by Brainfloss 8 Replies latest watchtower bible
MCL responded in part, in an earlier post about the hypocrisy in religion even the true Religion.
Making Dumb Guesses about God's Cryptic Prophecies makes them foolish and indiscreet- not False Prophets who claim God gave them the message.
Two questions—
1) what is the “True Religion‘s” definition of a prophet?
2) What does the ”True Religion’s” most important source recommend regarding treatment of false prophets
Let’s take a much closer look.
Deut 18:20-22
what is the “True Religion‘s” definition of a prophet?
I think looking at the world around us, the more fun question is
What is a "Prophet"'s definition of “True Religion”?
Guess what? Every of the many thousands of 'prophets' all have their own - mutually exclusive - definitions.
1) what is the “True Religion‘s” definition of a prophet?
Bf: By way of example, wt writers gave a definition of the "false Prophet" of revelation to be: The Anglo-American world power.
2) --?? wt's answer to that one: --- the abyss, the lake of fire.
wt dances around the "false prophet" question by deliberately ignoring it.
This week's meeting deals with that term in "jesus's" end time prophecy. with Silence, on 1914, 1925, 1975. but here is an example of false wt projections:
"Great tribulation will be cut short for the sake of the "chosen ones" " aka partakers. in order for some, [their] " flesh to be saved." but:
latest wt "new light" is: Partakers will be going to heaven at the outset of the GT, their flesh will not be saved, but disposed off by angels. the lives of Other Sheep are in peril, need a shorter tribulation. so:
Doctrinally, prophetically, wt has already dug it's own grave, as described in Revelation. "speaking for Jehovah" as they claim.
Prophets role not limited to predictions
What Was the Role of the Prophets?
WHEN mention is made of the Hebrew prophets of ancient times, what comes to your mind? Do you think of men who made predictions about the future? Or, do you think primarily of men who urged people to do God’s will?
The ancient Hebrew prophets did, of course, foretell certain events. Yet their prophesying was by no means limited to making predictions. This is evident from the Hebrew term for prophet, na·viʼʹ. In itself that word does not convey the thought of making predictions. Na·viʼʹ means ‘one who pours forth words abundantly’ or ‘one whose speech flows forth.’ The actual use of the term shows that true prophets were spokesmen for God, with effervescent inspired messages. Just what the commission of God’s prophets involved can be better appreciated by comparing their conduct with that of false claimants to the prophetic office.
The WTS claims not to be prophets, but there is no doubt that they have made predictions... What is the difference ? I have just looked up the difference and it seems , according to dictionaries, that
A prophecy is tributed to a divine revelation as if God spoke to the prophet for him to pass on to followers.
Predictions on the other hand are human calculations using the information available to say what is likely to happen. E.g. a sports pundit will predict the result of a horserace or football match.
Now the Society has said, in 1920, “Millions Now Living Will Never Die”
in 1969 “ If you are young, you will never grow old in this system “
we all know about 1975
around about the 1970 - 1974 they wrote that the preaching work would be completed during that century.
Now, what do you think? Are they failed predictors or false prophets?
I would say by the information they use to define prophet when weighed against Deuteronomy they definitely fit the role of false prophet. They even refer to themselves as Gods spirit directed organization.
by their own definition.. all prophets are false prophets
