something jumped out at me that i never paid attention to while reading further into matt 26...in vs 28, he tells them his blood is to be poured out for the many for forgiveness of sin.
but note vs 29 but i say to you: i will no menas drink again any of this product of the vine until that day when i drink it new with you in the kingdom of my father.
cross reference luke 22:18 for i tell you , from now on, i will not drink again from the product of the vine until the kingdom of god comes.. what is the point of all of this: matt 26:29 " i drink it new with you " mark 14:25 " drink new in the kingdom of god.
The prophesied Messiah of the Jewish belief system was to -
The Jesus of the Gospels was none of those things, including being the promised Messiah.
In addition, none of the men in the room with Jesus during the Lord's Evening Meal believed they would die and go to heaven. They believed Jesus would establish his kingdom on Earth and resurrect the faithful to live under his rule.
as part of a psychology msc research project, i am looking for participants to take part in a study designed to explore the experience of leaving the jehovah’s witnesses.. former witnesses who were raised in the organisation will be asked a few questions about their reasons for leaving, their experience of leaving, and how their life has changed since leaving.. taking part involves completing an interview over the internet.
according to research needs, the number of questions asked in each interview may vary.
the interview will take between 5 – 90 minutes depending on the questions asked and the level of detail you wish to provide.. your participation will remain confidential and anonymous, and it is completely voluntary so that you may withdraw at any time up to two weeks after the interview.
I was interviewed on December 29th for this research project. I enjoyed being able to assist the project. I believe the questions asked of me are extremely relevant to help those who are Jehovah's Witnesses who wish to leave the religion, but do not know how the best way to go about it.
i am a historian and the period of english history from henry vii to elizabeth i is my specialist area.. i was talking to an ex-jw about the time when tyndale first translated the bible into english with his intention that everyone from the ploughboy upwards would be able to read and understand the scriptures.
it dawned on us both that this was a significant point in english history.. just having access to the bible in hi their own language allowed the common man to understand what god wanted him to understand.. it was and is, so simple.. why then oh why then do jehovah's witnesses think that they need a fds to explain it to them?
when in the 1600s just having a bible written in english was enough for people to understand the word of god?.
It was a sales technique employed by Charles Taze Russell. Russell published his teachings and interpretations of the Bible. He marketed them as being better than reading the Bible because he was literally the only person on Earth who could explain it all as he was the Faithful and Discreet Slave.
This marketing technique continued after Russell's death with Rutherford. All that changed was that the number of people expanded from one to eight. Now the Governing Body tells everyone only they can explain the scriptures and no one should do their own research.
the answer is a definite no!.
because every doctrine that is unique to jehovah's witnesses is not in the bible.
the unique doctrines of jehovah’s witnesses are the ones that only jehovah’s witnesses teach.
Here is an interesting article on 10 extra-Biblical doctrines of Christianity.
https://medium.com/belover/10-key-christian-beliefs-that-arent-in-the-bible-9843fd9ef40a
The more I look into Christianity the more I am convinced that Jesus would have nothing to do with it.
as part of a psychology msc research project, i am looking for participants to take part in a study designed to explore the experience of leaving the jehovah’s witnesses.. former witnesses who were raised in the organisation will be asked a few questions about their reasons for leaving, their experience of leaving, and how their life has changed since leaving.. taking part involves completing an interview over the internet.
according to research needs, the number of questions asked in each interview may vary.
the interview will take between 5 – 90 minutes depending on the questions asked and the level of detail you wish to provide.. your participation will remain confidential and anonymous, and it is completely voluntary so that you may withdraw at any time up to two weeks after the interview.
I'm in. Anything that can bring the public's attention to the reality of being one of Jehovah's Witnesses is time well spent.
saw new video watchtower put out.
they gonna open new school for overseers.
they gonna train this men too be "loving, wise and accept they don't know everything".
"Elder School" aka "Sales Manger School".
hello.. my laptop packed up and when i got a new one and tried to log back in to this website it wouldn't let me.
i tried everything but to no avail.. after 5 years i have to say goodbye to "lost in the fog" and have created a new moniker "lost in the fog 1999" instead.. normal service will be resumed shortly..
Welcome back! Welcome back! Welcome back!
the cult demands that the "sheeple" avoid anything which has "pagan origins," so for consistency, the wtbts should come clean and abandon the use of the pagan gregorian calendar, and adopt the biblical hebrew calendar.. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/gregorian_calendar#months.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/hebrew_calendar.
The days of the week are all named after gods.
Monday from Moon's Day or the god Luna.
Wednesday from Woden's/Odin's Day.
Thursday from Thor's Day.
Friday from Freya's Day.
Here is a photo of all the other churches being searched by police departments for hidden evidence of child molestation by church leaders.
https://www.statsforvalteren.no/nb/oslo-og-viken/folk-og-samfunn/tros--og-livssynssamfunn/jehovas-vitner-taper-registrering-som-trossamfunn/.
published december 22, 2022. the state manager in oslo and viken has decided to withdraw jehovah's witnesses registration as a religious community under the religious society act.. .
we sent a notice to jehovah's witnesses about possible loss of registration on october 25 this year.
This also means that society loses its marriage authority.
