It's clear to me you do not understand the point of the prophecies in the book of Revelation.
It's clear the Watchtower Society has more flip flops than a pancake house.
The struggle between light and darkness and how darkness and its attempts to usurp light have history we can verify.
A false history you "verify" is absent of any scholarly references,
the same as Brokelite's sick obsession with the Inquisition.
You call it 16th century politics as if the same principle is not operative today.
Most of the arguments against Catholicism stem from the same boring 16th century politics that have been refuted a million times. Vatican II ended the need for a so called "reformation" if you bother to read its documents. But the anti-Catholic doesn't want to let go of his 16th century security blanket, engages in a censorship of the Early Church Fathers writings, and cannot comprehend development of doctrine. They are stuck in a 16th century mindset and refuse to grow up.
The Book of Revelation is not focused on 2 doom and gloom chapters.
The Book of Revelation shows us glimpses of the heavenly liturgy – Jesus Christ’s once and for all sacrifice eternally present in heaven. This is why the Church has always incorporated the elements that John saw in the heavenly liturgy into her earthly liturgy, for they are one and the same liturgical action of Jesus Christ our High Priest.
Contents1 Scripture1.1 I. Old Testament1.1.1 (a). Foreshadowing of the Eucharistic Sacrifice1.1.2 (b). Foreshadowing of the Requirement to Consume the Sacrifice1.2 II. New Testament1.2.1 (a). Jesus Promises His Real Presence in the Eucharist1.2.2 (b). Jesus Institutes the Eucharist / More Proofs...
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The WTS claims to be God’s inspired prophet (WT, 4-1-1972, 197)—and yet its prophecies have repeatedly proven to be false.
Among other things, the WTS falsely predicted the following:
1889: “The ‘battle of the great day of God almighty’ (Rev. 16:14) which will end in AD 1914 . . . ” (
Studies, Vol. 2, 1908 edition, 101).
1891: “With the end of AD 1914, what God calls Babylon, and what men call Christendom, will have passed away, as already shown from prophecy” (
Studies, Vol. 3, 153).
1894: “The end of 1914 is not the date for the beginning, but for the end of the time of trouble” (
WT Reprints, 1-1-1894, 1605 and 1677).
1916: “The six great 1000 year days beginning with Adam are ended, and that the great 7th day, the 1000 years of Christ’s reign began in 1873” (
Studies, Vol. 2, p. 2 of foreword).
1918: “Therefore, we may confidently expect that 1925 will mark the return of Abraham, Isaac, Jacob, and the faithful prophets of old” (
Millions Now Living Will Never Die, 89).
1923: “1925 is definitely settled by the scriptures. As to Noah, the Christian now has much more upon which to base his faith than Noah had upon which to base his faith in a coming deluge” (WT, 4-1-1923, 106).
1925: “The year of 1925 is here. . . . Christians should not be so deeply concerned about what may transpire this year” (WT, 1-1-1925, 3).
1939: “The disaster of Armageddon is just ahead” (
Salvation, 361).
1941: “Armageddon is surely near . . . soon . . . within a few years” (
Children, 10).
1946: “Armageddon . . . should come sometime before 1972” (
They Have Found a Faith, 44).
1968: “The end of the six thousand years of man’s history in the fall of 1975 is not tentative, but is accepted as a certain date” (WT, 1-1-1968, 271).
Besides false prophecies, the WTS has misled its members through countless changes in doctrine and practice:
- The men of Sodom will be resurrected (WT, 7-1879, 7-8). The men of Sodom will not be resurrected (WT, 6-1-1952, 338). The men of Sodom will be resurrected (WT 8-1-1965, 479). The men of Sodom will not be resurrected (WT 6-1-1988, 31)
- “There could be nothing against our consciences in going into the army” (WT, 4-15-1903, 120). Due to conscience, Jehovah’s Witnesses must refuse military service (WT, 2-1-1951, 73).
- “We may as well join in with the civilized world in celebrating the grand event [Christmas] . . . ” (WT Reprints, 12-1-1904, 3468). “Christmas and its music are not from Jehovah . . . What is their source? . . . Satan the devil” (WT, 12-15-1983, 7).
- “Everyone in America should take pleasure in displaying the American flag” (WT Reprints, 5-15-1917, 6068). The flag is “an idolatrous symbol” (Awake!, 9-8-71, 14).
A much longer list of such contradictions and doctrinal twists by the WTS could be formed, but this suffices to remove any reason one might have to believe that “It is through the columns of
The Watchtower that Jehovah provides direction and constant scriptural counsel to his people” (WT, 5-1-1964, 277).
With this kind of track record, how do you expect me or anyone to accept the WTS's interpretation of history, let alone the Book of Revelation?
