The Watchtower—Study Edition  |  May 2022

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  RULES & REGULATIONS

  The Watchtower—Study Edition | May 2022
  

  STUDY ARTICLE 19

  Revelation—What It Means for You Today

  
  

  15 Satan instigated an attack on the anointed brothers who were taking the lead in the Kingdom-preaching work. Prominent ones among them were the figurative “two witnesses” spoken of as being killed. * (Rev. 11:3, 7-11) In 1918, eight of the responsible brothers were convicted on false charges, and each was sentenced to a long term of imprisonment. From a human standpoint, it appeared as if the work of these anointed ones had been “killed.”

  16 The prophecy in Revelation chapter 11 also stated that the “two witnesses” would be brought back to life after a short period of time. In the fulfillment, something surprising happened in the very next year of their imprisonment. Early in 1919 those anointed brothers were released from prison, and later the charges were dropped. The brothers immediately got back to work​—Kingdom work. But that did not stop Satan’s attacks on God’s people. Since that time, Satan has directed “a river” of persecution against all of God’s people. (Rev. 12:15) Truly, “this is where it calls for endurance and faith” on the part of each one of us.​

  20 We truly need to observe “the words of this prophecy” because we are included in the fulfillment of what we read in the book of Revelation
  

  eisegesis :

  An interpretation, especially of Scripture, that reflects the personal ideas or viewpoint of the interpreter; reading something into a text that isn't there.

  What an awful interpretation of Revelation 11: 3, 7-11! Satan instigates an attack on ''two witnesses'' ( which according to the Watchtower Society become eight ), are ''spoken of as being killed'' ( according to the Watchtower Society, they are sentenced to imprisonment), and ''the two witnesses'' would be back to life ( they are released from prison). For some reason, Satan comes to the rescue to fulfill Watchtower Society prophecy!

  (If you are to believe the book of Revelation, I do not ) Revelation is a cryptic book criticizing Rome, written by the apostle John to the 7 congregations he was in charge of. Jehovah's Witnesses were NOT included in the fulfillment in the book of Revelation! What a stretch of the imagination!

  
  
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  truth_b_known

  eisegesis :
  An interpretation, especially of Scripture, that reflects the personal ideas or viewpoint of the interpreter; reading something into a text that isn't there.

  If eisegesis were a paintbrush the Watchtower would be DaVinci. It is not only the main tool of creating Watchtower doctrine, but it is a tool the Watchtower wields like a grandmaster.
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  DesirousOfChange

  And the trumpet blasts are talks or Declarations made in the 1920's at Cedar Point OH. WTF? Nobody gives a sh!t about any of that. It's all meaningless! Anyone that remembers it is dead. Most JW's don't know anything about it. (Like that's surprising)
  
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  RULES & REGULATIONS

  If eisegesis were a paintbrush the Watchtower would be DaVinci. It is not only the main tool of creating Watchtower doctrine, but it is a tool the Watchtower wields like a grandmaster.

  And the trumpet blasts are talks or Declarations made in the 1920's at Cedar Point OH. WTF?

  w90 4/1 p. 31
  

  Questions From Readers

  ◼ When did the seven angelic trumpet blasts of Revelation begin to sound?

  In Revelation chapters 8, 9, and Re 11, we read of seven angels who blew seven trumpets, heralding plagues of great intensity on portions of mankind. These represent proclamations of Jehovah’s judgments that have been publicized by Jehovah’s people throughout the time of the end starting notably with the Cedar Point convention of 1922.​—See Revelation—​Its Grand Climax At Hand!, chapters 21 to 23 and chapter 26.
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  RULES & REGULATIONS

  More from Cedar Point 1922

  

  Sludge Rutherfraud heralding the ''seven angels who blew seven trumpets'' at the 1922 Cedar Point convention. One hundred years later and counting...........!
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  Biahi

  Oh, wow, when I read this it made me think the GB is preparing the rank and file for when they go to prison. But it won’t be for sedition, it will be for hiding child molesters.
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  Vidiot

  Biahi - "...when I read this it made me think the GB is preparing the rank and file for when they go to prison..."

  Hard to argue with.
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  smiddy3

  And what the IBSA /JW taught and preached back then in the 1920`s is not believed or taught today by the JW`s?
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  raymond frantz

  The general consensus amongst believing Christians is the 2 witnesses are 2 actual people that will preach in the capital of the Antichrist,Jerusalem, at that time.Their 3 days death mirrors Jesus death of 3 days and looks like the Antichrist(=final world ruler) will let them rot in public display mocking their connection with Jesus Christ.

  Watchtower's interpretation is based on EISEGISIS mentioned earlier and has nothing to do with the context
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  BluesBrother

  I was thinking just how differently I read this stuff today than I did as a young man. Those of us brought up within it know that on Tuesday nights we were fed a diet of the Babylon Book, The Finished Mystery Book , The Revelation Book . What is wizzed over in those articles we spent years studying, and repeating over and over.

  That view of world events was as real to us as anything could be. When you have no other source of information it all seemed to fit perfectly. I was 100% sure of it.

  Times have changed, their predictions failed and I grew older and wiser . I guess I am saying that it shows how important it is not to limit yourself to one source of information. Seek a broad view of life and trust yourself to question what you are taught.