Charles Taze Russell
By Pedward
Charles Taze Russell was born in 1852 and died on October 31, 1916. He started the Watchtower Bible and Tract Society in the late 1800′s with the first publication of the Zion’s Watch Tower and Herald of Christ’s Presence being printed in 1874.
Depending on what you read, Mr. Russell started the Watchtower Bible and Tract Society for various reasons. Although he grew up in a Presbyterian home, most of his tutelage came from Adventist teachers when he was an editor of the Herald of the Morning.
There were a few Christian doctrines that lead him to leave his Presbyterian roots to start the Zion’s Watch Tower. His spiritually dangerous teachings grew from his refusal to accept or believe in the idea of Hell, the bodily resurrection of Christ, the deity of Christ and the Trinity.
The Watchtower December 16, 1916 had this to say about their leader.
“Charles Taze Russell, thou hast, by the Lord, been crowned a king; and through the everlasting ages thou name shall be know amongst the people, and thy enemies shall come and worship at thy feet”.
Considering the Bible teaches that only God is to be worshipped, I think we should all take notice of what level he is being brought to.
The Watchtower November 1, 1917 said this;
“Hence our dear pastor, now in glory, is without a doubt, manifesting a keen interest in the harvest work, and is permitted by the Lord to exercise some strong influence thereupon.”
Once again the Watchtower puts Mr. Russell as some how influencing the Lord. Interestingly enough, the Jehovah’s Witness believe that you are none existent when you die, so how he would be doing anything goes against their own doctrine.
In a watchtower book entitled “The Finished Mystery “, on page 31 of the 1917 edition it said,
“The special messenger to the last age of the Church was Charles T Russell, born February 16, 1852. He has privately admitted his belief that he was chosen for his great work from before his birth”.
Later in a bid to flee from the past and distance themselves from what earlier Watchtowers had written about him, the Watchtower May 1, 1989 said this.
“In the early part of our 20th century prior to 1919, the Bible Students, as Jehovah’s Witnesses were then know, had to be released from a form of spiritual captivity to the ideas and practices of false religion – Some were exalting creatures, indulging in a personality cult that focused on Charles Taze Russell, the first president of the Watch Tower Bible and Tract Society. “
I don’t think a few apostates could have exalted this “cult” type action on their own. It is very evident from his writings that he himself was the driving force behind these writings.
According to the book, “Jehovah’s Witnesses in Divine Purpose”, page 62 and “The Laodicean Messenger” page 106, Russell preached over 30,000 sermons, authored 50,000 printed pages, and sold almost 20,000,000 copies of his books.
Later, Joseph Russell the second President renamed the group Jehovah’s Witness to distinguish it from the other Bible groups that split off from Charles Russell after his death. To this day when you speak about certain doctrines, a Jehovah’s Witness may say that they do not follow that or teach that and what you’re telling them came from the “Russellites”.
It can also be noted that Russell sent out Christmas cards (complete with Crosses and holly wreaths both deemed pagan by ‘modern JW’s') and had a few documented false phrophecies as well.
Dear creator of this page.
You are wasting your time with all of this. We are SURE and positive the end IS near. Any president of our organization has never said WHEN the end is coming as in the Bible says that God only knows when is coming. Maybe you have your facts wrong, but if you don’t change soon, you will have no chance. Nobody pays us, and we are not under any human being’s command. We do our work because for Jehovah God, not for imperfect humans that we all are. Also, you better check your Bible, there in the book of James, it clearly states that our blood, and by our I mean everybodies blood, is sacred. That’s why we don’t accept blood transfusions. Have you read our last information. The title is “The end of the False Religion is Near”. Maybe you are in the false religion. Betterask your self some questions. This doesn’t affect us. As you said in your video, our numbers have gone up 20 times. Why? I will leave that up to you to find out.
To N/A Please check your facts. Your leaders have anounced the end of the world several times. The facts are written in your own publications which I have supplied! Look my friend, we love you very much and want you to have eternal life, but you must think about what we are saying to you. Read the article on “the great crowd” and see if you can answer it. I tell you what, I will give you $10,000 if you can. Now you have it in writting! Copy this page! Bring it to court! But my friend, you will never find it. Jesus is the way, the truth and the life, and no one comes to the Father except through him! As far as your question about why your numbers have gone up 20 times? Here is my answer;
There is one thing about Jehovah God you can count on and that is he never pushes us to do anything. He gives us his Word and a mind to use make our own choices, good or bad, its our own free will. To give you an example, the number of Muslims in the world is estimated to be at the 2 billion mark which is bigger than the Jehovah’s Witnesses. Does that mean that Jehovah God allows it because it is true and we should all become Muslims? That would not be a logical answer according to you. Think about it.
wow! lets look at this situation,
1. true christianity dates back over 2000 years ago.
2. jehova witness dates back to the year 1852.
(it only makes sense witch one would make more sense
3. are the j.w. calling Jesus a liar?
4. every prophecy in the holy bible has come to past, why wouldn’t the book of revelation come to past.
5. ATTENTION J.W. READ REVELATION 22:18-21. WHY DO YOU THINK THIS IS THE LAST WORDS MENTIONED…
6. I PRAY FOR THE J.W. TO SEE THE REAL LIGHT. NOT OF A MAN
C.RUSSELL….SHAME ON HIM…HE JUST WANTED HIS NAME TO LAST THROUGH THE AGES. AND SO FAR IT HAS…BUT HE WILL NEVER OUTLAST JESUS…..
The conditioning and practice of being a door to door witness is mind-boggling. . and they are ready w/answers that have been drummed into them. It is more of a social network laden with people who spy on one another and make reports to elders and with the burden of being ‘shunned’ from family and friends they remain ‘in line.’ This is cultism at it’s best sadly. If they are christian in deed why do they ONLY support and aide their own; not people in general ? .. it is a cult and if someone wants to read the bible why do they NEED someone else a JW to interpret for them .. where is individual perception and growth in that ? ..
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