More Finished Mystery facts

1.       Charles Taze Russell is the faithful and wise servant (p.4)

2.       Jesus gave Russell the key to understanding God’s mysteries in the last days (p.6)

3.       Jesus is the Alpha and Omega in Revelation 1:8; 21:6 and 22:13 (p.15, p.318, p.336)

4.       The Adventist Nelson Barbour showed Russell Biblical proof that Jesus was present since 1874 and Russell found this evidence satisfactory (p. 54)

5.       As per Russell, there’s no need to learn the Hebrew or Greek languages to gain a correct understanding of the Bible since the Presbyterians and Methodists have good versions of the Bible at reasonable prices (p. 55)

6.       The remnant will be taken to heaven in 1918 (p. 64)

7.       The 7 messengers in Revelation are Paul, John, Ario, Waldo, Wycliffe, Luther and Russell (illustration after page 64)

8.       The 7 trumpets in Revelation 8:2 are the trumpets of the Lutherans, the Anglicans, the Presbyterians, the Baptists, the Methodists, the Evangelical Alliance and The Bible Students (chart after page 64)

9.       Jesus began his reign officially in 1878 (p. 66)

10.   3-page list of Biblical texts which prove that Jesus’ second advent occurred in 1874 (p.68 – 71)

11.   The behemoth mentioned in Job 40: 15-24 is the stationary steam engine (p. 84)

12.   The leviathan mentioned in Job 41:2-19 is the locomotive (p.85)

13.   The valiant men in Nahum 2:3 are the locomotive conductor and the fireman (p.93)

14.   According to Exodus 28:1 and Numbers 4:46-48, the number of the great crowd will be approximately  411,840,000 (p.103)

15.   The horseman on the white horse in Revelation 6:2 is the personal representative of Satan: the bishop of Rome (p. 106)

16.   The stars that fell from the heavens in Revelation 6:13 refers to the meteor shower on November 13, 1833 which covered 11 million square miles. The symbolic fulfillment occurred when the bishops and priests lost their influence over the minds and conscience of the people (p.120)

17.   There is evidence that proves that the Palestine will be re-established in 1925 (p.128)

18.   The demons will invade the minds of the members of Christianity and will bring them to their destruction in 1918 (p.128)

19.   The earth was created 48,000 years ago (p.139)

20.   The “angel” mentioned in Revelation 8:5 is the Watchtower Society and the “incense vessel” is the book “Finished Mystery” divinely provided to humanity (p.145)

21.   According to Revelation 9:15, all of the 177,300,000 protestants on earth, who represent 1/3 of all Christians, will be destroyed in 1918 (p.164)

22.   The “Time of the End” started in 1799 (p.171)

23.   The “Great Tribulation” started in 1914 (p.178)

24.   Michael the Archangel is the Pope of Rome (p.188)

25.   The 2 wings of the woman in Revelation 12:14 are the Old Testament and the New Testament (p.191)

26.   England is a satanic country because it forcefully exports 5 million pounds of Opium to China each year (p.202)

27.   The Great Pyramid of Egypt confirms the fact that the time of Harvest has come (p.226)

28.   Revelation 14:20 provides us with the precise distance between Scranton, Pennsylvania (where this book was written) and Bethel in Brooklyn (where this book was printed) … 137.9 miles (p.230)

29.   The clergy are like dumb dogs because they prefer to remain silent rather than accept one single “Truth” from Russell’s precious writings (p.238)

30.   The republics will disappear in the Fall of 1920. Every nation will cease to exist as they get swallowed up by anarchy (p. 258)

31.   The “glory” of the angel mentioned in Revelation 18:1 enlightened to earth resulting in such great discoveries and inventions such as the electrical motors, airplanes, the Panama Canal, vacuum cleaners, the books from the Watchtower, etc. (p.273)

32.   The “voice out of heaven” mentioned in Revelation 18:4 is the voice of the Watchtower (p.276)

33.   According to Revelation 18:14, during the millennium, the clergy will have to work for a living. This means that each preacher in Christianity will have to spend 65 cents for an alarm clock (p.285)

34.   The God sitting on the throne in Revelation 19:4 is Jesus (p.290)

35.   God assumes full responsibility for the entire volume of Studies in the Scriptures (p.295)

36.   The Kingdom of a thousand years started in 1874 with the second coming of Jesus (p.301, p.386)

37.   According to Revelation 21:17, the number of sheep at the end of the thousand-year reign will be approximately 20.7 Billion (p.323)

38.   When Russell understood the full import of God’s Word, he took a firm stand. The spirit, power and influence of God entered him, never to leave (p.377)

39.   Ezekiel 5:2, 12, 16, 17 refers to the way in which Jerusalem was destroyed in 606BCE and 70-73EC and it also refers to the way Christianity is being destroyed between 1914 and 1918 (p.398)

40.   God’s Day of Vengeance started in 1914 and will culminate in 1918 (p.404)

41.   The literal fulfillment of Ezekiel occurred in 1898 when a miller, who publicly thanked the Virgin for dear bread, literally threw gold and silver at a crowd in the streets in a vain attempt to pacify them. But they demanded his life and took it (p.407)

42.   According to Ezekiel 11:9, Christianity will literally fall in the hands of labor unions, socialists and anarchists (p. 425)

43.   The preachers of Christianity say things that originate in their own imagination (p.432)

44.   According to Ezekiel 17:22 and 20:42, Zionism and Judaism will proper on Earth as their leaders will be Abraham, Isaac, Jacob and others upon their resurrection (p.450, p.462)

45.   The congregation mentioned in Ezekiel 23:46 are union workers, socialists, democrats and anarchists (p.480)

46.   In fulfillment of Ezekiel 24:15-19, God took away Russell’s desire for his wife by putting a spiritual plague over her which made her “dead” in the eyes of Russell (p.483, p.484)

47.   God will destroy all of the churches on earth including all of its millions of members in 1918. It is expected that this will occur on or around April 27, 1918 (p.485, p.513, p.530)

48.   All Jews will return to their native land according to God’s promise. Russell has been preaching the message Zionism since October 1910 (p.536, p.554, p.555)

49.   In 1878, during the First Resurrection, God raised up the members of the Body of Christ, the “stem of David” (p.539)

50.   According to Ezekiel 40:1, the establishment of the Kingdom on earth will occur 13 years after 1918 (p.569)

Watchtower April 1, 2007 page 22-23

A Faithful Slave
3 After his resurrection and shortly before
his ascension to his Father in heaven, Jesus
told his disciples: “All authority has been given
me in heaven and on the earth.” He also
said: “Look! I am with you all the days until
the conclusion of the system of things.”
(Matthew 28:18-20) He would continue to be
with them as their active Head. In letters
to Christians in Ephesus and Colossae, the
apostle Paul likened the Christian congregation
to a “body,” of which Christ is the
Head. (Ephesians 1:22, 23; Colossians 1:18)
The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges
states that this metaphor “suggests not only
vital union with the Head, but that the will
of the Head is exercised through the members.
They are His instruments.” Whom has
Christ used as his collective instrument since
being investedwith Kingdompower in 1914?
—Daniel 7:13, 14.
4 The prophecy ofMalachi foretold that Jehovah,
“the true Lord,” accompanied by his
“messenger of the covenant,” his newly enthroned
Son, Christ Jesus, would come in
judgment to inspect His “temple,” or spiritual
house of worship. “The appointed time”
for the ‘judgment of the house of God’ to begin
evidently arrived in 1918. (Malachi 3:1;
1 Peter 4:17) Those claiming to represent
God and his true worship on earth were
duly examined. The churches of Christendom,
who for centuries had taught Goddishonoring
doctrines and had been heavily
involved in the massacre of World War I,
were rejected. A faithful remnant of spirit-
anointed Christians were tested, refined as
with fire, and approved, becoming to Jehovah
“people presenting a giftoffering in righteousness.”—
Malachi 3:3.
5 In line with Malachi’s prophecy, the
composite sign that Jesus gave his disciples to
enable them to recognize the time of his
“presence and of the conclusion of the systemof
things” included the identification of
a collective “slave.” Jesus stated: “Who really
is the faithful and discreet slave whom his
master appointed over his domestics, to give
them their food at the proper time? Happy is
that slave if his master on arriving finds him
doing so. Truly I say to you, He will appoint
him over all his belongings.” (Matthew 24:3,
45-47) “On arriving” to inspect the “slave” in
1918, Christ found a spirit-anointed remnant
of faithful disciples who since 1879 had been
using this journal and other Bible-based publications
to provide spiritual “food at the
proper time.” He acknowledged them as his
collective instrument, or “slave,” and in 1919
entrusted them with the management of all
his earthly belongings.
Managing Christ’s Earthly Belongings
6 A few months before Jesus gave his
prophecy on the sign of his presence, including
the existence of a “slave” representing
him on earth, he spoke of this “slave” in
slightly different terms that shed light on the
slave’s responsibilities. Jesus stated: “Who
really is the faithful steward, the discreet one,
whom his master will appoint over his body
of attendants to keep giving them theirmeasure
of food supplies at the proper time? I tell
you truthfully, He will appoint him over all
his belongings.”—Luke 12:42, 44.
5. In

The One Mistake We All MadeAnd the January 15, 2008 Watchtower

Page 24 the Governing Body makes the following statement:
"When Christ inspected’ the faithful and discreet slave’ in 1918, he found those anointed ones on earth (Joseph Rutherford and his associates) to be faithful in providing spiritual ‘food at the proper time.’ Hence, Jesus was pleased thereafter to appoint them ‘over all his belongings.’ (Read Matthew 24:45-47)"
Question: If Jesus did inspect the Society in 1918 would he have found that the Society had been faithful in providing the right spiritual food at the right time’? The only way to know if the Society could have passed a food-at-the-proper-time examination by Jesus Christ in 1918 is to make the same examination they say Jesus made.
The one mistake that all former Witnesses and all present Witnesses have made, and the one mistake all future Witnesses will make is the failure to make that examination before deciding to get baptized. As essential as passing that exam is to the Society’s claim to being Jesus’ "faithful and discreet slave organization," nobody checks for themselves to see if the Society could have passed it.
Even Raymond Franz made this mistake for some 60 years before he finally corrected it in "the late 1970s’" when he began to examine for himself what they Society had been teaching down till 1919.-Crisis of Conscience, p.138, paragraph 7
After completing his examination he concluded the following: "It would be an insult to Christ Jesus to say that he selected this organization on the basis of what it was teaching as of 1919." - - In Search of Christian Freedom, p. 145
It is much easier to correct this mistake today then it was in the 1970’s. Much of the Society’s pre-1919 teachings are now plastered all over the Internet for the whole world to see. But the source of information I like the best is their most up-to-date history book, "JEHOVAH’S WITNESSES: Proclaimers of God’s Kingdom." Although it contains thousands of details that don’t matter, it contains several that do. It’s just a matter of knowing what to look for and where to find them.
For example, the first surprising thing the book taught me is that the Society’s first three presidents never realized that Jesus’ returned in 1914 to begin his "invisible presence" (assuming that he did return in that year). How faithful could those men have been when God never allowed them to understand when His Son returned? And how discreet could they have been since they all announced the wrong date of 1874 for almost seven decades (67 years)?
The more the "Proclaimers" book taught me the more I could understand why Ray Franz said what he said.  I too cannot understand how anyone could know what the Society had been teaching down till 1919 and still conclude that ‘Jesus would have been pleased thereafter to appoint them ‘over all his belongings as the January 15, 2008 Watchtower asserts.
The point being that without the above appointment the Society cannot be God's organization today no matter what they are teaching today.  
Don Cameron