JEREMY NELSON AND CHARLES TAZE RUSSELL
Resource Page
This page presents links that are related to claims made by Jeremy Nelson regarding Charles Taze Russell in a pdf booklet entitled, "Charles Taze Russell and the Jehovah's Witness". We are not with the Jehovah's Witnesses, and we do not defend that organization. Russell, however, was never a member of the Jehovah's Witnesses. This page is a resource page providing links to studies and research related to the claims being made
Jehovah's Witnesses:
Charles Taze Russell Versus the Jehovah's Witnesses
John 1:1
Links to Studies Related to John 1:1
Immanuel
Jesus' Bodily Resurrection
To claim that Jesus still is a man, with his body of flesh, denies that the man, Christ Jesus, sacrificed himself, his body of flesh with its blood, for sin. See:
Is Jesus Now Flesh? (Resource Page)
1914
Russell was expecting Christ's return in 1914; from 1904 onward, Russell was expecting the time of trouble to begin in 1914.
Russell and 1914 (Resource Page)
1872
Russell believed that 6,000 years from Adam's creation began in 1872 (1873 using the Jewish year as beginning in October). He believe that the 7th millennium of man's existence began in 1872/3. He believed that it was two years later that Adam sinned and was cast out of the garden. Thus, he believed that the 7th millennium from Adam's disobedience began in 1874/5. He believed that the times of the Gentiles would end in 1914/5. Russell died in 1916, still holding to these beliefs.
Related:
6,000 years from Adam's Creation -- 1872 or 1873?
False Prophet
Charles Taze Russell presented his conclusions related to prophecies of the Bible; he never presented his conclusions as being prophecies; indeed, he consistently disclaimed being a prophet, or that his conclusions were "prophecies".
See:
Charles Taze Russell -- Not a Prophet (Resource Page)
Agenda
Charles Taze Russell did not ""seek an agenda about wanting to establish Jehovah's kingdom over the earth." He did show from the Bible that God will, through Christ, establish His kingdom over the whole earth. (Links may be provided later).
Eternal Soul
Russell taught that a man is a soul (a sentient living being) as well the lower animals. He did not believe that man is given an immortal soul at birth (inherit immortality). He did believe that one's soul could become eternal or everlasting through Jesus. (Links may be provided later).
Literal Hell
Russell did believe in what could be called a "literal hell", as referring to Sheol/Hades of the Bible. He did not believe in what many refer to as a "literal of hell of fire and brimstone" where souls of the unsaved are alleged to be consciously suffering for eternity. (Links may be provided later).
Political
For Christians, Russell advised against getting involved in the politics of this world. He never assumed authority to forbid anyone along this line. Russell never spoke against saluting the flag of any nation.
Blood Transfusions
Russell never spoke against blood transfusion at all. What he did write about blood, however, shows that he would not have had any objection to blood transfusions. See:
Blood Transfusions, Russell, and the Bible
New World Translation
The JWs' New World Translation did not exist in the days of Russell. (We may come back to this at a later date)
One might see:
Did Charles Taze Russell Rewrite the Bible?
Exposure of False Religions
The following quote is attributed to Charles Taze Russell: ""It is not a form of religious persecution to say and show that another religion is false. for an informed person to expose publicly a certain religion on being false, thus allowing persons to see the difference between false religion and true religion." This quote is not from Russell at all, but rather it is an incomplete quote from the Jehovah's Witnesses' Watchtower of 11/15/1963. Note that it properly quotes the first sentence, but the second sentence does not begin with a capital letter, but begins with a lower case "f". The beginning of second sentence sis skipped. The full sentence was; "It is not religious persecution for an informed person to expose publicly a certain religion as being false, thus allowing persons to see the difference between false religion and true religion." Russell, of course, was not alive in 1963, and this was not said by him at all. The quote as given however, leaves out a portion of what was stated. If one is truly familiar with what Russell taught about religion and the true church, one would realize that it would be very unlikely that Russell would have ever made such a statement. Russell did, however, believe that it was proper to expose false teachings.
See our resource page:
Russell and the True Church
--- More to be added,
as God permits.
