Jehovah’s Witnesses would do well to take to heart the apostle Paul’s exhortation: “Do not treat prophesyings with contempt.”

But no one should imagine that the problem is simply a matter of making a few minor adjustments so as to arrive at a clearer picture of the truth. If that were the case I would happily “wait upon Jehovah for the revelation of truth through is channel of communication.” However, that is not the case. The Watchtower’s interpretations of prophecy are fundamentally wrong and any tinkering and adjusting amounts to putting new wine into an old wineskin.

Besides our basic knowledge of Jehovah and his purpose, the belief that Christ’s kingdom was established in 1914 is unquestionably the very foundation of the Watchtower Society. Virtually every prophecy and parable of Christ is in one way or the other tied to 1914. The very ecclesiastical authority of the Watchtower over Jehovah’s Witnesses is based upon the false assertion that Christ appointed the Society “over all of his belongings” in 1919.

Since the 1914 doctrine of Christ’s parousia is demonstrably wrong, that makes the Watchtower a false witness before God. There are serious consequences for speaking falsely in the name of Jehovah; and because that is exactly what the Watchtower and Jehovah’s Witnesses have done, it has set into motion Jehovah’s irreversible judgment.

Shall we expect Bethel’s institutional prophets to humbly announce Jehovah’s judgment upon themselves? That will never happen.

The established biblical precedent is that Jehovah raises up individuals to deliver his judgment messages to his organization. There is no such thing as a “Jeremiah class,” or “Ezekiel class,” or “Micah class” of prophets. The prophets were individuals not institutions, and as such, they were not appointed to their office by any man. By nature prophets operated outside the institutions and conventions of the Jewish establishment.

In the case of Isaiah, after setting before him the fearful judgments against the nation of Israel, Jehovah asked for volunteers to deliver his message, saying: “Who will go for us?” So, Jehovah did not directly command Isaiah to become a prophet. He basically gave him a preview of the message and asked if he was up to the task. Isaiah responded: “Here I am, send me.”

That is essentially what I have done. For whatever reason, my mind became opened to Jehovah’s judgments and I have volunteered to set these matters before Jehovah’s Witnesses on the Internet as well as presenting the case for Jehovah’s judgments directly to elders and the upper levels of the leadership of the organization.

What do I hope to accomplish? What did Isaiah, Jeremiah or Ezekiel accomplish? Interestingly, Jehovah told all three of those prophets that his people would not listen to them. So why did God send them? It was in order to more fully establish their accountability before God. In the case of Ezekiel Jehovah stated: “And they will certainly know that a prophet himself happened to be in the midst of them.”

Shall we expect anything different in modern times from the established pattern?