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Through the early 1990s every issue of Awake! carried on page 4 the statement that the magazine 'builds confidence in the Creator's promise of a peaceful and secure new world before the generation that saw the events of 1914 passes away' — a sentence quoted verbatim in Our Kingdom Ministry (Oct 1993) and in Awake! itself (8 Nov 1994).

Claim ID claim-predictions-1982-1995-awake-mastheadConcerns October 1993Explicit statement
Explicit statement · October 1993 Verified

Through the early 1990s every issue of Awake! carried on page 4 the statement that the magazine 'builds confidence in the Creator's promise of a peaceful and secure new world before the generation that saw the events of 1914 passes away' — a sentence quoted verbatim in Our Kingdom Ministry (Oct 1993) and in Awake! itself (8 Nov 1994). Our Kingdom Ministry, October 1993Awake!, 8 November 1994

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Primary JW publication Verified

Our Kingdom Ministry, “Using Our Magazines From House to House”

October 1993 · p.8 · par. 1 · Watchtower Bible and Tract Society of New York

“The purpose of Awake! is stated clearly on page 4 of each issue: 'This magazine builds confidence in the Creator's promise of a peaceful and secure new world before the generation that saw the events of 1914 passes away.'”

Official quotation of the Awake! page-4 statement of purpose as then printed.

Official source

Provenance and verification note

Confidence note. Opened on wol; page marker 8. The mastheads themselves are not reproduced on wol, so the start date (1982) is supported only.

Corroborated by. src-g-1994-1108-p10-masthead

Accessed. 19 September 2026 · Source ID. src-km-1993-10-p8-awake-masthead

Primary JW publication Verified

Awake!, “The Real Significance of 1914”

8 November 1994 · pp.10-11 · Watchtower Bible and Tract Society of New York

“As indicated on page 4, 'this magazine builds confidence in the Creator's promise of a peaceful and secure new world before the generation that saw the events of 1914 passes away.' No doubt many of our readers find that statement surprising.”

One year before the masthead was changed.

Official source

Provenance and verification note

Confidence note. Opened on wol; page marker 10.

Corroborated by. src-km-1993-10-p8-awake-masthead

Accessed. 19 September 2026 · Source ID. src-g-1994-1108-p10-masthead

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