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===Jehovah's Witnesses===
 
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[[Jehovah's Witnesses]] do not consider any single person in their modern-day organization to be [http://www.bibletopics.com/biblestudy/images/88f.gif a prophet]. Their literature has referred to their organization collectively as  God's "prophet" on earth; this is understood however in the sense of declaring their interpretation of God's judgments from the Bible along with God's guidance of His Holy Spirit.  One issue of [[The Watchtower]] their magazine, said: "Ever since 'The Watchtower' began to be published in July of 1879 it has looked ahead into the future... No, 'The Watchtower' is no inspired prophet, but it follows and explains a Book of prophecy the predictions in which have proved to be unerring and unfailing till now. 'The Watchtower' is therefore under safe guidance. It may be read with confidence, for its statements may be checked against that prophetic Book."<ref>''The Watchtower 1 Jan 1969'' </ref> They also claim that they are God's one and only true channel to mankind on earth, and used by God for this purpose. They have made [[Jehovah's Witnesses#Jehovah.27s Witnesses and eschatology|many eschatological predictions]] and as a result have acknowledged they "have made mistakes in their understanding of what would occur".<ref>''Reasoning From the Scriptures'' p.136 </ref>
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[[Jehovah's Witnesses]] do not consider any single person in their modern-day organization to be [http://www.bibletopics.com/biblestudy/images/88f.gif a prophet]. Their literature has referred to their organization collectively as  God's "prophet" on earth; this is understood however in the sense of declaring their interpretation of God's judgments from the Bible along with God's guidance of His Holy Spirit.  One issue of [[The Watchtower]] their magazine, said: "Ever since 'The Watchtower' began to be published in July of 1879 it has looked ahead into the future... No, 'The Watchtower' is no inspired prophet, but it follows and explains a Book of prophecy the predictions in which have proved to be unerring and unfailing till now. 'The Watchtower' is therefore under safe guidance. It may be read with confidence, for its statements may be checked against that prophetic Book." 'The Watchtower 1 Jan 1969'' They also claim that they are God's one and only true channel to mankind on earth, and used by God for this purpose. They have made [[Jehovah's Witnesses#Jehovah.27s Witnesses and eschatology|many eschatological predictions]] and as a result have acknowledged they "have made mistakes in their understanding of what would occur".''Reasoning From the Scriptures'' p.136
    
===Seventh-day Adventist===
 
===Seventh-day Adventist===

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