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Jehovah's Witnesses
The religious
movement now known as Jehovah's Witnesses was
started by Charles Taze Russell in the 1870's and
today has grown to over 6,000,000 members worldwide
with about 1,000,000 members in the United States.
Jehovah's Witnesses are best known for their door to
door distribution of the Watchtower magazine which
is printed by the Watchtower Bible and Tract Society
headquartered in Brooklyn, New York. Jehovah's
Witnesses have their own translation of the Bible,
the New World Translation and many of their beliefs
and teachings differ from biblical Christianity. For
more details see the articles listed below.
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The Heavenly Kingdom
took effect in 1914 with the invisible
enthronement of Christ as King. A little
flock or Anointed Class of about 135,300
people currently occupies it. All were
selected after Christ's ascension into
heaven at Pentecost (33 AD) and during
subsequent centuries. The selection of the
full complement of 144,000 was completed in
1935. Some 8,700 are still living on earth.
They will spend eternity as spirit creatures
in heaven with God and Christ and will rule
over the other Jehovah’s Witnesses who
remain on earth. Those spending eternity on
earth are what Jehovah’s Witnesses call the
Great Crowd or Other Sheep.
Read more in: Beliefs
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Watchtower
1/15/1976 p 47 ONE thing hard for many
people today to understand is that there can
be and there is only one true religion.
Read more in: Quotes |
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1992 "Today, a
small percentage of mankind can still recall
the dramatic events of 1914. Will that
elderly generation pass away before God
saves the earth from ruin? Not according to
Bible prophecy. 'When you see all these
things,' Jesus PROMISED, 'know that he is
near at the doors. Truly I say to you that
THIS generation will by no means pass away
until all these things occur.' - Matthew
24:33, 34." (Watchtower May 1, 1992 page 3:
The Year That Shocked The World)
Read more in: Failed
Prophecies |
If you are currently studying with Jehovah's
Witnesses we strongly urge you to do as much
research as possible before making any
commitments. Once you commit you will not be allowed
to read anything written by former Jehovah's
Witnesses and you will be discouraged form reading
anything written about the Bible unless it is
written by the Watchtower Bible and Tract Society.
If you become a Jehovah's Witness you will forfeit
the freedom to choose your own religious reading
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