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For debate:JehovahsWitness wrote: From speaking with my brothers and sister, far from undermining our faith and causing confusion, the impact of coronavirus only serves to strengthen our conviction we are living in the last days and our resolve to preach the good news of the kingdom before the Lord tells us the work is complete.
Zzyzx wrote: .According to Christian prognosticators we have been living in 'the last days' for two thousand years. That makes about a hundred generations living under the threat from doomsday tales -- with many anxiously awaiting the return of their 'savior'.vinil1982 wrote: Yes...things around the world right situation shows we are living in the last days.
* A generation is all the contempories of a particular group. For more on this please see my earlier post: How long is the generation Jesus referred to at Matthew 24:35?
http://debatingchristianity.com/forum/v ... 902#898902
JW didn't even exist until made up in the 1870s by Charles Taze Russell in Pittsburgh, PennsylvaniaJehovahsWitness wrote: According to Jehovahs Witnesses we have been living in the last days for just over 100 years (since 1914)
Where does the Bible define the term 'generation' and what is its length?JehovahsWitness wrote: which is just one (bibljcal) "generation".
A two thousand year generation? Yet another failed 'prophesy'.JehovahsWitness wrote: Jesus predicted the end of the system of things will come before that generation has all died out.
Zzyzx wrote: Where does the Bible define the term 'generation' and what is its length?
So both the biblical and the conventional understanding is that a generation refers to a group (NOT to the decades before a group can reproduce (birth to 20 or 30). So biblically a particular generation is not simply when the oldest member of said group dies (70 or 80 years) but when the last contempory of said group dies.Definition of GENERATION
1a: a body of living beings constituting a single step in the line of descent from an ancestor
b: a group of individuals born and living contemporaneously.
c: a group of individuals having contemporaneously a status (such as that of students in a school) which each one holds only for a limited period
source https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/generation
For more on this please see my earlier post: How long is the generation Jesus referred to at Matthew 24:35?
http://debatingchristianity.com/forum/v ... 902#898902
WHICH generation was Jesus refering to when he said "this genration will not pass away"?
http://debatingchristianity.com/forum/v ... 061#775061
Did Jesus indicate that his first century disciples would see him returned in Kingdom power? (Mark 9:1; Matthew 16: 27, 28; Luke 9: 27)
http://debatingchristianity.com/forum/v ... 172#752172
What are the "things" that "this generation" would witness?
http://debatingchristianity.com/forum/v ... 219#752219
But did not Jesus say (in Matthew 16 verse 27) that he would "repay everyone" in the lifetime of any of his listeners?
http://debatingchristianity.com/forum/v ... 624#836624
*The Return of ChristTo learn more please go to other posts related to...
THE GENERATION, "THE LAST DAYS " and ...JESUS' SECOND COMING *
Are you suggesting 1914 was 2000 years ago?Zzyzx wrote:
A two thousand year generation?
JehovahsWitness wrote: According to Jehovah's Witnesses we have been living in the last days for just over 100 years (since 1914) which is just one (biblical) "generation"*. Jesus predicted the end of the system of things will come before that generation has all died out
There is no need to ask for a weekly status check. Even if things don't occur on a weekly basis does not mean we're not in the last days.Tcg wrote: Another week has passed with no milestones to report. Week #2 and there are still no events that qualify for this commitment, "to let the events coming up be my debate argument."
Perhaps next week.
The average age of empires, according to a specialist on the subject, the late Sir John Bagot Glubb, is 250 years. After that, empires always die, often slowly but overwhelmingly from overreaching in the search for power. The America of 1776 will reach its 250th year in 2026.
www.times-standard.com
Yes, it's the last days for the US empire. We are so deep in debt and financial instability that the only recourse now is to put money printing in hyperdrive. The elite continue to grab more money and power while the rest of the country goes down the drain. Banana republic anyone?Zzyzx wrote: It appears to me as though the entire structure of the US economy (and with it the society) is in deep trouble.
This does not indicate to me 'last days' -- except perhaps the sense of ending US dominance / leadership in world affairs. Throughout history nations have risen to prominence then declined to second-rate (or lower) status. We ride a roller coaster.
I would ordinarily be more concerned about printing money this year, but inflation and interest rates have been relatively low the last ten years. And the U.S. remains a place where the world invests. Social Security is a forced savings system that has worked out well, despite the chronic complainers.otseng wrote:Yes, it's the last days for the US empire. We are so deep in debt and financial instability that the only recourse now is to put money printing in hyperdrive. The elite continue to grab more money and power while the rest of the country goes down the drain. Banana republic anyone?Zzyzx wrote: It appears to me as though the entire structure of the US economy (and with it the society) is in deep trouble.
This does not indicate to me 'last days' -- except perhaps the sense of ending US dominance / leadership in world affairs. Throughout history nations have risen to prominence then declined to second-rate (or lower) status. We ride a roller coaster.
