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PROPHECIES OF THE WATCHTOWER SOCIETYOF JEHOVAH’S WITNESSES
Lorri MacGregor (Note to reader: Reference numbers refer to a documentation package index (includingphotocopies of the actual articles quoted). It is available from MacGregor Ministries for $3 plus postage. Please see their address and web site information at the end of thisarticle.)
JEHOVAH’S WITNESSES CLAIM TO BE PROPHETS
The
Watchtower 
of April 1st, l972, page 197, had this statement:
So, does Jehovah have a prophet to help them, to warn them of dangers andto 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 menand women. It was the small group of footstep followers of Jesus Christ, known atthat time as International Bible Students. Today they are known as Jehovah’sChristian 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 bedone is to review the record. What does it show?
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Since the Jehovah’s Witnesses claim to be God’s prophet, we are free to put them tothe Bible test for a prophet, found in Deuteronomy 18:18-20. Verse 22of this same chapter says, “When a prophet speaks in the name of the LORD (YHWH), if the thing does notcome 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 “explainedaway” and treated lightly. The Watch Tower has invited us to examine their record,and wewill! All quotes are from publications of the Watch Tower Bible &Tract Society and availableat headquarters in Brooklyn, New York. Some of these publications may also befound 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).
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6,000 years of human history ended in 1873.(
Thy Kingdom Come
, page 305).
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6,000 years of human history ended in 1972.(
The Truth Shall Make You Free
, p. 152, 1943 edition).
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6,000 years of human history ended in 1975.(
Awake!,
October 8th, l968, page 15).
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ARMAGEDDON PROPHECIES
Armageddon would end in 1914. (
The Time is At Hand,
page 101, 1911 Edition).
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Armageddon would end in 1915. (
The Time is At Hand
, page 101, 1913 Edition).
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Today, Jehovah’s Witnesses expect Armageddon any minute!
 
THE RETURN OF CHRIST PROPHECIES
Since Christ failed to show up for any of the Watchtower dates, Jehovah’s Witnessesaltered their teaching to make his coming conveniently “invisible”. Christ returned in1874.(
The Finished Mystery
, page 395).
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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 presenceof the Lord Jesus Christ began in 1874 A.D.”
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Christ returned in 1914. (
The Truth that Leads to Eternal Life
, page 87).
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THE MILLENNIUM PROPHECIES
The Millennium began in 1873. (
Thy Kingdom Come
, page 305).
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The Millennium began in 1874. (
Finished Mystery
, page 386).
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PROPHECIES ON THE RESURRECTION
The resurrection would occur in 1878. (
Thy Kingdom Come
, page 234).
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Abraham, Isaac, Jacob and the faithful prophets of old would return in 1925.(
Millions Now Living Will Never Die
, page 89.)
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The Watchtower Society even published a book telling their followers to add a roomonto their houses, and get an undertaker to decorate it. Undertakers, of course,would belooking for employment, since there would be no more deaths in 1926. When the roomwas completed, Watchtower devotees were to call up Jerusalem,where Abraham wouldhave an office, and request that their parents be “awakened” from death.They would soonappear in the new room! (
The Way to Paradise
, pages 228, 229).
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PROPHECIES ON SPACE TRAVEL
“Man cannot by airplane or rockets or other means get above the air envelope which isabout our earthly globe....” (
The Truth Shall Make You Free
, page 285, 1943 edition.)
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THE BOOK OF RUTH
The Book of Ruth is “not prophetical”. (
Watchtower Reprints IV
, page 3110, 12/7/02).
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The Book of Ruth “is prophetic”. (“Preservation”, page 169).
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PROPHECIES ON SODOM AND GOMORRAH
Will the men of Sodom be resurrected?1. Yes...
Watchtower 
7/18/79, page 7.
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2. No....
Watchtower 
6/1/52, page 338.
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3. Yes...
Watchtower 
8/1/65, page 479.
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4. No....
Watchtower 
6/1/88, page 31.
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5. Yes...
Live Forever 
(old Ed.), page 179.
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6. No....
Live Forever 
(new Ed.), page 179.
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7. Yes...
Insight, vol. 2
., page 985.
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8. No...
Revelation
book, page 273.
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These changes are more like flashing lights, on and off again. How can theybe trusted?
THE “HIGHER POWERS” OF ROMANS 13:1
“Higher Powers” refers to earthly governments. (
The Time is at Hand
(1915) pg. 81).
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“Higher Powers” refers to Jehovah God and Jesus. (
The Truth Shall Make You Free
,page312).
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“Higher Powers” refers to earthly governments. (
Man’s Salvation…at Hand
(page 326)
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Notice how the “brighter light” dimmed back again!
THE REVELATION NAME “ABADDON-APOLLYON”
Refers to Satan. (
The Finished Mystery
, page 159).
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Refers to Jesus Christ. (
Then is Finished the Mystery of God
, page 232).
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Quite a change!
THE “ALPHA AND OMEGA” OF REVELATION
Refers to Jehovah God. (
Awake!,
August 22, 1978, page 28).
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Refers to Jesus Christ. (
Watchtower 
, October 1, 1978, page 15).
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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. (
The Finished Mystery
, page5).
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Refers to the “Remnant of Spiritual Israelites” (the supposed remnant of the 144,000“heavenlyclass”). (
From Paradise Lost to Paradise Regained
, page 193).
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THE 1914 GENERATION FIASCO
Until October 22nd, 1995, each
Awake!
magazine proclaimed, “…the Creator’s promiseof a peaceful and secure new world before the generation that saw the events of 1914passes away.”
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Beginning with the November 8th, 1995
Awake!
, the reference to 1914 disappeared.Why? Because it is another false prophecy! 1914 plus 80 years(the longest time possiblefor a “generation” by their own admission) ran out in 1994.This prophecy was attributed toJehovah as “the Creator’s promise”.Therefore this particular false prophecy was done inthe name of the Lord, and is subject to His condemnatory judgment on false prophets.There is no escape! Time is the enemy of a false prophet.
IN CONCLUSION
Although the official publication of the Jehovah’s Witnesses claims, “…Jehovah’switnesses today make their declaration of the good news of the kingdom under angelicdirection and support,” according to the
Watchtower 
of April 1, l972, page 200,they haveproved to be an embarrassment to the angels!
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