so many changes in the 2013 nwt seem needless and spoil familiar phrases.
take isaiah 41:10 in the nwt classic rendering:.
do not be afraid, for i am with you.
I guess that like Paul remarking that the law made him aware of the finer points in sinning, so wt probably fears that suggesting to readers that there is such a thing as looking around (for better understandings) could lead jwa to realize how fragile their house of cards doctrinal beliefs are.
"gazing about" suggestd there is an avenue to really escape , rather than to just smother your fears.
according to the watchtower's insight encyclopedia : .
the catastrophic destruction of men and animals by an overwhelming flood in the days of noah, 2370 b.c.e.
this greatest cataclysm in all human history was sent by jehovah because wicked men had filled the earth with violence.
An angel of god, killed 184K Assyrians in one night.
EA: that was easy, no travel involved, no insights.
at passover in Egypt, one angel traveled from Ethiopia to Cairo, identified all the sleeping firstborn, and killed them. including dogs cats and cows, wow.
according to the watchtower's insight encyclopedia : .
the catastrophic destruction of men and animals by an overwhelming flood in the days of noah, 2370 b.c.e.
this greatest cataclysm in all human history was sent by jehovah because wicked men had filled the earth with violence.
it should have floated above Mt Everest. In that height the air becomes thin,
EA: please correct that. when the waters lifted the ark, dung and all, it also lifted the atmosphere. with very nearly the same pressure at that new sea level.
It was the smell in the ark and of the floating bloated rotten corpses that was the problem, not the cold or lack of oxygen.
Food was simple, all passengers on the ark were vegetarians, until the door opened. plenty of carrion around then. but, please no blood.
Abel bsw, offered carrion on his altar too. the dogs and lions would not touch it.
according to the watchtower's insight encyclopedia : .
the catastrophic destruction of men and animals by an overwhelming flood in the days of noah, 2370 b.c.e.
this greatest cataclysm in all human history was sent by jehovah because wicked men had filled the earth with violence.
another poster (on another board) was certain that the pyramids survived the flood.
Bc : of course they did. stone does not float, but what not floated was pressed.
they survived the crushing even the rushing. (rain falling @ 10 meters an hour. )
water pressure is easy, one of the tens of the Earth, I atmosphere = 10 meter of water. that would be true even on the flat earth that they believed in in palestine in those days. but
what Jesus said is that "this" generation would not pass away until the worst has occurred. or that it would happen during that generation. and the generation would then pass away.
according to the watchtower's insight encyclopedia : .
the catastrophic destruction of men and animals by an overwhelming flood in the days of noah, 2370 b.c.e.
this greatest cataclysm in all human history was sent by jehovah because wicked men had filled the earth with violence.
And of course "a worldwide flood" really only means a flood of the "populated world" of the land where the bible characters lived...ie a small part of the middle east area...
well if that is the case, why did the deity not asked Noah to move to higher ground.? Giraffes up Kilimanjaro? Pandas to higher bamboo forests?
Jesus endorsed the flood story, Jerusalem would have been subjected to 80 tons of pressure psi. per square inch. ouch. he said the GT will be worse.
No wonder the GB wants to go to higher heavenly ground before it all starts.
for the life of me i can not come to terms with old timers in the "truth" who could swallow this interpretation of scripture about an overlapping generation .. when jesus spoke about "this generation" .
are their any real bible students among younger ones any more ?.
here are 3 bible scriptures that confirm a generation is approximately 40- 50 years long give or take a few years .. 1. matt:1 :17 abraham born 2016-18 bc jesus born 2 bc approx.
Their current understanding is that the anointed have to receive their final seal before the GT but they don't have to die until just before Armageddon.
aw, reading Math 24 again, wt is wrong to put so much emphasis on the anointed generation.
The Great Tribulation will be cut short for flesh, for the chosen ones to be saved.
The bodies of the anointed, that went to heaven then, will according to wt be disposed off by angels, like Jesus'.
Their flesh is never in peril ( it is useless like Paul said).
Armageddon comes to save the planet, the chosen ones. to live in the wt world.
Wt's anointed are not the generation of 1914, that will pass away after Armageddon.
...i'm more than happy to do my bit and help out.where's evil force lol?lots of love,celtic.
But, the sun comes out in the morning!
and if you can soar above the clouds to get a clear view.
do any jehovah`s witnesses or ex jehovah`s witnesses even know what that sin is ?.
why is such a statement in the bible if its not identified what that sin is ?.
were the authors of the book just playing with peoples heads ?
is that not an offence against the "Holy Spirit" whatever that is? Perhaps eliminating the Force from the baptism formula like wt did? and then there is
the list of those sinners that will not inherit God's Kingdom.
a picture in this week's wt shows the annointed after being raised to heaven, when they start "smashing the nations".
creepy!!
i imagine am3 is out front, it seems like something he's eager for.
The bible says that the 144,000 are to by virginal men
Rm 123: that explains the mad expression on the faces in the picture of the OP.
of course, once in haven it is to late. to make up for regrets. Add to that the sharp instruments involved in their demise adds to the trauma, drama.
lloyd evans has just tweeted a video he will be releasing soon on the "change" to the meaning of the sheep and goats and when that is to occur.. i've missed any discussion on that on here or anywhere?
it seems it was part of the 2020 annual meeting the gb had?.
any info on this?.
This then leads to weird reinterpretations across those who are paying attention (a few exJWs and a few hardcore armageddonists) which are later “corrected”
AM: of course, wt prided itself, and we oldtimers (90+) carried that dogma to the doors,trusting that we had the truth**, based on biblical correct doctrines.
Your claim to be the true religion stands or falls with proving that claim.
hence our preoccupation with exposing flaws in current wt teachings. to prod wt on their current calamities.
** until the "superior authority"" let god be true debacle, that proved that the churches were right, we wrong.
