Category: Bible Interpretation (page 1 of 16)

Series Summary

July 29, 2025 / / 0 Comments

When I began this “Watchtower Misconceptions About Jesus” series, I said:

“We’ll look at what the Watchtower teaches about Jesus, in what ways they are in error, and how we can get through to Jehovah’s Witnesses regarding what the Bible actually says about him.”

I hope I have successfully achieved that goal.

This has been my longest blog series to date.

It’s certainly possible that you weren’t able to get to all the posts, and you might have lost track of some that were especially meaningful to you.

For those reasons, I have decided to conclude the series by giving you an outline which includes the titles to each of the posts along with links so you can access them easily.

I hope you will find it helpful. Continue reading

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Did Jesus Suffer Agony to Prove a Point?

October 22, 2024 / / 0 Comments

On page 51 of its book What Does the Bible Really Teach?, the Watchtower asks, “The Bible describes in detail the suffering that Jesus endured before his death. He was whipped and nailed to the torture stake, suffering an agonizing death. (citations omitted). Why was it necessary for Jesus to suffer so much?”

How does the Watchtower answer its own question, and is it the Bible’s answer? Continue reading

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Vindication or Reconciliation and Transformation?

October 15, 2024 / / 0 Comments

For the last couple of weeks, we have been discussing this  claim that the Watchtower makes on its website:

“The most important reason why God’s Son came to earth was not to save mankind. Rather, it was to settle the slanderous issues raised by Satan with regard to Jehovah’s sovereignty.”

As a reminder, in Genesis 3:4-5, the serpent (Satan) led Eve to rebel against God, telling her that God had lied to Adam: “You will not surely die. For God knows that when you eat of it your eyes will be opened, and you will be like God, knowing good and evil.” Continue reading

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Did Jesus Come to Vindicate Jehovah’s Sovereignty?

October 8, 2024 / / 0 Comments

In last week’s post, I noted that in an article entitled “Appreciating Why the Messiah Was to Come,” the Watchtower makes the following claim:

“The most important reason why God’s Son came to earth was not to save mankind. Rather, it was to settle the slanderous issues raised by Satan with regard to Jehovah’s sovereignty.”

Let’s discuss what the Watchtower means by that second sentence.

What “slanderous issues” did Satan raise “with regard to Jehovah’s sovereignty”? Continue reading

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Was Saving the Lost a Secondary Mission?

October 1, 2024 / / 0 Comments

Although the Watchtower teaches that Jesus made the “ransom sacrifice,” in an article entitled “Appreciating Why the Messiah Was to Come,” the Watchtower makes the following claim:

“The most important reason why God’s Son came to earth was not to save mankind. Rather, it was to settle the slanderous issues raised by Satan with regard to Jehovah’s sovereignty.”

In a later post, I will explain what they mean by their second sentence and the issue of “Jehovah’s sovereignty.”

For now, I want to discuss the first sentence—specifically, the Watchtower’s contention that saving the lost was not the most important reason why God the Father sent Jesus into the world. Continue reading

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