Quote - reveals
the doctrine of the Gentile Times-Like 21:24 – end quote
Luke
21:24 and they will fall by the edge of the sword and be led
captive into all the nations; and Jerusalem will be trampled on by the nations,
until the appointed times of the nations are fulfilled
Daniel 4
and the 7 times has nothing to do with the gentile times. When Jesus said the
above words, he said WILL FALL and BE LED CAPTIVE and Jerusalem WILL BE
TRAMPLED ON, speaking of it happening in the future tense which proved to be in
70 c.e. And the greater fulfillment of it is connected to the future attack by
Gog, which is when Rev 11:2 is fulfilled and what the so-called gentile
times/appointed times of the nations are connected to.
As you
may know that last year at the WTS annual meeting they released the Ezekiel
book that has the clarification of NO LONGER viewing Christendom as apostate
Jerusalem. That means that the ‘disgusting thing' does not come upon
Christendom's 'holy place' as previous been taught by the WTS being that they
claimed that Jerusalem in Luke 21:20 was Christendom.
https://wol.jw.org/en/wol/d/r1/lp-e/1102017189?q=%22we+no+longer+refer+to+Christendom+as+the+antitypical+Jerusalem%22&p=par
Also you
may know that at this years annual meeting that they had a clarification on
Joel. They now teach that the attack from the locust (the NORTHERNER) is the
same as Gog's attack. They previous taught that JW's were the locust attacking
Christendom.
https://www.jw.org/en/news/jw/region/global/2019-Annual-Meeting-Summary/#?insight[search_id]=47a2355d-a862-48d3-beb2-5d4505df7267&insight[search_result_index]=0
So now
knowing that attacks that they applied to Christendom they now apply to
themselves...read the following replacing the word ‘Christendom' with
‘WTS' and you will see what and when the true 'appointed times of
the nations' are.
[12-1-70 WT - Down to everlasting desolation will go the antitypical unfaithful Jerusalem
(Christendom). Instrumental in executing this judgment of Jehovah
God upon her will be the modern-day “disgusting thing that causes
desolation,” the Eighth World Power.]
[7-1-84 WT p.11,
12 par. 16 - In like fashion, Jehovah
will bring a heavily armed modern-day
Assyrian as his “rod”
and “ax” to execute apostate
Christendom.]
[11-15-13 WT – In the near future, Jehovah’s apparently vulnerable people will come under
attack from the modern-day “Assyrian,” whose intent will be to wipe them out. The Scriptures
refer to that attack as well as the attack of ‘Gog of Magog,’ the attack of
“the king of the north,” and the attack of “the kings of the earth.”]
[12-15-75 WT p.743 - The
religious systems of Christendom have constructed magnificent
buildings throughout the earth. They have also amassed great wealth in other forms. In many
lands, these vast holdings are, by reason of their claimed sacred status,
exempt from the assessments and taxes imposed upon businesses in general. Christendom’s
“holy place,” however, will soon be invaded and destroyed...The
religions of Christendom
will be deprived of
their field of operation, losing control of everything. No respect
will be shown for any of their claimed religious rights.]
[Restored At Last! p. 187-188 - The nations will “devise an evil plan.”
They will seek to vent their long-standing rage and hatred on Jehovah’s worshippers,
who will seem vulnerable, as if “living in settlements unprotected by walls,
bars, or gates.” The nations will also be eager to “take much spoil and plunder” from
those “who are
accumulating wealth.” (Ezek. 38:10-12)… The nations may try to disrupt our way of
life and stop us from carrying out our worship. To that end, perhaps they will
try to interrupt the flow of spiritual food, prevent us from meeting together,
break up the unity we enjoy, and stop us from zealously proclaiming God’s
message.]
[Quote from “What the Future Holds” talk; speaking about Gog’s attack –
“What’s the point? Brothers, we should expect them to despoil us
of our human rights. We should expect them to confiscate all of Jehovah’s belongings and close down and
take possession of all our branches, factories, depots, kingdom halls, assembly
halls, everything. Don’t make any mistake about it. We are all in
this together. We have a common enemy.”]
[Joel 1:10 The field has been despoiled, the ground has gone to
mourning; for the grain has been despoiled, the new wine has been dried up, the
oil has faded away. 11 Farmers have felt shame; vinedressers have howled, …the
harvest of the field has perished.17 Dried figs have shriveled under their
shovels. Storehouses have been laid desolate. Barns have been torn down, for
the grain has dried up. 18 O how the domestic animal has sighed! How the droves
of cattle have wandered in confusion! For there is no pasturage for them. Also,
the droves of the sheep have been the ones made to bear guilt. 19 “To you, O
Jehovah, I shall call; for fire itself has devoured the pasture grounds of the
wilderness, and a very flame has consumed all the trees of the field. 20 The
beasts of the field also keep longing for you, because the channels of water
have dried up, and fire itself has devoured the pasture grounds of the
wilderness.”]
[6-1-81 WT p.30 - Joel 3 2-16, 19 It tells us why Jehovah is angry
with the nations—because of the way they have treated his servants. They
scattered them among the nations, making slaves of them. Also, they robbed Jehovah’s temple of its
gold, silver and other desirable things, and brought these into
their own temples.]
[Ezekiel 38:13 Is it to do much plundering that you have congregated your
congregation, in order
to carry off silver and gold, to take wealth and property, to get a very great
spoil?”’]
[Isaiah 10:5
“Aha, the As·syr´i·an, the rod for my anger, and the stick
that is in their hand for my denunciation! 6 Against an apostate nation I
shall send him, and against the people of my fury I shall issue a command to
him, to take much spoil
and to take much plunder and to make it a trampling place like the clay of
the streets.]
[Revelation 11:2
But as for the courtyard that is outside the temple sanctuary, cast it clear
out and do not measure it, because it has been given to the nations, and they will trample the holy city
underfoot for forty-two
months.]
[Ezekiel
39:23 And the nations will have to know that it was because of their error that they, the house of Israel, went into exile, on account of the fact that they behaved unfaithfully toward me, so that I concealed my face from
them and gave them into the hand of their
adversaries, and they kept falling, all of them, by the sword.’]
[Luke 21: 20 “However,
when you see Jerusalem
surrounded by encamped armies, then know that the
desolating of her has drawn near. 21 Then let those in Ju·deʹa begin fleeing to the mountains, let
those in the midst of her leave, and let those in the countryside not enter
into her, 22 because these are days for meting out justice in order
that all the things written may be fulfilled. 23 Woe to the pregnant women and those nursing a baby in those days! For there will be great distress on the land and wrath against this people. 24 and
they will fall by the edge of the sword and be led captive into all the nations; and Jerusalem will be trampled on by the nations, until the appointed times of the
nations are fulfilled.]
[3-15-61 WT–
Isaiah 29:4 reads: “And you must become low so that you will speak from the
very earth, and as from the dust your saying will sound low. And like a spirit
medium your voice must become even from the earth, and from the dust your own
saying will chirp.”… These words show that God’s earthly organization would come under attack and
would be reduced to a very low state by the enemies of God’s kingdom. God’s people would be, as it were,
crushed to the earth, at the time of
Gog’s
attack upon them, so that what utterance they made, what
vocal sounds they made, would come up from low down in their abasement.]
[Isaiah 29:2 I will bring distress on Ar´i·el, and there will be mourning and lamentation, and she must become to me as the altar
hearth of God. 3 And I must encamp on all sides against you, and I must lay siege to you with
a palisade and raise up against you siegeworks.]
[Luke 19:43
Because the days will come
upon you when your enemies will build around you a fortification with pointed
stakes and will encircle you and distress you from every side, 44
and they will dash you and your children within you to the ground, and they
will not leave a stone upon a stone in you, because you did not discern the time of your being inspected.”]
[Joel 2: 17
“Between the porch and the altar let the priests, the ministers of Jehovah, weep and say, ‘Do feel sorry, O
Jehovah, for your people,
and do not make your inheritance a reproach, for nations to rule over them. Why should they
say among the peoples: “Where is their God?”’]
[1-15-04 WT p.20 par.19 – As
foretold in Ezekiel chapter 38, Satan will soon complete his role as “Gog of the land of Magog.” This will involve a worldwide attack on Jehovah’s
people. It will be an all-out attempt on the part of Satan to break
the integrity of God’s loyal ones. As never before, worshipers of
Jehovah will need to call upon him earnestly, even crying for help.]
[Joel 1:14 Proclaim a fast;
call for a solemn assembly. Gather the elders together, with all the
inhabitants of the land, To the house of Jehovah your
God, and cry to
Jehovah for help.]
[Ezekiel 38:15 And
you will certainly come
from your place, from the remotest parts of the north, you and many peoples with you, all of them riding on horses, a great
congregation, even a
numerous military force.]
[10-1-07 WT p.12 - “the northerner”—the insect
assault.]
[Joel 2:25 And I
will make compensation to YOU
for the years
that the locust, the
creeping, unwinged locust, and the cockroach and the caterpillar have eaten, my
great military force
that I have sent among
YOU.]
[Ezekiel 38:16
And you will be bound to come up against my people Israel, like clouds to
cover the land. In the
final part of the days it will occur, and I shall certainly
bring you against my land,]
[Insight Vol 1
p.487 - The prophet Joel foretold a devastating onslaught by a horde of insects that would desolate the land, mentioning the cha·silʹ
last, as the insect
that consumes whatever has been left behind by the others. (Joe 1:4) Later,
the prophet tells of the
time when there will be blessings and forgiveness.
The invader
(Northerner) will
be turned back and compensation made for what the cha·silʹ and
the other members of God’s
“great military force”
have eaten. (Joe 2:25) With respect to such a divinely sent
plague of insects, including the cha·silʹ,
Solomon prayed that Jehovah would forgive his people if
they repented of their sins. (1Ki 8:37-40; 2Ch 6:28-31)]
