Peace and Security, Great Tribulation, Armageddon

[mjcabz]

Grab the opportunity that we are experiencing peace. Time will come we are be tested with fire like gold. 

Learn from the bear where during summer they use the abundance of food in preparation of hibernation during winter. 

Remember what Bro. Sanderson's talk last 2018 annual meeting 4 things to secure during the peace times.

[franceml]

https://www.jw.org/finder?srcid=share&wtlocale=E&lank=pub-jwb-135_7_VIDEO
 

Jehovah lovingly reminds us repeatedly, “Do not be afraid, for I am with you.” What might we be afraid of? Our preaching work may be banned; we may be imprisoned for different reasons because we are no part of this world; while living in the world we may suffer severe economic crises and become victims of disasters; our children may be attacked; we may be killed or die for any reason.

Now, let us ask ourselves:

 if our trust is in our God, what should we really be afraid of? 

[shali]

I think most of us keep forgetting about those lovely little JW boxes!  Within them are all the meeting schedules, songs, books and Watchtowers and they can be programmed for years ahead of time (if I understand how they work correctly).  They would need at least one cable to connect to the internet but it there is just one live internet connection we can find, then many can download our spiritual food at once using the wifi that would eminate from that box. Everything we will need to keep spiritually alive would be in that box during that time (just like it is for many third world nations now) and there is no way the government would be able to tell what we are connecting to (I think). 

 

Also, I would like to comment briefly on the "illogical, impractical" direction we may receive from our elders during the GT.  From what I can tell with our Watchtower illustrations - we see  a family inside their own home reading the Bible but keeping a look-out for what is going on outside and then all of a sudden we see that family outside in the street in front of their home surrounded by military men.  That makes me think that we will be told to stay in our homes until we see the army/police come and then openly go out into the street to meet them peacefully and with dignity, holding our heads up and having faith in our Deliverer. 

[Shawnster]

32 minutes ago, shali said:

That makes me think that we will be told to stay in our homes until we see the army/police come and then openly go out into the street to meet them peacefully and with dignity, holding our heads up and having faith in our Deliverer. 

 

I would not take it like that and we want to make sure we are not reading into any illustrations more than what the teaching point is conveying (through captions or audio descriptions) 

 

We don't know what the future will be. We don't know how any of this is going to play out. The Bible is silent and the Slave does not have any divine foresight 

[Dhanyel]

[Dhanyel]

I always include basement videos in my personal study. 

Edited 5 minutes ago by Dhanyel