Pastor Russell RE: Armageddon and Anarchy

 "...in the coming Battle of Armageddon. God's side of that battle will be the people's side; and that very nondescript host, the people, will be pitted at the beginning of the battle. Anarchists, Socialists, and hot-headed radicals of every school of reason and unreason, will be in the forefront of that battle. He who has any knowledge of army life knows that a great army is composed of all classes.

The masses will be restless under their restraints, but will be conscious of their weakness as compared with the kings and princes, financial, social, religious and political, who will then hold sway. 

...The crisis will be reached when the hitherto upholders of the law shall become violators of the law and resisters of the will of the majority as expressed by the ballot. Fear for the future will goad the well-meaning masses to desperation, and anarchy will result when Socialism fails."

Pastor C.T. Russell  Studies in the Scriptures Volume 4 (The Battle of Armageddon - introduction)


Charles Taze Russell is the only Christian Pastor to accurately explain to the world that, rather than seeing a conversion of the world to Christianity, we would instead see rising global conflict and ultimately anarchy before the establishment of the long awaited Kingdom of God on earth.

Today we are indeed well into the Armageddon and Anarchy phases spoken of by Pastor Russell, as taught by the Holy Scriptures.

Perhaps some are not ready to accept that we are in the Anarchy because the religious leadership did not properly inform us what to expect.  Indeed, the above quote is from a book they largely have ignored.

What more evidence should be required that the world need witness? Just three items from the last two days:

• Increasing global terror attacks are now occurring daily.
  
• Masses of refugees are flowing across the now open borders of Europe and the US.
• An organized shooting war against the police last night killed five uniformed officers in Dallas.
• FBI investigators reveal shocking mishandling of government secrets and lying under oath.  The reward for these crimes? the oval office itself.

To my knowledge the main Bible Student publishing groups (The Dawn, The P.B.I. and the L.H.M.M.) are teaching that the Anarchy is yet somewhere off in the future, and that we are waiting for the Armageddon still.  Some believe the Time of Trouble hasn't even begun yet. 

Blindness in Part

The blindness in part seems now to have happened to spiritual Israel, the truth groups, regarding what's going on with natural Israel as well.

Some groups are still waiting for blindness to depart from them (Rom. 11:25), when our Pastor taught us that this was beginning to be fulfilled in 1878. ...

And they teach that before there's any Anarchy we have to wait for Jerusalem to be divided as per Zechariah 14:2 when that already occurred also.  Not only did 1948 see the establishment of the State of Israel, but it also saw the division of Jerusalem that same year.

So what some groups are looking for in the future has an absolute historical marker in our recent past.  See Division between Jordan and Israel (1948–1967) wikipedia

So guess what? It's okay to look for the Anarchy, obviously because we are seeing it now, and have been for some time.

Here's a song I wrote and recorded back in 1994 at the very start of the Anarchy phase called "Shooting Plutonium".  You can listen on youtube here:

https://youtu.be/0WrIkLH8ttU

[Notes: What does "shooting plutonium" mean? Two things: They did it to black servicemen in the 1950's without their knowledge, as an experiment to see what would happen to them, and the story came out in the 90's - just about the time they were shooting plutonium on rocket ships into space, risking an environmental disaster. That teed me off to write this song, recorded with Gary Williams on guitar, and Dave Krusen on drums, who was fresh off recording the first Pearl Jam album, "10". ]

SHOOTING PLUTONIUM (can't believe it) 

Well I seen enough crime, seen enough shame
seen enough worries, see enough pain
see no reason, see enough treason
seen enough steady boats rock 'n roll at sea
seen enough death and dying and I grieve it
Can't believe it

seen enough men smash women in the face
seen the miles of burning tires smoke up the place
seen enough cats and dogs get put to sleep it's a disgrace
seen another mistrial in another murder case
see so much disorder I don't know what to do yeah
Cant' believe it

SHOOTING PLUTONIUM
SHOOTING PLUTONIUM
SHOOTING PLUTONIUM
SHOOTING PLUTONIUM

seen enough of babies being abused from a to z
seen a purple puppet lie to them on tv
seen enough of gunmen be all they can be
seen it often,100,000 fleeing refugees
seen enough murderers in office sipping tea
woe baby now I can't believe it!

SHOOTING PLUTONIUM
SHOOTING PLUTONIUM
SHOOTING PLUTONIUM
SHOOTING PLUTONIUM

Well all of your fair weathered friends all leaded you astray
pray to God when is the end? well baby it's today!
Hide in your bedroom your glock standing by
mob of youth rampaging, getting drunk and high
chewing on the leaves of the trees that deceived it
You know I can't believe it well I

Seen enough killings, seen enough rape
seen enough clear cuttings, see no land escape
seen enough rednecks, seen enough religious sects
seen enough of losers saying our gang is best
seen enough of flat out pride that's flat out wicked
woe baby now I can't believe it well I

seen enough lost teens, seen enough fat cream
seen enough of dumb games they glory in their shame
seen enough homeless, seen enough handguns
see enough politicians wash his hands, say he's done
seen enough of history being hid for the racist
woe baby now I can't believe it!

SHOOTING PLUTONIUM
SHOOTING PLUTONIUM
SHOOTING PLUTONIUM
SHOOTING PLUTONIUM

seen enough, seen enough yea yea yea....
seen enough, seen enough, seen enough...see them!

SHOOTING PLUTONIUM...

are they shooting plutonium?

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Remember to look up for your redemption draweth nigh!  [Luke 21:28]  The Kingdom of God is at hand!