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Flesh with its soul its blood YOU must not eat
by Doug Mason in
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flesh with its soul its blood you must not eat (genesis 9:4, nwt).. .

these words are part of gods covenant with noah, which runs from genesis 9:1-17.. .

no doubt, when you have read this passage, you wondered why god (el) made this covenant, and not yhwh (yahweh / jehovah).. .
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Help Please- Gods prophets in Bible made mistakes like GB?
by AwSnap in
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i have a family member coming over tomorrow to discuss this.

it was actually brought up a long time ago, but i forgot about it.

he told me 2 days ago that he found some information that he'd researched.
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Addition to Who really is the Faithful Slave?
by wannabe in
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"{john 8:27-29 niv}.

12 i did not receive it from any man, nor was i taught it; rather, i received it by revelation from jesus christ.

"{john 14:16,17 niv}.
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Who really is the Faithful Slave?
by wannabe in
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who really is the faithful slave?.

not so long ago i had a conversation with one of the witnesses at my door, and i drew his attention to the fact that nowhere in matthew 24 - mark13 - luke 21 did jesus mention any appointed organization on the earth, when he gave the sign of his coming.

i pointed out to him that all jesus foretold was the prevalence of many false prophets.
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More on the Appointed Times of the Nations!
by wannabe in
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more on the appointed times of the nations!.

the book: "you can live forever in paradise on earth," published by the governing body of the watchtower society on page 141 paragraph 20 we are told, in part: ..."the appointed times of the nations began in the year 607 bce.

" on page 139 of this same publication in paragraph 16 this further statement is made, concerning the event with which, they say started this count of time: "this happened in the year 607 bce.
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Proper view of the appointed times of the Nations! Addition
by wannabe in
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with addition!.

most today reading luke 21:24 draw the conclusion that ancient jerusalem is in question here.

how can it be that heavenly new jerusalem is now called the throne of jehovah?
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A Proper view of the appointed times of the Nations!
by wannabe in
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a proper view of the appointed times of the nations!.

most today reading luke 21:24 draw the conclusion that ancient jerusalem is in question here.

of course that's a natural conclusion to draw, because it looks like jerusalem of old is in question, however this subject needs to be examined a little closer; because jerusalem of old is not in question here at all.. 24"and they shall fall by the edge of the sword, and be led captive into all the nations; and jerusalem shall be trodden down of [the] nations until [the] times of [the] nations be fulfilled.
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Blue ray players am I being taken for an idiot?
by nugget in
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i bought a blu ray player from sharp and was very impressed with the picture quality.

however a month ago it just stopped working and when i contacted sharp they told me that i had to download new software onto the machine as movie producers had changed the copywrite and i had to update the software.

he said that this is common to all blu ray players accept the playstation and everybody has to do it.
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"Behold, I am coming soon".
by Doug Mason in
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at its opening and at its end, the book of revelation addresses its message to seven specific churches in a well-defined region of asia:.

opening: to the seven churches in the province of asia.

1:4, all citations are from the niv).
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Jesus is Not Michael
by JosephMalik in
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you all know that i argued this the other way and could not get good answers to daniel chapter 12. but if you see michael as performing a function much like john the baptist did and how the jews believed that elijah must come first then michael's function of standing in advance of the return of our lord for a short time prior to the resurrection of the dead makes perfect sense.

and it also gives a slightly different meaning to the words: " and what shall be the sign of thy coming, (events that take place after the standing up of michael) and of the end of the world?

" (christs return or presence.