped the wild beast with the words: “Who is like the wild beast, and who can do battle with it?”

So we can expect that the situation will so to speak heal. And it looks from these scriptures that the solution to the situation will come from an internationional power/the sevenheaded beast.

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John 5:28,29.

by Lost in the fog in

we used to use this scripture to show that there was going to be a future resurrection.

but recently i got to thinking about it.

if the apostle paul was right in saying that the righteous on death would be changed in the twinkling of an eye from earthly life to heavenly glory why would there be a future resurrection needed for the righteous?

Kosonen

But the rest of the righteous will come to life, that is be resurrected after the 1000 years, after those who rebell after the 1000 years are eliminated. Then there will again be plenty of space for them.

Revelation 20:5 (The rest of the dead did not come to life until the 1,000 years were ended.)

Then verse 12 continues: "And I saw the dead, the great and the small, standing before the throne, and scrolls were opened. But another scroll was opened; it is the scroll of life. The dead were judged out of those things written in the scrolls according to their deeds."

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John 5:28,29.

by Lost in the fog in

we used to use this scripture to show that there was going to be a future resurrection.

but recently i got to thinking about it.

if the apostle paul was right in saying that the righteous on death would be changed in the twinkling of an eye from earthly life to heavenly glory why would there be a future resurrection needed for the righteous?

Kosonen

Jws have not the right answer when the resurrections will occur.

The anointed will start to be resurrected after the fall of Babylon the Great.

Revelation14:8 Another, a second angel, followed, saying: “She has fallen! Babylon the Great has fallen, she who made all the nations drink of the wine of the passion of her sexual immorality!”

13 And I heard a voice out of heaven say, “Write: Happy are the dead who die in union with the Lord from this time onward. Yes, says the spirit, let them rest from their labors, for the things they did go right with them.”

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CO'S "encouraging" letter to circuit

by nowwhat? in

the point of the letter was how many are feeling disappointed these days.. no circuit assembly, convention, how we can't fellowship at the k.h.

disappointed we might have had a love one die, etc etc.

he then goes on to write about how disappointed jehovah must have felt when his first human creation rebelled.

Kosonen

slimboyfat5 hours ago

"I don’t know about KHs, but I can see them panic selling Assembly Halls first."

Perfect! That's what I want to hear. Soon the figurative "woman" of God mentioned in Revelation 12 will have to flee to a specific place in a wilderness. So no need for assembly halls. Neither for kingdom halls. Better to have the cash to be able to flee and settle down in a wilderness.

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The Cry of Peace And Security

by jwfacts in

a bit late in coming, but i have a new article on the cry of peace and security at https://www.jwfacts.com/watchtower/peace-and-security.php.

this was prompted by trump using the term peace and security a few times in 2017 and 2018, and the excitement this generated amongst jehovah's witnesses.

i would love to see other quotes you like on this topic, or texts and experiences..

Kosonen

Yes, some day after a few years after a possible end of a Third world War when the UN has got the power and authority over all countries of the world will they be able to declare "Peace and Security".

Thera are.a lot of end time prophecies that have to get their fulfilments first.

But most of the end time prophecies will occur during and shortly after a time period of 3 and half years. It is that period that is defined as 1260 days and 42 months and time, times and half a time.

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CO'S "encouraging" letter to circuit

by nowwhat? in

the point of the letter was how many are feeling disappointed these days.. no circuit assembly, convention, how we can't fellowship at the k.h.

disappointed we might have had a love one die, etc etc.

he then goes on to write about how disappointed jehovah must have felt when his first human creation rebelled.

Kosonen

@slimboyfat

I appreciate that you saw a possible fulfillment of this prophecy about "the removal of the constant feature"

But I think that the 1290 days begins when all the 4 events has happened:

Daniel 11:31 and arms will stand up, proceeding from him;

1: and they will profane the sanctuary,

2: profane the fortress,

3: and remove the constant feature.

4: And they will put in place the disgusting thing that causes desolation.

Even though the order is mentioned in this sequence, it does not require that the events happen exactly in this order, because there are other scriptures that are examples of that. The first example that comes to my mind is Genesis 3:15:

So, I have concluded that the 1290 days begins when the "disgusting thing" has been put in place in the "sanctuary" and "fortress" in order to profane it.

The sanctuary and fortress in Daniel 11:31 I understand refers to Jehovah's witnesses headquarters. That is the modern day Temple similarly as was the Temple in Jerusalem in the first century.

And similarly as in the first century, the Roman idol standards profaned the Temple in Jerusalem, so will a "image of the beast" be created and placed in the WT headquerter compound among all other places because the whole world will be forced to worship it. So the "disgusting thing" is not the UN as taught by WT. But a thing that will represent a coming worldwide authority, the sevenheaded beast of Revelation 13.

So when the image of the beast/disgusting thing is placed in the WT compound, "fortress", then the 1290 day countdown will start.

But you could very well be right that at the end of 1290 days the UN gets the power and authority over the earth. And I can not rule out that at the 1335th day Babylon the Great will be taken down.

You made a clever remark that this lockdown event should figure in some way in the endtime prophecy, especially because the preaching work and meetings in person have been removed.

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CO'S "encouraging" letter to circuit

by nowwhat? in

the point of the letter was how many are feeling disappointed these days.. no circuit assembly, convention, how we can't fellowship at the k.h.

disappointed we might have had a love one die, etc etc.

he then goes on to write about how disappointed jehovah must have felt when his first human creation rebelled.

Kosonen

This halting of the door to door witnessing might be a fulfillment of the prophecy: the removal of the constant feature or at least the beginning to that.

Daniel 11:31: And arms will stand up, proceeding from him; and they will profane the sanctuary, the fortress, and remove the constant feature.

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Hello everyone 😊

by SuperMarioDiMaggio in

i was a jehovah's witnesses for 15 years (1983-1998) in pietermaritzburg and durban, south africa.

i was baptised in 1985; appointed a ministerial servant in 1987 (aged 21); refused military service on religious grounds in 1989 (served a three year community service sentence) and was appointed an elder in 1993 (aged 26).

i wrote to the governing body in brooklyn four times between 1992-97, respectfully questioning the nonsense they were publishing about science and evolution (you can see all my correspondence and their hilarious replies here: http://bit.ly/jw-md-letters ).

Kosonen

@EverApostate

The fact is that a too easy life does not help sinful people to become better.

We are like children who needs God's discipline in order to start paying attention to God's righteous norms that are best for ourselves.

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Hello everyone 😊

by SuperMarioDiMaggio in

i was a jehovah's witnesses for 15 years (1983-1998) in pietermaritzburg and durban, south africa.

i was baptised in 1985; appointed a ministerial servant in 1987 (aged 21); refused military service on religious grounds in 1989 (served a three year community service sentence) and was appointed an elder in 1993 (aged 26).

i wrote to the governing body in brooklyn four times between 1992-97, respectfully questioning the nonsense they were publishing about science and evolution (you can see all my correspondence and their hilarious replies here: http://bit.ly/jw-md-letters ).

Kosonen

https://youtu.be/IoTkguzRaCU

This video has some evidence of Noah's Ark.

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Hello everyone 😊

by SuperMarioDiMaggio in

i was a jehovah's witnesses for 15 years (1983-1998) in pietermaritzburg and durban, south africa.

i was baptised in 1985; appointed a ministerial servant in 1987 (aged 21); refused military service on religious grounds in 1989 (served a three year community service sentence) and was appointed an elder in 1993 (aged 26).

i wrote to the governing body in brooklyn four times between 1992-97, respectfully questioning the nonsense they were publishing about science and evolution (you can see all my correspondence and their hilarious replies here: http://bit.ly/jw-md-letters ).

Kosonen

EverApostate; "So, Noah and only 8 of his family were righteous in the whole world ?"

Unfortunately at that time because of Jehovah God's kindness and generosity and liberalism He had made it possible for people to live about 900 years in warm nice climate. But that evidently just gave people more time to harden in their sins and wickedness to the extent that only 8 persons were willing to obey God.

In addition God allowed angels to go against His will and come down to earth and live here. And that only accelerated the wickedness on earth.

So to change all He brought a world wide flood to change all. To make life harder on earth with scorching summers and iceing winters. And he removed the moisture in the atmosphere that protected the earth. I think that lead to a greater cosmic radiation that shortened the lifespan of people. Maybe under the crust of the earth there was also a layer of water that protected from radiation from earth's center.

Yes, in fact usually when people live trouble free life they loose their interest in God. So all the harder life conditions and shorter life span has helped humanity to stay interested about God and his will.

Sad that we humans need hardships to stay alert against our own sin.