i have been out of the mix of jehovah's witness doctrin since i left 7 years ago....is there a new date?

Question

circulating. the year 2000 supposedly that is the end time predicted very similar to thier 1975 famous professy. if there are any current or former jw's that are aware of this possible new date?

Answer 1

Jehovah's Witnesses have never pretended that they experience miraculous messages from God or Christ. For more than a century, Jehovah's Witnesses have always presented their suppositions as the result of sincere bible research, rather than as "predictions" or "prophesying".

Interestingly, however, even those Christians who did enjoy direct communication from heaven at times came to wrong conclusions; these wrong conclusions were even communicated "out among the brothers"!

For example, the apostle Peter enjoyed remarkable privileges in the early congregation, but it seems that he was the source of an incorrect teaching about the apostle John that was not formally corrected until several DECADES had passed, and John himself finally wrote his gospel about 98 C.E.

(John 21:21-23) Peter said to Jesus: “Lord, what will this man do [that is, the apostle John]?” Jesus said to him: “If it is my will for him to remain until I come, of what concern is that to you? You continue following me.” In consequence, this saying went out among the brothers, that [the apostle John] would not die. However, Jesus did not say to him that he would not die, but: “If it is my will for him to remain until I come, of what concern is that to you?”


Jehovah's Witnesses apply the term "prophet" only in a very limited sense to themselves as a religion, not to individuals. The Scriptures indicate that whenever Jehovah purposes to execute judgment upon a people, he always makes arrangement for a 'prophet's work' as a warning. Their self-description as a "prophet" (in this limited sense) does not indicate special inspired knowledge or foreknowledge, but their willingness to perform Christ's assigned warning work in our day leading up to Armageddon.

What group is working harder than Jehovah's Witnesses to preach God's message globally (as Noah did before the Deluge)?

(Amos 3:7) For the Sovereign Lord Jehovah will not do a thing unless he has revealed his confidential matter to his servants the prophets.

(2 Peter 2:5) Noah, a preacher of righteousness...

(Matthew 24:14) And this good news of the kingdom will be preached in all the inhabited earth for a witness to all the nations; and then the end will come.


Learn more:
http://watchtower.org/e/20000622/
http://watchtower.org/e/19990715/article_02.htm

Answer 2

I read an article in the 15 December 2003 'Watchtower' mag. that seemed to drop a hint about the year 2034. It interpreted Genesis 3:16 as meaning there were 120 years from warnings of the flood of Noah's time, to the actual destruction. The implication was that 120 years from 1914 would be 2034. This is what was said on page 15:

'In Noah's day, Jehovah declared: /My spirit shall not act toward man indefinitely in that he is also flesh. Accordingly his days shall amount to a hundred and twenty years.' (Gen 6:3) The issuance of this divine decree in 2490 B.C.E. marked the beginning of the end for that ungodly world. Just think what that meant for those then living! Only 120 years more and Jehovah would bring 'the deluge of waters upon the earth to bring to fuin all flesh...' ...Some 90 years have passed since the last days of this system of things began in 1914. We are certainly in 'the time of the end.'

Make of that what you will. There was absolutely nothing in their literature about 2000 being a potential year of note, other than for possible computer problems.

Answer 3

Absolutely not. You have been misinformed.

There are NO predictions being made for the end by Jehovah's Witnesses for 2000, 2012, 2034, or any other year.

No one knows the day or the hour.

Answer 4

In what publication appeared 2000 as the end of system?

Answer 5

My parents became Witnesses in 1950 and they thought that Armageddon and the millennial reign of Christ would come in their lifetime. They died disappointed. I thought it was going to come in 1975. It didn't, so I voted with my feet.

The Witnesses learned a valuable lesson after thousands of disillusioned Witnesses left after 1975. They no longer give out dates linked to "the end of this wicked system of things" (i.e., Armageddon) or the start of the millennial reign of Christ on earth. They simply say a date signifies 6,000 years of man's existence on earth. But what every faithful JW knows is that Armageddon is expected after 6,000 years of man's existence on earth.

Another poster has said not to bother about end-time dates. This is good advice, my friend, because NO-ONE knows the day or the hour. What's important is to live our lives AS IF JESUS WAS COMING TOMORROW - or as if today was our last day - because we don't want to be found wanting when he arrives, do we?

Answer 6

I think after the 1975 loss of many JW's..the Watchtower Society, got a little bit smarter, and now they do not ought-right say when A. is going to come, but there is a constant push for the christian to behave in a manor that "Any day now" deliverance will come.

Answer 7

It would be wise for you to come back to Jehovah. My Wife and I were baptized as Jehovah's Witnesses in Aug. 1996. This is the truth.

Answer 8

These people use these scare tactics to influence people into joining them.When their prophecies prove to be false they just come up with another prophecy to cover up the first.You done the right thing when you left.I pray that you have finally come to the knowledge and understanding of Jesus Christ since you left.God is so good, I hope others follow you soon.
I do however believe that we are living in the end times, but only the Father knows when that is.not even the Son.

Answer 9

I haven't heard any dates since 1994. There was some rumbling around the world about 2000 and the horrible tragedies that would occur when the clock struck 12.

Answer 10

the new date is 2012