The Watchtower, “How Will You Stand Before the Judgment Seat?”
“We have long felt that the parable depicted Jesus’ sitting down as King in 1914 and since then making judgments—everlasting life for people proving to be like sheep, permanent death for the goats. But a reconsideration of the parable points to an adjusted understanding of its timing and what it illustrates.”
The organisation states its own previous teaching and announces the change in the same paragraph.
Official source (opens in new tab)
Provenance and verification note for The Watchtower, How Will You Stand Before the Judgment Seat?
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-1995-1015-sheep-goats-adjusted