Posts by wantingtruth

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Strange e-mail from Romania

by jakes in

i received this strange e-mail from romania.

to worship god in spirit , it means to have the understanding of his word , in spirit .

what is the truth ?

wantingtruth

From time in time I remember the content of this letter...

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WW I, the Gentile Times, and the Last days...the not so exact science of chronology

by Separation of Powers in

essentially, the jw position regarding the end of the gentile times and the significance of 1914 revolve around a principal element, namely, that the "great war" (ww1) was an indication of the anger of the dragon, i.e satan, after being cast out of heaven per revelation 12:7-9 and the start of the sign of the last days.

this has always been a sticky point for the organization....why?.

because, based on their chronology, the gentile times ended in october 3/4 of 1914 with the last days commencing from that point on.

wantingtruth

After studying the Bible I came to see/realize that God have ever known that He wrote regarding ancient events in an “hidden way” (Proverbs 25:2 ),

and so, He didn’t command to his worshipers to find the real/exact chronological data of events of human history (or about its empires and states from Adam until today)

in case He would command this , knowing how difficult is to come to a conclusion in chronology and how much time it requires , then God’s worshipers would be called “historians” not “Christians”

But now , a certain “chronology” still exist , and God does invite us to understand it , even in order to “know the judgement”

Ecclesiastes 8:
5. "Whoso keepeth the commandment shall know no evil thing;
>> and a wise man’s heart discerneth time and judgment" <<

Yes , it is a good thing to know the time of God’s judgement !

here are Jesus words / Luke 19:

41. And when he drew nigh, he saw the city and wept over it,

42. saying, If thou hadst known in this day, even thou, the things which belong unto peace! but now they are hid from thine eyes.

43. For the days shall come upon thee, when thine enemies shall cast up a bank about thee, and compass thee round, and keep thee in on every side,

44. and shall dash thee to the ground, and thy children within thee; and they shall not leave in thee one stone upon another;
>> because thou knewest not the time of thy visitation.<<

here we are able to see that is a good thing to be able to recognize the time of our “visitation” >> that implies a little but necessary knowledge of “chronology”

But, what (kind of) chronology ?

The chronology God requires from us to search for, is part of prophecies regarding “God’s people during the latter days”, as He said to Daniel
chapter 10
14. Now I am come to make thee understand what shall befall
– thy people
– in the latter days; for the vision is yet for many days:

It follows that the chronology God is requiring from us/His worshipers to search for, is in fact
THE CHRONOLOGY of "THE LATTER DAYS" !

Here is a research on the “latter days chronology”, as I was able to put it in english:

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Japan's 300+ MPH Magnetic Levitation Train

by cantleave in

i want to ride in this .

http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=k_v5kzsur3w#!.

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wantingtruth

Je suis contempt travailler avec cette train (not necessarily a Maglev)

Paris --- London

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Question on Teaching UN is Beast to recruits?

by hawkaw in

question to you intelligent jws and exjws.. does the wt, through its knowledge book or whatever, make sure new recruits know who the scarlet coloured wild beast is or disgusting thing is (ie, the un), who is part of the great harlot etc before becoming full blown jws?.

like should new recruits know this off by heart thanks to the rote teaching?.

hawk

wantingtruth

able, you have a pm

me

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For All Jehovah's Witnesses: When did Jesus begin ruling as King?

by Darth Rutherford in

to all jehovah's witnesses, here is an easy question you can answer... when did jesus begin ruling as king?.

watch tower answers:.

following his resurrection, jesus ascended to heaven and waited at gods right hand until 1914 to begin ruling as king.

wantingtruth

Jesus received the authority both over heavens and over earth at his resurrection

yet He started ruling ( or exercising his authority) only in heavens

and had to wait ( only ) regarding the earth / the Kingdom authority is not yet implemented over earth

( the kingdom's coming on earth means also the end of wikedness)

these things were debated already here

wantingtruth sorry ... somehow was doubled my post

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For All Jehovah's Witnesses: When did Jesus begin ruling as King?

by Darth Rutherford in

to all jehovah's witnesses, here is an easy question you can answer... when did jesus begin ruling as king?.

watch tower answers:.

following his resurrection, jesus ascended to heaven and waited at gods right hand until 1914 to begin ruling as king.

wantingtruth

Jesus received the authority both over heavens and over earth at his resurrection

yet He started ruling ( or exercising his authority) only in heavens

and had to wait ( only ) regarding the earth / the Kingdom authority is not yet implemented over earth

( the kingdom's coming on earth means also the end of wikedness)

these things were debated already here

wantingtruth

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Was Satan Cast Out of Heaven in 1914?

by Kenneson in

according to jws christ established his kingdom in the heavens in 1914 and subsequently cast satan out of heaven then.

and they point to rev.

12:7-9 for "proof.

wantingtruth

Greetings "lost" !

as long as you trust God's word and obey Jesus Christ, the King, you are not "lost" .

Let you try to have a search also starting from here (click on)

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Proof that Satan is in control of the WT and THAT is why the new change will come.....

by EndofMysteries in

if anybody ever read the two babylons book, it detailed how christianity became corrupt.

how over time, not on the spot, but slowly changes were implemented, it started with forbidding anybody to read or hold the bible, and only the leader/pope etc could teach, once there was full absolute power, then satan was able to put in anything he wanted to corrupt it all.

i am not going to list the articles and scriptures, everybody can find those, i'm just going to quickly show from the history to now how it's happened and the proof and what is happening now.

wantingtruth

Absolute sure that Satan is in control over wt leadership

Jesus revealed this in his Revelation chapt 13:

2 And the beast which I saw was like unto a leopard, and his feet were as the feet of a bear, and his mouth as the mouth of a lion:

and the dragon (Satan) gave him his power, and his throne, and great authority.

here is about authority over those seeking God and his kingdom

and in fact this is the "great tribulation" : the period of time when the "beast" rules over the "people of saints" / because this GT is meant to be over God's worshipers (believers) , not over oposers !

w.

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