Exposed: “Jehovah’s Witnesses” (Watchtower Society)
The Watchtower Bible and Tract Society (or “Jehovah’s
Witnesses”, or JWs) was started by Charles Taze Russell during the 19th
century. Spreading across more than 230 countries, the JW religion now has over
7 million members (1). JWs go door-knocking in many cities of America, inviting
people to attend a Bible study or JW meeting. This article will expose truth that the “Jehovah’s
Witnesses” don’t want you to know about their religion.
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1. False Prophecies of the “Jehovah’s Witnesses”.
2. The False Teachings of The Watchtower Bible and Tract Society
Exposed.
(2.1) JWs Teach the Lie that Jesus Was a Created Being.
(2.2) The Nimrod / Ashtoreth / Baal System Exposed.
3. The Old Testament teaches that Jesus Christ is God the Father’s Only
Begotten Son.
4. The Watchtower Society Teaches that Only It Can Understand the
Bible.
5. The Call to Leave "Jehovah's Witnesses”
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1. False Prophecies of the
“Jehovah’s Witnesses”
The Watchtower Bible and Tract Society was started by Charles
Taze Russell and has its roots in the International Bible Students'
Association, which Russell founded in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania in 1872 (1).
Charles T. Russell thought of himself as some kind of prophet
and he predicted that Jesus Christ would visibly appear in 1914. This was not
the only false prediction he and other “Jehovah’s Witnesses” (JWs) made.
The JW founder wrote in the 1908 edition of his book The Time
is At Hand:
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The JWs continued making prophecies after Charles T.
Russell’s death. This prophecy comes from the 1917 edition of The Finished
Mystery:
"And the mountains were not
found. Even the republics will disappear in the fall of 1920. And the mountains
were not found. Every kingdom of earth will pass away, be swallowed up in
anarchy." (The Finished Mystery, 1917 edition, p. 258)
In 1918, the Watchtower Society predicted that in 1925…
"Therefore we may confidently
expect that 1925 will mark the return of Abraham, Isaac, Jacob and the faithful
prophets of old, particularly those named by the Apostle in Hebrews 11, to the
condition of human perfection." (Millions Now Living Will Never Die, p.
89)
There are more false prophecies that the Watchtower Society
has made over the years. None of them have ever come to pass. Deuteronomy 18
talks about this very thing.
Deuteronomy 18:20-22
20 But the prophet, which shall
presume to speak a word in my name, which I have not commanded him to speak, or
that shall speak in the name of other gods, even that prophet shall die.
21 And if thou say in thine heart,
How shall we know the word which the Lord hath not spoken?
22 When a prophet speaketh in the
name of the Lord, if the thing follow not, nor come to pass, that is the thing
which the Lord hath not spoken, but the prophet hath spoken it presumptuously:
thou shalt not be afraid of him.
Jesus Christ also speaks about this topic.
Matthew 7:13-20 (Bold added)
13 Enter ye in at the strait gate:
for wide is the gate, and broad is the
way, that leadeth to destruction, and many there be which go in thereat:
14 Because strait is the gate, and
narrow is the way, which leadeth unto life, and few there be that find it.
15 Beware of false prophets, which come to you in sheep's clothing, but
inwardly they are ravening wolves.
16 Ye shall know them by their fruits. Do men gather grapes of thorns, or
figs of thistles?
17 Even so every good tree bringeth forth good fruit; but a corrupt tree
bringeth forth evil fruit.
18 A good tree cannot bring forth evil fruit, neither can a corrupt tree
bring forth good fruit.
19 Every tree that bringeth not forth good fruit is hewn down, and cast
into the fire.
20 Wherefore by their fruits ye shall know them.
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2. The False Teachings of The
Watchtower Bible and Tract Society Exposed
(2.1) JWs Teach the Lie that Jesus Was a Created Being
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JWs teach the false doctrine that Jesus Christ is a created
being called Michael the archangel. What does the Bible say about Jesus Christ
(the Word)?
John 1:1-5
1 In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word
was God.
2 The same was in the beginning with God.
3 All things were made by him; and without him was not any thing made
that was made.
4 In him was life; and the life was
the light of men.
5 And the light shineth in
darkness; and the darkness comprehended it not.
Colossians 1:16-17
16 For by him were all things created, that are in heaven, and that are in
earth, visible and invisible,
whether they be thrones, or dominions, or principalities, or powers: all things
were created by him, and for him:
17 And he is before all things, and
by him all things consist.
Jesus Christ is God (John 1:1) and Jesus Christ created
everyone and everything (John 1:3). The Bible teaches that God the Father,
Jesus Christ (God the Son, the Word), and the Holy Ghost (or the Holy Spirit)
are one. Jesus is not Michael. Michael is an angel Jesus Christ created (John
1:3 and Colossians 1:12-18). 1 John 5:7 reveals the truth about the real
Trinity of God.
1 John 5:7
7 For there are three that bear
record in heaven, the Father, the Word, and the Holy Ghost: and these three are
one.
(2.2) The Nimrod / Ashtoreth / Baal System Exposed
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John 14:16-17 (bold / underline added)
16 And I will pray the Father, and
he shall give you another Comforter, that
he may abide with you for ever;
17 Even the Spirit of truth; whom
the world cannot receive, because it
seeth him not, neither knoweth him: but ye know him; for he
dwelleth with you, and shall be in you.
Pagans taught that the Spirit was a goddess who they also
worshipped as Ashtoreth (or Isis, or
Semiramis, etc.). Worship of false gods was forbidden by God. Only the true God
is to be worshiped (see Exodus 20:1-5). In Exodus
20:3, God said, “Thou shalt have
no other gods before me.” In verse 4, God said, “Thou shalt not make unto
thee any graven image…”
3. The Old Testament teaches that Jesus Christ is God the Father’s Only Begotten Son.
Psalm 2:7-12
7 I will declare the decree: the Lord hath said unto me, Thou art my
Son; this day have I begotten thee.
8 Ask of me, and I shall give thee
the heathen for thine inheritance, and the uttermost parts of the earth for thy
possession.
9 Thou shalt break them with a rod
of iron; thou shalt dash them in pieces like a potter's vessel.
10 Be wise now therefore, O ye
kings: be instructed, ye judges of the earth.
11 Serve the Lord with fear, and
rejoice with trembling.
12 Kiss the Son, lest he be angry, and ye perish from the way, when
his wrath is kindled but a little. Blessed are all they that put their trust in
him.
Psalm 110:1 says, “The Lord said unto my Lord, Sit thou at my
right hand, until I make thine enemies thy footstool.” God the Father (the
first Lord), told David’s Lord (Jesus Christ) to sit at God the Father’s right
hand. This shows that God the Father’s Son (Jesus) is God.
Proverbs
30:4 says, “ Who hath ascended up into heaven, or descended? who
hath gathered the wind in his fists? who hath bound the waters in a garment?
who hath established all the ends of the earth? what is his name, and what is his son's name, if thou canst tell?”
This rhetorical question clearly teaches that God the Father has a Son (Jesus
Christ).
Genesis 1:26-27 also teaches the Doctrine of the Trinity:
Genesis 1:26-27
26 And God said, Let us make
man in our image, after our likeness:
and let them have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the fowl of the
air, and over the cattle, and over all the earth, and over every creeping thing
that creepeth upon the earth.
27 So God created man in his own image, in the image of God created he
him; male and female created he them.
God has a plurality (“Let
us make”) and yet He is one God (“in the image of God created he him”). Again, this is the
Doctrine of the Trinity in Genesis 1, the first book of the Bible.
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4. The Watchtower Society Teaches that Only It Can Understand the Bible.
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The Watchtower Magazine from October 1, 1967 says:
"Thus the Bible is an
organizational book and belongs to the Christian congregation as an
organization, not to individuals, regardless of how sincerely they may believe
that they can interpret the Bible," (Watchtower, Oct. 1, 1967, p. 587).
So, only the Watchtower Society can interpret the Bible? The
Watchtower Magazine declares:
"Only this organization
functions for Jehovah's purpose and to his praise. To it alone God's Sacred
Word, the Bible, is not a sealed book," (Watchtower, July 1, 1973, p.
402).
They are implying that to everyone else, the Bible is sealed,
meaning that it cannot be properly understood apart from the JW interpretation.
The Bible clearly teaches that the Holy Spirit reveals truth to followers of
the Jesus Christ.
1 Corinthians 2:11-16
11 For what man knoweth the things
of a man, save the spirit of man which is in him? even so the things of God
knoweth no man, but the Spirit of God.
12 Now we have received, not the spirit of the world, but the spirit which
is of God; that we might know the things that are freely given to us of God.
13 Which things also we speak, not in the words which man's wisdom
teacheth, but which the Holy Ghost teacheth; comparing spiritual things with
spiritual.
14 But the natural man receiveth
not the things of the Spirit of God: for they are foolishness unto him: neither
can he know them, because they are spiritually discerned.
15 But he that is spiritual judgeth
all things, yet he himself is judged of no man.
16 For who hath known the mind of
the Lord, that he may instruct him? but we have the mind of Christ.
Notice how the Holy Spirit (or Holy Ghost) is given to true
Christians to give them understanding regarding the things of God? Verse 12
says, “Now we have received, not the
spirit of the world, but the spirit which is of God; that we might know the
things that are freely given to us of God.”
Listen to these other quotes from the Watchtower Society:
"It should be expected that
the Lord would have a means of communication to his people on the earth, and he
has clearly shown that the magazine called The Watchtower is used for that
purpose," (1939 Yearbook of Jehovah's Witnesses, p. 85).
"We all need help to
understand the Bible, and we cannot
find the Scriptural guidance we need outside the 'faithful and discreet slave'
organization," (Watchtower, Feb. 15, 1981).
The Watchtower Society even goes so far as to say that some
of their members who find fault with JW teachings are like Satan…
"From time to time, there have arisen from among the ranks of
Jehovah's people those, who, like the original Satan, have adopted an
independent, faultfinding attitude...They
say that it is sufficient to read the Bible exclusively, either alone or in
small groups at home.” (Watchtower, Aug. 15, 1981). (bold added)
These “independent” JWs are compared to Satan (“like the
original Satan”) for just studying the Bible for themselves, without the JW
stamp of approval.
Jesus Christ said this about the religious leaders of the
time:
Matthew 15:8-9
8 This people draweth nigh unto me
with their mouth, and honoureth me with their lips; but their heart is far from me.
9 But in vain they do worship me, teaching for doctrines the commandments of men.
The Watchtower Bible and Tract Society is teaching the
commandments (or beliefs) of men (which contradict the Bible) and this does not
honor God. God knows the heart of men (and women). The Watchtower Society
claims that they alone hold the understanding of the Bible.
Yet, their beliefs
contradict the Bible and their prophecies have not come to pass. According to
Deuteronomy 18, the JW leaders who made false prophecies are false prophets and
no one should regard them. Can an organization like that be trusted?
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5. The Call to Leave "Jehovah's Witnesses”
If you, the reader, happen to be JW or are interested in
that, I encourage you to turn your life over to the true Lord Jesus Christ of
the Bible and seek to know Him. Jesus Christ was born of a virgin by the Holy
Spirit overshadowing Mary (see Luke 1:35). But, Jesus Christ (God the Son)
existed before time began with God the Father and God the Holy Spirit (John
1:1, Micah 5:2, 1 John 5:7, and John 8:58). Jesus Christ created Mary and
everyone who ever lived, including Satan (Lucifer) (John 1:3 and Colossians
1:16). God created them from nothing. (Genesis 1:1, Nehemiah 9:6, and many
other verses talk about God's creation.)
Jesus Christ lived a sinless life (1 Peter 1:19), died on a
Roman cross to pay for all your (and my) sins, and rose from the dead on the
third day, just as was prophesied in the Bible (see 1 Corinthians 15:3-4). He paid the great price of your (and my) sins
which you (and I) could never pay (Romans 3:23, Romans 6:23).
If you
believe this truth about Jesus Christ (that He alone is God the Son;
that He alone was born of a virgin; that He alone died for all your sins, that
His precious blood alone will wash away all your sins, etc.) and make Jesus Christ your personal Savior
and Lord, you will be saved.
The Bible
is very clear that you (and I) must confess (tell God about) and repent (be
willing to turn) from our sin (see 1 John 1:5-10). If we
don’t choose to turn away from sin, looking to God for help, we would be making
sin our master. We cannot serve God and mammon (love of money, self, sin, etc.)
(See Luke 16:13).
Now, this does not mean you have to try to remember every bad
thing you said or did and repent from it. It means that when you feel convicted
about sin, repent from that sin and seek to know God better (just talk to God).
There may not be a lot of time left for you. Death can take
you at any time. Please consider this plea and come to the true Jesus Christ
for Salvation before it is too late for you. Hell is not a pretty place to
spend an eternity in.
Jeremiah 29:13
13 And ye shall seek me, and find
me, when ye shall search for me with all your heart.
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Zabada, Jack. "Jehovah's Witnesses History."
christianity.about.com. About.com. n.d. Web. 2 Sept. 2014.
Other Articles on Jehovah's Witnesses:
Occult (and Masonic) Origins of Jehovah's Witnesses
JW's Watchtower Exposed
End Notes
The Winged-Sun-Disc
can be found on the covers of Charles Taze Russell’s books.
Albert Churchward,
a mason wrote this regarding the Winged-Sun-Disk:
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'... the Winged-Disk, with the Uraei of Egypt, the original of which we find in the text summarized by Naville in the
"Myths of Horus," pII. xii. ff.:---"Horus commanded Thoth that the Winged-Sun-Disk, with Uraei, should be
brought into every sanctuary wherein he dwelt, and into every sanctuary of
all the gods of the lands of the South and the North, and in Amentet, in order that they might drive away evil
from therein...." This is what is meant by the Winged-Disks, with the
Uraei, which are seen over the entrances
of the courts of the temples of all the gods and goddesses of Egypt.'
(Churchward, Albert, The Signs and Symbols of Primordial Man. 1913 p. 344.)
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