This Watchtower prophecy about the majority of the 1914 generation having their lives,
"cut short by Armageddon"
has clearly failed; which is more evidence that the year 1914 has nothing to do with Christ’s return, a war in heaven, the Battle of Armageddon, or for that matter, the Truth.
The year 1914 is seldom mentioned in modern publications, but it’s an essential year. The Society’s very existence hangs upon Jesus returning in 1914. Because, if Jesus did not return in October of 1914, then there would have been no 3 & ½ year - testing period beginning in 1914 during which Christ allegedly decided to pick the Watchtower Society as God’s only channel of communication to mankind, which is the subject of our next claim.
The Jehovah’s Witnesses are stuck with a foundational teaching that doesn’t make any sense, that looks bad from a historical point of view, that their own people have a hard time believing, and even their writing staff is trying to cover up.
With a track record this bad why would anyone believe in the Watchtower Society’s claim that the Second Coming of Jesus Christ occurred in 1914?
Let’s now turn to the Bible and look at a few passages that speak of Jesus Christ’s promised return: Jesus said,
“There will be signs in the sun, moon and stars. On the earth, nations will be in anguish and perplexity at the roaring and tossing of the sea. Men will faint from terror, apprehensive of what is coming on the world, for the heavenly bodies will be shaken. At that time they will see the Son of Man coming in a cloud with power and great glory” (Luke 21: 25-27, NIV).
The Watchtower Society has striven hard to paint a picture showing that world events leading up to the year 1914 fit the model spoken of by Jesus. But, would an objective appraisal of that time period in world history really lead one to conclude that Christ’s words in the gospel of Luke were fulfilled in 1914? Probably not. After all, the world has yet to see
“the Son of Man coming in a cloud with power and great glory.”
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