last night i ran into a former elder friend, he is in his late 70s.
he asked how i was doing and i asked how he was doing.
then out of the blue he tells me; .
Here is the third edition of the JW Generations Chart I started five years ago.
Click the link below to see the chart. For some reason, uploading the image, inserting it or copying it to the reply makes it smaller.
http://oi58.tinypic.com/wrh05t.jpg
I will be updating this again shortly, I think having WT and Awake covers on the chart for various years helps.
Truthseeker
i started working on this chart 5 years ago.
i didn't think i'd have to update it again so soon.. .
linky in case image doesn't show below.
Here is a larger image. I fixed the part where 1890 and 2015 are cut off the timeline at the bottom of the page.
i started working on this chart 5 years ago.
i didn't think i'd have to update it again so soon.. .
linky in case image doesn't show below.
OK, try it now. Had to use a different image host.
If the picture doesn't enlarge, try clicking the URL link above it.
i started working on this chart 5 years ago.
i didn't think i'd have to update it again so soon.. .
linky in case image doesn't show below.
working on it...
If I upload the picture it shrinks in size.
I posted the direct link.
i started working on this chart 5 years ago.
i didn't think i'd have to update it again so soon.. .
linky in case image doesn't show below.
i started working on this chart 5 years ago.
i didn't think i'd have to update it again so soon.. .
linky in case image doesn't show below.
I started working on this chart 5 years ago. I didn't think I'd have to update it again so soon.
according to the scriptures, jehovah makes his sun rise upon wicked people and good and makes it rain upon righteous people and unrighteous.
- matthew 5:45. in that case, if we look at the account in genesis, god is shown to give pharaoh a dream that he will cause seven years of famine.. genesis 41: pharaohs dreams.
25 then joseph said to pharaoh, the dreams of pharaoh are one and the same.
According to the scriptures, Jehovah “makes his sun rise upon wicked people and good and makes it rain upon righteous people and unrighteous.” - Matthew 5:45
In that case, if we look at the account in Genesis, God is shown to give Pharaoh a dream that he will cause seven years of famine.
25 Then Joseph said to Pharaoh, “The dreams of Pharaoh are one and the same. God has revealed to Pharaoh what he is about to do. 26 The seven good cows are seven years, and the seven good heads of grain are seven years; it is one and the same dream. 27 The seven lean, ugly cows that came up afterward are seven years, and so are the seven worthless heads of grain scorched by the east wind: They are seven years of famine.
28 “It is just as I said to Pharaoh: God has shown Pharaoh what he is about to do. 29 Seven years of great abundance are coming throughout the land of Egypt, 30 but seven years of famine will follow them. Then all the abundance in Egypt will be forgotten, and the famine will ravage the land. 31 The abundance in the land will not be remembered, because the famine that follows it will be so severe. 32 The reason the dream was given to Pharaoh in two forms is that the matter has been firmly decided by God, and God will do it soon.
Note, this wasn't just Egypt where famine happened...
56 When
the famine was spread over all the face of the earth, then Joseph
opened all the storehouses, and sold to the Egyptians; and the famine
was severe in the land of Egypt. 57 The people of all the earth came to Egypt to buy grain from Joseph, because the famine was severe in all the earth.
The JWs teach that God cannot be held responsible for bad things.
http://www.jw.org/en/publications/books/bible-teach/what-is-the-truth-about-god/
7 Worse yet, religious teachers sometimes
lead people to think that God is hardhearted. How so? When tragedy
strikes, they say that it is God’s will. In effect, such teachers blame
God for the bad things that happen. Is that the truth about God? What
does the Bible really teach? James 1:13
answers: “When under trial, let no one say: ‘I am being tried by God.’
For with evil things God cannot be tried, nor does he himself try
anyone.” So God is never the source of the wickedness you see in the world around you. (Read Job 34:10-12.) Granted, he does allow bad things to happen. But there is a big difference between allowing something to happen and causing it.
How would you reconcile what the Watchtower says with what God told Pharaoh?
having just come back from the uk and spoke with some witnesses to find out how my old congregation is doing, i realized i am now the age that my elders were when i was a kid.
and i wonder what the elders who are now in their 60s and 70s are thinking when they look in the mirror and an old face looks back at them.
many of the elders in my old hall are now retired.
Very interesting comments, thank you.
And this does disturb me: ""Friends, I know we are getting old, but don't despair, very soon we are going to be laughing and the rest of the world is going to be crying in despair when Armageddon finally arrives and everyone will know we had the truth."
In a few years he may be carried out in a box and then it will all have been for nothing.
having just come back from the uk and spoke with some witnesses to find out how my old congregation is doing, i realized i am now the age that my elders were when i was a kid.
and i wonder what the elders who are now in their 60s and 70s are thinking when they look in the mirror and an old face looks back at them.
many of the elders in my old hall are now retired.
Having just come back from the UK and spoke with some witnesses to find out how my old congregation is doing, I realized I am now the age that my elders were when I was a kid. In my 30s. And I wonder what the elders who are now in their 60s and 70s are thinking when they look in the mirror and an old face looks back at them. Many of the elders in my old hall are now retired. Do they really still believe the end is near?
thats it really.
uk channel 5 at pm mon 24th.. maybe its already been posted but sounds interesting.
Thanks for the upload!
I was just in the UK. Fun and exciting times.
