Collection of essays examining Watchtower Magazine articles.
A comment on the opening paragraphs of the September 2026 Watchtower article titled: Trust in Jehovah for Protection. The opening sentence states: We are living in the last of the last days. Earthshaking events will soon occur. No, we are not living in the last days; or, if we are, they have just recently begun. The renewed conflict between the erstwhile allies — the American king [...]
In the Questions from Readers column of the February 2026 Watchtower, the question was asked: When will the nations proclaim “peace and security”? The Watchtower responded: “We do not know for sure.” The article next presents two possible scenarios. The first possibility is stated as follows: The proclamation of “peace and security” will be made just before the outbreak of the great tribulation, which begins with the destruction of [...]
When will the current preaching work end? That is a question from a reader published in the August 2025 Watchtower. The answer is considered to be “new light,” so-called, as the Watchtower explains: Jesus stated: “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.” (Matt. 24:14) The Greek [...]
One of the first articles I wrote after engaging in a months-long Bible-reading marathon was entitled Collapse of the Watchtower. It was before the Internet came of age. Eventually, though, the material was published online and found its way into the first edition of Jehovah Himself Has Become King (2005). One hundred copies of the book were distributed to the then-Governing Body and branch offices worldwide. [...]
The Watchtower study article this week is entitled: Learning From Jesus’ Final 40 Days on Earth For as many years as the Watchtower has been around, it is puzzling how very little Jehovah’s Witnesses have learned from Jesus’ final 40 days on earth. For the past 10 years or so, the Watchtower has adopted a new approach to prophecy. Instead of trying to interpret it, they [...]
This is the final installment of the three-part series examining the Watchtower article entitled: Are You Heeding the Warnings? The illustration of the slaves and the money entrusted to them is pretty straightforward. Jesus entrusted his affairs to his slaves, and upon his return, an accounting will be held with all. Two slaves were industrious and increased what had been entrusted to them. However, one slave [...]
This is part two of the consideration of the Watchtower article: Are you heeding the warning? Then the Kingdom of the heavens may be likened to ten virgins who took their lamps and went out to meet the bridegroom. Five of them were foolish, and five were discreet. For the foolish took their lamps but took no oil with them, whereas the discreet took oil in their flasks [...]
This is the first article considering the September 2024 Watchtower study article, "Are You Heeding the Warnings?" 1) WE LIVE in a climactic time! Soon, Jesus will judge every living person. Jesus described the time leading up to this judgment by giving his disciples a prophetic “sign” of his invisible presence and of “the conclusion of the system of things.” We certainly do live in climactic times, but [...]
This is a review of the Watchtower study article, Do You Recognize the Truth? Training ourselves to discern the difference between the truth we have learned from Jehovah and the falsehoods promoted by Satan and our opposers. First, I am not an opposer of the truth. I oppose those who pretend to be apostles and who disguise themselves as the faithful and discreet slave, a designation [...]
This is the last article in the series examining the May, 2024 Watchtower. I am still trying to mentally process the Watchtower’s most recent “new light.” As stated in the previous article in this series, it is doubtful that Jehovah’s Witnesses will perceive that the Governing Body has repudiated everything it has ever taught regarding the urgency of getting out of Babylon the Great before God’s [...]
