Blondie's Comments You Will Not Hear at the 02-03-2012 WT Study (WARNING)

Is Solomon a good example? Jesus is called the GREATER SOLOMON by the WTS. Solomon died an apostate, unrepentant. But of course the WTS blames it on his wives; that somehow they forced him into it. Will he be resurrected?

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Jehovah also included in the inspired record the statement that at death Solomon “lay down [slept, AV,AS,RS] with his forefathers.” (1 Ki. 11:43; 2 Chron. 9:31) So, using the Bible’s parallelism, we can reasonably conclude that Solomon, along with his forefathers Abraham, Moses and David, is in Sheol or Hades, from which he will be resurrected.

If Solomon, as king of Israel, left Jehovah, God would reject him or cast him off. That is what happened. (1 Ki. 11:9-13) Nonetheless, the Scriptures indicate that Solomon apparently will receive a resurrection.—John 5:28, 29; Matt. 6:29; 12:42; Acts 7:47.

Yet Judas, another so-called unrepentant apostate is sent to Gehenna by the WTS.

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Soon they were joined by Judas Iscariot, whom Satan induced to be an apostate.

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Jesus implied this when he called Judas “the son of destruction.” (John 17:12) Similarly, unrepentant apostates go, at death, not to Sheol, or Hades, but to Gehenna. (Hebrews 6:4-8; 2 Peter 2:1) The same is true of dedicated Christians who persist in willful sin or those who “shrink back.” (Hebrews 10:26-31, 38, 39) These are merely examples to show that some, even in “this system of things,” have committed the sin for which there is no forgiveness, not even in the system of things “to come.” (Matthew 12:31, 32; compare 1 John 5:16.) They will, therefore, not be resurrected.

Warning? Where was the high priest; was he not warning Solomon or was he afraid he’d lose his head counseling the king? Do elders fear counseling the CO or DO? Who counsels the GB? I remember a BOE who would not counsel a fellow elder whose actions were hurting his family, people in the congregation, and was a bad example to non-jws. Why…because they were financially dependent on this corkhead.

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1, 2. In what ways can you benefit from Bible examples?

ARE you not convinced that you can benefit

from what is written in the Bible?

Therein you find examples of faithful men

and women whose life course and qualities

you would like to imitate. (Heb. 11:32-34)

However, you have likely noted warning examples

also—men and women whose deeds

or attitudes you do well to avoid.

COMMENTS

David comes up in the next paragraph. Remember the punishment under the Law for murder and adultery was death, even if you were later repentant. Yet David nor Bathsheba were put to death. The WTS reasons that none of David’s other sons were acceptable to God thus he allowed Bathsheba and David to have a son, Solomon. But their first son was allowed to die because he would have died if Bathsheba had been put to death for adultery. David proved to be a good example, eh?

(Leviticus 20:10) . . .“‘Now a man who commits adultery with another man’s wife is one who commits adultery with the wife of his fellowman. He should be put to death without fail, the adulterer and the adulteress as well.

Once again the WTS brings up attitudes…yes, even your thoughts will be monitored and by imperfect men who cannot read hearts.

2 Actually, some individuals mentioned

in the Bible stand out both as good examples

of the course to follow and as warnings

of what to shun. Think of David, a humble

shepherd and then a powerful king. You

find in him a good example of one who

loved truth and trusted in Jehovah. Yet, David

was guilty of serious wrongs, such as

those involving Bath-Sheba, Uriah, and an

ill-advised census. Let us, though, focus on

his son—a king and also a Bible writer—Solomon.

We will first note two ways in which

he was a good example.

COMMENTS

Yes, and remember the census. David was even warned by a trusted friend Joab but chose to ignore his advice. David chose a pestilence as a punishment and 70,000 innocent people died for David’s sin. Once again others died not David.

(1 Chronicles 21:2-4) So David said to Joab and the chiefs of the people: “Go, count Israel from Be′er-she′ba to Dan and bring it to me that I may know their number.” But Joab said: “May Jehovah add to his people a hundred times as many as they are. Do they not, O my lord the king, all of them belong to my lord as servants? Why does my lord seek this? Why should he become a cause of guilt to Israel?” The king’s word, however, prevailed over Joab, so that Joab went out and walked through all Israel, after which he came to Jerusalem.

And once again we see the WTS flawed “reasoning.”

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As a punishment for this sin Jehovah brought three days of pestilence that killed 70,000 Israelites. (2 Sam. 24:12-16) Was that unjust? Were 70,000 innocent people dying for the king’s error? The Bible plainly shows that we all are sinners deserving of death; it is only by God’s undeserved kindness that we live. (Rom. 3:23; 6:23; Lam. 3:22, 23) So those who died had no special “right” to life. Additionally, can any human today say for sure that those 70,000 were not guilty of some serious sin not mentioned in the historical record?

“The Wisdom of Solomon”

3. Why can we say that Solomon set a good example

for us?

3 The Greater Solomon, Jesus Christ,

spoke favorably of King Solomon, setting

him before us as a good example. Jesus told

some doubting Jews: “The queen of the

south will be raised up in the judgment

with this generation and will condemn it;

because she came from the ends of the earth

to hear the wisdom of Solomon, but, look!

something more than Solomon is here.”

(Matt. 12:42) Yes, Solomon was famous for

his wisdom, and he urged us to acquire it.

COMMENTS

So the man who died an unrepentant apostate pictures Jesus? But what happened to Solomon’s wisdom during the end of his life? Is it “do as I say not as I do?”

Where in the bible does any Christian refer to Jesus as the Greater Solomon?

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This suggests the question: What is in the immediate future for the people of Jehovah on earth? With full confidence we will wait, and we shall see.” That confidence was not misplaced. Under theocratic organization a vast worldwide spiritual building program has gathered more than four million of the great crowd. Like the queen of Sheba, these have come from the uttermost parts of the earth to hear the wisdom of the Greater Solomon, Christ Jesus—channeled to them through “the faithful and discreet slave.”—Matthew 24:45-47.

4, 5. How did Solomon gain his wisdom, but how

is our acquiring of wisdom different?

4 At the start of Solomon’s kingship, God

appeared to him in a dream and invited him

to make a request. Aware of his limited experience,

Solomon requested wisdom. (Read

1 Kings 3:5-9.) Pleased that the king asked

for wisdom rather than for riches and glory,

God gave Solomon “a wise and understanding

heart”—as well as prosperity. (1 Ki. 3:10-

14) As Jesus mentioned, Solomon’s wisdom

was so outstanding that the queen of Sheba

heard of it and made a long trip to experience

it for herself.—1 Ki.10:1, 4-9.

COMMENTS

Solomon was no fool, he knew that wisdom would bring riches and glory with it. Do wonder if the queen of Sheba became a worshipper of Solomon’s God? Or did she go back to her previous beliefs? The WTS says that she pictures the great crowd; so did she?

5 We personally do not expect to receive

wisdom miraculously. Solomon said that

“Jehovah himself gives wisdom,” but he

wrote that we should strive to gain that godly

quality: “Pay attention to wisdom with

your ear, that you may incline your heart to

discernment.” Related to that, he used expressions

such as “call out for,” “keep seeking

for,” and “keep searching for” wisdom.

(Prov. 2:1-6) Clearly, we can gain wisdom.

COMMENTS

Did Solomon’s “miraculous” wisdom do any permanent good for him? Is there any wisdom apart from the WTS?

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All who want to understand the Bible should appreciate that the “greatly diversified wisdom of God” can become known only through Jehovah’s channel of communication, the faithful and discreet slave.—John 6:68.

6. In what ways may we show that we are benefiting

from Solomon’s good example as to wisdom?

6 It would be good to ask, ‘Am I taking

to heart Solomon’s example of treasuring

divine wisdom?’ Economic uncertainties

have moved many to concentrate on their

job and finances or have influenced decisions

about the type and amount of education

to seek. What about you and your

family? Do your choices indicate that you

are treasuring and seeking divine wisdom?

Would adjusting your focus or goals allow

you to acquire more wisdom? Really, gaining

and applying wisdom is for your lasting

good. Solomon wrote: “In that case you

will understand righteousness and judgment

and uprightness, the entire course of

what is good.”—Prov. 2:9.

COMMENTS

Once again education is bashed, type and amount. So what “type” is God-approved, and what “amount”? What scripture bears that out?

What focus, what goals? I hate open-ended statements that could have anything read into them. Can jws depend on the congregation or organization to help them out, say being used by God, to provide a job or money? Or do they expect a “miracle” that they say will not be used to give one wisdom?

Elevating True Worship Brought Peace

7. How did God come to have a grand temple?

7 Early in his reign, Solomon took steps to

replace the tabernacle, in use since Moses’

day, with a magnificent temple. (1 Ki. 6:1)

We may call it Solomon’s temple, but it was

not his idea or his way to make a name for

himself as an architect or a wealthy benefactor.

In fact, it was David who first proposed

building a temple, where upon God gave David

detailed plans for the temple and its furnishings.

And David made a great contribution to

finance the work. (2 Sam. 7:2, 12, 13;

1 Chron. 22:14-16) Still, it fell on Solomon

to carry out this building project that went

on for seven and a half years.—1 Ki. 6:37, 38;

7:51.

COMMENTS

So why was David not used to build…because he had blood on his hands…but it was God who killed 70,000 people for David’s sin…how much blood was that on God’s hands?

Solomon should never have been born if his mother had been executed according to the Law as an adulterer.

Did you know that people, Jews and non-Jews, were pressed into service (forced labor) to build the temple?

How much did it cost?

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This total, amounting to 108,000 talents and 10,000 darics of gold and 1,017,000 talents of silver, would be worth $48,337,047,000 at current values. (1988)

8, 9. (a) We find in Solomon what good example

as to persevering in good works? (b) What resulted

from Solomon’s elevating of true worship?

8 Thus Solomon set a good example for

us of persevering in good works, and he

kept the right focus. When the temple

was finished and the ark of the covenant

was placed in it, Solomon offered a public

prayer. In part, he prayed to Jehovah: “[May

your]eyes . . . prove to be opened toward this

house night and day, toward the place of

which you said, ‘My name will prove to be

there,’ to listen to the prayer with which

your servant prays toward this place.” (1 Ki.

8:6, 29) Israelites and foreigners could pray

toward this structure on which God’s name

was called.—1 Ki. 8:30, 41-43, 60.

COMMENTS

Right focus? His material needs were well taken care of, while others were forced into labor.

A name that in its original form and pronunciation is no longer known.

9 What resulted from Solomon’s elevating

of true worship? After celebrating the

temple’s inauguration, the people were “rejoicing

and feeling merry of heart over all

the goodness that Jehovah had performed

for David his servant and for Israel.” (1 Ki.

8:65, 66) In fact, remarkable peace and

prosperity marked Solomon’s 40-year reign.

(Read 1 Kings 4:20, 21, 25.) Psalm 72 reflects

that and gives us insight into the

blessings we will enjoy under the rule of

the Greater Solomon, Jesus Christ.—Ps. 72:

6-8,16.

COMMENTS

I always wondered if Uriah’s family rejoiced over David’s goodness. I also wonder how Bathsheba could stay married to the man who murdered her husband…but then he was a king and her son became the next king, not bad for a dead husband.

Did peace and prosperity continue during Solomon’s reign after he became an apostate or did God remove his holy spirit as the WTS says he will from a congregation when a member is secretly sinning?

Solomon applied God-given wisdom

Solomon’s Warning Example

10. What failing on Solomon’s part may readily

come to mind?

10 Why, though, can we say that Solomon’s

life course is also a warning example?

You may think first of his foreign wives and

concubines. We read: “It came about in the

time of Solomon’s growing old that his

wives themselves had inclined his heart to

follow other gods; and his heart did not

prove to be complete with Jehovah.” (1 Ki.

11:1-6) Undoubtedly, you are determined

never to imitate his foolish course. But is

that the only warning we find in Solomon’s

life? Consider some details of his life that

are easily overlooked, and see what warning

you find.

COMMENTS

Once again women are the cause of a man’s choices….like Eve influencing Adam?

11. We can conclude what about Solomon’s first

marriage?

11 Solomon reigned for 40 years. (2 Chron.

9:30) Hence, what can you conclude from

1 Kings 14:21? (Read.) According to that

verse, upon Solomon’s death his son Rehoboam became

king at age 41, his mother being

“Naamah the Ammonitess.” This means

that before Solomon became king, he married

a foreigner from an enemy nation that

served idol gods. (Judg. 10:6; 2 Sam. 10:6)

Did she worship them? Even if she did at one

time, she may have turned away from idols

and may have become a true worshipper, as

did Rahab and Ruth. (Ruth 1:16; 4:13-17;

Matt. 1:5, 6) Still, Solomon likely came to

have Ammonite in-laws and relatives who

did not serve Jehovah.

COMMENTS

“before Solomon became king” does that mean when David was still alive? Didn’t his parents counsel him?

“may have” = let’s add to the bible

So if your wife to be has become a jw and her family are not, you can’t marry her?

12, 13. Solomon made what poor decision early in

his reign, and how might he have reasoned?

12 And things definitely took a bad turn

after he became king. Solomon formed “a

marriage alliance with Pharaoh the king of

Egypt and [took] Pharaoh’s daughter and

[brought] her to the City of David.” (1 Ki.

3:1) Did this Egyptian woman imitate Ruth

by taking up true worship? Nothing indicates

that she did so. Rather, in time Solomon

built a house for her (and perhaps her

Egyptian maids) outside the City of David.

Why? The Scriptures say that he did so because

it was not fitting for a false worshipper

to dwell near the ark of the covenant.

—2 Chron. 8:11.

COMMENTS

Where was Solomon’s wisdom?

Was Solomon’s sex organ ruling his head…or did he not trust in God’s power to protect them from outside kingdoms and made political marriages?

Was just the ark holy or was the whole nation of Israel holy? Where was his wisdom then?

Where are these WTS comments leading?

13 Solomon may have seen political advantages

in marrying an Egyptian princess,

yet could he justify it? Long before, God had

forbidden the marrying of pagan Canaanites,

even listing certain peoples. (Ex. 34:11-

16) Did Solomon reason that Egypt was not

one of those listed nations? Even if he reasoned

that way, would such rationalizing be

valid? Actually, his course ignored the clear

risk that Jehovah had mentioned—that of

turning an Israelite from true worship to

false.—Read Deuteronomy 7:1-4.

Marrying a Canaanite at Deuteronomy 7:1-4 forbidden but marrying a non-Israelite at Deut: 21:10-13 allowed. (These were 2 scriptures I discovered during a meeting when I was trying to stay awake…the WTS tends to use Deut. 7:1-4 and skip 21:10-13)

(Deuteronomy 7:1-4) “When Jehovah your God at last brings you into the land to which you are going so as to take possession of it, he must also clear away populous nations from before you, the Hit′tites and the Gir′ga·shites and the Am′or·ites and the Ca′naan·ites and the Per′iz·zites and the Hi′vites and the Jeb′u·sites, seven nations more populous and mighty than you are. And Jehovah your God will certainly abandon them to you, and you must defeat them. You should without fail devote them to destruction. You must conclude no covenant with them nor show them any favor. And you must form no marriage alliance with them. Your daughter you must not give to his son, and his daughter you must not take for your son. For he will turn your son from following me, and they will certainly serve other gods; and Jehovah’s anger will indeed blaze against YOU, and he will certainly annihilate you in a hurry.

Was he rationalizing or was in the Law?

(Deuteronomy 21:10-13) “In case you go out to the battle against your enemies and Jehovah your God has given them into your hand and you have carried them away captive; and you have seen among the captives a woman beautiful in form, and you have got attached to her and taken her for your wife, you must then bring her into the midst of your house. She must now shave her head and attend to her nails, and remove the mantle of her captivity from off her and dwell in your house and weep for her father and her mother a whole lunar month; and after that you should have relations with her, and you must take possession of her as your bride, and she must become your wife.

And why was this different per the WTS (assuming a woman has no brain and can’t remember what her family’s beliefs were and could pass them on)

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What was the reason for this restriction? Deuteronomy 7:4 says: “For he will turn your son from following me, and they will certainly serve other gods.” The prohibition, then, was for the purpose of protecting the Israelites from religious contamination. However, a foreign woman in the circumstances described at Deuteronomy 21:10-13 presented no such threat. All her relatives were dead, and images representing her gods were destroyed. She had no contact with practicers of false religion. An Israelite was allowed to marry a foreigner under such circumstances.

14. How might we benefit from taking to heart Solomon’s

warning example?

14 Will we let Solomon’s course be a warning

example for us? A sister might attempt

to rationalize forming a romantic link that

ignores God’s directive to marry “only in

the Lord.” (1 Cor. 7:39) With similar rationalizing,

one might share in extracurricular

sports or clubs at school, underreport taxable

income, or tell untruths when asked to

reveal actions that could be embarrassing.

The point is, Solomon must have used imperfect

reasoning to get around what God

commanded, and that same danger exists

for us.

COMMENTS

So if they man’s family are all dead, he worships no false gods, and never leaves the KH….

Extracurricular sports or clubs at school (clubs not at school are okay?) and the big sin, underreport taxable income. It’s not a lie if the person is not entitled to the truth, right?

Solomon “must have” – let’s add to the bible account again.

What God commanded – what the WTS/FDS/GB commands since all God’s wisdom channels through them.

15. How did Jehovah show mercy in dealing with

Solomon, but what should we remember about

that?

15 It is interesting that after mentioning

Solomon’s marriage to that foreign princess,

the Bible relates that God granted his

request for wisdom, and He also added riches.

(1 Ki. 3:10-13) Solomon had ignored

God’s instructions, yet there is no indication

that Jehovah quickly rejected him as

king or strongly disciplined him. That accords

with the fact that God realizes that we

are imperfect humans, made from dust. (Ps.

103:10, 13, 14) Remember though: Our actions

can have consequences now or perhaps

down the line.

COMMENTS

So that means if a sister does marry an unbeliever that God will not “quickly” reject her as a jw or strongly discipline her. God even will bless this sister as God blessed Solomon with wisdom and riches.

So Many Wives!

16. In taking many wives, what was Solomon ignoring?

16 In the Song of Solomon, the king said

admiringly of a certain virgin that she was

more beautiful than 60 queens and 80 concubines.

(Song of Sol. 6:1, 8-10) If that refers

to Solomon’s situation, he had acquired

that many women at that point in his reign.

Even if most or all of them were true worshippers,

God’s direction through Moses

was that a king of Israel should “not multiply wives

for himself, that his heart may not

turn aside.” (Deut. 17:17) Again, though, Jehovah

did not simply turn away from Solomon.

In fact, God still blessed Solomon, using

him to compose the Bible book Song of

Solomon.

COMMENTS

“even if all or most of them were true worshippers” = guessing and adding to the bible again

God did not turn away from Solomon….blessed…even allowed to write part of the HOLY Scriptures…hmm where is this going?

17. What reality should we not ignore?

17 Does this suggest that Solomon could

ignore God’s direction with impunity or

that we can do so? No. Rather, it shows that

God’s forbearance can go on for some time.

Yet, that one of God’s people can ignore his

direction with no immediate negative consequence

does not mean that there will be

no sad outcome eventually. Recall what Solomon

wrote: “Because sentence against a

bad work has not been executed speedily,

that is why the heart of the sons of men has

become fully set in them to do bad.” He

added: “I am also aware that it will turn out

well with those fearing the true God, because

they were in fear of him.”—Eccl. 8:

11, 12.

COMMENTS

So what consequence did Solomon, even dying an unrepentant apostate did not consign him to Gehenna (as it would Judas per the WTS)?

So what punishment does the bible say would come to those disobeying God’s…or rather the WTS/FDS/GB commands?

18. How did Solomon’s case illustrate the truth we

find at Galatians 6:7?

18 If only Solomon had kept heeding that

divine truth! Yes, he had done much good

and had long enjoyed divine blessings. But

over time, he took one false step after another.

A bad pattern developed. How true what

the apostle Paul was later inspired to write:

“Do not be misled: God is not one to be

mocked. For whatever a man is sowing, this

he will also reap”! (Gal. 6:7) In time, Solomon

reaped sad fruitage from ignoring

God’s direction. We read: “King Solomon

himself loved many foreign wives along

with the daughter of Pharaoh, Moabite,

Ammonite, Edomite, Sidonian and Hittite

women.” (1 Ki.11:1) Many of those likely remained

attached to false gods, and Solomon

was not immune. He went astray and

lost the favor of our patient God.—Read

1 Kings 11:4-8.

COMMENTS

What did Solomon lose? Does the WTS say he lost favor with God?

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Jehovah also included in the inspired record the statement that at death Solomon “lay down [slept, AV,AS,RS] with his forefathers.” (1 Ki. 11:43; 2 Chron. 9:31) So, using the Bible’s parallelism, we can reasonably conclude that Solomon, along with his forefathers Abraham, Moses and David, is in Sheol or Hades, from which he will be resurrected.

If Solomon, as king of Israel, left Jehovah, God would reject him or cast him off. That is what happened. (1 Ki. 11:9-13) Nonetheless, the Scriptures indicate that Solomon apparentlywill receive a resurrection.—John 5:28, 29; Matt. 6:29; 12:42; Acts 7:47.

Learn From His Example—Good and Bad

19. Why can you say that the Bible contains many

good examples?

19 Jehovah kindly inspired Paul to write:

“All the things that were written aforetime

were written for our instruction, that

through our endurance and through the

comfort from the Scriptures we might have

hope.” (Rom. 15:4) Those written things include many

good examples, men and women

of outstanding faith. Paul could say:

“What more shall I say? For the time will fail

me if I go on to relate about Gideon, Barak,

Samson, Jephthah, David as well as Samuel

and the other prophets, who through

faith defeated kingdoms in conflict, effected

righteousness, obtained promises, . . .

from a weak state were made powerful.”

(Heb. 11:32-34) We can and should benefit

from the good examples found in the Scriptures,

following or imitating what is presented

in those fine Biblical accounts.

COMMENTS

Now Paul gave OT examples because he was part of the new congregation yet to make a faithful name. But why does the WTS find it so hard 2,000 years later to find Christian examples?

20, 21. Why are you determined to benefit from

warning examples found in God’s Word?

20 Certain Bible accounts, however, include

warning examples. We can find some

of those in the lives of men and women

whom Jehovah at one point accepted and

used as his servants. As we read the Bible, we

can note where and how some of God’s people

went astray and thus became warning

examples. We can discern that some gradually

developed wrong attitudes or tendencies,

which eventually produced sad consequences.

How can we draw lessons from

such accounts? We may want to ask ourselves

such questions as: ‘How did that develop?

Might such a trend develop in my

case? What can I do to avoid that and instead

to benefit from this warning example?’

COMMENTS

Is the WTS a warning example of the many errors in explanation of prophecy, the end to come in 1914, 1915, 1920, 1925, 1940’s, 1975, (1984), (1994) and VERY SOON NOW?

http://jwfacts.com/watchtower/1800s.php

What does the WTS consider “wrong attitudes or tendencies” another open-ended phrase.

21 We certainly should consider these examples

seriously, for Paul was inspired to

write: “These things went on befalling them

as examples, and they were written for a

warning to us upon whom the ends of the

systems of things have arrived.”—1 Cor.

10:11.

COMMENTS

Did 1 st century Christians feel that the end came in 70 C.E.?

Were you among the jws that thought the end was coming in 1975? Hopefully in 1984, 70 years after 1914, or 1994, 80 years after 1914, and were disappointed when the WTS ended the 1914 generation teaching in 1995?

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A generation, according to Psalm 90:10, is from seventy to eighty years . The generation that witnessed the end of the Gentile Times in 1914 does not have many more years left.—Luke 21:24, 32-36.

Are you benefiting from the warning example involving Solomon?

What Have You Learned?

Why can you find both good

examples and warning examples

in the Bible?

How did Solomon allow a bad

pattern to develop in his life?

How can you benefit from

Solomon’s warning example?

CLOSING COMMENTS

So what was the WTS saying when it pointed out that Solomon had already married an unbeliever when God gave him wisdom, glory, riches and the privilege to write a part of the bible? When did Solomon receive his punishment if even after death as an unrepentant apostate, he will be resurrected. There is hope then for all “apostates” today in the account of Solomon.

Next week, WHY BE GUIDED BY GOD’S SPIRIT?

Does God’s spirit only come through the WTS organization?

Love, Blondie

ziddina

Thanks for posting that, Blondie!!!

Chemical Emotions

Great post!

ziddina

Ooooo, paragraph 2's a doozy....

"Actually, some individuals mentioned in the Bible stand out both as good examples of the course to follow and as warnings of what to shun. ..."

Nothing like using double-bind communication to embed the cognitive dissonance yet deeper into peoples' brains... 'Keep 'em confused; they're easier to manipulate that way....'

"Think of David, a humble shepherd and then a powerful king. You find in him a good example of one who loved truth and trusted in Jehovah. Yet, David was guilty of serious wrongs...."

Why do I have the uneasy feeling that this line might be used to excuse grievous wrongdoings on the part of the Governing Body...

watson

Once again women are the cause of a man’s choices….like Eve influencing Adam?

I'm telling you....that's the reason man invented religion..to control "their" women!!

watson

As a punishment for this sin Jehovah brought three days of pestilence that killed 70,000 Israelites. (2 Sam. 24:12-16) Was that unjust? Were 70,000 innocent people dying for the king’s error? The Bible plainly shows that we all are sinners deserving of death; it is only by God’s undeserved kindness that we live. (Rom. 3:23; 6:23; Lam. 3:22, 23) So those who died had no special “right” to life. Additionally, can any human today say for sure that those 70,000 were not guilty of some serious sin not mentioned in the historical record?

Probably one of the main reasons I stopped "worshipping" the god of the Bible.

designs

Wilt Chamberlain used Solomon's old pickup line "Next"

ziddina

"The Greater Solomon, Jesus Christ, spoke favorably of King Solomon, setting him before us as a good example. Jesus told some doubting Jews: "The queen of the south will be raised up in the judgment with this generation and will condemn it; because she came from the ends of the earth to hear the wisdom of Solomon, but, look! something more than Solomon is here." ..."

Ahhh.....

All right, correct me if I'm wrong, but in this quote Jesus is NOT speaking favorably of "King Solomon"; he's actually speaking favorably of the "queen of the south", the "Queen of Sheba", who listened to the "legendary" wisdom of Solomon...

Leave it to the misogyny of the Watchtower Corporation to completely overlook the fact that Jesus is speaking of the Queen of Sheba as being deserving of a resurrection, NOT "King Solomon"....

ziddina

"We personally do not expect to receive wisdom miraculously..."

Ironically, that goes triple for the Governing Body...

kazar

Thanks Blondie.

Blondie's Comments You Will Not Hear at the 02-03-2012 WT Study (WARNING)

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