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This letter was written by an anointed sister (“Rachel”) in Christ. It is presently being mailed to branch offices and kingdom halls around the world. This is not the first of its kind Rachel has written, reaching JW leaders over the months. (Zech 4:6) It is very possible that any JW leader who has passed by here, may have already received one. The Hebrew and Greek scriptures give us a complete blueprint for identifying apostasy. In the Greek scriptures, “apostasia,” translated “apostasy” (2 Thess.2:3) means a rebellion, a falling away, a defection from truth – “Jesus said to him [Thomas]: “I am the way and the truth and the life. No one come to the …
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The Second Coming... what you don't know, but should... Nobody can escape Jehovah's Sovereignty, unless a way out has been made for you. (1 Cor 10:13) The Christian Scriptures make a clear distinction between the three phases of Christ’s Second Coming by using a different Greek word in each instance. First phase, the 'Parousía' is translated Presence throughout the New Testament. On being asked by the Pharisees when the Kingdom of God was coming, he answered them: “The Kingdom of God is not coming with striking observableness; nor will people say, ‘See here!’ or, ‘There!’ For look! the Kingdom of God is in your midst.” (Luke 17:20-21) In reference to the event that…
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How do we define the common phrase, “power trip”? “A sustained and often aggressive exercise of power over others in order to boost one's stature or feeling of self-worth” I want to share the following perspective of privileges and entitlement in the organization, made by an exjw on reddit. He described the progressive reality of power and authority, harboring in the hearts of the governing leaders. (Prov 25:6; Rom 2:8; Gal 6:3) These leaders presently ‘exercise all authority’ over the organization’s operations, yet the elder body is also given great authority over the anointed, replacing God’s chosen priests as the organization’s counterfeit priesthood. (…
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It seems that everyone has agendas. They start off with the answer and then build a puzzle to fit their answer. Wasn't Russell racist ?
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Pestilences... part of the Composite Sign of Jesus Christ Presence in Kingdom Glory.After Jesus Christ summoned his 12 disciples and giving them authority to cure every sort of disease and every sort of infirmity, he revealed to them, "Do not think I came to bring peace to the earth; I came to bring, not peace, but a sword." (Matthew 10:34)As distressing as pestilences are, they are part of the Composite Sign of Jesus Christ Presence in Kingdom Glory. (Luke 21:10-11) Pestilences were often used in the past to execute divine judgment but also salvation to those who know Jehovah God and obey the good news of Jesus Christ today. "This takes into account that it is righteous …
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God's Sacred and Holy Name... Beautiful isn't it? How do you react when seeing God's Sacred and Holy Name? Are you overcome with a wondrous and overwhelming awe? If you were to enter into a Personal Relationship with someone whom you deemed special or important, what is the first thing you would want to know about that Person? What is Your Name?"The name of Jehovah is a strong tower. Into it the righteous one runs and receives protection." (Proverbs 18:10) "At that time those who fear Jehovah spoke with one another, each one with his companion, and Jehovah kept paying attention and listening. And a book of remembrance was written before him for those fearing Jehovah …
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The Land of Exile 1 2 3
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I have been, um, doggedly pursuing the answers to some questions, and I think I know the answers, but in the tradition of beating irrelevant trivia that really has no practical value to death, in fact, to a thin puree, I thought it might be a good idea to get some other peoples thoughts. It's about Cain, Able, and the Land of Exile. (Genesis 4:*} 1.) When Cain was banished to the Land of Exile, who was it already there that he was GREATLY afraid would kill him? 2.) Was it an existing Land of Exile that he was banished to, or did it BECOME a Land of Exile after his arrival? 3.) Apparently Cain was afraid that wherever he roamed, there would be someone t…
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https://www.wpxi.com/news/top-stories/turnpike-commission-pays-503000-jehovahs-witnesses-congregation-monfayette-expressway/KSN2OCSAERBPDN7MKDOB6R2JYE/ e 20, 2021 at 6:07 pm EDT By WPXI.com News Staff PITTSBURGH — The Pennsylvania Turnpike Commission approved paying the West Mifflin Congregation of Jehovah’s Witnesses more than $500,000 for their property to make way for the Mon/Fayette Expressway. According to the commission’s agenda from the most recent meeting, the congregation received $503,840 for the property along Camp Hollow Road in West Mifflin. The land will be used as part of the new highway project that aims to connect I-68 near Morgantown, West Vir…
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The Jewish religious leaders had the Hebrew scriptures but did not have the help of God's holy spirit to understand the things they were reading. The men that became the 12 disciples would have known the Hebrew scriptures because they were Jews, but how much attention those men would have given to the reasoning on the scriptures is unknown. So it would seem that although those scriptures were 'available', they were not fully understood. It is also very interesting that, even though 11 of the 12 remained loyal to Jesus, Jesus did not open up the scriptures to them during his ministry. So it must have been a deliberate action by Jesus to keep some things 'hidden' …
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Genesis 6:4
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"Concerning this salvation, the prophets who prophesied about the undeserved kindness meant for you made a diligent inquiry and a careful search. They kept on investigating what particular time or what season the spirit within them was indicating concerning Christ as it testified beforehand about the sufferings meant for Christ and about the glory that would follow. It was revealed to them that they were ministering, not to themselves, but to you, regarding what has now been announced to you by those who declared the good news to you with holy spirit sent from heaven. Into these very things, angels are desiring to peer." (1 Peter 1:10-12) The 144,000 are the living…
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https://www.dailyherald.com/news/20210527/trial-scheduled-for-jehovahs-witnesses-elders-accused-of-failing-to-report-sexual-abuse Two Jehovah's Witnesses elders accused of failing to notify police that a congregant was sexually abusing a child are scheduled for a joint trial in July. Jehovah's Witnesses elder Michael Penkava, 72, of Crystal Lake, and Colin Scott, 87, of Cary, were charged in November with violating reporting provisions. Both men are accused of failing to notify police about a church member who later was convicted of sexually abusing a child. The abuse continued for more than a decade after the church elders became aware of the accusations, …
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When my youngest brother died just recently, the family received a letter from a local JW. JWs tend to scour the obituaries and promote the organization’s website, as the source for all spiritual comfort and answers. The letter was handed over to me, since my family knows my history as a JW. Amazingly, it did not contain even one scripture, but only reference to the website. This is my reply, sent off to the JW. Hello, My family received a letter from you regarding my brother’s death. I appreciate the intention, but you were writing to Catholics who believe that people go to heaven when they die. The resurrection hope is difficult for them to piece together wit…
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The Book of Daniel is the angel Gabriel’s witness to Daniel about God’s Kingdom. Gabriel gives details about God’s Kingdom, what that Kingdom will do for mankind, and he witnesses about the coming Messiah and identifies to Daniel who the Ruler of God’s Kingdom would be. In the final Chapter of Daniel, Gabriel gives detailed information about the Ruler of God’s kingdom that would mark the End of the Gentile times. At that time, “the appointed times of the nations” ended, and Jesus Christ was installed as God’s heavenly King. *—Psalm 2:1-6; Daniel 7:13, 14. The prophecy is detailed to Daniel in the following scripture from Gabriel. “During that time Miʹcha·el wi…
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circumcising his son. Not that I care, but that episode was pretty weird.
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The Book of Daniel is the angel Gabriel’s witness to Daniel about God’s Kingdom. Gabriel gives details about God’s Kingdom, what that Kingdom will do for mankind, and he witnesses about the coming Messiah and identifies to Daniel who the Ruler of God’s Kingdom would be. In the final Chapter of Daniel, Gabriel gives detailed information about the Ruler of God’s kingdom that would mark the End of the Gentile times. At that time, “the appointed times of the nations” ended, and Jesus Christ was installed as God’s heavenly King. *—Psalm 2:1-6; Daniel 7:13, 14. The prophecy is detailed to Daniel in the following scripture from Gabriel. “During that time Miʹcha·el wi…
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Jehovah's Day is upon us... Jehovah's Day is a 'timed event' that will soon bring an end to all wickedness. (Matthew 24:14) The fulfillment of this prophecy was unknown to the angels and even Jesus Christ himself was not privy to the timing of this Great Day. (Matthew 24:36)Jehovah's Day is well prophesied in the Bible throughout the scriptures. It is linked to the Conclusion of Satan's Wicked and Violent World during the Last Days. Jehovah's Day is a transition period that brings an End to the Last Days and ushers in Christ's Millennial Reign as Christ's Political Enemies are brought to nothing under his feet.Can we expect Jehovah's Day to begin after th…
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We all think about moral issues all the time. What we think is good and what we think is bad. We have a conscience. We have a knowledge feedback loop with ourselves. Is this an open system or a closed system and if it's open, what is it open to? If it's closed, what is it closed to? Now I can't speak to anyone else or their conscience except as a presumption - the presumption that they have one as much as they have a mind. We could go on at length in the manner of Descartes and on down the line to the existential and materialist philosophers as to whether anyone has a mind/or free will. I simply presume it on the basis of my own knowledge feedback loop. When I s…
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https://rcbizjournal.com/2021/05/18/ramapo-now-accepting-public-comment-on-proposed-jehovahs-witnesses-hq-in-sloatsburg/ A DEIS Hearing Will Be Held May 26; Public Comments Period Ends June 21 The Town of Ramapo will be accepting public comment on the proposed new World Headquarters of Jehovah’s Witnesses Audio/Video Production Center now that the DEIS (Draft Environmental Impact Statement) is complete. There is a DEIS hearing on May 26 and public comments will be accepted until June 21. The 1.7 million square-foot project, known as the Watchtower Bible and Tract Society, is slated for 155 Sterling Mine Road in largely Sloatsburg and partly in Tuxedo…
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It will even have a car wash! Why a car wash on land where wetlands are federally and state protected? This organization has a dark history of polluting other property secretly. They put up a new front of caring for the land and using environmentally sound building techniques. But the history of their coverup, will not go away. If anyone is ecstatic about this proposal, I ask, why? What you need to know about the 1.7-million-square-foot Watchtower project By Peter Katz - May 22, 2021 The environmental review of a plan by t…
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The Great Tribulation or a tribulation? The tribulation that began in 1914 will soon become the Great Tribulation, it is a Process that began over 100 years ago. The definition of a tribulation is that it is a time of trouble that causes distress, suffering, or a trying experience among the inhabitants of the earth. It would cause hardships, anxieties, affliction, agony, anguish, unrelenting woes and los…
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The Final Phase of Christ's Presence soon to be revealed... One of the most misunderstood scriptures is listed in the Book of (Matthew 24:30). Let's revisit this scripture with a deeper understanding and appreciation and see what we can glean from it. When studying prophecy I have encountered a common denominator. The revealing of prophecy comes with a process. I have not yet come across a single prophecy that has occurred in an immediate fashion. Most make the claim that (Matthew 24:30) can only occur afte…
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A New World approaches... In a private conversation with four of his disciples, Jesus answers their question of what sign to look for about his second presence stating, "for those days will be days of a tribulation such as has not occurred from the beginning of the creation that God created until that time, and will not occur again." (Mark 13:19) The disciples did not discern Jesus' answer in quoting the Hebrew Scriptures from Daniel 12:1 about his return in Kingdom Glory. This Prince of Peace would stand up to Satan in a…
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Donated money to publish these books? Out the window. Is this is a sign of poverty? Not for the leadership, but possibly for those who work endlessly to donate funds toward the earthly dreams of false teachers. (Luke 4:5-7; Phil 3:19) Spiritual food once stored in a stuffy, moldy toolbox? Sifted and tossed out. Is this a sign of spiritual famine? Amos 8:11 - Look, the days are coming -- this is the declaration of the Lord GOD -- when I will send a famine through the land: not a famine of bread or a thirst for water, but of hearing the words of the LORD. "You have not chosen Me, but I have chosen you and I have appointed and placed and purposef…
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https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-9545969/Jehovahs-Witnesses-criticised-failing-stop-devout-followers-plan-stab-wife-49-times.html Coroner blasts Jehovah's Witnesses for failing to stop 82-year-old man killing his wife, 80, after he told church elder that he was planning to stab her to death Ronald Mowbray, 82, from Warwickshire, stabbed his wife 49 times last February Pensioner had previously told a church elder that he planned to knife Ann, 80 An official investigation into the devout religious couple was launched last year Warwickshire County Coroner slammed lack of action from Jehovah's Witnesses A coroner has slammed the lack of…
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The words of Jesus recorded at Matthew 24 v 22 "In fact, unless those days were cut short, no flesh would be saved; but on account of the chosen ones those days will be cut short". I think this scripture is interesting in many ways. Firstly it shows the importance of the Chosen Ones to God and Christ. So should those Chosen Ones not be important to all true Christians ? Secondly, does this not wipe out any reason for looking at dates or times ? A certain person quite new to this forum, or maybe just an AKA, seems to think he/she knows the exact year of Armageddon. But of what use would it be of knowing, when this scripture says "those days will be cut sho…
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https://www.gloucestershirelive.co.uk/news/cheltenham-news/victim-tewkesbury-child-abuser-eunice-5396766 A victim of Tewkesbury child abuser Eunice Spry is to tell his story on national TV. He was taken away from his parents, who could not look after him at the age of three. He was placed in the care of Eunice Spry, a pillar of the Jehovah's Witness community, at her Gloucestershire home. Life was idyllic at first, with Spry playing the ‘strict but loving’ parent. But a few months later, the abuse began. For more than 13 years Spry systematically tortured Christopher and some of her other foster children. Cheltenham-born Christopher Spry i…
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Don’t persecute them! a certain foe with no use for Witnesses urged Russia. You’ll just feed into their “persecution complex.” Well—sure. The best way to feed a “persecution complex” is to persecute whoever has it. On the other hand—which came first: the chicken or the egg? If there really is persecution, who says it is a persecution complex? Isn’t reality the word he is searching for? In December 2020, there came an United States Commission on International Religious Freedom report—it is a bipartisan commission, and thus not a product of any one political administration—entitled: “The Global Persecution of Jehovah’s Witness.” Religious scholar Massino Introvig…
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Changed from 4jah2me to Patiently waiting for Truth. It seems more fitting as I am sure Jah is not God's real name.
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