by OneFingerSalute 23 Replies latest watchtower bible
So today's WT seems to put out the idea that during early Christian times it was God's hand that made the Romans build roads, have strong laws, etc. to make the preaching easier.
Anyone else notice that? Some here really banged on about how great it was that God did that, just for them.
Soon instead of touting the internet as a tool of the devil (like they used to), they will be saying how YHWH constructed it so all sheeple can watch jw.cultcasting.
Is that the WT that talks about how "peaceful the world has been" since WW2 so that the JWs have been able to preach without interference?
You know, so much peace because we are in the last days where there is so supposed to be constant war? Its like nobody edits this stuff anymore.
A few years ago, JWs accused Satan of creating the Internet because of the porn and apostates on the web.
Now they can credit jehovah for creating the Internet for the sake of the JW website.
Preparing the jw mind to accept past evil technology
Weasel words and phrases
Speaking out of both sides of their mouths
Not name sources of quotes
So how is the WTS get out of demonizing technology in an internet world in the past. This article and the next shows how
Even if their
message would be well-received everywhere,
how could they possibly take it
“to the most distant part of the earth”?
(Acts 1:8)
Whatever concerns they may have
had, the disciples got busy preaching
the good news not only in Jerusalem
and Samaria but throughout the then known
world. Although the disciples
experienced difficulties, within 30 years
the good news was being “preached
in all creation under heaven” and was
“bearing fruit and increasing in all the
world.” (Col. 1:6, 23)
The book Evangelism in the Early Church
states: “Probably no period in the history
of the world was better suited to receive
the infant Church than the first
century AD . . . By the second century
Christians . . . began to argue that it was
a divine providence which had prepared
the world for the advent of Christianity.”
To what extent God maneuvered
first-century developments to make extensive
preaching work possible, the Bible
does not say
But this much is certain:
Jehovah wanted the good news to
be preached, and Satan did not. In this
article, we will consider some factors
that may have made the preaching work
easier in the first century than it might
have been during other times in history.
In some ways, the first-century Roman
world brought benefits to Christians.
For instance, there was the Pax
Romana, or Roman Peace.
For about 200 years from
the time of Jesus, however, the Mediterranean
world was comparatively free of
strife. One reference book states
The common, or Koine, Greek language
helped to promote good communication
and unity among the Christian
congregations.
one reference work states: “So universal
is the Christian use of the codex
in the second century that its introduction
must date well before A.D. 100.”
Roman law was in force throughout
the empire, and Roman citizenship
offered valuable rights and immunities.
Paul made use of his Roman
citizenship on several occasions
In some respects, Christians may
have found their evangelizing work easier
because Jewish communities were
scattered throughout the Roman world.
Because the Jews were so widely
dispersed, many non-Jews became familiar
with the Hebrew Scriptures
The Jews had established a pattern
of worship. They regularly met together
in synagogues or at open-air meeting
places. They sang songs, prayed, and
discussed the Scriptures. Similar practices
are followed in Christian congregations
today.
1) We aren't under LAW so why require meetings based on Jewish traditions?
2) Good luck finding those "reference works."
"The common, or Koine, Greek language helped to promote good communication and unity among the Christian congregations."
$100.00 says that is from a WT article on the CD Library, quoting another WT publication. The key words are "unity" and "congregations." Satans churches would probably say "Congregation" as in "The Body of Christ."
The WTBTS don't understand what "congregation" means, or they obscure it. This way the R&F don't understand that they are either part of the "body" or not. There is no second group.
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