Nov
26
Prophecies Certain of Fulfillment
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When Jesus died, he was impaled between two robbers. But later, wealthy joseph of Arimathea laid Jesus body in his own newly quarried tomb. Finally, Jesus’ death fulfilled one of the most important elements of Isaiah’s prophecy. Speaking of the Messiah Isaiah says: the righteous one, my servant, will bring a righteous standing to many people; and their errors he himself will bear. To establish the identity of the Messiah scripturally, the apostles and Jesus himself quoted more frequently from any other Bible book. Still, the book of Isaiah was not the only one to foretell the future. Many other Hebrew scripture prophecies also find fulfillment in Jesus, his kingdom, and the good things that the Kingdom will accomplish in the future. How certain was it that these prophecies would be fulfilled? Jesus told his Jewish listeners: “Do no think i came to destroy the law or the prophets. i came not to destroy, but to fulfill; for truly i say to you that sooner would heaven and earth pass away than for one smallest letter or one particle of a letter to pass away from the law by any means and not all things take place”(Matthew 5:17, 18). Jesus also pointed to the fulfillment of Bible prophecies in the events unfolding around him and in events to come. Further, Jesus and his disciples themselves foretold events that would occur after their day, including many that we have seen take place today. The following article will discuss these and other yet future, fulfillments of Bible prophecy.
Nov
26
Details of the Messiah’s Suffering
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Isaiah prophesied that the Messiah would not be accepted by the majority in Israel but would instead become “A stone of stumbling” to them. (1 Peter 2:6-8) and indeed despite Jesus’ many miracles, the people “were not putting faith in him, so that the world of Isaiah the prophet was fulfilled which he said:Jehovah, who has put faith in the thing heard by us? Contributing to the Jews’ lack of faith was the popular, though mistaken, belief that the Messiah would immediately rid the nation of Roman rule and restore an independent Davidic kingdom on earth. because Jesus suffered and died, most Jews could not accept him as the Messiah. But, in fact, Isaiah had foretold that the Messiah would experience suffering before becoming King. In the book of Messiah prophetically says: “My back i gave to the strikers… My face i did not conceal from humiliating things and spit.” Matthew reports what happened when Jesus was being tried: “They spit into his face him in the face” (Isaiah 50:6). he was letting himself be afflicted; yet he would not open his mouth,” wrote Isaiah. thus, when Pilate questioned Jesus about the Jews accusations, Jesus “Did not answer him, no, not a word, so that the governor wondered very much” (Isaiah 53:7). Isaiah’s prophecy continued to be fulfilled at Jesus’ death and even afterward. Isaiah foretold: “He will make his burial place even with the wicked ones, and with the rich class in his death” (Isaiah 53:29). How could this apparently contradictory prophecy be fulfilled?
Nov
12
Jehovah Witnesses
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I agree that the Jehovah’s Witnesses won a potentially far-reaching victory today in a Moscow court over prosecutors who had sought to ban the group under a 1997 law that prohibited religious sects that incite hatred or intolerance. However, Jehovah witnesses had not broken up families, tried to convert minors without their parents’ consent and even pushed members toward suicide. The Bible students have their own free will to decide what they want to do. they are false statement making by aprostate. Seven years ago, Nikolai Cherevatov stated that a Moscow University student, told his parents that his search for religion had led him to Jehovah’s Witnesses, one of the fastest-growing proselytizing religious groups in Russia. ”They were very upset,” said Mr. Cherevatov, now 31 and a rigorous follower of the religious community that is now before a Moscow court, accused of inciting religious discord and threatened with a ban on its activities. ‘his father said that “they were agents of the American C.I.A. who would give him a gun, and tell him to shoot his parents if there was a war,” he said. ”his mother said, “no good could come from a close reading of the Bible.” we would never ask a child to shoot his parents because we beleive in the Bible. the Bible said that “God is love” and we have a commandments to follow which is to honor our parents with all our heart. Mrs. Alekseyeva long a campaigner for human rights, stated that ”in a closed society like Russia, people don’t like anything that is not ‘ours.’ When I ask people what is so dangerous about the Jehovah’s Witnesses, nobody can answer, but they are sure they are, anyway. But this is not a theological problem. It is a human rights problem.” we are not dangerous; we are loving kindness that care about the future of other people.
Bohlen, Celestine. “Moscow Court Weighs Jehovah’s Witnesses Ban.(Foreign Desk).” The New York Times. (Feb 11, 1999): NA. Opposing Viewpoints Resource Center. Gale. CCLA, Palm Beach Comm College. 12 Nov. 2008 .
Nov
5
Foretelling the Messiah
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Knowing wht Isaiah and other prophets had written about the Messiah, the Jewish nation long anticiapated his arrival. By Jesus’s day, in fact, many Jews “were in expectation” of the Messiah’s imminent appearance. significantly, Bible Prophecies include remarkable details of the Messiah’s life. No mere human could either foretell such events or arrange for Jesus to experince them. Details Surrounding the Messiah’s Birth. Isaiah foretol that the Messiah, or Christ would be born of a virgin. After describing the miraculous circumstances of Jesus’ birth, the apostle Mattew wrote: “all this actually came about for that to be fufilled which was spoken by Jehovah bthrough his prophet, saying: look! The virgin will become pregnant and will give birth to a son.” Isaiah also foretold that Christ would be a descendant of David, specifically mentinning Jesse, David’s father. Jesus did not indeed directly descend from David. Thus, before the birth of Jesus, the angel Gabriel told Jesus’s mother, Mary” “God will give him the throne of David his father.” Details of the Messiah’s Life. In the synagogue in Nazareth, the adult Jesus read aloud from Isaiah’s prophecy, including these words: “Jehovah’s spirit is upon me because he anointed me to declare good news to the poor.” Applying the prophecy to himself , Jesus stated: “today this scripture that you just heard is fufilled.” Isaiah also foretold Jesus’ kind, mild and assuming way of dealing with those in need of healing. Mattew writes: Many also followed him, and he cured them all, but he strictly charged them not to make him manifest; that there might be fufilled what was spoken through Isaiah the prophet. he will not wrangle, nor cry aloud no bruised reed will he crush.
Oct
22
Moral and Social Breakdown
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Jesus and Paul did not list all the historical, social, and political factors that are to blame for these world conditions. Nevertheless, their prophecies accurately foretold the events and attitudes that we are seeing today. What about the future? The prophecy of Isaiah that reliably foretold the coming of the Messiah also describes the beneficial changes God’s Kingdom will bring to the earth. Let us consider these in the following article. When discussing the future of man and the earth, the apostle Peter wrote: “There are new heavens and a new earth that we are awaiting according to his promise, and in these righteousness is to dwell.” A promise of “new heavens and a new earth” was originally given through the prophet Isaiah. By citing this prophecy, Peter showed that in his time it had not yet been completely fulfilled. Later, about the year 96 C.E., the revelation given through the apostle John associated that “new earth” with blessings under God’s Kingdom. Jesus’ words as well as those of the apostle Paul about world conditions just prior to the coming of God’s Kingdom are now being fulfilled. Therefore, we can expect that Kingdom will soon usher in the new world. What will that new world be like? the Bible book of Isaiah tells us. “They will have to beat their swords into plowshares and their spears into pruning shears. Nation will not lift up sword against nation, neither will they learn war anymore.” Isaiah 2:2-4. Have you not seen that people display such bad traits more than they used to?
Oct
22
Intractable Disease
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Intractable Disease. “There will be…. pestilences, ” Jesus foretold (Luke 21:11) around the globe, illnesses old and new sicken ever greater numbers, and hoped-for remedies are proving elusive. For instance, international goals to eradicate malaria have had to be scaled back repeatedly as the disease continues to defy human control. In addition, millions are killed by old diseases, including tuberculosis (TB), now operating in tandem with AIDS and other new diseases. “one-third of the world’s population is currently infected with the TB bacillus,” reports the World Health Organization. The organization also notes that HIV is contributing to the TB epidemics in many countries. Every second, another person is infected with TB, and TB is developing greater resistance to drug treatment. in 2007, a patient in Europe was diagnosed with TB that was “invulnerable to every single drug we have,” reported New Scientist magazine. Moral and Social Breakdown. “Because of the increasing of lawlessness the love of the greater number will cool off,” Jesus said. Besides what Jesus foretold, the apostle Paul pointed forward to a collapse of social and moral values. He described the difficult “last days” that would come just before God’s Kingdom would end this world system. “Men will be lovers of themselves, lovers of money, self-assuming, haughty, blasphemers, disobedient to parents, unthankful, disloyal, having no natural affection, not open to any agreement, slanderers, without self-control, fierce, without love of goodness, betrayers, headstrong, puffed up with pride, lovers of pleasures rather than lovers of God, having a form of Godly devotion but proving false to its power.” (2 Timothy 3:1-5).
Oct
12
Widespread Hunger
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“There will be food shortages,” Jesus foretold. In two thousands five, science magazine stated: “there are eight hundred fifty four million people in the world (about 14% of our population) who are chronically or acutely malnourished.” In two thousand seven, a United Nations source reported that thirty three countries lack sufficient food to feed their people. When world grain production is one the rise, how can this be? For one thing, land and grain that could be used to feed people are used to produced ethanol needed to fill a big four-wheel-drive SUV just once uses enough grain to feed one person for an entire year reports the South African newspaper the Witness. In developed countries too, increasing food prices force many to choose between having food for dinner or paying for other necessities, such as medicine or heating. Massive Earthquakes. Jesus said: “there will be earthquakes.” if it seems to you that now more people than ever before are affected by earthquakes, you are correct. “suddenly we are seeing a spurt in seismic activity globally,” observed Indian seismologist R. K. Chadha in two thousands seven. “nobody knows why.” Moreover, rapid popuation growth in areas prone to earthquakes has increases the toll of these disasters. the earthquakes that struck the Indian ocean in two thousands four and the tsunami that followed made that year the “deadliest in nearly five hundred years for earthquakes” and “the second most fatal in recorded history,” according to the U.S. geological Survey.
Sep
24
Response
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I was reading about this blog. Spiritual Pathways Ministries. I agree with the first sentence saying that Jehovah’s Witnesses trust god Jehovah implicitly. we fervently preach, teach, and publish unending articles about God’s protection, even baptising converts who have sworn an oath to Jehovah and his “representitive organization”. we believe unreservedly that God takes a moment by moment active role in watching out and taking palpable action on behalf of Jehovah’s Witnesses’ welfare, both on an organizational level and individually. However, i do not agree with that statement; we display willfully a propensity for self promotion, some actually taking part in “theocratic warfare” which involves lying, misrepresenting, twisting, maneuvering individuals, organizations and governmental agencies to attain their goals. we, Jehovah Witnesses, do not participate in war and being neutral as far as politics. everything we said came from the Bible, we do not create our own Bible. Due to the fact that the organisation is imperfect, it is made up of imperfect people. All the main Biblical points, which anyone can read in isaah 48:10 stated the name of God is Jehovah.Also, you mentionned that we only need look at the track record as respect the real trust the real confidence they have displayed in man’s words. Just take a look at your theocratic library and seem the reams of books, not written by or inspired by God, but man. in 1thimothy3: 16 stated that all scriptures are inspired by god to teach and discipline us. therefore everything we said based on the Bible.
Sep
20
Events Foretold for our DaY
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The Bible foretells that God’s kingdom will bring permanent peace and happiness to the earth. in the our Father, or the Lord’s prayer, Jesus taught his disciples to pray: “Let your Kingdom come”. In his great prophecy given to his disciples on the Mount Olives, Jesus foretold specific events and specific events and condition that would immediately precede the coming of that Kingdom. together, these features constitute a sign that would be clearly evident to all honesthearted observers. How many of the following aspects of that sign are you personally aware of?
International Wars. Jesus foretold: ” Nation will rise against nation and kingdom against kingdom.”(Matthew 24:7) Prior to the first world war in 1914, wars tended to be more localized. World War 1 not only engulfed large parts of the globe but also accelerated the development of weapons more terrible than any that mankind had ever known. For example, the newly invented airplane was used to drop bombs on civilians. Mass production of weapons increased the carnage to levels that were previously unimaginable, as about half of the 65 million soldiers that were mobilized either died or were wounded. yet, as the 20th century progressed, the carnage expanded. In the words of one historian, the military and civilian dead of World War two” would be forever uncountable.” and the wars continue even now.
Sep
8
who Can Know the Future
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“I am the divine one…, the one teling from the beginning the finale, and from long ago the things that have not been done”-Isaiah 46:9,10. In these unstable times, political, financial, and social analysists study history and modern trends in an effort to predict the future. others desparate to know what the future holds personally, look to astrology or spiritism for answer. however, such people are often disapointed with the results. is it utterly impossible to know what will happen to this world, our families, and us as individuals? in the end, can anyone really foresee the future. In his words to the prophet Isaiah, quote above, Almighty God, Jehovah, described his own ability to foretell the future. through Isaiah, God foretold the release of the ancient Israelites from Babylonian captivity and their return to rebuild Jerusalem and the temple. How precise was this prophecy? Compared with God, man is powerless to peer the future. “do not make your boast about the next day”. wrote wise King Salomon, “for you do not know what a day will give birth to”. No human can foresee even his own future. when he chooses to do so, God can foresee exactly how individuals and entire nations will act. Further, he has unlimited ability to control the outcome of events. when he foretells through his prophets that something will occur, he become “the one making the world of his servant come true, and the one that carries out completely the counsel of his own messengers.” Only Jehovah God can truthfully make that statement.