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  1. JayJayDee

    JW's Preach A Different Gospel

    I agree. The kingdom was something Jesus told us to pray for, so it was yet future when he walked the earth. When he told the Pharisees that "the kingdom of God is within you" (or in your midst) he was telling them that as the appointed king of God's kingdom, he was right there among them, but...
  2. JayJayDee

    JW's Preach A Different Gospel

    Am I wrong to assume that English is not your first language? I am having difficulty with your phrasing, so I am sorry but I have no idea what your point was in all of that. Why do you place such an emphasis on Russell when we do not? We understand and appreciate his efforts in the bog...
  3. JayJayDee

    JW's Preach A Different Gospel

    You do understand that the Watchtower is a Bible Society, don't you? We are Jehovah's Witnesses. We use the Watchtower to print our literature. Please understand what it is you are talking about. What are the roots of your own belief system? Do you know? No...the end did not come in...
  4. JayJayDee

    JW's Preach A Different Gospel

    Was there a purpose to this at all? If you have read anything from JW's on this forum you would know that we have progressed from our early ideas about many things. This is all ancient history to us. We do not see these early writings as anything but the stirrings of the spirit in beginning to...
  5. JayJayDee

    Watchtower Governing Body: Are They The Exclusive Channel For God??

    Hebrews 13:7, 17...."Remember your leaders, who spoke God’s message to you; reflect on the outcome of their lives and imitate their faith......Obey your leaders and submit to them, for they keep watch over your souls and will give an account for their work. Let them do this with joy and not with...
  6. JayJayDee

    JW's Jesus is Archangel Michael?

    Which translation are you using? 1 Thessalonians 4:16......"For the Lord himself will descend from heaven with a cry of command, with the voice of an archangel, and with the sound of the trumpet of God. And the dead in Christ will rise first." (ESV) 1 Thessalonians 4:16...."because the Lord...
  7. JayJayDee

    JW's Jesus is Archangel Michael?

    Well, they are the teachings that Christendom forced into scripture which, if they hadn't, you would never have come to believe them from reading the scriptures alone. They are not plain as day at all....they have been made to appear to be. I agree, people who wear labels win no Brownie points...
  8. JayJayDee

    JW's Jesus is Archangel Michael?

    That is probably because man made it up. :rolleyes:
  9. JayJayDee

    JW's Jesus is Archangel Michael?

    OMG! "You will become pregnant" means what? If you had bothered to see the footnote (see asterisk after the word "pregnant") you would see that it says "conceive in your womb". Since the revised NWT is about plain and simple language for today's readers, it simply says "become pregnant". The...
  10. JayJayDee

    JW's Jesus is Archangel Michael?

    If that were true, then you would reject all those teachings that you hold...every one of them was introduced by Christendom from outside the Christian faith. They were first formulated by Roman Catholicism and carried over into Protestantism, though I see you downgrade the Catholic religion...
  11. JayJayDee

    JW's Jesus is Archangel Michael?

    Since Gabriel said that Mary would "conceive in her womb"....I think you are operating on another false assumption.
  12. JayJayDee

    JW's Jesus is Archangel Michael?

    Fingers in both ears whistling Dixie.....end of story? I don't think so. Jesus was a "ransom" because he did not share our sinfulness....do you understand that? He was the "last Adam" because his life corresponded to Adam's....sinless. He did not have to be God to offer his life....all he had...
  13. JayJayDee

    JW's Jesus is Archangel Michael?

    Excuse me? Jesus had no earthly father.....so what popped into Mary's womb? He was conceived by holy spirit as the Bible plainly says. How do you come to this conclusion?
  14. JayJayDee

    JW's Jesus is Archangel Michael?

    Since he was born of a human mother, in the correct family line, in the designated place....he most definitely was human in every respect. As the last Adam, his life had to equal Adam's in value. This is why we had to be the "son of man" in order to pay the ransom. A perfect, sinless life had to...
  15. JayJayDee

    JW's Jesus is Archangel Michael?

    Funny you should describe your own situation so well. Despite all the evidence presented to you...you still choose to believe Christendom's version of Christianity and rationalise why your churches fail to preach...why they get involved in politics, wars and bloodshed....and why they tolerate...
  16. JayJayDee

    JW's Jesus is Archangel Michael?

    There is something missing in your assessment of Jesus' humanity. Most people assume that Jesus was immortal in heaven before his human birth, but the truth is no other being in existence possessed immortality except God himself originally. Consider that the Creator had spirit beings in heaven...
  17. JayJayDee

    "I said," ye are gods? Christians Only, Please!

    Thank you for your reply. Just curious about the first part with Adam and his wife being spirits in heaven before being created on earth. This is something that is only in the BoM, is it not? I cannot find this belief in the Bible. Can you give me a reason why spirits need to come to earth to...
  18. JayJayDee

    JW's Preach A Different Gospel

    We haven't actually made any prophesies. We have anticipated the fulfilment of one prophesy...the "presence" of our Lord Jesus Christ and all of the signs he gave that would indicate that he was ruling in his kingdom. These are found in Matt 24:3-14. We always think it strange when people make...
  19. JayJayDee

    "I said," ye are gods? Christians Only, Please!

    Can you tell me what you believe about the purpose of Adam and Eve's creation? Do you believe that they existed in heaven before being created from the dust on earth? Was Jesus then "the son of God" or was he just a good human who came from heaven to fulfil a role or purpose? In what sense is...
  20. JayJayDee

    JW's Jesus is Archangel Michael?

    Yes he was called "son of man" because he was....fully human born of a human mother in miraculous circumstances. He inherited no sin from her. That wasn't because she was sinless...it was because God's spirit was responsible for his conception. By means known only to himself, God transferred the...
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