I have to disagree because of the urgency that is emphasized.
If you look at the teachings of the apostles you will see that they always preached with a sense of urgency....why? Because no one knew when Christ was coming back.....it could have been at any time, which is why they needed to keep that sense of urgency. (Luke 21:34-36; 2 Timothy 4:2) No one knew that it would be 2000 years into the future...and it didn't matter. No one had any longer than their own lifetime to wait for Christ's return. Their sleeping in the grave means that when the resurrection takes place, it will be like they closed their eyes only a moment ago. Two weeks or two thousand years, would make no difference.
Jehovah's Witnesses act like they know the hour or the day using the "last generation" as a marker. But they are always wrong like in 1975 and other years.
We act like the apostles in taking the good news out to the people but we stress that we do not know "the day or the hour" and we have never done that.....but keeping on the watch meant keeping awake, not going to sleep spiritually and being caught unawares.
Our hope served as an anchor for our faith. Being aware of the signs of the times has kept us from nodding off. It has kept us busy in the work Jesus assigned his disciples for over 100 years. We have identified the "faithful slave" that Christ appointed, and have fed at his table. (Matthew 24:45) This slave is a composite body as was demonstrated in the first century.....no one man ever dictated beliefs out of his own interpretation....it was always a body of men who were all in agreement and guided by God's spirit.Most religions know about Jesus' prophecy of the last days but they also know that we don't know the hour or the day so they don't put a marker like, "Last Generation".
I believe you are wrong. JW teach that we will die if we don't convert.
Actually we don't teach that at all. God does not read labels, he reads hearts. Conversion does not mean becoming a label wearer...it means becoming a footstep follower of Jesus Christ.
Being a footstep follower of Jesus Christ means that we teach what he taught and believe what he believed and do what he did in teaching others.
It leaves out teachings that come from man-made traditions and adoptions from false worship.
2 Corinthians 6:14-18...
"Do not be unequally yoked with unbelievers. For what partnership has righteousness with lawlessness? Or what fellowship has light with darkness? What accord has Christ with Belial? Or what portion does a believer share with an unbeliever? What agreement has the temple of God with idols? For we are the temple of the living God; as God said, “I will make my dwelling among them and walk among them, and I will be their God, and they shall be my people. Therefore go out from their midst, and be separate from them, says the Lord, and touch no unclean thing; then I will welcome you, and I will be a father to you, and you shall be sons and daughters to me, says the Lord Almighty.” (ESV)
If we want to be accepted as God's "sons and daughters", then we cannot be found among those who teach false doctrines, celebrate pagan festivals which originally honored false gods, or who fail to do the will of God. (Matthew 7:21-23)
Going back and forth on teachings and manipulating the scripture to support their own theology. They are not inspired and infallible to do such things. They change scriptures but suppose they are wrong??
Please present examples of what you are saying here...because at no time have we claimed to be inired prophets or infallible.
According to Proverbs 4:18, we can expect the light on our path to get brighter....if there is no brightening of that light, then we are getting no enlightenment. Revelation of truth is progressive and always has been. Christendom has not altered her doctrines for many centuries, so where is the light getting brighter for them?
Where in the bible does it say that Jesus is Michael?
I have already explained why we believe that Jesus is Michael in a different role. It is not a doctrine, but a belief based on what the scriptures tell us about both of them. It does not matter in the big picture because in any case, Jesus never once claimed to be God nor did he ever teach anything from his own originality. He ascribed all his teachings as coming from his Father whom he himself worshiped both in heaven and on earth. He continued to acknowledge his Father as his God even after his return to heaven. (Revelation 3:12)