On Mar 5, 4:08 pm, Daughter of Zion <h...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
> On Mar 4, 4:46 am, Richard Noggin <RichardNog...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
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> > On Mar 2, 5:26 pm, "t...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
" <t...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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> > And it appears both keep the Sabbath as Saturday, the seventh day of
> > the week, and not sunday as most church do.
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> > > On Feb 28, 3:48 pm, Daughter of Zion <h...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
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> > > > On Feb 28, 12:25 am, "t...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
" <t...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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> > > > > I subscribe to both. My question is which magazines is the most
> > > > > closest to bible teachings: the Good News or Tomorrow's World?
> > > > > I often wonder which magazine would Armstrong most approve of.
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> > > > > Tony
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> > > > Just quickly, I believe "Living" is closer to Mr. Armstrong`s
> > > > understanding of the "trinity" or the "God family" than "United"
is.
> > > > Both "living" and "united" keep "Whit Sunday" as the "Day of
> > > > Pentecost" which Mr Armstrong kept from around 1984. Before that
he
> > > > kept Pentecost on the Monday.
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> > Jesus said: My father works every day.
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> > Paul said: We put our rest in Jesus.
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> > I still haven't been answered as to what is Pentecost?
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> Pentecost is one of God`s festivals. There are 7 in the year and they
> are all itemised in Leviticus 23. There are 3 main festivals in the
> year - completely in touch with reality because they occur at times
> that are arguably when nature is at its most beautiful. A "feast" is
> commanded along with a holiday if you have enough funds.
>
> Passover and the 7 days of Unleavened Bread occur in the springtime.
> 50 days after the first work day following the first annual sabbath in
> the Days of ULB we arrive at the Day of Pentecost. In the autumn or
> "fall" we have the "end-time" festivals - Day of Trumpets, Day of
> Atonement, Feast of Tabernacles and Last Great Day.
>
> In the 2nd Century, the bishop of Rome changed the spring festivals to
> "Easter" and made it always occur on "Easter Sunday". Then (wrongly)
> he counted 50 days from there to get to "Whit Sunday" - again on a
> Sunday and never exactly on the Day of Pentecost (which is never on a
> Sunday).
>
> The Fall festivals are mainly kept nowadays in September or October by
> the Churches of God (both "Living" and "United" keep them) and by the
> Jews who begin their year on "Rosh Hashana", followed 10 days later by
> "Yom Kippur", and 5 days later by "Sukkoth" meaning "booths" or
> "tem****ary dwellings."
Pentecost is now the receiving of The Holy Spirit... Hope that
helps!...
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