Doug Mason
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WTS misrepresented what CTR wrote
by Doug Mason init is bad to make a false and misleading prophecy.
it is worse to later infer that the prophecies were correct.
in 1973, at the height of the frenzied anticipation for the imminent start of the millennium in 1975, the wtbts published gods kingdom of a thousand years has approached.
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LESSONS FROM HISTORY
by Doug Mason inlessons from history .
i have a few reasons for providing the information that follows: .
* a very recent posting mentioned eschatologists of the 19th century (1800s) who provided ctr with his ideas on the interpretation of last-day prophecies.
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Russell's prophetic framework
by Doug Mason ini do not believe ctr expected the end of the gentile times would usher in an era of war and strife.
his prophetic framework (see below) focused on events leading up to october 1914 (although he was quite prepared to move the end to october 1915).
his framework started with the end of the millennium, christs presence, closing of the high calling, time of trouble, probable translation to heaven in 1910, with the end of the gentile times ushering in universal peace under the jews.
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Jesus gave the Sign
by Doug Mason inwhen jesus answered his disciples question about the sign of the temples destruction, they coupled it with the end of the age (aeon) because the end of the temple would clearly indicate that the jewish age had come to its end.
likewise, the disciples believed that this momentous event the destruction of the temple would herald the appearance of messiah in power.
they did not recognize that, instead of coming as a mighty conquering warrior, the messiah had arrived as a babe.
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"No Blood" and Wikipedia
by Doug Mason inthe "no blood" people sought comments on a piece it was preparing for wikipedia on the reasons jws do not accept blood.
i wrote to them saying that they should indicate in their article that the wts is not a "no blood" organization and that they should also indicate the impact of the threat of "shunning"has on a jw patient's decision.
i also provided them with a copy of my latest work on blood ("loyalty test", available at http://au.geocities.com/doug_mason1940/blood/html ).
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How can we know if we have GodÂ’s holy spirit?
by Doug Mason in* we can call jesus our lord (1 cor 12:3) .
* we can discern spiritual things (1 cor.2:13, 14. compare john 7:37-39) .
* we may know we belong to god (1 john 3:24) .
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Typology
by Doug Mason inhas anyone prepared an analysis of the wts/gb's typology?
do the wts/gb have rules for applying types and antitypes, or do they apply them to verify a predetermined conclusion?
doug
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Is my understanding correct?
by Doug Mason inis my understanding correct?
1. to arrive at 1874 for christs parousia, ctr employed time parallels from the scriptures and measurements from the great pyramid.
2. ctr used a 2520-year timeframe to arrive at october 1914 for the end of the gentile times.
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Nabunaid stayed in Tema
by Doug Mason innabunaid (nabonidus) ruled (555-539) as the last king of new babylonia.
in practice, however, nabunaid shared the kingship with his own eldest son belshazzar.
before nabunaid started on an expedition to tema he divided the rule of the empire between himself and his son and entrusted actual kingship to belshazzar.
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Jack Finegan on the date of Jerusalem's Destruction
by Doug Mason ini am not fussed whether jerusalem was destroyed in 587 bce or a year later in 586 bce.
some are interested and as promised i have scanned some pages from a book by jack finegan which some might find interesting and useful.
but please do not raise issues with me -- i am the messenger, not the creator of the message.