by Meleti Vivlon | Nov 22, 2013 | Jehovah's Witnesses |
[There are some insightful and thought-provoking comments under the post “The Devil’s Great Con Job” which got me thinking about what congregation membership really entails. This post is the result.] “Membership has its privileges.” This is not only the advertising...
by Meleti Vivlon | Nov 8, 2013 | Jehovah's Witnesses, Thought of the Day |
There have been quite a few excellent comments made under Apollos’ post, “An Illustration” about the situation many are facing in the congregation as they make their newfound knowledge known to others. An innocent , newly converted Jehovah’s Witness might not think...
by Meleti Vivlon | Sep 28, 2013 | 1919, Faithful Slave |
[We now come to the final article in our four-part series. The previous three were merely the build-up, laying the groundwork for this astonishingly presumptuous interpretation. – MV] This is what the contributing members of this forum believe is the scriptural...
by Meleti Vivlon | Sep 20, 2013 | Faithful Slave, Watchtower Commentor |
[First appearing on April 28 of this year, I’ve republished (with updates) this post because this is the week we actually study this particular Watchtower article. – MV] It appears that the sole purpose of this, the third study article in the July 15, 2013...
by Meleti Vivlon | Aug 12, 2013 | Faithful Slave, Identifying the Slave |
[Click here to view Part 2] In Part 2 of this series, we established that there is no scriptural evidence for the existence of a first century governing body. This begs the question, Is there scriptural evidence for the existence of the current one? This is critical...
by Meleti Vivlon | May 1, 2013 | Faithful Slave, Watchtower Commentor |
This is a follow up to the post Look! I Am With You All the Days. In that post we made reference to the fact that memorial attendance declined dramatically from 1925 to 1928–something on the astonishing order of 80%. This was due to the failure of Judge...
by Meleti Vivlon | Dec 3, 2012 | Armageddon |
It has long been our understanding that if someone is destroyed by Jehovah God at Armageddon, there is no hope of a resurrection. This teaching is partly based on the interpretation of a couple of texts, and partly on a line of deductive reasoning. The Scriptures in...
by Meleti Vivlon | Oct 9, 2012 | Faithful Slave |
A new understanding of Matthew 24:45-47 was released at this year’s annual meeting. It should be understood that what we discuss here is based on hearsay accounts of what was said by the various speakers at the meeting on the subject of “the faithful and discreet...
by Meleti Vivlon | Aug 30, 2012 | Last Days, Revelation Climax Book, The Presence of Christ |
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 study because of all the books covering Bible prophecy, it has the most...
by Meleti Vivlon | Jul 23, 2012 | JW Doctrine |
(John 11:26) . . .everyone that is living and exercises faith in me will never die at all. Do you believe this?. . . Jesus spoke these words on the occasion of the resurrection of Lazarus. Since everyone who exercised faith in him at that time did die, his words may...
by Meleti Vivlon | Apr 4, 2011 | Armageddon, The Great Tribulation |
This essay was supposed to be brief. After all, it was only dealing with one simple point: How can Armageddon be part of the great tribulation when Mt. 24:29 clearly says it comes after the tribulation has ended? Nevertheless, as I developed the line of reasoning,...
