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Let us prepare ourselves for the machinations of Satan!

Let's start with a logical assumption. Satan is much smarter and more powerful and has much more experience than us. He is our main adversary and his purpose is to "devour us" - 1 Peter 5: 8 To do this, as we all know, he uses every means at his disposal and one of his "favorite" weapons is lying, deception - Hebrews 2:14; John 8:44 It 'easy to expect that, as he nears the end of his activity, he intensifies his efforts to mislead us - Revelation 20: 2, 3 As we have seen from the previous articles which spoke of the false prophet, Satan is about to prepare his best weapon for his expulsion to the earth - Revelation 13:11 We know that religion will not disappear as many of us have imagined (as it is not Babylon the Great) but will undergo a remarkable "skin change" - compare 2 Corinthians 11: 13-15 If this is correct, we can hypothesize what could happen in the near future also by comparing what has already happened, in the past, that has diverted

Death really erases the sins?

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One consequence of the fact that the resurrection takes place at the end of the millennium is asking the question of what basis will be judged resurrected . So far we have been taught that the resurrected would be judged based on what they would do after their resurrection , that is, over a long period in the kingdom of Christ. The apostle Paul once said ... "I have hope toward God ... that there will be a resurrection of both the righteous and the unrighteous" - Acts 24:15 Because Paul harbored the hope that there was a resurrection for the unjust who, if they were only judged by their past actions, would then killed? Probably these "rolls" will contain many details of the life of people and perhaps will add detailed instructions on how to proceed, evaluating and mitigating the causes, and it is reasonable to believe that there might also be a probationary time for at least some of them. We have no particular about it, but Jehovah is the Righteous Judge and

Legal notice

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