Peace and Security! (part 1)

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  • cellomould
    cellomould
    I did a search on http://bible.gospelcom.net/ in several bible translations. This is all I found for peace and security: 2 Kings 20:19
    "The word of the Lord you have spoken is good," Hezekiah replied. For he thought, "Will there not be peace and security in my lifetime?"
    (Whole Chapter: 2 Kings 20 In context: 2 Kings 20:18-20) Psalm 122:7
    May there be peace within your walls and security within your citadels."
    (Whole Chapter: Psalm 122 In context: Psalm 122:6-8) Isaiah 39:8
    "The word of the Lord you have spoken is good," Hezekiah replied. For he thought, "There will be peace and security in my lifetime."
    (Whole Chapter: Isaiah 39 In context: Isaiah 39:7-9) Jeremiah 30:10
    " 'So do not fear, O Jacob my servant; do not be dismayed, O Israel,' declares the Lord . 'I will surely save you out of a distant place, your descendants from the land of their exile. Jacob will again have peace and security, and no one will make him afraid.
    (Whole Chapter: Jeremiah 30 In context: Jeremiah 30:9-11) Jeremiah 33:6
    " 'Nevertheless, I will bring health and healing to it; I will heal my people and will let them enjoy abundant peace and security.
    (Whole Chapter: Jeremiah 33 In context: Jeremiah 33:5-7) Jeremiah 46:27
    "Do not fear, O Jacob my servant; do not be dismayed, O Israel. I will surely save you out of a distant place, your descendants from the land of their exile. Jacob will again have peace and security, and no one will make him afraid.
    (Whole Chapter: Jeremiah 46 In context: Jeremiah 46:26-28) Peace and security is not such a bad concept, is it? More to come on this topic
  • cellomould
    cellomould

    The 11 bible versions I searched, by the way, use phrases such as 'peace and safety', 'peaceful and secure', 'peace and surety', etc. in 1 Thessalonians 5:3.

    The WT seems to have a monopoly on 'peace and security'. I do not intend to grasp at straws, but I must ask, 'why?' Part II should tell whether my claim is substantial.

    Edited by - cellomould on 13 June 2002 5:59:18

  • cellomould
    cellomould

    PART II

    The forerunner of the United Nations was the League of Nations, an organization conceived in similar circumstances during the first World War, and established in 1919 under the Treaty of Versailles "to promote international cooperation and to achieve peace and security." The International Labour Organization was also created under the Treaty of Versailles as an affiliated agency of the League. The League of Nations ceased its activities after failing to prevent the Second World War.

    http://www.un.org/aboutun/history.htm

    The WT found it very easy to criticize the UN in light of the dissolution of the League of Nations following WW II. Notice that the phrase 'peace and security' was in the original charter of the League of Nations. The WT has a remarkably long history of mocking world leaders who care to make peace a goal.

    Interestingly, the Bible translation used in Rutherford's time did not use the phrase 'peace and security':

    See also pages 291-294 of the book Enemies, published in 1937. On page 293 of the latter book Rutherford wrote:

    The old whore (Roman Catholic Church) sitting upon the back of the beast may soon be expected to say: Peace and safety; we have silenced all opponents. Then Jehovahs strange act will begin, and sudden destruction comes upon her as travail upon a woman with child.

    http://wis.i8.com/peacesecurity.htm

    What I am conjecturing is that the translators of the NWT inserted the phrase 'peace and security' (rather than 'peace and safety', etc) to suit their own prophetic agenda. When the exact phrase coined by the League of Nations appears in the bible, the bible verse seems to the credulous mind inspired of God to doom the 'wild beast'. After all, according to my memory, translation was begun after the end of WWII. Jehovah's little 'anointed' class must have been happy that the League of Nations was 'resurrected' in the U.N. Their enemy, 'the wild beast that was, then was not, then was again' had come back to play.

    So, a quick poll:

    Was the U.N. fiasco an attempt to subvert the authority of the U.N. and force the 'fulfillment' of WT prophecy?

    cellmould

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