the king of the north, that is, the king of the country geographically located north of judea/palestine was identified by the actual events of history as the seleucids of syria, in particular, the reign of antiochus iv epiphanes.
the king of the south, that is, the king of the country geographically located south of judea/palestine was identified by the actual events of history as the ptolemies of egypt.
daniel 11:40-45 prophesied that antiochus (king of the north) would make war once again against egypt, and would die on the coast of palestine “between the sea and the holy mountain”.
I hate to burst your bubble, but Bible Scholars and the like actually don't universally agree on this interpretation. The remainder of this prophecy is very difficult, and commentators differ much respecting it." Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Daniel 11:31-45.
"And the king shall do according to his will,.... Not Antiochus, for he could not do as he would, being curbed by the Romans, as has been observed; and there are many things which follow that cannot be applied to him; "
though many things in the bible do not make sense to me, there is something in it that makes my life easy.. this is how i arrived at it.
bible defines god as the servant of his children because he makes provisions for the enjoyment of life in abundance (mathew 5:44-47) and ‘renews’ them if need arises (mathew 19:28) with no intervention whatsoever in between which means he is not interested in gratitude/worship from his children.
yet history shows that people forget him in happiness and remember him only in distress which means he is not given love (though he is the giver of love), and he is not bothered of it.
Cofty, intellectual honesty leads to Strong Agnosticism, not Atheism. https://2.bp.blogspot.com/-gLKSgZhd_Y4/WGGsPGm81YI/AAAAAAAACDA/EIAp15z2IsccnrpiK5Apfra_NiPW5T5WACLcB/s1600/atheist%2Bscale.png
Contrary to Atheist propaganda being spread, Agnosticism and Atheism are very different.
Many agnostics I know IRL are quick to seperate themselves, and they even have their own seperate agnostic sites and memes:
https://agnostichumor.files.wordpress.com/2014/10/agnostic-truth-fb.jpg?w=523
though many things in the bible do not make sense to me, there is something in it that makes my life easy.. this is how i arrived at it.
bible defines god as the servant of his children because he makes provisions for the enjoyment of life in abundance (mathew 5:44-47) and ‘renews’ them if need arises (mathew 19:28) with no intervention whatsoever in between which means he is not interested in gratitude/worship from his children.
yet history shows that people forget him in happiness and remember him only in distress which means he is not given love (though he is the giver of love), and he is not bothered of it.
The Anti-Theism in this topic is jaw dropping.
quite regularly at meetings jws mocked worldly people and apostates(anyone who had left the "truth") for saying the bible contradicts itself when it is in complete harmony from beginning to end apparently.
can anyone point out some of the contradictions they know of?
they used to laugh at the fact people on the doors would say the bible contradicts itself and when they asked the householder to show them where, they couldn't..
http://defendinginerrancy.com/bible-solutions/1_Samuel_17.50.php
This covers the supposed contradiction mentioned before.
i'm sure most are familiar with the greenlee's story floating around the internet.
so what if some members of the governing body have been accused of molesting a child and used the 2 witness rule to silence a accusation?
so could it be that because some high up watchtower corporation person/persons has clung to the rule because it save's his corporate ass.
I hate to say it, but some among them probably are. Their interpretation of the 2 witness rule itself is very flawed and misused. I made a video explaining how, but one of them touching kiddies behind closed doors would make perfect sense. I feel so bad for the victims.
i was brought up in the truth.
i saw a lot unchristian things going on in my local body of elders, my dad was an elder and waiting outside elders meetings to go home with my mum and other wives, we sometimes heard raised voices in the 2nd school.
the other mums would raise their voices as well thinking of something to say to hide the elders 'private' arguments.. my dad hated it all, i think he hated having to keep things secret from my mum and me.. anyway, i got baptised, and as we did back then didnt think about further education but instead pioneered.
"I have seen so much, and now know so much TTATT, my conclusions are that the Christian principles i the bible are beautiful. But they are not being applied by the Org."
This is a big problem within the organization and many know about it but are powerless to stop it. The concept of Elder's is inherently flawed and goes against what Jesus taught. They have too much power, and far too many succumb to corruption.
As for me, I always knew something wasn't right. Jehovah's Witnesses always felt incomplete to me, and that's because they, instead of living purely by what the Bible teaches, they instead yield to the interpretations of a group of old men who aren't even prophets, and will readily admit this. So much like the other groups of Christianity they despise, they follow the doctrines of man rather then the Word of God.
In the near future I plan on using social media to start a counter attack in the form of a new religion. That's going to hit them where it hurts. Might even go door to door just to tick them off.
i have seen so many that have left.
and their life turned into a dumpster fire.
most do not live the average life of living in suburbs, raising a family.
They come back because there is no where else for them to go. I can definitely compliment Jehovah's Witnesses by saying that they are a unique religion, at least for now.
