@etna:
djeggnog, Why do you go to the memorial. Didn't Jesus say to keep doing this until I return. He "returned in 1914". So why do they still do this. Have [Christendom] got it right or does Jesus come many times?
Jesus returned invisibly with kingly power when the Gentile Times ended in 1914 and thus it was in 1914 that he began to rule in the midst of his enemies just as the psalmist had foretold. The second presence of the shepherd of God's sheep, which is an invisible presence in the spirit, had returned as the newly enthroned king of God's kingdom, and the visible circumstantial evidence of this was the fulfillment of the composite sign that Jesus had given at Matthew 24, Mark 13 and Luke 21. Jesus had foretold global warfare of a magnitude that had never occurred on this planet, as well as an noticeable increase in earthquakes, and pestilences and food shortages on a scale that had never been seen, which he said would only be the "beginning of pangs of distress."
With the events that subsequently unfolded after WWI, the reputation of the "two witnesses" was killed in fulfillment of Revelation 11:1-11 when the messenger of the covenant had come to his spiritual temple in 1918, but after obtaining their release from Babylon the Great after their exoneration from the false charges that had caused the proclamation of the established kingdom of God to be temporarily halted back in 1918, this gave further circumstantial evidence that the master had returned to inspect his slaves upon their release from incarceration in 1919 at which time the "spirit of life from God entered into them" and the spiritual nation was reborn.
You asked why do we do this, but you can know by reading 1 Corinthians 11:26 in your own copy of the Bible why: We simply must continue to observe the Memorial of Christ's death as a remembrance of Jesus "until he arrives," that is to say, until all of Jesus' anointed followers become absent from their bodies and are present with Jesus in their glorified bodies. Jesus returned invisibly in 1914 after he had obtained kingdom power, but he obviously has not yet come as God's executioner, as Jesus' coming will soon follow the great tribulation, so as to what Christendom teaches as to the Lord's evening meal being a sacrament that imparts merit for forgiveness of sins to those participating in it, no, Christendom does not have it right.
The Roman Catholic Church, for example, who has its own beliefs regarding the Eucharist, teaches the Eucharistic bread to be a symbol of the church community, when the bread actually symbolizes Jesus' sinless fleshly body that he offered up in sacrifice for the life of the world, while the wine symbolizes Jesus' blood that makes operative the new covenant and those that rightly partake of the emblems and eat and drink during the ceremony acknowledge the kingdom covenant as being operative toward them.
Those of us that do not partake of the emblems recognize as observers that while they have not been sanctified through the offering of Jesus' body once for all time as have those in the kingdom covenant, they are under the covenant and derive the benefits that flow therefrom as beneficiaries under the kingdom covenant, including forgiveness of sins and righteousness being imputed to them.
Although you may not want to do so, @etna, I believe we should all want to attend the Memorial of Christ's Death as an acknowledgment of the fact that we owe our salvation to both Jehovah God and to the Lamb, the Lord Jesus Christ, since it is because of them that we today are able to serve day and night in God's temple in association with the anointed kingdom heirs here on earth, who are God's temple. (Revelation 7:15; Ephesians 2:21, 22)
@mediator007:
First I personally do not think you are crazy at all. Rather I think your feelings are quite normal and are attributable to one of two things. Possibly you keep attending due to the fifty years of teaching concerning the importance of this particular event and the significance of the date and occasion. Certainly attending for that reason alone is not wrong. Additionally, although you perhaps recognize the errors of the societies teachings, you may yet realize the importance and need to show your appreciation for the ransom sacrifice of our Lord and savior. Once again, this is a proper and noble thing to do.
I agree with your remarks here. I'm sorry to hear though that because of your belief that Jehovah's Witnesses is not God's organization and your unwillingness to accept that God's anointed is not God's sole channel of communication, that you have decided not to the attend the Memorial of Christ's Death for the "first time in 34 years."
@djeggnog
