As you know I am still in but have no strong conviction for this cult..but i still go because my wife is still asleep to the false teachings. for a few months now...when we have family study it is stricly from the bible. Which is great, while we study we are taking the bible as it is, i think it is opening her eyes and how important Jesus is. BTW....we are only studying the new testament. so the questions i have are below: 1st question: in Matt 17:1-7 the apostles had a vision where jesus with moses and elijah. when we read this my wife said, i thought they were not anointed? I said well here it shows there spirit is in heaven and with jesus. so obiously they are in heaven as far as being anointed i am not sure. because according to the JW teaching the anointing started at pentecost 33ce. therefore Moses and elijah should not be present according to the JW's. Of course there teaching is wrong and Moses and Elijah are in heaven. would i be correct in my observation
| ◄ Matthew 17 ► |
| New American Standard Bible The Transfiguration 1 Six days later Jesus took with Him Peter and James and John his brother, and led them up on a high mountain by themselves. 2 And He was transfigured before them; and His face shone like the sun, and His garments became as white as light. 3 And behold, Moses and Elijah appeared to them, talking with Him. 4 Peter said to Jesus, “Lord, it is good for us to be here; if You wish, I will make three tabernacles here, one for You, and one for Moses, and one for Elijah.” 5 While he was still speaking, a bright cloud overshadowed them, and behold, a voice out of the cloud said, “This is My beloved Son, with whom I am well-pleased; listen to Him!” 6 When the disciples heard this, they fell face down to the ground and were terrified. 7 And Jesus came to them and touched them and said, “Get up, and do not be afraid.” 8 And lifting up their eyes, they saw no one except Jesus Himself alone. |
2nd question: so during our family study we came accross Matt 18:10 where it talks about being like a child when serving God. and then there it was talking about our angels. So my children asked. Do we have guardian angles? I looked at my wife and she started to say no....and i stopped her and said. well the bible says we do. how could we challenge what the bible says. She was so suprised because she was always taught we did have guardian angels. he next statement was ....well don't worship them. and I said well of course not. but you can't take the fact away that we have guardian angels. My question is to is...was i way off base? i am just analyzing the bible as it is and not trying to read more into it than is there.
| ◄ Matthew 18 ► |
| New American Standard Bible 7 “Woe to the world because of its stumbling blocks! For it is inevitable that stumbling blocks come; but woe to that man through whom the stumbling block comes! 8 “If your hand or your foot causes you to stumble, cut it off and throw it from you; it is better for you to enter life crippled or lame, than to have two hands or two feet and be cast into the eternal fire. 9 “If your eye causes you to stumble, pluck it out and throw it from you. It is better for you to enter life with one eye, than to have two eyes and be cast into the fiery hell. 10 “See that you do not despise one of these little ones, for I say to you that their angels in heaven continually see the face of My Father who is in heaven. 11 [“For the Son of Man has come to save that which was lost. ] |
3rd question: so we were in Matt 19:28 and here we see that the disciples are told what there reward was for being faithful to Jesus. the 12 disciples are going to sit on 12 thrones and judge the 12 tribes. i pointed this out to my wife and said this corrilates to Rev 7:1-8 where it talkes about the 144,000 and more specific where the 144000 come from. I am under the impression that 12 disciples came from those tribes and the remaining are from those tribes. So in reality if the 144000 that are susposed to exist today living or dead should come from those tribes. So the GB members who are there better be from one of the 12 tribes....those lying bastards. am I way off base on my analysis? thanks for your time GTTM
| ◄ Matthew 19 ► | |||
New American Standard Bible
The Disciples’ Reward 27 Then Peter said to Him, “Behold, we have left everything and followed You; what then will there be for us?” 28 And Jesus said to them, “Truly I say to you, that you who have followed Me, in the regeneration when the Son of Man will sit on His glorious throne, you also shall sit upon twelve thrones, judging the twelve tribes of Israel. 29 “And everyone who has left houses or brothers or sisters or father or mother or children or farms for My name’s sake, will receive many times as much, and will inherit eternal life. 30 “But many who are first will be last; andthe last, first.
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