WHY THE WARWICK BUILDING PROJECT WILL FAIL As reported in the 2014 Yearbook of Jehovah’s Witnesses, this past July (2013) the Governing Body announced to the Bethel family at their morning worship service that the Society is moving forward with its intention to relocate the Watchtower’s world headquarters from Brooklyn to Warwick, New York. Most of the properties in Brooklyn have apparently [...]
The gospel writer and most-beloved disciple of Jesus, John, was apparently the last surviving apostle of Christ. Toward the end of his long life, he wrote all of the letters that appear in the Bible with his name – including the book of Revelation. At I John 2:18 the aged apostle wrote concerning the coming of the antichrist, saying: “Young children, it is the last hour, [...]
QUESTION: “Immediately after the tribulation of those days, the sun will be darkened, and the moon will not give its light, and the stars will fall from heaven, and the powers of the heavens will be shaken. Then the sign of the Son of man will appear in heaven, and all the tribes of the earth will beat themselves in grief, and they will see the [...]
The Watchtower organization has claimed to be the prophet of God yet it has made numerous false prophecies. The excuse given for their false prophecies has been to quote Proverbs 4:18, which says, "But the path of the righteous ones is like the bright light that is getting lighter and lighter until the day is firmly established." Whether or not the "light gets brighter" or not, [...]
QUESTION: In 1Cor. 15 (29) Can you tell me what this verse means? Mormons often cite this as authority for their practice of baptism for the dead. What does "for the purpose of being dead ones" mean? How could one have a purpose of being dead? It is quite confusing for me. ANSWER: The verse in question reads: “Otherwise, what will they do who are [...]
This episode considers a series of questions regarding the trueness of the suggestion that Ezekiel's "chariot" symbolizes Christ, rather than Jehovah- based upon this article. Also, what is the difference between the original anointing or sealing and the final sealing, as mentioned in the 7th chapter of Revelation? And, what is the significance of the Bible character - Melchizedek? Links to Watchtower online Insight [...]
1 Cor. 15 (24 & 25) Can you explain what this means? It appears that Jesus has an end to his reign as King, yet other places in the Bible indicate there would be no end. I cannot dissect the true meaning. Your comments would be helpful. ANSWER: When God prepared the earth during his six creative days and then finished his work with the creation [...]
QUESTION #2: Why does the NWT insert the word Jehovah in the New Testament, when there are absolutely no Greek manuscripts that have it in there? Isn’t this playing with the text? Questions for Jehovah's Witnesses CARM The fact of the matter is, there are no original copies of the gospels or any of the letters that were written to the congregations that comprise what [...]
QUESTION #3: In the book, "Salvation,"2 (a Watchtower Publication) it says, "At San Diego, California, there is a small piece of land, on which, in the year 1929, there was built a house, which is known as Beth-Sarim. The Hebrew wordsBeth Sarim mean "House of the Princes"; and the purpose of acquiring that property and building the house was that there might be some tangible proof that there [...]
QUESTION #4: The Watchtower organization states that Jesus died on a stake, not a cross. The typical Watchtower representation of this is with Jesus on a single vertical stake, hands over his head with a single nail in his wrists. If Jesus were crucified on a cross, then two nails would be necessary, one in each hand. How then does the Watchtower organization handle the verse in [...]
