The Photo-Drama of Creation was produced at the time of the Early Watchtower under the direction of it’s president, Charles Taze Russell. It was in 4 parts, altogether for 8 hours. The completed production premiered in January 1914 in New York and was presented worldwide, being viewed by over 9 million people. It has the Read more…
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HISTORY OF EARLY WATCHTOWER You can view the Webcast (video and audio) by clicking below: http://biblestudents.na5.acrobat.com/p52379978/ The audio only of this webcast is available by clicking here: 2010-12-03 – Discussion re- JWs Faith In Action DVD The New Jehovah’s Witness Movie, “Faith in Action” covers the history of the early Watchtower, focusing on the life Read more… Pastor Russell explains the history that led up to the starting of the Watchtower Bible and Tract Society (R5909 : page 170) HARVEST GATHERINGS AND SIFTINGS MANY are the inquiries relative to the truths presented in the STUDIES IN THE SCRIPTURES and THE WATCH TOWER, as to whence they came and how they developed Read more… You can order the book: Book: Pastor Russell: Messenger of Millennial Hope The information provided in these parts comes from the book, “Pastor Russell – Founder of the Bible Students,” published by Bible Students Christian Classics: From “The Christian Connection” to the Miller Movement and Second Advent Movement The great awakening of Adventism in the early 1800s was paralleled by an even more Read more… Pastor Russell never claimed to originate Bible truths, but to recover truth held by the early church. In his own words (from the May 1899 Watchtower, pages 86 & 87, (Reprint #2453): “We found that for centuries various sects and parties had split up the Bible doctrines amongst them, blending them with more or less Read more… After 1948, Hal Lindsey and many fundamentalists, on the basis of Israel and the generation of Luke 21:29-31, predicted that Jesus would return within 40 years of 1948. Excited over the new state of Israel, Billy Graham in 1950 told a rally in Los Angeles, “Two years and it’s all going to be over.” For Read more… Bible Students today still believe as Pastor Russell taught that the Times of the Gentiles ended in 1914. We see evidence of this in Jesus words In Luke 21:24 “And they [the Jews] shall fall by the edge of the sword, and shall be led away captive into all nations: and Jerusalem shall be trodden Read more… According to the book, “Pastor Russell – Founder of the Bible Students,” published by Bible Students Christian Classics: Now that three quarters of the Bible Students of Pastor Russell’s era were purged and the remainder of the Bible Students submitted to the doctrinal changes, a new movement could be founded. In 1931, fifteen years after Read more… According to the book, “Pastor Russell – Founder of the Bible Students,” published by Bible Students Christian Classics: An unfortunate scrap of history provides the answer as to the origins to “Jehovah’s Witnesses.” After the death of Pastor Russell in 1916, the purpose of the Watch Tower Bible and Tract Society changed drastically. Joseph Rutherford, Read more… According to the book, “Pastor Russell – Founder of the Bible Students,” published by Bible Students Christian Classics: “The Overland Monthly, a noted periodical of that time, reported in 1909 that Studies in the Scriptures, by Charles Taze Russell, was one of the world’s three most circulated works surpassed only by the BIBLE and the Read more… Please view our About page. |
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