Re: What Really Happened (Back Then) With The False Teaching Of 1975?
Posted: Sun Jul 07, 2024 7:29 pm
Hi Shiloh
I'm Esoteric. A moderator on this discussion board.
You pose a good question and I believe i have an answer for you.
I have the old red book, "Life Everlasting in the freedom of the sons of God". There is a chart called "Chart of significant dates from man's creation to 7000 A.M." Pages 31-35.
But my focus for your question is what was said at the end of the chart on pg. 35. It gives a definite date of 1975 CE or 6000 AM which is the 'End of the 6th 1,000 year day of mans existence.' Here, if you add 1000 years for the millennium, this brings us to the date of 2975 CE or 7000 AD which is the 'End of the 7th 1,000 year day of man's existence.
If you look closely at the chart on page 35, you will see the Watchtower Society added 1,000 years to the date of 1975. This brought them to the date of 2975. Now ask yourself why are they adding 1,000 years to this date? The answer is obvious. They clearly thought the Millennium of Christ's reign over the earth was going to start in the year of 1975.
Is there any other way the reader of this information could take that?
If the 1,000 year millennium year begins in 1975, then dose not that mean that the "great war of Armageddon" must come before that date? -- Rev. 16:16
This was sensational information for Jehovah's Witnesses to receive in a book. The only problem with that, is that it directly contradicted Jesus's words at Mark 13:32, which says "No one would know the day and the hour". (F. Franz even mentioned the date of September 5th 1975 in his talk.)
Needless to say, tens of thousands of Jehovah's Witnesses around the world were stumbled away from the JW organization when absolutely nothing happened in 1975. They could see the leadership of Jehovah's Witnesses, were "False Prophets." -- See Deut 18:22.
Esoteric
I'm Esoteric. A moderator on this discussion board.
You pose a good question and I believe i have an answer for you.
I have the old red book, "Life Everlasting in the freedom of the sons of God". There is a chart called "Chart of significant dates from man's creation to 7000 A.M." Pages 31-35.
But my focus for your question is what was said at the end of the chart on pg. 35. It gives a definite date of 1975 CE or 6000 AM which is the 'End of the 6th 1,000 year day of mans existence.' Here, if you add 1000 years for the millennium, this brings us to the date of 2975 CE or 7000 AD which is the 'End of the 7th 1,000 year day of man's existence.
If you look closely at the chart on page 35, you will see the Watchtower Society added 1,000 years to the date of 1975. This brought them to the date of 2975. Now ask yourself why are they adding 1,000 years to this date? The answer is obvious. They clearly thought the Millennium of Christ's reign over the earth was going to start in the year of 1975.
Is there any other way the reader of this information could take that?
If the 1,000 year millennium year begins in 1975, then dose not that mean that the "great war of Armageddon" must come before that date? -- Rev. 16:16
This was sensational information for Jehovah's Witnesses to receive in a book. The only problem with that, is that it directly contradicted Jesus's words at Mark 13:32, which says "No one would know the day and the hour". (F. Franz even mentioned the date of September 5th 1975 in his talk.)
Needless to say, tens of thousands of Jehovah's Witnesses around the world were stumbled away from the JW organization when absolutely nothing happened in 1975. They could see the leadership of Jehovah's Witnesses, were "False Prophets." -- See Deut 18:22.
Esoteric