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Was Russell "that" Faithful and Wise Servant?

by Sea Breeze in

"from this it is clearly seen that the editor and publisher of zion's watch tower disavowed any claim to being individually, in his person, that "faithful and wise servant.

" he never did claim to be such," ("god's kingdom of a thousand years has approached," 1973, p. 346).. or this?.

"thousands of the readers of pastor russell's writings believe that he filled the office of 'that faithful and wise servant,' and that his great work was giving to the household of faith meat in due season.

RonDay

"Did the Bible Students in the days of Pastor Russell believe he was the F&DS, yes."

I will say that this was the prevailing view. From Russell's standpoint, he never assumed any authority to tell anyone they had to believe such or to reject such an idea. From the standpoint of Russell and the Watch Tower Society as it existed while he was alive, it was an individual matter, and thus while many Bible Students did believe he was "the faithful and wise servant," not all the Bible Students agreed with this. The same is still true among the Bible Students today.

To me, the ideas presented about the faithful and wise servant being alleged as being identified as a certain person, or a certain group of persons, is not what Jesus was referring to. There is nothing in his parable that says that he was speaking of appointing a certain person or group in the end of the age to who is supposed to be some sole channel of dispensing truth. My own study concerning the four servants may be found at:

https://prophecy-rlbible.blogspot.com/2016/12/4servants.html

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Was Russell "that" Faithful and Wise Servant?

by Sea Breeze in

"from this it is clearly seen that the editor and publisher of zion's watch tower disavowed any claim to being individually, in his person, that "faithful and wise servant.

" he never did claim to be such," ("god's kingdom of a thousand years has approached," 1973, p. 346).. or this?.

"thousands of the readers of pastor russell's writings believe that he filled the office of 'that faithful and wise servant,' and that his great work was giving to the household of faith meat in due season.

RonDay

The following is from Finished Mystery facts. and keep in mind, He wrote finished mystery

Despite the claims of Rutherford, the book, The Finished Mystery, was not written by Russell. The many quotes from that book about Russell were not written by Russell. The book was written by Clayton J. Woodworth and George H. Fisher under the supervision of Joseph Rutherford. Rutherford falsely claimed the author to be Charles Russell.

Since Rutherford often misrepresented Russell, I highly doubt that Rutherford's statement that "he admitted as much in private conversation" is fully accurate. The book also claimed Russell to have been a prophet, something which Russell consistently denied. It also gave authority to Russell -- such authority that Russell himself consistently refused for himself or for the Watch Tower Society as it existed while he was alive. Then it was claimed that Russell was still directing the work from beyond the veil, which, in effect, gave Rutherford and his associates the authority they were attributing to Russell. All of this was a prelude to the setting up of Rutherford's "Jehovah's visible organization" authoritarian dogma, which the vast majority of the Bible Students around the world rejected.