BELIEFS CLARIFIED
Armageddon: jv 139-141
Bible precedent: w97 8/15 16; jv 629
congregation organization: kr 118-120, 122-124; w06 2/15 26-28; jv 205-214, 216-221
dates: w13 1/1 8; jv 136, 631-633, 635-637, 709
1914: kr 50; w98 5/15 11-14; g95 6/22 8-9; jv 134-139, 634; w90 10/15 19-20
1925: jv 632-633; yb87 131-132
1975: jv 104
“great crowd”: w19.09 27-30; kr 52, 54
Messianic Kingdom: ijwfq article 35; kr 49-52, 54, 56-57
personal attitude toward: w17.06 13; w14 5/15 29-30; kr 104; w11 5/15 27; w11 7/15 30; w11 9/15 14; w08 12/15 10; w03 3/15 25; w00 3/15 14; w98 5/15 16-17
when personally affected: w98 8/15 17
process: w10 7/15 23; jv 629-630
purpose: ijwfq article 49; jv 148
summary 2012-2015: yb16 25-27
Witness view: lff lesson 19; kr 37-38, 50; w97 8/15 15-16; g95 6/22 8-9; jv 132-133, 146-148, 629-637, 708-709; rs 205; w86 3/15 19
comments by older Witnesses: w06 2/15 30; w97 10/1 22; g95 6/22 9
List by Year
1870-1875, soul, ransom, manner of Christ’s return: kr 28
1872, ransom: jv 718
1876, Gentile Times to end in 1914: w15 6/15 22; kr 15, 28
1877, Christ’s return and presence: kr 28
1879, Babylon the Great: w16.11 26-27; kr 16-17, 28
1880, hell: w89 3/15 19-20
1881, Jehovah: jv 123
“sheep” and “goats” (Mt 25): w15 3/15 26
soul: jv 127; w87 9/15 29
why evil is permitted: jv 123
1882, Trinity: ijwfq article 35; kr 28; jv 123, 125; w89 3/15 18-19; w87 9/15 29
1884, “other sheep” (Joh 10:16): w95 2/1 11
“sheep” and “goats” (Mt 25): w95 2/1 12
1886, “superior authorities” (Ro 13): w96 5/1 13
1894, origin of teaching of immortality of the soul: w89 3/15 20
1895, elder arrangement: kr 118-119, 123, 129
1907, covenants: jv 630
1915, neutrality: w16.08 32; yb15 174; kr 149
1917, Revelation: w95 5/15 21; jv 148
1919, importance of divine name: kr 42
a. 1919, work of true Christians: kr 42, 45
1920, ‘good news of kingdom’ is of established Kingdom: w06 2/1 25
time of fulfillment of Matthew 24:14: jv 292
1922, Jehovah and his messenger of the covenant inspect spiritual temple (Mal 3:1-3): w87 6/15 14
Jehovah’s and Satan’s organizations: kr 54
1923, “sheep” and “goats” (Mt 25): w23.10 4; w15 3/15 26; re 120; ip-2 254; w95 2/1 12; w95 5/15 18; jv 163-164; w86 5/15 14
1925, Armageddon: jv 140
birth of Kingdom: kr 50; w06 2/15 28-29; re 177; w95 5/15 21; jv 78-79, 138-139; w86 5/15 14
Jehovah’s and Satan’s organizations: w06 2/15 28-29; jv 78-79; w87 6/15 19
1926, Armageddon: w95 5/15 18; jv 140-141
character development: jv 172-173
1927, Christmas: w23.05 18; kr 102-103
“faithful and discreet slave” (Mt 24:45-47): w95 2/1 12-13; jv 143, 626
1928, Christmas: w23.05 18; kr 102-103; w95 5/15 19; jv 199
cross: w23.05 18; kr 104-105
Easter: kr 105
‘good news of kingdom’ not preached by Bible distribution: w06 2/1 24-25
Great Pyramid of Giza (Gizeh): w00 1/1 9-10; jv 201
Kingdom more important than personal salvation: kr 50
1929, issue of sanctification of Jehovah’s name: kr 45
“superior authorities” (Ro 13): kr 56; w96 5/1 13-14; w95 5/15 22
Valentine’s Day: kr 105
1930, Revelation: w95 5/15 21; jv 148
1931, those marked on forehead (Eze 9:4): re 120; ip-2 254-255; jv 165
1932, appointment of elders: kr 123; w95 5/15 22; jv 213-214, 638
Jehonadab (Jonadab) class: kr 52; re 120; ip-2 255; w95 2/1 13; jv 83, 165-166
“other sheep” to preach: w10 2/15 16; w95 2/1 13; w95 7/1 15; jv 292; w90 12/15 13
restoration prophecies: kr 108; w95 5/15 19-20; jv 141-142; w86 5/15 14
1934, covenants: jv 630
dedication and baptism for “other sheep”: w09 8/15 16; re 120; w95 7/1 15; jv 83; w90 12/15 13
1935, chronology: jv 632-633
flag salute: w06 2/15 29
“great crowd” (Re 7): w21.01 14-15; w19.09 28-29; w15 2/15 32; kr 52-54, 63, 177; w06 2/15 29; re 120, 122; w01 5/15 14-15; ip-2 255; w95 2/1 13-15; w95 5/15 20; jv 83-84, 166-167, 169-170, 261, 443-444; sh 358; w88 3/1 12; w86 5/15 14
sexual morality: kr 110
use of tobacco: kr 112
1936, birthday celebrations: kr 105
cross: kr 105; w06 2/15 29; w95 5/15 20
1937, “other sheep” appointed to responsible positions: jv 216
1938, congregation organization and appointments: w23.05 18; kr 123; w06 2/15 28; w02 7/1 17; ip-2 317; w99 2/1 18; w95 5/15 22; jv 217-221, 639
no separate meetings for children and youths: jv 246
relative places of anointed and “great crowd”: w99 2/1 18
1939, neutrality: kr 56, 148-150; w95 5/15 23; jv 193; w89 3/15 21; w86 5/15 14
1941, issue of rightfulness of Jehovah’s sovereignty: jv 262; w89 3/15 21; w87 6/15 19
1942, beast ascending from abyss (Re 17:8): re 246-248; jv 93, 262; w88 3/1 15
1943, chronology: jv 133, 632-633
1944, chronology: jv 133, 632-633
congregational handling of wrongdoing: jv 187
disfellowshipping to be handled by responsible brothers: kr 114
governing body: jv 228-229
sanctity of blood: w23.05 18; kr 112
theocratic principles in relation to Society’s charter: jv 227-229
1945, sanctity of blood: w23.05 18; kr 112; w06 2/15 29; w95 5/15 23; jv 183; w89 3/15 14
1946, New Year’s Day: kr 105
1947, polygamy: w95 2/1 16; jv 176
1950, princes (Ps 45:16): w95 7/1 15; jv 76, 263
term “religion”: jv 567
1952, disfellowshipping: w23.05 18; kr 114; w06 5/15 24-25; jv 187
1953, desirable things of the nations (Hag 2:7): jv 263
Gog of Magog (Eze 38, 39): jv 263
nucleus of new earth: w95 7/1 15
1956, sanctity of marriage: w23.05 18
1961, sanctity of blood: jv 183-184
1962, “superior authorities” (Ro 13): kr 57; w06 2/15 29-30; g00 10/22 21-23; w96 5/1 14; w95 5/15 21-22; jv 147, 198, 264; w90 11/1 11; w87 6/15 19; g87 6/8 25; w86 5/15 14
1963, Babylon the Great: kr 54, 56; jv 147-148
Revelation: w95 5/15 21; jv 148
1965, earthly resurrection: w86 5/15 14
1966, denarius paid to vineyard workers (Mt 20): w07 5/1 30
1969, great tribulation: w99 5/1 16; w94 2/15 17-18
Revelation: w95 5/15 21; jv 148
1971, elder arrangement: w95 5/15 22; jv 106, 233
Governing Body: jv 106-107, 233-234; w90 3/15 18
1972, appointment of elders and ministerial servants: w23.05 18; w06 5/15 24
Jehovah’s great spiritual temple: w10 7/15 22; w00 3/15 13-14
1973, use of tobacco: w23.05 18; w17.02 27-28; kr 112; w06 2/15 30; yb97 136-137; w95 2/1 16-17; w95 5/15 23; jv 181
1976, employment involving gambling: w23.05 18; w95 5/15 23; jv 180
1979, “keys of the kingdom” (Mt 16:19): w95 5/15 24
1983, use of firearms: w06 2/15 30
1984, sheepfolds of “fine shepherd” (Joh 10): w95 5/15 24
1985, “other sheep” declared righteous as friends of God: w06 2/15 30; w95 7/1 15
1986, “great crowd” figuratively partake of Jesus’ flesh and blood (Joh 6:51-56): w87 6/15 19; w86 2/15 15-20, 30-31
“ten virgins” (Mt 25): ws 38-44, 46-55
1987, Christian Jubilee: w06 2/15 30; w95 5/15 24; w87 1/1 19-28, 30; w87 4/15 30
Declaration Pledging Faithfulness: w87 2/15 31
1988, 144,000 sing new song before 24 elders (Re 14:3): re 200-201
approved associates: w88 11/15 10-15, 17
figurative heart: it-1 1057-1058
no resurrection for dead in Sodom and Gomorrah: w88 6/1 30-31
parents may study with minor child who has been removed from the congregation: w88 11/15 20
Revelation: w95 5/15 21; jv 148
unbaptized publishers: w89 2/15 29; w88 11/15 16-20
1991, meaning of Proverbs 27:23: w91 8/1 31
1992, Nethinim and sons of the servants of Solomon after exile: w92 4/15 12-17, 31
1993, kings of north and south during time of the end (Da 11, 12): w93 11/1 13-23
start and end of 1,260 days (Re 11:3) and time, times, and a half (Da 7:25; 12:7): w94 8/1 31; w93 11/1 9-10
1994, tribulation and celestial phenomena (Mt 24:29-31; Mr 13:24-27; Lu 21:25-28): w94 2/15 16-21
1995, “sheep” and “goats” (Mt 25): w15 3/15 26-27; w13 7/15 6; w06 2/15 30; w97 7/1 30-31; w95 10/15 18-28
“this generation” (Mt 24:34; Mr 13:30; Lu 21:32): w97 6/1 28; w95 11/1 10-21, 30-31
1996, acceptability of customary (tribal) marriage: g96 12/8 23
civilian service in lieu of military service: yb97 16; w96 5/1 19-20
“flesh” saved through great tribulation (Mt 24:22): w96 8/15 15-20
great tribulation “cut short” (Mt 24:22): w96 8/15 17-18
1997, transfiguration vision (Mt 17; Mr 9; Lu 9): w97 5/15 9-14
1998, duration of new covenant (Heb 13:20): w98 2/1 22-23
Ezekiel’s vision of restored temple and land (Eze 40-48): w06 2/15 30; w00 3/15 13-14; w99 1/15 9; w99 3/1 8-23
nations blessed through Abraham’s seed (offspring) (Ge 22:18): w98 2/1 14-15
1999, ‘disgusting thing standing in a holy place’ (Mt 24:15; Mr 13:14): w06 2/15 30; w99 5/1 15-20
2000, blood fractions: w23.05 18; w00 6/15 29-31
use of one’s own blood: w00 10/15 30-31; w00 12/15 30
2001, “divorce certificate” for Judah (Isa 50:1): ip-2 152-153
‘doves to birdhouse holes’ (Isa 60:8, 9): w02 7/1 12-13; ip-2 308-309
worshipping Jehovah “with spirit” (Joh 4:24): w06 2/15 30; w02 7/15 15; w01 9/15 28
2002, courtyard in which “great crowd” serve (Re 7:15): w02 5/1 30-31
2003, meaning of baptism of Jewish believers at Pentecost 33 C.E.: w03 5/15 30-31
why some early Christians observed features of the Law: w03 3/15 23-25
2006, abhorrent forms of pornography: w23.05 18; w06 7/15 31
2007, start of heavenly resurrection: w07 1/1 27-30
when calling to heavenly hope ceases: w07 5/1 30-31; w07 8/15 19
2008, illustration of dragnet (Mt 13): w08 7/15 20-21
illustration of foundation of house (Lu 6:46-49): w08 2/15 31-32; w08 11/1 29-31
illustration of leaven hidden in flour (Mt 13; Lu 13): w08 7/15 19-21
illustration of man casting seed (Mr 4:26-29): w08 7/15 14-16
illustration of mustard grain (Mt 13; Mr 4; Lu 13): w08 7/15 17-19, 21
Mary’s pain during Jesus’ birth: w08 10/1 23
“this generation” (Mt 24:34; Mr 13:30; Lu 21:32): w10 4/15 10-11; w08 2/15 23-24; w08 4/15 29
2009, “all creation under heaven” (Col 1:23): bt 217
head covering for female interpreters for the deaf at meetings: w09 11/15 12-13
resurrection hope for baby dying in womb: w09 4/15 12-13
2010, illustration of wheat and weeds (sowing of seed) (Mt 13:24, 38): w10 3/15 20
illustration of wheat and weeds (wheat brought into storehouse) (Mt 13:30): w10 3/15 22
2011, entering Jehovah’s rest (Heb 4): w11 7/15 24-28
feet of Nebuchadnezzar’s dream image (Da 2): kr 177; w12 6/15 15-16, 19
Jesus “a corresponding ransom” (1Ti 2:6): w11 6/15 13; w11 8/15 32
olive tree (Ro 11): w11 5/15 23-25
Peter in Rome: w11 8/1 25
2012, abhorrent forms of pornography: w23.05 18; w12 3/15 31
“all these kingdoms” (Da 2:44): w12 6/15 17
Mordecai and Esther “divide spoil” in fulfillment of Genesis 49:27: ia 142; w12 1/1 29
ruin caused by “king fierce in countenance” (Da 8:23, 24): w12 6/15 16
toes of Nebuchadnezzar’s dream image (Da 2): w12 6/15 16
when seventh world power emerged: w12 6/15 15, 19
2013, anointed not to survive Armageddon on earth: w24.02 2; w13 7/15 5
‘Assyrian invades our land’ (Mic 5:5): w13 11/15 20
chosen ones gathered (Mt 24:31; Mr 13:27): w13 7/15 5
“evil slave” (Mt 24:48-51): w13 7/15 24
“faithful and discreet slave” (Mt 24:45-47): w17.02 26; w15 3/15 8-9; w13 7/15 8, 20-25
great tribulation: w13 7/15 3-8
illustration of wheat and weeds (Mt 13): w13 7/15 13-14
Jesus comes, arrives (Mt 24, 25): w13 7/15 7-8, 24
Jesus inspects spiritual temple 1914-1919 (Mal 3:1-4): w13 7/15 11-12
meaning of name Jehovah: w15 12/15 10-11; nwt 1735
2014, appointment of elders and ministerial servants: w16.11 11; w14 11/15 28-29
basis first-century Jews had for being “in expectation” of Messiah (Lu 3:15): w14 2/15 26-27; w14 6/15 22
drinking an alcoholic beverage before engaging in sacred service: w14 11/15 17
duration of cleansing of spiritual temple (Mal 3:1-4): w14 11/15 30
marriage in resurrection (Lu 20:34-36): w14 8/15 29-30
“solid foundation of God” (2Ti 2:19): w14 7/15 8-9, 13
two witnesses (Re 11): w14 11/15 30
2015, Gog of Magog (Eze 38, 39): rr 240; w15 5/15 29-30
head covering for sister conducting Bible study: w15 2/15 30
illustration of talents (Mt 25): w15 3/15 20-24
illustration of ten virgins (Mt 25): w15 3/15 13-16
paradise Paul saw in vision (2Co 12:1-4): w15 7/15 8-9
types and antitypes: w15 3/15 9-11, 17-18; w15 6/15 32
2016, anointed zealously active during World War I: w16.11 27-29
captivity of anointed to Babylon the Great: w16.03 29-31; w16.11 21-30
congregational expression of joy over reinstatement of someone: w16.05 32
Jesus taken by Satan to battlement of temple (Mt 4:5; Lu 4:9): w16.03 31-32; w16.06 32
man with secretary’s inkhorn (Eze 9): rr 238; w16.06 16-17; w16.12 18
meaning of two sticks (Eze 37:15-28): rr 240; w16.07 31-32
valley of dry bones (Eze 37:1-14): rr 239; w16.03 29-31
2017, intrauterine device (IUD) as birth control: w17.12 16-17
Jehovah “will not let you be tempted beyond what you can bear”—how? (1Co 10:13): w17.02 29-30
line of descent of Messiah not tied to firstborn: w17.12 14-15
vindication of Jehovah’s name: w20.06 7
2018, Ezekiel’s temple vision (Eze 40-48): rr 138-141, 240
four faces of living creatures (Eze 1, 10): rr 43, 45, 48, 238
meaning of term “new world”: w18.12 8
Oholah and Oholibah (Eze 23): rr 166, 239
Paul caught away to “third heaven” and “paradise” (2Co 12:2-4): w18.12 8
“river” embraces worship in addition to rulership (Ps 46:4): rr 204
to whom Psalm 144:12-15 applies: w18.04 32
whether Christendom is antitypical Jerusalem: rr 174, 239
2020, fishermen and hunters (Jer 16:16, 18): w20.04 5
fruitage of God’s spirit (Ga 5:22, 23): w20.06 17
how righteous may “fall” (Pr 24:16): w20.12 15
kings of north and south (Dan 11, 12): w20.05 2-5, 12-16
locust plague (Joe 1, 2): w20.04 2-7
sanctification of Jehovah’s name: w23.08 18-19; w20.06 3
validation and inauguration of new covenant: w20.07 31
2021, King Ahab not repentant (1Ki 21:19-29; 2Ch 19:1, 2): w21.10 3
Paul’s statement, “through law I died toward law” (Ga 2:19): w21.06 31
‘shaking of the nations’ causes ‘precious things to come in’ (Hag 2:7): w21.09 14-16; w21.12 15
2022, “bringing the many to righteousness” (Da 12:3): w22.09 22
effect of remarriage after unscriptural divorce: w22.04 30-31
Paul “born prematurely” (1Co 15:8): w22.09 27
resurrection of “those asleep in the dust of the earth” (Da 12:2): w22.09 21-22
resurrection to life, judgment (Joh 5:29): w22.09 14, 18-19, 26
two-horned beast makes “fire come down out of heaven” (Re 13:13): w22.05 10
2023, way out of Babylon the Great prepared (Isa 57:14): w23.05 16-17, 19
2024, application of 2 John 9-11: w24.08 31
Christian can become spiritually immature: w24.04 6
disfellowshipping to be referred to as removal from the congregation (1Co 5:13): w24.08 27
height of the porch of Solomon’s temple: w24.10 31; w24.12 31
help for ones removed from the congregation: w24.08 27-28
Jehovah’s foreknowledge: w24.02 30
‘marking’ an individual (2Th 3:14): w24.08 7
resurrection of individuals from Sodom and Gomorrah: w24.05 2-3, 5-6
resurrection of individuals who died in the Flood, from seven Canaanite nations, among 185,000 Assyrian soldiers: w24.05 3
resurrection of Solomon: w24.05 4; w24.12 31
resurrection of unrighteous (Ac 24:15): w24.05 2-7, 10-11
status of individuals during great tribulation: w24.05 8-13
2025, marital intimacies: w25.01 13