"ARMAGEDDON" - KOM - IKKE .......
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....... 1914,
late: Russell and followers decide that the
outbreak of "the Great War" is a fulfillment
of Russell's predictions and that the war would
culminate in the Battle of Armageddon.
....... 1914:
- - - ARMAGEDODDON DOES NOT COME !
....... 1917:
The book The Finished Mystery predicts that the
War would soon end in the Battle of Armageddon.
....... 1918:
The Watchtower Society begins delivering public
lectures titled "Millions Now Living May Never Die" which
were quickly changed to "Millions Now Living Will Never Die".
....... 1918:
- - - ARMAGEDODDON DOES NOT COME !
....... 1920:
In the booklet "Millions Now Living Will Never Die" the WTS
begins predicting that 1925 would see the resurrection of the
faithful prophets of old and the beginning of the Battle of Armageddon.
....... 1925:
- - - ARMAGEDODDON DOES NOT COME !
....... 1940:
The Watchtower informs the public that Armageddon is only months away.
....... 1940/41
- - - ARMAGEDODDON DOES NOT COME !
....... 1942:
After J. F. Rutherford's death Nathan Knorr announces
that the end of the War would not see the Battle of
Armageddon after all, but that it would soon follow.
....... 1944/45
- - - ARMAGEDODDON DOES NOT COME !
....... 1950
The Society tells its followers to expect Armageddon very soon.
....... 1950s:
- - - ARMAGEDODDON DOES NOT COME !
....... 1960s, late, through early 1970s:
JWs inform the world that it is extremely likely that Armageddon will come by 1975.
....... 1966:
In the book Life Everlasting in the Freedom of the Sons of God
Fred Franz tells JWs that 6,000 years of human history would be
finished in 1975 and that it was a good bet that Armageddon would come by then.
....... 1967:
The Society instructs District Overseers to deliver speeches at
circuit assemblies announcing that Armageddon would definitely have arrived by 1975.
....... 1975:
- - - ARMAGEDODDON DOES NOT COME !
.......1980s:
- - The Society admits to having had some share in the disappointment.
- - - The JW community and WTS leaders forget about 1975; some expect Armageddon in 1984
or 1994 based on the time for 70 or 80 years for a generation from 1914 to expire;
a small number of WTS publications hint or state outright that "it will all be over" by the year 2000.
....... 1995: - - - JW/WTS-LÆREN SKIFTER igen, igen!
The WTS changes its teaching on "the generation"
but keeps up with the "Real Soon Now" theme.
....... 1990s:
Many JWs quietly expect "the end" by 2000; the WTS
keeps up their expectations with general statements of "real soon now".
- - - The WTS changes its teaching on "the generation"
but keeps up with the "Real Soon Now" theme.
....... 2000:
- - - ARMAGEDODDON DOES NOT COME !
- - - Ovenstående og meget andet kan læses her:
http://corior.blogspot.com/2006/02/some-prophetic-speculations.html
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....... 1914,
late: Russell and followers decide that the
outbreak of "the Great War" is a fulfillment
of Russell's predictions and that the war would
culminate in the Battle of Armageddon.
....... 1914:
- - - ARMAGEDODDON DOES NOT COME !
....... 1917:
The book The Finished Mystery predicts that the
War would soon end in the Battle of Armageddon.
....... 1918:
The Watchtower Society begins delivering public
lectures titled "Millions Now Living May Never Die" which
were quickly changed to "Millions Now Living Will Never Die".
....... 1918:
- - - ARMAGEDODDON DOES NOT COME !
....... 1920:
In the booklet "Millions Now Living Will Never Die" the WTS
begins predicting that 1925 would see the resurrection of the
faithful prophets of old and the beginning of the Battle of Armageddon.
....... 1925:
- - - ARMAGEDODDON DOES NOT COME !
....... 1940:
The Watchtower informs the public that Armageddon is only months away.
....... 1940/41
- - - ARMAGEDODDON DOES NOT COME !
....... 1942:
After J. F. Rutherford's death Nathan Knorr announces
that the end of the War would not see the Battle of
Armageddon after all, but that it would soon follow.
....... 1944/45
- - - ARMAGEDODDON DOES NOT COME !
....... 1950
The Society tells its followers to expect Armageddon very soon.
....... 1950s:
- - - ARMAGEDODDON DOES NOT COME !
....... 1960s, late, through early 1970s:
JWs inform the world that it is extremely likely that Armageddon will come by 1975.
....... 1966:
In the book Life Everlasting in the Freedom of the Sons of God
Fred Franz tells JWs that 6,000 years of human history would be
finished in 1975 and that it was a good bet that Armageddon would come by then.
....... 1967:
The Society instructs District Overseers to deliver speeches at
circuit assemblies announcing that Armageddon would definitely have arrived by 1975.
....... 1975:
- - - ARMAGEDODDON DOES NOT COME !
.......1980s:
- - The Society admits to having had some share in the disappointment.
- - - The JW community and WTS leaders forget about 1975; some expect Armageddon in 1984
or 1994 based on the time for 70 or 80 years for a generation from 1914 to expire;
a small number of WTS publications hint or state outright that "it will all be over" by the year 2000.
....... 1995: - - - JW/WTS-LÆREN SKIFTER igen, igen!
The WTS changes its teaching on "the generation"
but keeps up with the "Real Soon Now" theme.
....... 1990s:
Many JWs quietly expect "the end" by 2000; the WTS
keeps up their expectations with general statements of "real soon now".
- - - The WTS changes its teaching on "the generation"
but keeps up with the "Real Soon Now" theme.
....... 2000:
- - - ARMAGEDODDON DOES NOT COME !
- - - Ovenstående og meget andet kan læses her:
http://corior.blogspot.com/2006/02/some-prophetic-speculations.html
Med venlig hilsen
jalmar