greetings everyone.. just wanted to say hello to everyone, being a new member from western europe.. some may know me from another forum (eden, from e-jehovas-witnesses.com), but most don't, so this is my little intro.. male, in my early 40's.
still an active member in good standing of a jehovah's witnesses congregation in my country, and honestly not planning to change that status, despite my unorthodox beliefs.
sometime i will elaborate the reason why i don't feel i must leave.
**** Male, early 40's, from Western Europe. Still an active member in good standing of a Jehovah's Witnesses congregation in my country, and honestly not planning to change that status****
Welcome Eden, but why are you disobeying the leadership by hanging out here with apostates and atheists ?
Thanks for your transparency Terry, however, I dont use Facebook any more, as I consider it a spying machine.
I Apologize for the paranoia.
Shalom
in case you missed it --this years dc pointed out that jw's need to direct people to (direct quote) "our spiritual mother the organization" !!!.
jehovah being our father and the organization being our spiritual mother!
i guess we all knew that the society was always "mother" huh..
**** Jehovah being our father and the organization being our spiritual mother *****
And Jesus gets pushed further away. 2 Corinthians 4:4-6
What took the RCC centuries to achieve "Mother Church" the WBTS has achieved in 100 years.
Mother Church is an Idol !
during the last three to four months, i have spent a great deal of time sinking my teeth into various critical biblical commentaries and lexicons.
naturally, after beginning to research "the truth about the truth" one of the most commonplace yet controversial arguments revolve around the "gentile times" doctrine (i.e.
the application of the seven times of daniel 4 from 607 b.c.e.
Thanks Ann ;)
jehoiakim refused to pay tribute to nebuchadnezzar after 3 years (2 kings 24:1) because nebuchadnezzar attacked egypt in the previous december.
this is attested by both bm21946 (rows 5 to 7, reverse side) and josephus (antiquities of the jews, book x, chapter 6).. in what year was this attack on egypt?.
***** Too bad all the JWs are banned****
Apparently they (the WTBTS) banned C T Russell, threw him and his SDA chronology under the bus.
during the last three to four months, i have spent a great deal of time sinking my teeth into various critical biblical commentaries and lexicons.
naturally, after beginning to research "the truth about the truth" one of the most commonplace yet controversial arguments revolve around the "gentile times" doctrine (i.e.
the application of the seven times of daniel 4 from 607 b.c.e.
Another question for FACETheFacts...
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This is from a JW website as follows .....
So the question begs to be answered from a Biblical standpoint: did the 7 times begin in 607 and end in 1914? Did the 7 times begin when the ruler on Jehovah’s throne in Jerusalem, Zedekiah, was cut down in 607 and end in 1914 with the rightful ruler, Jesus, the twig of Jesse, becoming the King in God’s Kingdom in heaven? How Long Are the Seven Times?
http://www.jehovahsjudgment.co.uk/607/appendix.html
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Was Zedekiah the ruler on Jehovah's throne ???? He was a puppet king setup by Neb. And did NOT have Jehovah's approval, in fact the following scriptures show he was EVIL in Jehovah's eyes and NOT the last legal king. ........
*******The evil that was done in the eyes of the Lord, was going to Egypt for protection against Babylon, instead of submitting as God had warned him, through Jeremiah the prophet. Zedekiah did not trust God, but leaned on Pharaoh and his army.
Jeremiah 52:3 "For through the anger of the Lord it came to pass in Jerusalem and Judah, till He had cast them out from His presence, that Zedekiah rebelled against the king of Babylon."
King Zedekiah had made an agreement with Nebuchadnezzar as to how Judah would be run, and after Zedekiah assumed the throne, Zedekiah broke that agreement and ran down to Egypt. This is what angered the Lord. Zedekiah's problems came when he refused to listen to Jeremiah the prophet of God. Zedekiah tried to work out his own salvation, and do exactly opposite of what God had instructed him to do.************
Jeremiah 29:
15 ¶Because ye have said, The Lord hath raised us up prophets in Babylon;
16 Know that thus saith the Lord of the king that sitteth upon the throne of David, and of all the people that dwelleth in this city, and of your brethren that are not gone forth with you into captivity;
17 Thus saith the Lord of hosts; Behold, I will send upon them the sword, the famine, and the pestilence, and will make them like vile figs, that cannot be eaten, they are so a evil.*******************
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The LAST Legal King of Judah was King Jeconiah and the blessed exiles went into captivity with him, approx. 10 years BEFORE destruction of Jerusalem. And the Gospel writer Matthew acknowledges that Jeconiah was the Last king of Judah. Matthew 1:11-15, and his offspring Zerubbabel was returned with the exiles. So if you need to apply the 2520 years from the Last LEGAL king of Judah, you need to base it on the exile of king Jeconiah, approx 10 years BEFORE the destruction of Jerusalem......
since the watchtower publishing business has gone down the crapper, how can the gb keep bringing in the money?
they only have a limited amount of brooklyn property and international branches to sell, so their real estate sales business can't last long... or can it?
this video by betty bowers of the landover baptist church may be similar to an idea that could keep wt rolling in cash for decades.... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ro1e3ieykfq.
Nice one Billy LOL
i would like to thank everyone who is a part of this community.
i have been abused by this billion dollar evil religion since i was born.
i am now in my late thirties and have been battling depression issues over my former abuses by this nongoverment organization.
Welcome
watch this video, posted on jw.org.... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9jjvxobvi5a.
here is my article in response.... http://jwsurvey.org/cedars-blog/is-watchtower-60-million-away-from-liquidation.
looking forward to hearing your thoughts!.
Freedom of religion is a great blessing that Jehavah's Withnesses enjoy and fight for, it's hypercritical that they don't extend the same courtesy to those who leave their religion.
Shalom.
watch this video, posted on jw.org.... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9jjvxobvi5a.
here is my article in response.... http://jwsurvey.org/cedars-blog/is-watchtower-60-million-away-from-liquidation.
looking forward to hearing your thoughts!.
$60 million away from liquidation...at best thats a good thing, at worse they lied.
