the 12/15/2013 study wt has the article, "this is to be a memorial for you.
" in it, paragraph 7 (on page 18) makes the statement, ".
27 also, he took a cup and, having given thanks, he gave it to them, saying: drink out of it, all of you; 28 for this means my blood of the covenant, which is to be poured out in behalf of many for forgiveness of sins.. (note that matthew's rendition leaves out the "keep doing this .
This is very elementary. It is to be one once a year because it is based on the precedent of the passover being done once a year.
You don't need any new testament quotes to know that.
The whole memorial is meaningless to people today, the same as the passover was meaning to generations 100s of years beyond Moses. It was for those ones in the room with Jesus that witnessed his life and death as the passover was for those who witnessed life in Egypt and the passover event.
**this was predicted from some members here**.
to all congregations .
re: adjustments in organizational terminology and assembly arrangements .
Question: Is this a letter mailed to congregations or do they make them downloadable as pdfs on jw.org?
It always gets me that to send letters to every congregation in the USA, it costs them $5500.
They need a better way to communicate.
It would seem that they are eliminating the Saturday program on the CA's. The Theocratic ministry School and the symposiums are to go as they are merely manuscript and meaningless. It means that people won't be greasing the hands of the CO and assembly coordinators to get assembly parts. The public talk and CO and DO parts will be the afternoon, the morning will be the Watchtower summary and maybe a Needs of the circuit, and something about the theme.
where do you guys find old tower books and material other than flea bay and their outragous prices?
looking for some of the old books..
I have extra copies and much literature I would like to rid of. PM me.
the recent boe letter announcing changes to the duration of circuit assemblies was warmly received by congregations the worldover.
it was as if the brothers and sisters were already in the new world for, upon hearing this news, there were no tears at all.
instead, it is a humble acknowledgement from the gb of the mind-numbing, yawn-inducing 2-day circuit assemblies.. .
As for replicating the Israel festivals. One problem with the religion is that it followed the premise of "no one ever got fired for buying IBM", by means of "No one ever got criticized for following the Bible". Something said and done 4000 years ago is not going to be relevant today. Today has its own problems and solutions. I am so tired of this.
**this was predicted from some members here**.
to all congregations .
re: adjustments in organizational terminology and assembly arrangements .
Blues Brother: on jwtalk.net there is also a topic "
Is that the same as this letter?
**this was predicted from some members here**.
to all congregations .
re: adjustments in organizational terminology and assembly arrangements .
Valkyre asked: "If the District Overseer no long has a "district" to oversee, why hasn't his title been changed to "Regional Overseer"?"
District overseers never overseen district assemblys or conventions. That is just a misnomer.
The Watchtower convention office has always overseen them.
DOs oversee their districts. District conventions have nothing to do with those districts.
i have talked to quite a few brothers who have served as elders and servants and left the organization.
in most cases their wives have remained in despite the husbands best efforts to persuade his wife that the organization is wrong.
even though the wife can see problems within they continue to press on in service to the society.
The thing is that wives will hold headship of the FDS, The GB, the branch, the DO, the CO, the elders over the headship of the husband.
The Bible says that the married couple is one, but does not say that about the congregation. Jesus to the 144,000 are one as a bridegroom to the bride, but that is different than a person to the congregation.
https://soundcloud.com/jtv-16/jtv-podcast-ep1.
this podcast is very interesting, especially the latter half.
in a nutshell, the scheme is this: after determining that a complete kingdom hall remodel will cost the congregation $100,000.00, the regional building committee arbitrarily inflates the estimate to $250,000.00, fleecing the congregation and misappropriating the additional funds for other purposes.
Is that the Jason Cobb that was disfellowshipped as mentioned here?
i could not believe my ears when my father told me recently that his circuit overseer (2 weeks ago) said that there are 5 scriptures that the society is going to revise.
has anyone else heard of this?
if any of them have to with jesus i am going to tell my parents to run not walk out the kingdom hall, yikes!
"I just realized that you can actually use the NWT translation to prove the DEITY of Jesus so I am guessing the scripture alterations are related"
No, you can't use any Bible to prove the deity of Jesus. The Bible can only be a reference. It is not proof. Even if the Bible directly, uncontroversially said that Jesus was Jehovah God, that is not proof. Proof is evidence that can be verified.
four boe letters.
read and discuss:.
requesting where can we find answers to lifes big questions?
August. The hottest month for north America and the coldest for the South. Really smart. And during ASSembly time. But as it has been said. It is to get people out to get their biggest month for the numbers.
