Jehovah's Witness's Amazing "Judge" Rutherford

Joseph Franklin Rutherford. President, 1917-1942

Joseph Franklin Rutherford (November 8, 1869 - 8 January 1942) was brought up by farmers in the state of Missouri. He was the second president of Jehovah's Witnesses, or the third, or the first President. Depending on what you want. We will call him the second ...

Rutherford, contrary to the wishes of his family, started a career in law. In the late 1890s he served as a medium sized judge, lawyer, prosecutor in the courtroom at the 14th Judiciary Court in Missouri State and was appointed a special judge on the way. His title "Judge" has been added to his name in the history book. Nonetheless, the meaning of the word "special" was a very ordinary title for those who substituted the work on the bench. Nevertheless, the title of "Judge" gave his person an important feeling through his career.

One day, as many of us, some "Russell people" called out. This was 1894 and I was intrigued enough with these people over time to purchase the first three volumes of Russell's 7 volume set. Bible study .

Rutherford was impressed with the sincerity of Russell and his feelings for his own religion mainly. He and his wife started a Bible class at home. He joined the students. A group that was under baptism who was studying the Bible in 1906. Soon his legal talent was sought, in 1907 he took the legal counsel of the Tower Association.

Rise to power

By 1916 he became one of the seven directors of the Clock Tower Association. When Russell died in the second half of that year, he was a member of three executive committees.

The death of Russell fueled part of the worst instinct of human desire. Pope 's opinion and assertion to the throne of Rome ... human activities which have nothing to do with the kingdom of God.

Here, in this early JW history, there were many jockeys in the office of the president who resigned. To be fair, McMillan, at least one man who is the aide of the executive committee, said, "Rutherford did not know what was going on, he certainly did not vote or electorate But if he knew if he was elected he would do a great job in his hands ... to our heart there is no doubt that the will of the Lord was done in this choice .

Give him a doubt benefit? In the age of the Old Testament, when a certain Saul who is shy, humble and cautious is bothered at the head, a monster appears near a rectangular shaped man. This conversion seems to be that of Rutherford depending on the account that we currently have available.

On January 6, 1917, Rutherford (47 years old) was elected chairman of the clock tower association. No one opposed him. He was a natural and obvious choice. Initially.

However, the honeymoon is over quickly. Four members of the Board of Directors appointed by Russell accused it being too authoritarian and even dictatorship. He tried to reduce his power from early. A power struggle continued that caused the defects of thousands of exercises.

In Rutherford 's opinion, these men simply took power for themselves and attempted to take over. However, there was a reason why they did not like the direction of "judge".

Go directly to jail

His writing power was much bigger than his predecessor. One of his first bestsellers, The completed mystery . It contained strong anti-opposition feeling that Rutherford and the people around him received anti-government accusations of the US government and sent to prison!

They declared 20 years' imprisonment, refusing disobedience, disobedience, rejection of armed groups, US recruitment and enlistment services during the war under the Act of Spy Acts that broke out in 1917 & imprimmentment. & # 39;

It was not the first time for people in this movement to darken the door of the penal institution. Not only anti-government propaganda,

In the book he insisted that the world religion and government of the "beast" can not claim our loyalty. Therefore, patriotism was a delusion to him. Canada banned books altogether.

During this period, Rutherford caught a lecture entitled "The world has ended - now millions of people can not live." After that, "may" became "will", and the talk became a book. He was convinced that the general resurrection of the Old Testament saints will come soon!

Please remember that these were years of war. The World War I approached the end, spies and traitors certainly existed. One is not too careful.

From the perspective of "movement", it was a wonderful way to become a martyr for that reason. Certainly, his power expanded to the end of imprisonment turned out to be a matter of a few months after all. By May 1920, all expenses were reduced.

A martyr appears

After his release, Rutherford started in earnest to change the form of movement in both organization and doctrine. It is this change that people of today's movement completely deny part of the history of Russell's group. Russell's reputation was a serious problem. It was obvious that he did not have the character he expected of those who speak for God. And Rutherford objected to a lot of what Russell declared. It is not all. Many basic remained.

Another major publication was published in May 1919. It will be the current pioneer stay up A magazine Golden age .

Shortly, "Bible students" were told that they should distribute this periodic door-to-door visit.

After that, there was expansion of the printing facility of the academic society, restoration of the sale of books and bibles. Rutherford's own publication reached a total of 36 million copies. He was truly prolific, much more than Russell. He wrote 21 books, and in 1942 about 400 million books and booklets were distributed and praised by the academy.

However, the riot around "the people of God" was nervous. In 1920 all preaching activities had to be reported to him. The branch office was reorganized according to his taste.

He demanded to the large number of people who came to the meeting that they had to spread the message far and they had to become a public representative to carry out Jesus Christ. Commission. The doorway was a way.

In 1925 he totally dominated the doctrine actually taught in the publications of the Watch Tower Society.

He was trying to publish the following document. "The Birth of a State" There was a clear relationship between Russell and himself. He objected. Rutherford later insisted that the devil himself "tried to interfere with the posting of the article but failed with that effort." As reported in 1927, the Watchtower Institute abandoned Russell's printing Biblical research.

Next, in 1924, 15 minutes radio broadcast will come. At 480 stations. Sometimes, NBC and BBC banned his broadcast for his constant attack on clergy. He disliked it in particular.

In 1931, at the Bible Student Council of the Ohio State Capital, Rutherford proposed a new name for the organization "Jehovah's Witnesses" to distinguish it from other groups divided for Russell and Jehovah's Witnesses ; s teachings. (And, hopefully, you can escape the label forever for "Russellite") For some people escape is very important and very important. To this day, the modern "witness" is not high for Russell. However, despite his dislike, much still is still called "Rossellite." I occasionally used my own words. Russell's influence was historically significant.

The chosen name of Rutherford of his flock is usually Isaiah 43:10, "You are my witness", that is, the way God himself told the people of Israel. Israel certainly witnessed a miracle in Exodus and a journey through the wilderness through Moses. Through other prophets, Israel witnessed the rise of a country anywhere in the country that existed to date. Israel witnessed the arrival of the Messiah and the beginning of the church.

Israel saw it all. That is what "witnesses" do. They see things and report what they see. It is hard to say how this verse can be applied to the 19th century cult which reworked the Bible and did not see anything.

More power

Rutherford's stars continued to rise. The time came when I opposed him was the same as the opposite God. He actually insisted on being the throne of Judah since Russell departed.

A few years later, all the conference halls were renamed "Kingdom Hall." In 1937, Rutherford called for door-to-door visitors to do all they could to do in order to return home and begin regular Bible study.

In 1938 he classified the movement as a theocracy, a form of government that was in charge of "the priesthood owner" (of course, through "judge").

Rutherford died in 1942 and left tens of thousands of supporters and an incredibly organized and efficient organization. Although there was a loss due to the change in the doctrine that he enacted, there was more than an average recovery.

About those changes and the conflict with Russell.

One thing that Rutherford started was being cast as an idol worshiper of those who wanted to respect Russell's memory. He did not care that he himself took place of God in the opinion of the people. This was disappointing.

In July 1917, at Rutherford, The completed mystery As Volume 7 Bible study series. Indeed, this book included teachings not held by Russell. A new date for prophecy was included. The beginning of the reign of Christ was not in 1878, for example, in 1914. The resurrection of the "sleeping saint" was 1918, not even in 1878.

A book Russell was completed in 1881. It is published in the revised edition. Many of his teachings have been changed.

For example, Russell taught the cycling of human society and taught to the point that Armageddon is a natural result. Rutherford insisted that it was totally God when it happened and not at all by human beings.

Prior to the change of the social name in 1931, he emphasized the name of God "Jehovah" newly. This is the main doctrine of Christianity, the honor of God, not the grace of God to mankind.

Gogg and Magog (Ezekiel) were managed somehow by the persecution of Jehovah's Witnesses. It will lead God to destroy all who oppose them with Amergide.

Russell's character development, that is emphasis on sanctification, has not been trusted now (1926).

From Matthew 24, a strange lesson that Russell was "a faithful and wise man" was extracted,

In 1927, Christmas was declared to be the origin of pagan, then Mother 's Day was accused in 1931. Before this was over, even a celebration of a birthday was not allowed!

Indeed the change came over the other.

Rutherford and Israel and Adolf

Russell claimed that the Jewish business leader at the time was "arrogant, self-respecting, very selfish", while the Jews were blessed with the grace of God blessed. God's idea of ​​restoring Jews to Palestine was canceled.

During Rutherford's term, the next letter translated for our purposes sworn to his dictators for his approval, allowing witnesses in his land to escape persecution .

Dear Reichskanzler ...

The Brooklyn Headquarters of the Watch Tower Association is a representative method of German and has been going on for years. For that reason, in 1918 the president refused to use two of the magazines published in the US for war propaganda in Germany, so the president of society and seven directors were sent to prison sentences in 80 years. These two magazines, "Watchtower" and "Bible Student" are the only magazines in the United States who refused to engage in anti-German propaganda, and therefore banned and suppressed in the United States during the war.

Likewise, in recent months, the board of directors of our society not only refused to advertise against Germany but was in a position to oppose it. The enclosed declaration emphasizes this fact and the people who lead such advertisements (Jewish businessmen and Catholics) are also the most strict employers of the work of our society and its board of directors Emphasize that. The other description of this declaration is to deny the defamatory accusation that the Bible researchers are supported by the Jews.

German Bible researchers declared that Germany 's Reich State Government is pursuing the same high ethical goals and ideals that he declared the relationship between man and God. That is, the honesty of what was created for the creator.

At this meeting, we concluded that no contradiction exists between the German Bible Researcher and the German Empire Government. In contrast, referring to purely religious and non-religious goals and efforts of Bible researchers, these can be said to be perfectly consistent with the same goals of the German Imperial Government.

We are waiting for your kind approval. We hope to accept soon and I would like to pay Mr. Reichs Kanzler the highest respect.

Best regards,

Watch Tower Bible and Management Association Magdeburg

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Also in the new Rutherford era, there is a decline of the pyramid against God's revelation. For Rutherford, the whole idea was a devil.

In 1930, there was another interpretation of revelation Opinion of his own previous We rejected all of Russell!

And soon, Rutherford 's book accused the woman' s movement of the day as a devil.

School students can not pay tribute to the flag. If they do, they are guilty of death! Yes, that was what he said. In 1940 alone, children in 43 provinces were driven out of school that attempted to obey this order. The court saw many witnesses. By 1943, trials against students were canceled by the court. This encouraged the behavior of the general public after the scene of angry riots.

In 1938, Rutherford stopped singing at the congregation conference. (Ah ah!) People were prudent enough to return the songs to the agenda at least shortly after he died.

In the same year, in 1938, he married his believers after Armageddon and began to urge them to forget that they have children. This whole attitude brought bias to marriage, so that unmarried people can take a good attitude toward weak brothers and sisters who only got married.

Break on the cross and many people

Rutherford also introduced the idea that Jesus was crucified at the right place, not Rome's "cross". A universal symbol of Christianity who became suspicious among the expanding evil things.

Whether abandoning the newly formed Bible Association in this way will be clarified from this ever-increasing number of problems. For Russell a lot of people were faithful. However, Russell considered the foundation of reason as being the most important amount for man to reach the truth. The reason is very personal. My reasons and your reasons are different. So when a new person arrived with a new reason, most sheep continued. Several reasons obviously abandoned, split up.

Human origin religion

This witness's religion is not from heaven, but rather from men, and it has a set of two different beliefs from the constant desire to understand the Bible in their "prayers" From this discussion about two different men, is a rational "way.

The Clock Tower Association is a purely human organization. But it does not look like that too, as it applies to most cult cults and religious organizations until too late.

His personality

As you have seen, Rutherford and Russell were two totally different people. Russell is said to have warmth. Rutherford had a measure of it, but it was also very rough and direct in approaching people. He believed that this authoritarian touch is necessary to protect what he committed. He may be dull and aggressive, especially as his authority is greater. He had an explosive temper.

A lot of Saul 's syndrome I mentioned before is what we see a little. Who said that power is "corrupt" and absolute power is "absolutely corrupt"? It also applied to Rutherford judge.

He refused to compromise where he arrived. At least, some time. In other words, there is a change. In fact, he changed his position considerably with his own ideas. For example, at one point, Jesus' ransom was for all. Well then, it is not everything. Resurrection will occur in 1000 years. It will not be the case. Jesus came back in 1874. Then in 1914.

Change, yes. However, when he enjoyed the view for a short or long period, that view was "the Bible." Do not get in the way! He asserted that what is not self-claimed is that of the devil. period. When he was released from prison, he insisted that everyone who sent him there was in Satan's organization. How could "justice of God" justify being behind the stick?

tell me! It is insensitive. I am keen on the importance of himself. What did they say about him?

Rutherford himself said, "Jehovah never makes a mistake, and it is certain that students will face difficulties in relation to humans." He spoke of Russell, definitely. But he could not prevent people from hanging on their own persons.

He was able to learn that people were incomplete and made a mistake in their conclusion (Rutherford will hear it as his previous "boss" did often). Instead, he assumed that his larger 'light' is the final word. And he hoped to assume that all of his followers were the same.

But many do not obey. And he criticized them, in particular, as "despicable".

Rutherford preached abstinence for his people, but he does not seem to be practicing such a life. Although a strict part of his story appears.

Regarding his marriage, Mary was separated from him after "judge" became president of the tower. She remained an active "witness", but she could not live with Joe Judge.

For health reasons he was told to move to a better climate and built a villa in San Diego. Very expensive villa. Some say luxury. His lifestyle came to call criticism. He spent the summer in Europe.

Corruption

In 1925, "Prince" for executing the upper villa such as Abraham, Isaac, Jacob was not shown, but he changed. He drank excessively and the leaders Franz and Knorr tried to build a house in San Diego. This idea was to kick out this corrupt man from Brooklyn ...

A villa, two Cadillacs, whiskey, brandy, other liquor, this man's life was wondering.

Mr. Rutherford and Society's lawyer resigned in all life of such a ceremony in 1939, including unwilling treatment of staff, discrimination, and vulgar language. It was reported that it is difficult for others to ride on the podium one day, because it is above that by others just before that day.

People's reserve

Rutherford died of cancer at the age of 72. Because of another erroneous guidance that Russell agreed with him, his burial was delayed several months. It was related to dangerous exercises to set dates. In this case, the date of Armageddon.

In the book above, Million living right now will never die In fact he said that Abraham, Isaac, Jacob resurrected in 1925 and of course need a place to stay. This was that San Diego's villa where he himself lived until 1942 (by him he was named Beth Sarim, "The Prince's House") is his idea! The reason is that the assets were transferred to these three men.

It was assigned to them, but he wanted to be buried above that property. I assume that I am asking for it.

So, with the hypocrisy of this movement and enslaving a man who is currently expressing it, followers began to build a tomb in his grave after his death. That is when the city of San Diego entered. The property value around it will plummet if the grave is in the middle. They said no to the venture. The battle continued.

Characteristics of the witness of all generations, the "persecution" card was played. But, despite being crying, they lost the incident. A few months later Rutherford was buried. Other places.

Nathan Homer Knorr succeeded the judge as president of the Watch Tower Society.

Rutherford 's life from a human perspective was a huge success. The membership of the Watch Tower has been doubled in the presidential election for 25 years. His writings were read more than Russell 's, and Russell was a phenomenon of itself. 100 books and brochures, 80 languages ​​as of 1941.

But from the Bible 's point of view, all his life was a serious failure from the same reason.