No nyt se löytyi perustelu sille miksi Jehova herätti palvontansa (Pohjois-)Amerikan tantereella:
“A religious movement culminated in 1844, the participants in which were then, and since, generally known as “Second Adventist” and “Millerites,” because they expected the second advent of the Lord to occur at that date, and because a Mr. William Miller was the leader and prime mover. The movement, which began about 1829, had before 1844 (when they expected the Lord’s return) attracted the attention of all classes of Christian people, especially in the Eastern and Middle States where it amounted to an excitement. A long while before this, Prof. Bengel, in Tubingen, Germany, began to call attention to the prophesies and the coming Kingdom of Messiah, while the celebrated missionary Wolff did the same in Asia. The center of the work, however, was America, where social, political and religious conditions have favored, more than elsewhere, indipendence in Bible study as well as in other matters; just as the first advent movement was confined to Judea, though all the devout Israelites, everywhere, heard more or less of it. ‘Acts 2:5’” [The Kingdom Come (1916 edition) pp. 84-85]
Ihan sosiaaliset, poliittisetkin, uskonnollisista olosuhteista puhumattakaan, ovat parhaat mahdolliset. Ja sitten piste iin päällä on raamatututkinnan riippumattomuus.
Miksi ihmeessä kaikki vartiotorniseuran seuraajat eivät muuta (Pohjois-)Amerikkaan? Semminkin kun Matt. 24:14 saarnauskehotus oli yllä lainatun kirjoittamisen aikaan täytetty.
“A religious movement culminated in 1844, the participants in which were then, and since, generally known as “Second Adventist” and “Millerites,” because they expected the second advent of the Lord to occur at that date, and because a Mr. William Miller was the leader and prime mover. The movement, which began about 1829, had before 1844 (when they expected the Lord’s return) attracted the attention of all classes of Christian people, especially in the Eastern and Middle States where it amounted to an excitement. A long while before this, Prof. Bengel, in Tubingen, Germany, began to call attention to the prophesies and the coming Kingdom of Messiah, while the celebrated missionary Wolff did the same in Asia. The center of the work, however, was America, where social, political and religious conditions have favored, more than elsewhere, indipendence in Bible study as well as in other matters; just as the first advent movement was confined to Judea, though all the devout Israelites, everywhere, heard more or less of it. ‘Acts 2:5’” [The Kingdom Come (1916 edition) pp. 84-85]
Ihan sosiaaliset, poliittisetkin, uskonnollisista olosuhteista puhumattakaan, ovat parhaat mahdolliset. Ja sitten piste iin päällä on raamatututkinnan riippumattomuus.
Miksi ihmeessä kaikki vartiotorniseuran seuraajat eivät muuta (Pohjois-)Amerikkaan? Semminkin kun Matt. 24:14 saarnauskehotus oli yllä lainatun kirjoittamisen aikaan täytetty.
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Russell antaa Millerillekin kunniaa Raamatun esikuvien täyttäjänä. Nykyvartiotorniseura ei ole tuonut Milleriä näin positiivisessa valossa esiin. Olisiko myös Miller sijoitettava varhaiseksi jehovantodistajaksi?
“The movement noted by our Lord in this parable [of the Ten Virgins] corresponds exactly to one which began with the ‘Miller movement,’ and which is still in progress. That, though begun by a Baptist, was an undenominational movement, joined in by the most devout and faithful of all denominations.” [Thy Kingdom Come (1916 edition) p. 91]