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Prophecies of the Watchtower Society of Jehovah’s Witnesses
MacGregor Ministries
JEHOVAH’S WITNESSES CLAIM TO BE PROPHETS
The Watchtower of April 1st, 1972, page 197, had this statement:
"So, does Jehovah have a prophet to help them, to warn them of dangers and to declare things to come?...These questions can be answered in the affirmative. Who is this prophet?... This "prophet" was not one man, but was a body of men and women. It was the small group of footstep followers of Jesus Christ, known at that time as International Bible Students. Today they are known as Jehovah’s Christian witnesses..Of course it is easy to say that this group acts as a "prophet" of God. It is another thing to prove it. The only way that this can be done is to review the record. What does it show?"
Since the J. W.’s claim to be God’s prophet, we are free to put them to the Bible test for a prophet, found in Deuteronomy 18:18-20. Verse 22 of this same chapter says, "When a prophet speaks in the name of the LORD (YHWH), if the thing does not come about or come true, that is the thing which the LORD has not spoken."
Verse 20 plainly says, "that prophet shall die". False prophecy cannot be "explained away" and treated lightly. The Watchtower has invited us to examine their record, and we will! All quotes are from publications of the Watchtower Bible & Tract Society and available at headquarters in Brooklyn, New York. Some of these publications may also be found in local Kingdom Hall libraries. Judge this self-proclaimed "prophet" for yourselves!
6,000 YEARS OF HUMAN HISTORY PROPHECIES
6,000 years from Adam ended in A.D. 1872. (Daily Heavenly Manna, inside cover page)
6,000 years of human history ended in 1873.(The Time is at Hand, p.33)
6,000 years of human history ended in 1972.(The Truth Shall Make You Free, p. 152, 1943 edition)
6,000 years of human history ended in 1975. (Awake!, October 8th, 1968, p. 15)
ARMAGEDDON PROPHECIES
Armageddon would end in 1914. (The Time is at Hand, p. 101, 1911 Edition)
Armageddon would end in 1915. (The Time is At Hand, p. 101, 1915 Edition)
Today, J. W.’s expect Armageddon any minute!
THE RETURN OF CHRIST PROPHECIES
Since Christ failed to show up for any of the Watchtower dates, J. W.’s altered their teaching to make his coming conveniently "invisible".
Christ returned in 1874. (The Finished Mystery, pp. 386, 295, 1917 Edition). The Watchtower publications taught this 1874 date right up to 1929. The "Prophecy" book published in 1929, states on page 65, "The Scriptural proof is that the second presence of the Lord Jesus Christ began in 1874 A.D."
Christ returned in 1914. (The Truth that Leads to Eternal Life, p. 87)
THE MILLENNIUM PROPHECIES
The Millennium began in 1873. (Thy Kingdom Come, p. 305)
The Millennium began in 1874. (Finished Mystery, p. 386)
PROPHECIES ON THE RESURRECTION
The resurrection would occur in 1878 (They Kingdom Come, p. 234)
Abraham, Isaac, Jacob and the faithful prophets of old would return in 1925. (Millions Now Living Will Never Die, p. 89)
The Watchtower Society even published a book telling their followers to add a room onto their houses, an get an undertaker to decorate it. Undertakers, of course, would be looking for employment, since there would be no more deaths in 1926. When the room was completed, Watchtower devotees were to call up Jerusalem, where Abraham would have an office, and request that their parent be "awakened" from death. They would soon appear in the new room! (The Way to Paradise, pp. 228,229).
PROPHECIES ON SPACE TRAVEL
"Man cannot by airplane or rockets or other means get above the air envelope which is about our earthly globe..." (The Truth Shall Make You Free, p. 285, 1943 edition.)
THE BOOK OF RUTH
The Book of Ruth is "not prophetical". (Watchtower Reprints IV, p.3110, 12/7/02)
The Book of Ruth "is prophetic". (Preservation, pp. 169, 175, 176.)
PROPHECIES ON SODOM & GOMORRAH
Will the men of Sodom be resurrected?
1. Yes...Watchtower 7/1879 p. 8.
2. No....Watchtower 6/1/52 p. 338.
3. Yes...Watchtower 8/1/65, p. 479.
4. No...Watchtower 6/1/88, p. 31.
5. Yes...Live Forever (old Ed.) p. 179.
6. No...Live Forever (new Ed.) p. 179.
7. Yes...Insight, vol. 2., p. 985.
8. No...Revelation Book, p. 273.
These changes are more like flashing lights, on and off again. How can they be trusted?
THE "HIGHER POWERS" OF ROMANS 13:1
"Higher Powers" refers to earthly governments. (The Time is at Hand (1889) p. 81)
"Higher Powers" refers to Jehovah God and Jesus. (The Truth Shall Make You Free, p. 312)
"Higher Powers" refers to earthly governments. (Man’s Salvation..at Hand, p.326)
Notice how the "brighter light" dimmed back again!
THE REVELATION NAME "ABADDON-APOLLYON"
Refers to Satan. (Studies in the Scriptures, vol. 7 p. 159).
Refers to Jesus Christ. (Then is Finished the Mystery of God, p. 232)
Quite a change!
THE "ALPHA AND OMEGA" OF REVELATION
Refers to Jehovah God. (Awake! August 22, 1978, p. 28)
Refers to Jesus Christ. (Watchtower, October 1, 1978, p.15)
Notice the rapid change of "truth" and "interpretation of scripture" in just two months!
THE FAITHFUL AND DISCREET SLAVE
Refers to their founder, Charles Taze Russell. (Watchtowers from 12/1/16-3/1/23, p. 68)
Refers to the "Remnant of Spiritual Israelite" (the supposed remnant of the 144,000 "heavenly class"). (From Paradise Lost to Paradise Regained, p. 193)
THE 1914 GENERATION FIASCO
Until October 22nd, 1995, each Awake magazine proclaimed, “...the Creator’s promise of a peaceful and secure new world before the generation that saw the events of 1914 passes away.”
Beginning with the November 8th, 1995 Awake, the reference to the 1914 disappeared. Why? Because it is another false prophecy! 1914 plus 80 years (the longest time possible for a ‘generation’ by their own admission) ran out in 1994. This prophecy was attributed to Jehovah as ‘the Creator’s promise’. Therefore this particular false prophecy was done in the name of the Lord, and is subject to His condemnatory judgment on false prophets. There is not escape! Time is the enemy of a false prophet.
IN CONCLUSION
Although the official publication of the Jehovah’s Witnesses claims, "...Jehovah’s Witnesses today make their declaration of the good news of the kingdom under angelic direction and support" according to the Watchtower of April 1, 1972, p. 200, they have proved to be an embarrassment to the angels!
Undaunted, the Watchtower of July 1st, 1973, p. 402, goes on to claim, "Consider too, the fact that Jehovah’s organization alone in all the earth is directed by God’s holy spirit or active force."
Obviously the Holy Spirit did not prompt these false prophecies!
Not only does the Bible give us a simple test for prophets, which we considered at the beginning of this tract, namely that their prophecies will fail, but the word of God has more to say about prophecies and prophesying.
The Bible reveals three sources of prophecy. One, it is from God, and inspired by Him. Two, it is from the Devil and inspired by him. Thirdly, prophecies can come out of the "flesh", or out of our "own spirit".
Since the Watchtower Society of Jehovah’s Witnesses has so many failed prophecies, we know they are not prophesying by God’s direction, and through His Holy Spirit, nor by the angels.
This leaves us with two alternatives for the false prophecies of the Watchtower Society. They are from Satan, or they are from "the flesh".
The Watchtower has chosen the latter, claiming that "we all make mistakes"etc. "We have new light". Is this an "out" for them? No, for Jehovah’s Witnesses should carefully read Ezekiel, chapter 13. This chapter is a judgment of God on prophets who hope for a fulfillment of their words, after prophesying falsely. Verse 8, says,
"Because you have spoken falsehood and seen lie, therefore, behold, I am against you", declares the Lord God."
The Watchtower Society of Jehovah’s Witnesses is a proven false prophet, and the Lord, by His own decree, is against them. Why would you want to remain in this doomed organization and share in its judgment?
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