The beginning of the Jehovah's Witness religion can be traced back to a men's clothing manager named Charles Taze Russell. Russell was born in Allegheny, Pennsylvania in 1852, was raised as a Presbyterian, but later changed to the Congregational Church. Russell was unhappy with many church teachings, especially predestination and eternal punishment, so he left the mainline churches for good and at the age of 18 began his own Bible class consisting of six people. By 1876 his small group of followers elected him as "Pastor" and the title stuck despite his lack of any formal training. Russell's following began to grow in 1879, when he first founded and published a magazine entitled, "Zion's Watch Tower and Herald of Christ's Presence," which is now known as "The Watchtower Announcing Jehovah's Kingdom." Through this magazine Russell was able to preach doctrines he really believed in, such as Jesus was not God in the flesh, but rather Michael the archangel created by Jehovah; the Trinity (Father, Son, and Holy Spirit) doctrine was Satan- inspired; Christ was not raised bodily from the grave, just spiritually; there is no hell of eternal suffering; Jesus' second coming will not be in the flesh and visible; and the Holy Spirit is not God. Some of Russell's other teaching included: Negroes were degraded according to Gen. 9:22, 25 ("Zion's Watch Tower," 8-1-1898, pp. 229-230); he declared, "Some have a strong desire to worship God, others have a weak desire, and others have no desire at all..." ("The Watchtower," 3-15-1913, p.84, 667). Russell's passion for date-setting the end of the world and Armageddon was reflected in his use of the ancient Egyptian pyramids as his source, particularly the Great Pyramid at Gizeh. Russell's Watch Tower literature reflected this belief until his death. Russell's book, "Studies in the Scripture," vol. III, chapter ten states. "The testimonies of God's stone witness and prophet, the Great Pyramid in Egypt... The Great Pyramid... an outline of the plan of God, past, present, and future". (pp. 313-314, 1903 ed.). Russell took measurements of the Great Pyramid (a monument to pagan and occultic Egyptian religion) and then predicted endtime dates with the calculations.
Russell also made claims about so-called "Miracle Wheat" and "Millennial Beans" (Russell lost a lawsuit concerning his "Miracle wheat" -- see Martin & Klann's excellent book, "Jehovah of the Watchtower" published by Bethany House Publishers, with complete documentation on this case and others); he stated that 97% of appendicitis cases are due to "biting of worms near the junction of the transverse colon with the small intestines" and a special medicine offered by the Watch Tower would solve the problem ("The Watch Tower," Jan. 15, 1912). Despite Russell's "inspired" teachings he later perjured himself under oath in the Russell vs. Ross "defamatory liable" case of March17, 1913 by first claiming to understand the Greek language in which the Bible was originally written.
Russell died on Halloween in 1916 and was succeeded by a Missouri lawyer named Joseph Franklin Rutherford who introduced the name, "Jehovah's Witnesses" at a 1931 convention in Columbus, Ohio thus freeing followers from previous titles such as "Russellites", "Millennial Dawnists," and "Wathchtower people." Rutherford carried on much of Russell's belief in pyramids for most of his presidency as well as adding new beliefs and doctrines (such as devils could be saved, from Rutherford's book "Angels," p. 43, circa 1934).
Nathan H Knorr was the next Jehovah's Witness president followed by Frederick W. Franz. Neither one of these men trained extensively in the original languages of the Bible. In fact, many Witnesses claimed that Franz was a Rhodes Scholar and a scholar of Hebrew and Greek, but the Rhodes Scholarship Trust (Wesleyan University, Middletown, Conn. 06457) has stated that Franz was never considered for a Rhodes Scholarship; similarly a Scottish Court of Sessions of Nov. 1954, pp. 102, 103 in which Franz himself testified, made it clear that Franz could not read, speak nor translate the Hebrew language.
The Jehovah's Witnesses claim to be the prophet of God for today as stated in their April 1, 1972 "Watchtower" magazine, page 197. The May 15, 1955 "Watchtower" says that the Jehovah's Witnesses compromise Jehovah's channel of communication. Many other publications proclaim that they are the only true religion. How do we test the claim of a so-called "prophet of God"? Deuteronomy 18:21-22 gives us the answer: "You may say to yourselves, 'How can we know when a message has not been spoken by the Lord?' If what a prophet proclaims in the name of the Lord does not take place or come true, that is a message the Lord has not spoken. That prophet has spoken presumptuously. Do not be afraid of him."
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jehovah's witness exposed!by RCdoc77713,427 views
@Mis4el1973 The verses you present speak about loving our brothers in the faith. Only you are not my brother, because you preach Heresy. It is well spoken of you when the scriptures say "You travel the earth and the sea, to find one proselyte, and when you do find one, you make him twice as much a son of of Hell than you are yourself." Matt.23;13-15. Because of your stiff necked heretical dogma, children are dying, and 6-7 million people are going to be damned forever.in Gehenna.
georgehuddo 1 month ago
@Mis4el1973 Zechariah.2:8-13 is clear Messianic Prophesy, where Jehovah the Father sends (1) Jehovah the Eternal Son (Micah.5:2), who is also Jehovah of Armies in the First & Second Advents. On another separate occasion, Isaiah saw Jehovah Jesus sitting on His Throne (John12:41 with Isaiah 6:1). If you say Isaiah.6:1 is only a vision, & not really Jehovah Jesus, then by your rules of reasoning, can you be saying the same about the 144000, & other passages in the Book of Revelations?
georgehuddo 1 month ago
@Mis4el1973 If you have scholars, what are their names, or are they obscure, people who are just made up. You say "because Christ is presented in an indefinite form as a lesser God, He is "a god". In saying this you have Just blasphemed against Jehovah, by calling Him a liar, when he says "there is no God before me neither will there be any after me" Isa.43:10. Those who blaspheme God, with their mouths or the written word, are damned to Gehenna for eternity.Rev.20:10,15. NWT.
georgehuddo 1 month ago
@Mis4el1973 Those who know the Greek language and its grammar say you cannot use an indefinite article to change the true meaning of John 1;1-3. The language does not allow it..The Watchtower Bible The New World Translation was written by faceless men, because The Organization refuse to say who they are because no reputable Greek or Hebrew Scholar will support this corrupted version. To all Jehovah's Witnesses open up the New King James,or the New American Standard, and read. .
georgehuddo 1 month ago
@Mis4el1973 Zechariah 2.8-13, is clear prophesy of the First & Second Advent of Christ. The Watchtowers own New World Translation is telling all the Jehovah's Witnesses, That JEHOVAH OF ARMIES (THE FATHER) IS SENDING JEHOVAH OF ARMIES (THE MESSIAH JESUS CHRIS)T to dwell amongst His people. His possession will be the tribe of Judah, & His choice will be Jerusalem, the City named after God. Thomas as was right when he called Christ "The God of me and The Lord of me. Check it out!l.
georgehuddo 1 month ago
@Mis4el1973 Liar!!!
georgehuddo 1 month ago
@Mis4el1973 The Koine Greek Scholars tell me that the word ‘’Firstborn’’ in the Greek language does not in any way say that the Logos Jesus Christ was a created being. If He was a created being, the writer of Colo1:15-16 (the highly educated Paul) would have used the word ‘’PROTOKTISIS’’ instead of ‘’PROTOTOKOS’’ Why then would the Governing Body deceive people by telling them that the word PROTOTOKOS means that Christ was created when it doesn’t? Why do they lie about this?
georgehuddo 1 month ago
@Mis4el1973 It would be treason against Almighty God for me to agree on disagreeing with you on Titus 2:13 or any other Holy Scripture of the Word of God. You are a Christ Fighter and a fighter of the Holy Spirit as was Arius.
georgehuddo 1 month ago
@Mis4el1973 You are certainly finding a lot wrong with Gods word. Who is in error here, you or Jehovah? The Scriptures say is Jehovah not a God of Confusion, so It is you who is confused!!!
georgehuddo 1 month ago
@Mis4el1973 where does Scripture specifically say that two people are coming. According to the angels in acts1:11,12. It is only Jesus who is coming. The Father won't be coming , because all who see his face will die, because no human being can look upon His face and live,
georgehuddo 1 month ago