ONLY THE "MAN OF
LAWLESSNESS" OF 'Since 1873 we have been living in the seventh millennium... the lease of Gentile dominion. "The Times of the Gentiles" will expire with the year 1914; and... the advent of him whose right it is to take the dominion was due in 1874... 1874 is the exact date of Our Lord's return... Only twenty-four years of the harvest period remain, the close of which will witness the end of the reign of evil and the ushering in of the glorious Millennial day; and within this period the dark night of the world's greatest tribulation must find place.' (Studies in the Scriptures, Volume III, Thy Kingdom Come (1891), pp. 211, 305-06, by C. T. Russell). This prediction by a man of "straw" and founder member of the sect of JWs was intended to fulfil a vision of glory for him and his followers. Predicting that the "Times of the Gentiles" would end in 1914AD and that the Gentiles would no longer have evil authority over the nations has proven to be another "lying sign". (2 Thess 2:9). Evil Gentile domination is as great today as it ever was. No tricky verbosity from unsealed followers of Charles Taze Russell claiming to be 'elders' can explain away this "lying sign". The reason for quoting these words of Charles Taze Russell is that:
JWs have fulfilled every facet of the prophesied "man of lawlessness". (2:3). No other sect has issued an "oracular utterance", "pronouncement" or "letter purporting to come from us, alleging that the Day of the Lord is already here" (as though inspired of God) as they have. (2:2 NEB). Publishing "the Day of the Lord is already here" is proof that the "man of lawlessness" is active among the 'governing body' of JWs. (2:3).
Neither the
'governing body'
of JWs nor other false witnesses in JW congregations can deny the lying
pronouncements they have uttered
The "Day of the Lord" will arrive only when the powerful satanic work of the "man of lawlessness gets revealed" to the Lord's satisfaction. Since 1975 faithful anointed sons of God have been revealing them through the Spirit of the Lord's mouth. (2:3,8). They are revealed as the unsealed 'elders' of the sect falsely calling themselves Jehovah's Witnesses. Page 275 of the JW book 'Revelation Its Grand Climax Is At Hand!' published in 1988 states: 'After the Kingdom's birth in 1914, the 24 elders proclaimed: "We thank you, Jehovah God… because you have taken you great power and begun ruling as king (Revelation 11:17)'. Well, if this proclamation were true, the Kingdom of God by His Christ over mankind would be seen as a dramatic failure. The great majority of mankind lead far more wicked lives today, 82 years later, than since the inception of JWs 'Kingdom'. This is yet another of their "lying signs" published to contravene the sacred Will of God.
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