be careful... speculation isnt good. and that site about jesus....dude why are you lookin at it?
hmm. in fact, jesus did discuss current events that happened in his day (such as the tower that fell on some people in Galilee and killed them). And he told his disciples to keep a close eye on current events- like when the Roman armies surrouded Jerusalem. Should the Christians ignored the armies like the Jews did? Jesus said "When you hear of wars and REPORTS of wars". This, my friend, is a report. Opinion- that's a separate subject. But true Christians keep a sharp eye on world events (as Jesus and his disciples did) and look for fulfillment of prophecy.
for instance, The Nazi Regime was predicted in the book of Daniel. Should the Witnesses then ignored that?
yes Jesus discussed current events, and we can do the same, but we shouldn't speculate on the meaning or significance of things happening around us. everything we see going on is proof that we are living in the last days. the governing body keeps us informed and to date with everything we need to know. for example, for those of us in the tristate area, remember how quickly we received a letter that was read at the hall about September 11th. if recent world events have special prophetic significance we will find out when it's necessary.
lets all go back to talking about poland and vietnam... that was more fun. geez. i speculate that dave is a moron. and ryan likes cats.
im with thai on this one. ryan likes cats a little too much
I speculate that you don't like all of this speculative talk? Do you concur?
u trying 2b cool?
problem is , he's already too cool.
i don't see that as a problem...
I agree. Jesus gave his disciples specific events to watch for, but we have only "Wars and reports of Wars", not "War with Iraq." That's the difference.
But when Hitler took power, should anyone not in the governing body have said, "This is the fulfillment of the prophecy in Daniel"? My point is it's not ours to decide what's a fulfillment and what's not.
gen 40:8...i never said that 'this equals that'...i'm not 'deciding' what is a fulfillment and what is not. i don't see anything wrong with using our mental faculties to reason on current events.
You're right, I wasn't thinking about it the right way.
thanks dan...good references