Oldal:W24.1935 Samson 4.djvu/5 forrásának megtekintése

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and leader of God’s people on earth, was dead. In the
organization of the Watch Tower Bible & Tract
Society there were then ambitious persons desiring
to receive the honor of men and personal gain, that
they might gain control of the Society. They had ex¬
pected to be prominent in the kingdom, looking for¬
ward with much gratification to the time in which
they would be exalted and would help to rule the
world, and they expected the realization of that hope
about 1914, and, these things not having come to pass,
they were chagrined and offended at the Lord and
turned bitter. Three years had passed since the ex¬
pected time, and they were still on the earth and with¬
out honor amongst men. So at that time many of such
became offended; and made no secret of the fact, by
letting it be known that their brethren in the Society
were not pleasing to them. The antitypical Philistines
learned that fact and took advantage of it.
12Returning now to the dramatic prophecy: With¬
out a question of doubt Delilah had consorted and con¬
spired with the Philistines to entrap Samson, and gain
his secret, to bring about his downfall. Likewise the
offended ones in 1917 consorted and conspired with
the modern Philistines, the known enemies of God’s
people, to entrap and to destroy the faithful ones,
pictured by Samson. About that time the espionage
(spy) law was enacted by the Congress of the United
States. That furnished the occasion for both the clergy
and the “evil servant” class, the unfaithful ones, to
entrap the faithful servants of God. Delilah received
the envoys of the Philistines and conspired with them
against her brother Israelite, Samson. That furnishes
a good reason why the Scriptural account does not
say that she was a Philistine, and the other facts lead
strongly to the presumption that she was an Israelite.
The Philistines were in no wise brethren of the Israel¬
ites. In 1917 and 1918 the members of that certain
class, who had been for years in the Society and serv¬
ing God’s people in a manner, lined up with the clergy
and took a positive, open, defiant stand against their
own brethren. They betrayed their brethren into the
hands of the clergy, the modern, up-to-date Philistines.
12 The lords of the Philistines would be the chief
ones that managed the affairs of the people, and these
are the ones that engaged Delilah to carry out their
wicked work. “And the lords of the Philistines came
up unto her, and said unto her, Entice him, and see
wherein his great strength lieth, and by what means
we may prevail against him, that we may bind him to
afflict him; and we will give thee, every one of us,
eleven hundred pieces of silver.”—Judg. 16:5.
14 The lords of the Philistines would picture the
chief ones or lords of “Christendom”, who were out
to destroy the faithful servants of Jehovah God.
Therefore it was the Roman Catholic Hierarchy, act¬
ing by its chief officers, and the under-clergy, and the
political and financial agents and dupes of such, in¬
cluding the once Protestant -preachers, all of whom
now are acting together against God’s people and who
are designated in the Scriptures as “the shepherds”
and ‘the principal of their flocks’. (Jer. 25: 34) Later
those same lords were on the roof of a house when it
was thrown down by the blind Samson. (See verses
27-30.) Those Philistine lords knew of the close and
friendly relationship that had for some time existed
between Samson and Delilah, and they knew Delilah
was a crook and a traitor, loving gain, as represented
by money. Likewise in modern times the “Philistines”,
the lords of religion, and their allies in 1917 knew
that for some time there had existed a close relation¬
ship between those forming the Watch Tower Society,
and they learned of the deflection of the then oppo¬
nents, and believed they were “crooks” and open to
any proposition that might bring to them some per¬
sonal gain, as represented by money.
15 So the lords of the Philistines went to Delilah and
said, “Entice him.” They did not say, “Entice thy
husband, ’ ’ as they had stated to the Philistine woman
at Timnath on another occasion; and this is furthei'
proof that Delilah was not married to Samson. In fact,
there is no evidence to show that he was married to
her. The close and friendly relationship, represented
by love between Samson and Delilah, would make it
possible for her to entice and to betray him. Likewise
the close brotherly relationship existing at and prior
to 1917 between those in the Society who remained
faithful and the others, who became offended, would
make it possible for the iniquitous ones to entice the
unsuspecting, trusting, faithful ones and entrap them.
Regardless of the spy or espionage law and the
dangers it held for them, the faithful ones in the So¬
ciety continued to carry forward the witness work,
by the grace of the Lord, and that alone greatly dis¬
turbed the clergy, because the truth being proclaimed
at that time concerning the events of the second com¬
ing of Christ, and his kingdom, exposed the duplicity
of the clergy and disclosed that they were not in favor
of God’s kingdom, and therefore they were anxious
for the “pestiferous” so-called “Bible Students” to
be put out of business. Carrying out their conspiracy,
they visited the traitor class, pictured by Delilah, and
in substance said: ‘ See wherein is the strength of this
crowd in persisting in going on with their work amidst
the present conditions, and wherein we may prevail
against them and afflict them; and if you will do so,
we will pay you well.’ In other words, their request
was that the Delilah class ‘find out how it is that this
Samson company of people have sueh vigor and
strength in the cause that they claim to represent.
They arc but a small company, but they go boldly on
in the face of the war and all opposition and the re¬
peated warnings of the clergy. How can we stop the
work of this Watch Tower Society, or pestiferous
Millennial Dawnists, as they call themselves ? and how
can we deprive them of their strength and make them
helpless and cause their influence among the people
to cease?’
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