I need to know the exact Watchtower issues that show the Changes in the generation understanding. Can someone let me know all the way back to the first watchtowers.
elder-schmelder
The Generation
by elder-schmelder 4 Replies latest watchtower bible
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cantleave
Watchtower 15 Feb 08
in article Christ's presence what it means to you.
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insearchoftruth
The article on JWfacts has reference to the WTs that discuss generation definition changes.
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civicsi00
Feb 15, 1927, QFR - States that the "generation" mentioned at Matthew 24:34 are the "new creation" (the anointed). There will still be anointed on earth when the end comes.
Various 50's and 60's WT's and Asleep! articles detail that the "generation" are the peoples who witnessed the events of 1914. No symbolic meaning implied at all.
Nov 1, 1995 - Unlinked the "generation" from 1914. The "generation" now meant the wicked people on earth who failed to mend their ways and become JW's. This contradicts an article in 1962 that explicitly stated that the "generation" could not possibly mean only wicked people.
Feb 15, 2008 - The "generation" now means the same thing that it meant in 1927. This teaching contradicts the same 1962 article mentioned above. In 1962 it was stated that the "generation" could not mean the "anointed" exclusively.
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JimmyPage
The thing that really cracks me up is how the generation has meant both the lowest of the low ("the wicked") and the highest of the high ("the heavenly class") depending on what Jehovah is whispering in these old men's ears in a particular year.