1000 year reign already started.

by avengers 6 Replies latest jw friends

  • avengers
    avengers
    *** w68 8/15 499 Why Are You Looking Forward to 1975? ***
    30 Are we to assume from this study that the battle of Armageddon will be all over by the autumn of 1975, and the long-looked-for thousand-year reign of Christ will begin by then? Possibly, but we wait to see how closely the seventh thousand-year period of man's existence coincides with the sabbathlike thousand-year reign of Christ. If these two periods run parallel with each other as to the calendar year, it will not be by mere chance or accident but will be according to Jehovah's loving and timely purposes. Our chronology, however, which is reasonably accurate (but admittedly not infallible), at the best only points to the autumn of 1975 as the end of 6,000 years of man's existence on earth. It does not necessarily mean that 1975 marks the end of the first 6,000 years of Jehovah's seventh creative "day." Why not? Because after his creation Adam lived some time during the "sixth day," which unknown amount of time would need to be subtracted from Adam's 930 years, to determine when the sixth seven-thousand-year period or "day" ended, and how long Adam lived into the "seventh day." And yet the end of that sixth creative "day" could end within the same Gregorian calendar year of Adam's creation. It may involve only a difference of weeks or months, not years.

    [Emphasis added]

    According to this we are 27 years into the 1000 years. That leaves 973 years before it ends. How about some more of these truths WT?

  • refiners fire
    refiners fire

    Brother Avengers, greetings.
    It happens that I was there thru this entire phase of WT history and well know the facts.
    Early in 1975 The Watchtower announced "New Light" revealing why Armaggedon might NOT occur in 1975 as expected.
    The light was (Get this) , the difference in time between the creation of Adam, and the creation of Eve.
    The time since ADAMS creation elapsed in 75. 6000 years. But dont forget,Adam was Alone for a period of time before EVE was created. The 6th creative day couldnt end until Woman was formed from the rib.
    We were informed we had to wait for that time period to elapse.
    Obviously, even now, 6000 years has not expired since Eve was created.
    Currently a gap of 26 years and counting...

    Adam sure spent a lot of time by himself didnt he?
    Wonder what he did? Perhaps the subject of a thread offers itself right there...

  • freeborg
    freeborg

    i have never once understood or try to understand bible chronology it seems a mystery only false prophets such as the WTS try to shed light on. Look where that has got them, confused, back tracking, and proving they are the false prophets spoken of in the bible.

  • refiners fire
    refiners fire

    I have never seen the WT passage reproduced by Avengers before.
    Or if I have, Id forgotten it.
    Probably we were so "excited" with expectation that the caution in that passage went in one ear and out the other.
    The passage is from 1968 and fits snugly with the "Eve" angle mentioned.Obviously they were lining themselves up with an explanation just in case they needed it.
    You learn something every day you come here...

  • kpax
    kpax

    He spend 26 years or more on naming all the animals on earth. I wonder why. How did he get to the polarbear? Or the wale? What about skippy? And even if he named all animals, for who? Something fishy is going on!

    Kpax

  • refiners fire
    refiners fire

    When Uncle Fred Franz gave the speech about the Eve "delay" in 75,
    he went into Great lengths to explain and assure us that Adam didnt fall into the ghastly and abominable practise of....bestiality.
    I noticed uncle Fred didnt say anything about masturbation though.
    hmmm....

  • ozziepost
    ozziepost

    Is this why Adam's first words to Eve were: "This is AT LAST bone of my bones and flesh of my flesh"!

    Cheers,
    Ozzie

    "It's better to light a candle than to curse the darkness."
    Anonymous

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