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The End of a System of ThingsThe Watchtower—1974 | November 15
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for many will come on the basis of my name, saying, ‘I am the Christ,’ and will mislead many.
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The End of a System of ThingsThe Watchtower—1974 | November 15
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Jews would arise, not claiming to be Jesus returned in the flesh, but holding themselves forth as the promised Messiah or Christ. The Jewish revolt against the Romans in 66 C.E. was such a messianic effort. But none of these were evidences of the “presence” or parousia of Christ (which term is applied in the Greek Scriptures to his return in Kingdom power).
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