Is the Watchtower bible and tract society trustworthy

This society is the foundation of the group known as “Jehovah’s Witnesses.”

They publish two publications named;  The Watchtower and Awake magazines.  These publications establish the doctrinal beliefs and practices of the group.  They publish two publications named;  The Watchtower and Awake magazines.  These publications establish the doctrinal beliefs and practices of the group.  They don't accept that Jesus was God in the flesh.  Because of this and other beliefs that they hold I consider them to be a non Christian cult.

The Watchtower Society has a long history of making predictions that time has proven to be false. Dozens of references could be quoted and documented, but a few will suffice to prove the point.

Following is a verified list of 13 False prophecies that they have published over an 81 year period starting in 1897. 

1. 1897 "Our Lord, the appointed King, is now present, since October 1874," (Studies in the Scriptures, Vol. 4 page 621.)

2. 1899 "...the ‘battle of the great day of God Almighty' (Revelation 16:14), which will end in A.D. 1914 with the complete overthrow of earth's present ruler ship, is already commenced." (The Time Is at Hand, page 101) (1908 edition).

3. 1916 "The Bible chronology herein presented shows that 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." The Time Is at Hand, page ii, (forward).

4. 1918 "Therefore we may confidently expect that 1925 will mark the return of Abraham, Isaac, Jacob and the faithful prophets of old, particularly those named by the Apostle in Hebrews 11, to the condition of human perfection." Millions Now Living Will Never Die, page 89.

5. 1922 "The date 1925 is even more distinctly indicated by the Scriptures than 1914." The Watchtower 9/1/22, page 262.

6. 1923 "Our thought is, that 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." The Watchtower, page 106 4/1/23.

7. 1925 "The year 1925 is here. With great expectation Christians have looked forward to this year. Many have confidently expected that all members of the body of Christ will be changed to heavenly glory during this year. This may be accomplished. It may not be. In his own due time God will accomplish his purposes concerning his people. Christians should not be so deeply concerned about what may transpire this year." The Watchtower, 1/1/25, page. 3.

8. 1925 "It is to be expected that Satan will try to inject into the minds of the consecrated, the thought that 1925 should see an end to the work." The Watchtower, Sept, 1925 page 262.

9. 1926 "Some anticipated that the work would end in 1925, but the Lord did not state so. The difficulty was that the friends inflated their imaginations beyond reason; and that when their imaginations burst asunder, they were inclined to throw away everything." The Watchtower, page 232.

10. 1931 "There was a measure of disappointment on the part of Jehovah's faithful ones on earth concerning the years 1917, 1918, and 1925, which disappointment lasted for a time...and they also learned to quit fixing dates." Vindication, page 338.

11. 1941 "Receiving the gift, the marching children clasped it to them, not a toy or plaything for idle pleasure, but the Lord's provided instrument for most effective work in the remaining months before Armageddon." The Watchtower, 9/15/41, page 288.

12. 1968 "True, there have been those in times past who predicted an ‘end to the world', even announcing a specific date. Yet nothing happened. The ‘end' did not come. They were guilty of false prophesying. Why? What was missing?.. Missing from such people were God's truths and evidence that he was using and guiding them." Awake, 10/8/68.

13. 1968 "I know enough of what is going on to assure you that, in fifteen years from today, this world is going to be too dangerous to live in." (Truth That Leads To Eternal Life, p 9, 1968 edition,

It has been 42 years since this prophecy and the world is not too dangerous to live in.  I grant that it is dangerous but it is still livable

1995 "Why Awake is Published"  (Awake Nov 8th 1995) “Most important, this magazine builds confidence in the Creator's promise of a peaceful and secure new world before the generation that saw the events of 1914 passes away.  Most important, this magazine builds confidence in the Creator's promise of a peaceful and secure world that is about to replace the present wicked, lawless system of things."  The Creator’s promise is the Only True prediction that They have made.  Time will Definitely prove it to be true.

This group should seriously consider the words of (Deuteronomy 18:20-22) which says; in The KJV  “  But the prophet, which shall presume to speak a word in my name, which I have not commanded him to speak, or that shall speak in the name of other gods, even that prophet shall die.

21  And if thou say in thine heart, How shall we know the word which the LORD hath not spoken?

22  When a prophet speaketh in the name of the LORD, if the thing follow not, nor come to pass, that is the thing which the LORD hath not spoken, but the prophet hath spoken it presumptuously: thou shalt not be afraid of him”

I rest my case and again ask; Is The Watchtower Bible and tract society Trustworthy?.

      A JW might say that the organization is still learning. If that is so, then how can they trust what they are taught now by the Watchtower? Will what they are being taught now turn out to be false also?
      A true prophet of God won't error in prophesying. Only a false prophet does. The Jehovah's Witness organization, that claims to be a prophet of God, is really a false prophet. Jesus warned us by saying, "For false Christ’s and false prophets will appear and perform great signs and miracles to deceive even the elect -- if that were possible" (Matt. 24:24).

Researched and compiled by

Rev. George Pryor Th.M.
 Pastor Emeritus.
revgap@gmail.com

NOTE:

 If you encounter them ask for an explanation of these scriptures read from their bible

Gen.19:24, two Jehovahs?  Ps. 116:4,  Heb.  1:4 Not an angel but is God 1:8,

Be sure you are familiar with them and know what questions to ask.