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- 2 days ago
- Forum: Bible Doctrines
- Topic: Revelation – Where we are in the stream of time
- Replies: 114
- Views: 16048
Re: Revelation – Where we are in the stream of time
CI wrote: Revelation describes the US as a beast with two horns like a lamb that began speaking like a dragon. I'm aware that the Watchtower organization presents this understanding of the two horned wild beast of Revelation 13. What I am curious about here LRW is exactly why YOU would promote it? Y...
- 1 week ago
- Forum: Bible Doctrines
- Topic: WHEN Will the Lord Return? (Matthew 24)
- Replies: 1
- Views: 106
Re: WHEN Will the Lord Return? (Matthew 24)
There's a lot to unpack here with this post of yours lamesa; so I would like to simply begin with your initial statement in this case. lamesa wrote: "It should be plain that the Bible nowhere clearly predicts the time of Christ's return." The first thing that comes to my mind when I encoun...
- 1 week ago
- Forum: Bible Doctrines
- Topic: The Spiritual Kingdom: How to Understand the Book of Revelation
- Replies: 13
- Views: 439
Re: The Spiritual Kingdom: How to Understand the Book of Revelation
lamesa wrote: Respectfully, I do not wish to debate prophecies. My intent was to show there are other opinions, which, in the case of the one I presented, is still in print after 150 years. Yes lamesa, just as the name of this website suggests the objective here is to discuss the scriptures with the...
- 1 week ago
- Forum: Bible Doctrines
- Topic: The Spiritual Kingdom: How to Understand the Book of Revelation
- Replies: 13
- Views: 439
Re: The Spiritual Kingdom: How to Understand the Book of Revelation
lamesa wrote: As x-JWs, we were totally uneducated about what the Christian church has been teaching for 2,000 years. So, for those interested in a fresh, spiritual understanding of how to read the Book of Revelation, this excerpt is offered. A link to the full work is at the end. Wanted to share so...
- 2 weeks ago
- Forum: Bible Doctrines
- Topic: Am I Forgiven?
- Replies: 11
- Views: 646
Re: Am I Forgiven?
The first thing we need to do in order to even BEGIN to understand what is being conveyed in Romans 6:1-7 is to factor in its setting. This is a setting that simply DOES NOT APPLY to us in the time period we find ourselves in even also at this very moment. In stark contrast with the situation WE cur...
- 3 weeks ago
- Forum: Bible Doctrines
- Topic: Am I Forgiven?
- Replies: 11
- Views: 646
Re: Am I Forgiven?
First of all, based on these verses in Romans alone it should be rather clear that the Bible is ultimately speaking of more than one kind of death, and by extension more than one kind of resurrection. What is more, the deeper one would earnestly and prayerfully delve into the scriptures the more the...
- 3 weeks ago
- Forum: General News
- Topic: Food shortages
- Replies: 5
- Views: 681
Re: Food shortages
The way I see it is that true leaders lead by example. If world leaders would insist that we need to start eating bugs, then they should start doing that very thing themselves. If they would insist that the worlds population should be reduced to 500,000,000 or so, (as they openly state on the "...
- 3 weeks ago
- Forum: JW News
- Topic: Change on Adultery
- Replies: 13
- Views: 3173
Re: Change on Adultery
Experiences like the one you shared here (vintage) seem to be increasingly common with the organization, even though I have not had any direct contact with it for around 8 years now. Every time I hear of them I'm reminded of scriptures like Jeremiah 8:11 that speaks of this ..."breakdown of the...
- 3 weeks ago
- Forum: Bible Doctrines
- Topic: Am I Forgiven?
- Replies: 11
- Views: 646
Re: Am I Forgiven?
As I have already demonstrated with the scriptures, any logical thought sequence in connection with them quickly exposes serious problems with the current teachings on this topic of divine redemption from sin and its deadly consequences that were delineated for humankind from the very start. (Ge 2:1...
- 3 weeks ago
- Forum: Bible Doctrines
- Topic: Am I Forgiven?
- Replies: 11
- Views: 646
Re: Am I Forgiven?
Thanks for the heads up on that CI. I did actually see that post but it appeared to me for some reason that lamesa had continued at least momentarily to continue posting, so I wasn't quite sure what to make of it. Perhaps I was mistaken. Anyway since this is certainly an important Bible topic my int...