Now we are shifting our attention to Watchtower misconceptions about Jesus’ role in the end times.
Who is Abaddon / Apollyon (the Destroyer) in Revelation 9:11? Continue reading
Category: End Times (page 3 of 14)
How does the Watchtower maintain such tight control over the lives of Jehovah’s Witnesses worldwide?
It convinces them that Jesus gave them that authority in 1919.
It treats Jesus’ statements in Matthew 24:45-47, not as a parable about the importance of faithfulness, but as a prophecy about the Watchtower organization.
Let’s look at that passage. Continue reading
The Watchtower claims that God’s Kingdom was established in 1914. (Reasoning From the Scriptures, p. 95)
How do they arrive at this misconception, and how can we respond? Continue reading
The Watchtower constantly stresses the importance of spreading “the Kingdom message.”
There is no doubt that Jesus spoke a great deal of the Kingdom of God.
But was his message the same “Kingdom message” as that of the Watchtower? Continue reading
“If any prophet presumptuously speaks a word in my name that I did not command him to speak or speaks in the name of other gods, that prophet must die. However, you may say in your heart: ‘How will we know that Jehovah has not spoken the word?’ When the prophet speaks in the name of Jehovah and the word is not fulfilled or does not come true, then Jehovah did not speak that word. The prophet spoke it presumptuously. You should not fear him.’ (Deuteronomy 18:20-22, Watchtower translation)
In this post, I will show you what the Watchtower itself has said about false prophesying and false prophets.
I’ll follow their statements with my responses. Continue reading
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