Questions for article:
"The
Teaching of 1914 – Sacred Secret or Falsehood?" (Part 2)
The
Book of Daniel – Sealed or Unsealed?
1.
According to Daniel 12:4, 9, when would this prophetic book be understood
or "unsealed?" Why does this statement make it impossible for C. T.
Russell to have understood this bible book?
ANSWER
2. In
spite of the fact that most Jehovah’s Witnesses believe that C. T. Russell
was led to his understanding of the importance of the year of 1914, what does
the WTS admit as to where Russell learned about the 1914 date?
ANSWER
3. What
doctrine did Russell eventually develop and teach concerning the "time of
the end" and the date of 1914?
ANSWER
4.
Since Russell’s predictions failed, what did the WTS finally do to
perpetuate the 1914 date? ANSWER
5.
Russell also taught that Armageddon was to begin in 1914, what did the WTS do
to keep Russell’s image in tact? What prediction did Russell’s make that
they were determined to keep so that they could say that he had something
right? ANSWER
6. In
the 10/15/90 Watchtower, what statement did the writer make concerning
Russell because they believed that he correctly pinpointed the "end of
the Gentile Times," even after recognizing that he was wrong in all of
his other predictions?
ANSWER
7.
What problem does this present for those of us who are looking back at this
situation in an attempt to determine if the book of Daniel was unsealed during
Russell’s day?
ANSWER
8. What
did we as Jehovah’s Witnesses fail to do in imitation of the 1st
century Bereans with reference to the 1914 teaching?
ANSWER
9.
When
considering C. T. Russell’s prophetic explanation from the book of Daniel,
what vital point must we take into account?
ANSWER
10. If
Jehovah gave Russell "sealed" information 38 years before He stated it
would be "unsealed," what would it mean? What can we therefore
conclude regarding Russell’s explanations from the book of Daniel?
ANSWER