Increasing Lawlessness —⁠What Does the Bible Say?

A clickbait headliner appeared on jw. org, pretending to answer the question regarding what the Bible says about the increase in lawlessness. It is actually a recycled article from a couple of years ago. 

If we follow the Watchtower’s “logic,” since the last days are believed to have begun in 1914, we should expect crime to be steadily increasing over the past 112 years. But obviously, that has not been the case. If the Watchtower’s explanation were true, then we would expect the love of the greater number to be among those who had no love for God to begin with.

If you look up the word “lawlessness” in the Insight volume, you will not find an entry. Instead, you will be redirected to the Man of Lawlessness. That is very telling. Occasionally, the truth gets blurted out. Jesus used the term translated as “lawlessness” to describe the hypocrisy of religionists. For example, in the Sermon on the Mount, Jesus said: “Many will say to me in that day: ‘Lord, Lord, did we not prophesy in your name, and expel demons in your name, and perform many powerful works in your name?’And then I will declare to them: ‘I never knew you! Get away from me, you workers of lawlessness!”

Clearly, those who claim to be preachers in Christ’s name were not gang bangers, shoplifters, carjackers, or paid-for insurrectionists. They imagined themselves to be followers of Jesus, doing great works in his name. Their lawlessness has to do with the fact that they are false Christians. 

If we read the context of Christ’s prophecy, it involves developments that will directly affect true Christians. Here, read it: “Then people will hand you over to tribulation and will kill you, and you will be hated by all the nations on account of my name. Then, too, many will be stumbled and will betray one another and will hate one another. Many false prophets will arise and mislead many; and because of the increasing of lawlessness, the love of the greater number will grow cold. But the one who has endured to the end will be saved.” – Matthew 24:9-13

In the other gospel accounts, Jesus was more explicit, saying that brothers will hate and betray brothers. So, Jesus is foretelling the implosion of his congregation. That is what Jesus was talking about when he said a disgustion thing will bring desolation. 

As an example of their lawlessness, during the pandemic, the Governing Body claimed that they consulted with experts before they began pushing the vaccines as a gift from Jehovah. Was the Governing Body aware that Ivermectin was intentionally banned from use in the hospital system, not because it wasn’t effective, but because it was? If Jehovah knew the vaccines were safe and effective, as David Splane implied, why didn’t Jehovah inform his people about Ivermectin? 

We are definitely witnessing an increase in hypocrisy within the Watchtower organization, but unfortunately, it is going to get worse — much, much worse.