Middle East Outrage !

[SunnyG]

I met this man today, he's a very nice man. And he looks lost. Sure hope he turns around and changes his mind. 

 

It is this look that fills me the most with frustration and sadness. It's not an uncommon sight, and it makes my heart heavy.

[crazylee]

Quote, Lisa

 

"Jehovah has hooks waiting to put in his jaw, and he will drag Satan and his hordes to that final abyss."

 

It looks like Jehovah has already put those hooks in Satan's jaw. That's why things are getting so bad.

 

As everyone here has said, keep close to Jehovah and the congregation, that is our only option.

 

It will most likely get much scarier as time moves on to the end.

[minister159]

Randall,

 

As I stated above, "the slave has continued to explain that the destruction of BTG will start with Christendom", as you can see from these additional references going back to '75 and '99, supporting the most recent cited above, from 2013. These consistently indicate that the "holy place" where "the disgusting thing that causes desolation" will stand, is connected exclusively with Christendom.

 

"Accordingly, ancient Jerusalem must have a modern counterpart. The city of Jerusalem had a sacred status because of its being the religious center of a people who claimed to be in a covenant relationship with God. So the modern counterpart must likewise claim to enjoy a covenant relationship with the Most High. Do not the religious systems of Christendom claim to be Christian and, hence, parties with God in the "new covenant"? But does not their course of action reveal that they, like unfaithful Jerusalem, are false to their claim?"

 

But what is Christendom's "holy place"? This is a symbolic place representing everything that the religions of Christendom control and hold sacred---their whole field of operation and claimed religious rights. Christendom's "holy place," however, will soon be invaded and destroyed. It is no more sacred in the eyes of God than were Jerusalem and her temple prior to their destruction in 70 C.E. the religions of Christendom will be deprived of their field of operation, losing control of everything. No respect will be shown for any of their claimed religious rights." --- w75 12/15 pp. 742-743

 

"When the "scarlet-colored wild beast" attacks the religious harlot, "the disgusting thing" will be standing in a menacing way in Christendom's so-called holy place. So desolation will begin on faithless Christendom, which portrays itself as holy." --- w99 5/1 p.18 par. 17

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[Witness1970]

Randall,

 

As I stated above, "the slave has continued to explain that the destruction of BTG will start with Christendom", as you can see from these additional references going back to '75 and '99, supporting the most recent cited above, from 2013. These consistently indicate that the "holy place" where "the disgusting thing that causes desolation" will stand, is connected exclusively with Christendom.

 

"Accordingly, ancient Jerusalem must have a modern counterpart. The city of Jerusalem had a sacred status because of its being the religious center of a people who claimed to be in a covenant relationship with God. So the modern counterpart must likewise claim to enjoy a covenant relationship with the Most High. Do not the religious systems of Christendom claim to be Christian and, hence, parties with God in the "new covenant"? But does not their course of action reveal that they, like unfaithful Jerusalem, are false to their claim?"

 

But what is Christendom's "holy place"? This is a symbolic place representing everything that the religions of Christendom control and hold sacred---their whole field of operation and claimed religious rights. Christendom's "holy place," however, will soon be invaded and destroyed. It is no more sacred in the eyes of God than were Jerusalem and her temple prior to their destruction in 70 C.E. the religions of Christendom will be deprived of their field of operation, losing control of everything. No respect will be shown for any of their claimed religious rights." --- w75 12/15 pp. 742-743

 

"When the "scarlet-colored wild beast" attacks the religious harlot, "the disgusting thing" will be standing in a menacing way in Christendom's so-called holy place. So desolation will begin on faithless Christendom, which portrays itself as holy." --- w99 5/1 p.18 par.

 

Thank You. I ended up reading the entire article. It was very good.

 

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[Hammerhead]

Dogs are much better than some humans

[Robroy]

It'll be interesting to see how it all unfolds. Destroying ISIS/Al Qaeda, etc... would definitely make the world feel that peace and security has or is next to come. The destruction of this demonic madhouse can definitely be a reason to call peace and security.

The US president keeps reminding the public that ISIS is not a religion. He says that the coalition of nations is not going after religion, but extremist terrorists and that no religion would promote their ideas/ideologies. Maybe there is a purpose behind this, "ISIS is not a religion" rhetoric.

Isn't it interesting that the adjusted understanding of Gog is 'a coalition of nations', that less than a week after the AGM that the US president announced that they now have a 'coalition of nations' to go after ISIS and other extremists (but not religion, as he keeps saying) and now the UN council on the Rights of the Child and torture has just released a report condeming ISIS for using children for their war effort by getting them to blow themselves up, murdering, raping them and selling them as slaves. Seems like the UN is going to get involved more with this 'coalition'. The US is now taking the lead in this coalition. Wouldn't it be interesting with the UN involvement that the US president next says that the better leader to lead this coalition would be the UN? We know that it is the UN who takes the lead in destroying BTG with the nations supporting her.

After ISIS is 'degraded and destroyed', this coalition could be further used fulfill the commitment to 'Peace and Security'.

Just thoughts of course. Jehovah is going to bring it about how he is going to do it. But so interesting to see how the world stage presently continues to be set up for the events beginning the Great Tribulation.

Interesting times!