"I heard from ones that had gone to the convention that our time before tribulation is miniscule. I am scared. I know it must be true." (Rumor 2006)
The above is from an e-mail I received from a friend who isn't well enough to attend the DC. She says it all there doesn't she?
I sent this reply:
1925 "The year 1925 is a date definitely and clearly marked in Scriptures, even more clearly than that of 1914" {WT 1924 211}
1925 "We have no doubt whatever in regard to the chronology relating to the dates of .. 1925.. What further evidence do we need? Using this same measuring line .. it is an easy matter to locate 1925, probably in the fall, for the beginning of the antitypical jubilee. There can be no more question about 1925 than there was about 1914." {WT May 15 1922 150}
1975 "Interestingly, the autumn of the year 1975 marks the end of 6,000 years of human experience. This is ascertainable from reliable chronology preserved in the Bible itself. What will that year mean for humankind? Will it be the time when God executes the wicked and starts off the thousand-year reign of his Son Jesus Christ? It very well could, but we will have to wait to see.. A glorious new order is immediately before us." {WT May 1 1967 262}
"If the wicked system of this world survived until the turn of the century [the year 2001 ?], which is highly improbable in view of world trends and the fulfillment of Bible prophecy, there would still be survivors of the World War I generation. However, the fact that their number is dwindling is one more indication that 'the conclusion of the system of things' is moving fast toward its end." {WT Oct 15 1980 31}
1989 "Before the 1914 generation completely dies out, God's judgment must be executed." {WT May 1 1985 4}
1999 "The apostle Paul was spearheading the Christian missionary activity. He was also laying a foundation for a work that would be completed in our 20th century." {WT Jan 1 1989 12} [bound volume changed "20th century" to "day"]
1998 "That 'slave' made up of anointed Christians, provides the very best of spiritually good things - accurate, Bible-based knowledge that can lead to eternal life" (WT Sep 1 1998 11}
It's interesting that there is not one apostate word in any of these quotes? They are right from the literature of the Faithful and Discrete Slave itself. No manipulation, just light straight from God.
I'm not scared at all. I think that's the point. NO one is going to meetings or service anymore and its time to scare up some faithfulness.
I love the way the FDS whips the R&F into shape with a little apoclayptic hocus pocus.
W.Once
Are you scared?