Thus, we can confidently affirm that the celebration of various events in Holy History is part of the life of the Church. Remembering them, a person turns to the future blessings of the Kingdom of Heaven. But the Watch Tower Society does not seek the heavenly. We have already mentioned in previous chapters that the ideals of Jehovah's Witnesses are limited to earthly, carnal, material well-being. Perhaps this is the reason for the hostility experienced by the members of the sect to church holidays, which are an earthly reflection of the eternal feast of the Kingdom of God.

1 New religious organizations in Russia of a destructive and occult nature. Belgorod, 1997. P. 9.

2 Bernard of Thuringia (c. 960) predicted the destruction of the universe in 992, when the Annunciation was to coincide with Good Friday.

3 Vincent Ferve, a famous Spanish preacher, who declared that the world would last as many years as there were verses in the Psalms, i.e. about 2537 years.

4 Arnaud de Villeneuve, who lived at the end of the thirteenth century, fixed the date of the birth of the Antichrist in 1335.

5 Stofler, a famous mathematician who lived in the sixteenth century, predicted that in 1524 there would be a new global flood. This prophecy caused a sharp reaction among the population of Europe. Residents of the coastal provinces of Germany began to sell their houses at bargain prices. Many rich people built large arks.

6 Pierre-Louis, a Parisian priest, in 1840 fixed the end of the world for 1900.

7 "In America, the state of society is undoubtedly unique in history.... I do believe that God has chosen America for a special role on the world stage, and He intends to show its citizens to be chosen for the millennium."

8 Information on the various trends of "progressive chiliasm" according to the Encyclopaedia Britannica. Electronic version. 1996. Chapter Chiliasm.

9 Op. cit. From: Franz R. Krizis sovesti [The Crisis of Conscience]. Moscow, 1997. P. 217.

10 White J. Scetches of the Christian Life and Public Labors of William Miller. Battle Creek, 1875. ?. 55-57.

11 Ibidem. Page. 68.

12 Nikol F. D. The Midnight Cry. Washington, 1945. ?. 458.