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The “antitypical Jubilee” was moved from the thousand-year reign of Christ to Pentecost 33 C.E. in The Watchtower of 1 January 1987.

Claim ID claim-doctrine-chg-jubileeConcerns 1 January 1987Later reinterpretation
Later reinterpretation · 1 January 1987 Supported

The “antitypical Jubilee” was moved from the thousand-year reign of Christ to Pentecost 33 C.E. in The Watchtower of 1 January 1987. The Watchtower, 15 May 1995

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The Watchtower, “Part 2—Flashes of Light—Great and Small”

15 May 1995 · p.24 · par. 14 · Watch Tower Bible and Tract Society

“It was long understood that this foreshadowed the Thousand Year Reign of Christ. In more recent times, however, it was seen that the antitypical Jubilee actually began at Pentecost 33 C.E., when those receiving the poured-out holy spirit were set free from bondage to the Mosaic Law covenant.”

The paragraph cites The Watchtower of 1 January 1987, pages 18-28, for the change in the start of the “antitypical Jubilee”.

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Confidence note. Document opened on wol.jw.org on 19 September 2026; the wording was read in full and the page number taken from the library's own page markers.

Accessed. 19 September 2026 · Source ID. src-chg-d-w-1995-0515-p2-jubilee

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