Posts by Perry

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End of the world prophecy - Why pertinent to now? Nothing will happen, I assure you!

by punkofnice in

please let me rant then i'll go back and read my spider-man comics.. why do those that promote end of time prophecy have to make it all current?.

i guess if we were told at the book of revelation for eg, (whatever chapter and verse), is for 3,000 years time i'd be surprised......and there's no money in it.

believers would be discouraged methinks.. it seems to me that all this apocalypse now stuff is just to give our turgid lives excitement.

Prophecies Currently Being Fulfilled

The Jewish people will be regathered in unbelief from the four corners of the earth ( Isaiah 11:11-12 ). Fulfillment: 20th Century and continuing.
The state of Israel will be re-established ( Isaiah 66:7-8 & Ezekiel 37:21-22 ). Fulfillment: May 14, 1948.
The Jews will once again re-occupy the city of Jerusalem ( Zechariah 8:4-8 ), Fulfillment: June 7, 1967.
The land of Israel will be reclaimed from its desolation, becoming once again a land of agricultural abundance ( Ezekiel 36:34-35 ). Fulfillment: 20th Century and continuing.
The Hebrew language will be revived from the dead ( Zephaniah 3:9 ). Fulfillment: 19th & 20th Centuries.
All the nations of the world will come together against Israel over the issue of the control of Jerusalem ( Zechariah 12:1-3 ). Fulfillment: Currently occurring.

Prophecies Yet To Be Fulfilled

The Arab nations of the world will attack Israel in a coordinated effort to annihilate the state (Psalm 83).
Israel will soundly defeat the Arab alliance ( Zechariah 12:6 ).
Israel will dwell in security and prosperity ( Ezekiel 38:11 ).
A Russian coalition consisting mainly of Muslim nations will invade Israel ( Ezekiel 38:1-17 ).
The Russian coalition will be destroyed supernaturally by God ( Ezekiel 38:18-23 & 39:1-8 ).
The Antichrist will intervene and guarantee the security of Israel, enabling the Jews to rebuild their Temple ( Daniel 9:27 ).
At the end of three and a half years, the Antichrist will enter the rebuilt Temple in Jerusalem and declare himself to be God ( Daniel 9:27 , Matthew 24:15-18 , & 2 Thessalonians 2:3-4 ).
The Jews will reject the Antichrist, and he will respond with an attempt to annihilate them, killing two-thirds of them in the process ( Revelation 12:13-17 & Zechariah 13:8-9 ).
At the end of the Tribulation, when the Jews have come to the end of themselves, they will turn to God and receive Yeshua as their Messiah ( Zechariah 12:10 , Romans 9:27-28 , & Romans 11:25-27 ).
Jesus will return and regather all believing Jews to Israel ( Deuteronomy 30:1-9 ).
Israel will be established as the prime nation in the world ( Isaiah 2:1-4 & Micah 4:1-7 ).
The Lord will bless the Jewish remnant by fulfilling all the promises He has made to Israel ( Isaiah 60:1-62:7 ).
The blessings of God will flow out to all the nations through the Jewish people during the Millennial rule of Jesus ( Zechariah 8:22-23 ).

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Commitee and disfellowshipment

by Freeof1914 in

i have only posted on here several times, but i am constantly reading what others post.

i guess i am more of a reader than author.

that being said i am happy to announce i am no longer one of the jehovah's witnesses.

Perry

Sorry to hear about your troubles Freeof1914.

I came to the conclusion that despite enormous will-power, the Christian life (as described in the NT) cannot be lived out without being born again. Thankfully the bible does not reccommend the try harder-run faster-jump higher advice of the WT writers. The WT has it wrong. The human will is not enough for people to live out the life many want - freedom from sin.

For me, the harder I tried to live the idyllic life that I wanted, the worse it got. After a while, it made me feel crazy. Willpower looks good on the outside only. The KJV goes so far as to call in idolatry - worship of willpower. I found the the WT advice on sin to be nothing short of toxic.

Colossians 2:23 Which things have indeed a shew of wisdom in will worship,

Romans 11:6 And if by grace , then is it no more of works: otherwise grace is no more grace . But if it be of works, then is it no more grace : otherwise work is no more work .

If the human will was enough to please God, (or ourselves for that matter) what did Jesus die for? Working for salvation is a slap in God's face and only racks up more sin debt that we owe:

Romans 4:4 Now to him that worketh, is the reward not reckoned of grace , but of debt.

Welcome to the forum.

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How Has the WT's False Predictions Damaged You Personally?

by Perry in

how has the wt's false predictions damaged you personally?.

i was 12 in 1975. i never believed i'd "make it".

after i made it, i never really trusted adults again.

Perry

Scooter

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How Has the WT's False Predictions Damaged You Personally?

by Perry in

how has the wt's false predictions damaged you personally?.

i was 12 in 1975. i never believed i'd "make it".

after i made it, i never really trusted adults again.

Perry

How Has the WT's False Predictions Damaged You Personally?

I was 12 in 1975. I never believed I'd "make it". After I made it, I never really trusted adults again. It severely damaged my ability and willingness to trust.

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Why Does The Watchtower Dis-fellowshiping For Smoking and Not Gluttony and Alcoholism?

by ÁrbolesdeArabia in

health care studies are showing obese body weight index is worse than smoking "death sticks", so how is the tower going to address their growing problem of overweight elders and elderettes?

if a organization is able to disfellowship a member for smoking, why not do the same with other vices and crutches their people use to hide stress, emotional disorders and depression?

employers are asking for a bmi test a their potential employees to create a diet to get healthy.

Perry

Because there wouldn't hardly be any elders left.

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Thank Jah for the 7/15/13 WT

by watson in

overwhelming support for the new light!.

quote from facebook:.

just read 2 of the study articles.

Perry

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The Wt operates like an optical illusion. They stack up all sorts of non-biblical so-called logic to create an excuse for their changing doctrines.

The lines are indeed straight.

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Good vs Evil

by DeWandelaar in

i was wondering lately... what i do not really understand:.

if there was only perfectness and goodness in the beginning of the world, why was there even knowledge about good and evil in the heavens?.

genesis 3:5 says: .

Perry

Dewandelaar,

I agree. The implication in Genesis clearly indicates a prior rebellion against God (Good)

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Why do the WT DF for smoking ?

by Phizzy in

Perry

Because it tarnishes the "clean" image the WT marketers wish to project. The idea is join our group and be clean. However, God says that faith in Christ's blood, in substitute for our own shed blood, makes you clean:

These are they which ...have washed their robes, and made them white in the blood of the Lamb.... Therefore are they before the throne of God... and he that sitteth on the throne shall dwell among them.... They shall hunger no more, neither thirst any more... For the Lamb which is in the midst of the throne shall feed them, and shall lead them unto living fountains of waters: and God shall wipe away all tears from their eyes.

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THE REAL REASON WHY THE WATCHTOWER NEVER WRITES ABOUT ISLAM OR MUSLIMS IS FEAR!

by ÁrbolesdeArabia in

for a religion that claims to be "fearless and bold" the watchtower has avoided writing about islam and muslim practices and how they are part of babylon the great.

the attacks on christendom are not a bold move because the "tower" and "gb" know the christian church is not going to send a suicide bomber into a kingdom or district convention.

it's not fair to christendom to receive all the hate speech from the "leaning tower of brooklyn", why don't they write the truth about islam?

Perry

( do they attack Buddists or Hindus in the same way as Christendom , because those religions aren't likely to send bombers ) . NO, maybe they attack Christendom because the real leaders of the Watchtower know that that is the true way to salvation .

Jhine, I basically agree with your premise. I would point out that Christendom is not a "way" to Salvation any more than the WT is. Jesus said, " I am "The Way, The Truth, and The Life. No man cometh unto the father but by Me".

This is the core truth being concealed when they attack the Catholic Church, who itself does not officially teach faith in Christ alone for salvation. The WT is sort of a halfway house for people disenfranchised from the CC. Here, they learn disdain for all so-called Christians, irregardless if they exercise faith in Christ alone or not. The path to salvation is hidden in the confusion.

IMO, the Watchtower printing empire exists for the purpose of counterfeiting the way of salvation - FAITH IN CHRIST ALONE. (one mediator), and if not successful in the counterfeit, to at least condition one-time adherents in the belief that single-object-faith without belonging to a group ... is pointless.

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THE REAL REASON WHY THE WATCHTOWER NEVER WRITES ABOUT ISLAM OR MUSLIMS IS FEAR!

by ÁrbolesdeArabia in

for a religion that claims to be "fearless and bold" the watchtower has avoided writing about islam and muslim practices and how they are part of babylon the great.

the attacks on christendom are not a bold move because the "tower" and "gb" know the christian church is not going to send a suicide bomber into a kingdom or district convention.

it's not fair to christendom to receive all the hate speech from the "leaning tower of brooklyn", why don't they write the truth about islam?

Perry

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