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  Great Crowd : Need ideas and best articles

  by raymond frantz in

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  hi guys ,i need ideas and articles about the great crowd .i will be writing a series of articles on this subject and i wonder if you can help.. what do you think are the best topics in relation to the great crowd?

  one i can think of the top of my head is " is the great crowd in heaven?".

  also do you have any previous threads on this site about the great crowd?

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  Bobcat

  Hope the links here prove helpful. Its all research I've posted on the subject.
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  Why did Jesus tell the convict on the cross next to his, that he would be joining him in Heaven TODAY??

  by Faithful Witness in

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  2. bible

  maybe a silly question, but i'm curious about this part of the story of christ's crucifixion, when the 1 thief challenges jesus to save himself and "us too" from their deaths, but the 2nd thief rebukes him and pleads with jesus... .

  luke 23:42-43: and he said unto jesus, lord, remember me when thou comest into thy kingdom.

  and jesus said unto him, verily i say unto thee, today shalt thou be with me in paradise.. .

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  Kepler, you beat me to the punch. That was a good, informative discussion on that thread you linked to.

  I think we'll dedicate a NASA mission in your honor (here).
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  The watchtower leadership fulfills this prophecy.

  by hoser in

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  mark 12:39,40.

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  Bobcat

  Compare with Shebna at Isaiah 22:16 (and see here)
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  This years Memorial talk outline

  by gingerbread in

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  2. friends

  perhaps i've missed seeing it.... can anyone provide a scan or link to the 2014 memorial talk and the following sunday's public 'special talk'?.

  ginger.

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  Bobcat

  This thread has a duplicate of it. Scroll down just past the picture. This thread has an image of it.
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  The Apostasy Within

  by Ultimate Axiom in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  in the latest watchtower (july 15, 2014, page 14, paragraph 10) it says; today, jehovahs people are not often confronted with apostasy within the congregation.

  still, when exposed to unscriptural teachings, regardless of the source, we must decisively reject them.. so, not often, but occasionally jws are exposed to apostasy within the congregation, and they are instructed to decisively reject it.

  as we all know, the vast majority of the apostasy they are exposed to comes from the governing body.. i am meeting up soon with an old friend from the 1970s who i havent seen for decades, who is still an active jw, and who would really like to hear what i think about things.

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  Here is an idea on 1914 and Acts 17:30, 31.
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  1914 C.E. ....the false positive of "1914"

  by jjones in

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  in math, a false postive is a number that looks like the correct answer but is not.. .

  i have written an article that discusses jehovah's witnesses interpretation of daniels prophecy of the "appointed times of the nations".

  the article demonstrates mathematically that, if a person excepts that interpretation, the number "1914" could not possible equal the date 1914 c.e.

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  Welcome JJones.

  I started a thread that looked at 1914 from the perspective of Acts 17:30, 31 here.
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  Appeal Against Elders Decision... Can Anyone Advise..

  by Almond in

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  2. relationships

  i meet a 6 years baptised jw girl.

  we planned to marry here in philippines ( no divorce here }.

  judge told me he can do the marriage so we livived together to be married.

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  Bobcat

  Almond:

  Having been involved (as an elder) with cases like this, and appeals to cases like this, I can mention a couple of things. (Although, I will mention that there are some details in your post that are not quite clear to me):

  If you married a DFed person, you will be DFed yourself. Even if the marriage is legit, your action is seen as a concrete decision to go against the DF arrangement. From my experience, this is an automatic decision from the Society's viewpoint. They won't accept any appeal. You can get reinstated sometime later, a year, maybe several years. But not right away. You sinned against the Society. The worst sin of all.

  If you got married again before you were divorced, this is considered an adulterous marriage. And again, DFing is as automatic as it gets. You can appeal, but the appeal committee will turn you down. The logic is that a marriage is permanent and serious. It requires that you do your homework before you sign the papers. In cases of writing a 'pledge of faithfulness,' the Society wants you to get the OK from your elders first. I doubt that the elders' not having informed you first will work, especially if the 'pledge of faithfulness' material was already in print in the WT. JGNAT is right, the WT wants you to get your elders approval first in any areas where there is a question.

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  Jesus Christ rule since 1914 , what has he accomplished .

  by smiddy in

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  how has jesus christ been ruling since 1914. well, here is a breif list to shut your apostate mouths forever .. 1., he raised up c.t russell as the first president of the ibsa , ok ,he hadnt returned just then , but he was going to, soon.

  apparently w.h.

  connelly was actually the first president before russell , maybe he didnt quite measure up.

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  he created a nation with millions of citizens,.. he added about 1 million of them every 10 years. He made them stop serving that warmongering satan,.. he made them stop killing people in wars and armed conflicts,.. he made them stop doing things that are considered unhealthy like smoking long before other nations began banning this bad habit out. he managed to overcome racial problems and bounderies that divide the world and gathered a nation that is united from among all over the world.

  It is interesting that the Society writes off Colossians 1:13 as evidence that Jesus bagan to rule in the 1st Century by saying that he was only ruling over his congregation. Yet, in the quote above, which is cited as evidence that Jesus has been ruling since 1914, all the things mentioned have to do with ruling over his congregation.

  • (Colossians 1:13 rNWT) . . .He rescued us from the authority of the darkness and transferred us into the kingdom of his beloved Son. . .

  For additional Scriptural reference concerning when Jesus began to rule (and whether it happened in 1914):

  • Compare here (various verses concerning when Jesus began his rule), and here ( for how parousia or "presense" is spoken of in relation to Jesus), here (regarding the phrase "The Kingdom of God/Heaven has drawn near"), and here (regarding Ps 2:7 and its application to Jesus).

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  The best explanation of Matthew 24 and 'This Generation', that I've read so far

  by Island Man in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  http://meletivivlon.com/2014/04/02/this-generation-a-new-premise/.

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  Vanderhoven7:

  Your collation on the first page represents my view also.

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  The best explanation of Matthew 24 and 'This Generation', that I've read so far

  by Island Man in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  http://meletivivlon.com/2014/04/02/this-generation-a-new-premise/.

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  Bobcat

  What if Jesus was only referring to his generation? Then this is all moot.

  See my post here.