I remember seeing an article (form Watchtower or other literatue) that "Jehovah's Witnesses are the Prophets of Modern days."
Does anyone know where it is from?
sunshineToo
Prophets of Modern Days
by sunshineToo 4 Replies latest watchtower bible
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Leolaia
This may not be the one you're thinking of but it fits:
*** w78 1/1 p. 18 Enduring in Faithfulness ***
It appears that Jeremiah did not know in advance the day or hour that Jerusalem's destruction would come. But he was aware of the "great pounding from the land of the north" -- Babylon. He knew that the executional forces were drawing near, and that God's judgments were sure. Likewise, Jehovah's people today see clearly the "sign" of the approach of "a tribulation such as has not occurred from the beginning of the creation." -- Jer. 10:22; Mark 13:4, 19.
For close to 60 years now, Jehovah's Christian witnesses have been proclaiming to the nations outside and inside Christendom that this world is in its "time of the end" since 1914, and that the entire system must shortly perish in "a time of distress such as has not been made to occur since there came to be a nation until that time." (Dan. 12:1, 4) ....Jeremiah was bitterly opposed by his own townsfolk in Anathoth, who told him: "You must not prophesy in the name of Jehovah, that you may not die at our hand." His own brothers and the household of his father dealt treacherously with him.... Certain elders also supported Jeremiah, one of these being Ahikam, the father of Gedaliah. (Jer. 26:16-24) Jeremiah continued, therefore, fearlessly prophesying. This temporary letup in the Judeans' hounding of Jeremiah reminds us of some relief that came in the experience of our brothers in Malawi....
It was also during the reign of Zedekiah that Jeremiah acted out a prophetic illustration... Who would win out in this contest of the prophets? Was Jeremiah or Hananiah the true prophet of Jehovah? Jehovah left no doubt as to this when he commanded Jeremiah to prophesy that the yoke bars of wood were to be replaced by bars of iron, and that Hananiah must die within the year... How like Hananiah are those modern-day false prophets who try to "tear down" the work of Jehovah's Witnesses with evil intent! ...
Jeremiah had other friends. These appeared only after many years of faithful service, and by Jehovah's direction. While wicked Jehoiakim still ruled, Jehovah had Jeremiah bring to the temple the Rechabites, the descendants of Jonadab, who had identified himself as being on Jehovah's side in the days of King Jehu, some 250 years earlier. ... These Rechabites have their counterpart today -- persons of honest heart and right principles, who may even have tried to find escape from these "critical times" in the religious confines of modern "Christendom." (2 Tim. 3:1) But their real refuge lies in Jehovah's provision through Christ. He sends to them the modern-day Jeremiah class, with a message that means their salvation. No, the safety of such "Jonadabs" is not to be found in broken-down Christendom, but squarely on the side of Jehovah's modern-day "prophet."
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owenaoz
Try Watchtower 1st April 1972 Scanned version on http://www.blueletterbible.org/study/cults/exposejw/expose05.pdf
Owenaoz
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5go
If the was or is a modern day profit, I bet his last name is orwell.
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sunshineToo
Thank you, owenaoz!