Witness1970

I don't think the years mean much. Babylon destroyed Jerusalem in 607 BCE (which is shown in the picture), but Babylon conquered Assyria several years earlier. Even before Babylon destroyed Jerusalem, Babylon was in control of Jerusalem. The destruction of Jerusalem was significant, but Babylon was exerting its power earlier than that. Medo-Persia conquered Babylon in 539 BCE but was not conquered by Greece until 321 BCE. That period was 217 years. The picture does not give a date for when Rome became the dominant world power. England was a world power much earlier (even if they were not the dominant world power). It is said that "the sun never set on the British Empire" because Britian had colonies all over the world, including the Americas, India, Africa, and Australia. After the revolutionary war and the war of 1812, The US took the Americas and England kept their holdings in Europe, Asia, etc. England is more like a colony of the US now. World War II was fought in Europe. After the war the European countries had to rebuild, but the US was spared that expense. The only battle that affected the American continent was Pearl Harbor. While the European countries were rebuilding, the US was building their wealth. The global currency had been the British pound but after WWII, it became the American dollar. On the way up, the US spent money on educating people. The educated populous made technological advances and made the US more powerful. Today, China is spending money to educate their people, and the US is less willing to do that. The American empire has been declining since the 70's. The Chinese economy has been growing at 2 or 3 times the rate of the American economy. If the trend continues the Chinese economy will overtake the American economy by about 2035. (That date may vary especially with what is going on right now.) The US paid for things in the past with taxes. No one wants to pay taxes. If the US raises taxes people will be upset. Rich people can spend large sums of money to remove a politician that dares raise taxes on them. Therefore no one raises taxes on the rich. So, the US has taken to borrowing money to pay expenses, thus the tremendous debt. Japan and China are the two biggest creditors, but Japan and China are no longer willing to buy American bonds because the US has shown to be unreliable in paying back the debt. The US has the largest economy in the world (25% of global GDP), but when you alienate the rest of the world it is hard to compete with all of them, the other 75% of the global GDP. The US is presently spending 9 (nine) times as much as its nearest competitor (China) on military. How long will that last? Who knows. Can the US continue to spend huge sums on military as their economy continues to fall, and their debt continues to grow? Other countries are unwilling to buy the US bonds, essentially loan money to the US. It is much more fun for empires on the way up than it is when the empire is declining. The Bible tells us that the Anglo/American empire will not completely fall before the end comes. We don't know when the end will come but it seems to be very close. (Daniel 2:44) 44 “In the days of those kings the God of heaven will set up a kingdom that will never be destroyed. And this kingdom will not be passed on to any other people. It will crush and put an end to all these kingdoms, and it alone will stand forever." (Luke 21:28) . . .But as these things start to occur, raise yourselves erect and lift YOUR heads up, because YOUR deliverance is getting near.”

PI correct to 6 decimal places. That is good enough for me.

The First Wave actor should have Sebastian Spence instead of Sebastian Stan

During the pandemic, the CO would conduct Field Service meetings on Zoom. He tried to share videos that he had downloaded to his computer. They didn't play well. After the FS meeting, I sent him a text saying that it might work better if he downloaded the videos in 240P instead of 720P. I didn't just wait until after the FS meeting on purpose. The idea came to me after the FS meeting that downloading the video at a lower resolution might work better. He had said that his internet access sometimes had a problem. He didn't actually reply, but his screen sharing improved in later FS meetings.

(Hebrews 6:18) . . .That by two immutable things, in which it was impossible for God to lie, we might have a strong consolation, who have fled for refuge to lay hold upon the hope set before us: (Titus 1:2) . . .and is based on a hope of the everlasting life that God, who cannot lie, promised long ago; (Job 34:10) . . .Therefore, YOU men of heart, listen to me. Far be it from the [true] God to act wickedly, And the Almighty to act unjustly! God cannot do anything unloving. God cannot do anything unjust or wicked. God cannot lie.

https://www.sciencealert.com/black-holes-burp-years-after-shredding-stars-and-we-dont-know-why Black holes burp almost 3 years after eating a star!

Sometimes we say racist things without realizing they are racist. I know I have done that at times.

So, the question would be, is Jehovah going to eventually destroy Jesus or one of the anointed? I think the answer is no. Jehovah would not destroy one of the anointed. So, it really is a moot point!

Time travel is impossible because time does not exist the way we consider it. The past exists only as memory. The future has not yet happened. We cannot visit what does not exist. if time travel were possible would the time machine move us through space? The earth is constantly orbiting the sun, and the sun and entire solar system is orbiting the center of the galaxy at an average speed of 828,000 kilometers per hour (source: nasa.gov), or about 514,400 miles per hour. If we travelled back in time without moving through space, we would end up in empty space with no air.

What immortal creature has God ever destroyed? The only one having immortality was Jehovah before he gave immortality to Jesus and the anointed.

'Science Fiction Theater' (back in the 50's) Time Tunnel (Men lost in time who couldn't get back home, which was later copied by Quantum Leap) My Favorite Martian The Invaders (with Roy Thinnes) The First Wave (Sebastian Stan as Cade Foster) A Canadian show picked up by SciFi Channel Millionaire (Giving away one million dollars to a random person in a time when a year's pay was more like $5,000 and you could buy a house for $100.00 a month)

I didn't think they said they "won't help." What I heard was that the request they got was to put those people ahead of others that are on the waiting list. They are supposed to wait their turn and not be put at the front of the list just because they are white.

When I first got baptized back in 1972, I always drove the speed limit. If a car behind me wanted to go faster, he/she could pass. There have been times since then that I have gotten over the speed limit for whatever reason. On one occasion I was driving a new car. It was large Pontiac and was a very smooth ride. I got on a straight highway with no traffic, called the beeline highway in Alabama. I was driving along oblivious to me speed until my wife told me to look at the speedometer. I was going 85 MPH in a 55 MPH zone. I was shocked. It is possible to obey speed limit laws but don't do it in the left lane of a freeway in Atlanta. The law there says that if you are in the left lane driving the speed limit you can be stopped and given a ticket. Driving the speed limit in the left lane of a freeway in Atlanta can cause road rage for drivers behind you. That law has been in effect for decades now. I am getting off topic, but my point is that it is possible to obey speed limits (and other laws) in most cases.

The Mental Health Consequences of Climate Change. https://www.apa.org/topics/climate-change/mental-health-effects

The link between particulate matter from fossil fuels and nitrous oxides from burning fossil fuels and the increase in autism rates. https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2018/11/181105105414.htm