Originally posted by divegeester
In 1995 the Jehovah's Witness publications changed the 'Awake' text of the prophesy to omit one of their phophetic errors.
[b]"Why 'Awake' is Published"
Version from before Nov 8th 1995:
[i]"Most important, this magazine builds confidence in the Creator's promise of a peaceful and secure new world before the generation that saw the even ...[text shortened]... ]
Why not just admit it was a false phophesy instead of re-writting the words?[/b]
It would be naive to think that the Jehovah's Witnesses have no response to this criticism. Asking a JW on this forum to provide that response is only a test of their knowledge of that response.
So I'd go to the source, as at: http://www.watchtower.org/e/bh/appendix_10.htm
After some explanation of the time period involved...
"The 2,520 years began in October 607 B.C.E., when Jerusalem fell to the Babylonians and the Davidic king was taken off his throne. The period ended in October 1914. At that time, “the appointed times of the nations” ended, and Jesus Christ was installed as God’s heavenly King.*—Psalm 2:1-6; Daniel 7:13, 14.
"Just as Jesus predicted, his “presence” as heavenly King has been marked by dramatic world developments—war, famine, earthquakes, pestilences. (Matthew 24:3-8; Luke 21:11) Such developments bear powerful testimony to the fact that 1914 indeed marked the birth of God’s heavenly Kingdom and the beginning of “the last days” of this present wicked system of things.—2 Timothy 3:1-5."
So, if you read this with faith in hand, which is what we are told is required for true understanding, there is no significant problem with the edit.