Curious? How many members of this group feel we are living in the "End Times"?

by Balaamsass2 31 Replies latest watchtower beliefs

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  Sea Breeze

  Since the nation of Isreal reestablished itself in1948, it is much easier to believe we are in the last days. Jesus will come into his kingdom, the one denied to him 2000 years ago. But, before that can happen, the nation had to rise from the ashes and her people had to be gathered from all over the world. We have seen that happen, just a as scripture predicted.

  He will be great and will be called the Son of the Most High. And the Lord God will give to him the throne of his father David, 33 and he will reign over the house of Jacob forever, and of his kingdom there will be no end.” - Luke 1: 32
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  littlerockguy

  I think we are living in the "end times" of our constitutional republic here in the United States of America just like the superpower of Rome fell and other world powers in the past. But as far as "the end of the world" and armageddon coming as described by many christian denominations I don't believe that anymore.
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  peacefulpete

  The craziest part of it all is the lack of perspective. Anyone familiar with history can tell you these days are the most free, productive and indulgent of human history. It's as if, the less people have to complain about the more they do. For much of the world, our concerns revolve around getting too fat or living too long and requiring large retirement savings. As far as 'morality' the Bible is filled with stories of incest, prostitution and war crimes...and that's the good guys.
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  Vanderhoven7

  Since there are no signs given for the parousia of our Lord, the timing is impossible of anticipation. It will surprise even the faithful. Always be ready
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  Duran

  I believe that the Second Coming of Jesus Christ is what initiates the time of the end, and that is still future.

  You don't know what you believe. You are a RK follower.

  Jesus' so-called 'second coming' is after the 42-month GT of the 8th rule. Therefore, Jesus' coming does not imitate the 'time of the end', his 'second coming' concludes it, and begins the millennium rule.
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  blondie

  Never (but I never publicized my opinion, that would have gotten me in trouble), I figured Abraham did not know when the prediction by god that he would make a nation out of him through his son Isaac. Noah did not know exactly when the flood would come. And Jesus said here that his followers could not determine when it would happen. Matthew 24:44 :On this account, you too prove yourselves ready, because the Son of man is coming at an hour that you do not think to be it. (that is if you thought you figured out when, then it had to be wrong.) The WTS even commented on this scripture saying: "A thief does not announce in advance when he is coming. He hopes to arrive when no one is expecting him. Similarly, as Jesus said, the end of this system will come at ‘an hour that we do not think to be it.’" WT 2003 1/1 p.19 (Remember I am just reporting not supporting)
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  Rivergang

  It would seem that each generation has had its "The End is nigh" moment (e.g. Barry Maguire's 1965 song Eve of Destruction).

  Certainly, this time around the world order of things has reached another crossroad in history. The "old" order of things is now rapidly unravelling itself. It must be remembered, though, that the present order of things only established itself after WWII - following the 30 years of instability which WWI ("The Great War") initiated.

  In turn, the order of things prior to WWI had survived for 100 years, following the Battle of Waterloo - a pivotal battle which ended the chaos caused by French Revolution.

  And so on it goes, all the way back through history!

  If there ever was a time when human beings had justification for thinking the "End of the World" had really arrived, the year 536 AD would have to be a front contender:

  Why 536 was ‘the worst year to be alive' | Science | AAAS
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  joey jojo

  It would be hard to find a period in history where people haven't felt this.

  Maybe as we get older it gets worse?

  Now with social media we are all bombarded with more crap than ever, showing the worst of human behaviour.
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  Newbee

  Matthew 24:15-18
  

  So when you see standing in the holy place ‘the abomination that causes desolation,’ spoken of through the prophet Daniel—let the reader understand- then let those who are in Judea flee to the mountains. Let no one on the housetop go down to take anything out of the house. Let no one in the field go back to get their cloak…….

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  “The abomination of desolation standing in the holy place” is the event Jesus told us to watch out for, and it will happen suddenly. There have always been wars and famines etc but this event is the start of the end times and the start of the tribulation.

  1844 for the SDA’s and 1914 for the JW’s were false alarms but I think they helped wake people up. The problem with false alarms though is that if the date comes and Armageddon doesn’t happen people loose their faith.

  Jesus said you don’t know the day nor the hour. He didn’t say “check out the prophet Daniel and work out the Date”. He told us to check out the prophet Daniel to know what the “abomination of desolation standing in the holy place” is. This event is yet future.
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  3rdgen

  The OP asks how many of us STILL believe that we are living in the last days. Of those who responded, I carefully read each answer and came up with the following:

  8 believe in the second coming of Christ. Of those, no one seems to be sure whether or not we are in the "Last Days"

  2 were vague if they are believers or not.

  8 appear to have put belief in "End Times" behind.

  It's interesting there is such an even split between leaving Watchtower behind and leaving religious belief behind. It is also Very interesting to me how many believers disagree with each other about how, when, where Jesus returns, etc. It seems as though about 1/2 of the believers think the other 1/2 are wrong.