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.
a related question is, with relief from the effects of sin 1000 years away, why would the celebration of the memorial, the covenant for forgiveness of sin stop during the great tribulation, after the overlapping anointed generation of 1914 has passed away? after all,
The kingdom did not come in 1914, it's coming is still being prayed for.
curious.
time goes by so fast.
who remembers 1975, the ray franz incident, the generation change in 1995, the blood fractions, alternative service, participation in ochr, aid afrique, the historical research by james pellechia, jolene chu and johannes stephan wrobel?
The wt "generation" theories were formulated by writers who had no child birth or family experience. They counted on their personal uniqueness as a way into the future, not passing on life, their genes. The generation narrative in Mathew does not fit a second fulfillment, anointed or overlapping.
The only fitting specimen of the generation would be an armageddon survivor who dies at the latest in the rebellion after the 1000 years have ended. " Passing away after all has occurred."
curious.
time goes by so fast.
who remembers 1975, the ray franz incident, the generation change in 1995, the blood fractions, alternative service, participation in ochr, aid afrique, the historical research by james pellechia, jolene chu and johannes stephan wrobel?
vienne, I had the privilege to give a ride to an older german witness going to the old Gilead school site in Lansing NY, driving from the NY City Yankee stadium assembly, going north.
He explained to me, that one of the hardest part of the incarceration was the wt doctrine of the absentee superior authorities,(Rom 13) that the nazi interrogators, and other conscientious objectors could prove to the bibel forschers to be wrong. He was talking about the 1940s.
Imagine facing death, with valid doubts about your religion org.'s beliefs.
The wt's return to scriptural beliefs on that was in the 60s, later than 1958. I remember the day.
I was studying with a baptist, going through the "let god be true book." with him. On Rom 13, I tried to give a brilliant defence of the untenable wt position. ha ha. then, coming home to to our pioneer home, there was the brown wt subscription wrapper on our bed, (like in bethel) whats new? voila, "question from reader": Rom 13 applies not to the father and son, but the governments. wow.
As the baptist had said "wt has made you a false prophet" ( spokesman for God) right, , ---I woved, --will not happen again.
wt still leads it's members to possible condemnation by making them preach wrong, outdated doctrines.
curious.
time goes by so fast.
who remembers 1975, the ray franz incident, the generation change in 1995, the blood fractions, alternative service, participation in ochr, aid afrique, the historical research by james pellechia, jolene chu and johannes stephan wrobel?
historician. James Pellechia, Jolene Chu and Johannes Wrobel gave tributne to the many JW victems in the 3th reich.
these courages martyrs, might have acted more out of purely christian convictions than wt doctrine of the day, which denied the existence of the superior authorities, the governments "put in place by god".
curious.
time goes by so fast.
who remembers 1975, the ray franz incident, the generation change in 1995, the blood fractions, alternative service, participation in ochr, aid afrique, the historical research by james pellechia, jolene chu and johannes stephan wrobel?
was 45 in 75, the family still owns the house we build then, because for us former special pioneers, it was cheaper to build then to rent, on 6 years notice. The generation switch to the "anointed" was the last straw.
Jesus said the generation would pass away after the Great Tribulation, and it's climax Armageddon,
wt now teaches their generation will pass away at the onset of the world final troubles.
remember that, until 2075, the "best before date" for the overlappers.
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.
"Only Jehovah's Witnesses teach that there were less than 144,000 faithful Christians that existed prior to the 20th century"
wt thinks they're going to rule over - , profit from - all, and all these millions of past partakers will be all among the "other sheep" on earth, slaving a thousand years for their keep. That idea gives new meaning to Peter's words of a "New Earth"
picture the wt paradise education classes filled with the 100 s of thousands torture victims that died sacrificial deaths. surprise, surprise!
someone on this forum kindly posted a link to the program of the current elders' training schools taking place.. i was just looking at it and thought that the part i have highlighted looks innocent enough unless the elder has an overfondness for young ones.. if he is spending too much time with the younger ones he can say, with hand on his heart, i am simply following through on the latest direction from the organisation about befriending, training, and mentoring the young.
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good that these instructions will for the time being leave the young females un molested.
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".
to teach how to accommodate the modern day "sons of Eli "
if you drink macallan whisky, at armageddon you will become righteous immediately, a son of god, brother of christ, an immortal king/priest, and to cap it all, help all the un-righteous minions on earth grow to perfection gradually over the next 12,000 months.
no such 'growing' needed for macallan drinkers!
study watchtower september 2022 par.
serve as priests. (Rev. 1:6; 5:10; 20:6) As such--
Rev 20:4 says the rulers with Christ will "--have been killed with the ax--", not that they will be stoned. --
over the years, i have found it helpful to see the similarites between jw's and mormons to help me understand what happened to me and my family as jw's.
robert bryan discusses this in one of the best presentations i have heard on the topic.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wok7e3utzy8&ab_channel=bibleready .
Fisherman you should know that: Gal. 1:8.
