why does the wt interpret matt.24:34 "truly i say to you this generation will by no means pass away until all these things occur.
" as having overlapping generations ?
and not applying the same reasoning to any other scripture/s referring to a generation or this generation .?
Stan livedeath: "--these overlapping generations will by no means pass away until all these things occur."
does that sound better ?
It does, because it proves,that the wt is wrong already, before anything happens to confirm it. because the generation is not supposed to pass away, but wt charts show they will pass away. sooner, before, "-- not-- until all have passed."
it probably will never happen but... imagine the gb recieved some new light that told them the great tribulation was imminent.
the world is going to hell and all jws can expect until armageddon is terrible persecution the likes of which no christian has ever experienced in two thousand years.
but jehovah has a solution: put yourself and your family 'to sleep' and after armageddon's over, jehovah will 'wake his people up' at the resurrection.
judging by the way the more lucid JWs in this neck of the woods implement wt suggestions, threats, There would not be, like at the memorial, any partakers of The Poison Potion either, multimillionaires, spending their money on self satisfaction, providing into the far future, not to be interrupted by wt weariness.
my real name is benjamin heath, i live in southern oregon, usa, and you can always reach me on twitter @ben_heath_.
i have also rebooted my blog at benheathonline.com which is linked with my twitter.
i intend to write about experiences at work and in life, as well as whatever it is i'm reading about at the moment.. i'm a programmer by hobby, a truck driver by profession, an atheist by education and reasoning, and an ex-jw by choice.
is this a first on JWN, that a real name is revealed, like a schnell truckdriver named Benjamin? Not all can follow your fine example for fear of being known here /, but dead at the hall.
was in the car listening to the radio of a 101 year old pedophile.
i loved the detective who spoke and said "the day that not prosecuting someone who hurts a child is not in the public interest, we may as well all just pack up and go home.".
this makes me feel sick to my stomach even more at what the australian royal commission investigated.. .
This retribution (and warning for latent potential offenders), contrasts with wt procedure, where an offending elder might get off scot free, if he can hide it for two years from "the committee, and the public thereafter.
notice the 144000 can be counted and they all come from israel.. 9 after this i saw, and look!
a great crowd, which no man was able to number, out of all nations and tribes and peoples and tongues,*+ standing before the throne and before the lamb, dressed in white robes;+ and there were palm branches in their hands.+ .
this great crowd, no man was able to number, and they come from every nation!
The sly way that wt introduced the non-partaking with the great crowd stand-up in Washington in 1935. quote GKR book: " --- many could see where they stood and no longer partook" page 53 last line.
To be saved. on earth or heaven you have to partake according to John six. For wt that would be easy to fix, more wine and crackers at the hall for the all the potential members of the future great crowd . ( according to wt, The great crowd exists only after armageddon ).
Thank you all for the good reading of all the convoluted possibilities, spun out of the talking snake sequel.
my real name is benjamin heath, i live in southern oregon, usa, and you can always reach me on twitter @ben_heath_.
i have also rebooted my blog at benheathonline.com which is linked with my twitter.
i intend to write about experiences at work and in life, as well as whatever it is i'm reading about at the moment.. i'm a programmer by hobby, a truck driver by profession, an atheist by education and reasoning, and an ex-jw by choice.
are you near the clipse centerline Masdras east & west?
why does the wt interpret matt.24:34 "truly i say to you this generation will by no means pass away until all these things occur.
" as having overlapping generations ?
and not applying the same reasoning to any other scripture/s referring to a generation or this generation .?
smiddy, are any of the generic generations in your quotations anointed? because the genius of the wt is, that the anointed 144 000 are supposed to be
1) male virgins (Rev 14,) so: they can't be normal natural family heirs, ( only one virgin birth ever, and the mother was a female).
2) the wt generation that "-will not pass away,-" , will be safe so to speak, will be spared the destruction, because it will pass away before the destruction, before Armageddon even starts. Jesus was wrong, the generation will pass away, way before the end. so:
why? this wt creation does not fit any natural pattern,
why does the wt interpret matt.24:34 "truly i say to you this generation will by no means pass away until all these things occur.
" as having overlapping generations ?
and not applying the same reasoning to any other scripture/s referring to a generation or this generation .?
wt is a god pal , missing from your list.
or words to that effect, more important "concerns"?
"feelings?".
i like to find the reference, in a magazine, km.
or words to that effect, more important "concerns"? "feelings?". I like to find the reference, in a magazine, km. but not a book, published in the last ~10 years.
The more important concern? They are, --according wt words?-- your family's, marriage's integrity.
If the kingdom is an invisible coming marriage, let's have solid ones on earth first ?
notice the 144000 can be counted and they all come from israel.. 9 after this i saw, and look!
a great crowd, which no man was able to number, out of all nations and tribes and peoples and tongues,*+ standing before the throne and before the lamb, dressed in white robes;+ and there were palm branches in their hands.+ .
this great crowd, no man was able to number, and they come from every nation!
A B:" -- meek ones will possess the earth--
Wt teaches that the meek ones are the anointed, (all the bible was written for them, remember?). so: The 144k will be in heaven, absentee landlords, lording it over the earth's trillions, Great!
