Examining Matthew 24, Part 9: Exposing the Jehovah’s Witnesses’ Generation Doctrine as False
For over 100 years, Jehovah’s Witnesses have been predicting that Armageddon is just around the corner, based largely on their interpretation of Matthew 24:34 which speaks of a “generation” that will see both the end and the beginning of the last days. The question is, are they getting it wrong about which last days Jesus was referring to? Is there a way to determine the answer from Scripture in a way that leaves no room for doubt. Indeed, there is as this video will demonstrate.
Examining Matthew 24, Part 8: Pulling the Linchpin from the 1914 Doctrine
As hard as it may be to believe, the entire foundation of the religion of Jehovah’s Witnesses is based on the interpretation of a single Bible verse. If the understanding they have of that verse can be shown to be wrong, their entire religious identity goes away. This video will examine that Bible verse and put the foundational doctrine of 1914 under a scriptural microscope.
The Origin and Nature of the Doctrine of Christ’s Parousia as an Invisible Presence
What is the origin of the Jehovah’s Witness Doctrine on the invisible presence of Christ and the secret rapture?
Is the Governing Body Knowingly Deceiving Us over 607 B.C.E.? (Part 1)
When the Governing Body of Jehovah’s Witnesses gets something wrong and has to make a correction which is usually introduced to the community as “new light” or “refinements in our understanding”, the excuse frequently echoed to justify...1914 – What's the Problem?
Increasingly, brothers and sisters in the organization are having serious doubts about, or even a complete disbelief in, the doctrine of 1914. Yet some have reasoned that even if the organization is wrong, Jehovah is allowing the error for the present time and we...WT Study: Live in Harmony with the Model Prayer – Part 1
This Watchtower review was written by Andere Stimme [From ws15/06 p. 20 for August 17-23] “Let you name be sanctified.” – Matthew 6:9 No Christian can find fault with the counsel to “live in harmony with the model prayer”. The lessons to be learned...WT Study: 100 Years of Kingdom Rule – How Does It Affect You?
[Watchtower study for the week of March 10, 2014 – w14 1/15 p.12] Par. 2 – “Jehovah has already become King in our day!…And yet, Jehovah’s becoming King is not the same as the coming of God’s Kingdom for which Jesus taught us to pray.” Before going further, a...WT Study: Worship Jehovah, the King of Eternity
[Watchtower Summary for w14 01/15 p. 7] Par. 8 – “God…commissioned Noah to be “a preacher of righteousness.” There is no evidence that Noah was commissioned by God for this role. All we can state with any assurance was that Noah...Peter and the Presence of Christ
Peter speaks about the Presence of the Christ in the third chapter of his second letter. He would know more than most about that presence since he was one of only three who saw it represented in a miraculous transfiguration. This refers to the time when Jesus took...The Two Witnesses, Second Woe, Final Act
If you have read the article on the Two Witnesses of Revelation 7:1-13, you’ll recall that there is strong evidence to support the idea that this prophecy has yet to be fulfilled. (Our current official position is that it was fulfilled from 1914 to 1919.) In fact, a...From the October, 1907 Watch Tower
One of our forum contributors stumbled across this. I thought it was an interesting insight into our position on the holding of contrary opinions on matters of a speculative or interpretive nature. It would be wonderful if we continued to hold this position, but I...Zion’s Watch Tower and Herald of Christ’s Presence Was Heralding Which Presence?
The comment that Apollos made to our post, 1914—A Litany of Assumptions, shocked me. (If you haven’t read it already, you should do so before continuing.) You see, I was born in the 1940s, and I’ve been in the truth all my life, and I’ve always believed that the...1914 – A Litany of Assumptions
[For the original treatise on the whether 1914 was the start of Christ’s presence, see this post.] I was talking with a long-time friend a couple of days ago who served with me many years back in a foreign assignment. His loyalty to Jehovah and his organization...The Messenger of the Covenant and 1918
Continuing our analysis of the Revelation Climax book for date-related prophecies, we come to chapter 6 and the first occurrence of the “messenger of the covenant” prophecy from Malachi 3:1. As one of the ripple effects of our teaching that the Lord’s day...The Lord's Day and 1914
This is the first in a series of posts investigating the impact of removing 1914 as a factor in the interpretation of Bible prophecy. We are using the Revelation Climax book as the basis for this study because of all the books covering Bible prophecy, it has the most...1914—Pulling the Linchpin
Sir Isaac Newton published his laws of motion and universal gravitation in the late 1600s. These laws are still valid today and scientists used them to achieve the pinpoint landing of the Curiosity rover on Mars just two weeks ago. For centuries, these few laws...Jehovah Reveals What “Must Shortly Take Place”
Starting in paragraph 6 of this week’s Watchtower study article we can see examples of the blurriness that has crept into our teaching of late. (w12 06/15 p. 14-18) For example, “The Anglo-American World Power waged war with those holy ones. (Rev. 13:3, 7)” If you...The Last Days, Revisited
[Note: I’ve already touched on some of these subjects in another post, but from a different viewpoint.] When Apollo first suggested to me that 1914 was not the end of the “appointed times of the nations”, my immediate thought was, What about the last days? It is...The Two Witnesses—Is Rev. 11 Pointing to a Future Fulfillment?
Revelation 11:1-13 relates a vision of two witnesses who are killed and then resurrected. Here’s a synopsis of our interpretation of that vision. The two witnesses represent the anointed. The anointed are trampled upon (persecuted) by the nations for a literal 42...Was 1914 the Start of Christ’s Presence?
If we have such a thing as a sacred cow in Jehovah’s organization, it has to be the belief that Christ’s invisible presence began in 1914. This belief was so important that for decades our banner publication was titled, The Watchtower and Herald of Christ’s...Authors
