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  1. '..... the peculiar microstate that the Holy See calls home: an absolute monarchy where Francis wields supreme legislative, executive and judicial power.' As Lord Acton said: Power corrupts and absolute power corrupts absolutely!!
  2. Interestingly 2024, as well as being a secular leap year, is also a Jewish one, when an extra month is slotted in, of which there are 7 in every 19 year cycle. In short, without going into long explanations of other Jewish religious festivals, this is why there is a difference of a month between our Memorial, on Nisan 14 and the Jewish one on April 22.
  3. It has been a tad warm here in the West. I am so grateful for my air conditioning. I wouldn't survive, or sleep, without it.
  4. WT 2013 July 15 page 3 - "Tell Us, When Will These Things Be?" Paragraph 6 of this article discusses Matthew 24:15,16 and says: "......... In the larger fulfillment, the “standing” will occur when the United Nations (the modern-day “disgusting thing”) attacks Christendom (which is holy in the eyes of nominal Christians) and the rest of Babylon the Great. The same attack is described at Revelation 17:16-18. That event will be the beginning of the great tribulation." So verses 15-21 are all related to firstly the beginning of the tribulation starting in 66CE and secondly to the start of the GT in our day. https://wol.jw.org/en/wol/d/r1/lp-e/2013530 Ooops!! Sorry Brother Jerry @trottigy, I didn't go to the next page before quoting Richie's comment. After it posted my comment, I saw yours.
  5. VID-20240219-WA0006.mp4 I just had this sent to me by a friend. It is in German but has English sub-titles. Apologies if I'm doubling up and this has already been shared somewhere else.
  6. Is this the one you're talking about? I have watched it a number of times. It's fascinating. https://www.jw.org/en/library/videos/#en/mediaitems/VODPgmEvtAnnMtg/pub-jwb-100_2_VIDEO
  7. Not quite accurate. US attacked Iranian backed groups in Iraq and Syria.
  8. Debt-laden Chinese property giant Evergrande has been ordered to liquidate by a court in Hong Kong. The latest decision is likely to send further ripples through China's financial markets at a time when authorities are trying to curb a stock market sell-off. https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.bbc.com/news/business-67562522.amp Regardless of what happens overall, this is bound to get investors spooked and upset financial markets across the world.
  9. I know you are all just chatting but be careful not to run ahead of the chariot, brothers and sisters. I'm sure there have been many times over the years when many of us have wondered about an understanding and then at a later date those feelings have been validated. But we didn't have social media in the past to expound ideas that could be read by dozens of people at different levels of spiritual maturity. It is important that we don't get so caught up in what we think might be an incorrect understanding that we are seen to be disagreeing with what the slave has said. The slave has said that the anointed are to be sealed prior to the GT, so let's leave it at that until, if or when, that understanding is changed. It doesn't matter whether it's right or wrong. Jehovah is in charge. He knows when the final sealing will be done. We need to be in the habit of accepting the level of light as it is at present. It is a test of our faith and our trust.
  10. You are right. I was only thinking of the platform. Yes, there were a number of beards evident in the video clips. I observed quite a few in our hall, too. The brothers are having a great time with their facial hair. 😁
  11. Had the Branch Shepherding visit with brother Stephen Lett yesterday. No beards in evidence by any of the brothers. Great programme and talks. 😊
  12. Of course, we just do not know. I guess it would depend on whether they have just dozed off or whether in doing so they have sinned against the Holy Spirit. But that is in Jehovah's and Jesus' judgement domain. I remain neutral about things that are outside my realm of knowledge and I love the 'we just don't know' statement. I'm sure we'll gain the answers and understanding to many of our current unanswerable questions when we arrive at our destination. ❤️
  13. 15 Mar 2015 WT discusses the parable of the wise and foolish virgins in the article Will You "Keep on the Watch". Discussing the meaning of the verses at Matthew 25:8,9, paragraph 11 has this to say: ........ before the great tribulation starts, all the faithful anointed on earth will have received their final sealing. (Rev. 7:1-4) From then on, their calling is sure. But think about the years before the tribulation begins. What would happen to anointed ones who failed to remain watchful, who lost their integrity? They would lose their heavenly reward. Obviously, they would receive no final sealing prior to the start of the tribulation. ...... When the tribulation starts, the foolish ones might be shocked to see the destruction of Babylon the Great. It may be only at that point that they realize that they are not ready for the arrival of the Bridegroom. From this it would seem that unless something changes between now and then, there won't be a public announcement, an update or any information made publicly that the anointed have received their final sealing. https://wol.jw.org/en/wol/d/r1/lp-e/2015203
  14. I think some brothers are enjoying the freedom of having the choice for a change after years of obediently shaving. I know a number of brothers in my cong would throw away the razor while on holiday - you'd see them in their holiday pics with a stubbly growth - but they'd be back at the meetings obediently clean shaven. I think it's so lovely that they now have the choice. However, just as certain styles of clothing or certain colours suit some but not others, or particular hairstyles look better on some than others, so it is with beards - some men they suit, others not so much. Or some brothers may be growing the wrong style of beard for their face shape. I'm sure given time these brothers will come to know their own style and what suits them best and adjust accordingly. Whatever they do or however they look, they are still the same loving brothers serving Jehovah to the very best of their ability as they were BB (before beards). ❤️
  15. I think it might be a language issue. Brother Dhanyel, in the English language there is a difference between tender feelings and sentimental feelings. Jehovah has tender feelings for his people a roos the whole earth today and loves us all very much because we obey him and do the things that please him. He used to have those same tender feelings for the nation of Israel but they rebelled against him so much that he lost those feelings for them. What brother Greg and brother Tega are saying is that Jehovah doesn't feel regret about casting off the nation of Israel and still have a special feeling for them or the land he originally gave them, Israel. That would be sentimental and Jehovah isn't like that.
  16. It's real but includes some hype as well. It's not necessarily as imminent as they are making out. Some reports are saying it will happen within the next 20 years. Bear in mind that it takes time to prepare for war, so they are warning the public in advance, so if National Service or some such is started up again it won't come as a surprise. It doesn't matter to us what they say or do though. The important thing is what we do. Draw close to Jehovah through study and prayer; strengthen our faith and trust in him; be obedient to his visible organisation and follow its direction. Then we have nothing to fear and everything to gain. ❤️
  17. No Mike, we paid our own way. The assisted passage to Australia was by ship. Some neighbours of ours came out on the assisted passage scheme and put the idea into my head. However, a grand aunt of mine had died when I was 7 and left me a small amount of money in trust till I was of age, 21 when she died but 18 by the time I 'came of age', so we used that. We could have ended up in Canada but the flight to Australia left 2 days before the one to Canada, and that was what we based our decision, of where to go, on - which flight left first. 😬
  18. I have some photos of my great grandparents and a couple of my 2x great grandmother and you can feel the difference between their lives and ours just by looking at them. I also have a couple of photos taken at Heathrow, from when I came to Australia 50 years ago. We were about to get on a long haul from London to Sydney. There's me in a long dress and my husband in a suit and tie. When we got off the plane in Sydney, we walked through an area that looked like a supermarket checkout lane. That was what customs looked like back then. Yes, things have definitely changed in the last 50 years.
  19. For various reasons I'm only at 19%. You'll have to 'exercise patience" . 🥰
  20. Strikes have been launched: US and UK forces have begun air strikes against Houthi rebel targets in Yemen, US officials say https://www.bbc.com/news/live/world-us-canada-67952029 The Anglo American KotS working together as one.
  21. Thank you Matt. Purchased and waiting in my reading list. Ready as soon as I've finished the last 20% of my current book.
  22. Was just reading about this. Residents in the coastal Noto area in Ishikawa prefecture were asked to "evacuate immediately to higher ground," national broadcaster NHK said. NHK said waves as high as 5m had reached Noto. Authorities have also issued tsunami warnings for neighbouring Niigata and Toyama prefectures, warning that waves there could reach 3m. Public television flashed "EVACUATE" in big letters, urging residents to flee to higher ground despite the winter weather. South Korea's meteorological agency has warned that tsunami waves up to 0.3m could hit the eastern coast of the country between 18:29 to 19:17 local time .... https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-67855990
  23. Some are a bit of a play on words, like website (spider webs), overall it is factual. The world was very different back then. There have been more changes in every aspect of life in the last 50 years than since the beginning of the industrial age.
  24. The problem is that it's not the big multinationals that are mainly affected. It's the small family businesses that suffer the most, those that rely on passing trade and holiday periods to put bread on their tables and pay their rent.
  25. This is Maple, a Jack Russell X. Now 9.5 years old and could still run for Australia. Is highly intelligent and also a ball-a-holic. Very loyal and faithful, loves humans and cats but isn't a big fan of dogs. If she has one fault it is her barking at everything and nothing - excitement when we're going to the park, when we get to the park before I've managed to open the car door for her, when the door bell rings, when the neighbours come home, when she sees the postie through the window, when ever anybody drives in our mutual driveway (I live in a block of 4 units), when I accidently bang something in the kitchen. This morning's effort was when I chinked 2 glasses in the kitchen. And then there are the times when she just barks at the noises in her head - just low-key, intermittent woofs.

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