Jack Ryan

This date is important for our calculations of the Messianic Kingdom.

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“I am sending for all the families of the north,” declares Jehovah, “sending for King Nebuchadnezzar of Babylon, my servant, and I will bring them against this land and against its inhabitants and against all these surrounding nations. ... And these nations will have to serve the king of Babylon for 70 years.”  -  Jeremiah 25:9, 11

 

Is there good support for our use of this year archaeologically and historically speaking?

S-331-E.pdf

1925-Message-Of-Hope.pdf from page 141 of the 1988 Revelation Climax book. Page 3 starts the reprint shown in the Golden Age Magazine.

2015-9-S-384-E (1).pdf

Circuit Overseer Guidelines (tg-E) October 2015.pdf

S-326-E-1.pdf

C-20151230SFTSF-E.pdf

S-337a-16-E.pdf

S-317-E.pdf

S-319b-16-E.pdf

S-335-16-E.pdf

S-312-16-E_Combined.pdf

S-341a-16-E.pdf

2016-Working-Together-Safely-DC-82-E_Bi[1].pdf

If we should "get out of Babylon the Great" then why is it ok to go into hospitals that have been set up, and have funding from Churches? Such as Mercy hospitals or Catholic Healthcare West or Methodist hospitals etc....

Isnt that a little contradictory or hypocritical?

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Watchtower 1981 Mar 1 pp.24-26
"Witnesses of Jehovah understand that the "slave" is comprised of all anointed Christians as a group on earth at any given time during the 19 centuries since Pentecost. Accordingly, the "domestics" are these followers of Christ as individuals.
Some readers may feel that this is a rather sectarian view of matters. Or they may object to the idea that the "slave" and the "domestics" represent the same class, one as a composite body and the other as individuals. The objectors may argue that not all of Christ's anointed disciples have a share in preparing the spiritual food, so that perhaps the "slave" pictures only the leading ones, and the "domestics" those they serve in the congregation.
There is no point in trying to force an interpretation of the parable. Self-deception is of no benefit and is spiritually damaging. Therefore, we must look to the Scriptures for an understanding. In doing this, what do we find? [ ... ] Thus we see a clear Scriptural basis for saying that all anointed followers of Christ Jesus make up God's "servant," with Jesus as its Master."

recently changed to:

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w16 Jan p.26 par.16
16 Not all who have the heavenly hope are part of “the faithful and discreet slave.” (Matt. 24:45-47) As in the first century, Jehovah and Jesus today are feeding many through the hands of a few. Only a few anointed Christians in the first century were used to write the Christian Greek Scriptures. Similarly today, only a few anointed Christians have been appointed to provide spiritual “food at the proper time.”

I think we stopped using "New Order" about 5 years ago or so officially.

When the word "forever" in the Bible doesn't actually mean "endless"

I think I remember hearing a brother talk about this one time.

Immortality is different than eternal life.

30 years is a long time in the life of a human yet little is written about this time frame,l wonder why?
 

Was it because of excessive profit? or just profit?

So a non-profit money changer could have continued?

I keep getting corrected on this one....... figured it would be nice to know exactly why.

Jesus's quote "You know a tree by it's fruit"