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Every war is different. When the world was more civilized, not too long ago, nations would officially declare war upon each other. That was the case in 1914 when Archduke Ferdinand and his wife were assassinated. From the end of June, over a month and a half, all the nations of Europe declared war on each other. That is not the way it works now. The Anglo empire has been waging a proxy war with Russia since it goaded Putin into Ukraine. There have been sanctions, sabotage, and cyber wars, and now London has been strongarming the US to attack Russia using long-range missiles directly. When Starmer came to DC last week, American approval seemed like a mere formality. However, the US did not sign off on it because Russia made it clear they would consider such an attack to be a declaration of war. Everyone knew Russia would go nuclear, and for some unknown reason, the US balked. It is not the preappointed day and hour.
But a few days after the failed attempt to ignite a global conflagration, the Israelis pushed a button. They blew up thousands of pagers in Lebanon, and are following up by ongoing rocket attacks. As I mentioned before, Putin has apparently talked Iran into holding its fire. In the next little while, I expect a coordinated, combined attack on the Anglo-Zionist imperium. Meanwhile, Congress has been informed that no less than five assassin teams are operating in the US intending to take Trump out. According to Mike Adams, Stinger missiles may be deployed to shoot Trump's plane out of the sky.
So, yeah, wake up people. The world is about to explode.
But a few days after the failed attempt to ignite a global conflagration, the Israelis pushed a button. They blew up thousands of pagers in Lebanon, and are following up by ongoing rocket attacks. As I mentioned before, Putin has apparently talked Iran into holding its fire. In the next little while, I expect a coordinated, combined attack on the Anglo-Zionist imperium. Meanwhile, Congress has been informed that no less than five assassin teams are operating in the US intending to take Trump out. According to Mike Adams, Stinger missiles may be deployed to shoot Trump's plane out of the sky.
So, yeah, wake up people. The world is about to explode.
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S R don't know about the Kingdom of God it would seem. If he did he would not be fearful at least not to the extent that he wants people to be. The fact is nothing did happen Friday 13th.
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On the other hand, I related how I spoke with two JWs in Chicago last week and explained to them that Russia and NATO were on the verge of WW3. She responded she didn't know anything about it because JWs are politically neutral. So, there isn't much difference. People like Scott Ritter understand what is happening but know nothing about God's Kingdom, while JWs know a little about God's Kingdom but don't know what's happening in the world.
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Thank you Deborah. I'm sorry about your loss too.
What you say is good advice. Especially I need to think about what you said
Quote : So stop looking for certain things. Be satisfied and thankful for what understanding Jehovah has giving you and be grateful for what you do understand AT THIS TIME.
Maybe I have a tendency to overthink things. And often the questions that come into my mind don't really have any answers anyway. Just speculation. Actually, my wife used to rein in my thoughts and put a brake on my overthinking. I guess that now she is not with me I don't have anyone to do that for me, so I tend to go into overdrive and the only outlet for me is to post my questions on this forum from time to time. In fact it is one of the reasons I joined the forum as I need some outlet for my cogitations. So I appreciate your response, which in a sense is not unsolicited, as I did throw the question(s) on to the table, so to speak.
Perhaps I'm looking for things that are not really there. Maybe it's a way to fill the emptiness that is in my life after my wife's passing. I try to remind myself to have an "attitude of gratitude" and be happy with what I have got, rather than what I haven't got. But it's still difficult for me to be positive as I'm a kind of pessimistic person, glass half empty type, so I need all the help I can get.
Anyway, I appreciate the time everyone has taken to respond. It helps to know that I have some credence on the forum.
Rambling is starting again, so I'd better stop here.
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Thank Barnaby the Dog. Ruff !“How long Jehovah? How long!” There are several ways to look at this @Niobium. Had it not been for the ingrained assumption that Christ came in 1914, what would todays’ events raise in your mind? The second, less immediate pointer is simply that the world cannot carry on much longer with its handling of pollution, population and food supply, homelessness, drug addiction, and employment. The world may not be at war, but war is inevitable. Just as the bible says, we are being drawn to a conclusion. Though we know not the day or the hour, the biblical pointers are dropping into place.
The reality of the situation though is that existence is secondary to the question of the issues surrounding our existence. The settling of the question of sovereignty. We have the resurrection given us, and our existence is never forgotten by Jehovah. We have also the hard comfort of understanding that should we die beforehand, we are unaware of such - just as the anointed are transfigured in the blink of an eye, so are we effectively between our death and resurrection - just as we are daily through sleep and wakefulness. There is little to fear other that sleeping itself.
Dear Niobium, the reason for life is that we serve Jehovah without seeking a reward other than being allowed to rest during our lifetime through the comfort of faith. The realisation that this is true, gives us the strength to carry on. Acceptance then is the key to finding peace in your heart: in the heart of all of us we must seek such peace and resolution to serve Jehovah, not for reward, but for the magnificence of His righteousness that fills our hearts. We all feel the same if we are honest: “When Jehovah - how LONG?” The answer is, strangely, that it is “Now” if we can find peace in Jehovah’s reassurance that we will be resurrected to an eternal existence in peace and accomplishment for loving Him for what He is. Do we not do so already? The Giver of Life. It will come to pass and you will see it. And the resurrected ones will see it.Until then, seek peace and comfort in Jehovah and He will extend His hand to you and you will find the peace that you seek. Nothing is lost. It all remains. But the end must come first. We must endure. We will endure with you. You are not alone.
You also make some very good points and I appreciate your efforts to encourage me, and others no doubt benefit too.
The point you made about enduring is very true. But in the race for life we need help to carry on at times, so it's encouraging to know that we are not alone. Thanks for the positive thoughts.
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Thank you niobium. Yes it’s true that we need to carry on. I lost my second wife to cancer. But we need to be sufficient within ourselves to carry on. People who have been in my life and are dear to me are in the many nooks and crannies of my heart. I never let them go and they are still there to this day, but as for me, I must survive and cannot stay with the departed but “visit often”. I do the same with my dogs that form a great deal of my emotive communication with others, such as it is. When my beloved dog passes on, I “re-pooch” almost immediately and “transfer” my emotions that way to befriending a vulnerable pooch and take delight in the living and grieve the loss for the departed in the love of another animal in need of my care. It lightens the heart. Some may see that as a denial - I see it as an acceptance of the inevitable but my love survives intact. Clearly it is different in human terms, and the grieving process for us all is different, but for us to honour the love and spirit of that relationship, we must survive it and continue. If we are to honour such relationships, we too must find a way to pick ourselves up and carry on for the very sake of the one lost. That is the point. They would want us to, howsoever whatever honourable and chaste way we do so. It is the way of things.
Many have mentioned the power of prayer in their replies to you. This is where the truth of exposure of our soul in known to Jehovah. There is therapy of the mind in discussing the depths of our emotive selves with the Creator. Reveal then the agony of the heart to Him, and know His reasoning in return. Seek an amnesty for your feelings so that you can continue honourably and with good cheer in your feelings and let go, not of your love and memories so rightfully invested in, but of the pain and loss. Carry on.
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Where you said 'I don't believe Satan has been thrown out of heaven'... He has not been thrown down. We would be feeling the effects...especially those of us preaching the truth in Christ. Rev12:17 I must have read you wrong....perhaps you were merely emphasising that Satan was not ousted if so...forgive me.
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Thank you niobium. Yes it’s true that we need to carry on. I lost my second wife to cancer. But we need to be sufficient within ourselves to carry on. People who have been in my life and are dear to me are in the many nooks and crannies of my heart. I never let them go and they are still there to this day, but as for me, I must survive and cannot stay with the departed but “visit often”. I do the same with my dogs that form a great deal of my emotive communication with others, such as it is. When my beloved dog passes on, I “re-pooch” almost immediately and “transfer” my emotions that way to befriending a vulnerable pooch and take delight in the living and grieve the loss for the departed in the love of another animal in need of my care. It lightens the heart. Some may see that as a denial - I see it as an acceptance of the inevitable but my love survives intact. Clearly it is different in human terms, and the grieving process for us all is different, but for us to honour the love and spirit of that relationship, we must survive it and continue. If we are to honour such relationships, we too must find a way to pick ourselves up and carry on for the very sake of the one lost. That is the point. They would want us to, howsoever whatever honourable and chaste way we do so. It is the way of things.
Many have mentioned the power of prayer in their replies to you. This is where the truth of exposure of our soul in known to Jehovah. There is therapy of the mind in discussing the depths of our emotive selves with the Creator. Reveal then the agony of the heart to Him, and know His reasoning in return. Seek an amnesty for your feelings so that you can continue honourably and with good cheer in your feelings and let go, not of your love and memories so rightfully invested in, but of the pain and loss. Carry on.
Cuando perdí a mi hija encontré la forma de dar el amor que tenía preso en el pecho. Apareció en mi vida una joven con mucha necesidad de amor. Estaba perdida totalmente y era marioneta de otros. Había muchos puntos similares a mi hija en lo que a situación se refiere. Decidimos querernos mutuamente y fue terapéutico para nuestro dolor profundo comprender lo que las personas ausentes en nuestra vida pueden sentir, visto desde otra perspectiva. Nos ayudó a sanar. Y aunque el dolor no desaparece, se calma y eso nos permite entender que la carga se hace más ligera. El amor duele cuando no se manifiesta. Buscar donde poder manifestarlo fue vital para mí. Todo se resume en cuanto amor estas dispuesto a dar? Todo el que pueda.Thank you niobium. Yes it’s true that we need to carry on. I lost my second wife to cancer. But we need to be sufficient within ourselves to carry on. People who have been in my life and are dear to me are in the many nooks and crannies of my heart. I never let them go and they are still there to this day, but as for me, I must survive and cannot stay with the departed but “visit often”. I do the same with my dogs that form a great deal of my emotive communication with others, such as it is. When my beloved dog passes on, I “re-pooch” almost immediately and “transfer” my emotions that way to befriending a vulnerable pooch and take delight in the living and grieve the loss for the departed in the love of another animal in need of my care. It lightens the heart. Some may see that as a denial - I see it as an acceptance of the inevitable but my love survives intact. Clearly it is different in human terms, and the grieving process for us all is different, but for us to honour the love and spirit of that relationship, we must survive it and continue. If we are to honour such relationships, we too must find a way to pick ourselves up and carry on for the very sake of the one lost. That is the point. They would want us to, howsoever whatever honourable and chaste way we do so. It is the way of things.
Many have mentioned the power of prayer in their replies to you. This is where the truth of exposure of our soul in known to Jehovah. There is therapy of the mind in discussing the depths of our emotive selves with the Creator. Reveal then the agony of the heart to Him, and know His reasoning in return. Seek an amnesty for your feelings so that you can continue honourably and with good cheer in your feelings and let go, not of your love and memories so rightfully invested in, but of the pain and loss. Carry on.
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There are no words to make a substantive reply to that.Cuando perdí a mi hija encontré la forma de dar el amor que tenía preso en el pecho. Apareció en mi vida una joven con mucha necesidad de amor. Estaba perdida totalmente y era marioneta de otros. Había muchos puntos similares a mi hija en lo que a situación se refiere. Decidimos querernos mutuamente y fue terapéutico para nuestro dolor profundo comprender lo que las personas ausentes en nuestra vida pueden sentir, visto desde otra perspectiva. Nos ayudó a sanar. Y aunque el dolor no desaparece, se calma y eso nos permite entender que la carga se hace más ligera. El amor duele cuando no se manifiesta. Buscar donde poder manifestarlo fue vital para mí. Todo se resume en cuanto amor estas dispuesto a dar? Todo el que pueda.
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We re pooch about a year before the expected demise of the present incumbentThank you niobium. Yes it’s true that we need to carry on. I lost my second wife to cancer. But we need to be sufficient within ourselves to carry on. People who have been in my life and are dear to me are in the many nooks and crannies of my heart. I never let them go and they are still there to this day, but as for me, I must survive and cannot stay with the departed but “visit often”. I do the same with my dogs that form a great deal of my emotive communication with others, such as it is. When my beloved dog passes on, I “re-pooch” almost immediately and “transfer” my emotions that way to befriending a vulnerable pooch and take delight in the living and grieve the loss for the departed in the love of another animal in need of my care. It lightens the heart. Some may see that as a denial - I see it as an acceptance of the inevitable but my love survives intact. Clearly it is different in human terms, and the grieving process for us all is different, but for us to honour the love and spirit of that relationship, we must survive it and continue. If we are to honour such relationships, we too must find a way to pick ourselves up and carry on for the very sake of the one lost. That is the point. They would want us to, howsoever whatever honourable and chaste way we do so. It is the way of things.
Many have mentioned the power of prayer in their replies to you. This is where the truth of exposure of our soul in known to Jehovah. There is therapy of the mind in discussing the depths of our emotive selves with the Creator. Reveal then the agony of the heart to Him, and know His reasoning in return. Seek an amnesty for your feelings so that you can continue honourably and with good cheer in your feelings and let go, not of your love and memories so rightfully invested in, but of the pain and loss. Carry on.
The old boy gets a new lease for a while and will cheer up and the newby gets lots of lessons and discipline from the old grump.---- works for us
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What a brilliant idea! Company for the older pooch too. I live and learn! I shall now have to convince my wife…..watch this space! ….
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BTDog----------There are no words to make a substantive reply to that.Cuando perdí a mi hija encontré la forma de dar el amor que tenía preso en el pecho. Apareció en mi vida una joven con mucha necesidad de amor. Estaba perdida totalmente y era marioneta de otros. Había muchos puntos similares a mi hija en lo que a situación se refiere. Decidimos querernos mutuamente y fue terapéutico para nuestro dolor profundo comprender lo que las personas ausentes en nuestra vida pueden sentir, visto desde otra perspectiva. Nos ayudó a sanar. Y aunque el dolor no desaparece, se calma y eso nos permite entender que la carga se hace más ligera. El amor duele cuando no se manifiesta. Buscar donde poder manifestarlo fue vital para mí. Todo se resume en cuanto amor estas dispuesto a dar? Todo el que pueda.
I have words for you Ana. I feel your pain as I lost a 22 year old son. Oldest of 4. It was described to me as join ing a club which no one wants to belong to.
There were Bros and Sisters who surrounded us and hugged and cried with us. The experience changes you forever. The pain of seeing people die and knowing how their families are affected and the ongoing ramifications.
Somehow you feel closer to those in the "club"
Our brother asked, "Are you convinced we are in the time of the end? " I simply said I was not convinced. But if we are in the last days and Satan has been thrown out of heaven then the next in the sequence of events should follow.
Thanks. I don't know how to put the emoji in the text, all I know is how to click in response to other posts. like, laugh, wow, etc
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I don't think Satan has been booted yet, which means Jesus has not sat down on the throne. We are living through the build up of what appears to be a totalitarian communist planet. To me it is much like one of those math problems they give you in school where you get a handful of numbers and you have to figure out the pattern of math it's using to get the next number and you guess the next number.
It took me longer to write that than it does to solve most of them.
When I look at everything that has happened just since I've been alive I can foresee where we are headed, Trump or no Trump. These people will not take no for an answer. Their wealth and power has convinced them that they own the planet.
It's been almost 2000 years since Jesus began his ministry and soon it will also be 2000 since his death. Why 2000 years? Compared to the 6000 and something we have existed, that isn't that much but it is enough time that some scoff at those with faith. They laugh at us for holding vigil and staying on the watch, telling us that we believe in fantasy.
Most of the technology which makes our lives easier was invented in the last 150 years. Compared to 6000 years it would almost seem like we've been loafing. Now these technological miracles are threatening to wipe humanity off the planet. All within the span of 100 years. If it seems like world war is delaying then there is a reason. Hard to say what. Maybe the money isn't right yet. Maybe they need a few more bunkers?
It's coming. Nuclear war isn't something you just jump into head first.
I may not shout it from the rooftops but wherever I go I take every opening I find or make to bring up God's plan. As we enter into the tribulation we may not find very many hearing ears. Others will recognize what is happening. One thing is for certain is the terror and fear people are going to feel from everything that will happen all at once. God is not soft pedaling. The UN has Agenda 2030 and that year is significant not just to them but to us as well.
It took me longer to write that than it does to solve most of them.
When I look at everything that has happened just since I've been alive I can foresee where we are headed, Trump or no Trump. These people will not take no for an answer. Their wealth and power has convinced them that they own the planet.
It's been almost 2000 years since Jesus began his ministry and soon it will also be 2000 since his death. Why 2000 years? Compared to the 6000 and something we have existed, that isn't that much but it is enough time that some scoff at those with faith. They laugh at us for holding vigil and staying on the watch, telling us that we believe in fantasy.
Most of the technology which makes our lives easier was invented in the last 150 years. Compared to 6000 years it would almost seem like we've been loafing. Now these technological miracles are threatening to wipe humanity off the planet. All within the span of 100 years. If it seems like world war is delaying then there is a reason. Hard to say what. Maybe the money isn't right yet. Maybe they need a few more bunkers?
It's coming. Nuclear war isn't something you just jump into head first.
I may not shout it from the rooftops but wherever I go I take every opening I find or make to bring up God's plan. As we enter into the tribulation we may not find very many hearing ears. Others will recognize what is happening. One thing is for certain is the terror and fear people are going to feel from everything that will happen all at once. God is not soft pedaling. The UN has Agenda 2030 and that year is significant not just to them but to us as well.
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I had the same discussion with a brother way back in the mid-1980s. He said things couldn't get much worse. I said, yes they can and will. Look at everything we see right now, and imagine it ten times worse.
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Me alegro muchísimo que encontrasteis sostén en vuestro duelo, nosotros decidimos aislarnos. Pero la gran generosidad de Jehová nos trajo a la dulce Marah poco tiempo después de aquello, y cambió toda esa amargura en felicidad. A veces mi mente mezclaba a las dos niñas en el mismo momento, como si todo lo malo vivido pudiese cambiarse y fuesen la misma persona. Es increíble lo que la mente hace para sobrevivir y siempre mantenemos la esperanza en que Jehová nos la devuelva. Solo estamos en diferentes estaciones esperando al mismo tren. Tienes una familia tan hermosa como la mía, nos sentaremos un día juntos a pescar, estoy segura de ello. Mientras llega ese día manda saludos por casa y tengan listos los billetes, al tren no le queda mucho por empezar a zarpar. Que Jehová los cuide mucho.BTDog----------There are no words to make a substantive reply to that.
I have words for you Ana. I feel your pain as I lost a 22 year old son. Oldest of 4. It was described to me as join ing a club which no one wants to belong to.
There were Bros and Sisters who surrounded us and hugged and cried with us. The experience changes you forever. The pain of seeing people die and knowing how their families are affected and the ongoing ramifications.
Somehow you feel closer to those in the "club"
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Now like Barnaby the Dog-----"There are no words"Me alegro muchísimo que encontrasteis sostén en vuestro duelo, nosotros decidimos aislarnos. Pero la gran generosidad de Jehová nos trajo a la dulce Marah poco tiempo después de aquello, y cambió toda esa amargura en felicidad. A veces mi mente mezclaba a las dos niñas en el mismo momento, como si todo lo malo vivido pudiese cambiarse y fuesen la misma persona. Es increíble lo que la mente hace para sobrevivir y siempre mantenemos la esperanza en que Jehová nos la devuelva. Solo estamos en diferentes estaciones esperando al mismo tren. Tienes una familia tan hermosa como la mía, nos sentaremos un día juntos a pescar, estoy segura de ello. Mientras llega ese día manda saludos por casa y tengan listos los billetes, al tren no le queda mucho por empezar a zarpar. Que Jehová los cuide mucho.
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When I click reply to a comment left of the bottom of my screen gives more options to insert images and emoji's when I hover over the emoji Icon it gives limitless options. May Jehovah bless our watch.
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Translation: When I lost my daughter I found a way to give the love that I had trapped in my chest. A young woman with a great need for love appeared in my life. I was totally lost and was someone else's puppet. There were many points similar to my daughter as far as the situation is concerned. We decided to love each other and it was therapeutic for our deep pain to understand what people absent in our life can feel, seen from another perspective. It helped us to heal. And although the pain does not go away, it calms down and that allows us to understand that the load becomes lighter. Love hurts when it doesn't manifest itself. Looking for where to manifest it was vital for me. Everything is summarised in how much love are you willing to give? Everyone who can
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We’re not supposed to pass on before our children…as a matter of fact, Jehovah created us all to live forever.BTDog----------There are no words to make a substantive reply to that.
I have words for you Ana. I feel your pain as I lost a 22 year old son. Oldest of 4. It was described to me as join ing a club which no one wants to belong to.
There were Bros and Sisters who surrounded us and hugged and cried with us. The experience changes you forever. The pain of seeing people die and knowing how their families are affected and the ongoing ramifications.
Somehow you feel closer to those in the "club"
Meantime, we have eternity built into us. Will anyone choose a day to die? I think not and we know why.
I sincerely feel for those who who have lost loved ones. Losing a child must be the worst.
However, when I lost my soulmate of 38 years I felt I lost part of myself. When you lose a child you know that it was part of you and the pain hurts. In the same way, since Jehovah says when two people marry they become one then you lose him or her, it’s like a part of you dies in the same way.
When I lost my mate I truly found out what the “sting of death” meant.
I don’t mean to be a downer, I’m just expressing my thoughts. The difference between us and many others is that we have that wonderful HOPE. We have to have that faith the Bible speaks of at Hebrews 11:1 “Faith is the assured expectation of what is hoped for, the evident demonstration of realities that are not seen.”
It’s my hope that we all keep this in mind. “Now, however, these three remain: faith, hope, love; but the greatest of these is LOVE.” —1 Corinthians 13:13
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