Special announcment 20 march fore JW ?

by happy man 45 Replies latest watchtower bible

  • proplog2
    proplog2

    There is a weird coincidence this year. Surely the Watchtower is are aware of it. That's their business.

    Jesus referred to a specific trigger event in connection with the "great tribulation" at Matt 24:15

    "There fore when you catch sight of the disgusting thing that causes desolation as spoken of through Daniel the prophet, standing in a holy place (Mark 13 "standing where it ought not" Luke 21 "Jerusalem surrounded by armies" ) then let those in Judea begin fleeing to the mountains. .. for then there will be great tribulation such as has not occurred since the worlds beginning."

    The "chosen" supposedly survive the tribulation by heeding this warning. The tribulation is not the event that is referred to in Matt 24:36 "Concerning that day and hour nobody knows". The day and hour that nobody knows is the appearance of the Son of Man.

    The end of the book of Daniel (12:11) is a prophecy that requires the counting of 1290 days that end with the "placing of the disgusting thing that is causing desolation".

    If you count forward 1290 days forward from September 11, 2001 you arrive at March 24 or 25 2005. March 24 is the memorial. March 25 is the most solemn day in the Christian calendar - Good Friday.

    So what? So what. Is it a coincidence? Time will tell. But it IS weird.

    Well you don't have to count down long 63 days = 9 weeks.

    Maybe they are arranging something that will look significant if something DOES happen but without being so specific that it will look bad if nothing happens.

    The other thing interesting about this years memorial is that the Jews celebrate the passover April 25 because of adjusting their calendar.

  • Mark
    Mark

    There's no need to speculate. The announcement IS about the release of their new 'Organized' book.

    'Organized to do God's Will', I think it's called. Every publisher, baptized or not, will be given a copy

    of the new book at the end of that meeting. A rather uninteresting development, if you ask me.

    No doubt many will be disappointed. The friends will go to the Kingdom Hall expecting to hear something

    that changes the unbearable routines of witness life, and all they will end up with is yet another cheap

    paperback rehash.

    Mark

  • blondie
    blondie

    The last organized book was released the same way. So it makes sense.

  • Sweetp0985
    Sweetp0985

    is that all??

  • upside/down
    upside/down

    So do I get a copy?

    Or is it gonna be all "secret" like the joke "elders manual"?

    They'll probably put a "hook" on this one that you have to be going to "the meetings" and getting the "average in FS".

    Or no candy for you!

    u/d

  • steve2
    steve2
    The last organized book was released the same way. So it makes sense.

    When was the last organized book released?

  • freedom96
    freedom96

    Why couldn't they get rid of one of the Watchtower magazines instead?

    The Awake was always much more interesting.

  • sweetsevda
    sweetsevda

    sounds very interseting im going to try my best to make it then

  • Xander
    Xander
    The last organized book was released the same way. So it makes sense.

    Million dollar question, then....what are the changes in the new book? (As an aside - don't knock the power of these "secret/special" meetings. Finding out about the November one all those years back is what led me to *this* site. And from there....)

  • blondie
    blondie

    Here are some possible changes, but not all inclusive:

    CHANGES NEEDED IN THE ORGANIZED TO ACCOMPLISH OUR MINISTRY (RELEASED IN 1983)

    Page 5

    New Order ---probably to "new system"

    Page 6 For about the past half century ?in regard to gathering the great crowd since 1935?For about the last 70 years

    Page 7 vindication of Jehovah?s name ?the new thinking is that God?s sovereignty is to be vindicated and that God?s name is to be sanctified

    w95 5/15 p. 25 Flashes of Light?Great and Small (Part 2) ***

    Similarly, for a long time, Witnesses spoke of the vindication of Jehovah?s name. But had Satan called Jehovah?s name into question? For that matter, had any of Satan?s agents done so, as if Jehovah did not have a right to that name? No, not at all. It was not the name of Jehovah that was challenged and that needed to be vindicated. That is why the Watch Tower Society?s recent publications do not speak of Jehovah?s name as being vindicated. They speak of Jehovah?s sovereignty as being vindicated and of his name as being sanctified. This is in keeping with what Jesus told us to pray: "Let your name be sanctified." (Matthew 6:9)

    Page 7 Shortly after World War I?during this period Jesus Christ, along with his holy angels, has been separating lovers of righteousness (sheep) from those who are indifferent to, or who actively oppose.

    In 1999 the WTS pointed out that the separating work does not start until the great tribulation.

    w99 5/1 p. 13 "These Things Must Take Place" ***

    Note that Matthew 24:29-31 foretells that (1) the Son of man comes, (2) this coming will be with great glory, (3) the angels will be with him, and (4) all the tribes of the earth will see him. Jesus repeats these elements in the parable of the sheep and the goats. (Matthew 25:31-46) Hence, we can conclude that this parable deals with the time, after the opening outbreak of tribulation, when Jesus will come with his angels and sit down on his throne to judge. (John 5:22; Acts 17:31; compare 1 Kings 7:7; Daniel 7:10, 13, 14, 22, 26; Matthew 19:28.) Who will be judged, and with what result? The parable shows that Jesus will give attention to all nations, as if they were assembled right before his celestial throne. Sheeplike men and women will be separated to Jesus? right side of favor. Why? Because they used their opportunities to do good to his brothers?anointed Christians, who will share in Christ?s heavenly Kingdom. (Daniel 7:27; Hebrews 2:9?3:1)

    Page 20 this 20 th century ?this 21 st century

    Pages 26-27 Add the other corporations formed in 2000 to the Watch Tower Bible and Tract Society of Pennsylvania (1884) and the Watchtower Bible and Tract Society of New York, Inc. (1909) and International Bible Students Association (1914)

    Watch Tower Bible and Tract Society of Pennsylvania (Incorporated 1884)


    President Don A. Adams
    Vice Presidents Robert W. Wallen, William F. Malenfant
    Secretary/Treasurer Richard E. Abrahamson
    Directors Danny L. Bland, Philip D. Wilcox, John N. Wischuk

    Watchtower Bible and Tract Society of New York, Inc. (Incorporated 1909)
    President Max H. Larson
    Vice Presidents George M. Couch, Lonnie R. Schilling
    Secretary/Treasurer Gerald F. Simonis
    Directors Gerald D. Grizzle, David G. Sinclair, Robert M. Pevy

    Christian Congregation of Jehovah's Witnesses (Incorporated 2000)
    President William L. Van De Wall
    Vice Presidents Charles I. Woody, Leon Weaver, Jr.
    Secretary/Treasurer William H. Nonkes
    Directors Harold K. Jackson, Merton V. Campbell, Stanley F. Weigel

    Religious Order of Jehovah's Witnesses (Incorporated 2000)
    President Patrick J. LaFranca
    Vice Presidents Peter D. Molchan, Ralph E. Walls
    Secretary/Treasurer Joseph D. Mercante
    Directors Marvin G. Smalley, Kenneth J. Pulcifer, Eugene D. Rosam, Jr.

    Kingdom Support Services, Inc. (Incorporated 2000)
    President Harold L. Corkern
    Vice Presidents Alan D. Janzen, Robert L. Butler
    Secretary/Treasurer Alexander W. Reinmueller
    Directors James F. Mantz, Jr., Thomas Kalimeris, Alan G. Browning

    Watchtower Bible and Tract Society of New Jersey, Inc. (Incorporated 1955)
    President Charles V. Molohan
    Vice Presidents James L. Bauer, J. Richard Brown
    Secretary/Treasurer Alan K. Flowers
    Directors Allen E. Shuster, David L. Walker, Vernon C. Wisegarver

    Watchtower Bible and Tract Society of Florida, Inc. (Incorporated 1986)
    President Leonard R. Pearson
    Vice Presidents Alejandro G. Rodriguez, Maurice C. Turcot
    Secretary/Treasurer Mark L. Questell
    Directors Jim Moody, Sr., Anselm J. Packnett, Donald R. Krebs

    Valley Farms Corporation (Incorporated 1987)
    President Charles J. Rice
    Vice Presidents Kent E. Fischer, Robert L. Rains
    Secretary/Treasurer Albert L. Harrell
    Directors John R. Strandberg, Samuel D. Buck, Louis A. Travis

    Page 43-45 Congregation book study conductor ?subsitute "overseer" for conductor

    Page 50 he receives literature and magazines at pioneer rates ?eliminate completely since 1990 no JW in the US has been paying for literature/magazines except on a donation basis

    Page 95 congregation book study conductor ?CBS overseer

    Page 102 subscriptions ?no subscriptions offered any longer

    km 4/02 p. 7 Continue Benefiting From The Watchtower and Awake!

    Now that mail subscriptions to the Watchtower and Awake! magazines are being discontinued, effort will be required to ensure that we, and those to whom we preach, do not miss even one issue.

    Page 114 60 hours a month ?auxiliary pioneers now must meet 50 hours a month

    Yearly field service quota of 1,000 hours ?regular pioneers now must meet 70 hours a month for a yearly quote of 840 hours

    Monthly goal of 90 hours ?70 hours

    Page 116 From Brooklyn Bethel the Governing Body provides theocractic oversight ?From Patterson?

    New Order ?new system

    Page 124 All such literature is made available at a nominal cost to the publishers ?donation arrangement since 1990/This whole subheading will need to be revamped re money received, subscriptions, etc

    Page 130 New Order ?new system

    Page 148-9 Nonbaptized associates who are wrongdoers?could not be formally expelled therefrom?a brief announcement is made?view the wrongdoer as they would one who has been disfellowshipped.

    I think this is a perfect example of how the WTS speaks out of both sides of their mouth

    Page 175 The elders have been given slips with additional baptism questions (some dealing with issues regarding AIDS)

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