Jehovah Himself Has Become King (forward)
Sunday, December 18, 2011 at 5:48AM Print Article
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
This work is the product of a decade of intense research in the Hebrew prophecies, as well as well as a thorough study of all the publications of the Watchtower, coupled with a willing indoctrination into the conspiratorial view of history. I am appreciative that the Society has produced the excellent New World Translation and am also deeply grateful for their having provided an educational and ministerial training program that assisted to develop in me a reverential love of the Bible and a practical discipline towards godly devotion, and for helping to instill in me the determination to preach the word of God with all boldness and firm conviction. I am especially thankful to have known so many of Jehovah’s Witnesses who have displayed a deep love of truth and an abiding faith in Jehovah and Jesus worthy of imitation.
It is here acknowledged that it may be painful, even traumatic, for Jehovah’s Witnesses to now consider the falsity of certain dearly held beliefs; but surely it is a necessary trauma that all true Christians must eventually endure—some sooner, others later—in order to go forward in the complete accomplishment of Jehovah’s grand purpose to vindicate himself as our Grand Instructor and the Revealer of sacred secrets. This book is, therefore, dedicated to all lovers of truth in the hope that the information presented herein may serve as a primer for the ultimate truth Jehovah himself is yet to reveal in Christ Jesus. May the certain knowledge that Heaven’s judgments are soon to be manifested provide comfort to the many downtrodden and disaffected among Jehovah’s Witnesses and bolster the faith of those who might otherwise be stumbled by what is yet to unexpectedly unfold in the days ahead, so that all may find the needed faith and courage to stand firm during the confounding of the house of God, now so near at hand.
I am also guardedly optimistic that a few brothers among the Bethel leadership of Jehovah’s Witnesses may have their minds pried open sufficiently to comprehend the judgments of Jehovah presented in this volume before the great day of confusion erupts.
I also wish to express here my deepest appreciation for my darling wife of 26 years for her undying support, without which, this publication would not have been possible. Also, a special thanks to my dear friend, Timothy Kline, for his loving encouragement, support and expert help with the many perplexing technical issues with which I have been confronted over the years of our collaboration. Finally, I am most grateful to Jehovah and Jesus for having opened a door before me that no man can shut and for having given me “more insight than all my teachers.” (Psalms 119:99)
Robert King
FORWARD
Dear Reader,
The production of a newer version of Jehovah Himself Has Become King did not arise from the need to radically revise the views previously published; nor has it come about due to having any especially fresh insights to add to what has already been put to print. The purpose of a second edition was primarily to make merely stylistic changes and minor grammatical corrections; purge persistent typos, goofs and publisher formatting errors; trim redundant material, refine, rephrase and place a finer point for the sake of clarity and conciseness; thereby, hopefully, making the book more readable and the message more credible.
Producing a second edition has also afforded me the opportunity to upgrade the audio version of this work as well.
The intended purpose of this publication originally was to amplify the message of the prophets of antiquity, thereby projecting Jehovah’s authoritative voice into the modern world in a small but perhaps significant way in advance of Christ’s authentic arrival and his manifestation. That is still the intent of this second edition.
Although I do not consider myself to be a writer and am certainly no Bible scholar in the classic sense; possessing no academic credentials of any kind of which to boast; unfortunately, now no longer even having any plaudits within the organization of Jehovah’s Witnesses with which to recommend myself—I am, nonetheless, compelled by a conviction that I do have something profoundly important to say; and therefore, I believe, an obligation before God to at least try and convey it—Jehovah be my judge.
Those readers who may not be familiar with the teachings and beliefs of Jehovah’s Witnesses will not find in this work any similarity to the popular end times eschatology peddled by the evangelical movement. Admittedly, Bible prophecy lends itself to various interpretations, which self-serving mischief-makers exploit for their own gain. For that matter, even the most fundamental teachings of the Bible have been twisted and distorted by spiritual charlatans to the extent that the masses who believe themselves to be Christians do not even know who Christ is—having allowed themselves to be deluded into believing the absurd notion that the Son of God is also God himself.
It is ludicrous to suppose that those who do not know even the most fundamental truths regarding the special relationship between Jehovah and his Son, Jesus, might somehow understand the deep things of prophesy regarding the return of Christ. Paradoxically, though, even those who know Jehovah and Jesus and who are subsequently known by them, are themselves effectively blind to prophecy since they imagine that they have already been enlightened by the faithful slave. The greatest irony is that the prophets themselves foretold that Jehovah’s true servants would be blind to certain truths, as if God had hidden a sacred secret from them, and indeed he has, keeping it held in reserve. The intent of this publication is to clear away some of the Watchtower’s cobwebs of dogma and cast some light upon that which God will ultimately reveal—hence, a primer for the Apocalypse.
While I candidly admit to not having anything remarkable to add to what has already been published in the first edition, in light of the recent near-crash of the global financial system, and the seeming inevitability of terrorism and outright war involving the use of terrifying weapons of mass destruction, as well as the re-emergence of the threat of lethal pandemics, and the growing reality of food shortages due to the accelerating deterioration of the underlying economy and the looming specter of the catastrophic collapse of the value of money, it appears as if the dark horsemen of the Apocalypse are champing at the bit, raring to be unleashed on their deadly gallop—making the information re-presented in this volume more relevant now than ever before. Certainly, “the time left is reduced.”
And in view of the oozing malaise into which Jehovah’s Witnesses seem to be sinking deeper and deeper and the continued intransigence on the part of the Watchtower Society’s leadership to honestly address their manifold errors and stumbling blocks, reemphasizing the message of Jehovah’s future judgment upon the organization that bears his name by means of a release of a second edition of this book also seems especially appropriate at this time.
Just as a watchman stationed upon some solitary outpost in ancient times was duty-bound to stay awake and on guard in order to sound the warning trumpet at the first approach of danger, so it is with a renewed sense of urgency and alarm over the ominously gathering global tempest that this second edition of Jehovah Himself Has Become King is presented.