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In consideration of the article reported here https://www.jw.org/it/pubblicazioni/riviste/torre-di-guardia-studio-aprile-2018/postare-pubblicazioni-testimoni-di-geova/ today, on 30/12/2017, the author of this blog declares to have removed all the IMAGES owned by the Watchtower. The remaining images were not taken from the jw.org site nor were they scanned from more recent publications. There may be some images present ALSO in some Watchtower publications but not of your exclusive property (such as photographs of the historical archive of the first or second world war). Since it is specified that the conditions of use would not allow even the "articles" to be posted, I would like to clarify that this was done solely because of free debate. There has never been any insult, denigration or even alteration of the material (which is freely consultable). Any criticism has been argued and this is part of the normal exchange of views guaranteed by all Western constitutions. Exactl

The kings coming from the rising sun are identified

The sixth one poured out his bowl on the great river Eu·phraŹ¹tes, + and its water was dried up + to prepare the way for the kings + from the rising of the sun – Revelation 16:12 Who are the "kings coming from the rising sun" described in Revelation 16:12? The question might seem silly or too simple. All Jehovah's Witnesses, or nearly all, have learned that the kings from the rising sun are Jehovah and His Son Christ. The book "Revelation its climax" in this regard says … This is also bad news for Babylon the Great! 21 At the height of the splendor of ancient Babylon, the copious waters of the Euphrates were a fundamental element of its defensive system. In 539 a.E.V. those waters dried up when their course was diverted by the Persian leader Cyrus. This allowed Cyrus the Persian and Darius the Medus, the kings coming from the "rising sun" (ie from the east), to enter and conquer Babylon. At the crucial moment the Euphrates failed as a defense of that gr

Next stop: Israel

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In our path of study of the prophecies, as already seen in various previous articles, we will have come across something that we would not have believed possible. The understanding of Babylon the Great, as well as that concerning Armageddon, the Jerusalem above or the Heavenly Jerusalem, have indeed constituted great changes in the official understanding of Jehovah's Witnesses. We can not ignore the chain effects that these "changes of vision" have produced and continue to produce on many other more or less important doctrines. The author of this blog would like above all to clarify that all the theses presented so far have never been considered inspired or infallible and therefore each reader is invited to make their own evaluations (and maybe to contribute) by comparing and meditating on the Scriptures without any injury. At the same time, however, the author is equally convinced that the articles showed respect for the Bible and used it as a guide and supreme authority

Chronology, interpretation, speculation

Everything we read about the "70-Week" prophecy reported in the book "Pay Attention to Daniel's Prophecy!" (Chapter 11) is worthy of attention and demonstrates how accurate and reliable the word of God is even when pronouncing prophecies very distant in time. The historical accuracy and the numerous Scriptural references that gave weight and authority to the whole speech were also evident. Anyone who approaches the Word of God without preconceptions can not but be struck by this demonstration of power and wisdom on the part of God. The explanation of the 70 weeks is unexceptionable but can be said to be the same as other prophecies? What about those calculations on which many of us have based the hopes of a lifetime and that clashed with the criticism of the majority? We are talking about 1914. Is this also a prophecy of Daniel? Was this also treated with the same marvelous accuracy of the seventy weeks we have just read? Although it may not be easy, we try to b