IS 2005 A NEW DATE FOR JEHOVAH'S WITNESSES?

Courtesy MacGregor Ministries www.macgregorministies.org

When will the Jehovah’s Witness "last Generation" be over? Are we finally in the Watchtower Generation of the end? The Watchtower says 'yes' and is now pointing to 2005 as the end of the Generation of the Anointed that started in 1935. 1935 was the year that the Watchtower announced that the final number of the 144,000 anointed class was completed. 1935 was also the start of a class of Jehovah's Witnesses who had the hope of entering into the new paradise earth alive without dying. In The Watchtower October 1, 1997 page 23 they say,

In 1935 we came to understand that the "great crowd" was not a secondary heavenly class. We learned that it instead represents a class that survives the great tribulation and has the opportunity of living forever in Paradise on earth. (Revelation 7:9-14) With this new understanding, some who had partaken of the Memorial emblems realised that theirs was an earthly hope, and they discontinued partaking.

Never before had the Watchtower given this earthly hope. This generation of people, starting with the Watchtower's announcement in 1935, was the one designated to survive Armageddon and walk into the new earth alive. It has now been well over 60 years since the anointed class has been preaching to this special generation of Watchtower survivors. The September 15, 1997 Watchtower on page 14 and 15 says,

And for over 60 years now, God has been using these anointed ones to spearhead the work of making disciples of people to whom he has given the wonderful hope of life eternal on a paradise earth. The Watchtower's anointed class is preaching its last message to a generation which is quickly coming to a close. No wonder Jehovah's Witnesses who have longed for the end for so long have accepted this message with a renewed excitement. This is the end of a long line of predictions from the Society and the last chance for the 1935 generation of Watchtower survivors to enter into paradise alive.

The June 15, 2002 Watchtower on page 3 says boldly, "A New World Within a Single Generation". They go on to pose this question, "Can we realistically expect to see the hoped-for "new world within a single generation"?...The Bible points to that prospect...

And from pages 6 & 7,

His appointed time for direct action to rid the earth of all oppression and injustice lies in the near future...Soon, on a cleansed paradise earth, they will experience complete freedom from all injustice and suffering..."Many stunning steps forward" have been made in humanitarian efforts to help oppressed humanity... Yet, the most stunning step will be the imminent intervention by Christ Jesus and his associate rulers in the heavenly Kingdom government.

When will this generation of the end be over? JW's believe the Bible points to a 70 year period of time that is considered the maximum span of a Biblical 'generation'. Since The Watchtower is now pointing to 1935 as the start of the final generation, 1935 plus 70 years equals 2005.

New Light? In 1935 the final countdown began!

The Watchtower is betting one last time that the Generation of the Anointed, the end of the chosen ones whose numbers were completed in 1935, and the great crowd which also started in 1935, will be the last generation.

The Watchtower Jan 15, 2000, page 13 says, "

Most of the remnant are quite elderly, and over the years the number of those who are truly anointed has been getting smaller. Yet, referring to the great tribulation, Jesus stated: "Unless those days were cut short, no flesh would be saved; but on account of the chosen ones those days will be cut short." (Matthew 24:21,22) Evidently, then, some of Christ's "chosen ones" will still be on Earth when the great tribulation begins.

And pay attention to the Watchtower's words concerning how the great crowd can be considered worthy to survive Armageddon: Those who do good things for Jesus' "brothers" because these anointed ones are his followers, and have the hope of surviving "the day of Jehovah." (See The Watchtower, September 15, 1997 page 17. )

Let's summarise these Watchtower statements and give our conclusions:

Evidently, some of the anointed will be on the earth when Armageddon begins.
You qualify to have the hope of surviving Armageddon depending on how you treat these anointed ones.
The anointed class ended in 1935. The great crowd class that is to go into paradise earth alive after surviving Armageddon started in 1935.
Those born in 1935 will be 70 in 2005. And of the anointed class - a young anointed individual 20 years of age in 1935 will be 90 in 2005.

So, the generation of the anointed runs out of time by the farthest stretch of the imagination by 2005, and the youngest of the generation of the great crowd who were given the new hope of surviving Armageddon will be at least 70 years old in 2005. Watchtower time is quickly running out!

Jehovah's Witnesses are even taking the Watchtower's reasoning and expanding on it to argue that the 70 years from 1935 to 2005 relates to the creation of Eve.

The Watchtower says that we don't know how long Adam lived prior to the creation of Eve. The delay in the date of Eve's creation was the Watchtower's reason for why Armageddon didn't occur in 1975.

Jehovah's Witnesses are now speculating that since the Society draws a parallel between Adam and Jesus, and since Jesus started to prepare his "wife" (the 144,000 Anointed class) at the age of 30, there is a possibility that Adam also received his wife at the age of 30.

Since 1975 marked 6000 years from the creation of Adam, that would point to 2005 as the end of 6000 years from the creation of Eve. The seventh 1,000 years is Jehovah's rest day and is just around the corner according to the Watchtower's calculations. The Generation of the Anointed and of the Great Crowd of 1935 is about to expire

Are we really in the last generation that will terminate by 2005? Every one of the previous expiry dates given by the Watchtower has already gone bad, and we can be sure that this date, too, will come and go. Soon the Watchtower will once again be forced to change the 'due date' of the last generation.

Did God make a mistake or did the Watchtower insert themselves into God's Word? If they are wrong about these things, what else are they be wrong about?"

So here we have it--again! The Watchtower Society is about to be a false prophet--again! This will be another false prophecy to add to their century and more of false prophecies. The truth is, Christ is really coming again for those who love and serve Him. We pray Jehovah's Witnesses will forsake this false prophet organisation and their counterfeit Jesus, and turn to the real Jesus Christ of Scripture and be saved!

UPDATE! The Watchtower Society is back-peddling already on the above hints of 2005. This date is getting too close for comfort--yet again! Their December 15/03 Watchtower, page 14, is now dropping broad hints for 120 years (i.e. Noah preached for 120 years before the flood came) which would push back the Armageddon date to 2034. (1914 + 120 = 2034) .Here we go again!