Their False Prophecies

Since the very beginning of the Watchtower, there have been references to Armageddon and the return of our Lord Jesus Christ. Of course none of their prophecies ever came true, so it is important to see what the Bible has to say on the subject.

 In Deuteronomy 18: 20-22 we read,

“But the prophet who presumes to speak a word in My name, which I have not commanded him to speak, or who speaks in the name of other gods, that prophet shall die.” 21 And if you say in your heart, “How shall we know the word which the LORD has not spoken” 22 when a prophet speaks in the name of the LORD, if the thing does not happen or come to pass, that is the thing which the LORD has not spoken; the prophet has spoken it presumptuously; you shall not be afraid of him.”

Over and over again the Watchtower has claimed to be God’s prophet on earth or that Charles Taze Russell was a prophet. These are some of the claims the Watchtower has published over the years;

The Watchtower of May 15, 1917, p.609″Truly there lived among us in these last days a prophet of the Lord; and although now he has passed from human sight, his works remain an enduring witness to his wisdom and his faithfulness!” They were speaking here of Charles Taze Russell.
The Watchtower, January 15, 1959, p. 40-41″Whom has God actually used as his prophet?…Jehovah’s witnesses are deeply grateful today that the plain facts show that God has been pleased to use them.”
The Watchtower, June 15, 1964, p. 365 “As Jehovah revealed his truths by means of the first-century Christian congregation so he does today by means of the present-day Christian congregation. Through this agency he is having carried out prophesying on an intensified and unparalleled scale.”

By its own admission, all false prophets will be exposed by God in due time. Taking a look at one of their books, Paradise Restored to Mankind – By Theocracy published by the Watchtower in 1972, page 353 & 354 states that “Jehovah will put all false prophets to shame either by not fulfilling the false prediction of such self assuming prophets or by having His own prophecies fulfilled in a way opposite to that predicted by the false prophets”.
As the years have gone by, damage control was the name when it came to putting the past behind them. If asked directly, many of the Jehovah’s Witness will refuse to admit that the past false predictions mean they are a false prophet. It always amazed me that despite the evidence they are given, they will never admit when they are wrong.
In the other post we listed, you will see how the systematically went from one date to another making predictions of Christ return, the return of Biblical men such as Abraham, Isaac and Jacob from the dead and the end of the world.