Jehovah’s Witness

Hello there,

I trust your week has been fine? My was very busy, but hey, we thank God right? Only the living can be busy, yeah?

So this week Jehovah’s Witness is what we’ll be looking at. For the average Nigerian, a mention of these words will bring to mind the picture of men, women, and children going from door to door with their black bags and umbrellas asking to share their beliefs with you. At least this is the picture that comes to mind whenever I think of Jehovah Witnesses.

Before we discuss today’s article, let’s look at a very brief history of the religious sect called Jehovah’s Witnesses. This exert has been taken from the website: THE CONVERSATION (https://theconversation.com/why-russia-is-afraid-of-jehovahs-witnesses-77077)

The story of Jehovah’s Witnesses begins in the late 19th century near Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, with a group of students studying the Bible. The group was led by Charles Taze Russell, a religious seeker from a Presbyterian background. These students understood “Jehovah,” a version of the Hebrew “Yaweh,” to be the name of God the Father himself.

Russell and his followers looked forward to Jesus Christ establishing a “millennium” or a thousand-year period of peace on Earth. This “Golden Age” would see the Earth transformed to its original purity, with a “righteous” social system that would not have poverty or inequality.

Russell died in 1916 without witnessing the return of Jesus Christ.

But his group endured and grew. The name “Jehovah’s Witnesses” was formally adopted in the 1930s.

Early Jehovah’s Witnesses believed 1914 to be the beginning of the end of worldly governments that would culminate with the Battle of Armageddon. Armageddon specifically refers to Mount Megiddo in Israel where some Christians believe the final conflict between good and evil will take place. Jehovah’s Witnesses, however, expected that the Battle of Armageddon would be worldwide with Jesus leading a “heavenly army” to defeat the enemies of God.

Over the years, Jehovah’s Witnesses have reinterpreted elements of this timeline and have abandoned setting specific dates for the return of Jesus Christ. But they still look forward to the Golden Age that Russell and his Bible students expected.

It may sound funny but the truth is we’re all supposed to be Jehovah’s Witnesses. We’ve all been called to be witnesses of the things Jesus did and to spread the word of His return. There is no gain saying the fact that every one who calls himself or herself a believer must be an adamant propagator of the words and belief system of this Kingdom. We don’t only tell people of the death and resurrection of Jesus but of the coming end of this world and the coming world to come. This is our message. This is our mantra. Anything short of this is an utter waste of time.

Being a Jehovah’s Witness is not a sect or religion, it is our calling as a people saved by the blood.

Until next week, stay raptureable.