Back in the late 70s there was a witch hunt at Watchtower headquarters in Brooklyn, New York. There were Jehovah's Witnesses, including Bethel Elders, who were meeting in privategroups studying the Scriptures independent of Watchtower authority or publications.
As a result, different conclusions were being learned than those of the Governing Body of Jehovah's Witnesses. The Governing Body began a witch hunt purging the headquarters of all those who would differ from their views. Conditions at Bethel became so extreme, that former Bethel Elder, Randall Watters, felt that the next governing body requirement would be to click his heels and give a "Heil Hitler"!
The book that the Society used to indoctrinate at that time was THE TRUTH that leads to ETERNAL LIFE. These small Bible groups at Bethel decided to publish their own views and the result is this Truth Book. The Bethelites Truth Book edition!
Even a mention that this book existed would have been grounds for immediate disfellowshipping, and swift removal from Watchtower Headquarters. This book was owned by Ray Franz' close friend Tom Cabeen, who worked at Bethel and was in charge of the printing presses. Tom gave the book to a Bible Student, who in turn sent the book to us. This book has gone unnoticed by the general public for almost 40 years.
The covers for these books were printed on Watchtower presses, and it is not known how many copies were made or how many copies survived. What is known however, is that this book was published in secret at Watchtower Headquarters by Bethelites, who only wanted to read the Bible by itself. The Watchtower Society's Governing Body could not allow this to happen.
If a Jehovah's Witness were ever caught with this book at Watchtower Bethel, the governing body would not even loan them a shovel to dig their own grave!
This is an amazing book (Vanderhoven)