From Zion's Watch Tower, March 15, 1905:
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Other Sheep question
by wizzstick incoming off from my thread on the great crowd, (once again thanks td, annomaly and all the others for their help), a question on the other sheep in the 33ce - 1935 ce for the great jwn mind hive.. the qfr in the w86 8/1 p31 ends up with confirming about the other sheep pre-33ce:.
someone might reason: jesus was pointing to a future gathering of other sheep, hence the term applies only to those who, after jesus spoke, would accept the biblical hope of everlasting life on earth.
however, it seems unnecessary to confine the term thusly, as if jesus were defining matters chronologically or sequentially.
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Brothers told to pack an "Armagedon survival bag."...bid gossip in Aust!
by Witness 007 inso my mum excitedly calls and tells me how the brothers are now told to pack a survival emergency bag, so the tribulation is coming!!!
talk about clutching at straws.
shes packed her bible of course and the some non essential stuff like food...he he.
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Of course, they copied it right out of a United Nations brochure that is much more readable.
The WTBTS has no God-given idea on how to protect you any better during a disaster than the rest of mankind.
The sole soul massager germinating from their minds is prayer.
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When did people of the Great Crowd start to appear?
by wizzstick inquick question, faithful followers of our treacherous hearts... .
i should know the answer to this but.... so the great crowd class were identified in 1935, but does the wt suggest when it's members first appeared on earth?
all first century christians were of the annointed (i think that's right), so when do they think the first of the great crowd rolled up?.
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Please, permit me to add to the JW confusion:
Recently, Jesus had comforted his followers, saying: “Have no fear, little flock, because your Father has approved of giving you the kingdom.” This little flock, which eventually numbers 144,000, comes into this new, or second, sheepfold. But Jesus goes on to observe: “I have other sheep, which are not of this fold; those also I must bring, and they will listen to my voice, and they will become one flock, one shepherd.”
Since the “other sheep” are “not of this fold,” they must be of another fold, a third one. These last two folds, or pens of sheep, have different destinies. The “little flock” in one fold will rule with Christ in heaven, and the “other sheep” in the other fold will live on the Paradise earth. Yet, despite being in two folds, the sheep have no jealousy, nor do they feel segregated, for as Jesus says, they “become one flock” under “one shepherd.”
The Greatest Man Who Ever Lived, chap. 80 - The Sheepfolds and the Shepherd
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Should I just DA or get DFD?
by Julia Orwell inmy never-a-jw dad told me today that mongrel jws who turn on me were never truly my friends and i'm better off without them, so why worry if i get disfellowshiped?.
i fear being disfellowshiped because my name will be dragged through the mud.
i also think it might be a good idea to da or get dfd because then the link is broken and the fade is over.
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If you need to keep in touch with family, disassociate by 'heart' and 'mind', never verbally or in writing.
JW friends are like facebook friends - they will 'un-friend' (revoke) friendship with you in a split second.
Then, of course, on your expiration date (lest the big A not come beforehand) your status instantly will change
from 'great crowd' member to 'great' and/or 'small' member deserving of a JW resurrection - should you still care at that point (Revelation 20:12, 13).
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What about your vow to Jehovah?
by a watcher indid you get baptized without being dedicated?.
why did you allow men to come between you and jehovah?.
why were you serving jehovah at all?
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After roughly going through this thread, could it be a watcher joined that JW religion in vain?
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exJW Psychology 101--Keeping Your Cool While Fading
by Billy the Ex-Bethelite inin an effort to get some help and hopefully help others, i'd like to start this thread about psychology, specifically starting with the subject of anger management.. .
personally, i don't have much of a temper.
what i do have, i've learned to control.
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Billy the Ex-Bethelite >>>
Not DFd or DAd, (...) Among my last acts as an elder was making many of their Congregation Publisher Record Cards disappear. LOL!
About a decade ago I did similar, without the elder and bethel bit, of course. So, I had no access to the PRC.
Will the BoE forget about that Congregation Publisher Record Card, or rip it up, ever?
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Miracle Wheat?
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Elders / MS praying from the platform take to heart . . .
by bats in the belfry inw13-08-01, page 16. .
don't they pray for.
the fdsunity of congpeace of brotherhoodall the tiime?.
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w13-08-01, page 16
Don't they pray for
- the FDS
- unity of cong
- peace of brotherhood
all the tiime?
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Which meeting goes first ?
by 5go inif the gb.
me the school because it would allow more time for brow beating in the service meeitng wihch would be one hour.
then no one would complain about thier kids being up way past thier bed time on school nights..
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blondie >>> Exactly, they will keep all the meetings, just shorten them here and there.
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Just can't miss a meeting, not even on a vacation
by Comatose inwe had out of state company come the past couple days.
we had a days notice they were coming.
they stayed 1.5 days and left today because they couldn't miss the wt back home.
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Most important to the WTBTS is that you will put hours in while vacationing - field service, baby. Field Service!
