The Librarian

I would guess that he was holding a Russian Orthodox Bible?

@Bible Speaks I will move this to the Post a Photo category for you.

This is in response to the major natural disaster:

Jehovah’s Witnesses are among the hundreds of thousands from the Central African Republic who have fled to neighboring countries to escape violent ethnic and religious conflicts.

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See more about the genocide happening there right now in this news category:

https://www.theworldnewsmedia.org/forum/442-central-african-republic/

The immediate response from the branch office after the tragedy provided comfort and reassurance to both Witnesses and non-Witnesses shaken by the event.

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Original news report:

King Manasseh practiced magic, worshipped false gods, and killed innocent people. Yet Jehovah was willing to forgive him. What does this account teach us about forgiveness?

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Reasoning from the Scriptures provides a satisfactory answer to this question.

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Die leitende Körperschaft von Jehovas Zeugen ist sehr besorgt um unsere Brüder und Schwestern in Venezuela, da sich die Lebens­bedingungen dort weiter verschlechtern.

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König Manasse baute Altäre für Baal, trieb Magie, betete falsche Götter an und tötete unschuldige Menschen. Trotzdem war Jehova bereit ihm zu vergeben. Was lernen wir aus seiner Geschichte über Vergebung?

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Die überraschend einfache Antwort der Bibel.

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Francais

David Splane explains the overlapping generation again via JW Broadcasting September 2015 

The cutoff date for this generation has now moved to 1992 (was once 1935), the year that Fred Franz died. Therefore now is not the time to become weary - the end is right around the corner.

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We understand that in mentioning “this generation,” Jesus was referring to two groups of anointed Christians. The first group was on hand in 1914, and they readily discerned the sign of Christ’s presence in that year. Those who made up this group were not merely alive in 1914, but they were spirit-anointed as sons of God in or before that year.

w14 1/15 p. 31 par. 15

16 The second group included in “this generation” are anointed contemporaries of the first group. They were not simply alive during the lifetime of those in the first group, but they were anointed with holy spirit during the time that those of the first group were still on earth. Thus, not every anointed person today is included in “this generation” of whom Jesus spoke. Today, those in this second group are themselves advancing in years.

w14 1/15 p. 31 par. 16

See previous explanations on the page for Matthew 24.  ( @JW Insider)

Here is a more detailed chart

Overlapping Generation Mathematical Formula

This was sent to me in an email by a brother from Germany. Has anyone tried plugging in different dates to see the results? Is it a fair representation of what David Splane explained? 

It is now literally possible to explain the potential length of the “overlapping generation” with a formula like the following one where X? and X? represent two different (overlapping) groups of anointed persons.

Generation (X?+X?) <= 1914+?[A?]-?[A?]+?[A?]-?[A?]-x

This formula is applicable where A? and A? are symbols referring to anointed persons qualified to be in group one and two, respectively. ?[A?] (lambda of A?) refers to the lifespan of the person in the first group, and ?[A?] (alpha of A?) refers to the age at which A? is said to have been anointed. A person qualifying for inclusion in the second group (A?), must not only be born, but must already be anointed, in or before the year A? dies. We must also consider the following two limiting factors: First, the maximum length of a lifespan (?) usually put in a range from 99 to 119 years. Second, the minimum age at which one may be considered to be anointed (?), put in a range from 10 to 20 years. And, finally, we must subtract x, the number of full years that the lifespan of A? overlapped with A?. If A? happened to be born in the same year that A? died, then this x=0.

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I wonder if she is one of the Anointed ones?

Part of me still thinking of the "this generation will by no means pass away" belief we used to have before the overlapping generations current model.

What do you think @JW Insider?

I think it is obvious that he was being sarcastic. Geez people.

@Gone Fishing I agree that "power" is oversimplified. 

Too often in our explanations or illustrations of Holy Spirit we have used electricity as an analogy which is an oversimplification.

Very sad....