so the new jan wt article on "100 years of kingdom rulehow does it affect you?
" is up, which i think has its own thread.
but over on jwr poster cg4205 has noticed something that demands a seperate thread i think.. at the top of the article, in the can you answer box, it says:.
No, not a typo. Paragraph 2 answers that "Can you answer?" question by saying:
"In fact, Jehovah has already become king in our day!... Jehovah's becoming king is not the same as the coming of Gods kingdom"
So both Jesus and Jehovah became kings in 1914.
Makes sense to me. It's no different to before really. I've always believed this.
Splash
"if we were following a man undoubtedly it would be different with us; undoubtedly one human idea would contradict another and that which was light one or two or six years ago would be regarded as darkness now: but with god there is no variableness, neither shadow of turning, and so it is with truth; any knowledge or light coming from god must be like its author.
a new view of truth never can contradict a former truth.
new light never extinguishes older light, but adds to it.
"I think it's over 100 years old and your grasping at straws... It's really not a good idea to use publications that old to make an argument..."
So the questions are:
1. Since the WT also quote old publications, after how long does a Truth exceed its 'use by' date?
2. How long until todays Truths become too old, and therefore no longer Truth?
3. Gods other publication, the Bible, is old. Has this become irrelevant and superceded because of its age?
Splash
okay, here's the issue.
some people, even some jws, believe that in the new world they will be reunited with their spouses.
jesus, however, said that in the resurrection there would be no marriage or giving in marriage.
It refers to resurrection to the heavens. This is where there is no male/female or marriage.
BTW, Adam and Eve don't get a resurrection.
Splash
no more boes or kingdom ministries will be posted by us on this board.
there is a very important reason why!
beware of anyone encouraging you to post any boes on this board.
Sounds like they've been warned off
scientology's fraud conviction has been upheld in france, and they have been handed an $812,000 fine.. http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/europe/france/10384877/scientologys-fraud-conviction-upheld-in-france.html.
so it looks like the scientologists have the truth now, if we use the 'persecution' measure.. splash..
Scientology's fraud conviction has been upheld in France, and they have been handed an $812,000 fine.
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/europe/france/10384877/Scientologys-fraud-conviction-upheld-in-France.html
So it looks like the Scientologists have the truth now, if we use the 'persecution' measure.
Splash.
another tidbit of information about this generation from the 1/15/2014 study edition under "let your kingdom come - but when?".
they've changed it again.. this generation will not pass away14-16.
what is a third reason for believing that gods kingdom will come soon?.
They can't set a date, so they set a date range.
You can bet that that range ends soon!
Splash
i am pretty annoyed to read/hear them saying that they are the true christian religion because they preach, follow the bible bla..bla..bla... let's list down the things in the bible that they don't follow/do.
i'm sure they are plenty.. the fruits of the holy spirit, that's for a start.. .
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If you ask a divine being for anything, how do you do this? What's it called?
Oxford dictionary:
PRAYER noun
good morning folks!
i have believed in the 1914 jw core teaching for more than 20 years.
but now, after seeing much about this date, i find it uncomfortable and odd to believe it unquestionably, much less defend it against opposing thoughts.
Kurtbethel, thanks for finding one of the few pictures of Jesus ruling but with no beard!
This must've been during one of their strict clampdowns.
Splash
it is painful to read.
check out the 1/15/14 wt.
i am going to throw an invisible party to celebrate.
No wonder an earlier WT told us that no matter how difficult something is to understand, we must believe it and just do as we're told.
I think they were referring to this "two group generation".
Splash
another tidbit of information about this generation from the 1/15/2014 study edition under "let your kingdom come - but when?".
they've changed it again.. this generation will not pass away14-16.
what is a third reason for believing that gods kingdom will come soon?.
Ok, let's work it out:
20yr old, baptized and anointed in 1914. Lives to 80 so dies in 1974.
Overlaps with 20yr old baptized and anointed in 1974. Lives to 80 so dies in 2034.
This means that "this generation" stems from roughly 1894 to 2034 - 140 years long.
We've still got 20yrs before arnageddon folks!
Splash.
