Posts by wantingtruth

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Needed Organizational Changes for WT

by Kosonen in

i am concerned about the spiritual welfare of the jehovah's witnesses.

surely we all have noticed an unhealthy development in their leaders attitude, the "governing body".

they have more and more begun to emphasize their importance and their power, in the literature and talks and thereby drawing unnecessary much attention to themselves.

wantingtruth

Jan,

there is an inspired command for Christians

1 Tess. 5:
20. do not despise prophetic utterances.
21. But examine everything carefully; hold fast to that which is good;

It is shown to us - in order to understand - that the GB is prefigured by the old Pharaoh - and his state of heart before God
he was incorrigible - "neck of iron" toward God's reminders/instructions

Isaiah 48:
4. Because I knew that thou (the GB ) art obstinate,
and thy neck is an iron sinew, and thy brow brass;

and it will happen like this

Micah 7:
15. As in the days of thy (sons of Jacob) coming forth out of the land of Egypt will I show unto them marvellous things.

the scene of "ten plagues" is going to repeat .

the Pharaoh is incorrigible , the sheep must be taken from under his domination "with a mighty hand and an outstretched arm"

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regarding the final part of this Society , the One knowing the end of a thing from its beginning knows how it will end !

Jan, the action you want to do also others are trying ...
...but the result will be as it was prophesied in the inspired word:

Jeremiah 51:
9. “‘We would have healed Babylon,
but she cannot be healed;
let us leave her and each go to our own land,
for her judgment reaches to the skies,
it rises as high as the heavens.’

If you will be among those who leave her (Babylon) and will go to "your own land" (which is Zion for the "sons of Zion" ) ,
then you will can do what it is further said :

10. “‘The LORD has vindicated us;
come, let us tell in Zion
what the LORD our God has done.’

friendly,

wantingtruth

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What Was Meant By 'Abstain From Blood'?

by headisspinning in

i have always been very hardcore about my aversion to blood and have never even considered the possibility that this was merely a dietary restriction.

i always bought into the analogy of a doctor telling a patient to abstain from alcohol... it wouldn't matter whether this individual drank the alcohol or took it intravenously... it would all be in direct contradiction to the doctor's orders to 'abstain' from alcohol.. or the other analogy is to an apple pie... if you weren't to eat the pie, it would not be okay to separate it out into the main parts (or 'components)... ie.

the flour, the apples, the sugar or the cinnamon... if they were taken from that pie, you were eating the pie.. so maybe you can see where the questions popped up for me.

wantingtruth

Hello headspinning !

here is my standing

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What degree of accuracy and consistency do you feel it's fair to hold today's religions to?

by The_Present_Truth in

as most of us know, if you look at most any religion today you might see bit of good and bits of bad, bits of truth and bits of falsehood, some christian teachings, some pagan practices & origins.

doesn't seem to matter where you look - the jw's included.

so i find myself asking myself, "to what degree of accuracy and consistency is it fair to hold today's religions to?".

wantingtruth

As most of us know, if you look at most any religion today you might see bit of good and bits of bad, bits of truth and bits of falsehood, some Christian teachings, some pagan practices & origins. Doesn't seem to matter where you look - the JW's included. So I find myself asking myself, "To what degree of accuracy and consistency is it fair to hold today's religions to?".

Religion is in fact "false worship" - not 100% lie , but its variable percentage (of lie) in religion make it fallible before God

God requires "worship with spirit and with truth"

Religion is an imitation of that ( more or less imitation )

This unnumbered forms of worshiping (religions) are forming Babylon the great

"Today" this Babylon is exposed and shortly it will reach its end

What comes then ?

God's Kingdom ! (formed by those practicing the "worship with spirit and truth" )

So , let's listen to Jesus as the Father's will is ( Matt.17:5 )

33. But seek first his kingdom and his righteousness ... - Matt 6.

wantingtruth

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BAPTIZED Into a "Lawless" Publishing Co.

by clarity in

sunday morning food for thought.. ...into the temple of god "entry into the holy place" and that it is accomplished through baptism "bodies bathed in clean water" which also includes a public declaration "the public declaration of our hope".

heb 10:19-23. .

now if the association with baptism and entry into the temple is understood a further examination of baptism should help the reader comprehend some simple baptism criteria which is mentioned in the following by the apostle matthew:.

wantingtruth

Hello Clarity,

the wt has more than the baptism false

also its time of kingdom "coming" in heavens is

see if it helps

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anyway, it is a good finding what you posted above...

greetings

wt

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Zechariah 8:11,12 - Jehovah announces the 70-years ended?

by GOrwell in

hi folks,.

i've been reading into the zechariah scriptures (zech 1:7, zech 1:12, 7:1-5 etc) about when the 70-year desolation period ended, but i couldn't seem to find much about zechariah 8:11, 12. chapter 8 continues where chapter 7 left off (chapter 8 mentions that jehovah "continued" to speak), so the time frame is the same as in the beginning of chapter 7 (4th year of darius, around november 518).

for some reason, this scripture clicked :.

wantingtruth

Try to understand when the "70 years" are ending , regarding God's people during the "latter days" .

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"in order that they may all be one" John17:21

by wantingtruth in

the following blog is not mine.

but it is absolutely important.

read rev.

wantingtruth

myelaine , you are welcome !

I hope you can read it

greetings

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"in order that they may all be one" John17:21

by wantingtruth in

the following blog is not mine.

but it is absolutely important.

read rev.

wantingtruth

The following Blog is not mine

but it is absolutely important

read Rev. ch.9

wantingtruth

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wittnesses of who?

by arimatthewdavies in

jehovahs wittnesses have adopted their name because they want to show that they are wittnesses for jehovah, but i need to point this out for your consideration first the name jehovah while it shows your referereing to jhwh really is not valid in the least, to be a wittnesses of some one in any court you must have his real ful.

name, proxies [stand in names] are not allowed.

second it was jesus christ who comisioned us to work for him.. third he is the mediator between us and god, hence how or why can you be a wittness for jehovah ?

wantingtruth

hello all

indeed. the Christians-Bible Students under JFR. have taken wrongly upon them the Name "JW"s"

but they have done many other wrong things , or have given many wrongs interpretations of Scriptures

regarding the Name , YHWH has prophecised that His people will receive a new name

Isaiah 62:

2 The nations will see your righteousness,
and all kings your glory;
you will be called by a new name
that the mouth of the LORD will bestow.

The "new name" is that of "Christian" , that is , a follower and believer in Christ

all people who return to God now , after realizing that they have been departed from God's word , are appreciating again the Name given by Father to His Son's followers and believers : Christians

Acts 11:26 ..... The disciples were called Christians first at Antioch

This is the new name : Christians .

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The Witness Who Cried Wolf

by sabastious in

witnesses, for some reason, feel they deserve massive credibility in bible predictions and interpretations.

enough that they feel they have to right o be considered an universal authority.. their claim to fame comes from, mainly, their stance on blood, the trinity, immortality of the soul and hellfire.

maybe this is actually what the bible teaches... but to me, it is a moot stance in regards to the position they claim to have a right to.. the witnesses have been heralding the coming of christ for well over a century.

wantingtruth

Sabastious,

your words does prove the veracity of Jesus words:

29. But immediately after the tribulation of those days the sun shall be darkened, and the moon shall not give her light, and the stars shall fall from heaven, and the powers of the heavens shall be shaken:

30 and then shall appear the sign of the Son of man in heaven: and then shall all the tribes of the earth mourn, and they shall see the Son of man coming on the clouds of heaven with power and great glory.

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the real understanding of these words is , for a long time , for each of us - who worshiped God through (so called)"God's organization" , the GB and those around them has been seen/perceived as "heavenly luminaries" , being also persons "with heavenly calling"

NOW , the reality around us demonstrates that "the increasing light" coming from them is , in fact , "darkness" !

than means that "the powers of the heavens shall be/are being shaken"

yes , they are the "old heavens" to be destroyed ...

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Now , what does it follows ?

the verse 30 says that "the sign of the Son of man" ...

well , the Son of man includes those who really are members of the "Body of Christ" now on earth

how will they be recognized ?

again Jesus words :

43. Then shall the righteous shine forth as the sun in the kingdom of their Father. He that hath ears, let him hear.

so , they will " shine forth as the sun" ...

will we be able to identify them ?

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This way does God describe His ongoing action (of replacing the old heavens with the new ones )

Isaiah 51: 16 And I have put my words in thy mouth, and have covered thee in the shadow of my hand, that I may plant the heavens, and lay the foundations of the earth, and say unto Zion, Thou art my people.

and what will be the result of His work ?

Revelation 21: 1. And I saw a new heaven and a new earth: for the first heaven and the first earth are passed away; and the sea is no more.

does smbd understand that ?

wantingtruth

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The Mark of the Beast

by sabastious in

just a refresher on the jw explanation of the what number 666, the mark of the beast, really means:.

the mark identified.

immediately after disclosing the number 666, revelation mentions 144,000 followers of the lamb, jesus christ, who have his name and the name of his father, jehovah, written on their foreheads.

wantingtruth

...The Mark of the Beast ...

....Interesting ! ...

I have learn regarding the Beast -who is it ...and regarding its Mark exactly on this forum

good to read it again

wantingtruth