Blondie's Comments You Won't Hear at the 07-22-2012 WT Study (TIMES & SEASONS)

Since 1876 Charles Taze Russell and later in 1879 and 1884 through the Watchtower Society, Times and Seasons was the motivating foundation of their members and still today.

1874 Beginning of Christ’s Presence

1878 Beginning of Christ’s Reign

Our Lord, the appointed King, is now present, since October 1874, A.D....and the formal inauguration of his kingly office dates from April 1878, A.D." (Studies in the Scriptures, Vol.4, p.621, 1897)

1881 Cutoff of heavenly calling (thought it was 1935?)

"As in the type that date - three and a half years after the death of Christ - marked the end of all special favor to the Jew and the beginning of favor to the Gentiles, so we recognize A.D. 1881 as marking the close of the 'high calling,' or invitation to the blessing peculiar to this age - to become joint-heirs with Christ and partakers of the divine nature." (The Time Is At Hand; 1889; 1915 ed.; p. 235)

1914 Ascent to heaven of the anointed and the “end”

"Be not surprised, then, when in subsequent chapters we present proofs that the setting up of the Kingdom of God is already begun, that it is pointed out in prophecy as due to begin the exercise of power in A.D. 1878, and that the 'battle of the great day of God Almighty (Rev. 16:14) which will end in A.D. 1914 with the complete overthrow of earth's present rulership, is already commenced. The gathering of the armies is plainly visible from the standpoint of God's word." (Studies in the Scriptures, Vol. 2, The Time Is At Hand, 1889 Ed., p. 101. The 1915 Edition of this texts changed "A.D. 1914" to read 'A.D. 1915')

But bear in mind that the end of 1914 is not the date for the beginning, but for the end of the time of trouble." (Zion's Watchtower, Can It Be Delayed until 1914? C. T. Russell July 15, 1894, Also in Watchtower Reprints, l894 p. 1677)

1915 Adjustment of ascent and 1914

"In view of this strong Bible evidence concerning the Times of the Gentiles, we consider it an established truth that the final end of the kingdoms of this world, and the full establishment of the kingdom of God, will be accomplished near the end of A.D. 1915. (The Time Is At Hand, 1915 edition, p. 99)

1915 "Be not surprised, then, when in subsequent chapters we present proofs that the setting up of the Kingdom of God is already begun, that it is pointed out in prophecy as due to begin the exercise of power in A.D. 1878, and that the 'battle of the great day of God Almighty' (Rev. 16:14), which will end in A.D. 1915, with the complete overthrow of the earth's present rulership, is already commenced." (The Time Is At Hand; 1889; 1915 ed.; p. 101)

1918

Also, in the year 1918, when God destroys the churches wholesale and the church members by million, it shall be that any that escape shall come to the works of Pastor Russell to learn the meaning of the downfall of Christianity. (The Finished Mystery, 1917 edition, p. 485)

1920

As the fleshly-minded apostates from Christianity, siding with the radicals and revolutionaries, will rejoice at the inheritance of desolation that will be Christendom's after 1918, so will God do to the successful revolutionary movement; it shall be utterly desolated, "even all of it." Not one vestige of it shall survive the ravages of world-wide all embracing anarchy, in the fall of 1920. (Rev. II: 7-13) (The Finished Mystery, 1917, p. 542, [The 1926 ed. reads: "in the end of the time of trouble."])

1925

'There will be no slip-up...Abraham should enter upon the actual possession of his promised inheritance in the year 1925' (Watchtower Oct. 15, 1917, p. 6157)

"Therefore we may confidently expect that 1925 will mark the return of Abraham, Isaac, Jacob and the faithful prophets of old, particularly those named by the Apostle in Hebrews 11, to the condition of human perfection." (Millions Now Living Will Never Die, p. 89)

The period must end in 1925. The type ending, the antitype must begin; and therefore 1925 is definitely fixed in the scriptures. every thinking person can see that a great climax is at hand. The Scriptures clearly indicate that the climax is the fall of Satan's empire and the full establishment of the Messianic kingdom. This climax being reached by 1925, and that marking the beginning of the fulfillment of the long promised blessings of life to the people, millions now living on earth will be living then and those who obey the righteous laws of the new arrangement will live forever. Therefore it can be confidently said at this time that millions now living will never die." (Golden Age, Jan. 4, 1922, p. 217)

1935

1940’s

1957

1975

1984

1994

SOON VERY SOON NOW

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

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1, 2. What shows that Jehovah fully understands time?

JEHOVAH GOD provided the means to measure

time long before he created man. On the fourth

creative day, God said: “Let luminaries come to

be in the expanse of the heavens to make a division

between the day and the night; and they must serve

as signs and for seasons and for days and years.”

(Gen. 1:14, 19, 26) In harmony with Jehovah’s will,

that is, of course, what took place.

COMMENTS

The WTS suggests then that God created time for the angels since there were no humans yet….is their day and night in heaven?

2 Until now, however, scientists have debated the

nature of time. “Time is one of the world’s deepest

mysteries,” states one encyclopedia. “No one can say

exactly what it is.” Yet, Jehovah fully understands

time. After all, he is “the Creator of the heavens, . . .

the Former of the earth and the Maker of it.” Jehovah

is also “the One telling from the beginning the finale,

and from long ago the things that have not been

done.” (Isa. 45:18; 46:10) With a view to strengthening

our faith in him and in his Word, the Bible, let us

consider how creation and fulfilled prophecy show

that Jehovah is the Great Timekeeper.

COMMENTS

Which encyclopedia? World Book 1994, why not tell the reader and be professional?

World Book Encyclopedia: Measuring Time
time is one of the world's deepest mysteries. No one can say exactly what it is. Yet, the ability to measure time makes our way of life possible.

CREATION INSPIRES FAITH IN

THE GREAT TIMEKEEPER

3. How is precise timing manifested in the physical world?

3 In the physical world, precise timing can be

seen on a microscopic as well as on a macroscopic

scale. Atoms vibrate at consistent rates. International

time-standard clocks regulated by atomic vibrations

are accurate to 1 second in 80 million years.

The movement of planets and stars is also precisely

timed. Their predictable positions in the sky have

been used to mark the seasons and to navigate. Jehovah—

the Maker of these reliable “timepieces”—is

indeed “vigorous in power” and deserves

our praise.—Read Isaiah 40:26.

COMMENTS

God may be precise but are jws…least punctual are the elders. I remember a CO who went over time 45 minutes for each of his talks. And Fred Franz never ended his talks on time.

So did Adam and Eve automatically know how to use the “timepieces” as “perfect” humans or were they taught?

4. How does timing in the biological realm

show God’s wisdom?

4 Precise timing can be observed in

the world of biology. The life cycles of

many plants and animals are regulated

by internal clocks. Many birds instinctively

know when to begin their migration.

(Jer. 8:7) Humans too have internal

clocks, usually governed by the 24-hour

cycle of day and night. After a traveler

crosses several time zones by airplane,

it may take days for his body to

reset these clocks. Truly, the many examples

of timing manifest in creation

demonstrate the power and wisdom of

the God of “times and seasons.” (Read

Psalm 104:24.) Yes, the Great Timekeeper

is all-wise and all-powerful. We can

have faith that he is able to accomplish

what he wills!

COMMENTS

So are the WT writers scientists or what are their sources? Or did they learn them from reading the Awakes which brings me back to are the Awake writers scientists or where do the get this information? How many rank-and-file jws understand this or even care?

I remember going d2d with an arrogant brother who thought because he had looked at the COVER of an Awake he was offering that he was qualified to discuss it and correct a professor in that field that we met from door to door…I was so embarrassed. I made a point never to go with Brother “Scientist” again.

PROPHECIES FULFILLED

ON TIME INSPIRE FAITH

5. (a) Only in what way can we know about

mankind’s future? (b)Why can Jehovah foretell

events and their timing?

5 The book of creation teaches us

much about Jehovah’s “invisible qualities,”

but it leaves unanswered such important

questions as, What does the future

hold for mankind? (Rom. 1:20) For

the answer, we must turn to what God

has revealed in the pages of his Word,

the Bible. When we examine it, we find

prophecies that have always been fulfilled

right on time! Jehovah can reveal

what is yet to occur because he can

foresee the future accurately. Moreover,

what the Scriptures foretell happens on

time because Jehovah God can cause

events to take place according to his purpose

and timetable.

COMMENTS

Unanswered questions

God tells humans in the bible

But

The WTS/FDS/GB is only qualified to explain the bible

So then we can conclude that God and the bible had nothing to do with the 1975 WTS information because it did not come on time, or the WTS misinterpreted what God was saying?

6. What shows that Jehovah wants us to understand

the fulfillment of Bible prophecies?

6 Jehovah wants his worshippers to

understand Scriptural prophecies and

benefit from them. Although God is not

limited by our perception of time, we

can relate to the terms he uses when he

foretells that an event will occur at a specific

time. (Read Psalm 90:4.) For example,

the book of Revelation refers to “the

four angels” who “have been prepared

for the hour and day and month and

year”—units of time we can understand.

(Rev. 9:14, 15) Seeing how prophecies

were fulfilled at specified times should

inspire faith in the God of “times and

seasons” and in his Word. Let us consider

a few examples.

COMMENTS

So how did God help “his worshippers” understand? The fact that the WTS did not understand 1874, 1878, 1881, 1914, 1925, 1940’s, 1975, and the generation of 1914 that ended in 1984 (70 year generation) and 1994 (80 year generation) mean they are not Jehovah’s worshippers?

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7. How does the fulfillment of Jeremiah’s

prophecy regarding Jerusalem and Judah show

that Jehovah is the Great Timekeeper?

7 First, let us look back to the seventh

century B.C.E. “In the fourth year of Jehoiakim the

son of Josiah, the king of Judah,”

the word of the Great Timekeeper

“occurred to Jeremiah concerning all

the people of Judah.” (Jer. 25:1) Jehovah

foretold the devastation of Jerusalem

and the deportation of the Jews from

the land of Judah to Babylon. There they

would “serve the king of Babylon seventy

years.” Babylonian armies destroyed

Jerusalem in 607 B.C.E., and Jews from

Judah were indeed deported to Babylon.

But what was to happen at the end of

70 years? Jeremiah prophesied: “This is

what Jehovah has said, ‘In accord with

the fulfilling of seventy years at Babylon

I shall turn my attention to you

people, and I will establish toward you

my good word in bringing you back to

this place.’ ” (Jer. 25:11, 12; 29:10) This

prophecy was fulfilled right on time—in

537 B.C.E. after the Medes and Persians

freed the Jews from Babylon.

COMMENTS

Great Timekeeper

***607 (587) to 537 (1914 (1934?)

70 years = ?

http://www.jwfacts.com/watchtower/607-70-years.php

Right on time---so did Israelites see it by reading the scriptures?

8, 9. How do Daniel’s prophecies concerning the coming of the Messiah and the establishment of the heavenly Kingdom show that Jehovah

is the God of “times and seasons”?

8 Consider another prophecy involving God’s

people of ancient times. About

two years before the Jews left Babylon,

God foretold through the prophet Daniel

that the Messiah would appear 483

years after the order to rebuild Jerusalem

was given. The Medo-Persian king gave

that order in 455 B.C.E. Exactly 483 years

later—in 29 C.E.—Jesus of Nazareth was

anointed by holy spirit at his baptism

and thus became the Messiah.*—Neh. 2:

1, 5-8; Dan. 9:24, 25; Luke 3:1, 2, 21, 22.

COMMENTS

483 YEARS

455 BCE????

29 CE???

* See Pay Attention to Daniel’s Prophecy! pages 186-

195.

Can the average or even long-time jw explain 607 to 1914 let alone how to prove 29 c.e. was the right year. I know, 40 years around jws that stumbled and “believed” without “understanding.”

And they bet their life and the lives of the children on that ignorance.

9 Now take note of what the Scriptures

foretold regarding the Kingdom.

Bible prophecy indicated that the Messianic

Kingdom would be established in

heaven in 1914. In part, the Bible did so

by giving “the sign” of Jesus’ presence,

pointing to the time when Satan would

be cast out of heaven, which would result

in great woe for the earth. (Matt.

24:3-14; Rev. 12:9, 12) Moreover, Bible

prophecy pointed to the exact time

—1914—when “the appointed times of

the nations [would be] fulfilled” and

Kingdom rule would begin in heaven.

—Luke 21:24; Dan. 4:10-17.*

COMMENTS

***Jesus become king in 1878 or 1914????

*** Proclaimers Book (1993) c hap. 28 p. 632 Testing and Sifting From Within ***

Based on the premise that events of the first century might find parallels in related events later, they also concluded that if Jesus’ baptism and anointing in the autumn of 29 C.E. paralleled the beginning of an invisible presence in 1874, then his riding into Jerusalem as King in the spring of 33 C.E. would point to the spring of 1878 as the time when he would assume his power as heavenly King.

* See Pay Attention to Daniel’s Prophecy! pages

94-97.

10. What future events are sure to happen on time?

10 What lies ahead is the “great tribulation”

foretold by Jesus. It will be followed by his Thousand Year Reign.

There can be no doubt that these things

will come to pass right on schedule.

When Jesus walked the earth, Jehovah

had already set the “day and hour” for

these events to occur.—Matt. 24:21, 36;

Rev. 20:6.

COMMENTS

Unsupported statement that GT lies ahead (20, 30, 200, 300 years?) Said GT would begin in 1975, 37 years ago, are we in the midst of the GT or has it ended?

God set the day and the hour when Jesus was on earth….not the year?

Reminds me of a sister I told that the bible said that we did not know the day and the hour, “But we know the year (1975)” she countered. Is that what Matthew 24:36 means?

‘BUY OUT THE OPPORTUNE TIME’

11. Knowing that we are living in the time of

the end should have what effect on us?

11 How should recognizing that Kingdom

rule has begun and that we are

living in “the time of the end” affect

us? (Dan. 12:4) Many see the worsening

world conditions yet fail to acknowledge

that these developments fulfill Bible

prophecy regarding the last days. They

may expect this system to fall apart one

day or may believe that somehow human

efforts will achieve “peace and security.”

(1 Thess. 5:3) But what about us?

If we recognize that we are living deep

in the last days of Satan’s world, should

we not endeavor to use the remaining

time to serve the God of “times and

seasons” and help others come to know

him? (2 Tim. 3:1) We ought to make wise

decisions about how we use our time.

—Read Ephesians 5:15-17.

COMMENTS

Time of the end in 1914….destruction to come per CT Russell (see opening comments).

Satan’s world = all non-jws, 7 plus billion, men, women and children

So are jws spending effective time even now, do they prepare what to say, read the bible, their own publications, return and talk to “interested” people, conduct bible studies, week day evenings, Saturday/Sunday afternoons? What would you do it the tornado siren was not working would they go door to door?

PICTURE: Older man from the past (Daniel? Remember no paintings/pictures of Daniel) with scrolls

Daniel had faith in the fulfillment of God-given prophecy..did he know the year?

12. What can we learn from Jesus’ statement

regarding Noah’s day?

12 “Buying out the opportune time”

is not easy in a world full of distractions.

“Just as the days of Noah were,”

warned Jesus, “so the presence of the

Son of man will be.” How were the

days of Noah? It had been foretold that

the world of that time would come to

an end. At that time, wicked humans

would drown in the waters of a global

deluge. As “a preacher of righteousness,”

Noah faithfully declared God’s

message to the people of his day. (Matt.

24:37; 2 Pet. 2:5) But they were “eating

and drinking, men marrying and women

being given in marriage, . . . and they

took no note until the flood came and

swept them all away.” Jesus therefore

warned his followers: “Prove yourselves

ready, because at an hour that you do

not think to be it, the Son of man is coming.”

(Matt. 24:38, 39, 44) We must prove

to be like Noah, not like the people of

his day. What will help us to keep ourselves

ready?

COMMENTS

What does the WTS consider a “distraction”?

120 years before the end, 133 years now for the WTS

Do you think Noah went d2d with a bible and Noah publications?

Do jws think they will not know when the end is, 1914, 1925, 1975, 1984, 1994, even now each disaster has jws running around saying the sky is falling.

http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-2qy2-p_umVc/TdnNSMosHgI/AAAAAAAAAC8/z9pGQmdh3qo

13, 14. Remembering what about Jehovah will

help us to serve him faithfully while we await

the coming of the Son of man?

13 Although the Son of man is coming

at an hour we do not think to be

it, we need to remember that Jehovah is

the Great Timekeeper. His timetable is

not controlled by world events and human

plans. Jehovah regulates the timing

and outcome of matters to accomplish

his will. (Read Daniel 2:21.) In fact,

Proverbs 21:1 tells us: “A king’s heart is

as streams of water in the hand of Jehovah.

Everywhere that he delights to, he

turns it.”

COMMENTS

So did God regulate the 1975 timing?

http://www.jwfacts.com/watchtower/1975.php

(do you have a favorite WT quote?)

14 Jehovah can influence events in order

to accomplish his purpose and fulfill

it on time. Many of the momentous

changes in the world have been fulfilling

prophecy, particularly in regard to

the global preaching of the good news

of God’s Kingdom. Think about the collapse

of the Soviet Union and its consequences.

Few would have thought that

such enormous political changes could

happen so quickly. As a result of these

changes, however, the good news is now

being preached throughout many lands

where our work was previously banned.

By all means, then, let us buy out the opportune

time to serve the God of “times

and seasons” faithfully.

COMMENTS

Have the disasters of today been worse than those of the past?

http://www.jwfacts.com/watchtower/last-days.php

Collapse of the Soviet Union – the so-called King of the North per the WTS, did the WTS teach that the KON would collapse?

But how many countries is little WTS preaching being done, Islamic countries, China, India….what does the future hold for them if they don’t hear the WTS message? (Notice that the WTS bases this all on their interpretation of Matthew 10:23)

*** w10 9/15 p.10 par.12***

We recognize that the end could come at any time; Jehovah’s timing is not contingent on our giving a personal witness to every individual on the planet. (Matt. 10:23)

*** w00 1/15 p.13 par.17“***

Today, that prophecy is in the course of fulfillment on an unprecedented scale. True, untouched territories still exist, and it may be that in Jehovah’s due time, a large door leading to greater activity will open. (1 Corinthians 16:9) Nevertheless, the Bible does not state that Jehovah will wait until every individual on earth has received a personal witness. Rather, the good news must be preached to Jehovah’s satisfaction. Then the end will come.—Compare Matthew 10:23.

*** w97 8/15 p.14 par.11***

True, untouched territories still exist, and perhaps in Jehovah’s due time, a door of opportunity will open. (1 Corinthians 16:9) Still, Jesus’ words recorded at Matthew 10:23 are sobering: “You will by no means complete the circuit of the cities of Israel until the Son of man arrives.” While the good news will surely be announced throughout the earth, we will not in person reach all parts of the earth with the Kingdom message before Jesus “arrives” as Executioner.

*** w62 2/1 p.96***

Accordingly, by means of his instructions to his twelve apostles Jesus was prophetically telling us today that his anointed disciples or the remnant of spiritual Israel would not complete the circuit of the entire inhabited earth with the preaching of the message of God’s established kingdom before the glorified heavenly King Jesus Christ would arrive as Jehovah’s executional officer in the battle of Armageddon. This means that Jehovah’s witnesses today, who now include hundreds of thousands of the “other sheep” or earthly companions of the spiritual remnant, will not be able to reach personally all parts of the earth with the Kingdom message before the battle of Armageddon breaks out.

EXERCISE FAITH IN JEHOVAH’S TIMING

15. How can we show faith with regard to organizational

adjustments?

15 Continuing in the Kingdom preaching

work in these last days requires

faith in Jehovah’s timing. The

changing world situation may call

for some changes in how the disciplemaking

work is carried on. The organization

may occasionally make adjustments

to address the needs of our

activity as Kingdom proclaimers. We

demonstrate faith in the God of “times

and seasons” by fully cooperating with

such adjustments as we serve loyally under

his Son, the “head of the congregation.”—

Eph. 5:23.

COMMENTS

So it seems that jws are not speeding up….they did prior to 1975, perhaps a new date is needed.

The organization makes adjustments, is God making the adjustments…making it seem easier to auxiliary pioneer by dropping the hours to 50 and regular pioneer to 70 and the memorial pioneer hours to 30? Whether 30, 50, 70, jws lack effectiveness, turn in fake hours (1/2 hour d2d, rest driving around and coffee breaks starting the count from the day the leave home to the moment they walk over the home threshold.

16. Why can we have faith that Jehovah will

provide help at the right time?

16 Jehovah wants us to pray to him

freely with complete confidence that he

will provide needed “help at the right

time.” (Heb. 4:16) Does that not demonstrate

his loving concern for us as individuals?

(Matt. 6:8; 10:29-31) We show

our faith in Jehovah God by praying regularly

for his help and then acting in harmony with

our prayers and his direction.

Furthermore, we remember to pray for

our fellow believers.

COMMENTS

How does God provide help?

Through other jws in the congregation?

Miracles?

Revelation of understanding of the bible?

Pray for fellow believers (only jws)

(James 2:15,16)15 If a brother or a sister is in a naked state and lacking the food sufficient for the day, 16 yet a certain one of YOU says to them: “Go in peace, keep warm and well fed,” but YOU do not give them the necessities for [their] body, of what benefit is it?

17, 18. (a) What action will Jehovah soon take

against his enemies? (b) We must avoid what

snare?

17 Now is not the time to “waver in a

lack of faith”; it is the time to become

powerful by faith. (Rom. 4:20) God’s enemies—

Satan and those under his influence—

are trying to stop the work that Jesus

assigned to His followers, including

us. (Matt. 28:19, 20) Despite the Devil’s

attacks, we know Jehovah as “a living

God, who is a Savior of all sorts of men,

especially of faithful ones.” He “knows

how to deliver people of godly devotion

out of trial.”—1 Tim. 4:10; 2 Pet. 2:9.

COMMENTS

Are jws wavering…powerful by faith in whom, the WTS?

*** w02 8/1***

How has reviewing the account of Korah strengthened your faith in Jehovah’s visible organization?

*** w98 2/1 p. 30***

Living and working for a couple of months with the large Brooklyn Bethel family strengthened my faith in Jehovah’s visible organization.

God’s enemies – all non-jws

18 Soon, Jehovah will bring an end

to this wicked system of things. While

we have not been given all the details

and the exact time when this will occur,

we do know that at just the right time,

Christ will do away with God’s enemies,

and Jehovah’s sovereignty will be vindicated.

So, then, what a mistake it would

be to fail to discern “the times and the

seasons” in which we now live! May

we never fall into the snare of thinking

that “all things are continuing exactly

as from creation’s beginning.”—1 Thess.

5:1; 2 Pet. 3:3, 4.

COMMENTS

SOON = 133 years and counting

Wicked system of things---all 7 billion plus non-jws, men, women, and children

Right time---a clock is right 2 times a day—how many guesses does the WTS get?

1874, 1878, 1881, 1914, 1915, 1920, 1925, 1935, 1940’s, 1975

“SHOW A WAITING ATTITUDE”

19, 20. Why should we show a waiting attitude

with regard to Jehovah?

19 Jehovah God’s original purpose for

humankind included endless time to

learn about him and his beautiful creation.

Ecclesiastes 3:11 states: “Everything

he [Jehovah] has made pretty in

its time. Even time indefinite he has put

in their heart, that mankind may never

find out the work that the true God has

made from the start to the finish.”

COMMENTS

Wait on God? Or wait for the WTS to get it straight?

The work of God or wait for the WTS to get it straight?

20 How glad we can be that Jehovah

has never changed his purpose for man!

(Mal. 3:6) With God “there is not a variation

of the turning of the shadow.” (Jas.

1:17) His timetable is not governed by

human means of measuring time, such

as the rotation of the earth. Jehovah is

“the eternal King.” (1 Tim. 1:17, ftn.)

Therefore, let us “show a waiting attitude

for the God of [our] salvation.”

(Mic. 7:7) Indeed, “be courageous, and

may your heart be strong, all you who

are waiting for Jehovah.”—Ps. 31:24.

COMMENTS

God has not changed his purpose but the WTS can’t get it straight….

1874, 1878, 1881, 1914, 1915, 1920, 1925, 1940’s, 1975, (1984), (1994)

Generation changes:

http://www.jwfacts.com/watchtower/generation.php

If human means of measuring time does not dictate God’s timetable, why should anybody listen to the WTS?

Waiting on God or waiting for the WTS to get it straight?

PICTURE: 2 Asian women on subway/train/bus; one with skirt is reading from a WTS publication (no sign of a bible) to woman with jeans on. Did this jw plan this or is it “incident/informal”?

Do you make good use of time to do Jehovah’s will?

CONCLUDING COMMENTS

So why should any jws trust the WTS based on their history. Of course, most jws were born after 1975 and have not done any reading of current WTS publications let alone read the Proclaimers book or pre-1975 articles. If the WTS had not made the Proclaimers book (1993) part of the #1 talk in the school, many jws still would not know what is in it (or read the 1975 Yearbook which also had WTS history).

NEXT WEEK, ARE YOU REFLECTING THE GLORY OF JEHOVAH?

What is more important in reflecting God’s glory, preaching the WTS dogma but living an unloving life, or living a loving life of practical actions?

(John 13:34,35)34 I am giving YOU a new commandment, that YOU love one another; just as I have loved YOU, that YOU also love one another. 35 By this all will know that YOU are my disciples, if YOU have love among yourselves.”

Love, Blondie

JW GoneBad

Par 12 1 st sentence says: ' Buying out the opportune time is not easy in a world full of distractions.’

Its’ rather obvious why WT quotes Mat 24:37 instead of Luke’s account which also speaks of Noah’s day. Mat 24:37 omits the part where Luke 17:28 says: ‘They were eating, they were drinking, they were buying, they were selling, they were planting, they were building.’

The WTBTS is afraid to admit it; but instead being busy in the preaching activity itself (as they profess) they are actually rather heavily involved in buying, selling and yes building real estate projects! Very much contrary to what the Lord and Savior says his true Faithful and Discreet Slave would be doing in the time of the end.

Its’ evident that WTBTS has gotten distracted!

Excellent research as usual Blondie!

mind blown

Thanx Blondie for posting

No fault of yours, but this one gave me a head ach!

cult classic

JWGoneBad - could not be any clearer than that.

Good review as always Blondie

sseveninches

I always appreciate these comments for the WT, but this particular one was so good, I converted it to PDF and sent it to my Kindle. I could use it to fight off JWs who are spewing out nonsense around me.

Pure gold.

mind blown

Therefore, let us “show a waiting attitude"?...... Easy for them to say while the GB, Corp and Attys has everything handed to them on a Silver Plater

WTS is trying to dangle more carrots in front of the RnF

bobld

Thanks,Blondie

For pointing out the wbts lack of knowledge and understanding of their own history.

Also how narrow minded and lack of research of the modern jw.

I can not believe this wt.Are they just stupid or brain dead.

You know what, maybe we should sit down with a die hart belief in the crap mate and do the same

research you do and not tell them what we are doing.Just make belief we are studing the wt

and they will get the point w/o us telling them how foolish the wbts is.

WTWizard

Jehovah can easily outwait us. He can prevent you from receiving things you need for happiness, or even to be of any use to anyone, and make you keep waiting forever. You die without it, and Jehovah simply claims that he did it in his time. Remember, a lifetime to you is 3 short minutes to that Almighty Lowlife Scumbag--so all he needs do is wait "5 minutes" to give you the opposite sex and claim to have done it in a reasonable time while you are long dead before receiving anything.

I only wish I could have Jehovah bound forever--and see how long "5 minutes" really is to him while he is bound.

JakeM2012

Thanks Blondie, great review. This Wt article makes politicians speach seem clear and understandable. This is the biggest beat around the bush to say nothing article I have seen in a while.

Ding

Given the WTS' terrible record where setting dates, you'd think they'd leave this topic alone!

Based on all the Bible verses they cite about Jehovah's knowledge of and control over events, it's pretty clear, isn't it, that either he isn't revealing the information to the GB or that they are constantly misunderstanding him and having to make more and more "adjustments"?

Either way, why should anyone believe that the GB is Jehovah's chosen channel of communication?

Didn't Jesus say something about not following blind guides?

Blondie's Comments You Won't Hear at the 07-22-2012 WT Study (TIMES & SEASONS)

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