Question for our WT history experts

by tenyearsafter 14 years ago 27 Replies latest 14 years ago watchtower beliefs

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  tenyearsafter 14 years ago

  Does anyone know the significance or meaning of the suit of armor depicted in the upper right hand corner of the picture?

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  saltyoldlady 14 years ago

  Wow - that is an interesting question? It brings up all kinds of ideas in my mind - none of them good ones. Will get back to you after I do some research.

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  james_woods 14 years ago

  Don't know the real answer, but doesn't that lithograph look positively occult?

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  leavingwt 14 years ago

  I do not know the meaning.

  However, the Bible is full of military talk, armor, swords, helmets, spears, etc.

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  tenyearsafter 14 years ago

  The first thing that came to mind for me was some sort of connection to the Knights of Columbus, but I am not knowlegeable enough to really make that connection. I am going to do a bit more research and see why the early WT used that symbolism.

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  diamondiiz 14 years ago

  Would it be the complete suit of armor referred to in Ephesians 6:13? Just a guess.

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  tenyearsafter 14 years ago

  I guess it isn't tied to Knights of Columbus based on this image:

  

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  tenyearsafter 14 years ago

  Hmmm...never thought of the "full suit of armor" tie in...good thought!

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  tenyearsafter 14 years ago

  james_woods...it does look a bit creepy!

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  james_woods 14 years ago

  Would it be the complete suit of armor referred to in Ephesians 6:13? Just a guess.

  That would have been my guess as well - but who knows what was really in old nut-bar Russell's head?

  james_woods...it does look a bit creepy!

  No joke - almost all of the turn-of-the-century Watchtower literature gives me that feeling.

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