Posted by Bibleman [Bibleman] on November 27, 1999 at 09:32:20 {nwG7wj0NI.f9UnUPxURUslyACFuF8c}:
In Reply to: *Watchtower posted by practicus on November 27, 1999 at 07:02:17:
Hi Practicus,
That organization has already been started. Remember, "new wine into new wineskins..."; The old organization would not be ready for the new truths of the Coming Messiah and so he starts a new organization, but....
It's a SECRET organization at first. The woman flies into the "wilderness" (mening underground), which is "out of the sight of the dragon", meaning it is a secret organization that is started. A new wine organization.
So it's not that the WTS didn't serve as the temple-class organization. But you must keep up. It's GB was prophesied to apostasize and thus would be abandoned and so Jehovah does have anther arrangement for the faithful witnesses.
In the meantime, you should look up and see there is no holy spirit behind the Watchtower now. They are claiming Jesus died on Nisan 14th which is a lie. They teach you the 70-year exile began in the 19th year, which is a lie. And they want you to think that the 70-weeks prophecy was fulfilled by Nehemiah's rebuilding of the wall which only took 52 days.
So excuse me if I just point out this brief observation, and that is that witnesses who think all is well, usually are not paying much attention to the details nor care about those details, since they think Jehovah will automatically correct everything through the organization.
So why not focus on the FALSE TEACHINGS? Even Christendom teaches some truths as well. It's not about the teachings that just happen to be true, it's about the FALSE TEACHINGS. And they have many now. Clearly exposed. And of course, 1914 is a confirmed wrong date even secularly now, so they are holding onto out-of-date secular dating and ignoring the Bible.
Cheers,
Bibleman