"The fact that fifty-four years of the period called the "last days" have already gone by is highly significant. It means that only a few years, at most, remain before the corrupt system of things dominating the earth is destroyed by God." Awake! 1968 8:e oktober, sidan 13
"WHAT about all this talk concerning the year 1975? Lively discussions, some based on speculation, have burst into flame during recent months among serious students of the Bible. Their interest has been kindled by the belief that 1975 will mark the end of 6,000 years of human history since Adam's creation. The nearness of such an important date indeed fires the imagination and presents unlimited possibilities for discussion. ..... This is not the time to be toying with the words of Jesus that "concerning that day and hour nobody knows, neither the angels of the heavens nor the Son, but only the Father." (Matt. 24:36) To the contrary, it is a time when one should be keenly aware that the end of this system of things is rapidly coming to its violent end. Make no mistake, it is sufficient that the Father himself knows both the "day and hour"!
36 Even if one cannot see beyond 1975, is this any reason to be less active? The apostles could not see even this far; they knew nothing about 1975. All they could see was a short time ahead in which to finish the work assigned to them." Watchtower, 15:e augusti 1968, sidan 494
Man blev alltså liiiite mer försiktiga om att kategoriskt säga att världen skulle gå under, men bara lite.
Och man skyllde finfint ifrån sig efter 1975: "The Watchtower, commenting on the inadvisability of setting our sights on a certain date, stated: "If anyone has been disappointed through not following this line of thought, he should now concentrate on adjusting his viewpoint, seeing that it was not the word of God that failed or deceived him and brought disappointment, but that his own understanding was based on wrong premises." - Watchtower 15:e mars 1980, sidan 17
Så 1968 säger man att inom några få år är det oundvikligt att världen går under, och därefter pratar man sig varm om att -75 markerar slutet på de 6000 åren...
När 1975 kommer och går skyller man ifrån sig och hävdar att de som fått för sig något så konstigt som att jorden skulle gå under -75 absolut inte fått det från vakttornet (då vakttornet tydligen sagt att man ska vara försiktig med sådana tolkningar... hehe, se ovan), och definitivt dragit fel slutsatser...
Jo, jag förstår att JV inte uppmuntras till att läsa gammal litteratur.
"WHAT about all this talk concerning the year 1975? Lively discussions, some based on speculation, have burst into flame during recent months among serious students of the Bible. Their interest has been kindled by the belief that 1975 will mark the end of 6,000 years of human history since Adam's creation. The nearness of such an important date indeed fires the imagination and presents unlimited possibilities for discussion. ..... This is not the time to be toying with the words of Jesus that "concerning that day and hour nobody knows, neither the angels of the heavens nor the Son, but only the Father." (Matt. 24:36) To the contrary, it is a time when one should be keenly aware that the end of this system of things is rapidly coming to its violent end. Make no mistake, it is sufficient that the Father himself knows both the "day and hour"!
36 Even if one cannot see beyond 1975, is this any reason to be less active? The apostles could not see even this far; they knew nothing about 1975. All they could see was a short time ahead in which to finish the work assigned to them." Watchtower, 15:e augusti 1968, sidan 494
Man blev alltså liiiite mer försiktiga om att kategoriskt säga att världen skulle gå under, men bara lite.
Och man skyllde finfint ifrån sig efter 1975: "The Watchtower, commenting on the inadvisability of setting our sights on a certain date, stated: "If anyone has been disappointed through not following this line of thought, he should now concentrate on adjusting his viewpoint, seeing that it was not the word of God that failed or deceived him and brought disappointment, but that his own understanding was based on wrong premises." - Watchtower 15:e mars 1980, sidan 17
Så 1968 säger man att inom några få år är det oundvikligt att världen går under, och därefter pratar man sig varm om att -75 markerar slutet på de 6000 åren...
När 1975 kommer och går skyller man ifrån sig och hävdar att de som fått för sig något så konstigt som att jorden skulle gå under -75 absolut inte fått det från vakttornet (då vakttornet tydligen sagt att man ska vara försiktig med sådana tolkningar... hehe, se ovan), och definitivt dragit fel slutsatser...
Jo, jag förstår att JV inte uppmuntras till att läsa gammal litteratur.