THE OVERLAPPING GENERATION

Matthew 24:34
App 40
January 2020


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1.
A second John the baptist has been assigned by Jehovah to prepare certain qualifying ones to become a 'prepared people' for Jehovah, John 1:23.  The 1914 date leading to the overlapping generation is one of these mountains that requires levelling, preparing the way for Jesus second presence and is in no way designed to win points over who is right and who is wrong. There are only two that are right, Jehovah in union with His only begotten Son.                                 see article A SECOND JOHN THE BAPTIST

Throughout the world, millions of sincere students of the bible, believe a prophetic period of 2,520 years started in 607BC and ended in 1914 when its believed Jesus Christ started ruling from the heavens as Jehovah's (Yhwh's) King of kings.  This date 1914 has become the most important date on which millions of principled Christians hang their entire beliefs and live their lives. Many Jehovah's-Witnesses having great love for God and his purpose  are somewhat uneasy of the linking generation concept.  At the 2010 annual meeting, Brother John Barr presented the rethought understanding on Jesus "generation" period by the society, as the generation period had run out.  He was an apt choice to deliver this talk, being the last of the JW's Governing Body born before 1914.


THE NEW EXPLANATION 
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The Watchtower stated that Jesus meant that the  anointed ones who witnessed 1914 would lap over lives with later anointed ones who would then live on to see the great tribulation. This period would involve two groups with lap-over lives, the first group beginning in 1914 would later lap-over with the second group to see the great tribulation, see Watchtower June 15 2010 p5.
3.
The Watchtower said, the 1914  'generation'  now includes two tandem groups of anointed ones whose lives "overlap": In the  article, 'Holy Spirit’s Role in the Outworking of Jehovah’'s Purpose', it said that Jesus was referring to his disciples who in the first century and today, and that he meant the anointed in 1914 would lap over with later anointed ones who would see the great tribulation. Advocating its members to keep up with holy spirit advances!  see April 15, 2010, Watchtower  p.10,

2010 DISTRICT CONVENTION
4.
At the 2010 district convention, reference was made to the Matthew 24:34 generation, stating this generation is made up of two groups of anointed ones. The first alive in 1914, the second group, later anointed ones, who over lap the older group.

2014 WATCHTOWER
5.
The Watchtower January 15, 2014 stated that Jesus was referring in this generation as two groups of anointed ones. The first group anointed with holy spirit in 1914. The second group anointed while the first group were still alive. It said, this second group are now of advanced age but some will see the great tribulation,  see Watchtower 2014 Jan 15 p.31.

2014 BOOK GOD'S KINGDOM RULES
6.
This states the generation is made up of two overlapping, groups. Some of the second group will see the great tribulation. These two groups of anointed ones, overlap to form one generation,  See God's Kingdom Rules! (2014) pp.11-12,

7.
September 2015 JW Broadcast on tv.jw.org, explained that the generation included, any anointed one that later met brother Franz, as he was born, baptised and anointed prior to 1914, see chart 17:1.


  
   Chart 17:1
   THE OVER LAPPING GENERATION OF FRANZ

   
             |<---------- Two group Generation ---------->|
             |                           |                |
    Franz    |                 Franz     |                |
     1893   1914                1992     |                |
  ___|_____|_________________|__  |           Great
           |                 |    |         Tribulation 
           |<1st group anointed >|    |             |
                      ___|Lap |____|_____________|
                         |Over|                  |
                         |<second group of anointed >|


8.
Using the example of brother Franz born in 1893 who saw 1914 and died in 1992.  Other anointed ones who for a time were alive when he was will live to see the beginning of the coming tribulation. The two groups form one generation because their lives as anointed Christians overlapped for a time.

9.
An anointed who was say 20 years old, met brother Franz in 1987 five years before he died, then went on to live until he was 90 years old dying in 2057 could extend the "generation" for another possible 39 years to circa 2057.

CONUNDRUMS
10.
Some understandably have been very uneasy about this change in the use of Jesus word "generation". It presents many with conundrums as there seems to be no scriptural precedent for this extension of a ‘generation’.  Jesus saying “by no means end” emphasises its containment within one generation.  Our general definition of generation is “contemporary people all living during one definitive period of time”.  It is in this sense, that it seems to be used, in the word of God?

11.
For example Jesus reference to the last Jewish generation in the first century.

Mat 23:35-36 "on you may come all the righteous blood shed on the earth, from the blood of Abel the righteous to the blood of Zachariah son of Barachiah, whom you killed between the sanctuary and the altar. Most assuredly I tell you, all these things will come on this generation," Mat 23:35-36 (WEB)

It is generally accepted this generation ran from 30 to 70, a 40 year period, within which all the events occurred.

12.
A further example at Numbers 32:13 

"Yahweh's anger was kindled (blazed) against Israel, and he made them wander back and forth in the wilderness forty years, until all the generation, who had done evil in the sight of Yahweh, was consumed (ended)" (WEB)

We are told Jehovah calculated this particular generation from the age of 20 up to 60, a 40 year generation (Numbers 14:29-33).  These scriptural references support the simple logic that a contemporary bible generation lasts 40 years. Ref THE BIBLE 'FINAL GENERATION'.
 
13.
The 1914 generation has now stretched 111 years from 1914 to 2025, the term 'generation' should reasonably be applied to Jesus emphasising  "Most assuredly I tell you, this generation will not pass away, until all these things are accomplished" Mat 24:34 (WEB).  

Applying the scripture examples of 'generation' being 40 years from the 1914 generation, we should have seen all these things occur before 1954.
There seemed to be 3 alternatives.
 
1. Do nothing and allow the generation to evolve into an undefined era or age.
 
2. Extend the generation period linking overlapping life times. 

3. Recalculate 'C.T.' Russell's 1914 date on which the generation calculation was hung, considering if this date is safe?


Number 3 is by far the most logical, Jehovah is now releasing important breaking new truths on His Kingdom and the date of Jesus second presence,  based on the time and need to know basis, see:   THE THINKING JEHOVAH'S WITNESS  And   THE WISE VIRGINS
ALERT!  Ref.  JESUS SECOND PRESENCE STARTS OCTOBER 2029




 

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KINGDOM STUDY 1      KINGDOM OPPORTUNITIES  FOR CHRISTIANS


KINGDOM STUDY  2    "SECRET MYSTERIES OF THE KINGDOM OF GOD"
 

KINGDOM STUDY 3     "A LATE SECOND HARVEST"


KINGDOM STUDY 4      REVEALING THE SONS OF GOD Romans 8:19 


KINGDOM STUDY 5      THE TEMPLE OF GOD  Ephesians 2-21

KINGDOM STUDY 6      DATING THE SECOND COMING OF JESUS

KINGDOM STUDY 7      CONSTRUCTION PLAN FOR GOD'S TEMPLE

KINGDOM STUDY 8      BAPTISED INTO JESUS DEATH  Romans 6:3-4.




 RESEARCH PAPERS
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  RESEARCH PAPER No 10  SECOND JOHN THE BAPTIST

RESEARCH PAPER No 11  REVELATION BEAST'S HEAD HEALED


RESEARCH PAPER No 12  TEMPLE RAISED IN THREE DAYS, AND
                                              THE FIRST SECOND AND THIRD DAYS
 

RESEARCH PAPER No 13  MIRACULOUS HARVEST OF 144,000


RESEARCH PAPER No 14  FLOOD; WHY DESTROY A WORLD?


RESEARCH PAPER No 19  IDENTIFYING WISE AND STUPID SERVANTS

RESEARCH PAPER No 34  EARLY AND LATE RAIN?   James 5:9

RESEARCH PAPER No 38  NEANDERTHAL, NEPHILIM?
 

RESEARCH PAPER No 40. WHAT IS ORIGINAL SIN? IS IT INHERITED? 

RESEARCH PAPER No 45. WATER CANOPY PRE FLOOD  


                            APPENDIX SUBJECTS 

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APPENDIX 1   TRUTH DIES WITH APOSTLES


APPENDIX 1A  APOSTASY & CREED DOCTRINES


APPENDIX 2   PROTESTANT FIRST AWAKENING


APPENDIX 3   ISAAC NEWTON BIBLE SCHOLAR 


APPENDIX 4   WILLIAM WHISTON


APPENDIX 5   JOHN DARBY


APPENDIX 6   WILLIAM MILLER


APPENDIX 7   CHARLES RUSSELL


APPENDIX 8   HUMAN LIFE SPAN Can Ageing be Stopped


APPENDIX 8A  CANOPY BREAKS UP AT FLOOD


APPENDIX 9    DANIEL'S 70 WEEKS


APPENDIX 9A  JOHN BAPTIST'S MINISTRY
 

APPENDIX 9B  JOHN BAPTIST & JESUS
 

APPENDIX 9C  WHEN WAS JESUS BORN
 

APPENDIX 10   BIBLE FINAL GENERATION


APPENDIX 11   SCRIPTURE CLEAN UP 


APPENDIX 12   607 + 2,520 YEARS = 1914


APPENDIX 18   BIBLE "GENTILE TIMES"


APPENDIX  24   REVELATION DELAYED RELEASE


APPENDIX  25  TRANSFIGURATION

APPENDIX  26  CLOTHED WITH POWER

APPENDIX  27  UNFORGIVABLE SIN

APPENDIX  30  50,000 YEAR JUBILEE CYCLE

APPENDIX  31   8,000 YEAR TIME FRAME

APPENDIX  32   4,000 YEAR KINGDOM PLAN

APPENDIX  33  THE 50 YEAR JUBILEE PATTERN 

APPENDIX  35  ORIGINAL SIN

APPENDIX  36  TRINITY?

APPENDIX  37  IMMORTAL SOUL?

APPENDIX  38  BIBLE HELL?

APPENDIX  39  2 COVENANTS, EACH  2,000 YEARS

APPENDIX  40  THE OVER LAPPING GENERATION.

APPENDIX  41 JESUS' BATTLE PREVIEWS WAR

APPENDIX  42  JESUS PREVIEWS HIS CORONATION

APPENDIX  43  EXCOMMUNICATE, DISFELLOWSHIP, APOSTASY

APPENDIX  44  KEYS TO THE KINGDOM: USED AGAIN?

APPENDIX  45  LAZARUS PATTERN

APPENDIX  46  HOW TO RESURRECT ALL WHO HAVE DIED


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