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“The witnesses Of ” WHO THEY?”
Oleg
HISTORY
Historical development and specific character of any organization unavoidably fall under the effect of individual, its based and by it leading. The organization, which represents the object of the present investigation, is not exclusion and has its “cornerstones”. Controlling the history of sect “witnesses Of ”, we themselves become witnesses how the authoritarian pressure of one person, who deftly plays on. the ignorance of the definite layers of society, it is possible to lead down the serious and often disastrous effects.
The founder of sect “witnesses Of ” is Charles Russell, who was being born on February 16, 1852 in city, the state of Pennsylvania, USA. Based on the childhood he attended Evangelical community. Still being the young person (seventeen year olds), it was opposed to the doctrine of this sect about predetermination and immortality of soul. Possibly, on it the ordinary voluntarism (willfullness) before the sphere of dogmatic theology, which was inherent before the majority of protestant , had its negative effect.
In 1870, against the age of seventeen years, Russell organized the small circle on the study of bible, which consisted of six people. The members of small circle named its “minister”. The nickname (otherwise this in no way you will name) so it remained above it, although it never was either presbyter or minister nor bishop nor before one of the officially recorded church organizations. In parallel with its “” it worked after the assistant to editor in chief before one of the Christian monthlies, from where at the point of it was necessary to go away because of the theological disagreements editorship of log.
In 1876 it joined with the man on the name Nelson Barbour, who also as Russell, believed that the second advent of Christ's must occur in 1914. When in 1879 Russell organized his own journal “The Of herald of of the Of morning”, they together released the book “three peaces”, where they claimed that 1914 - “end of the time of heathens”. Subsequently Russell was separated based on Barbour, officially belonged to the seventh day adventists, and renamed its log, after naming it “Zionist watch tower and the messenger of the presence of Christ”.
This publication (initially published by print run beside six thousand copies) became the precursor of the contemporary “watch tower, which announces the reign Of ”. Now this “ideological hammer” monthly strikes eighteen million people (print run of log - 18 million copies), who before majority their are the involuntary victims of the anti-Christian and contradictory any common sense propaganda. The eschatology “watch tower”, not based either beyond the Scripture or beyond the sacred legend, became the terrible picture of the annihilation “Of the ” of billions of people, which forewent “wonderful reign Of ”. However, the members of this “reign” (drawn by their inherent inflamed imagination) are real threat to society, since they deprive people of spiritual stability, nothing proposing instead of, except dark visions of the future.
In 1886 Russell published the first volume from his series of interpretations down the Scripture by the name “millennial dawn”. This commentary (seven volumes), named “the study of writings”, and is a basic interpretation of the Scripture before this organization. Running in forward, I will say that after a certain time after Russell's death the new president of the organization Of published by the seventh and the latter volume of this “commentary” - “ secret”. This book became the reason for the disagreement, which led down the division of organization in 1931. Base mass, is banal above under the new name - “witnesses Of ” (during this time they all they carried the name “of ”), remaining whereas - minority - were self-organized in “the association of pupils for the study Zarya's bibles”.
Beginning based on the end of last century, sect, began to extend with the lightning speed. By 1908 the center of organization became Brooklyn, the state of New York, Hicks- Street, 17. This “center” they began to name “Brooklyn ”. “The witnesses Of ” try to become silent the early stage of the formation of their organization. This “dark page” directly it connected for the sake of Charles . Russell and his activity. We do not place to ourselves for the sake of the target “to stir contaminated linen”, but people, which, possibly, stand before the selection, they are obligated to know, beside whose of hand they entrust their showers.
After the year after the base “watch tower” Russell was married his follower of Maria , who helped it to issue this log in Pittsburgh city. In two years was formed the society “watch tower”, which was being occupied by the dissemination of the sermons “of the minister” Russell, throughout the world. Society down the surprise by all flourished under the joint leadership of husbands.
In the course of time began to appear the opinions and articles about “the disastrous exercise of man, who is neither scientist nor theologian”. On Russell's exercise they addressed as about “anti-rational, unscientific, anti-biblical and anti-Christian propaganda, which distorts the obvious doctrines of the Scripture”. However, on Russell himself the opinion was added as about the man, who “did not obtain even secondary education, practically nothing he knows about the philosophy, systematic and moral theology it is found before complete ignorance relative to ancient languages”. Russell did not remain before the duty and gave beside the court at the point of the slander, however, since it could not prove the falsity of charges, then it, as a rule, lost the processes.
This all is spoken not in order to humble individual, but only are represented the proofs, which confirm bankruptcy and internal contradictoriness “of minister”, to whose exercise “the witnesses Of ” entrust their showers. Charles Russell supposedly carried out Christ's prophecy: “You are blissful, when they will carry you”, but to it these words are not applicable. Russell never let go the possibility to do money. But this led down the conflicts with the law.
Russell reduced against himself society, and it openly struggled for the sake of it. They sent it from Canada against the beginning of the First World War, since it and its followers furiously spoke against the mobilization of the troops, introducing thus political bustle beside the definite layers of society.
After conducting “careful, detailed biblical calculations” and after coming to “solid and reasonable conclusion”, Russell made statement, that “in 1914 it follows to expect the complete annihilation of contemporary Christian peace…”, 0. the promised “end of the peace”, in spite of all its efforts, so it did not advance.
Russell on many had an effect as rhetorician, but as serious and his theologian they did not absorb before the scientific circles. Travelling throughout the world, it drafted people to “the awakening”, which was expressed before the negative of trio, of Christ, its somatic resurrection and evident second advent; and furthermore, appeared the exercise about , which greater was similar down the oecumenical slaughter. According to this exercise, it was assumed that before the latter battle of god with the inaccurate before the living will remain only “the witnesses Of ”. It also strongly " corrected” the concept about hell and perpetual flour. Now and then its self-confidence did not know boundaries. Russell's followers placed him beyond the equal step with the apostles and the prominent reformers of history. But they could cause smile only in the sober-minded person, his ambition. We propose to acquaint for the sake of the quotation from “watch tower” dated September 15, 1910, pg. 7-8:
“Six volumes of my book “the study of writings” is this practically the bible, comprised on the themes, each of which is confirmed as far as the biblical texts. It is possible to name it thematic bible. In other words, this is not simple commentary to the bible, but bible itself… People not only are not capable of comprehending the intention of god without my book. Even if man read “the study of writings” for ten years, if he learned to understand bible it will properly and put off my book it will attempt to read only bible, then experience shows that in two years it will prove to be before the complete dark. Based on the other side, if it will begin to read only “the study of writings” and those references, which are there given, then, even without opening bible, it will be in light of in two years, because it will see the light of writing.”
It leaves, that it is not possible to comprehend God providence without it, i.e., Russell, theology. But otherwise the one who it will attempt to independently study bible, it will prove to be “before the complete dark” in two years. But for similar fools there is a ray of hope. If all take the exercise of Russell, humanity will enter the new century “of reign”, since because of “the minister” it will comprehend the real significance of writing.
Recently “the witnesses Of ” negate their theological communications for the sake of “the minister” by Russell. The property of the public became the fact that Russell repeatedly lied under the oath, his theological knowledge were figment, and therefore it is not surprising that “witnesses” in every way possible try to avoid references down Russell's theology as the source of their views.
Attempting to refute charges before “”, “the witnesses Of ” declare: “A who “preaches minister Russell's exercise? Anybody, only not the witnesses Of ! As it is possible to charge them for the sake of the fact that they follow Russell, if they do not cite him, do not publish and do not extend its transactions?” (journal “wake up” dated September 8, 1951, pg. 26). So writes the log “of the witnesses Of ”. But we can give historic evidence, which claim reverse.
For example, seven years after Russell's death new president cited it “the study of writings” 16 times, and he dedicated the latter unit of his pamphlet down the advertisement of the products of Russell. In 1925 wrote one additional pamphlet - “comfort to people”, where, attacking all Christian churches, naming them “foolish dogs”, it exactly cites the eschatological chronology, comprised by Russell. This somewhat darkens the iridescent picture “free from movement”. On July 15, 1950 “watch tower” it again cited, Russell's chronology, which is concerned “2520- summer board of heathens”, which, about the detachments of Russell, it had to be finished in 1914. At the end articles there was it gave reference down the journal “watch tower” dated 1880, editor in chief of which was at that time “minister” Russell. If they do not recognize the authority of his works and do not extend them, why they do assume its exercise before the crucial points of their theology and do publish its chronology?
The exercises of Russell and “the witnesses Of ” completely coincide before those moments, when they speak about the god, about Christ, about the second advent of Christ, about the reign Of , about hell and so forth all their “doctrine” they are diametrically opposite down the exercise of the Scripture. Before the book “witnesses Of before the godly concept”, issued in 1959 and the dedicated down history organization, whole fifty pages are reserved to Russell, to his “priceless” contribution down “the society” and to its theology. According to these facts, “the witnesses Of ” - other simply name “”.
After Russell's decease (it died on October 31, 1916) organization headed . . , who issued by the seventh volume to six languid commentary “the study of writings” the by the name “ secret”, where completely refuted that increasingly previously written by Russell than caused the division of organization. Division was prolonged until 1931, the become by date birth of the new name organization - “witnesses Of ”, of the undertaken By from the book prophet Of (43 heads, 10 verse). By this Of only disguised and led into error millions of people, which verified, that “the witnesses Of ” - another organization. It reformed the theology of sect, since decomposition threatened it. President also and “minister”, was not held and declared their date of the second advent, after designating him in 1918. then it again completed “the number of simple calculations” and was determined finally “exact time of the arrival of the reign of God” to the earth. This proved to be 1925. Not long before the assigned date the congress “of the witnesses Of ” solemnly took resolution about “the loss of human civilization”. The crisis “of organization” was so great after cancelled which before its numbers remained a total of near 24- X of thousands people. But here date skipped on. 1942, and again thousand simpletons " sat up by spirit”. After promising the revival of patriarchs (Abraham, Isaac and ), built for them the excellent house “of Beth -” (house of princes), beside which they had to settle on their return to the earth.
possessed a deep clear vote and knew how to cast a spell vast audiences. But it very rarely projected publicly and thoroughly it protected its personal life. The end of the board Of was not as solemn as entire its previous board. was very fruitful writer, wrote more than hundred books, set by article, which were already by 1914 translated beside 80 languages.
Thus, we see that Russell - two key men of this organization. If not they, it simply there would not exist.
Those, who consider, to enter to him beside the society “watch tower” or no, we request to weigh everything, which was discussed here and before other books, and to think that it is better: to be entrusted down the exercise of the Scripture or to give its fate beside the hands of the zealous, but being in error themselves people, blind, leading others blind along the wide road beside the ruin.
Is such the short history “of the witnesses Of ” - Russell's creation, who, disregarding in a word , guided his efforts and talent for the illiterate search for truth. This search led down the onset of the sect, whose representatives, convinced besides the correctness of their outputs, dare and others to convince besides the fact that the reign already advanced and “the witnesses Of ” - the sole true servants of the god of living.
DOGMATICS
Before beginning the short description of the religious beliefs of organization “witnesses Of ”, us it first follows to be based on beyond the great truths, with the awe by holy church. Only being before its bosom and by faith concerning precious legacy, by it protected, we will be able to estimate the perniciousness of that heresy, which are named their dogma.
The Scripture about the holy trio
Trio and inseparable is a center and the concentration point of all dogmas. The length of the first centuries, when, Christianity was located only beyond. the ways of formation and development, dogma about the trio underwent repeatedly attacks based on the side of people, which were trying themselves to comprehend dark secret only by the forces of weak human mind.
God, after bounding human mind, opened himself before the sacred legend and before the Scripture, on the basis which was corrected dogma about the holy trio. After opening itself before the dogma, he wishes so that the man would suffer and would assimilate this by it revelation by entire his heart, opening him personally for himself. If this does not occur, then man will remain only dogmatist, only before the words who confesses that, with which he remains before the internal conflict.
Church, being based beyond the Scripture, gives to us understanding god as father, son and holy spirit. However, what does tell us word about the holy trio? After turning down the Old Testament, we can meet evident indication that god - not :
Way of life. 1, 1 against the beginning created god…
Before this text word the god (. - ) he has the grammatical form of plural, but verb created (. - bar), used here, it stands before the sole number.
Way of life. 1,26 - said (un. the number) god ( of ..): let us create man on the mode to our and on the similarity to our…
Plural, probably indicates that the god did not create man on mode his and angels, but said: … on the mode to our… Why uniform (before the meaning ) god to tell about itself before the plural? I please , that here it is not said: “… on the modes and the similarities by our…”. We nowhere, will find never so that the god would tell about himself and creature - “we”, “us” and the like it always sets its existence according to existence (IS. 55, 8).
Way of life. 3,22 - said the Lord ( - un. h.): however,… let us descend and will mix there their language…
The symbol of the faith of holy Afanasy states: “… yes uniform god before the trio, and trio before the unit are respected, below of hypostasis, below entity to . Is other BO there is hypostasis Of , it is other filial, other holy spirit. But , and is more filial, and holy spirit, uniform there is a deity, are equal glory, majesty. Which father, is such and son, is such holy spirit… : God (there is) father, the god (there is) son, the god (there is) and spirit holy: to not three , but god is uniform… Father neither from whom exists it is created nor it is created nor it is originated. Son from the father of very exists, IT IS NOT CREATED, NOT CREATED, BUT IT IS ORIGINATED. Spirit holy from the father. IS NOT CREATED, NOT CREATED, ORIGINATED BELOW, BUT … And before this trio the first is below latter, more or is less, but are whole three hypostases, are and are equal.”
We all, of course, know that before the Scripture there is no concept “trio” (however, as it is absent and “” - see below head “transfer “new Mir”). However, it completely clear reveals that father - god, son - god, the spirit of saint - god.
Before than to attempt to examine in more detail the exercise about the holy trio and , as to this teaches the Scripture and church, we propose to acquaint for the sake of the fact, as examine holy trio “the witnesses Of ”, and, in particular, with their view beyond the godly nature of son. God and holy spirit. Here are given below the quotations, published before the pamphlet “Let Of god be Of true” and before the journals “watch towers”, which moved out based on 1946 until 1979.
On the holy trio:
“Briefly the exercise about the trio is reduced down the following: there are three gods. before one - god is father, god son and god the spirit of saint. All of tri- , and … Output is obvious: the author of the exercise about the trio - satan… To man, who wishes to get to know true god and to serve it, it will be difficult fall in love and to pray to some trecephalous, monstrous god… (it is cited word-for-word, liberation my - O. s.).
There was no exercise about the trio not with , not in the first Christians…
Obvious truth before the fact that satan tries to hide from the God-fearing people truth about and its son To Christ. There is no trio already… Any attempt to substantiate the exercise about the trio leads down the confusion.
The exercise about the trio distorts meaning it is other. 1:1,2, it clouds it and it does not make not a bit more clearly… “
On the son God:
“Writing speaks about the son God, about the word as about the deity, the strong deity, but not as about the omnipotent god, whom there is … In other words, Christ was the first and direct creation Of of god… Bible indicates that god is one… And he is greater than son… But son, first-born, , creation , originates. The fact that the father is more and older than the son, is reasonable, it is understandably and confirmed as far as bible… was son God. Not by god himself. Fact itself that was it sent to the earth, confirms that it was less than the god of father… Certainly, apostle Hans was not so thoughtless not in order to claim that someone (word) was in god. and it was at the same time it (by god)… The birth of Christ was not by embodiment… It was freed based on all celestial and spiritual. But the omnipotent spirit of god transferred the life of his son based on the skies beside the womb of Jewish virgin from Davidov's type. As a result this miracle was born man Of … He was not celestial of the hybridomas, person and at the same time spiritual individual, he was …”
On the holy spirit:
“… holy spirit - invisible force. The omnipotent god., which pushes its servants to fulfil its will… Concerning “holy spirit.” as allegedly the third hypostasis of trio, we already ascertained that THESE ARE NOT INDIVIDUAL, but the acting force of god… The books of writings in one voice speak that the holy spirit of god not individual, but the force., with the help of which the god achieves his goals and he fulfils its will… “.
Reading these or similar down these words, you involuntarily feel the ice respiration of the netherworld, which winnows by devilish hatred at the point of the god and at the point of entire godly. It would be desirable from the clean heart to mention to these “experts of bible”, which… is terrible to fall beside the hands of the god of living and that… the disparagement on the spirit of saint will not say good-bye to men.
The Scripture about godly nature of Christ's
“The witnesses Of ” perfectly well understand that if the Christ proves to be To , by real, i.e., true god, then entire, absolutely entire their “theology” will be decomposed as card house. After showing that To and Christ - one and the same person, we will discover evident bankruptcy and tension of their theological ventures.
Thus, give let us focus attention on the fact that the Scripture speaks about our rescuer. “The witnesses Of ” greatly love to cite 6, 4, where the following is spoken: Listen to, Israel: The Lord, god our, the Lord are uniform is ( Of Of To Of of ). Thus they try to prove that true god - only one (“one” before the meaning “unit”). But meanwhile the word “of ” indicates precisely unity between something and something. The same word uses for one day and night - “day one” (way of life. 1, 5), and for the designation of unity between the man and the woman - “one flesh”). Further we will give the famous , prophetic texts, which even “witnesses” carry down Christ:
Thus Lord himself () will give to you the sign: to virgin before the womb and he bears son, and they will name name to it Emmanuel (letters. - God or To , since To “sole god”) with us (IS. 7, 14). Sole accurate transfer of name “Emmanuel” - “with us god”. But since there is no other (true) god, except To (IS. 43, 10-11), the Jesus Christ and To - one and the same person. It prophesied about itself, and this prophecy was carried out, as this described apostle (1,18-23).
For infant was born to us - son daN to us; dominion on his , and they will name name to him: Wonderful, adviser, god is strong, the father of permanence, the prince of peace (IS. 9, 6). This prophecy includes that, about which with the trembling holy apostle Pavel wrote: … Great of piety the secret: God appeared before the flesh… (1 Tim. 3, 16). Thus, itself promised to live among the people as men. Before this text the inexpressible qualities of the god are given: who, besides , god strong? Who, besides god, father of permanence? Here down the memory it comes and the biblical name - “Mikhail” (Michael), which is translated “who it is such as god?”. try to ignore this circumstance, indicating that the Christ - “powerful god”, but not being omnipotent, such as is only . They give as argument text from the messages of holy apostle Pavel (1 cortices 8, 5): there are the so-called gods, either around the sky or on the earth… Placing this verse beside their interpretation, they have only two conflicting possible decisions: either Christ - not true god (and consequently, it - “false” god), which is unacceptable for them, or Jesus Christ - true god (and then it turns out that there are two true gods), but this for them is also unacceptable.
It is here appropriate to indicate the heads of the Scripture, where the Christ and To they are presented before one and the same modes:
To Jesus Christ
Glory IS. 42,8 glory megafarads 16,27
Creator IS. 40,28 creator ef. 3,9
IS. 33,22 Of . 4,12
Justice . 33,22 justices are other. 5,22
Tsar . 33,22 tsar .19s, 11-16
Scala of secondary 32,3-4 Scala of 1 cortices 10,4
Beginning
and end IS. 41,4 beginnings
and the end Of . 1,8-11
Before the gospel from holy apostle Hans (8, 58-59) we read: said to them: truly, I truly tell you: before than there was Abraham, I . Then (israelites) stones took in order to throw down it… Here said the same, that he said , that stood in , almost in one-and-a-half thousand years to his Christmas. This clearly already from the fact that the israelites intended to beat for the sake of its calculi. About the Hebrew legislation they beat for the sake of calculi only in five cases:
1. blasphemy: Leo. 24, 10-23;
2. conversation with the perfumes: Leo. 20, 27;
3. prophecy or any activity, above itself worship to other gods: Secondary 13, 5-10;
4. punishment of children (adult sons) at the point of the disobedience: Secondary 21,18-21;
5. lechery and adultery: Leo. 20, 10; Secondary 22, 21-24.
It is obvious that the israelites wished to execute Christ, not at the point of some common offense (offense or still anything), a. above. blasphemy. What from that state aboved could be “blasphemy”? Only - I is real (i.e., To ). itself spoke about its godly nature, for which the israelites, wrongly understanding law, and wished to beat for the sake of its calculi. The Greek word combination “Of ego of eimi” - “I ” - it is not possible to translate either by past, or future time. After taking any directory or manual of Ancient Greek grammar, we will be be able to convinced besides the fact that “eirni” - this absolute form, verb “be” or “to be”. Before the new testament it is encountered several times: for example, before the gospel from Hans (8, 24, 28; 13, 19; 18, 5). A similar form is used before (Greek transfer of the Old Testament), where thus translated based on the Jewish language name itself “” (secondary 32, 39; IS. 43, 10; 46, 4). Thus, on the pages of the Scripture before us arises the mode of the son Of , of Christ, which there is - “”, the god strong, the father of permanence.
The Scripture about godly nature of the holy spirit
We already saw above that reject the godly essence of holy spirit, recognizing it at the point of “effective force of god - ”, as they wrote before their transfer of bible. But word , to say nothing of sacred legend, reveals to us third hypostasis of holy trio as having nondetachable personal property.
Naturally, we will not begin to negate, that by expression “the spirit God” is implied and the godly spiritual force, by means of which the god orders primitive chaos (way of life. 1,2), (way of life. 2, 7), sustain life (Job. 27, 3; IS. 42, 1-6), lead fates man and humanity (Job. 32, 8; . 2, 6), down the service of tsars, prophets and rectors (IS. THE II, 23).
Obviously, “witnesses” confuse the words of the holy apostle onions, who wrote before the book of the acts of apostles, that at the day of five-forewoman they all were carried out holy spirit (. 2, 4). they request: “As men it can be completed by individual?”. Such questions fall beside the area of scholasticism, and consequently, they can be misinterpreted, as it is convenient. We will maintain to this respectful relation and we will remember that the human body is a temple of the holy spirit living before it (see 1 cortices 6, 19).
That given birth to is of always the same essence, as giving birth to; and and - another essence, lowest, and is with respect to that creating. “
Thus, we see that “the witnesses Of ”, without recognizing the godly essence of the son of God and holy spirit, created to themselves “god -” on their “mode and similarity”, having comfortably contained it beside its conceptual apparatus, for which there is no concept “secret”. Having gracious permitted god to father to be the omnipotent “god -”, they, beside The life, reduced “the truth”, which, as by them it appeared, allegedly was distorted “ church”. “” consciously forgot the awe and trembling, with which the fathers of church fitted these questions, forced to protect truth from the raged heresies, which tormented apostolic church. Not in vain indeed the theology of seven oecumenical cathedrals is named “theology on the elbows”. For having been only praying concentrated, it was possible to oppose those destructive heresies, heirs of which are today's “witnesses Of ”. Only on questions they absorbed beside their “dogma” the whole bouquet of such heresies as , mono-physiteTVO, so forth with all their expenses and consequences.
The Scripture about the man
Before questions of anthropology “the witnesses Of ” did not change their principle of the firm (often thoughtless) opposition to historical Christianity. A question about the immortality of human soul has vast value, since the negative of immortality showers it implies the sometimes irreversible consequences for the person, who confesses this error. It distorts understanding perpetual lot (eternal life or perpetual death), it influences the correct understanding of rescue, distorts recognition of true nature of church and of God. The inaccurate understanding of human soul implies iconoclasm and distorts mode God before the man.
Let us look, that relative to this speak very “witnesses Of ” (we cite on the pamphlet “Let Of god be Of true” and the journals” watch tower " in the 70's):
“… Man joins before himself two things, namely: “the dust of terrestrial” and “the respiration of life”. The interaction of these two things (or factors) manufactured living soul or creation, named by man… We see that the affirmation of churchgoers about the immortality of the soul of man, who regarding the fact differs from animals, does not have base before the holy writing…
This question was so obvious for the holy fathers of church that beyond this theme before the early period of church there were never either disputes, or arguings. However, for “the witnesses” this cannot be any significant reason. Therefore we again revert ourselves to the Scripture.
And the god said: yes will manufacture the earth of reptiles, soul living; … I created the god of the fishes of great and any soul of animal reptiles, which manufactured water, their species… (Way of life. 1, 20-21).
And the god said: yes will manufacture the earth soul living on its type, cattle, and reptiles, and beasts of terrestrial on their type… (Way of life. 1,24).
And the god said: let us create man on the mode to our on the similarity to our… And the god of man on mode his created, on the mode To created it… (Way of life. 1,26-27).
And Lord created man tons of the dust of terrestrial, and blew in before the person his respiration of life, and became man soul living (way of life. 2,7).
From the book we thus, saw existence, that man was noncoherent by his composition. Soul (or spirit) of man. and flesh - two independent beginnings, which generate whole human individual. Body has by its beginning a earth, and soul - godly respiration. Body is real, soul - is spiritual. Thus, man is the organic connection of terrestrial and celestial, material and spiritual.
teach that the soul of creature - this is its blood. But since the blood is decomposed together with the body, then so is annihilated soul. And beside the proof texts from the books lead existence 9, 4-5; 17, 14; 12,23.
We see that before all these texts it is discussed the bodies of animals, but not man. However, it is said only on the man, that before his blood - his life, i.e., without the blood body dies, therefore, and soul without the blood ceases to be before the tele-. Although the Scripture indicates the presence of soul both in the animals and in man, nevertheless, it distinguishes it as far as the origin (way of life. 1-2 main). And soul., and the body of animals they occurred based on the earth, and bible speaks doubly about the soul of man: word “soul” (on -. “”) is used with respect to the man, when the discussion deals for the sake of the lowest sides of its spiritual life (curiosity, laziness or other sincere qualities, which they possess beside some of degree and animals); but when, before the Scripture it is discussed the highest properties of human nature (faith., mind, a high feeling, immortality), then, is used word “spirit” (. “”), which never, with exception of one times (. 3, 21), it was not correlated with the soul of animals.
“The witnesses” have also the opinion that the soul has not spiritual nature, but somatic. About this, as it seems them, testify the texts, where it is discussed not only the fact that it is possible to eat it, but also that she itself wishes to eat (. THE II, 6), that it is possible to seek, to recover (1 . 24, 12), that soul. dies (Job. 7, 15) and the like
Very creator of man said: However,… I do not fear killing body, soul those not being capable to kill (megafarads. 10, 28). However, god is not god of dead, but living, since in it all are living (megafarads. 20, 28). The tsar Of , expecting deaths, prayed to god thus: … Dwelling my (i.e. body) is removed based on the place and is taken away from me as hut herdsman (comp. of 2 cortices 5, 1-10), I must cut off similarly to weaver life my; He will cut off me from the foundation; day and night I waited, that you will send decease to me. It it requested the god: Thus create with me, which to you is favorable, to take spirit my so that I would be permitted and would turn herself beside the earth… Of to free me based on this burden beside the abode perpetual, and do not avert face of your from me (comrade 3, 6). When “witnesses” will read about “death” or “destruction” of soul, let they remember about the fact that rich person and Lazarus also died (LC. 16, 19-31). Also those died, who lived before the times of noy, and to which beside hell converged rescuer (2 It . 3, 16).
Exercise of the Scripture about hell and perpetual flour
Thus, we approached a question, that such is death. For “the witness Of ” death - this is nonexistence, i.e., the complete absence of consciousness. But the Scripture nowhere speaks about death as about stopping “all” person. If life - this is existence before the god, then death is this existence out of the god, this other form of being before “the dark of external”. Holy apostle recorded the words of the very son of the God: I tell you that many will arrive from the east and the West and will recline with Abraham, Isaac and before the reign celestial; and the sons of reign will be eruptive beside the dark external: there will there be weeping and gnashing of teeth (megafarads. 8, 11-12, and also - megafarads. 22, 13; 13. 42, 50; Judas. 13). Prophet Danil about the recent days of peace speaks as follows: And will rise at that time Mikhail, prince great, who stands at the point of the sons of the people of your; and will come time heavy, •which it was not since there exist people, during this time; but it will rescue at this time from the people your everyone, which will be obtained recorded before the book. And many of that being latent before the dust of the earth will wake up, some for the life of perpetual, others down the perpetual profanation and the disgrace (Dana. 12, 1-2). About Christ's itself certificate., the sinners will hear terrible words.: … Iditol from me, cursed, beside the fire perpetual, prepared to devil and to his angels… And will go this beside the flour perpetual, and righteous men beside the life perpetual (megafarads. 25, 41-46).
“The witnesses Of ” completely arbitrarily fit concepts “of eternal life” and “perpetual death”, since eternal life they understand literally, and perpetual death - figuratively, as far as what the given higher text it gives no bases. If they do not absorb perpetual flour literally, then eternal life them also should not be absorbed literally. But we see that eternal life and perpetual death - these are is two extreme sides of one validity. As there is life before “godly light”, what is paradise, so there is existence and “before the dark of external”, what is hell. Any created by god entity (reasonable and inspired) was not predetermined by it down the ruin originally, but it was created for the eternal life. Therefore no one of the people is shared unfairly by the intuitive knowledge of the highest and good (it is other. 1, 9). Because will suffer defector, that other form of being, the uprising against the god, which it elected, will not open to it the meaning of its existence. It, intended to be mode and similarity By , became, before the essence, mode and similarity of devil. It, which the god drafted beside “wonderful his light”, ontologically - by entire heart by its - was merged with the dark. But he never will forget its , never will be able to take hell as the natural medium of its existence, because it - “the respiration of the mouths Of ”. What can be more terrible than this? No fire will be compared with this truly caustic flour.
indicate that the idea of hell contradicts godly validity and love. But is not amazing whether for them the fact that god himself so peace, that he did give the son of its that any believing before it would not perish, but did have a life perpetual? Where, down their view, the validity of its holy victim? Person, with the awe who took this death, no longer will be able to say that the god even somehow “must” prove to us his love. However, speaking according to .. '1 of perpetual flour, we cannot (but more exact - we do not have a law) judge godly foresight.
The Scripture about the resurrection of Christ's
“The witnesses Of ” teach:
“The Lord our was devoted to death before the flesh, but it was lively before the spirit… , were not more man. He as spiritual creation… cannot be second Adam…
Jesus Christ is returned not as men, but before the spiritual glory… Truth is obvious. Writings, that the eye of man will not see him during the second advent and that it will not arrive before the flesh… Jesus Christ ascended the reign in 1914 on r. of the X., but invisibly for the people… “.
“The witnesses Of ” generally claim that the Christ returned to the earth in 1914 so - “by spirit”, i.e. invisibly, and it is now in the world, where it struggles with “the authorities of the dark” (i.e., with the states) through its prophet - “watch tower”. This already it is not possible to name half-truth, since here there is not drop of truth. They claim this, on the basis of Christ's words: ”… peace will no longer see me ". I.e., to people, they speak, given it will be it see. But Christ also said the following: Here, I in advance said to you… For, as lightning it proceeds from the east and occurs visible even to the West, so there will be the advent of the son of human… Then the sign of the son of human around the sky appears; and then all tribes terrestrial and will see the son of human, future on the clouds of celestial with the force and the glory for the sake of great (megafarads. 24, 25-27) (“isolated as far as me - O. s.) Christ also said: … to , I with you at all days to the termination of century. Amen. But how here it is possible to claim that the Christ did begin to be present on the earth only since 1914, on top of that and not before the flesh? try to prove this to those that the Greek word “of parussia” - “advent” - is translated (on their understanding) as “presence”. Certainly, this word can have a similar hue, but it never was used for the designation “invisible presence”. For example,
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