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AWAKEN ISSUE #4
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THE WATCH TOWER BIBLE AND TRACT SOCIETY OF PENNSYLVANIA PROVES
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THAT JESUS WAS NOT THE MESSIAH.
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This issue of AWAKEN is rather complex in the material it
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presents. I have used extensive quotes and listed all reference
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material so that others can verify the facts being presented.
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I will, in this issue, prove that the Jesus which the Watch Tower
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Bible And Tract Society Of Pennsylvania (whose followers are called
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Jehovah's Witnesses) speaks of, COULD NOT HAVE BEEN THE MESSIAH. I
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will use the Watch Tower's own material to prove this fact.
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Let's start with the following rather long quote:
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THE WATCHTOWER magazine, December 15, 1979 issue, article title:
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WHEN WAS JESUS BORN?, page 3 and 4 :
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""The most familiar solstic celebration of ancient times was that of
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the Romans, " according to science writer Isaac Asimov. It was the
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week-long Saturnalia (December 17 to 24), held in honor of their
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agricultural god, Saturn. Dr. Asimov also comments :
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"The Mithraists celebrated the birth of Mithra on the winter solstice,
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a natural time, and fixed on the day December 25 so that the popular
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Roman Saturnalia could build up to the Mithraist "Day of the Sun" as
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a climax....Sometime after A.D. 300, Christianity managed the final
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coup of absorbing the Saturnalia, and with that it scored it's final
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victory over Mithraism. December 25 was established as the day of the
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birth of Jesus, and the great festival was made Christian. There is
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absolutely no biblical authority for December 25 as having been the
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day of the Nativity."
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Interesting observations, indeed. But they do throw a pall over annual
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Christmas celebrations and raise certain questions. Is it possible to
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ascertain the year of Jesus Christ's birth ? Can the approximate day
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be determined ? Indeed, when was Jesus born ?
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PINPOINTING THE YEAR
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One way to ascertain the year of Jesus's birth is to consider the
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divinely inspired prophecy of the "seventy weeks," or "seventy weeks,"
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or "seventy weeks of years," recorded at Daniel 9:24-27. (An American
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Translation; Moffatt; Revised Standard Version; compare New World
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Translation, footnote.) The angel Gabriel told the Hebrew prophet
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Daniel: "From the going forth of the word to restore and to rebuild
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Jerusalem until Messiah the LEader, there will be seven weeks, also
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sixty-two weeks [ of years, or 483 years ]." - Dan 9:25; Num. 14:34;
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Ezek. 4:6.
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When did these 483 years begin ? In the fall of 455 B.C.E., during the
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20th year of King Artaxerxes, when that Persian monarch decreed that
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Jerusalem and its walls should be rebuilt. (Neh. 2:1-8) Accordingly,
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that period of 69 "weeks" (483 years) ended in the fall of 29 C.E.
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The Messiah then appeared on the scene, for in that year Jesus was
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baptized by John the Baptist and became the Annointed One or Christ
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by being annointed with God's holy spirit. (Matt3:13-17) Incidentally,
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Luke 3:1-3 indicates that John began his baptizing activity in the
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"fifiteenth year of the reign of Tiberious Caesar," which year ran
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August 17, 28 C.E., to August 16, 29 C.E.
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How old was Jesus at his baptism? The scriptures answer: "Jesus
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himself, when he commenced his work [ right after being baptized],
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was about thirty years old." (Luke 3:21-23) If we count back 30 years
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from Jesus's baptism in 29 C.E. (and remember that there is no zero
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year between the B.C.E. and C.E. periods of rekoning), we find that
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he was born in 2 B.C.E.
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Lending support to this is the prophecy of the "seventy weeks of
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years." It indicates that the Messiah would be killed thus 'causing
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sacrifice and gift offering to cease' as no longer required, in the
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middle of the 70th "week." (Dan. 9:27; Rom. 6:14; Heb. 7:26-28).
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Thismeans that Christ's ministry was tree and half years long. It
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began at his baptism in 29 C.E. and ended with his death at Passover
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time in 33 C.E. (Luke 22:7-20) Counting back 33+1/2 years (the length
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of Jesus' earthly life) also enables us to calculate the year of his
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birth as 2 B.C.E."
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------------------- END OF WATCHTOWER QUOTE -------------------
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-------------- VINCE BANIAL'S COMMENTS FOLLOW -----------------
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My intial observation is to be impressed. That would the same
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observation held by Jehovah's Witnesses when they finished reading
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this great work by the Watchtower. I am not a trained detective, but
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I will endeavour to uncover strange things within this article.
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The Watchtower starts off by quoting a "science writer" Isaac Asimov.
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Interesting name, where have I heard that name before ? Is that not
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the same writer who wrote for the publisher Doubleday Science Fiction.
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Well it is. Isaac Asimov is a well known "SCIENCE FICTION" writer.
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Is it not interesting that The Watchtower forgot the word "FICTION" in
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it's article. Jehovah's Witnesses would never know the difference as
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they are persuaded that it is best to read ONLY material provided by
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The Watchtower (I can and will show you proof of that in future
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AWAKEN issues). It is very "unlikely" that a Jehovah's Witness would
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recognize the Isaac Asimov as a well known Science "FICTION" writer,
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as they would be unlikely to read such material. Questions comes to
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my mind. Can The Watchtower find no one else to quote except a science
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fiction writer? Why did The Watchtower leave out that Mr Asmiov is
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a famous Science Fiction writer ? Did quoting Mr Asimov look better
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by stating that he was a "science" writer ? Why would they want a
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Science Fiction writer to quote about mythology? I would have gotten
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Mr. Joseph Campbell to make a comment, especially since Mr. Campbell
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was alive at the time and was a world renown expert on Mythology.
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The Watchtower also makes no mention as to where and in what form
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Mr. Asimov makes his statement. The Watchtower rarely gives references
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so that their material can be "VERIFIED." Try verifying the statement
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that they claim Mr. Asimov had made ! Since they use quotes, then
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one "assumes" that they are "quoting" and not "paraphrasing." They
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do not make any statements about Mr Asimov's "qualifications" to make
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such statements. A regular Jehovah's Witness would never question
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the Watch Tower (GOD'S self-professed prophet and GOD'S "ONLY" channel
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of communications to mankind, again self-professed) or what it writes.
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Lots of questions and no answers.
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Next we move to the use of square brackets. These imply that the
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statements made "INSIDE" of the brackets are NOT found in the
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material being quoted. We find two location which have square
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brackets ([]). The first is "[of years, or 483 years]. That is
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not found anywhere inside the book of Daniel. This is the Watchtower's
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own addition and their own "CONJECTURE". They make it sound like
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fact, which it is NOT (and I'll prove it shortly). The other location
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is [right after being baptised], also conjecture.
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It's interesting that the Watch Tower writers have chosen to make
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a list of assorted Bible translations "(An American Translation;
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Moffatt; Revised Standard Version; compare New World Translation,
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footnote.)" Yes, the book of Daniel is there in those translations,
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including the New World Translation which is the Watch Tower's own
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creation. This list is presented in a way to, maybe, lend credence to
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their conjecture about this prophesy especially their idea about
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483 yrs.
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Please also note their use of clearly specific words and wording. For
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example "One way to ascertain". Ascertain implies certainty. We also
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see "PINPOINTING THE YEAR", which is also implies certainty. One
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of Watch Tower's favourite words "Accordingly", which means little but
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implies truth, facts and certainty even though only conjecture is
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presented. Their use of the word "Incidently" is meant to grab one's
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attention. Why ? Maybe so that one's mind does not dwell too long
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on prior statements. "When did these 483 years begin ?" clearly
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presents fiction and conjecture as being fact. The way the Watch
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Tower writers write is most interesting. Always, look at the first
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word and or phrase in the first sentence and in the middle sentence
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of each paragraph. By doing so one can easily pickup certain postive
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reinforcement keyed words and phrases which are repeatedly used by
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the Watch Tower writers. I have my personal opinions why they use
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such control techniques, maybe I'll get into them in one of the
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future issues of AWAKEN.
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I really like "Lending support to this date is the prophecy of the
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"seventy weeks of years." It indicates that the Messiah would be
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killed, thus 'causing sacrifice and gift offering to cease' as no
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longer required, in the middle of the 70th "week." (Dan. 9:27;
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Rom 6:14; Heb. 7:26-28) This means that Christ's ministry was
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three and a half years long. It began at his baptism in 29 C.E.
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and ended with his death at Passover time in 33 C.E." This is
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pure conjecture, but it is stated a being fact.
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Some historical background material about the Watch Tower is now
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required. Why ? Well I will now prove that the Watch Tower has
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claimed that it is GOD's prophet and that the Watch Tower is GOD's
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only "channel" of communication with mankind. This is necessary to
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prove the above statement:
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"I will give a number of quotes from Watch Tower publications that
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indicate that the Watch Tower considers itself and it's publications
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to be inspired by God. In other words, the Watch Tower is deeming
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itself to be a prophet of God. I will also make two quotes from
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two trial transcripts, which since they are trial transcripts, they
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are deemed to be accurate and portray the Watch Tower Society's
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view that it is inspired by God.
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THE WATCH TOWER, 01/15/1917, p 22: "Following the election Brother
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Rutherford, addressing the the meeting, said in part:..."The Watch
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Tower Bible and Tract Society is the greatest corporation in the
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world, because from the time of its organization until now the lord
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has used it as his channel through which to make known the glad
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tidings...".
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1939 YEARBOOK OF JEHOVAH'S WITNESSES, P 85: "It should be expected
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that the Lord would have a means of communicating to his people on
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the earth, and he has clearly shown that the magazine called The
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Watchtower is used for that purpose."
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NEW YORK KING'S COUNTY CLERKS'S COURT RECORD, 1940, vol. II, p 795:
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Fred W. Franz on the witness stand:
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"Q. Who subsequently becamse the Editor of the magazine, the main editor
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of the "Watch Tower" magazine ?
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A. In 1931, October 15th, as I recall, the "Watch Tower" discontinued
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publishing the names of any editorial committee on the second page.
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THE COURT: He asked you who became the editor.
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THE WITNESS: And it said --
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THE COURT: Who became the editor ?
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Q. Who became the editor when this was discontinued ?
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A. Jehovah God."
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Fred W. Franz later became the President of the Watchtower Bible and
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Tract Society and remains in that position to this day. So we see that
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Jehovah God is the editor of the Watch Tower.
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Olin R. Moyle, v F.W.Franz, et al. Libel suit testimony, May 10th to
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May 27th, 1943, New York Supreme Court, Appellate Division:
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Fred W. Franz on the witness stand, sections 2596 & 2597 -
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"Q. At any rate, Jehovah God is now the editor of the paper, is that
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right ?
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A. He is today the editor of the paper.
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Q. How long has he been editor of the paper ?
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A. Since its inception he has been guiding it.
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Q. Even before 1931 ?
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A. Yes, sir."
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Nathan Homer Knorr on the witness stand, at the same Olin Myle trial,
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sections 4420 & 4421 :
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"Q. But you don't make any mention in the fore part of your Watch
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Tower that "We are not infallible and subject to correction and
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may make mistakes" ?
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A. We have never claimed infallibility.
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Q. But you don;t make any such statement, that you are subject to
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correction, in your Watch Tower papers do you ?
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A. Not that I recall.
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Q. In fact, it is set forth directly as God's Word, isn't it ?
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A. Yes, as His Word.
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Q. Without any qualification whatsoever ?
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A. That is right.".
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NOTE - that at the time of the above trial, Mr. Nathan H. Knorr
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was already the President of the Watch Tower Society.
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WATCHTOWER 01/15/1959, p 40, 41: "Whom has God actually used as his
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prophet ? By the historical facts of the case Christendom is beaten
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back in defeat. Jehovah's witnesses are deeply grateful today that
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the plain facts show that God has been pleased to use them."
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During the late 1970s and throughout 1980, each issue of their principle
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magazine featured the following assertion as part of its masthead:
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"A WATCHTOWER enables a person to look far into the distance and announce
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to others what is seen. Likewise, this magazine, published by
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Jehovah's Witnesses, aids the reader to see what the future holds".
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Now, ny definition one who tells what the future holds is, of course,
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a prophet. Ok then, lets look at other statements to get a clearer
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picture of this.
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WATCHTOWER forward 04/01/1972: "The Watchtower is it God's Prophet?"
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WATCHTOWER 04/01/1972: "So, does Jehovah have a prophet to help them,
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to warn them of dangers and to declare things to come ? These
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questions can be answered in the affirmative. Who is the
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prophet ? ... This "prophet" was not one man, but was a body of men
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and women. It was the small group of footstep followers of Jesus
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Christ, known at the time as International Bible Students. Today
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they are know as Jehovah's Christian Witnesses".
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AWAKE 06/08/1986 pg 9: "You will be interested to learn that God has
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on earth a people, all of whom are prophets, or witnesses for God.
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In fact they are known thoughout the world as Jehovah's Witnesses."
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Next I would like to develop proof about the Messiah, from other
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quotes from Watch Tower material. I will now quote from the
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Watch Tower's book called "YOU CAN LIVE FOREVER IN PARADISE",
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Copyright, 1982 by Watch Tower Bible And Tract Society Of Pennsylvania.
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page 138 :
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"But a person may ask:'Where does the Bible fortell the very year the
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Messiah appeared on earth?' The Bible book of Daniel says: "From the
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going forth of the word to restore and to rebuild Jerusalem until
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Messiah the Leader, there will be seven weeks, also sixty-two weeks,"
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or all together 69 weeks. (Daniel 9:25) These, however, are not
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69 literal weeks, which amount to only 483 days, or a little more
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than one year. They are 69 weeks of years, or 483 years. (Compare
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Numbers 14:34.) The command to restore and rebuild the walls of
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Jerusalem was given in 455 B.C.E.* (Nehemiah 1:1-8) So these
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69 weeks of years ended 483 years later, in 29 C.E. And that is the
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very year that Jesus came to John to be baptized! On that occasion
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he was anointed with holy spirit and became Messiah or
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Christ. - Luke 3:1,2, 21-23."
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--------------- END OF WATCH TOWER MATERIAL ------------------
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So now we know that the Watch Tower claims to be GOD's prophet
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and that GOD is the editor of all material at the Watch Tower.
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We almost have everything. Before I continue, lets look at the
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the last quote above. The Watch Tower makes a clear assumption,
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that being that 69 weeks discussed in Daniel "MUST" be equal to
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483 years. They offer absolutely NO PROOF to substantiate their
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claim. They make it and then they move on. Jehovah's Witnesses
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are trained "NOT" to question what the Watch Tower "feeds" them.
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They use the date 455 B.C.E. to establish somekind of anchor.
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They add 483 to 455 B.C.E. to get 29 C.E. (same as A.D.). Then
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they "claim" that Jesus was baptised in the year 29 C.E. Again
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no proof is given by GOD'S self-proclaimed prophet. They also state
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that Jesus "became Messiah" when he was baptised. ALL of this is
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pure "conjecture" on the Watch Tower's part. They offer no proof to
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substantiate their claim. Clearly, the evidence presented by the
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Watch Tower is surely "only conjecture" on the Watch Tower's part.
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It is in NO WAY fact.
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One more quote from the Watch Tower and I will wrap up proving
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(via these quotes) that the Watch Tower proves that
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Jesus was NOT THE MESSIAH. The opposite may look to be true at the
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moment, but when dealing with the Watch Tower looks can be very
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deceiving. I will now quote from the same Watch Tower book
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"YOU CAN LIVE FOREVER IN PARADISE ON EARTH", page 59 :
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"When Jesus was still a baby, King Herod tried to kill him. But
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Jehovah warned Joseph so that he took his family and ran away to
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Egypt. After King Herod died, Joseph and mary returned with Jesus
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to the city of Nazareth in Galilee. Here he grew up. Matthew 2:13-15,
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19-23."
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We now have clear quotes from the Watch Tower stating that (A) the
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Watch Tower had "pinpointed" that Jesus was born in 2 B.C.E. and
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that (B) King Herod tried to kill Jesus at the time of Jesus's birth
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and that (C) the Watch Tower's conjecture was and is that Jesus
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became the Messiah in 29 C.E. and (D) that Daniel 9:25 clearly
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using Neh. 2:1-8 specified that the MESSIAH would be killed in
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29 C.E. For item (D) to be correct this MESSIAH MUST have to have
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been born in 2 B.C.E. as per item (A).
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I set out to find the truth about all this. I paid a visit to the
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central library in my area. What was I looking for ? I wanted to
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see what Archaeological proof there was about the date for King
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Herod's death. The evidence is unanimous. King Herod passed away
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in the year 4 B.C.E. (or 4 B.C.). The evidence is clear that HEROD died
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in 4 B.C. (or B.C.E. whichever you chose since they mean the same).
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The following is a list of reference material checked, complete with
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ISBN numbers so that one can confirm my facts :
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THE ARCHAEOLOGICAL ENCYCLOPEDIA OF THE HOLY LAND,
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Copyright (C) 1986,1990 by G.G. The Jerusalem Publishing House Limited,
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Printed in Jerusalem Israel, ISBN # 0-13-044090-6, 3rd Edition printed
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by Prentice Hall Press, page 416 heading :CHRONOLOGY TABLES sub-heading
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THE CHRONOLOGY OF THE KINGS OF JUDAH AND ISRAEL:
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"HEROD I (The Great) 37 - 4 B.C."
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ACEDEMIC AMERICAN ENCYCLOPEDIA, book #10, Copyright (C) 1988 by
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Grolier Inc., ISBN # 0-7171-2020-6, page 144 heading :HERDOD:
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"On Herod The Great's death in 4 B.C."
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COLLIER'S ENCYCLOPEDIA, book #12, Copyright (C) 1991 by Macmillian
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Educational Co., LIBRARY OF CONGRESS # 90-60614, page 85 herading
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HEROD:
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"After a vain attempt at suicide, Herod died, at the end of March
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or beginning of April in 4 B.C."
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ENCYCLOPEDIA AMERICANA, book #14, Copyright (C) 1985 by Grolier Inc.,
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ISBN # 0-7172-0116-3, page 146 heading : HEROD THE GREAT :
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"Herod died in Palestine in 4 B.C."
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THE INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BIBLE ENCYCLOPEDIA, Copyright (C) 1982
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by William B. Eerdmans Publishing Co., ISBN # 0-8028-8160-2,
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page 693 heading HEROD :
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"Finally, only five days after Antipater's execution, Herod died
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at Jericho in the spring of 4 B.C."
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ENCYLOPEDIA JUDAICA, book 9, Copyright (C) 1971 by Keter Publishing
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House Ltd., Printed in Jerusalem Israel by The Macmillan Company, NY.,
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LIBRARY OPF CONGRESS # 72-90254, page 375 heading HEROD I :
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"(?73 - 4 B.C.E.)"
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page 382 same heading :
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"However when the sentence was carried out in the year 4 [B.C.E.],
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the aged Herod was lying in his palace in Jericho, and died five
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days later."
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THE NIV DICTIONARY OF BIBLICAL ARCHAEOLOGY, Copyright (C) 1983 by
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The Zondervan Corporation, ISBN # 0-310-21250-2, page 235 heading
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HEROD, FAMILY OF :
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"Herod the Great was not a true Jew but an Idumaean who was appointed
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king of Judea and its surrounding districts by the Romans in spite of
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Jewish hostility to him. He died in 4 B.C. Luke 1:5 and Matt 2 (cf
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Acts 23:35) narrate his part in the Slaughter of the Innocents at
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Bethleham at the brith of Jesus Christ."
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That was a most interesting insight. If King Herod died in 4 B.C.E.
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then clearly Jesus "COULD NOT" have been born in 2 B.C.E.
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(as the Watch Tower had CLEARLY stated), not if one believes the
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Biblical account of Jesus's birth. Jesus "had" to have been born
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during or before 4 B.C.E. That being the case, then Jesus COULD NOT
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have been baptized (using the Watch Tower's conjecture) in 29 C.E.
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(or A.D.). If we count 30 years from 4 B.C.E. (the latest that Jesus
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could have been born since Herod died in 4 B.C.E), we get 27 C.E.,
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(or earlier) therefore since Daniel's prophecy points to 29 B.C.E.,
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as being the year that Messiah would appear (as per the Watch
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Tower's conjecture), then the Watch Tower has clearly proven that
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Jesus COULD NOT HAVE BEEN THE MESSIAH spoken of in Daniel - using
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the Watch Tower's own interpretations of the Bible. Evidently, we
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are able to assume that the Jesus, which Jehovah's Witnesses follow,
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was not the MESSIAH. Daniel 9:25, as per the Watch Tower, proves
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that to be the case. Interesting !
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Either that or the Watch Tower Bible and Tract Society Of
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Pennsylvania, GOD'S prophet for all mankind, is ONCE AGAIN WRONG.
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But, I ask, how could GOD mis-inform his only prophet,
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the Watch Tower, about the date of birth of Jesus ?
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Please share the info found in these issues of AWAKEN with other
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members of the faith to which you belong. Consider using this
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info within publications issued to members of your faith. One
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example is to use this info within Church bulletins. People need
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to become informed about the Watch Tower and it's teachings. Why ?
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Jehovah's Witnesses go door to door preaching whatever the
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Watch Tower has told them to preach. They are trained weekly to
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respond to any and all objections to their preaching. They are
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told by the Watch Tower that the Watch Tower is the only TRUTH
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and that the Watch Tower is the only TRUE religion. They are
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told by the Watch Tower that all other faiths, teach
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false teachings because all other faiths are agents of SATAN.
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They have no qualms attacking any and all aspects your belief
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system, when they come on their un-asked for visits. They are
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trained to dispell your objections and to SELL you on the
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Watch Tower's teachings, just as they themselves had been SOLD.
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By becoming informed about the Jehovah's Witnesses, one will be
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better prepared to decide whether one should get invloved with
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this group.
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Copyright (c) 1991 by Vince Banial, Toronto Ontario Canada.
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This material cannot be incorporated into any book without the
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empress and written permission of Vince Banial. This file may be
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freely uploaded to any BBS, as long as it remains unchanged.
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