Are JWs getting primed for a lesson in broken expectations? Yes.
In paragraph 10 the article says:
"Jesus promised some of them the very thing he denied the faithless Jews - a sign from heaven. 'Trully I say to you,' Jesus says, 'there are some of those standing here that will not taste death at all until first they see the Son of Man coming in his kingdom.'" (Matthew 6:28)
Sounds pretty definite to me, but wrong, no kingdom, and all die. Peter, James, and John instead get the "transformation."
Then failed expectation #2 (paragraph 14):
"After his resurrection, Jesus appears to his disciples by the Sea of Galilee. There he tells Peter: 'If it is my will for [John] to remain until I come, of what concern is it to you?' (John 21:1, 20-22, 24) Do these words indicate that the apostle John would outlive the other apostles? Apparently so, for he serves Jehovah faithfully for almost another 70 years. However, there is more to Jesus' statement."
Disregarding that the paragraph is stuffed with assumption, it sounds as if John get's to see Christ's return. Wrong, no kingdom, John does die, replete with another hallucination that happens to preserve a shread of hope in Christ for 2 millennia.
Paragraph 15 ends with this:
"John is so deeply moved by these spectacular visions that when Jesus says: 'Yes; I am coming quickly,' John exclaims: 'Amen! Come, Lord Jesus.'"
At least that sucker died happy. Amost 2,000 years later, JWs can point to Jesus' vague promises as proof of divine backing. See no one got what they expected, so we can be proud to be dissapointed.
Next week we learn how true that is.
