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Awake! of 8 October 1968 ('What Will the 1970's Bring?') said the 6,000 years 'will evidently finish in the autumn of the year 1975', that 'no man can say' this positively points to 1975 as the end, but that 'the 1970's will certainly see the most critical times mankind has yet known' and that divine intervention in the 1970s 'should surely not surprise us'.

Claim ID claim-predictions-1968-awake-1970sConcerns 8 October 1968Strong implication
Strong implication · 8 October 1968 Verified

Awake! of 8 October 1968 ('What Will the 1970's Bring?') said the 6,000 years 'will evidently finish in the autumn of the year 1975', that 'no man can say' this positively points to 1975 as the end, but that 'the 1970's will certainly see the most critical times mankind has yet known' and that divine intervention in the 1970s 'should surely not surprise us'. Awake!, 8 October 1968

The organisation’s position or later explanation: Covered by the general 1980 acknowledgement.

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Awake!, “What Will the 1970's Bring?”

8 October 1968 · pp.13-15 · Watchtower Bible and Tract Society of New York

“That seven-year period will evidently finish in the autumn of the year 1975. Does this mean that the above evidence positively points to 1975 as the time for the complete end of this system of things? Since the Bible does not specifically state this, no man can say. However, of this we can be sure: The 1970's will certainly see the most critical times mankind has yet known.”

Sub-heading 'When Do 6,000 Years End?'; adds 'If the 1970's should see intervention by Jehovah God ... that should surely not surprise us.' Awake! before 1970 is not on wol.jw.org.

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Confidence note. Scan OCR opened; issue header and page markers 13, 14, 15 confirmed around the passage.

Scan provenance. Internet Archive (daveignatius) compilation of scans from three Awake! issues; page headers 'OCTOBER 8, 1968' and page numbers 13-15 visible. Copyright 1968; short quotation only.

Corroborated by. src-w-1968-0815-p494-501-1975

Accessed. 19 September 2026 · Source ID. src-g-1968-1008-p13-15-1970s

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