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  I need help understanding my moms decision!

  by Holzy86 in

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  first of all i'm not a jahovas witness, my mother is.

  i've asked my mother for some help over the weekend for my sons birthday, i understand jw do not celebrate birthdays.. every year i take my son out for a treat day, this year he has asked me if he can bring friends too so i said i only have enough room for one but he has asked for two, so i said i will ask nanny if she will help out to take my other son in her car with my netphew and older sister, but as soon as i mentioned it was for a birthday treat she refused to help me.. i just need to know if jahovahs witnesses will refuse to help family out when asking for help, i feel i've asked and made sure all the people she will be giving a lift to that it is not there birthday.

  his birthday has just happened to have fallen on the weekend when we would have been taking him because he is at school monday to friday.

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  Carol1111

  Jesus went to a wedding where there was wine and even provided some.

  Why don't they read and understand their Bibles? No answer needed for that question!
  
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  My new answer to an annoying question we have all been asked.

  by doubtfull1799 in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  well new to me anyway, i'm sure someone smarter than me has thought of this before.

  the next time i get asked the perennial (and tired old) question: “but you do believe that the gb are god’s channel of communication, the organisation he is using, don’t you?” or some variation thereof, i am going to reply with two verses and reason as follows:.

  the matter to be established: have the gb of jehovah’s witnesses received divine appointment to act as god’s representatives and channel of communication on earth?.

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  Carol1111

  I Timothy 2 v 5 says that Jesus is the mediator between God and man, so you don't need anyone else.
  
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  a question for your JW friends

  by Carol1111 in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  the earth is to wear out and cease to exist.. hebrews 1v11, isaiah 51v6-8.

  what will happen to those living in paradise earth?.

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  I agree that they don't seem to listen.

  My favourite is to point out that according to the gospels Jesus rose bodily from the dead. They don't seem to accept that despite the fact that it is clearly stated.

  I think they believe that he gave up his bodily existence as a ransom and so could not have it back again.

  I don't understand how they can't see that the two ideas are not compatible.
  
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  a question for your JW friends

  by Carol1111 in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  the earth is to wear out and cease to exist.. hebrews 1v11, isaiah 51v6-8.

  what will happen to those living in paradise earth?.

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  Carol1111

  Thanks, punkofnice. Perhaps I won't use that one when they come knocking, but your quotations have brought up another interesting thought..

  The meek/righteous will possess the earth & reside upon it for ever. Are the 144,000 not meek/righteous?
  
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  a question for your JW friends

  by Carol1111 in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  the earth is to wear out and cease to exist.. hebrews 1v11, isaiah 51v6-8.

  what will happen to those living in paradise earth?.

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  Carol1111

  The earth is to wear out and cease to exist.

  Hebrews 1v11, Isaiah 51v6-8

  What will happen to those living in paradise earth?
  
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  Who was/is the promised Messiah ? Jesus or Immanuel

  by smiddy in

  1. watchtower
  2. bible

  in isaiah 7:14 "therefore jehovah himself will give you men a sign look the maiden herself will actually become pregnant and she is giving birth to a son and she will certainly call his name immanuel".

  this scripture is attributed to the virgin birth of jesus from his mother mary to become the messiah.

  the problem is the name of the messiah isnt jesus its immanuel .

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  Are Jews expecting a messiah now?
  
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  The great tribulation

  by Allenbee in

  1. watchtower
  2. bible

  where does one find the truth after the watchtower ?.

  according to the jw governing body... only jw's are left on earth after armageddon.. so i'm a private bible student and find jesus and all the prophets in total disagreement with this "gov body" who like all religions leaders, are actually the prophesied false christs.. please read math 24 straight... to see how to survive the great tribulation.

  only after the great tribulation does the sign of our lord's presence appear.. this is not armageddon yet.. discussion from private bible students is most welcome..

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  Hi Allenbee, I have often wondered what JW's make of Zechariah 14. That is another end time scenario.
  
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  Actions and consequences of Lot’s wife vs. David

  by Yesu Kristo Bwana Wangu in

  1. watchtower
  2. bible

  actions and consequences of lot’s wife vs. actions and consequences of david.

  genesis 19 talks about how sodom and gomorrah were destroyed.

  david under any law: yes, under the law of moses crime: adultery and murder consequence: nothing but blessings from god.

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  Was the death of Lot's wife actually punishment, or just the result of her not running?

  The destruction of Sodom came very quickly so that the angels had to urge Lot to run for his life.

  Surely if someone says "run for your life" it is a good idea to run, not to stop and watch what is coming.
  
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  For those that read the bible, does the true message of scripture still come through in NWT?

  by NikL in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  my active and in jw wife is up for reading bible together.

  thing is she wants to use nwt.. i have problems with that translation as you my imagine.. just wondering if you thought the true message of the bible will shine through the deliberate tampering of the nwt?.

  i know many people here don't like or want to read the bible and think it's rubbish anyway, so if that's you, you can save your comments :-).

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  I have found e-sword very useful.

  It gives the meaning of the words taken from the original language, and several versions of the Bible.

  Or get a copy of Strong's concordance.
  
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  Who is Gog/Magog?

  by Cold Steel in

  1. watchtower
  2. bible

  ezekiel spends two chapters (38-39) describing a war that either will never take place, or which has yet to take place.

  according to the prophecy, the warlord gog, of magog, will 1) sweep down on israel, covering the land like a cloud.

  this will happen in 2) the latter years when israel will 3) be a people “gathered out of many nations” and peoples.

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  Magog, Meshech and Tubal were all sons of Japheth in Genesis 10. The Ezekiel quote refers to their descendants.