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That was a GREAT movie. Alan Rickman was a British Shakespearean actor (he has since died), and they made him speak with a Southern accent (!!) in order to play Alfred Blalock, one of the first surgeons to perform heart surgery on infants, and Mos Def (a rap singer, now called Yaslin Bey) played a black mechanic with a talent for adjusting tools to fill the doctor's need for specialized instruments. The characters that they played obviously took some time to learn to respect one another's talents, but after some expected profanity, they eventually did, and the surgeon even got the mechanic some specialized training and upgraded his position, and they worked together for many years to save a great many infants. I mentioned it to some teachers that I worked with, and they put a poster on the break room wall. And, as one might guess, it is a true story, and the hospital where they worked have honorary portraits of both of them on the walls.

I have a feeling that the brothers already have the money. They won't bankrupt the organization.

I really believe that the thousand year period, where there will be a resurrection of the righteous and the unrighteous, was designed to straighten out the "what if" s. All of the stuff in this system that makes it difficult to get Jehovah's message of salvation will be done away with then - the poverty, the sickness, the handicaps,the twisted religious ideas, the sinful philosophies, the wicked world leaders - all of the awfulness of this world - and not only that, Jehovah will arrange for all to be taught the truth with no obstacles, except the ones that we have in our hearts. And we will be judged by how we respond. Still, reading how when Satan is doing to be let loose after the thousand years are over, and those who will be taken by him will be like the sand of the sea even then, tells us that we all need to examine and reexamine our hearts, and not fool ourselves into thinking that we are ok. Look at Solomon - Jehovah gave him tremendous wisdom, and what did he do with it? At first, he built the most magnificent temple in the history of the nation, he raised the reputation of Israel among the royalty of the nations with his problem solving abilities, an we got three magnificent books of the Bible. Then...oh, no...

Because pre-born babies can't walk.

I had been going through the series of talks from the GB Brothers. I was so moved by Brother Losch's and Brother Herd's talks - they were very warm and informative. They both spoke with insight knowledge about what the congregations are going through and their concerns about COVID and the new war begun by Russia - the KOTN - and the likely involvement with the KOTS, and how we must trust in Jehovah and Jesus for our salvation during these perilous times. I haven't finished - I stopped when Brother Morris began, but intend to go through all of them at least twice.

There was an Awake article that said that if there were intelligent beings somewhere else, and they did solve the issue of universal sovereignty in their civilization, then there may not be a need to take humanity through it again. We have discussed that either here or in Deep Space Zone before it closed. Frankly, I would prefer that we are the first with this issue, and when those who choose to, will take their stand to serve Jehovah, THEN we can visit life friendly planets, solar systems, or even multiverses, if they exist, and perhaps even populate them, if Jehovah allows it.

This came from a posting on LinkedIn by an Elder in CT whose family I have known and admired for many years. If anyone knows how to open it here, please do. https://lnkd.in/etYTFeik Comment More updates

Amazing!!! It is almost like a time capsule!! I read some of the other articles, and one of them referred to a number of organ transplants being made. It reminded me that transplants were novelties way back then. There is a movie that came out that was about that time, called "Something the Lord had Made", and it was about a US southern surgeon who enlisted the help of his black lab technician to create new surgical instruments to put transplanted organs into babies and children, and their true story won all kinds of awards in medicine - and the movie also got an Oscar I think. Seems like the literature of that time reflected those events, and also how the light got brighter about how to deal with prophecies, like the one that it quoted from Isaiah. Now we are reexamining the Ezekiel prophesies about not seeing types and anti-types about who the man with the secretary's inkhorn is, and is not.

That is a great idea!! Many sisters and brothers also use the zoom for working in the phone or letter writing ministry. We get to catch up on me another this way as well.

I remember this question from readers that refers to guns: https://wol.jw.org/en/wol/d/r1/lp-e/402017484 Seems to me that Jesus wanted to fulfill a related prophecy that applied to him, that he would be counted among the evildoers, or suchlke, so he told his apostles to have a sword in hand before the soldiers arrived. His purpose wasn't for the apostles to defend against them, because he indicated that when Peter cut off the high priest's servant's ear. I have heard brothers and sisters who would keep a small siren device that one can keep on their purse or belt loop that, if turned on when attacked, can make a very loud noise and scare a burglar away, or a silent alarm if a dog attacks. I am inclined to shy away from using guns, because of this later article, and discouraged our son from playing like he had a gun.

Joshua 18:11 The lot came up for the tribe of Benjamin by their families, and the territory of their lot was between the people of Judah and the people of Joseph. 18:15 The south side was from the extremity of Kirʹi·ath-jeʹa·rim, and the boundary extended westward; it went out to the spring of the waters of Neph·toʹah. Or'nan the Jebusite

But their minds were dulled. For to this present day, the same veil remains unlifted when the old covenant is read, because it is taken away only by means of Christ. In fact, to this day, whether Moses is read, a veil lies upon their hearts. But when one turns to Jehovah, the veil is taken away. 2nd Corinthians 3:13-15 wasting

Yes, Brother. I am looking forward to finding out what improvements they made over zoom.

The brothers recently announced a new zoom-like application that will likely fulfill the unique needs of the congregations. I have no idea what goodies it will include, but I have met Bethelites who had, and have, a great deal of the technological know-how that have made possible the current theocratic and educational provisions that would not have been possible fifty years ago. The JW Box, for instance, will allow access to congregations that are in areas that do not have the internet. And we have passed 1000 languages in which spiritual food is available now!

My guess is that in towns and cities, and congregations where there are the highest rates of Covid infections and deaths, the brothers may ask for patience before in person meetings resume. The Bethel family in the international headquarters are a good example for all of us in obedience to GB recommendations (NOT directions) to take the vaccine. But the final decisions are made by family heads and adult members who would know their individual circumstances. As an example, there are maps of the US and the world online that are color coded according to the number of Covid deaths or the percent of the population that have been vaccinated.

Similarly, one can note that later summaries of theocratic history on film and in print no longer teach that about Brother Russell or that these people in religious history are associated with the cities that were addressed by Jesus to John in Revelation. Nothing wrong with the light getting brighter about such things. Even our understanding about some aspects of Ezekiel's prophecy have been clarified in our latest study book on it.

I am waiting for them to offer the Moderna booster, because that was what I got for my vaccine shots. I haven't read anything about whether or not it is healthy to mix them up, though Pfizer is getting a lot more news time because its booster was ready sooner than the others.

My former husband and I went to the Three River Stadium in Pittsburgh for the International Convention - not sure of the year, but it was likely in the late 70's. We were also shown around Pittsburgh on a bus tour and saw the building where they first began to print the literature - Bible House, I think it was called. And we stopped to see the pyramid gravestone. I may still have a picture, I seem to accumulate a lot of souvenirs over the years.Many of the brothers of that time practically idolized Brother Russell, calling him the Laodicean Messenger, and some other scriptural names that made them imagine that he personally was fulfilling Bible prophecy This caused a lot of turmoil, and led to the separation of a large number of brothers from the organization in protest of Brother Rutherford's appointment as the new president (an appointment that was made by Russell before his death) At the convention that we attended in the 1970's, we saw some people holding up signs outside of the stadium in protest of our being there, and an airplane was circling with a sign behind it saying Jesus is Jehovah, and one young man in a religious leader's suit even tried to take the podium. The brother who was the speaker at the time asked the audience if they wanted to hear what he had to say, and we all said NO!! - and three brothers escorted him out of the stadium. There was a book that came out from the Watchtower Society that outlined the turmoil of that time after Brother Russell's death. Rutherford and some seven others were imprisoned over the neutrality issue during World War 1, and Brother Rutherford suffered physically from the incarceration with ailments that eventually caused his death, but when they were released in 1918, he kept on with the work And, after thousands of Bible Students left and made their own groups, the ones who were left worked very hard to continue with the work to advertise the King and his Kingdom, and the organization began to grow again. Seeing that gravestone brought all of these memories back to me. I am so glad that the light continues to get brighter as the day draws near.

The point about asking the anointed ones personal questions about their anointing makes scriptural sense, too. Jesus prayed to his Father all night before he named his 12 apostles. But still, as 2 Thess 2:13 says, God selected them, because they, except one, were to be of the anointed. He doesn't need for us to advise or question Him, or decide whether or not His decision is right. Even in the case of the angels that Jehovah let the prophet Micaiah know about, Jehovah wasn't asking them if He should forgive or excuse Ahab, He already condemned him, but He asked the angels, who will fool Ahab? and He let this and that angel give suggestions, until an angel volunteered to do it. All to say, "Mind your own business" certainly applies among us humans, but especially when we try to meddle over what is His business - which includes selecting.

Thanks!! Maybe the brothers will make a song book- or. Maybe a printable collection of original songs with the music. Many of those songs I play on the way to and from work. Don't know if they have some kind of contract with the composers (since they are "original songs")

Does anyone know where the lyrics are??

I didn't see all five pages of this thread, but I was in awe at the selection of the brother who played the aged Daniel! If the real Daniel was anything like that, he would have been really impressive even to the Kings that he counseled! And Gabriel called him a "precious man"! That shows that a person who sincerely loves and relies on Jehovah is highly prized by Him.

Seems like the brothers are a step ahead of the world in knowing what is coming! Our study literature was written long before we consider it in a meeting. This information stands as a sharp contrast to attitudes about women around the world! Doesn't even the Talmud or some ancient Jewish book say "women are the most beautiful creatures, but thank God I am a man !"

This is the first time that I even heard of Daniel's father. He must have been a remarkable man - they also didn't have Xerox machines then!! Apparently his father copied Ezekiel's book or a portion of it, to give to Daniel!!