Rapunzel: Learning about the genres of the various literature that is lumped together in the "good book" has made a lot of sense to me. And seeing a bit about how Revelation is so relevant to the situation in Rome was amazing. And millions of people today are waiting for something in Revelation to kick off - so sad.
White Dove: I can understand your comment, but its historical context is key. A good commentary makes it seem a lot simpler.
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A revelation for me: the revelation of Revelation
by Eyes Open ini was reading the thread about revelation, and some research i did on the beginning of chapter 10 of the apocalyptic book came to mind, so i thought i'd share it here in case anyone's interested.. as an ignorant jehovah's witness, i had no idea of the real literary structure of the book.
the watchtower society makes out the mighty angel in 10:1 who stands on the sea and earth is jesus christ, and that the contents of the little scroll he hands john is a prophecy to be fulfilled after 1914. to grasp the simple truth that the strong angel in 10:1 is the angel alluded to in 1:1, and that the little scroll is actually the scroll which has been progressively unsealed in 6:1 to 8:1, was very satisfying.
it describes the revelation being given to john, which contains the main content of the prophetic work!.
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A revelation for me: the revelation of Revelation
by Eyes Open ini was reading the thread about revelation, and some research i did on the beginning of chapter 10 of the apocalyptic book came to mind, so i thought i'd share it here in case anyone's interested.. as an ignorant jehovah's witness, i had no idea of the real literary structure of the book.
the watchtower society makes out the mighty angel in 10:1 who stands on the sea and earth is jesus christ, and that the contents of the little scroll he hands john is a prophecy to be fulfilled after 1914. to grasp the simple truth that the strong angel in 10:1 is the angel alluded to in 1:1, and that the little scroll is actually the scroll which has been progressively unsealed in 6:1 to 8:1, was very satisfying.
it describes the revelation being given to john, which contains the main content of the prophetic work!.
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I was reading the thread about Revelation, and some research I did on the beginning of chapter 10 of the apocalyptic book came to mind, so I thought I'd share it here in case anyone's interested.
As an ignorant Jehovah's Witness, I had no idea of the real literary structure of the book. The Watchtower society makes out the mighty angel in 10:1 who stands on the sea and earth is Jesus Christ, and that the contents of the little scroll he hands John is a prophecy to be fulfilled after 1914. To grasp the simple truth that the strong angel in 10:1 is the angel alluded to in 1:1, and that the little scroll is actually the scroll which has been progressively unsealed in 6:1 to 8:1, was very satisfying. It describes the revelation being given to John, which contains the main content of the prophetic work!
To see such fundamental points completely missed by those who would have people believe they are being used by the sovereign Lord of the universe to communicate divine truths was quite something.
I used The Theology of the Book of Revelation, Richard Bauckham among others.
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My wife is thinking AT LAST!!!!!
by tooktheredpill inhey guys!.
i can't wait to tell you something that happened last night.
in order to understarnd it, let me give you some details about me first: i'm still an elder, with my wife and the whole family and friends inside the borg.
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Very pleased to read that tooktheredpill. Go easy still, and others have said, reassure her of your love.
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What's the scripture that says to receive people if they...
by Eyes Open in...express faith in the lord, but not to if they don't?
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Nope - none of them.
Thanks for your efforts. (Hope I haven't imagined it.)
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Have you ever apologize to someone for trying to convert to JW?
by justhuman inthis is just a question that i will ask for the ex-jw's in this forum.
personally i did apologize to my friends in personal, for trying to convert them to jw's.it was a great experience!!!
i told them i was wrong and i was misleaded by a banch of false prophets, and i was really sorry that i tried to convert them to jw's.
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Opinions needed!
by KKLUV155 inif you guys don't mind would you read my blog on myspace and read the comments a jw left and read my response.
any advice on how to further address this would be greatly appreciated.. here is the address:.
http://blog.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=blog.view&friendid=8455632&blogid=369515438&mytoken=e4bf4614-bf8c-416f-9399dabc065f11a520399641.
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Seems like they can easily mentally cast aside something, so I'd suggest sticking with just one topic and using evidence provided by their own literature. Keep it logical and free of emotion.
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Scientists discover fossil snake with two legs
by betterdaze inhttp://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/7339508.stm .
ancient serpent shows its leg .
by jonathan amos .
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Aha! A snake with legs, just like Genesis says. Once again, science proves the bible correct! ;)
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FUN TEST! I am 37% JW!! Post your percentage here plz
by Tired of the Hypocrisy ini found this online.
i have not seen it on here before so i thought i would post it.
it is a test to determine if you belong in the jw religion.
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23%.
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7% never was one WTF why 7% and not 0%?
Maybe there's a little JW in all of us. ;)
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Thanks guys, but I thought there was one where Paul(?) gives a positive principle. I think it's to do with hearing their interpretation as long as they say Jesus is coming...
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...express faith in the Lord, but not to if they don't?
Thanks.
