Greetings fellow ATSers from the beach. We had a tornado over the water a couple of days ago!
We have all seen the social and moral decay of society picking up the pace especially within the past decade. I recently watched the annual meeting of
the JWs on JW Broadcasting and wanted to share this particular talk by a member of the governing body, Kenneth Cook, on the meaning of Revelation
11:18. Firstly, there we read:
"But the nations became wrathful, and your own wrath came, and
the appointed time came for the dead to be judged and to reward your slaves the
prophets and the holy ones and those fearing your name, the small and the great, and
to bring to ruin those ruining the
earth.”-Revelation 11:18.
He went on to ask what is referred to as "the earth" in this prophecy and shows how it is appropriate to understand it is referring to both the
literal running of the earth, our planet, and also the ruination of humankind. And one of the ways in which Satan is ruining all earth in Jehovah's
eyes is by the "gender blurring" that is being promoted in society even by high governmental agencies. He cited a couple of worthy scriptures that
gives Jehovah's view on gender bending, one in Deuteronomy 22:5 where it says:
"A woman must not put on the clothing of a man, nor should a man wear the clothing of a woman. For anyone doing so is detestable to Jehovah your God."
If God views it detestable for a man and woman to switch clothing, "how much more so does he view the world's attempts to blur the lines of gender
with false labeling?"
And Jesus' words when he quoted Genesis 2:24 at Matthew 19:4-5 where he said: “Have you not read that the one who created them from the beginning
made them male and female." (verse 4)
Jehovah God made two sexes among humankind, "male and female." And Jesus said why he made the sexes in the next verse:
"‘For this reason a man will leave his father and his mother and will stick to his wife, and the two will be one flesh’?"-verse 5.
Jehovah foretold humankind would be ruining the earth in Revelation 11:18. And for that reason he will destroy those destroying the earth. Part of
that destruction of earth, is the ruination of humankind, its nationalism, its racism, its partaking in abortions, and its gender bending. Cook says
that the "gender bending" that is rapidly being promoted in society is a part of the fulfillment of that prophecy, it is Satan's way of trying to get
our Creator Jehovah God so repulsed by humankind that he totally rejects all of us.
Oh, here is the link for those wanting to watch it. I really enjoyed the talk. The talk starts at the 32:40 mark:
Kenneth Cook: The Earth that will Endure
Forever
edit on 6-3-2023 by randomuser because: (no reason given)