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@Witness wrote: "If we are to be “no part of the world”, our attention would not be on the world at the time of Jesus’ return. We would be looking into ourselves." Unfortunately this does not add up with what Jesus said to his disciples: 6 You are going to hear of wars and reports of wars. See that you are not alarmed, for these things must take place, but the end is not yet.+7 “For nation will rise against nation and kingdom against kingdom,+and there will be food shortages+ and earthquakes in one place after another.+ 8 All these things are a beginning of pangs of distress.(.....)15 “Therefore, when you catch sight of the disgusting thing that causes desolation, as spoken about by Daniel the prophet, standing in a holy place+ (let the reader use discernment), 16 then let those in Ju·deʹa begin fleeing to the mountains. 33 Likewise also you, when you see all these things, know that he is near at the doors. Jesus clearly recommends to see and look for the fulfilment of the sign he gave.

@Witness wrote: If we are to be “no part of the world”, our attention would not be on the world at the time of Jesus’ return. We would be looking into ourselves. We would be desiring to gather as a Body once leaving a wicked slave’s rule, up-building and helping them be successful at defeating Satan’s deception. I can’t take in your worldly views when it is very clear that the “holy place” is not Warwick, but is the Temple of God. 1 Cor 3:16,17; Eph 2:20-22 I believe I’ve given you many scriptures to verify this, but I have not really seen scriptures to support your ideas.(End of quote) I don't dispute what is written in 1 Cor 3:16,17; "Do you not know that you yourselves are God’s temple and that the spirit of God dwells in you? 17 If anyone destroys the temple of God, God will destroy him; for the temple of God is holy, and you are that temple. Eph 2:20-22 and you have been built up on the foundation of the apostles and prophets, while Christ Jesus himself is the foundation cornerstone.21 In union with him the whole building, being harmoniously joined together, is growing into a holy temple for Jehovah. 22 In union with him you too are being built up together into a place for God to inhabit by spirit. But in the same time as we the anointed are in a spiritual sense a temple of God, because God has put his spirit in us, there exist material places of worship where anointed ones live and serve. I mean the Warwick fortress of Jehovah's witnesses. We should not overly simplify the concept of temple. In Daniel it speaks about an other kind of temple than in those verses cited above. There it says: Daniel11:31 And arms will stand up, proceeding from him; and they will profane the sanctuary, the fortress, and remove the constant feature. This speaks about the King of the North. He will send forces to the sanctuary and the fortress and remove the constant feature. Here it says fortress. What is that? If the word 'temple' stumbles someone because it could as well be applied to the anointed according to apostle Pauls word, but here it is not even written temple, but fortress. Watchtowers have often also been built strong and have served as fortresses in ancient times. And here we have the Watchtower organization behind security fences and iron gates residing in a building that really resembles a fortress. You can not just walk in there. They have strong security measures there. And what is the 'constant feature'? I can only draw a parallell to the constant spiritual food that has come out from the Watchtower organization more than 100 years. I don't think we should clump together Daniel 11:31 with 1Corinthians 3:16,17 or Ephecians 2:20-22. Because they arw not talking about the same thing.

When the real end time begins, this will be the grim reality: Revelation 6:3 When he opened the second seal, I heard the second living creature+say: “Come!” 4 Another came out, a fiery-colored horse, and it was granted to the one seated on it to take peace away from the earth so that they should slaughter one another, and he was given a great sword.+ 8 And I saw, and look! a pale horse, and the one seated on it had the name Death. And the Grave* was closely following him. And authority was given them over the fourth part of the earth, to kill with a long sword and with food shortage+ and with deadly plague and by the wild beasts of the earth.

Here is again an article that was directed to members of other religions, but today every JW should learn from this article and apply it on themselves. https://wol.jw.org/en/wol/d/r1/lp-e/2002240#h=1:0-9:112 Should Faith Be Based on Reason? “There are too many ‘religious’ people who become religious precisely to avoid having to think,” writes the dean of a theological seminary in the United States. “They simply want to accept everything ‘on faith,’” he adds. THE implication is that most people who profess religious faith give little thought to why they believe what they do or to whether there is a reasonable basis for their faith. [My take on that: Today nearly everybody, circuit overseers, bethel brothers, elders etc believe just because the Governing Body says so. No discussions needed or allowed] It is no wonder that religion has become a topic that many are reluctant to talk about. Regrettably, such practices as using religious images and repeating prayers by rote also discourage reasoning. These practices, along with impressive architecture, elaborate stained-glass windows, and captivating music, more or less define the extent of the religious experience of millions. Though some churches claim that their faith is based on the Bible, their message of ‘believe in Jesus and you will be saved’ makes light of serious Bible study. Others turn to preaching a social or political gospel. What is the result of all of this? Concerning the situation in North America, one religion writer said: “Christianity . . . tends to be superficial, [and] its adherents are poorly educated in the faith.” A pollster even went so far as to describe the United States as “a nation of biblical illiterates.” To be fair, these observations would also be true of other countries where so-called Christianity prevails. Many non-Christian religions likewise discourage reasoning and instead emphasize chants, ritualistic prayers, and various forms of meditation that involve mysticism, rather than logical, constructive thinking. Yet, in their everyday life, the same people who give little thought to the accuracy or truthfulness of their religious beliefs often think other matters through very carefully. Does it not strike you as odd that the person who does extensive research just to buy a car—which one day will end up on the scrap heap—would say regarding his religion, ‘If it was good enough for my parents, it’s good enough for me’? If we are truly interested in pleasing God, should we not consider seriously the accuracy of what we believe about him? The apostle Paul spoke of certain religious people of his day who had “a zeal for God; but not according to accurate knowledge.” (Romans 10:2) Such ones could be compared to a hired painter who works hard to paint a house but uses the wrong colors because he fails to listen to the owner’s instructions. The painter may be pleased with his work, but would it be acceptable to the owner? What is acceptable to God regarding true worship? The Bible answers: “This is fine and acceptable in the sight of our Savior, God, whose will is that all sorts of men should be saved and come to an accurate knowledge of truth.” (1 Timothy 2:3, 4) Some may feel that it is impossible to find such knowledge among the many religions of today. But think—if it is God’s will that people should come to an accurate knowledge of truth, would he unfairly conceal it from them? Not according to the Bible, which says: “If you search for [God], he will let himself be found by you.”—1 Chronicles 28:9. How does God make himself known to those who sincerely search for him? The next article will provide the answer.

28 years back and around that time I was baptized and I grew up with that mentality, that you can demand scriptural evidence and logic reasoning for all JW doctrines. At that time I was satisfied with all the explanations, because I did not know the Bible so well. The year I was baptized there was for example such advise speaking against blind trust towards theocratic authority: https://wol.jw.org/en/wol/d/r1/lp-e/1988247#h=1:0-30:49 “Test the Inspired Expressions” What about the authority in the Christian congregation? Since those in responsible positions are appointed by the operation of the holy spirit and they base their counsel and admonition on the Word of God, we can be sure that obeying duly appointed authority in the Christian congregation is appropriate. (Acts 20:28; Hebrews 13:17) But it does not mean that we obey such authority without giving due consideration to what is being said. Why? The apostle John offered this counsel: “Do not believe every inspired expression, but test the inspired expressions to see whether they originate with God.” (1 John 4:1) This does not mean that we should be suspicious of everything others tell us. Rather, we bear in mind Paul’s words at Galatians 1:8: “Even if we or an angel out of heaven were to declare to you as good news something beyond what we declared to you as good news, let him be accursed.” Is the information before us different from what we have been taught through “the faithful and discreet slave”? Is the person spreading that message speaking to honor the name of Jehovah, or is he trying to exalt himself? Is the information in harmony with the overall teachings of the Bible? These are questions that will help us in ‘testing’ anything that may sound questionable. We are admonished to “make sure of all things; hold fast to what is fine.”—Matthew 24:45; 1 Thessalonians 5:21. (...........) The Wisest Choice Jehovah does not expect us to show blind credulity. He does not want from us the kind of obedience that a trainer gets from a beast with a bridle or a whip. That is why he told David: “Do not make yourselves like a horse or mule without understanding, whose spiritedness is to be curbed even by bridle or halter.” (Psalm 32:9) Rather, Jehovah has endowed us with thinking ability and discernment so that, based on understanding, we can choose to obey him. (End of quote) And articles like this made the impression that the GB and the JW leadership lives as they teach. Like the last statements in the first article. "Don’t be fooled by invalid appeals to “authority,” urgings to ‘join the crowd’, either/or reasoning, or gross oversimplifications—especially when something as vital as religious truth is involved. Check all the facts, or as the Bible puts it, “make sure of all things.”— But now the GB does not encourage us to examine their claims or doctrines. Instead they claim that Jehovah and Jesus trust them, so should we. Every body could claim that God and Jesus is on their side, and require to be trusted. Here is the famous article that blatantly announces that we should trust the Governing Body. That breaks totally away from the previous mindset that was promoted not to blindly trust even theochratic authority. https://wol.jw.org/en/wol/d/r1/lp-e/2009123#h=5:0-26:554 "Should not individual members of the anointed and the “other sheep” trust the slave appointed over them? There are many reasons why the slave class deserves our trust. Two outstanding reasons are: (1) Jehovah trusts the slave class. (2) Jesus also trusts the slave. Let us examine the evidence that both Jehovah God and Jesus Christ have complete confidence in the faithful and discreet slave." And the evidence they provide is that the organization has grown to its current greatness and that members preach and that they publish publications about biblical matters. That I would call Fallacy number 5: OVERSIMPLIFICATION It does not answer any questions we could have concerning specific teachings of the GB. I would claim that in some key aspects the "light" has gone darker instead of brighter the past 30 years. That is really sad.

I had to go back 28 years to find that good article on how not to be fooled by false statments or doctrines. The article does not make a single reference to the Govering Body. Instead it can be used to examine the truthfulness of the Governing Body and their teachings, to sort out which of their doctrines and statments are worthy of confidence. And the material can be applied here on this forum also because we share our different opinions here. I would say that the article in itself is very well written, and I could surely not manage to write my self a such article. https://wol.jw.org/en/wol/d/r1/lp-e/101990365#h=1:0-33:132 Five Common Fallacies—Don’t Be Fooled by Them! "LET no man deceive you with empty words.”* This advice was given nearly 2,000 years ago and still rings as true as ever. Today, we are bombarded with persuasive voices: movie stars peddling cosmetics, politicians promoting policies, salesmen pushing products, clergymen expounding doctrine. All too often the persuasive voices prove to be deceptive—little more than empty words. Yet, people in general are easily mislead by them. Often this is because people fail to distinguish truth from fallacy. Students of logic use the word “fallacy” to describe any departure from the path of sound reasoning. Simply stated, a fallacy is a misleading or unsound argument, one in which the conclusion does not follow from preceding statements, or premises. Fallacies may, nevertheless, be powerfully persuasive because they often make a strong appeal to the emotions—not to reason. A key to avoiding deception is knowing the workings of fallacy. Let us therefore take a look at five common ones, with a view to sharpening our God-given “power of reason.”—Romans 12:1. FALLACY NUMBER 1 Attacking the Person This type of fallacy attempts to disprove or discredit a perfectly valid argument or statement by making an irrelevant attack on the person presenting it. Consider an example from the Bible. Jesus Christ once endeavored to enlighten others regarding his coming death and resurrection. These were new and difficult concepts for his listeners. But rather than weigh the merits of Jesus’ teachings, some attacked Jesus himself, saying: “He has a demon and is mad. Why do you listen to him?”—John 10:20; compare Acts 26:24, 25. How easy it is to label someone “stupid,” “crazy,” or “uninformed” when he or she says something we don’t want to hear. A similar tactic is to attack the person with a subtle dose of innuendo. Typical examples of this are: “If you really understood the matter, you wouldn’t have that point of view” or, “You only believe that because you’re told to believe it.” But while personal attacks, subtle and not so subtle, may intimidate and persuade, never do they disprove what has been said. So be alert to this fallacy! FALLACY NUMBER 2 Appealing to Authority This form of verbal intimidation is accomplished by invoking the testimonials of so-called experts or famous people. Of course, for advice it is only natural to look to people who know more about something than we do. But not all appeals to authority are based on sound reasoning. Suppose your doctor tells you: “You have malaria.” You reply: “How do you know, doctor?” How unreasonable it would be for him to say: “Look, I am a doctor. I know far more about these things than you do. Take my word for it, you have malaria.” While his diagnosis is likely correct, reasoning that you have malaria simply because he says so is fallacious. It would be far more advantageous for him to discuss the facts: your symptoms, blood-test results, and so forth. Another example of an intimidating appeal to authority is described at John 7:32-49. There we learn that police officers were sent to arrest Jesus Christ. They were so impressed by his teaching, however, that rather than arrest him, they told their superiors: “Never has another man spoken like this.” In reply, Jesus’ enemies said: “You have not been misled also, have you? Not one of the rulers or of the Pharisees has put faith in him, has he?” Note that no attempt was made to refute Jesus’ teaching. Rather, the Jewish leaders appealed to their own authority as “experts” in the Law of Moses as the reason to disregard whatever Jesus said. Interestingly, clergymen today are known to resort to similar tactics when unable to prove from the Bible such teachings as the Trinity, the immortality of the soul, and hellfire. Invalid appeals to authority also abound in advertising, where celebrities commonly give testimonials in fields far removed from their area of expertise. A successful golfer encourages you to buy a photocopying machine. A professional football player promotes refrigerators. An Olympic gymnast recommends a certain breakfast cereal. Many do not stop and think that such “authorities” probably know little or nothing about the products they peddle. Realize, too, that even legitimate experts—like everyone else—may be biased. A highly credentialed researcher may claim that smoking tobacco is harmless. But if he or she is employed by the tobacco industry, is not such “expert” testimony suspect? FALLACY NUMBER 3 ‘Join the Crowd’ Here the appeal is to popular emotions, prejudices, and beliefs. People generally like to conform. We tend to shrink at the thought of speaking out against prevailing opinions. This tendency to view the majority opinion as automatically correct is used with potent effect in the ‘join-the-crowd’ fallacy. For example, an advertisement in a popular U.S. magazine showed a number of smiling people, each enjoying a glass of rum. Accompanying the picture was the slogan: “It’s What’s Happening. All across America, people are switching to . . . rum.” This is a blatant appeal to ‘join the crowd.’ But while others may think or do something, does that mean you should? Besides, popular opinion just isn’t a reliable barometer of truth. Over the centuries all kinds of ideas have been popularly accepted, only to be proved wrong later. Yet, the ‘join-the-crowd’ fallacy persists. The rallying cry, ‘Everybody is doing it!’ moves people to take drugs, commit adultery, steal from employers, and cheat on taxes. The fact is, everybody doesn’t do those things. And even if they did, that would be no reason for you to do so. The advice given at Exodus 23:2 thus serves as a good general rule of conduct: “You must not follow after the crowd for evil ends.” FALLACY NUMBER 4 Either/Or Reasoning This fallacy reduces what may be a wide range of options to only two. For example, a person may be told: ‘Either you accept a blood transfusion or you will die.’ Jehovah’s Witnesses often run into such reasoning because of their Bible-based decision to ‘abstain from blood’ in any form. (Acts 15:29) The weakness of this line of reasoning? It excludes other valid possibilities. The facts show that there are alternative treatments, and most operations can be performed successfully without blood. Skilled doctors often operate with a minimal loss of blood. Another possibility is the use of nonblood fluids, plasma volume expanders.* Furthermore, many have taken blood transfusions and died. By the same token, many have refused blood and lived. The hole in the either/or reasoning is thus a gaping one. So when presented with either/or reasoning, ask yourself, ‘Are there really only two possible choices? Might there be others?’ FALLACY NUMBER 5 Oversimplification Here a statement or argument ignores relevant considerations, oversimplifying what may be a complex issue. Granted, there is nothing wrong in simplifying a complicated subject—good teachers do it all the time. But sometimes a matter is simplified to the point of distorting truth. For example, you may read: ‘Rapid population growth is the cause of poverty in developing countries.’ There’s an element of truth in that, but it ignores other important considerations, such as political mismanagement, commercial exploitation, and weather patterns. Oversimplification has resulted in many misunderstandings when it comes to God’s Word, the Bible. Consider, for example, the account at Acts 16:30, 31. There a jailer asked a question about salvation. Paul answered: “Believe on the Lord Jesus and you will get saved.” Many have concluded from this that simple mental acceptance of Jesus is therefore all that is required for salvation! This is an oversimplification. True, belief in Jesus as our Ransomer is essential. But it is also necessary to believe what Jesus taught and commanded, to acquire a full understanding of Bible truths. This is shown by the fact that Paul and Silas subsequently “spoke the word of Jehovah to [the jailer] together with all those in his house.” (Acts 16:32) Salvation also involves obedience. Paul later showed this when he wrote that Jesus “became responsible for everlasting salvation to all those obeying him.”—Hebrews 5:9. An ancient proverb says: “Anyone inexperienced puts faith in every word, but the shrewd one considers his steps.” (Proverbs 14:15) So don’t fall for fallacies. Learn to differentiate between legitimate attacks on what is said and cheap attacks on personalities. Don’t be fooled by invalid appeals to “authority,” urgings to ‘join the crowd’, either/or reasoning, or gross oversimplifications—especially when something as vital as religious truth is involved. Check all the facts, or as the Bible puts it, “make sure of all things.”—

What about Pol Pot? I once saw a terrifying documentary showing piles of sculls.

@Arauna "James - I am living in Sweden at present. Next year we are moving to Georgia.... I have already started to learn the language. Stopped learning Swedish. It is sufficient to get by for now. " That is interesting, l am also living in Sweden. And I have also been learning arabic. My parents are in a Arabic congregation in Eskilstuna. May I ask you where is the arabic congregation you attend? If it is sensitive to reveal it here post me at my e-mail at byggjn@gmail.com I live in Skärholmen. I think there is also a arabic congregation still.

@Witness Hi witness, I did not find any fault in your post above. Except that I don't believe much what doxey writes. And you wrote: "This is how Satan successfully deceives, by giving us bits and pieces of truth to help an individual on the edge of falling into his trap, become prepped to swallow his lies through his agents. 2 Cor 11:4,13-15" But is it not just that would happen if I begun taking in what doxey writes?

@James Thomas Rook Jr. The event at Armageddon is still in the future. But even if Armageddon was tomorow 2300 days backwards would get you back only about 6 years.

@TrueTomHarley Tom, what is important is the truth. We used to say 'we are in the truth'. That is why we go and preach to bring people to the truth. It is not about bringing people to the organization. That is not the main point. But it is the truth. Is it not the reason you got baptized? We did not dedicate ourselves to an organization but to God. Right? Has not the organization taught us to think in that way? But now when the GB demands that we blindly trust them, it should ring alarm bells for us. What will you do when the GB is taken out? Were will you go? Then you will have to find some wise and discreet slaves elsewhere. And their understanding will be quite different from the current understanding of all the end time prophecies. Especially the Revelation book. The events there did not begin in 1914. The earliest I can think of is 2010. But the rest of events of the Revelation book that still remain will not go for decads. It will be in a much shorter and intensive way. Especially during the 1260 days that the Revelation book speaks about.

The 1335 days from Armageddon backwards does not reach that far back. Daniel also speaks about 2300 days. But that is also too little to reach back to WW2. Those wars where just like wars in the past history. Nothing extraordinary. The world population has grown exponentially since then. Daniel8:13 And I heard a holy one speaking, and another holy one said to the one speaking: “How long will the vision of the constant feature* and of the transgression causing desolation continue,+ to make both the holy place and the army things to trample on?” 14 So he said to me: “Until 2,300 evenings and mornings; and the holy place will certainly be restored to its right condition.”

@James Thomas Rook Jr. Don't worry about swimming. Revelation 12 talks about flying.13 Now when the dragon saw that it had been hurled down to the earth,+ it persecuted the woman+who gave birth to the male child. 14 But the two wings of the great eagle+ were given to the woman, so that she might fly into the wilderness to her place, where she is to be fed for a time and times and half a time*+ away from the face of the serpent.+ Here the woman represents the congregation of Jehovah's witnesses. Soon the persecution will begin and it will be wise to flee together somewhere until Goog attacks.

@JOHN BUTLER John, the WT publications are often helpful to gain understanding of the Biblical truth. I still often check the online Jw library. But I do not just swollow the explanation. I check with the scriptures I remember that are related to the subject and what is important is to pray for God's guidance. That helps to see things better. I would say that it is impossible to learn correctly without prayer. Satan is there lurking all the time to mislead us when we read the Bible. If we don't pray for protection and God's guidance, then our mind is open for Satan to twist up the scriptures. The individuals in the great crowd are evidently men and women of God, so I would surely apply 2 Timothy 3:16 on them also. Revelation7:14 “These are the ones who come out of the great tribulation,+ and they have washed their robes and made them white in the blood of the Lamb.+ 15 That is why they are before the throne of God, and they are rendering him sacred service day and night in his temple; and the One seated on the throne+ will spread his tent over them.+ And anointed as well as individuals of the great crowd are able to be of the kind John wrote about: 1John2:10 The one who loves his brother remains in the light,+ and in him there is no cause for stumbling.

@James Thomas Rook Jr. WW2 does not interfer with this prophecy because it is not included in the Revelation book. You can easily determine that from the fact that Revelation 12 and 13 speaks about 1260 days and 42 months. And that period corresponds to the same as in Daniel. For example in Daniel 12 you find that same period. So all the scriptures that speak about 1260, 1290, 1335, 42 months, time times and half a time (3 and half years) are speaking of the ultimate last days and has nothing to do with 1914 or 1938 or 1975. Daniel12: 6 Then one said to the man clothed in linen,+ who was up above the waters of the stream: “How long will it be to the end of these marvelous things?” 7 Then I heard the man clothed in linen, who was up above the waters of the stream, as he raised his right hand and his left hand to the heavens and swore by the One who is alive forever:+ “It will be for an appointed time, appointed times, and half a time.* As soon as the dashing to pieces of the power of the holy people comes to an end,+ all these things will come to their finish.” So it is safe to say that the end time prophecies are about the final few years and not final decades of this system of things. According to my research events in Revelation begun in 2010. They are related to Revelation chapter 8 and forward.

@JOHN BUTLER Ok, that is a good begining. Then the next thing is to examine the Holy Scriptures. And before I got the anointing I never thought that the Bible was written only to the anointed. And I still do not think that. So this idea is maybe promoted by the GB so that the other sheep would not bother to check with the Bible if GB explains the Bible right. 2Timothy3:16 All Scripture is inspired of God+and beneficial for teaching,+ for reproving, for setting things straight,* for disciplining in righteousness,+17 so that the man of God may be fully competent, completely equipped for every good work. I was pioneer for 5 years and not anointed and we pioneers were always taught to reason with people using scriptures. So worldy people should be able to understand scriptures even not being baptized. We had the Reasoning-book for ministry also. So what prevents you to understand the Bible? If you first pray to Jehovah for guidance and then you ask an anointed to show you from the Bible the answer, then you should be able to understand if the answer is true or just twisting of scriptures. And you should never become a follower of men or women who are anointed because we can be mistaken. You should always remain only as Jesus' disciple. Jesus is the way, the truth and the life. But on the other hand you will surely enjoy and benefit to be in company with good anointed christians. But make sure to always check if the anointed really explain the Bible correctly. You should never trust an anointed on face value. I as anointed would not be happy if you believed every thing I say without checking first with the Bible and reasoning making a logic conclusion. Like prophecies, you can not find the answer in the Bible who exactly is for example Babylon the Great. That must be compared with existing entities and an examination must be made to see wich entity fit the description we find in the Bible. Can we argee on that?

That would be good when Jehovah's witnesses will have to flee to a wilderness. If all could do that without visa application. For example if all would flee to very sparsely populated Far North Queensland in Australia.

Arauna, you use words that you will not be able to "buy and sell". Do you see any connection to Revelation 13:16 It puts under compulsion all people—the small and the great, the rich and the poor, the free and the slaves—that these should be marked on their right hand or on their forehead,+ 17 and that nobody can buy or sell except a person having the mark, the name+ of the wild beast or the number of its name

Have you prayed about the matter?

This news website reports on the situation in Paris and tells that Paris was mostly shut down on Saturday. Like a city struck and crippled for the moment. Yes this could well be the fatal wound predicted in God's word in Revelation 13:3. If it really is that then we know exactly were we are on the prophetic timeline. And we can read in the prophetic word what will come next. I would advise all of us to prepare our selves for what is to come. https://www.forbes.com/sites/ceciliarodriguez/2018/12/08/paris-closes-tourist-sites-deploys-water-canons-and-armored-vehicles-against-violent-protests/ Revelation 13:3: I saw that one of its heads seemed to have been fatally wounded, but its mortal wound had been healed,+ and all the earth followed the wild beast with admiration. 4 And they worshipped the dragon because it gave the authority to the wild beast, and they worshipped the wild beast with the words: “Who is like the wild beast, and who can do battle with it?” 5 It was given a mouth speaking great things and blasphemies, and it was given authority to act for 42 months.+ 6 And it opened its mouth in blasphemies+ against God to blaspheme his name and his dwelling place, even those residing in heaven.+ Glory and thanks to God Jehovah that he has told in his word what events will lead to the take over of his Kingdom.

Hi John Butler, what do you think of my posts? Because I am doing my best to open up scriptures here on this forum. And I confess do be one of the anointed.

Here is what the globalist publication The Economist has to say about the riots against president Macron and his party.

The planned protests in USA have just fizzled out. Nothing remarkable has developed from that. BUT it is just the opposite in France now. There are extremely widespread demonstrations and riots. And they say they will overthrow the government. That could really fit the predicted "death-stroke" and "fatal wound" in Revelation 13 to one of the seven heads of the wild beast. Watch out for the prophecy and its fulfillment. Because what will follow according to the Bible will affect everyone on earth. Namely when the wildbeast is healed from the fatal wound, everyone will be persecuted who will not worship the beast. https://www.jw.org/en/publications/bible/study-bible/books/revelation/13/

Look how blind God's servant was in the past. Looks like the same repeats time and again. (I try hard that I would not fall for the same error, by following Jesus' words as much as I can). Isaiah 42:18 Listen, you who are deaf; Look and see, you who are blind.19 Who is blind except my servant, So deaf as the messenger I send? Who is so blind as the one rewarded, So blind as the servant of Jehovah? 20 You see many things, but you do not keep watch.You open your ears, but you do not listen. 21 For the sake of his righteousness, Jehovah has taken pleasure in magnifying the law and making it glorious.22 But this is a people plundered and pillaged; All of them are trapped in the holes and hidden in the prisons. They have been plundered with no one to rescue them, And pillaged with no one to say: “Bring them back!”23 Who among you will hear this? Who will pay attention and listen for the time to come?24 Who has given Jacob for pillage And Israel to the plunderers? Is it not Jehovah, the One against whom we sinned? In His ways they refused to walk, And His law they would not obey. 25 So He kept pouring out on him wrath, His anger and the fury of war. It consumed everything around him, but he paid no attention. It blazed up against him, but he would not take it to heart.

Hi Witness, I am not specifically targeting you. I am trying to alert people against such wrong interpretations that obscure the true meanning of very important end time prophecies. And I have encountered such erroneous interpretations on several forums and websites sadly. When JWs and former JWs get it wrong God Jehovah has to use "wordly" sources to get the word out.