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The Watchtower of 1 May 1968 calculated the autumn of 1975 as 'fully 6,000 years into God's seventh day' and, asked whether 1975 'will bring the battle of Armageddon', answered 'No one can say with certainty what any particular year will bring' — while urging readers to treat the old system as 'a sinking ship'.

Claim ID claim-predictions-1968-may-cautionaryConcerns 1 May 1968Context
Context · 1 May 1968 Verified

The Watchtower of 1 May 1968 calculated the autumn of 1975 as 'fully 6,000 years into God's seventh day' and, asked whether 1975 'will bring the battle of Armageddon', answered 'No one can say with certainty what any particular year will bring' — while urging readers to treat the old system as 'a sinking ship'. The Watchtower, 1 May 1968

The organisation’s position or later explanation: Proclaimers p.104 fn. h cites this article as one of the cautionary ones.

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The Watchtower, “Making Wise Use of the Remaining Time”

1 May 1968 · pp.271-273 · pars. 5, 8 · Watch Tower Bible and Tract Society

“Eight years from the autumn of 1967 would bring us to the autumn of 1975, fully 6,000 years into God's seventh day, his rest day. ... Does this mean that the year 1975 will bring the battle of Armageddon? No one can say with certainty what any particular year will bring.”

Cautionary sentence sits inside an article urging readers to treat the old system as 'a sinking ship'.

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Confidence note. Opened on wol; page markers 271 and 272/273 confirmed. The wording 'within a few years at most the final parts of Bible prophecy...' attributed by some discovery sites to pp.272-273 was not found in this article.

Corroborated by. src-jv-1993-00-p104-1975

Notes. Cited by jv p.104 fn. h as a cautionary article.

Accessed. 19 September 2026 · Source ID. src-w-1968-0501-p271-273-remaining-time

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