“…six thousand years… will end in 1975… and the seventh period… will begin in the fall of 1975… It would not be by mere chance… for the [millennial] reign of Jesus Christ… to run parallel with… the seventh millennium…” — Life Everlasting in Freedom of the Sons of God, 1966 pp. 29, 30
“If you are a young person, you also need to face the fact that you will never grow old in this present system of things. Why not? Because all the evidence in fulfillment of Bible prophecy indicates that this corrupt system is due to end in a few years. Of the generation that observed the beginning of the “last days” in 1914, Jesus foretold: “This generation will by no means pass away…” If you are in highschool… it means at least four, perhaps even six or eight years to graduate into a specialized career. But where will this system of things be by that time? It will be well on the way towards its finish, if not actually gone!” — Awake! May 22, 1969 p. 15
“Now we stand at the very threshold of the new system of things.” — Watchtower November 15, 1969 p. 700
“… the world stands at the very threshold of a ‘great tribulation’ culminating in Armageddon… ” — Watchtower April 1, 1970 p. 208
“… the position of God’s people today on the threshold of God’s new order” — Watchtower August 15, 1972 p. 503
“In fact, we do not have to look so far ahead—we are now on the threshold.” — Watchtower August 15, 1973 p. 495
“After having come to the very threshold of the new era…” — Watchtower October 1, 1973 p. 596
“Here we are at the threshold of the thousand-year reign…” — Our Kingdom Ministry November, 1973 p. 1
“… we are at threshold of New Order.” — Our Kingdom Ministry September 1974 p. 6
“Today we stand on the threshold of a great era for the earth.” — Watchtower May 15, 1975 p. 302