The short answer from the JW's point of view is that Rev 12 states there would be a gap, an interim, a "short period of time" between when Jesus receives the Kingdom, cleanses the heavens, resurrects the anointed, and then begins to administer the benefits of the ransom, when the 1,000 year reign is said to start.
The problem is that the JW's put the enthronement at the beginning of this "short period of time" but do not let the 1,000 year period start until the end of that "short period of time" in Rev 12. At the most, they could try and state that the "short period of time" in Rev 12 is 3.5 years or 7 years maximum (some scriptures hint at this) but certainly the start of the "short period of time" could not be such a long period of time as 95 years and counting from 1914, with absolutely no hint of any action by Jesus towards the earth.
The simple truth is of course that the 1,000 year period begins at the same time as Jesus receives kingship..they are simultaneous events, not split by a gap in time. And the simple truth is also that Jesus enthronement as King is yet a future event, not something that happened 95 years ago. It follows also that neither has Satan and the demons been ousted from heaven yet, neither have any of the anointed been resurrected to heaven yet, and neither have the 4 horsemen begun to ride. These are ALL future events!
The JW's are false witnesses of Christ on this teaching, and publish a gross distortion of scripture. It is an absurd creed that is an embarrassment to them, and will continue to be more of an embarassment as time goes on...
There is a whole catalogue of absurdities and contradictions (actually, e-watchman (Robert King) has been the best at exposing them all, even though he still believes the organisation is Jehovah's) which make it evident that Jesus never received rulership in any shape, form or manner in 1914, and here are just a few:
- If Jesus began ruling in 1914 then why is Satan still the "ruler of the world"? There is nothing in scripture whatsoever that states Jesus shares world rulership with Satan. How could Jesus sit on his throne of earthly rulership yet the "throne of the Wild Beast" is also allowed to remain, with the dragon (satan) giving authority to that throne. Ridiculous.
- If Jesus received "the Kingdom of the world" (Rev 11:15) in 1914 and when Jesus receives Kingdom power and Daniel 2:44 foretells that the Kingdom would crush the worlds kingdoms, why has the world and its kingdoms still carried on exactly the same since 1914...with the governments of the world still dominating, fighting, etc and the devil still controlling the world and it's kingdoms? Clearly, the political wild beasts still have sway and over the "Kingdom of the world" and satan still have the power to give and receive political authority as he wishes.
- If most of the anointed were resurrected in 1918/19 then what have they been doing for the last 95 years? What have they been judging, acting as priests towards, crushing with an iron sceptor? There is not the slightest scriptural indication that they would be in heaven doing nothing for a lengthy period of time before the 1,000 year reign starts proper.
- If Jesus said in 33CE that he would be with his disciples until the conclusion of the system of things (Matt 28) and he has been reigning in the "Kingdom of the son of his love" (a kingdom of his anointed brothers) since 33CE, then Jesus did not need to have become King in 1914 for the preaching "good news of the Kingdom" to all the nations to have been organised and published globally in fulfillment of Matt 24:14
- Jesus said no one knows the day and the hour (of his return as King), yet that is exactly what JW's say happened in 1914.
- Since 1995 The Watchtower has officially taught that both the thrones mentioned in Matthew 24 (rulership) and 25 (judgment) are not sat on by Jesus until the future, yet they still teach thatJesus became King in 1914. Absurd.