Posts by Duran
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30What Theme Song Should Be Played When You Walk Into a Room?
by Sea Breeze inthis could fun.
what song should be played when you walk into a room that best describes you?
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How Do JWs Understand Salvation & What Is Needed to Obtain It?
by LauraLynn infrom my experience within the jw organization, i understood that salvation meant a person accepted the teachings of the wbts without question as the "faithful and discrete slave," thereby placing their trust in them, not jesus christ.
salvation consisted of being found "righteous" by jehovah and resurrected to everlasting life in an earthly paradise.
to obtain this salvation, one needed to obey the organization's teachings, remain a faithful jw, and lead a moral life.
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Duran
quote - It is no longer clear to me if the GB holds hope for repentance during the GT after seeing the first minute of this video
Now the GB has confirmed that there is no room for repentance after the GT starts? What is going on?
Easy there!
First off, the guy doing the video is annoying and hard to watch/listen to.
Anyway, do you know the date of when Cook says what he says in 00:18 - 3:03?
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How Do JWs Understand Salvation & What Is Needed to Obtain It?
by LauraLynn infrom my experience within the jw organization, i understood that salvation meant a person accepted the teachings of the wbts without question as the "faithful and discrete slave," thereby placing their trust in them, not jesus christ.
salvation consisted of being found "righteous" by jehovah and resurrected to everlasting life in an earthly paradise.
to obtain this salvation, one needed to obey the organization's teachings, remain a faithful jw, and lead a moral life.
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How Do JWs Understand Salvation & What Is Needed to Obtain It?
by LauraLynn infrom my experience within the jw organization, i understood that salvation meant a person accepted the teachings of the wbts without question as the "faithful and discrete slave," thereby placing their trust in them, not jesus christ.
salvation consisted of being found "righteous" by jehovah and resurrected to everlasting life in an earthly paradise.
to obtain this salvation, one needed to obey the organization's teachings, remain a faithful jw, and lead a moral life.
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Duran
WTS/GB have shown there is no need to be a WTS/JW now.
For those that have already died, according to them my JW grandma will be resurrected but also my catholic grandma will be too. And for those living now that are not JWs, they can join up with current JWs when the GT breaks out.
14 At times, we hear someone say, “It would almost be better if my relative dies before the great tribulation begins so that there is hope for his resurrection.
9 The Bible speaks of two groups of people who will be resurrected with the prospect of living forever on earth, “the righteous” and “the unrighteous.” (Read Acts 24:15.) “The righteous” are those who faithfully served Jehovah while they were alive. On the other hand, “the unrighteous” did not serve Jehovah faithfully. Because both groups are resurrected, can we say that their names are written in the book of life?
10 “The righteous” Before dying, they had their names written in the book of life. Were their names taken out of that book when they died? No, because they are still “living” in Jehovah’s memory. Jehovah “is a God, not of the dead, but of the living, for they are all living to him.” (Luke 20:38
38) This means that when the righteous are restored to life on earth, their names will be found written in the book of life, although “in pencil” at first.
“the unrighteous.” Perhaps because they were ignorant of Jehovah’s requirements, they did not live righteous lives before they died. So their names were not written in the book of life. But by resurrecting them, God gives them an opportunity to have their names eventually written in that book.Notice that the so-called 'righteous' one only gets their name written in pencil at first. This is because they have to prove faithful during the 1,000 years to then be written in the book of life in pen ink. Yet the so-called unrighteous one not only got resurrected but they also are living during the 1,000 years to get their name written in pen.
So, it should make all JWs wonder what the point is of being a JW now. The outcome is the same for both groups.
The unrighteous actually fare better in that they didn't have to waste their time being a JW during their life. While the JW did spend their time being such and yet still it did not earn them being written in pen upon their resurrection. They are on the same prove themselves during the 1,000 years just like the unrighteous.
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3 In the past, we said that once the great tribulation begins, no unbelievers will be able to take their stand for Jehovah and survive Armageddon.
But now:
After the great tribulation starts, . . . might some who see these events have a change of heart?
13 Such an outcome would be similar to what occurred in Egypt in Moses’ day. Recall that “a vast mixed company” joined Israel in the Exodus.
If a similar development should occur following the destruction of Babylon the Great, would we be disappointed that people were able to join us shortly before the end comes? Of course not! -
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Changing the Date of the Memorial?
by KalebOutWest ini noticed in the latest memorial invitation, the dates for the observance are odd--well far more odd than usual.. what i mean is that forever as i can remember, jehovah's witnesses use to advertise really big that this was nisan 14. they don't tend to do this anymore.. and being jewish, their dates now tend to align with passover, or at least with the second seder night of passover.. 2025: saturday, april 12 (nisan 15).
2026: thursday, april 2 (nisan 15/16).
2027: monday, march 22 (nisan 15/16).
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Duran
Right, so in order to eat the meal or drink the wine/eat the bread at the appropriate time, one would have to prepare at the right time. So, one would have to determine what day corresponds with Nisan 14 and then know to wait until sunset on that day to have the meal, etc. In this case it is being said that Sat April 12 corresponds to Nisan 14 this year, so on that day after sunset is when the Memorial is observed. The fact that you are saying that at sunset it turns to Nisan 15 does not change that in the US that it will still be Saturday April 12 until 12:00AM.
When will a so-called Jew on the Eastcoast of the US eat their Passover meal...on the evening of Sat April 12 (Nisan 15) or on the evening of Sun April 13 (Nisan 16)?
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Changing the Date of the Memorial?
by KalebOutWest ini noticed in the latest memorial invitation, the dates for the observance are odd--well far more odd than usual.. what i mean is that forever as i can remember, jehovah's witnesses use to advertise really big that this was nisan 14. they don't tend to do this anymore.. and being jewish, their dates now tend to align with passover, or at least with the second seder night of passover.. 2025: saturday, april 12 (nisan 15).
2026: thursday, april 2 (nisan 15/16).
2027: monday, march 22 (nisan 15/16).
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Changing the Date of the Memorial?
by KalebOutWest ini noticed in the latest memorial invitation, the dates for the observance are odd--well far more odd than usual.. what i mean is that forever as i can remember, jehovah's witnesses use to advertise really big that this was nisan 14. they don't tend to do this anymore.. and being jewish, their dates now tend to align with passover, or at least with the second seder night of passover.. 2025: saturday, april 12 (nisan 15).
2026: thursday, april 2 (nisan 15/16).
2027: monday, march 22 (nisan 15/16).
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Duran
Nissan 14 is always
the first full moonafter the spring equinox.I misspoke.
Is this true or false:
The Jews counted their months from new moon to new moon.
Nisan 1 starts when the new moon nearest the spring equinox becomes visible at sunset in Jerusalem. Counting 14 days from that event, is always Nisan 14.
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Changing the Date of the Memorial?
by KalebOutWest ini noticed in the latest memorial invitation, the dates for the observance are odd--well far more odd than usual.. what i mean is that forever as i can remember, jehovah's witnesses use to advertise really big that this was nisan 14. they don't tend to do this anymore.. and being jewish, their dates now tend to align with passover, or at least with the second seder night of passover.. 2025: saturday, april 12 (nisan 15).
2026: thursday, april 2 (nisan 15/16).
2027: monday, march 22 (nisan 15/16).
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Duran
The date is not wrong and there is no change to it.
Nissan 14 is always the first full moon after the spring equinox.
March 20, 2025, spring equinox
Sat April 12 at sunset is Nisan 14.
[21 “‘In the first month, on the 14th day of the month, you will observe the festival of the Passover.]
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KING OF THE NORTH ATTACKs 0.001% OF JWS
by raymond frantz inhttps://youtu.be/qn2dewyxlzu.
forget about ufos and orbs darting through the skies of new jersey, or the peculiar fog and bizarre weather gripping parts of the world lately.
none of that is on the watchtower’s radar.
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1925--2025... 100 years since Rutherford promised paradise earth.
by Witness 007 inrutherford wrote in 1925 "millions now living will never die"...they died.
he also promised that moses and david and all the old bible heroes would live with him in his mansion.
only he lived there till he died in 1942...100 years and not much changed..
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Duran
the Great Tribulation will likely begin on August 11, 2025 (the disgusting thing that causes desolation being set up). The Great Tribulation will probably last 1,260 days, or 3.5 years. February 21, 2029, could then mark the beginning of Armageddon.
For the GT to start in Aug, the 'pangs of distress' (WW3) would have to occur first, which means it (WW3) has to start between now and July. Then as a result of the POD, the DT will be set up/put in place, which is the nations given their authority to the UN. The UN with that authority would be the 8th king for 42 months, which is the time of GT upon all those refusing to go along with the UN/8th king rule. Then AFTER the 42 months, Armageddon, which is when Jesus comes.
If WW3 does not come, the UN will never be given authority to be 8th king. If the UN never becomes the 8th king, the Biblical GT will never happen. If the Biblical GT never happens, then Armageddon never happens.
Our teaching on the generation will be correct.
I don’t want to reveal too much.