Will JWs SEE Yahweh's glory? Ezekiel, Isaiah, Revelation all promise "EVERY EYE will see HIM"

["Pure Worship of Jehovah Restored At Last!" -- pt 89, pp 137-138]
Who is right -- Jehovah's Witnesses, or the Apostle John? According to Jehovah's Witnesses, "no man has seen God at any time". Therefore, says JW.org, Jesus of Nazareth CANNOT be God. Yet Isaiah "saw His glory" -- that is, the glory of Yahweh -- according to John 12:41. John says the Jews, in failing to see Yahweh in Jesus, were fulfilling the prophecy of Isaiah: that though having eyes, they did not see, though having ears, they did not hear. Are Jehovah's Witnesses, in their blind trust of the Watchtower, also fulfilling Isaiah's prophecy? (John 12:37-41; Isaiah 6:9,10)
JF Rutherford, like CT Russell, was TWICE apostate. Both had left the church, repudiating her teachings. However, though Russell also repudiated HIS mentor Nelson Barbour, Rutherford multiplied his sins by repudiating Russell, and casting off all those "Bible Students" who dared be loyal to the one who Rutherford, for over 10 years, had proclaimed as "the faithful and wise servant".
TEXTS: Ezekiel 37:28; John 17:11,14-17; Revelation 1:7; Isaiah 40:5; Ezekiel 38:20; 43:1-10
TOPICS: Watchtower; Jehovah's Witnesses; cults; propaganda; mind control; JF Rutherford; Charles Taze Russell; Prophet Ezekiel; Tetragrammaton; Divine names; Sovereign Lord Jehovah; vindication of Jehovah's name; eschatology; diaspora; 607/1914; 1799; 586 destruction of Jerusalem; parousia; Israel & Palestine; Egypt; Jewish diaspora; hermeneutics; false prophets; replacement theology; 6000 years, 1975; Governing Body
#jehovahswitnesses #watchtower #jworg #propaganda #cultsandextremebeliefs #Jewishdiaspora #mindcontrol #Tetragrammaton #Gentiletimes #ProphetEzekiel #607BCE #1914 #appointedtimesofthenations #parousia #invisiblepresence #conversionofIsrael #paradise earth #replacementtheology #1975

[@williamsawyer9894]

The phrase "the attitude we need to adopt" establishes an authoritarian tone

[@cygnustsp]

I remember when Losch got appointed, he seemed so young. I was used to Barr and Klein and even Ganges.

[@Pamela-v4h]

Greetings 🙏🏻

[@waynehunter591]

Nice job. Romans 10 and 11 clearly explain how Israel and the Church are separate entities with different destinies and the fundamental problem with the JW Organization is that it claims to be the successor to 'Israel' - which happens to be maneuvering to build a physical Third Temple now and has the red heifers to do it. Just as we can't understand the Old Testament without understanding Jesus, we can't understand the New Testament without understanding Israel. In the Second Century it was decided that the Church inherited the promises of Israel, a doctrine called Supersessionism, however Israel returned to their land in 1948. Prior to the Schism of Nepos in the Third Century the default position of the Church Fathers was to interpret the Bible literally and it wasn't until Origen and St. Augustine that 'spiritualizing' the text became normalized.

[@mikekent1490]

I find this fascinating. I do not accept that the anointed of the JWs are Spiritual Israel but I don’t agree either that the Jews in he flesh are the Children of God. They disowned the Messiah and therefore the Kingdom of God was taken away from them and given to the “nation” producing its fruits. I don’t believe anyone has “The Truth” anymore. Everything is open to interpretation and the Bible can be interpreted in different ways. Moses saw Yahwehs glory but didn’t see Yahweh himself. For no man may see him and live. Men have seen the glory of Jesus the glory of an only Son from a Father full of grace and Truth”. But men never saw God himself. I don’t wish to argue but according to Paul’s words in Romans “that it is NOT the children of the flesh who are Children of God but the children of the promise are regarded as descendants”. For “not all who Israel is descended from Israel nor are they all children because they are Abraham’s descendants”. Those who rejected Christ were not the real Israel.