117. JEHOVAH'S WITNESSES, the TRINITY and THE ... - Answers

‘Are we to assume from this study that the battle of Armageddon will be all over by the
autumn of 1975, and the long looked for 1000-year reign of Christ will begin by then?
Possibly. It may involve only a difference of weeks or months, not years.’ (Watchtower, 15
August 1968, p.499)
‘A great crowd of people are confident that great destruction is imminent, which has been
a major factor in their decision not to have children’. (WT, 8 Nov. 1974, p.11)
‘Reports are heard of brothers selling their homes and property and planning to finish out
the rest of their days in this old system in the pioneer service. Certainly this is a fine way
to spend the short time remaining before the wicked world’s end.’
(Kingdom Ministry, May 1974, p3)
8. Did the Great Pyramid grow by 41 inches (3457 minus 3416=41) in 10 years (1903-13)?
‘the Great Pyramid. seems in a remarkable way to teach, in harmony with all the
prophets, an outline of the plan of God, past, present and future.’
(Studies,Vol 3, 1903 edition, p.314)
‘Then measuring . . . we find it to be 3416 inches, symbolizing 3416 years . . . This
calculation shows AD 1874 as marking the beginning of the period of trouble. . .’
(Studies, Vol 3, 1903 edition, p.342)
‘Then measuring . . . we find it to be 3457 inches, symbolizing 3457 years . . . This
calculation shows AD 1915 as marking the beginning of the period of trouble . . .’
(Studies, Vol 3, 1913 edition, p 342)
‘Those who have devoted themselves to the pyramid . . . The mind of such was turned
away from Jehovah and his Word.’ (Watchtower 15 November 1928, p 344)
9. According to the Watchtower ‘prophet’, will man ever reach the moon by rocket?
c) 1925: ‘Millions Now Living Will Never Die’, p.88-89.
d) 1975: ‘Awake’, 8 October, 1968, stated that 6000
years of human history would end in autumn 1975.
‘Why Human Creation will be Set Free’, p.29:
This Watchtower false prophecy was printed in ‘The Truth shall make you Free’ p.285 in 1943.
It was proven false on October 4, 1957 when Russia’s Sputnik I escaped earth’s air envelope.
10. Note the Watchtower’s confidence that their false prophecies will come true:
a) 1874: The Day of Vengeance, p.621.
b) 1914: ‘Studies in the Scriptures,’ Series II, 1912, p.76,77.
Step 4 - Ask: Now that you have examined Watchtower prophecies, you can apply the
Biblical test to see if the Watchtower is a true or false prophet.
What was supposed to happen, according to the Watchtower, on the following dates:
1874, 1914, 1918, 1925 and 1975?
Question 1: With Judgment Day honesty, we must ask ourselves, ‘Did any of the above
prophecies fail to come about?’
The only honest answer is that, ‘All of them failed to be fulfilled. Every one of them failed.
They were all false prophecies.’
Question 2: What verdict did Moses and Jesus tell us to pass on prophets such as the
Watchtower?
Answer: The Watchtower is a false prophet (Deuteronomy 18:22). It is not God’s
organisation, and it does not speak in Jehovah’s Name (Deuteronomy 18:20). We should not