Peace to you, dear Sher'f, and as always, THANK you for sharing!
A couple few things:
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The memorial of Christ's death will no longer be observed by all of Jehovah's Witnesses, only the "anointed".
Smile. We were given something to that effect a couple/few years ago, yes? Hmmmm...
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The Faithful Slave will soon refer to all Christians "taking the lead" in the Organization, not referring to solely anointed Christians.
Well, of course, it must, mustn't it? I mean, they can't continue to stand on the false premise that the "anointed" are decreasing while still calling for an overall increasing. Who's gonna lead those poor "sheep"? Certainly not any wolves in sheep's clothing. Oh, wait...
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The Evil Slave may refer to the Governing Body of today in the event legal issues cause them to completely disband. Otherwise, the evil slave will simply refer to wicked men who manage to take the lead in Jehovah's Organization today.
Oooh... GOOD save! But, um, well... how can a good tree produce rotten fruit? Doesn't rotten fruit come from a rotten tree??? What about putting new wine into old wineskins? Or sewing new patches onto old, rotted cloth??? I want to say "these guys are GOOD!". Truth is, though, their sheepy-sheeps are a-sleepy-sleep. And so are conscious of NOTHING - not even the flies buzzing 'round their heads. Too bad, too bad.
But this:
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The New World Translation will be revised again by 2033.
The Song Book will again be revised by 2033.
No more new printed publications will be produced after 2034, everything will be made available online. JWs will instead have the NWT, the Song Book, Midweek and weekend meeting schedules, and a set number of pamphlets. The public magazines will no longer be published after 2033. From 2034 onwards, the Watchtower Study Edition will be larger, with more supplementary articles for children, adolescents, and non JWs reading along at the meetings.
Over the next 10 years, the Conventions will include 2 new episodes of the Good News According to Jesus, after which in 2034 there will be a feature length film based on the entire book of Acts. After that feature length film, the JWs will have hoped to have become closer to "first century Christianity", even though they make this claim already.
After 2034, there is supposedly be no more conventions or assemblies planned, and congregations will be remarketed for local meetings redesigned in a similar way as the original Bible Students group. The name "Jehovah's Witnesses" will no longer be designated beyond 2034, however I am not aware of what the "new name" will be.
Didn't they state a few years ago a timeline that indicated "2033" being the end of the GT or something? I think I recall sharing that I had been given that their entire timeline is off by 3 years due to their false teaching of the Master being executed and then resurrecting in the spring of 33CE, based on their false teaching that he started his work at the age of 30 in 30CE having been born in the flesh in, what, zero CE? 1CE? 1BCE?). When, in fact, he was executed and then he resurrected in 30CE when he was 33.5 years old (having started his work at age 30 in the fall of 27CE having been born into this world in the fall of 4BCE (the fall of 4 BCE to the spring of 30CE would have made him 33.5 years old at his death and resurrection). Ennywho...
My point is the 2033-34 thing. We should have KNOWN they would have started to prepare for that. THEY know their dates are utter malarkey and THEY knew they would have to come up with SOMETHING by that time to 'splain away yet another (failed) 1914, 1919, 1935, 1975, 2000, and 2008. THIS time... they're planning ahead. No more getting caught with their false prophet-prophesying pants down, no suh! They're gonna get out in front of it this time - they're gonna be READY! They are already strategizing how to lull the sheepy-sheeps back to sleepy-sleep. SMH.
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all I can confirm is that this Organization is not run by Holy Spirit, and it is a corporate real estate business.
Hmmmm, y'don't say.
Why'nt you invite to "step over into Macedonia" with us, Sher'f, dear friend? I mean, if he believes the WTBTS... well, anything and anyone calling itself/himself the "Truth"...
should be run "by Holy Spirit," he will most certainly find a few fellow believers
here who concur - LOL! We may have different understandings/believes as to what... and WHOM... [the] Holy (Spirit) IS, but why not give the man a chance?
Go on: invite him over - I, at least, would love to share an "evening meal' with him and our dear Lord if either of them will it.
I look forward to meeting him, if he decides to check our little village out. And welcome!
Thanks again for sharing that and MUCH peace to you, dear friend, and to dear Auntie and the Fam!
YSFS of Christ,
Shelb