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  Who really is the Faithful and Discreet Slave?

  by Godlyman in

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  if anyone were to come up to you claiming that they are the faithful and discreet slave, how would you go about proving them to be false, based upon scripture?.

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  Linda14

  You ask some good questions that are easily answered. I am away at the moment but will return next Tuesday so will get to your nifty questions at that time.

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  Who really is the Faithful and Discreet Slave?

  by Godlyman in

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  if anyone were to come up to you claiming that they are the faithful and discreet slave, how would you go about proving them to be false, based upon scripture?.

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  Vanderhoven7

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  Regardless of what you think, would your organization baptize Christians who don't believe in 1914, 1918 and 1919?

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  If my opinion is unsatisfactory then perhaps you can ask the Organization for an appropriate response.

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  Who really is the Faithful and Discreet Slave?

  by Godlyman in

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  if anyone were to come up to you claiming that they are the faithful and discreet slave, how would you go about proving them to be false, based upon scripture?.

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  Vanderhoven7

  So will your organization baptize those Christians who don't believe in 1914, 1918 and 1919?

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  Christians submitting to baptism would most likely endorse such teaching as it is well-founded biblically so i cannot envisage this becoming an issue.

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  Who really is the Faithful and Discreet Slave?

  by Godlyman in

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  if anyone were to come up to you claiming that they are the faithful and discreet slave, how would you go about proving them to be false, based upon scripture?.

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  Vanderhoven7

  "Can a person be a Christian if he or she doesn't believe that the events purported by Watchtower to have taken place on these three dates actually happened?

  In other words does one have to believe in 1914, 1918, and 1919 to be a Christian?"

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  The answer is NO. Such parabolc interpretations and others are not considered to be primary doctrine - not essential for sakvation.

  However, such interpretations are helpful and beneficial for one's faith, especially in establishing the identity of the true and only eschatological Church which alone is doing the Lord's work today by preaching the Gospel.

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  Who really is the Faithful and Discreet Slave?

  by Godlyman in

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  2. bible

  if anyone were to come up to you claiming that they are the faithful and discreet slave, how would you go about proving them to be false, based upon scripture?.

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  Beth Sarim

  Faithful and Discreet Slave is nothing but a 'hijacked parable' by the WT Society to fit their own agenda.

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  It is all about the interpretation of two parables. Nothing more or less

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  Who really is the Faithful and Discreet Slave?

  by Godlyman in

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  if anyone were to come up to you claiming that they are the faithful and discreet slave, how would you go about proving them to be false, based upon scripture?.

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  Jeffro

  So… not 1799, 1874 and 1878 😂 Or whatever future dates are selected that are just as ‘established’ 🤦‍♂️

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  Sadly the above dates cannot be considered to be eschatological in nature for eschatology proper can only be realized with the advent of 1914 CE with the birth of God's Kingdom.

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  Who really is the Faithful and Discreet Slave?

  by Godlyman in

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  if anyone were to come up to you claiming that they are the faithful and discreet slave, how would you go about proving them to be false, based upon scripture?.

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  Those who are interested in Eschatology should read A New Testament Biblical Theology -The Unfolding Of The Old Testament In The New by G. K.Beale, 2011, Baker Academic, Grand Rapids, Michigan, 1047 pp. Wherein the author refers to an inaugurated eschatology which is nicely compatible with such inauguration of God's Kingdom in 1914 CE.

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  Who really is the Faithful and Discreet Slave?

  by Godlyman in

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  if anyone were to come up to you claiming that they are the faithful and discreet slave, how would you go about proving them to be false, based upon scripture?.

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  Vanderhoven 7

  I could accept your first paragraph with the following correction

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  Scholar is pleased with this comment..

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  beginning in 1914 CE with the birth of God's Kingdom and the Parousia

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  Parables by their very nature require interpretation so we interpret the parables in accordance with their context which context is plainly 'eschatological' i.e pertaining to the 'Last Days' or the Parousia which the biblical evidence proves its beginning in the celebrated year of 1914 CE a date validated by Bible Chronology and Modern History.

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  1914, 1918, 1919 1922, 1924, 1925, 1926, 1928, 1929, 1975 all mythologically manufactured bogus dates with no evident biblical significance..

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  The said scholar has nicely termed the three most significant prophetic dates in the Bible: 1914, 1918, and 1919 as an eschatological triennium. These dates are well established by means of Bible Chronology, Biblical Theology, Modern SecularHistory and the modern-day history of Jehovah's Witnesses as Proclaimers of God's Kingdom as shown and separately listed as such in WT Indexes for your perusal. So get cracking!!!! Scholar gets the whip out.

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  Who really is the Faithful and Discreet Slave?

  by Godlyman in

  1. watchtower
  2. bible

  if anyone were to come up to you claiming that they are the faithful and discreet slave, how would you go about proving them to be false, based upon scripture?.

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  The 'faithful and discreet slave' or steward described in Matthew 24:45-46 and Luke 12: 41-48 are both parables which describe not only Christians as individuals being faithful to the Master's commands in being diligent in carrying reponsibilities of discipleship and to heed the exhortation to 'Keep on the Watch!' but also as a collective - the true Chuch of anointed Christians. The contrext of these parables is eschatological which pertains to events beginning in 1914 CE with the birth of Goid's Kingdom and the Parousia.

  Further, these two parables are characteristic of what some theologians have coined 'eschatological wisdom' - or because of the didactic character of these parables as representing a 'prophetic pronouncement of wisdom'. Thus the true eschatological Church as described in the book of Revelation comprised of its leadership as its base or core and community work together unitedly to promote true wisdom - Bible education by means of worldwide evangelism unparalled in all of human history in harmony with the parabolic nature of these two parables.

  An 'eschatological triennium' consisting of such dates as 1914, 1918 and 1919 describe the modern history of Jehovah's Witnesses in keeping with the fulfilment of prophecy. The two parables require interpretation as with all the other parables which refer to God's Kingdom. Sound principles of both exegesis and eisegesis combine together to show how the 'faihful slave is visible in their conduct and ministry, being faithful to the Bible in fulfilment of these two prophetic parables or 'prophetic pronouncements of wisdom'.

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  Simple Question Re 1914

  by Slidin Fast in

  1. watchtower
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  wt claims that satan was thrown out of heaven in october 1914 precipitating ww!

  and the end times.

  a small problem with that is ww1 started on july 28th 1914 whilst satan was still in heaven picking his nose.. how did we not see this and waste years of precious life?

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  Jeffro

  Hypocrite 😂

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  No, it is called scholarship at its very best. Something you need to heed!!!!

  scholar JW