ThomasCovenant
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Watchtower 1st February 1952 page 79
by ThomasCovenant inwatchtower 1st february 1952 page 79.. god interprets and teaches, through christ the chief servant, who in turn uses sam, geoff, steve, gerrit, tony, mark and dave as the visible channel, the visible theocratic organization.. king david approached god through the priestly organization represented by abiathar, who had the ephod; and a servant of today must likewise look to sam and geoff etc (that's us by the way) for spiritual food that is timely and for directions in kingdom service.. you lot must show your understanding in these matters, appreciating your relationship to us, remembering the fate of those like korah and achan and saul and uzziah and others who forgot the theocratic order.. are you assigned as individuals to bring forth the food for the spiritual table?
no?
then don't try to take over our duties.. you should eat and digest and assimilate what is set before you, without shying away from parts of the food because it may not suit the fancy of your mental taste.. the truths you are to publish are the ones provided through sam, geoff and the rest of us, not some personal opinions contrary to what we have provided as timely food.. jehovah and christ direct and correct us as needed, not you as individuals.. if you do not see a point at first you should keep trying to grasp it, rather than opposing and rejecting it and presumptuously taking the position that you are more likely to be right than gerrit or tony.. you should meekly go along with us and wait for further clarification, rather than balk at the first mention of a thought unpalatable to you and proceed to quibble and mouth your criticisms and opinions as though they were worth more than our provision of spiritual food.. theocratic ones will appreciate us and not be so foolish as to pit against jehovahs channel their own human reasoning and sentiment and personal feelings..
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ex elder sentenced to 14 years.
by ThomasCovenant inhttp://www.walesonline.co.uk/news/wales-news/im-relieved-everybody-now-knows-7357125.
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http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-wales-south-east-wales-28127683.
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I never realized that Hitler's persecution of the Witnesses was worse than that of the Jews
by ThomasCovenant in'the terrible persecution of jehovahs witnesses by hitler, worse than that he inflicted on the jews, took place.
'' wt 1966 15th oct page 635.
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Marrying a Black Person
by ThomasCovenant inwe are not living today among aryan nations where such members of our fleshly family relationship could be exterminated for marrying a black, as was possible and was ordered in the early days of apartheid.. being limited by the laws of the new south african nation in which we live, we can take action against those who marry blacks only to a certain extent, that is, consistent with current laws.
the law of the land forbids us to kill them, even though they be members of our own flesh-and-blood family relationship.
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I would like to apologize.
by ThomasCovenant in'i would like to apologize'.
'i need to apologize'.
'i must apologize'.
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'BEST OF'. MISSING?
by ThomasCovenant inafter hearing of the sad news about farkel i thought i'd revisit the 'best of' section to see the 'best of farkel'... .
i seem to be redirected to the log in page.
i think i may have asked about this before a few months or years ago, not sure.
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What book do they study with ''newly interested ones'' ?
by ThomasCovenant inas title, when starting a new ''bible study''..
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If you substitute 'Governing Body' and 'faithful and discreet slave' to
by ThomasCovenant ina single member of the governing body, for example david splane, i find it helps me to understand things a little better.. they have changed the meaning of 'faithful and discreet slave' to basically just 'the governing body'.. but that still allows them to print nice friendly 'we' and 'they' when giving directions (orders).. "we need to obey david splane to have jehovahs approval.
"[a mature christian] does not advocate or insist on personal opinions or harbor private ideas when it comes to bible understanding.
rather, he has complete confidence in the truth as it is revealed by jehovah god through his son, jesus christ, and david splane.
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Forum Statistics
by ThomasCovenant ini seem to remember a time when you could look up the posting stats of all the site, as in who had posted the most etc.. could that be resumed?.
thanks.