Posted by Shaun on March 21, 1999 at 19:13:36 {MWPaY6Jjvt65o}:
Does Jehovah sift people the way the Society would have you believe?
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*** Proclaimers Book� 633� 28 Testing and Sifting From Within
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Following 1925, meeting attendance dropped dramatically in some congregations in France and Switzerland. Again, in 1975, there was disappointment when expectations regarding
the start of the Millennium failed to materialize. As a result, some withdrew from the organization. Others, because they sought to subvert the faith of associates, were disfellowshipped. No doubt,
disappointment over the date was a factor, but in some instances the roots went deeper. Some individuals also argued against the need to participate in the house-to-house ministry. Certain ones did not simply choose to go their own way;
they became aggressive in opposing the organization with which they had been associated, and they made use of the public press and television to air their views. Nevertheless, the number who defected was relatively small. Although these tests resulted in a sifting and some blew away like chaff when wheat is winnowed, othersremained firm.
1914, 1819 and 1925 predictions.�
Vindication� 1, 1931,pg146,338,339,....years 1914,1918 and 1925 ..... they also learned� to quit fixing
dates for the future and predicting what would come to pass on certain dates....
1975 or around that date predictions.
Aw,1/22/69,pg16,
Other Bible prophecies clearly foretell God�s purpose to bring this wicked system to an end in a few years.
Aw,5/22/69,pg15, If you are a
young person, you also need to face the fact that you will never
grow old in this present system of things.��
.....all evidence in fulfillment of Bible prophecy indicates that
this corrupt system is due to end in a few years.� ....as a young person you will never fulfill any career
that
this system offers.� If you are in high school and thinking about a
college education,� it means at least four,
perhaps even six or eight more years to graduate into a specialized career. But where will this system of
things be by that time? It
will be well on the way toward its finish, if not actually gone!
Wt,10/15/69,pg622,623,.....seventh millennium from man�s creation by Jehovah God� would begin
in less than
ten years.
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Was the false predictions from the Society a test to sift the organization as quoted in the Proclaimers book? Is this how Jehovah
does business with his people by getting the Society to make a false prediction then sift out those who leave?
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�Shaun