what kind of amazing peace agreement would capture your watchtower imagination?

by scotoma 2 Replies latest jw friends

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  scotoma

  Embeded in the minds of JW's and XJW's is the Watchtowers pairing of some kind of cry of peace and security followed by something referred to as the "disgusting thing standing in the holy place"

  There have been many moments of peace starting with the end of World War II VJ day and VE day

  End of Korean war?

  Recognition of China and its entry to UN?

  End of Vietnam war?

  Egypt and Israeli peace agreement?

  End of Aparheid?

  Collapse of the Soviet Union and its domination of Eastern Europe end of the 40 year long cold war?

  Regime change in Iraq?

  To be sure there are still some hot spots SE Asia, North Korea, India vs Pakistan. Anarchy on the Continent of Africa.

  Would all these areas need to be settled or is there some kind of crown jewel of peace negotiations such as a solid Israel and Palestine situation.

  The Israeli/ Palestinian puzzle demands some kind of comprehensive solution that is extremely complicated because of the clash of relgious ideologies Christian/Jewish,Sunni and Shiite Muslim all sitting on the most valuable commodity on the planet - OIL.

  If a great fanfare is made over such a peace agreement in the Middle East would you as a JW or even an XJW start looking over your shoulder for the other shoe to drop which would be some gigantic reversal of expectations that could be described as "the disgusting thing that causes desolation" that marks the start of the greatest tribulation the world has ever seen.

  This is not a prophecy. Just wondering.
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  Gopher

  For my JW mind, it would have taken an historic agreement among all the United Nations member nations and particularly their SECURITY council, stating that war is unacceptable and that they had set in place some logical way to resolve conflicts. The UN website says "Under the Charter, the Security Council has primary responsibility for the maintenance of international peace and security."
  
  Of course, any such agreement would be fragile, paper thin and prove unsuccessful because of human nature. The scripture said there would be a "declaration" of peace and security, not actual peace or security.
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  scotoma

  Gopher,

  That has already happened. Those goals were stated and agreed upon in the preamble of the UN

  PREAMBLE

  WE THE PEOPLES OF THE UNITED NATIONS DETERMINED

  • to save succeeding generations from the scourge of war, which twice in our lifetime has brought untold sorrow to mankind, and
  • to reaffirm faith in fundamental human rights, in the dignity and worth of the human person, in the equal rights of men and women and of nations large and small, and
  • to establish conditions under which justice and respect for the obligations arising from treaties and other sources of international law can be maintained, and
  • to promote social progress and better standards of life in larger freedom,

  AND FOR THESE ENDS

  • to practice tolerance and live together in peace with one another as good neighbours, and
  • to unite our strength to maintain international peace and security, and
  • to ensure, by the acceptance of principles and the institution of methods, that armed force shall not be used, save in the common interest, and
  • to employ international machinery for the promotion of the economic and social advancement of all peoples,

  HAVE RESOLVED TO COMBINE OUR EFFORTS TO ACCOMPLISH THESE AIMS

  Accordingly, our respective Governments, through representatives assembled in the city of San Francisco, who have exhibited their full powers found to be in good and due form, have agreed to the present Charter of the United Nations and do hereby establish an international organization to be known as the United Nations.