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In the year 1926, under the leadership of Joseph F. Rutherford, and the then Watch Tower (since changed to Watchtower) Bible & Tract Society, purchased two lots. Lot One Hundred and Ten (110) and lot One Hundred and Eleven (111) in Kensignton Heights unit No.2, in the County of San Diego, State of California.
This in its self does not seem strange. It is what the lots were purchased for that is strange. The two lots were purchased to build a mansion, but not just any mansion, a mansion called Beth-Sarim (Hebrew for House of Princes).
So what was the purpose of buiding Beth-Sarim? Rutherford and all those who followed him believed in a Watchtower prophecy that said in 1925 ALL of the men mentioned in the Book of Hebrews the eleventh chapter would be resurrected
"We may confidently expect that 1925 will mark the return of Abraham, Isaac, Jacob and all the prophets of old, particularly those named by the Apostle in Hebrews chapter eleven, to the condition of human perfection." Millions Now Living Will Never Die (1920),pp.88-90
The Watchtower stated in 1922 that "this chronology is not of man, but of God." The Watchtower (July 17, 1922), p. 217
So, if God said it, it should be able to pass the test of a true prophet set forth in Deuteronomy chapter 18 verses 21 and 22 which read:
Deu 18:21 And if thou say in thin heart, how shall we know the word which the Lord hath spoken?
Deu 18:22 When a prophet speaketh in the name of the Lord, if the thing follow not, nor come to pass, that is the thing which the Lord hath not spoken, but the prophet hath spoken it presumtuously: thou shalt not be afraid of him.
When the prophecy didn't come true in 1925 the Watchtower admitted, "It may not be. In his own due time God will accomplish his purposes concerning his own people." The Watchtower (Jan. 1, 1925) p.3
So, in 1930, the Watchtower built Beth-Sarim as a testimony of their faith in God that this would come to pass and as a place for the men mentioned in Hebrews chapter eleven to rule God's Theocratic Kingdom from during Armageddon. "Judge" Rutherford convieniantly set it up in the title and deed to Beth-Sarim so that he and his assistants could live in the palatial mansion until his death or the return of the men in Hebrews. At the time of their return, the estate was to be turned over to them for the rest of eternity to live and rule as a visible presence in Paradise.
In the title and deed filed on the 24th of May, 1926 it states of this:
"The condition set herein is that the said WATCHTOWER BIBLE AND TRACT SOCIETY shall hold said title PERPETUALLY in trust for the use ofany or all of the men aboved named as representativesof God's Kingdom on earth."
In another part of the title it states:
"This property has been aquired and the improvements built thereon at the instance and under the direction of the said Joseph F. Rutherford and dedicated to Jehovah God and to His King Christ who is the rightful ruler of the earth and for the express purpose of being used by those who are servants of Jehovah God. For this reason the provision is made in this deed that the property shall be FOREVER used for the purpose subject to any encumberance that may have been placed thereupon."
So, according to the above statements in the title and deed, the Watchtower Bible and Tract Society should still own Lot One Hundred and Ten and Lot One Hundred and eleven upon which Beth-Sarim was built, right?
Joseph F. Rutherford, passed away on the 8th of January, 1942. Soon thereafter Beth-Sarim was sold and is no longer owned or possessed by the Watchtower Bible and Tract Society.
Can events of this magnitude within the Society be so easily forgot- ten? Can it be so easily swept under the rug? Or was it just simply "another mistake" made by "fallible men"?
The Watchtower seems to think so. I have not met a Jehovah's Witness yet, who knew of Beth-Sarim's existance before I informed them of it. The Watchtower has long been succesfull at covering up and erasing their embarrasing "mistakes."
So this article was written as a gentle reminder of Beth-Sarim for unaware Jehovah's Witnesses and for the people who's door's they come knocking on.
Due 18:22 When a prophet speaketh in the name of the Lord, if the thing follow not, nor come to pass, that is the thing which the Lord hath not spoken, but the prophet hath spoken it presumtuously: thou be not afraid of him.
The above verse of scripture says that if the prophecy fails to come to pass, it is something which the LORD hath NOT spoken! It says nothing about admitting you made a mistake, or that men are fallible. Only if it does not come to pass it is a FALSE PROPHECY!
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