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It seems as though the world is on the edge of a great spasm of violence. It has been a long time coming. It is not quite officially summer yet in the northern hemisphere, next Friday being the Summer Solstice, but it certainly feels like it will be the last summer—the last normal summer, anyway.
Here's a happy thought: After the Flood, when Noah and his family emerged from their year sheltered in the ark, Jehovah said, "From now on, the earth will never cease to have seed-sowing and harvest, cold and heat, summer and winter, and day and night." The seasons were not nearly as pronounced before the Flood since the Earth was swaddled in an ocean high above that created a greenhouse effect. So, to clarify, there is no such thing as a last summer.
This thread is intended to be my summer diary, of sorts—just wandom thoughts, observations and meanderings.
It has been a few years since I seriously fasted, or should I say juice fasted? Intermittent fasting doesn't count. Living in the cold country with six months of winter (it seems like it), summer is the only time I can fast. Technically, by purest standards, I am not fasting. After all, coconut juice and algae are food—blue-green algae, to be specific. By algae, I mean spirulina. And not powered, tablets or capsules—raw. There is only one source that I know of. Raw Living Spirulina
I thought I might go for a couple of weeks, maybe a month, or perhaps 40 days. That has a ring to it. Jesus fasted for forty days and didn't sip pond scum, which is what spirulina is. But, alas, Jesus wasn't damaged or burdened by the baggage we carry around now.
Fasting, once one gets into it, clears the mind of all the brain fog and clutter. The last time I fasted for over two weeks was six years ago. That's when I ripped off daily videos in the Revelation series. So, I am looking to sharpen my sword and get into fighting trim by midsummer. By then some of the garden veggies will be coming in.
I wonder if any of the brothers at Bethel have any inkling what is going on, at least as it relates to Bible prophecy and the second coming of Christ. I like to use the term "second coming" because the WT claims the second coming has taken place already, in 1914. Presumably, JWs are expecting the third coming. Crazy, isn't it? No wonder the WT has deleted "second coming" from their theocratic lingo. However, regarding world affairs, I am sure they are aware that nations are on the edge of World War III, and the US and parts of Europe are primed for civil war. What will happen to their Kingdom hedge funds if oil sky rockets and the dollar crashes? Dear, oh dear, that could put them out of the publishing business altogether.
I wonder if the Governing Body even discusses these things and considers the possibility that Jesus did not become King in 1914. Making an effigy of e-watchman cast as the Devil is not going to prevent Jehovah's word from coming true. Surely, they at least know that.
Here's a happy thought: After the Flood, when Noah and his family emerged from their year sheltered in the ark, Jehovah said, "From now on, the earth will never cease to have seed-sowing and harvest, cold and heat, summer and winter, and day and night." The seasons were not nearly as pronounced before the Flood since the Earth was swaddled in an ocean high above that created a greenhouse effect. So, to clarify, there is no such thing as a last summer.
This thread is intended to be my summer diary, of sorts—just wandom thoughts, observations and meanderings.
It has been a few years since I seriously fasted, or should I say juice fasted? Intermittent fasting doesn't count. Living in the cold country with six months of winter (it seems like it), summer is the only time I can fast. Technically, by purest standards, I am not fasting. After all, coconut juice and algae are food—blue-green algae, to be specific. By algae, I mean spirulina. And not powered, tablets or capsules—raw. There is only one source that I know of. Raw Living Spirulina
I thought I might go for a couple of weeks, maybe a month, or perhaps 40 days. That has a ring to it. Jesus fasted for forty days and didn't sip pond scum, which is what spirulina is. But, alas, Jesus wasn't damaged or burdened by the baggage we carry around now.
Fasting, once one gets into it, clears the mind of all the brain fog and clutter. The last time I fasted for over two weeks was six years ago. That's when I ripped off daily videos in the Revelation series. So, I am looking to sharpen my sword and get into fighting trim by midsummer. By then some of the garden veggies will be coming in.
I wonder if any of the brothers at Bethel have any inkling what is going on, at least as it relates to Bible prophecy and the second coming of Christ. I like to use the term "second coming" because the WT claims the second coming has taken place already, in 1914. Presumably, JWs are expecting the third coming. Crazy, isn't it? No wonder the WT has deleted "second coming" from their theocratic lingo. However, regarding world affairs, I am sure they are aware that nations are on the edge of World War III, and the US and parts of Europe are primed for civil war. What will happen to their Kingdom hedge funds if oil sky rockets and the dollar crashes? Dear, oh dear, that could put them out of the publishing business altogether.
I wonder if the Governing Body even discusses these things and considers the possibility that Jesus did not become King in 1914. Making an effigy of e-watchman cast as the Devil is not going to prevent Jehovah's word from coming true. Surely, they at least know that.
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