Nope, not as far as fulfilling prophecy!
When
they say they no longer refer to Christendom as the antitypical Jerusalem that
means that all past/present teachings where they applied prophecies to Christendom,
actually instead apply to them. (JW’s WTS/GB)
Example:
[7-1-84
WT p.11, 12 par. 16 - In like fashion,
Jehovah will bring a heavily armed modern-day Assyrian as his “rod” and “ax” to
execute apostate Christendom.]
[11-15-13 WT p. 19,20 par 16 - In the past, the people of Jerusalem were attacked by the Assyrians. Soon, Jehovah’s people will again be attacked by an “Assyrian,” or
enemy, that will try to destroy them. The Scriptures refer to that attack as
well as the attack of ‘Gog of Magog,’ the attack of “the king of the north,”
and the attack of “the kings of the earth.”]
AND:
[12-15-75 WT p.743 -
Christendom’s JW's “holy place,” however, will soon be invaded and destroyed. It is
no more sacred in the eyes of God than were Jerusalem and her temple prior to
their destruction in 70 C.E. The religions of Christendom JW's will be deprived
of their field of operation, losing control of everything. No respect will be
shown for any of their claimed religious rights.]
* See link for why I can cross out Christendom.
https://wol.jw.org/en/wol/d/r1/lp-e/1102017189?q=%22we+no+longer+refer+to+Christendom+as+the+antitypical+Jerusalem%22&p=par
[Quote from “What the Future Holds” talk; speaking about Gog’s
attack – “What’s the point?
Brothers, we should expect them to despoil us of our human rights. We should
expect them to confiscate all of Jehovah’s belongings and close down and take
possession of all our branches, factories, depots, kingdom halls, assembly
halls, everything. Don’t make any mistake about it. We are all in this together.
We have a common enemy.”]
[Restored
At Last! p. 187-188 - The
nations will “devise an evil plan.” They will seek to vent their long-standing
rage and hatred on Jehovah’s worshippers, who will seem vulnerable, as if
“living in settlements unprotected by walls, bars, or gates.” The nations will
also be eager to “take much spoil and plunder” from those “who are accumulating
wealth.” (Ezek. 38:10-12)…
The nations may try to disrupt our way of life and stop us from carrying out
our worship. To that end, perhaps they will try to interrupt the flow of
spiritual food, prevent us from meeting together, break up the unity we enjoy,
and stop us from zealously proclaiming God’s message.]
[Isaiah 10:5 “Aha, the As·syr´i·an, the rod for my anger, and the
stick that is in their hand for my denunciation! 6 Against an
apostate nation I shall send him, and against the people of my fury I shall
issue a command to him, to take much spoil and to take much plunder and to make
it a trampling place like the clay of the streets.]
[Ezekiel 38:13 Is it
to do much plundering that you have congregated your congregation, in order to
carry off silver and gold, to take wealth and property, to get a very great
spoil?”’]
[6-1-81 WT p.30 -
Joel 3 2-16, 19 It tells us why Jehovah is angry with the nations—because of
the way they have treated his servants. They scattered them among the nations,
making slaves of them. Also, they robbed Jehovah’s temple of its gold, silver
and other desirable things, and brought these into their own temples.]
[Joel
1:10 The field has been despoiled, the ground has gone to mourning; for the
grain has been despoiled, the new wine has been dried up, the oil has faded
away. 11 Farmers have felt shame; vinedressers have howled, …the harvest of the
field has perished.17 Dried figs have shriveled under their shovels.
Storehouses have been laid desolate. Barns have been torn down, for the grain
has dried up. 18 O how the domestic animal has sighed! How the droves of cattle
have wandered in confusion! For there is no pasturage for them. Also, the
droves of the sheep have been the ones made to bear guilt. 19 “To you, O
Jehovah, I shall call; for fire itself has devoured the pasture grounds of the
wilderness, and a very flame has consumed all the trees of the field. 20 The
beasts of the field also keep longing for you, because the channels of water
have dried up, and fire itself has devoured the pasture grounds of the
wilderness.”]
[3-15-61 WT p.192 –The
opening verse of Isaiah 29 shows that these words are addressed to Ariel,
concerning which the footnote of the New World Translation states: “‘Ariel.’
Meaning, perhaps, ‘the altar hearth of God’; or, ‘the lion of God.’ Designating
Jerusalem here.” This prophecy would therefore apply to spiritual Jerusalem as
represented upon earth by the remnant. These words show that God’s earthly
organization would come under attack and would be reduced to a very low state
by the enemies of God’s kingdom. God’s people would be, as it were, crushed to
the earth, at the time of Gog’s attack
upon them, so that what utterance they made, what vocal sounds they made, would
come up from low down in their abasement. It would be sound coming up from the
very dust of the earth. It would be as if a spirit medium were talking with the
vocal sound coming from the dust of the earth.]
