My mind and heart explode when I think about the divine plan, the covenant of redemption!In this arrangement or agreement, we have the Son willingly accepting the assignment of being the Redeemer. Consider the magnitude of this! There was and is no one else who could bear this task. Only Christ is able. It is only Jesus who is qualified to bear the task of being the Redeemer. Only Christ could substitute himself as the one to bear the sins of man. Only Christ could fully bear and therefore satisfy all of the requirements of God’s wrath. Christ, and Christ alone, could offer himself through the eternal spirit (Hebrews 9:14) and provide eternal redemption (Hebrews 9:12).What’s more, he was willing! Not only was Jesus qualified to take the mantle, he was willing. This drips with love from another land. This is truly heaven’s love invading earth. Christ loved us when we were unlovely (Romans 5:6-11). His entire incarnation was motivated by a unique and pure love for God and love for the lost. Oh, how this melts our hearts!Jesus loves us most and best of all. This is a delight to God, for God loves sinners (John 3:16).
>>18406278Please explain why your founder's tombstone looks like this, thanks.
>>18406286Charles Russell is not buried under a pyramid…the pyramid was erected after his death by JA Bohnet, a fellow Bible Student, and it was built in the middle of the cemetery Watch Tower Society plot as a marker for the Bible House family (those who worked at the headquarters in Pennsylvania). The pyramid contains a cross crown and wreath symbol, Scripture quotes, an open book which has names of Bible Students who died and were buried in the cemetery.Brother Russell and the early Bible Students thought that God had directed the building of the Great pyramid by Hebrews as a secondary way to confirm the Bible's chronology.This was not a belief that the Bible Students made up, but was commonly taught in many mainstream Churches which they had just come out of. It took them time to discern what was true and what was myth. In the 1800s some religious scholars felt that the Great Pyramid was built by the Hebrews under God's direction. They believed that biblical texts such as Isaiah 19:19-20 foretold that the Pyramid contained clues to the interpretation of Biblical prophecies that would be understood in the end times.JEHOVAH's Witnesses corrected their wrong understandings while other religions continue to believe obvious myths associated with the cross and holidays! And there are still theologians and accepted members of mainstream churches who still teach Pyramidology, numerology, and mix "New Age" metaphysics with no repercussions from their respective organizations!
>>18406290Well, fair enough. However, I have many issues with JWs as an institution and as a belief system, but I am unlikely to convince you of them and you are unlikely to convince me of their validity. Cheers.
