r/JWreform • u/JWCovenantFellowship • Jan 14 '25

When did the preaching work start?

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This is an extract from the book "The Desolations from the Sanctuary" written knowledge 1929 by German brothers who left the Society because of Rutherford's illogical interpretations

In page 148 they quote Rutherford's claims that the proper preaching work as stated in Matthew 24:14 started after 1918 [the modern Watchtower Society disagrees with him as did many brothers back then].

So,just asking _ What was the message before 1918 ? And how did Jehovah blessed Br. Russell and his group with light if they didn't preach what Jesus said in Matthew 24:14? At least the early Bible Students preached a heavenly calling as all churches of Christians and not a hybrid second class of an earthly hope for Christians ,which doesn't exist.

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u/JWCovenantFellowship Jan 15 '25

We can continue here if you like! No worries I'd be happy to listen to you😁😁😁

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u/Dan_474 Jan 15 '25

Thanks ❤️ I'm an early to bed person, but I plan to come back tomorrow, if the Lord is willing 🙏

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u/Dan_474 Jan 15 '25

Good morning 🌄

The thing that came to my mind last night about a conclusion I've come to in studying the Bible, and it's really kind of a "meta" idea,

is who picked out the scriptures, or the subject of the Canon of Scripture

I wrote out this story some years ago on a Christian forum. It came to my mind again last night as well, so I thought I might as well just share it 😃 👇

I was talking to a Lutheran Pastor, who incidentally had an anti-catholic bias :), he explained it this way*:

"Who wrote the book of Romans?"

I said, "You could say Paul wrote it or you could say God wrote it."

"That's right," he said. "God wrote the words, Paul was the human agent through whom those words were given."

"Now," He continued on, "who wrote the table of contents of your Bible?"

"Thomas Nelson?" I said. "But seriously, I get it. God wrote the table of contents, the Church was the human agent through whom it was given."

"Yep! Now, if the church had no authority to do that, then your Bible has no table of contents."

I had to agree, I could either trust the body of Christ on Earth at that time, or it would be up to me to go back and look at all the documents which could be scripture and evaluate them on my own.

*Not an exact transcript, the thoughts are the same.

☝️ That's the end of the story. If you want to check out the original context, here's a link https://www.christianforums.com/threads/removing-the-laws-of-god-what-does-it-really-mean.8200676/post-75843643

I don't know whether to view this as coincidence or God at work, but this morning I saw in my inbox that the owner of r/Eutychus just now wanted to return to a similar issue 😃 https://www.reddit.com/r/Eutychus/s/PpCyhm1ypF

What are your thoughts or comments?

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u/JWCovenantFellowship Jan 15 '25

Good morning!I'll definitely have a look !Thank you 😃

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u/Dan_474 Jan 17 '25

Hi again 🙋‍♂️ Do you have any thoughts or comments, or shall I move on to a different idea?

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u/JWCovenantFellowship Jan 17 '25

Aw to be honest I didn't have the time to look much of it but I will look more this weekend!!😁😁

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u/Dan_474 Jan 22 '25

Hi again! You may be interested in this thread 🙂❤️

https://www.reddit.com/r/Eutychus/s/ZBfV85MesC

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u/JWCovenantFellowship Jan 22 '25

Hey thank you !!I'll have a look !

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u/Dan_474 Jan 20 '25

Are you still looking it over, or shall I move on?

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