Satan tempts (to make us weaker), but God’s goal is to test (to make us stronger) and oftentimes we are tested by God permitting Satan to tempt us. In the Bible (Luke 4) we see Jesus being tested by God as He is led by God into the wilderness to be tempted by the devil.
Randy Smith

Jehovah’s Witnesses: Doctrine of ‘Kingdom of Heaven’

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CULT or NOT

Jehovah’s Witnesses: Doctrine of ‘Kingdom of Heaven’

    Russell predicted in 1880:
    the end of 2520 year period ends in 1914
    kingdom of God by Christ Jesus would be established
    world would experience unprecedented trouble
    Away back in 1880 the columns of ‘The Watchtower’ had called notice to Bible chronology marking AD 1914 as the year for the 2520 year period to end and referred to by Jesus as ‘the time of the Gentiles’ in his prophecy on the world’s end (Luke 21:24). In harmony with this it was expected that in 1914 the kingdom of Christ Jesus in the heavens would be fully established, while this world would be involved in an unprecedented ‘time of trouble.’ The religious leaders and the systems of Christendom were all set to laugh Brother Russell and his fellow witnesses of Jehovah over failure of his announced predictions concerning AD 1914. But it was no laughing matter when, at the end of July, World War I broke out and by October it had become global in its scope. Christendom’s religious mouths were silenced at this frightening turns of events, but not Brother Russell’s. October 1, 1914 on taking his place at the breakfast table in the Brooklyn Bethel dining room, he in a strong voice denoting conviction announced, ‘The Gentile Times have ended.’
    Watchtower Announcing Jehovah’s Kingdom, July 15, 1950

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