Interesting, so does this mean they believe that everyone who is a part of Babylon the great will die during the great tribulation, and Armageddon is just for mopping up the atheists and unbaptized babies?
The whole idea that the United Nations is suddenly going to grow a backbone and a pair of balls and destroy all religion seems laughable in the extreme. Read "Shake hands with the Devil" by Canadian senator and retired general Romeo Dallaire on the ineptitude of the United Nations. I wouldn't be surprised if this UN "prophecy" eventually joins the 1914 generation, 1925 as the resurrection of the ancient worthies and all those other doctrinal flip-flops.
This interpretation of prophecy was first outlined in the 1960s with the original Babylon book, we're now almost 50 years down the road and it looks more and more improbable. Mark my words, there will be "new light" on this matter within the next few decades.
Is "the Great Tribulation" now interchangeable with "Armageddon"?
by marmot 14 Replies latest watchtower beliefs
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marmot
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Honesty
JW version:
Destruction of Babylon the Great (false religion)
Great Tribulation starts
Attack by Satan's hordes against the anointed jws on earth triggers the start of Armageddon.
I have heard from different sources that it could it go down like this:
The church is removed from the earth (1 Thessalonians 4:15-17)
The world turns on the people whose ancestor God forged an unbreakable covenant (Romans 11:25-29)
Jesus returns and every eye sees Him (Zechariah 14:1-9)
The unredeemable people on earth turn on one another (Zechariah 14:12-13)
They may be as wrong as the JW's.
However, I believe that one day something is going to happen and it ain't gonna happen like the JW's expect or want it to.
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Al Gore receives UN environmental award
Al Gore, UN Panel Share Nobel for Peace
http://apnews.myway.com/article/20071012/D8S7NRFG0.html
Nobel peace prize goes to Gore and UN climate panel
Gore: Nobel win a chance 'to change the way people think'
- Story Highlights
- NEW: Al Gore warns of "planetary emergency," announces new ad campaign
- Ex-President Clinton says Gore has warned of dangers for decades
- Source: Gore won't use prize as springboard to enter 2008 presidential race
- White House: President Bush pleased that Gore, U.N. panel won peace prize
http://www.cnn.com/2007/POLITICS/10/12/nobel.gore/index.htmlGore Awarded Bully Pulpit: Far-reaching Political Message
http://usconservatives.about.com/b/a/257506.htm
The Nobel Peace Prize has been awarded to former vice president Albert A. Gore Jr. and to the United Nations Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) for their efforts to disseminate knowledge about climate change and lay foundations for counteracting it.
http://pubs.acs.org/cen/news/85/i42/8542notw10.html Chemical engineering news
Gore: Award Puts Focus on Global Warming
The UN has had no backbone for years. It has been rather "disorganized". But with a powerful liason person who has many powerful contacts and backing...this will all change very soon. Actually, it already has.
Can't you people see what's coming????
Wake up and smell the coffee!
Edited to add:
Oh my God! Al Gore is the Ani-Christ!
No, Bryan. He is the FALSE PROPHET.
Anti-christ is collective. "anti-christ" is not one person, but an entire group.
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Bryan
Oh my God! Al Gore is the Ani-Christ!
(Oh I wish I could change my font!)
Bryan
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Marmot
Good catch!! That is strange wording for sure - no mention of armageddon. Could this be a shift away from the old doctrines of Rutherford and Franz?? Are there new tower controllers in bethel . Is this a jest by the writing dept?. Are the writing dept trying to shift the JW doctrine towards utter collapse?