Last Week's Book Study: ``Drunkards of Ephraim&...

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  • Room 215
    Room 215

    How many of you who enjoyed the ``privilege'' of attending last week's study in the Isaiah book managed to get through the material that purports to unlock the identity of the true ``Drunkards of Ephraim" (Isa: 28) on pages 289-293 without at least a smirk, much less breaking out into laughter?

    Hmmm... let's see ... let's look for clues as to the identity of these guys... ``they've wandered about as a result of intoxicating liquor;'' gone astray in their seeing'' ``they've reeled as to decision.'' Sound familiar to any of you who can't keep up with whether the inhabitants of Sodom are coming back in the resurection, or those of you who can't figure just which generation is the one in which the Son of Man will put in a return appearance?

    And what about the ``Covenant with Death?'' Is there anbody out there whispering in your ear something like: ``Scared to die? No problem! We've got it all figured out! Join us and you won't grow old, much less die!'' Remember, ``Millions Now Living Will Never Die!''

  • Nathan Natas
    Nathan Natas

    Could it be? The two-fisted drinking beast of the apocalypse was none other than Joe "shet em uppp, beertender" Rutherford, The Fresh Prince of Beth Sarim!

    - Nathan Natas
    UADNA (Unseen Apostate Directorate of North America)

  • Mister Biggs
    Mister Biggs

    I attended. I read for the group. Yet, somehow, I've learned to tune it all out.
    I did, however, hold back laughter at all of the pictures with the political and religious leaders shaking hands. I especially liked how an elderly "sister" commented on the Pope at the U.N.: "Isn't that the U.N. symbol behind [the Pope]? See? They turn to the Wild Beast for support".

    If only she knew who else turns to the so-called Wild Beast...

    I live in a shack and I poop in an outhouse.

  • ozziepost
    ozziepost

    I don't get it! When I look at the picture on page 289 with its caption "Christendom has relied on alliances with human rulers rather than on God." I get the impression that if I went to my local church I would meet with a congregation that had tbe special favour of the government. Yet what do I find? They are no more "privileged" than the congregation down at the local Kingdom Hall. They feel the same 'other worldliness' as do the Witnesses. Yet the publications say otherwise. I don't get it. Could they possibly be lying? Surely not!

    Cheers,
    Ozzie

    "If our hopes for peace are placed in the hands of imperfect people, they are bound to evaporate."

    - Ron Hutchcraft Surviving the Storms of Stress

  • Room 215
    Room 215

    And books like these are what passes for Biblical scholarship in Dubland! It's more than ludicrous; it's farcical..

  • blondie
    blondie

    Does anyone know of any good books or websites with alternate explanations of Isaiah's prophecies?

  • ozziepost
    ozziepost

    Take any Bible commentary. For a start you could try The Message of Isaiah by Barry Webb. It's part of the The Bible Speaks Today series and is published by Inter-Varsity Press in England.

    Cheers,
    Ozzie

    "If our hopes for peace are placed in the hands of imperfect people, they are bound to evaporate."

    - Ron Hutchcraft Surviving the Storms of Stress

  • blondie
    blondie

    Thanks, Ozziepost. I will look them up.

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