Orwell.hystory rewritten??? WTS -1920

by MacHislopp 6 Replies latest jw friends

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  MacHislopp

  Hello again,

  On pag. 126 of the Book "Millions…" published in 1920
  there was this quote :

  « The Unique Bible Commentary-
  600 pages" This book explains every verse of the Bible
  prophecies of Revelation and Ezekiel and shows the relation
  between the distresses of the past six years and the
  unfaithfulness of the clergy.
  But, what is better, "The Finished Mystery" tells of the good
  time of human happiness just beyond this time of trouble,
  and tells why it is that millions of people who are now living
  on the earth will never die.

  Clothbound 1dollar, post paid
  INTERNATIONAL BIBLE STUDENTS ASSOCIATION,
  BROOKLYN,N.Y., U.S.A. " end of quote.

  Now read, what was published 80 years later, in the
  w. 15.03.2000 p. 12 § 12 (the footnote ) !

  Agape, J.C. MacHislopp`
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  LDH

  Mac please post article. my sub has recently run out and i have not intention of renewing lol.
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  ozziepost

  Let me help:

  It reads:
  "After C. T. Russell's death, a publication designated as the seventh volume of Studies in the Scriptures was prepared in an attempt to provide an explanation of the books of Ezekiel and Revelation. The volume was based, in part, on comments that Russell had made on those Bible books. However, the time to reveal the meaning of those prophecies had not yet come, and in general, the explanation offered in that volume of Studies in the Scriptures was hazy. In the ensuing years, Jehovah's undeserved kindness and developments on the world scene have allowed Christians to discern the meaning of those prophetic books more accurately."

  As Mac has said, history is being re-written.

  Do you notice too that again the tactic is to say that some were 'running ahead'? We could ask, how do we know that the current explanations are not also 'running ahead'?

  Notice too that they don't say that the seventh volume was garbage. They diplomatically say that it was "hazy"!

  Ozzie (of the truth in advertising class)
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  RR

  I have a better one in regards to 'The Finished Mystery'.

  Notice this statement found in the book; 'Jehovah's Witnesses in the Divine Purpose.'

  The insistence that Russell had been "that Servant" led many to regard Russell in what amounted actually to creature worship. They believed that all the truth God had seen fit to reveal to his people had been revealed to Russell, and now nothing more could be brought forth because "that servant" was dead." [1959, pg 69]

  As recent as 1988, in the book 'Revelation - It's Grand Climax at Hand!' The Watchtower makes this claim:

  "The John class, however, emerged from the tumultuous days of the first world war with a love for Jehovah and for the truth that impelled them to serve him with flaming zeal. They resisted those who tried to introduce sectarianism through practically idolizing the first president of the Watch Tower Society, Charles T. Russell, following his death in 1916." [p. 35, 36]

  Who were "those" the "John class" tried to resist? And how did "those" try "to introduce sectarianism"? The answer lies in the book; 'God's Kingdom of a Thousand Years Has Approached' published by the Watchtower Bible and Tract Society in 1973. It had this to say concerning the issue of idolizing C.T. Russell:

  "This view was prominently featured in the book published in July of 1917 by the People's Pulpit Association of Brooklyn, New York. This book was called "The Finished Mystery" and furnished a commentary of the Bible books of Revelation and Ezekiel and The Songs of Solomon. On its Publishers page the book was called the "Posthumous Works of Pastor Russell." Such a book and religious attitude tended to establish a religious sect centered around a man" [pg 347]

  Who or what was the People's Pulpit Association? The answer again can be found in the pages of the book Qualified to Be Ministers published in 1967, by the Watchtower Bible and Tract Society. It had this to say about the Association:

  "Such a corporation came into legal existence February 23, 1909, and was named People's Pulpit Association. Thirty years later, in 1939, the name was changed to its present one, Watchtower Bible and Tract Society, Inc." [pg. 309]

  So, in essence, the Watchtower Society itself was to blame for promoting the idolizing of C.T. Russell, not a group of individuals. The Book 'The Finished Mystery' was published by the Watchtower Society, it was sanctioned by then president J.F. Rutherford, and was the cause of much schism within the IBSA, not because it was promoting Russell, but because it was filled with misquotes, half truths and perversion of thoughts.

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  Less Religion and more Jesus!
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  MacHislopp

  Hello,

  Excellent quotes, RR, but if you don’t mind I would like to
  add a few more on the same subject, just in case someone
  would argue that, not having the books from which the
  quotes were taken, …well it can cast a doubt .
  Surely, we wish to help all such one by providing very recents
  quotes, which will add weight to the evidences already given.
  Here they come:

  *** w87 5/1 26-7 Looking Back Over 93 Years of Living *
  As told by Frederick W. Franz

  In the following year, 1917, the seventh volume did appear as a commentary on the prophetic books of Ezekiel and Revelation, together with a lovely explanation of the Bible book The Song of Solomon. The Society planned a tremendous circulation of the new book. Accordingly, they sent cartons of this seventh volume to certain ones in the congregations throughout the United States.

  *** jv 66-7 6 A Time of Testing (1914-1918) ***(Published in 1993)

  The situation came to a head in the summer of 1917, with the release of The Finished Mystery, the seventh volume of Studies in the Scriptures.
  Brother Russell had been unable to produce this volume during his lifetime, though he had hoped to do so. Following his death, the Executive Committee of the Society arranged for two associates, Clayton J. Woodworth and George H. Fisher, to prepare this book, which was a commentary on Revelation, The Song of Solomon, and Ezekiel. In part, it was based on what Russell had written about these Bible books, and other comments and explanations were added.

  *** jv 67 6 A Time of Testing (1914-1918) ***

  The completed manuscript was approved for publication by officers of the Society and was released to the Bethel family at the dining table on Tuesday, July 17, 1917.

  *** jv 69 6 A Time of Testing (1914-1918) ***

  Through the close of 1917 and into 1918, the Bible Students energetically distributed the new book, The Finished Mystery. By the end of 1917, the printers were busy on the 850,000 edition. The Watch Tower of December 15, 1917, reported: “The sale of the Seventh Volume is unparallelled by the sale of any other book known, in the same length of time, excepting the Bible.”

  Thanks again RR,

  agape , J.C.MacHislopp
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  RR

  You know what I find funny about the whole 'Finished Mystery' fiasco? Is that About ten percent of the quotes are really attributed to Russell, and these quotes are of no importance, they aren't doctrine defining. Russell had very little to say about the books. most of what he explained were pretty much self explanatory text.

  That being said, very few people realized, that just a year after 'The Finished Mystery' was published, the Society published another verse-by-verse commentary on Revelation, published in 1918 was a book titled "The Revelation of Jesus Christ," it was a little smaller than a check book and contained extactly 200 pages. I have a copy in my library.

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  Less Religion and more Jesus!
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  AlanF

  Excellent material, Rolando!

  AlanF