Why One Date Is Accepted and the Other Disputed Students of biblical chronology often notice something puzzling: Why is the date for Cyrus’ conquest of Babylon (539 B.C.E.) universally accepted using secular evidence, while the date for Jerusalem’s destruction remains hotly contested? The answer isn’t about the quality of the evidence. It’s about two fundamentally […]
The Watchtower society is aware of Jesus words “Concerning that day and hour nobody knows” However, out of fear that this will demoralize their members and cause them to slack off in their zeal for attending meetings and engaging in preaching they put more emphasis on Jesus words to “keep on the watch”. The question […]
Jehovah’s Witnesses are convinced that, out of all religions on earth, they alone have the truth. But how much do they really know about the origins of their religion? This video examines the claim, that only the early Bible students understood the alleged biblical significance of the date 1914 and how the leadership conceals from […]
In the previous video on the subject of “This Generation”, we saw an example of how far the Watchtower organization is willing to go in making changes to their doctrines. But why were the changes to their teaching on this generation made? Was it really out of respect for the Bible? Or was there another […]
Before Jesus died, he himself said that even the Son did not then know the “day and hour” when the end would come but “only the Father.” (Matt. 24:36) He told his disciples that it does not belong to them to get knowledge about the times and seasons the Father has placed in his own […]
By inspiration I came to be in the Lord’s day, and I heard behind me a strong voice like that of a trumpet, (Revelation 1:10) The way the New World Translation renders this verse gives the reader the impression that John, by means of the spirit, was given a vision of future events that occur […]
So the angel of Jehovah said: “O Jehovah of armies, how long will you withhold your mercy from Jerusalem and the cities of Judah, with whom you have been indignant these 70 years?” (Zechariah 1:12) “Say to all the people of the land and to the priests, ‘When you fasted and wailed in the fifth […]
But what I say to you, I say to all: Keep on the watch.” (Mark 13:37) In a talk given at the 2021 annual meeting of Jehovah’s Witnesses, governing body member Anthony Morris addresses the question “Why Keep on the Watch?” The talk lasted for 19 minutes. During that time he shared two scriptures, Jesus […]
Then a great sign was seen in heaven: A woman was arrayed with the sun, and the moon was beneath her feet, and on her head was a crown of 12 stars, 2 and she was pregnant. And she was crying out in her pains and in her agony to give birth. 3 Another sign was seen […]
Then a great sign was seen in heaven: A woman was arrayed with the sun, and the moon was beneath her feet, and on her head was a crown of 12 stars, 2 and she was pregnant. And she was crying out in her pains and in her agony to give birth. 3 Another sign was seen […]