by ExBethelitenowPIMA 37 Replies latest watchtower beliefs
Their shunning policy just cant go away
Either one of these controversial policies 1) Blood doctrine 2) shunning and 3) 2 - witnesses rule. Removing any one of these the Borg collapses in on itself.
In regards to the C.S.A. ,,,thats why they cant remove the 2-witness rule,,,it would expose them through and through and up and down.
LongHairGal said: ExBetheliteNowPima should warn his buddies in bethel to make plans because there may be more downsizing! And this might be before any ‘great tribulation’.
Any bethelites with an ounce of sense (especially older ones) should have a plan and some phone numbers to call.. While it’s possible this can come about the way yousaid, it’s more likely to come about because of the org/religion just wanting to save money. And so the congregations out there will get yet another bunch of needy people dumped on them. More chickens coming home to roost.
@LongHairGal, Hi🙂
Soon everyone will say that the Bethelites who got evicted and downsized are the blessed ones.
At least they had the opportunity to make a quick plan before losing their home.
The Bethels are going to be seized by the governments when JWborg least expects it. The Bethelites would be wise to get out now and find a place to go, even if it's just living with somebody in another congregation. It'll be hard to find a place at the last minute once the Bethels are seized. They should get out now.
"“Therefore, when you catch sight of the disgusting thing that causes desolation, as spoken about by Daniel the prophet, standing in a holy place (let the reader use discernment), then let those in Ju·deʹa begin fleeing to the mountains. Let the man on the housetop not come down to take the goods out of his house, and let the man in the field not return to pick up his outer garment. Woe to the pregnant women and those nursing a baby in those days! Keep praying that your flight may not occur in wintertime nor on the Sabbath day; for then there will be great tribulation such as has not occurred since the world’s beginning until now, no, nor will occur again."
What happened to the branch in Russia is going to happen to all the branches earthwide. The Bethelites shouldn't be worried about their "theocratic reputation" or their "name" as Bethelites. "Leave behind even your outer garment." It'll be easier if they get out now rather than during the figurative "wintertime" or on the figurative "Sabbath day" when nobody "religious-looking" will be able to get anywhere very easily.
The only way the shunning policy will go away is when the JWborg is gone. They will be gone as a religious institution very soon when the nations remove them, with Jehovah's permission.
"The only way the shunning policy will go away is when the JWborg is gone".
Pretty much..
They cant remove it otherwise.
Hi EASY PROMPT:
I could be wrong, but somehow I can’t see what happened in the branch in Russia happening here in the USA. You forget the USA is the land of religious freedom. While it’s always possible anything can happen - something this drastic is more likely to happen elsewhere.
It would be nice though if the religion changed their shunning policy and also stopped with the stupid policies that can lead to shunning like the recent rant against higher education.
As far as bethelites being wise enough to leave first, I really doubt it (unless some young guy hates the place). Others aren’t going anywhere since this is their home for years. In order for them to leave voluntarily without being told to leave, I think they would need a tip that something serious was coming and/or fear of bodily harm. Just my guess.
Hi, LongHairGal🙂
True, the USA is a place of religious freedoms, but it's also a place that promotes other types of "freedoms" at well. The way these "freedoms" balance each other out can change at any time.
I do not necessarily share the sentiments of all of the following links, but "the way the wind is blowing" as regards the UN hasn't been unnoticed by many of the evangelical groups or other religions with shunning policies...
https://dailycaller.com/2023/02/05/un-call-inquiry-religious-communities-fully-comply-lgbtq-agenda/
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2023/feb/9/un-poised-to-attack-religion-church-bible-in-loomi/
https://thenewamerican.com/us/culture/un-report-world-religions-must-accept-sex-perverts/
At the end of the day, it doesn't matter what things "appear" to be from our point of view. Jehovah said He would use the nations to discipline His Name People in the past, and He followed through on it. Things that look "impossible" or "improbable" from our point of view are not impossible or improbable for Jehovah. He is the God of Justice, and Jehovah will make an accounting with the JWborg. "He will put it into their heart [the UN's heart] to do His one thought." (Revelation 17:13,17)
The Bible shows the UN will attack the religious institutions when they least expect it. The JWborg doesn't expect to get attacked first - they keep preaching they'll be attacked last and then get "saved". But that's not what the Bible teaches. (Ezekiel 9:6,7)
The disfellowshipping doctrine (and many other JWborg ways) are unscriptural and the JWborg refuses to change. They're making their neck obstinate just like Pharoah did. Jehovah's been patient, but His patience has its limits. He will act for the sake of His Name and for the sake of all the little silent lambs. (Ezekiel 34)
In order for them to leave voluntarily without being told to leave, I think they would need a tip that something serious was coming and/or fear of bodily harm.
Here's a tip: I wish the Bethelites would all get out of Bethel as soon as possible. Something serious is coming, the attack of the UN on the religious institutions beginning with the Bethels.
Probably all the commissions investigating the WTS very thoroughly, even reading what the WTS has put in their publications, not letting the WTS re-invent their past. Probably sued successfully, by families who lost family and friends to the inhumane pressure the WTS puts on its members.
True, the USA is a place of religious freedoms, but it's also a place that promotes other types of "freedoms" at well. The way these "freedoms" balance each other out can change at any time.
https://www.cnn.com/2023/06/03/us/utah-bible-ban-schools-trnd/index.html
https://www.theguardian.com/books/2023/jun/21/utah-bible-school-libraries-ban-reversed
On and off Bible bans, court cases, investigations.
The wind is already blowing. It won't take much for the WatchTower to fall at God's appointed time for the nations.
"After this I saw four angels standing on the four corners of the earth, holding tight the four winds of the earth, so that no wind could blow on the earth or on the sea or on any tree..." (Revelation 7:1)
The angels have been holding back the winds; they have been exercising a restraint, until the appointed times of the nations to destroy the religious institutions.
"And now you know what is acting as a restraint, so that he will be revealed in his own due time. True, the mystery of this lawlessness is already at work, but only until the one who is right now acting as a restraint is out of the way. Then, indeed, the lawless one will be revealed, whom the Lord Jesus will do away with by the spirit of his mouth and bring to nothing by the manifestation of his presence." (2 Thessalonians 2:6-8)
Once the angels let go of the "winds", the religious institutions will be gone, lickety-split. It'll be quick and complete.
"And a strong angel lifted up a stone like a great millstone and hurled it into the sea, saying: “Thus with a swift pitch will Babylon the great city be hurled down, and she will never be found again."" (Revelation 18:21)
When the JWborg institution is gone, the false doctrines will go with it. The disfellowshipping doctrine will be gone soon, into the figurative fiery furnace.
"...in the conclusion of the system of things. The Son of man will send his angels, and they will collect out from his Kingdom all things that cause stumbling and people who practice lawlessness, and they will pitch them into the fiery furnace."
How long did it take for the Berlin Wall to fall? Was it expected?
When Babylon was conquered by Medo-Persia, it was in one night.
When WatchTower falls, the wall that separates shunned ones from their families and friends will be removed, as if in one night.
