Ezekiel Chapter 26, Part 1
Excerpts for this study come primarily from Brother Frank Shallieu’s studies on the Book of Ezekiel, and from other related Bible Student resources as well as my own personal studies. Understand as Bible Students we are generally one in faith, that is in respects to the first principle doctrines however when it comes to the deep things of the word of God, especially prophecy not yet fully fulfilled we tend to differ on many issues.
Often time Bible Students are accused of being JW’s a very faulty assumption generally made by the ignorant who know very little about Bible Students and/or their true history save what propaganda they have read off the internet, most of which comes from those steeped in bigotry and prejudice at anything or anyone who contradicts the prescribed orthodox beliefs and doctrines, thus not very reliable resources for information.
Jehovah’s Witnesses are governed by a governing body this body determines what they teach and believe, those who don’t toe the line are disciplined and if they are not responsive they can be disfellowship, not only from their fellow brethren but likewise from their families as well. Not that all JW’s adhere to this last part. One of the unique things about JW’s is that you can attend anyone of their Kingdom halls and they will all be teaching the same lessons at the same time, this has both its advantages and disadvantages. It’s great for JW’s who might be visiting friends or relatives away from home and still wish to follow along with their on going studies, but it has the disadvantage in that the class is restricted to a particular study.
Bible Students on the other hand are free not only to think for ourselves, as we have no governing or organized body dictating what we teach and or believe, but likewise each class can decide for themselves what they wish to study at any given time, this is our liberty in Christ Jesus and we will not surrender it to any man-made institution or organization.
Please understand that in preceding with this study it may take some time in-between my post as I have only recently begun a more intensive and thorough study of these particular chapters, parts of them I have studied before, “a little here a little there”, but never as one complete whole study. My other difficulty is that I have other projects which I am working on such as my blog posts so time is a bit scarce, nevertheless I will attempt to do my best for those interested in this subject especially for our new sister KAM.
We will begin with Chapter 26 of Ezekiel
A Proclamation against Tyre
As with many prophecies, this prophecy has a dual application, not only referring to the destruction of literal Tyre, but of greater importance to us, the destruction of symbolic Tyre as well. Tyre symbolically represents ‘Babylon’ typing the kingdom of Satan. Tyre is likewise used as a symbol of evil and the empire of Satan in Isaiah’s prophecy found in Isaiah Chapter 23 as well as in Joel 3:4.
We will begin with our next post.
Excerpts for this study come primarily from Brother Frank Shallieu’s studies on the Book of Ezekiel, and from other related Bible Student resources as well as my own personal studies. Understand as Bible Students we are generally one in faith, that is in respects to the first principle doctrines however when it comes to the deep things of the word of God, especially prophecy not yet fully fulfilled we tend to differ on many issues.
Often time Bible Students are accused of being JW’s a very faulty assumption generally made by the ignorant who know very little about Bible Students and/or their true history save what propaganda they have read off the internet, most of which comes from those steeped in bigotry and prejudice at anything or anyone who contradicts the prescribed orthodox beliefs and doctrines, thus not very reliable resources for information.
Jehovah’s Witnesses are governed by a governing body this body determines what they teach and believe, those who don’t toe the line are disciplined and if they are not responsive they can be disfellowship, not only from their fellow brethren but likewise from their families as well. Not that all JW’s adhere to this last part. One of the unique things about JW’s is that you can attend anyone of their Kingdom halls and they will all be teaching the same lessons at the same time, this has both its advantages and disadvantages. It’s great for JW’s who might be visiting friends or relatives away from home and still wish to follow along with their on going studies, but it has the disadvantage in that the class is restricted to a particular study.
Bible Students on the other hand are free not only to think for ourselves, as we have no governing or organized body dictating what we teach and or believe, but likewise each class can decide for themselves what they wish to study at any given time, this is our liberty in Christ Jesus and we will not surrender it to any man-made institution or organization.
Please understand that in preceding with this study it may take some time in-between my post as I have only recently begun a more intensive and thorough study of these particular chapters, parts of them I have studied before, “a little here a little there”, but never as one complete whole study. My other difficulty is that I have other projects which I am working on such as my blog posts so time is a bit scarce, nevertheless I will attempt to do my best for those interested in this subject especially for our new sister KAM.
We will begin with Chapter 26 of Ezekiel
A Proclamation against Tyre
As with many prophecies, this prophecy has a dual application, not only referring to the destruction of literal Tyre, but of greater importance to us, the destruction of symbolic Tyre as well. Tyre symbolically represents ‘Babylon’ typing the kingdom of Satan. Tyre is likewise used as a symbol of evil and the empire of Satan in Isaiah’s prophecy found in Isaiah Chapter 23 as well as in Joel 3:4.
We will begin with our next post.
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