Is the Watchtower Predicting the End for 2034 AD? (page 3)

Dawn

I think they are laying the groundwork for such a claim in the future.

I don't believe at all in the 1914 date or their interpretation of the "last generation" - I believe that the "last generation" Jesus spoke of in Matthew was directed to the Jews living at that time. The end of their times (ie: destruction of Jerusalem and end of their world as they knew it) did happen just as he predicted then and within the generation that he was speaking to. It's a prophecy that was already fulfilled 2000 years ago.

It's interesting to re-read Matthew now without the WT twisting of the scriptures - the disciples asked three distinct questions:

1) When will this happen, 2) what will be the sign of your coming, and 3) and of the end of the age?

Jesus answered all three questions - much of chapter 24 covers the signs of the "end of the age" which occured when Jerusalem was destroyed. Reading some history on what happened during the destruction of Jerusalem it was very interesting to me to see how it paralelled what Jesus said - the famine, the wars, those fleeing to Judea - very interesting comparison.

Some of chapter 24 covers question #2 - to distinquish between which is which you need to compare those signs that Jesus spoke of with the signs of Revelation.

minimus

NOPE

Farkel

I have to agree with minimus on this one. All the other WTS end-time predictions have hovered at under ten years in the future. This is long enough for the WTS to milk its members and recruits who are gathered during that period. Yet, is short enough to keep dubs sucked in. If it is indeed a 30 year-future prediction, most dubs won't get excited about it for another twenty or more years. In fact, it could backfire. Thinking they have several dozen years to get away with murder, many dubs would get themselves Dfd and then go out and do all the things they can't do now. Then in 28 years or so, they could "humbly" get reinstated and be saved!

That's why I don't believe that article is a solid setting of a date.

Farkel

heathen

If you look at the WT december 2003 posted on randys site I think they were trying to draw the parallel from the time of Noah and still using 1914 as a starting point , I don't know how anyone can conclude that Judah fell to babylon in 607 bce there doesn't seem to be any secular evidence to support that , but anyway they started using the 120yrs in genesis 6:3 to calculate 2034 . In a round about way they are but they didn't say it was a sure thing .

IronGland

"Aim to do more, until 2034"

"It's no chore to pioneer til 2034"

"Dont be satans whore-stay awake til 2034"

Undaunted Danny

We use to sing song,"wiil you be alive post 75". Singer

The Watchtower Invented the deflection MEALY MOUTH protocol.I knew an elder in my old Rockland Mass.Kingdom Kall who gave lessons.We use to call him,"marbles mealymouth".

Makena1

Thanks Randy and others for the 2034 slogans! The WT and especially the rank and file continue to have that love affair with numerology???

Also I want to add my best wishes to your parents for a wonderful 60th anniversary! (we will be celebrating 30 later this year!)

At the risk of highjacking your thread:

Personally - I think these predictions for 2034 have a better chance of finding fulfillment:

News Flash: Just In For The Year 2034

Ozone created by electric cars now killing millions in the seventh largest country in the world, California.

White minorities still trying to have English recognized as California's third language.

Spotted Owl plague threatens northwestern United States crops and livestock.

Baby conceived naturally... Scientists stumped.

Couple petitions court to reinstate heterosexual marriage.

Last remaining Fundamentalist Muslim dies in the American Territory of the Middle East (formerly known as Iran, Afghanistan, Syria, and Lebanon).
Iraq still closed off; physicists estimate it will take at least ten more years before radioactivity decreases to safe levels.

France pleads for global help after being overtaken by Jamaica.

Castro finally dies at age 112; Cuban cigars can now be imported legally, but President Chelsea Clinton has banned all smoking.

George Z. Bush says he will run for President in 2036.

Postal Service raises price of first class stamp to $17.89 and reduces mail delivery to Wednesday only.

35 year study: Diet and Exercise is the key to weight loss.

Average weight of Americans drops to 250 lbs.

Massachusetts executes last remaining conservative.

Supreme Court rules punishment of criminals violates their civil rights.

Average height of NBA players now nine feet, seven inches.

New federal law requires that all nail clippers, screwdrivers, fly swatters, and rolled up newspapers must be registered by January 2036.

Congress authorizes direct deposit of illegal political contributions to campaign accounts.

Capitol Hill intern indicted for refusing to have sex with congressman.

IRS sets lowest tax rate at 75%.

Florida Democrats still don't know how to use a voting Machine

Brummie

One things for sure, none of those born in 1914 will be around to witness another failed prophecy and the GB will have all died off and therefore escape the responsibility for putting this tripe in the JW minds.

Brummie

Dogpatch

LOL. Thanks for all the comments. I don't think its a date prediction either, but they engineered it to fool some into thinking there might be 30 years left. Just as effective if you ask me. Poor ol' dead Freddy, where is he and his date-making machine?

Randy

Erich

Please stop this brain-amputative numberology;-)

E.

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