The comment that Apollos made to our post, 1914—A Litany of Assumptions, shocked me. (If you haven’t read it already, you should do so before continuing.) You see, I was born in the 1940s, and I’ve…
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Chapter 16 of the Revelation Climax book deals with Rev. 6:1-17 which reveals the four horsemen of the Apocalypse and is said to have its fulfillment “from 1914 up to the destruction of this system…
[For the original treatise on the whether 1914 was
the start of Christ's presence, see this post.]
I was talking with a long-time friend a couple of days ago who served with me many years back in a…
Continuing our analysis of the Revelation Climax book for date-related prophecies, we come to chapter 6 and the first occurrence of the "messenger of the covenant" prophecy from Malachi 3:1. As one…
This is the first in a series of posts investigating the impact of removing 1914 as a factor in the interpretation of Bible prophecy. We are using the Revelation Climax book as the basis for this…
Sir Isaac Newton published his laws of motion and universal gravitation in the late 1600s. These laws are still valid today and scientists used them to achieve the pinpoint landing of the Curiosity…
In paragraph 13 of today's Watchtower study, we are told that one of the proofs of the Bible's inspiration is its unusual candor. (w12 6/15 p. 28) This brings to mind the incident involving the…
“Who really is the faithful and discreet slave?” (Mt. 24:45-47)
In a previous post, several of the forum members provided valuable insights on this subject. Before moving on to other subjects, it…
Twice I started to write a post about this week's Watchtower study (w12 6/15 p. 20 “Why Put Jehovah's Service First?") and twice I decided to trash what I wrote. The problem with writing a…
This post started out as a comment reply to Apollos’ revealing comment on a previous post, "Drawing the Line". However, as is often the case in such things, the line of reasoning led to some new and…
Something happened to me recently that, from discussions with various ones, is happening a lot more than I would have thought. It started some time ago and has been progressing slowly—a growing…
Starting in paragraph 6 of this week’s Watchtower study article we can see examples of the blurriness that has crept into our teaching of late. (w12 06/15 p. 14-18)
For example, “The Anglo-American…