Chapter 23 Prophecies of Jehovah's Witnesses

In the 1870s, Charles Taze Russell founded an independent religious order in the United States, the Jehovah's Witnesses.In today's world, the number of believers in Jehovah's Witnesses has exceeded 7 million, and there are believers in 236 countries and regions around the world.Jehovah's Witnesses teach all believers to know and study the Bible.In the early days, the Jehovah's Witnesses were known as the Bible Students, or as they were known, the Millennium Dawnites and the Bible Students of All Nations. In 1931, Jehovah’s Witnesses changed their name to Jehovah according to the passage in the Bible Isaiah, “The Lord said: ‘You are my witnesses, you are my chosen servants.’” Witnesses will.

Thus, the beliefs of Jehovah's Witnesses are based entirely on the Bible, and deliberately emphasize the enduring theme of the Bible - God's transition.They also believe that only by adhering to the truth and following God's various instructions mentioned in the Bible can people be saved and survive when the end comes. Jehovah's Witnesses can be called a branch of Christianity, but there is a big difference between it and traditional Christianity.Jehovah's Witnesses often refer to the end of the world and the fact that only faith can save them.Therefore, prophecy occupies a pivotal position in Jehovah's Witnesses.

Jehovah's Witnesses have predicted the end of the world 4 times, including founder Russell's prediction that the end of the world will be in 1914.This prophecy states that God Jehovah will execute his judgment in 1914. The chief judge will be Jesus Christ, and there will be 144,000 faithful and wise servants to serve.All Jehovah's Witnesses will rest in peace and wait for this great day chosen by God to eradicate all evil forces in the world.Leaders in the church also quoted passages from the Gospel of Matthew saying: "No one knows that day or that hour, not even the angels in heaven, nor the Son, but only the Father."

Jehovah's Witnesses believe that 1914 is the end of the Gentiles' rule, and it is the time when Jesus Christ returned to heaven to be the master and expelled the devil Satan from heaven to hell.And it just so happened that this year was the outbreak of the First World War. It was only in 1993 that internal leaders of the Jehovah's Witnesses came out to refute rumors that their early leaders had put forward incomplete and even inaccurate concepts.According to his interpretation, the end of the world is not a terrible day, but a good day when the kingdom of heaven begins to rule the earth.They believe that the world today is the last period, and all believers are waiting for God's selection with peace of mind.It's just that people don't know which day it is, neither does Jesus, nor do angels, only God knows.

An internal member who broke away from the church once publicly stated: "Since 1960, the Witnesses have predicted that 1975 will be the end of the world. Because this year is the 6000 year since human beings were created. Because we are taught that only Only a Witness of good standing survived Armageddon. So we ended our thriving business and sold our house between 1972 and 1974 so that we could devote the short remaining days to serving the Lord more fully. "1975 has come and gone, but the end of the world has not come. Many witnesses are disappointed and confused. However, the Witnesses have denied everything that has been preached and written in this prophecy for more than 10 years. I suddenly feel skeptical.

"Recalling that this is not the first time the Witnesses have predicted the end of the world. It has been speculated many times in the past, so I decided to study the relevant end-time remarks for myself. Of course the Witnesses are unwilling and cannot tolerate criticism of their History and speech, and severely punish those who try to criticize his speech. Because I am busy with my work as an elder, I have no time to delve into it, so I resign as an elder. "My wife and I began to do in-depth investigation and exploration of the church publications. We collected a lot of relevant information, so we discovered many unbelievable prophecies.

"The Witnesses once predicted that the world would end in 1914. After 1914 passed, the first president Russell changed the date to 1915, and then changed it to 1918. The successor president Roosevelt also predicted the end of the world as 1926. , and said that Abraham, Isaac, Joseph and other Old Testament saints will be resurrected in this year and return to this new world. "This made us deeply understand that the organization Jehovah's Witnesses is exactly what the Bible calls a false prophet. "How can we know that the prophecy is from God? Let me tell you, when a so-called prophet's prophecies cannot be fulfilled, we know that he is not from God, those prophecies are just his own assumptions .”

This blow caused the Jehovah's Witnesses to panic.Take the doomsday theory in 1914 as an example. Although the doomsday conjecture was shattered, the leaders and followers of the Jehovah’s Witnesses were determined to carry out the prophecy to the end, and pushed back the time of the doomsday until With the end of his own life, his prophecy mission really came to an end. However, this has become a fruitless comedy again. After causing panic among the believers, it has not brought the slightest change to the world.As long as humanity survives, their prophecies will never end.