Men came from Jerusalem to Antioch as if they were envoys of the apostles and tried to impose themselves and their consciences on others. They might have meant well, but it was because of them that the issue of circumcision of the Gentiles arose. These Judaizers wished to govern over the individual Christians and congregations […]
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The governing body of Jehovah’s Witnesses claims to follow the pattern set by first century Christians. Often they point to the account in Acts chapter 15 when the issue arose over whether or not gentile Christians needed to be circumcised as proof. But just what evidence is there that the apostles consistently provided spiritual food, […]
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The Seventy Years of Zechariah’s Prophecy
So the angel of Jehovah said: “O Jehovah of armies, how long will you withhold your mercy from Jerusalem and the cities of Judah, with whom you have been indignant these 70 years?” (Zechariah 1:12) “Say to all the people of the land and to the priests, ‘When you fasted and wailed in the fifth […]
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Daniel 9:1,2
In the first year of Da·riʹus the son of A·has·u·eʹrus—a descendant of the Medes who had been made king over the kingdom of the Chal·deʹans— 2 in the first year of his reign I, Daniel, discerned by the books the number of years mentioned in the word of Jehovah to Jeremiah the prophet to fulfill the […]
Jehovah’s Witnesses believe that Jesus Christ was enthroned invisibly in heaven in the year 1914 and that, shortly after that, in the year 1919, he appointed a “faithful and discreet slave” or governing body to explain the Bible for his followers and direct the preaching of the good news worldwide. These teachings are unique to […]