Watchtower Bible and Tract Society Prophecy History

Watchtower Bible and Tract Society
Prophecy History
prepared by:
Mark Edward Sohmer
mark@sohmer.net
The latest version of this document is available at:
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Unless otherwise noted, all images are actual reproductions
from authentic Watchtower Bible and Tract Society literature.
The Watchtower Bible and Tract Society
claims to be a prophet like Ezekiel and other Biblical prophets.
The Bible gives us a test for false prophets in Deuteronomy 18:20-22.
“However, the prophet who presumes to speak in my name a word that I have not
commanded him to speak or who speaks in the name of other gods, that prophet must
die. And in case you should say in your heart: ‘How shall we know the word that
Jehovah has not spoken?’ when the prophet speaks in the name of Jehovah and the
word does not occur or come true, that is the word that Jehovah did not speak. With
presumptuousness the prophet spoke it. You must not get frightened at him”
(Deuteronomy 18:20-22, New World Translation.)
Results of testing the Watchtower Bible and Tract Society against Deuteronomy 18:20-22:
+ 1000 year reign of Christ (millennium) to begin in 1873
+ 1000 year reign of Christ (millennium) to begin in 1874
+ By 1914, Jesus has full control. Gentile governments overthrown. World-wide anarchy.
Full establishment of Kingdom of God in the Earth. God’s Kingdom replaces man’s
governments.
+ In 1918 God will destroy the “churches wholesale” and “church members by millions”
+ Fall of 1920 will bring “world-wide all embracing anarchy”
+ 1925 will bring the resurrection of Abraham, Isaac, Jacob, and other Patriarchs
+ 1940: Armageddon was very near, “remaining months”
+ 1000 year reign of Christ (millennium) to begin in 1975
+ 1999: Christian missionary work to be completed by end of 20th Century
“Beloved ones, do not believe every inspired expression, but test the inspired
expressions to see whether they originate with God, because many false prophets
have gone forth into the world” (1 John 4:1, New World Translation.)
The Watchtower Bible and Tract Society
claims to be a prophet like Ezekiel and other Biblical prophets.
The Watchtower, March 15, 1972
The Watchtower, April 1, 1972
The Watchtower, April 1, 1972
The Watchtower, January 15, 1959
The Nations Shall Know That I Am Jehovah, 1971 edition
The Nations Shall Know That I Am Jehovah, 1971 edition
The Watchtower Bible and Tract Society
prophecies regarding 1873
The Time is at Hand, 1916 edition, p. 2 (forward)
The Watchtower Bible and Tract Society
prophecies regarding 1874
The Watchtower, October, 1890
The Battle of Armageddon, 1912 edition
The Watchtower Bible and Tract Society
prophecies regarding 1914
The Time Is at Hand, 1907 edition
The Time Is at Hand, 1907 edition
The Time Is at Hand, 1907 edition
The Time Is at Hand, 1908 edition
The Time Is at Hand, 1915 edition
The Watchtower Bible and Tract Society
prophecies regarding 1918
The Finished Mystery, 1917 edition
The Finished Mystery, 1917 edition
The Finished Mystery, 1917 edition
The Finished Mystery, 1917 edition
The Watchtower Bible and Tract Society
prophecies regarding 1920
The Finished Mystery, 1917 edition
(The 1926 edition reads: “in the end of the time of trouble.”)
The Watchtower Bible and Tract Society
prophecies regarding 1925
Millions Now Living Will Never Die, 1920 edition
Millions Now Living Will Never Die, 1920 edition
Millions Now Living Will Never Die, 1920 edition
The Golden Age, March 16, 1921
The Watchtower, July 15, 1922
The Watchtower, September 1, 1922
The Watchtower, April 1, 1923
Vindication I, 1931 Edition
The Watchtower Bible and Tract Society was so sure
that Abraham, Isaac, Jacob, and other patriarchs
would be resurrected in 1925, that a mansion was built
for them by the organization in San Diego, California.
The Watchtower, March 15, 1937
Salvation, 1939 edition
Salvation, 1939 edition
The New World, 1942 edition
The following is a reproduction of the deed, dated 1929,
proving that the mansion Beth Sarim was built for the purpose
of housing the resurrected patriarchs.
This deed is recorded in Book 1741, p. 69 at the County Records Office,
San Diego County, California.
In 1975 the organization claimed that the mansion was never built
with the intent of housing the resurrected patriarchs, but merely
for Judge Rutherford’s use.
1975 Yearbook of Jehovah’s Witnesses, 1974 edition
The Watchtower Bible and Tract Society
prophecies regarding the 1940’s
The Informant, May 1940
The Messenger, 1940 edition
The Watchtower, September 15, 1941
The Watchtower Bible and Tract Society
prophecies regarding 1975
Life Everlasting - in Freedom of the Sons of God, 1966 edition
The Watchtower, May 1, 1967
Kingdom Ministry, March 1968
The Watchtower, August 15, 1968
Awake!, October 8, 1968
Kingdom Ministry, June 1969
Kingdom Ministry, May 1974
The Watchtower Bible and Tract Society
prophecies regarding 1999
The Watchtower, January 1, 1989
magazine version
The Watchtower, January 1, 1989
bound version
The Watchtower Bible and Tract Society
regarding false prophets
Prophesy, 1929 edition
The Watchtower, October 15, 1958
Awake!, October 8, 1968
New World Translation, 1971 edition
Aid to Bible Understanding, 1971 edition
Paradise Restored to Mankind - By Theocracy, 1972 edition
Paradise Restored to Mankind - By Theocracy, 1972 edition
The Watchtower Bible and Tract Society
regarding errors in the Bible
The Watchtower, April 1, 1920
The Watchtower, April 15, 1928