e-Watchman

QUESTION: How can the Moabites become a concealment place for the dispersed ones of Gods people in the time of the end? Isn't that saying somehow Babylon or Christendom will somehow help us…perhaps....just individuals? But how can they do this when we are being disciplined by Jah as his people? I'm not sure I understand this point. ANSWER: Here is a passage in the 16th chapter of Isaiah upon which the [...]

Question from a reader in Romania: Jehovah’s Witnesses base their 1914 doctrine on the prophecy found in Daniel 4:10-17.  Could you please give me the correct meaning of this prophecy according to your understanding? ANSWER: The prophecy centers on King Nebuchadnezzar. In fact, he was the one whom God caused to have the dream, which Daniel was inspired to interpret and record for us. The dream involved an gigantic tree that Nebuchadnezzar [...]

QUESTION: If 1914 is not valid, what accounts for the preaching work of Jehovah's Witnesses? ANSWER: When Jesus was on earth he personally undertook and also organized and directed an extensive preaching campaign. His message was simple: ‘Repent, you people, for the kingdom of the heavens has drawn near!’ That was the message Jesus instructed his disciples to preach. But in what sense had the kingdom drawn near 2,000 years [...]

QUESTION: My question is in relation to Jesus' parables about keeping on the watch (faithful slave, talents, virgins, etc) The WTS has been insisting for more than a century on the important role of the GB as fulfilling the parable of the FDS. Upon a careful analysis of all these parables I came to the conclusion that they most likely DO NOT HAVE PROPHETIC SIGNIFICANCE, but were [...]

QUESTION: Could it be that the disgusting thing standing in a holy place is the group of men being lawless, the Governing Body? So we should flee? Now? Judgment day is here, I think. ANSWER: Jesus foretold that when the disgusting things stands where it ought not that it would occur during the world’s worst time of trouble in history, otherwise known as the great tribulation. In the [...]

QUESTION: With the upcoming financial collapse, what are we really supposed to do? I have a wife and a 8 week old son at home, so I'm obviously concerned with their well being. Of course, ultimately it is Jehovah who will save and protect those that call upon his name and do his will, but is there anything we can do in order to sustain our family? Should I withdraw all my savings and keep cash on hand? I assume money will soon be worthless, so is there a point to that? Will Jehovah let me and my family starve and die? I'm not sure if you have children, but I'm sure you understand my concerns.

QUESTION: Do we need to be re-baptized if we were immersed under the Watchtower’s rules and the outright idolatry we engaged in by answering those two baptism questions?

QUESTION: The Bible says Jehovah destroyed the world with the flood and that Noah and his family were commanded by Him to build an ark. God also told him to bring a pair of animals. If that Ark is the size of football field (so as to speak), how many pairs of animals does it hold? Yes, only the land animals in that ark, and also for argument sake we can tell that all the birds were on rooftops. Is there an explanation? I know Bible is God's word, but I am eager to know how?

QUESTION: When Jesus died there was a massive earthquake as described in Matthew 27.
It says that the dead bodies of holy ones were raised up and many saw them. Was this an actual resurrection of those holy ones or just their graves and dead bodies exposed by the effect of the earthquake? If it was a resurrection does it signify anything in the future?