Jehovah's Witnesses of the Watchtower False Prophecy - 1925
We
cannot help it that many of the dear friends continue to tell what THE
WATCH TOWER believes, and to misrepresent its teachings. Our kindest
thought must be that they are not giving much heed to its teachings.
Otherwise they would know from its columns that we are not looking
forward to 1925, nor to any other date. As expressly stated in THE
WATCH TOWER, we are simply going on, our last date or appointment
having been passed more than a year ago. We believe that the dates have
proven to be quite right. We believe that Gentile Times have ended, and
that God is now allowing the Gentile Governments to destroy themselves,
in order to prepare the way for Messiah's Kingdom. The Lord did not say
that the Church would all be glorified by 1914. We merely inferred it
and, evidently, erred. We see, however, that the different times and
seasons which the Lord's providence sent to His people in hope of
resurrection "change" correspond closely with the different places to
which Elijah, the Prophet, was sent before his translation. The last
place to which he was sent was Jordan, which, we believe, corresponds
to October, 1914. After that, Elijah and Elisha went on without having
any definite point in view. Our thought is that something very
important to us all is implied in Elijah's use of his mantle in smiting
the waters of Jordan and dividing them. After so doing, Elijah and
Elisha continued to go on until the chariot of fire parted them. It was
after that that Elijah went up to Heaven in the whirlwind. We may
discuss these matters more at length again, but now suggest that we
have no different time in mind from the Scriptures on the subject, and
do not expect to have any. However, the division of the waters might
require either years or months--who could say? Watchtower, April 1916.
(Judge Rutherford thought differently than Charles Russell)
Be that as it may, there is evidence that the establishment of the
Kingdom in Palestine will probably be in 1925, ten years later than we
once calculated. The 70 jubilees, reckoned as 50 years each, expire
October, 1925. (B186.) Gen. 15:1-16:3, read connectedly, indicates that
Abraham's vision as to when he would receive the Kingdom was not
granted until ten years after the Covenant was made, or 2035 B. C. The
ages of the animals offered aggregated eleven years, which, applied
prophetically, on the scale of a year for a day, equal 3960 years, the
length of time from the date of the visions to A. D. 1925 (Z.'07-79).
It seems conclusive that the hour of Nominal Zion's travail is fixed
for the Passover of 1918. (See Rev. 3:14.) That will be 7 years prior
to 1925. At that time there is every reason to believe the fallen
angels will invade the minds of many of the Nominal Church people,
driving them to exceedingly unwise conduct and leading to their
destruction at the hands of the enraged masses, who will later be
dragged to the same fate. The great war now raging is most certainly
the work of evil spirits, and the Kaiser is not the only clever ruler
who has been deceived by evil spirits, as history will sometime show.—
Luke 12:56 The Finished Mystery, pages 172-173. (Judge Rutherford
pushed out to 1925 the reestablishment of the Jewish national homeland
in Palestine)
Watchtower - May 15, 1922 (1925 is the next mile-stone on the Watchtower chronological highway)
Watchtower - September 1, 1922 (1925 was fixed by the law God gave to Israel)
Watchtower - November 1, 1922 (1925 marks the beginning of the restoration of all things lost by Adam's disobedience)
Watchtower - April 1, 1923 (1925 is definitely settled by the Scriptures for the kingdom power reign of the Lord)
Watchtower - July 15, 1924 (Watchtower slaves may have to work a few years beyond 1925)
Watchtower - January 1, 1925 (Watchtower slaves may or may not be changed into heavenly glory during the year)
Watchtower - September 1, 1925 (Satan tried to inject into the Watchtower minds that 1925 would be the end)