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OF THE WATCHTOWER
WITH THE OCCULT (Part 1).
THE SYMBOL OF THE WINGED SUN
"The winged sun is a symbol (sometimes known as Behedeti, a name of Horus) associated with
divinity, royalty and power in the Ancient Near East (Egypt, Mesopotamia, Anatolia, and Persia).
The symbol has also been found in the records of ancient cultures residing in various regions of
South America as well as Australia.
An abominable image inside the Vatican. The satanic symbol of Baal or Horus (this time without wings).
(Notice the similarity with the idol of Egypt below).
Fig. 38: Sun-Worship in Egypt
From MAURICE's Indian Antiquites, vol. iii. p. 309. 1793 (The Two Babylons, by Alexander Hyslop, page
151).
The sun god is nothing but an idol, whether it has wings or not.
The Psalmist King David rightly wrote :
"Their idols [are] silver and gold, the work of men’s hands.
They have mouths, but they speak not:
eyes have they, but they see not:
They have ears, but they hear not:
noses have they, but they smell not:
They have hands, but they handle not:
feet have they, but they walk not:
neither speak they through their throat.
They that make them are like unto them; [so is] every one that
trusteth in them." -Psalm 115:4-8.
It seems that just as Israel, (when straying from YAHWEH) called a golden calf Jehovah, the
Watchtower used the winged sun symbol (the representation of Horus, Sol, Baal, Solsuus, Behedeti
or whatever it is, from pre -Christian idolatrous religions) on their literature, and would probably
use Malachi 4:2 to Christianize it, just like the Freemasons use the same verses & arguments to
make it out as something that is non Satanic.
In the next few exhibits, it is clearly demonstrated that the Watchtower has occult connections.
It even placed the symbol of the winged sun on not just one book, but on many books.
Charles Taze Russell was obsessed with the winged sun `god` symbol (As you will see in further
exhibits). Note the Winged disk on the covers of these book advertisements below - inside the smaller
oblongs).
The "winged sun-disk" is a symbol originating in Assyria and Egypt and has been used by
a variety of groups such as Freemasonry, Spiritists, Theosophy, the Rosicrucians and of
course the International `Bible` Students Association (now known as the Watchtower
Society). This symbol has been called by numerous names such as the winged globe, winged
solar- disk, sun's disc, etc. This symbol was placed on numerous Bible Student material including
editions of Russell's Studies in the Scriptures from about 1911 to 1920. Under Rutherford's
leadership this symbol was eliminated from JW literature as it was viewed as being like the
Pyramid & it was Satanic, they said.
In the book Practical Egyptian Magic by Murray Hope it is said about this symbol and its
use in Egypt:
"Emblematic of the element of air, this consists of a circle or solar-type disk enclosed by a pair
of wings. In ritual magic it is suspended over the alter in an easterly direction and used when
invoking the protection and co-operation of the sylphs." {Hope, Murry, Practical Egyptian Magic
(New York: St. Martin's Press), 1984 p. 107. Quoted by Fritz Springmeier, The Watchtower & the Masons,
1990, 1992 pp. 113, 114}.
Other occultic groups lay claim to the symbol and its use.
"In Egypt the commonest sign of the sun, or sun-god, is a disc with a serpent around it."
(Bunsen, Hieroglyphics, Vol. 1, p. 497).
"The original reason for the connection of the serpent with the sun appears to have been that,
as the physical world receives its light from the sun, so the serpent was held to have been the
great enlightener of the spiritual world, by giving mankind the knowledge of good and evil. This,
of course, like all idolatry, is an absolute perversion of the truth; but it serves to identify the sun-
god with Satan."
{The Golden Age, May 25, 1921 p. 506}.
With this identification of the symbol with Satan the Society stopped putting it on its
literature.
Copies of the Studies in the Scriptures for example starting appearing having a different cover
design and did not have the symbol on it. WHY?
They said the following after reviewing several images or "decorations" that have pagan
religious roots:
"With so many different designs having been used in false worship, if a person went
to the trouble and took the time he might find an undesirable connection with
almost every design he sees around him. But why do that? Would it not be
needlessly upsetting? And is that the best use of one's time and attention? "
However, if the design or symbol had a clearly understood idolatrous (false religious)
meaning, Christians were to avoid it:
One of these religious symbols connected with a pagan god mentioned and illustrated in the
article was of the "Winged Disk" of Egypt.
• What is the significance of Russell's introducing without explanation the Winged-
Sun-Disk on his publications? I guess this depends on what significance it had for him!
• The Winged sun symbol has various occult and religious meanings. What did any of
these have to do with Russell's use of it? If Russell was a Mason and used it because
of this, what would this mean? It would mean that he is an apostate & occultist.
• Rutherford put an end to its use by the Bible Students because of some of these
occult (Satanic they would say) connections. Was this a move in the right direction?
I guess the Watchtower Society would say it is "light getting brighter & brighter unto the
perfect day."
REAL CHRISTIANITY, HOWEVER DOES NOT WORSHIP THE SUN IN THE SKY,
OR IMAGES OF THE SUN AS a `god` or use these occult symbols. (Exodus 20:3-5; 1Thess 1:9-10).
God is described to be like "a sun & a shield" in Psalm 84:11 (for He is our light & our protector), and he is
described as the "Sun of righteousness" which shall arise "with healing in His wings" in Malachi 4:2-3 , for when the
real Lord Jesus Christ returns to earth with the clouds, every eye shall see Him & the whole sky shall be lit up
(Matthew 24:27; Revelation 1:7-8). He will return with his saints (those who are saved) to judge. (Jude 14-15).
I can't think of a legitimate use of sun images for those professing to be followers of
JESUS!
However, remember God`s Word in Jeremiah 10:1-2, "Hear ye the word which the LORD speaketh
unto you, O house of Israel: Thus saith the LORD, Learn not the way of the heathen, and be not
dismayed at the signs of heaven; for the heathen are dismayed at them. "
"Forasmuch as [there is] none like unto thee, O LORD; thou [art] great, and thy name is great in
might. Who would not fear thee, O King of nations? for to thee doth it appertain: forasmuch as
among all the wise [men] of the nations, and in all their kingdoms, [there is] none like unto thee. But
they are altogether brutish and foolish: the stock [is] a doctrine of vanities.
Silver spread into plates is brought from Tarshish, and gold from Uphaz, the work of the workman,
and of the hands of the founder: blue and purple is their clothing: they [are] all the work of cunning
[men. ] But the LORD [is] the true God, he [is] the living God, and an everlasting
king: at his wrath the earth shall tremble, and the nations shall not be able to abide his
indignation." -Jeremiah 10:6-10
Thus shall ye say unto them, The gods that have not made the heavens and the earth, [even]
they shall perish from the earth, and from under these heavens." Jeremiah 10:11.
The organization existed for approximately two centuries in the Middle Ages.
Officially endorsed by the Roman Catholic Church around 1129, the Order became a favored
charity throughout Christendom, and grew rapidly in membership and power. Templar knights,
in their distinctive white mantles with a red cross, were among the most skilled fighting units
of the Crusades. (The History Channel, Decoding the Past: The Templar Code, 7 November 2005,
video documentary written by Marcy Marzuni).
The Templars' existence was tied closely to the Crusades; when the Holy Land was lost,
support for the Order faded. Rumours about the Templars' secret initiation ceremony created
mistrust, and King Philip IV of France, deeply in debt to the Order, took advantage of the
situation. In 1307, many of the Order's members in France were arrested, tortured into giving
false confessions, and then burned at the stake. (Malcolm Barber, The Trial of the Templars.
Cambridge University Press, 1978. ISBN 0-521-45727-0.).
Under pressure from King Philip, Pope Clement V disbanded the Order in 1312. The
abrupt disappearance of a major part of the European infrastructure gave rise to
speculation and legends, which have kept the "Templar" name alive into the modern day."
Commanders
-First Grand Master Hugues de Payens
-Last Grand Master Jacques de Molay
It seems that this movement has been stamped out by the Vatican, on the surface anyway, but the Knights
Templar was a forerunner for another secretive group, the Freemasons, as we shall clearly see.
Symbols of the Knights Templar
Below is the most commonly used seal (A Seal of the Knights Templar, with their famous image of
two knights on a single horse, a symbol of their early poverty. The text is in Greek and Latin characters, Sigillum
Militum Χρisti: followed by a cross, which means "the Seal of the Soldiers of `Christ`". The Red Cross on a white shield
(in the middle) is, another of their most common PUBLICALLY KNOWN symbols the Maltese Cross, but I want to also
draw your attention to the Cross in the Crown symbol).
Here are some more exhibits of the Cross & Crown symbol of the Knights Templar Order
of the Temple (that I`ve found on the Web, e.t.c):
Question) Did you know that the Knights Templars movement was the forerunner to the
movement of Freemasonry (an occultic secret society) ?
Question) Did you also know that even today, Jewellery with the Knights Templar (Cross &
Crown ) symbol is manufactured today ?
Question) Did you also know that there is also a link between the old Knights Templars and
the Freemasons today, especially that of the York Rite?
"...COME AND SEE.." -Revelation 6:1.
The Knights Templar movement was the forerunner to the movement of Freemasonry
(an occult secret society).
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According to Wikipaedia
Inspite of what Wikipaedia, and the Masonic Templar Organisations are saying
PUBLICALLY (Note what is underlined in the quote), there seems to be strong evidence
that the Masonic Templars are linked back to the original Knights Templars.
“Now Baphomet, the androgynous horned, half man-woman, half goat god of the
medieval Knights Templars, inculcates this "Do your own thing" philosophy of
Illuminism. He is the very image of the freethinker, the Mason and Illuminist who
raises the "Torch of Liberty" —the fire of hell and light of Lucifer. The Knights
Templar, predecessor to today's Freemasons, revered Baphomet as the deity of
wisdom. Look closely at the reverse side of the U.S. dollar bill and you will find the
horns of Baphomet meticulously designed and imbedded.” –(Codex Magica, by Texe Marrs,
page 99).
“…Richardson's Monitor of Freemasonry says that, "the Knights of
Kadosh Degree is intimately connected with the ancient Order of Knights Templar, as it
commemorates their old ceremonies of initiation."9 Allegedly, the members of the Order of
Knights Templar worshipped Baphomet, the hideous male/female Luciferian goat god and
conducted blasphemous ceremonies, which included urinating on a cross and homosexual
sodomy.(Codex Magica, byTexe Marrs -p422).
Jewellery with the Knights Templar (Cross & Crown) symbol is manufactured today.
“…Come and see.” Revelation 6:1.
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NOTE also the masonic emblem on the side of the ring (top row middle exhibit)!
There are also other links between the old Knights Templars and the Freemasons today,
especially that of the York Rite. It is also linked with the Skull & Crossbones Society
"...COME AND SEE.." -Revelation 6:1.
Masonic author Ray Denslow reveals the meaning for the cross and crown image:
"The Cross and Crown may be said to be confined almost exclusively to the historical
degrees in Masonry as exemplified in the various orders of knighthood of York and Scottish rites.
In Gaul we find the cross to have been a solar symbol when it had equal arms and angles; to the
Phoenicians it was an instrument of sacrifice to their God, Baal; and to the Egyptians, the crux
ansata was his symbol of eternal life." (Ray V. Denslow, Masonic Portraits, Transactions of this
Missouri Lodge of Research, vol. 29, p.7---emphasis in the original).
• "There are sins of permission & sins of ommission, but there is also the sin of
association."
• " The disciple is not above [his] master, nor the servant above his lord. It is
enough for the disciple that he be as his master, and the servant as his lord. If
they have called the master of the house Beelzebub, how much more
[shall they call] them of his household? Fear them not therefore: for there
is nothing covered, that shall not be revealed; and hid, that shall not be
known." -Matthew 10:24-26.
Now For Some Revealing Snapshots
The inscription on
the Watchtower Society pyramid
above is irrefutable proof that the
Watchtower is inseparably linked to
Satanic freemasonry!
YAHWEH SAID TO ISRAEL "If thy brother, the son of thy mother, or thy son, or thy daughter, or the wife of
thy bosom, or thy friend, which [is] as thine own soul, entice thee secretly, saying, Let us go and serve other
gods, which thou hast not known, thou, nor thy fathers; [Namely,] of the gods of the people which [are] round
about you, nigh unto thee, or far off from thee, from the [one] end of the earth even unto the [other] end of
the earth; Thou shalt not consent unto him, nor hearken unto him; ..." -Deuteronomy 13:6-8
"Keep not thou silence, O God: hold not thy peace, and be not still, O God. For, lo, thine enemies make a tumult: and
they that hate thee have lifted up the head. They have taken crafty counsel against thy people, and consulted
against thy hidden ones. They have said, Come, and let us cut them off from [being] a nation; that the name
of Israel may be no more in remembrance. For they have consulted together with one consent: they are
confederate against thee: The tabernacles of Edom, and the Ishmaelites; of Moab, and the Hagarenes; Gebal, and
Ammon, and Amalek; the Philistines with the inhabitants of Tyre; Assur also is joined with them: they have holpen
the children of Lot. Selah. Do unto them as [unto] the Midianites; as [to] Sisera, as [to] Jabin, at the brook of Kison:
[Which] perished at Endor: they became [as] dung for the earth.
Make their nobles like Oreb, and like Zeeb: yea, all their princes as Zebah, and as Zalmunna: Who said, Let
us take to ourselves the houses of God in possession." -Psalm 83:1-12
"They break in pieces thy people, O LORD, and afflict thine heritage. They slay the widow and the stranger, and
murder the fatherless.Yet they say, The LORD shall not see, neither shall the God of Jacob regard [it.]
Understand, ye brutish among the people: and [ye] fools, when will ye be wise? He that planted the ear, shall he
not hear? he that formed the eye, shall he not see? He that chastiseth the heathen, shall not he correct? he that
teacheth man knowledge, [shall not he know? The LORD knoweth the thoughts of man, that they [are] vanity."
-Psalm 94:5-11
"A foolish woman [is] clamorous: [she is] simple, and knoweth nothing. For she sitteth at the door of her house, on
a seat in the high places of the city, To call passengers who go right on their ways: Whoso[is] simple, let him turn in
hither: and [as for] him that wanteth understanding, she saith to him, Stolen waters are sweet, and bread
[eaten] in secret is pleasant. But he knoweth not that the dead [are] there; [and that] her guests [are] in the
depths of hell." -Proverbs 9:13-18.
"I have not sent these prophets, yet they ran: I have not spoken to them, yet they prophesied. But if they had
stood in my counsel, and had caused my people to hear my words, then they should have turned them from their evil
way, and from the evil of their doings. [Am] I a God at hand, saith the LORD, and not a God afar off? Can any hide
himself in secret places that I shall not see him? saith the LORD. Do not I fill heaven and earth? saith the LORD"
-Jeremiah 23:21-24
THE LORD JESUS CHRIST KNOWS WHAT IS GOING ON AND SAID, ...
"And unto the angel of the church in Smyrna write; These things saith the first and the last,
which was dead, and is alive; I know thy works, and tribulation, and poverty, (but thou art rich)
and [I know] the blasphemy of them which say they are Jews, and are not, but [are] the
synagogue of Satan." -Revelation 2:8-9.
Notice the white stone plaque & the American flag in the background...
... Let`s have a closer look at what it says !!!
Charles Taze Russell died in 1916, and then had to face YAHWEH as his
Judge. Has occultism carried on in the Watchtower in the form of
Necromancy?
Necromancy refers to divination through alleged communication with the dead.
After Charles Russell the first president of WTS died in 1916 the following was said
about him keeping contact with the WTS:
"This verse (Revelation 8:3) shows that, though Pastor Russell has passed beyond the veil, he is still
managing every feature of the harvest work…We hold that he supervises, by the Lord's arrangement, the
work yet to be done.
The Finished Mystery 1917 pp. 144, 256.
"Hence our dear Pastor, now in glory, is without doubt, manifesting a keen interest in the harvest work, and
is permitted by the Lord to exercise some strong influence thereupon. Watch Tower 1917, November 1 p.
6161 [ WTS's reprints].
The second president of the WTS Joseph Rutherford under whose aegis the above two statements
were made, later contradicted them:
"No one of the temple company would be so foolish as to conclude that some brother (or brethren) at one
time amongst them, and who has died and gone to heaven, is now instructing the saints on earth and
directing them as to their work."
Jehovah 1934 p. 191.
The Watchtower Society (WTS) advised against association with the occult, including spiritism,
astrology, necromancy, mysticism and other similar beliefs and practices condemned in the Bible.
(Deuteronomy 18:9-11)
"The Flood forced the disobedient angels to dematerialize, and, now separated
from Jehovah's holy organization, they became an invisible demonic
organization under Satan's domination. (Ephesians 6:12) In order to control
mankind, they use spiritism, necromancy, astrology and other occult devices.
Although unable to take on human form again, they often possess humans,
animals and inanimate things such as fetishes." The Watchtower 1984 March
15th, p. 28-29.
However, in a complete flip-flop the WTS in 1989 reverted back to their necromantic belief:
"It is fitting, then, that one of the 24 elders, representing anointed ones already
in heaven, should stir John's thinking…(Revelation 7:13, 14a) Yes, that elder
could locate the answer and give it to John. This suggests that resurrected ones
of the 24-elders group may be involved in the communicating of divine truths
today." Revelation – Its Grand climax At Hand! 1989 p. 125.
Charles Taze Russell, Judge Rutherford & the Watchtower Society join ranks
with other occultists & Masonics such as Joseph Smith (founder of the
Mormons) & also Mary Baker Eddy (the founder of `Christian` `Science`),
which is neither Christian or science. The so called `Christian` `Science` cult
also used (& still uses) the Cross & Crown symbol of the Masonic Knights
Templars on their Sentinel Magazine. We do know however that Charles Taze
Russell was not a follower of Mary Baker Eddy, nor was she a follower of
Charles Taze Russell BUT both had links to the occult & the secret society of
the Masonic Knights Templar.
The Masonic Knights Templar Cross & Crown symbol also once appeared, for example on
the cover of the Watchtower. The Watchtower October 1st, 1907.
It also appears often inside or on the covers of the Sentinel Magazine, published by the followers of
Mary Baker Eddy (Founder of the `Christian ` `Science` cult). e.g/ SENTINEL 22.10.2007.
The truth was also painful for me to find out that Joseph Smith was a false prophet.
This article was written by an ex-Mormon who is now saved by the Great God and our Saviour
Jesus Christ (Isaiah 9:6; 43:10-11; Jeremiah 32:18-19; Titus 2:10,13) , by His Mercy & Grace alone
(Ephesians 2:8-9; Titus 3:4-7), through faith alone (Romans 5:1, 6-11), in the risen, Historical Lord
Jesus Christ alone (Romans 10:4, 9-13; John 14:6), according to the Bible (God`s Word) alone
(2 Timothy 3:15-17).
A good discipleship book for those who are new Christians &
want to have a good defense for their new found Christian faith visit www.theanswersbook.org.
This book has many interesting chapters such as: Chapter 2 "Fulfilled Prophecy as Proof of The
Bible"; Chapter 3 "Science as Proof of the Bible"; Chapter 4 "Proofs for the Existence of God";
Chapter 92 "Evidence against Evolution & For 6 Day Creation" & Chapters 91-123 dealing with
the major cults & also the false religions of Roman Catholicism & Islam, e.t.c.