PREFACE

“As for them, whether they listen or refuse to listen…they will certainly know that a prophet was among them.”

– Ezekiel 2:5

CHAPTER MENU

The Third Edition, published in 2016, was subtitled “The Final Edition.” Obviously, I had not planned on updating this work. So, why a fourth edition? There are several reasons. Foremost, a lot has transpired in the 10 years since the last edition, both in the world and within the Watchtower organization.

Secondly, AI editing is now much more robust, and, to my embarrassment and dismay, I am still finding typos, goofs, and errors in sentence structure and punctuation. Admittedly, it is cosmetic, but I believe little things are important.

As in previous editions, I have tried to trim down excessive quotes from Watchtower publications and make the reading more concise. It is not easy to do while still trying to get the point across. But it seems increasingly unnecessary to debunk the Watchtower. Better to just point to the future fulfillment rather than belabor the error of present beliefs. Besides, researchers can always consult the older versions.

There are seven new chapters in this edition: The Beginning, Lie, Peace and Security, The Pandemic, The Disgusting Thing, The Faith, and The End. Other chapters include fresh material, such as the Judgment, the King of the North, the Downfall of America, the Eighth King, Habakkuk, and Jeremiah. The chapters titled Spiritual Paradise, Hosea, Daniel, and the Epilogue from previous versions have been deleted from this edition. I struggled with deleting Daniel. A whole book could be published on that prophecy alone. But making this book more concise was the primary consideration. Besides, there is a whole category of articles interpreting Daniel on e-watchman and many videos as well.

Finally, I do not believe that Jehovah’s Witnesses have been sufficiently exposed to the information presented in this book. Ironically, the message can only be understood and appreciated by Jehovah’s Witnesses, or at least by those familiar with the Watchtower’s teachings.  It is a fact that no one can understand God’s exalted perspective without a point of reference. Israel was originally the object of God’s focus. When Christ returns, it will be something else.

Speaking of which, isn’t it odd that Jehovah’s Witnesses do not talk about the return of Jesus? The reason is that they have been taught that Jesus has already returned. This indoctrination is like an impenetrable stone wall.  And because I am at variance with the Watchtower, most devout witnesses will not even consider for a moment what they have been conditioned to reject as apostate material. I accept that the appointed time for the eyes of the blind and the ears of the deaf to be opened has not yet arrived.

Even so, I am compelled to keep presenting what I know to be true. In that respect, I can thank the Watchtower for training me to be a zealous proclaimer of truth. Hopefully, when the world is turned upside down, which I believe is imminent, Jehovah’s Witnesses—including the leadership—will be more receptive to the message contained in these pages. Surely, as the apostle said, “The time left is reduced.”

Furthermore, although the first edition of Jehovah Himself Has Become King was distributed to all branch offices and headquarters staff, the makeup of the Governing Body and branch personnel has changed over the past 20 years. Hence, I am undertaking a new distribution campaign with this edition. Wasn’t Jeremiah commanded by God to stand in the gate of the house of Jehovah and deliver his message to the leaders of Jerusalem? It does not matter if they are not receptive.

Ezekiel was similarly directed to convey Jehovah’s message to the elders of a rebellious house. God assured Ezekiel that they would eventually have to recognize his appointment as a watchman and prophet: “As for them, whether they listen or refuse to listen—for they are a rebellious house—they will certainly know that a prophet was among them.” – Ezekiel 2:5

Am I a prophet? Yes, in the same sense that the Watchtower declares itself to be the mouthpiece of the prophet class. What is a prophet but one who speaks in the name of Jehovah and delivers specific messages to those whom God designates?

I wish to take this opportunity to present my credentials, as a “prophet”—as one moved by God’s holy spirit to understand the sacred secrets contained in prophecy in a unique way, which no man has taught me. What am I to do except to publish these vital insights that God’s people have not discerned?

As Jehovah’s Witnesses surely know, the Governing Body claims to be the faithful and discreet slave whom Jesus appointed to provide spiritual food at the proper time to the household of God prior to the coming of the Master. I do not dispute their claim or appointment. On the contrary, everything I have ever published is based upon my conviction that the Watchtower is Jehovah’s earthly organization and that Christ has and still is using it to accomplish the preaching of the good news in all the world before the Lord arrives to commence the judgment, beginning first with the house of God. It is my intention to notify the Watchtower of Christ’s impending inspection and its ultimate outcome. Did not Jesus say, “The one who was put in charge of much will have more than usual demanded of him”?

What makes a Bible publishing institution like the Watchtower Bible and Tract Society Jehovah’s organization? The same thing that made the first-century congregation Jehovah’s organization. And what is that? The presence of anointed persons who are members of “the congregation of the Firstborn who have been enrolled in the heavens.” It is this congregation that is due to come under Christ’s scrutiny. And, we know, do we not, that teachers will receive a heavier judgment.

I, too, am enrolled in that heavenly congregation of the Firstborn. My affiliation with it does not depend upon human approval, as our dear apostle explained to his Corinthian brothers: “A man should regard us as attendants of Christ and stewards of God’s sacred secrets. In this regard, what is expected of stewards is that they be found faithful. Now to me it is of very little importance to be examined by you or by a human tribunal. In fact, I do not even examine myself. For I am not conscious of anything against myself. But by this I am not proved righteous; the one who examines me is Jehovah.” – 1 Corinthians 4:1-4 

I am regarded by the “faithful slave” as an apostate; in fact, I would go so far as to say that the leadership of Jehovah’s organization considers me to be the most dangerous apostate in the world. To which I respond: “Have I become your enemy because I tell you the truth?”

Paul was, of course, a member of the congregation of the Firstborn. He founded the Corinthian congregation. And yet in his absence, certain men came to prominence who denigrated Paul to the extent that he was compelled to boast about his sufferings and accomplishments as an apostle. He acknowledged, although it was unseemly to boast of such things, he nevertheless offered a reply as if he were a madman, affirming his credentials as an apostle more so than his critics, whom he sarcastically dubbed “the superfine apostles.”

In the same spirit, I hereby present a summary of the things I have previously published that the Watchtower has picked up on or responded to without acknowledging the source.

In 2005, it was pointed out that the Watchtower was in error in claiming that Jesus appointed the faithful and discreet slave over all of his belongings in 1918-19. Obviously, there are two appointments. The first one precedes the coming of the Master to the house of God. The second appointment is contingent upon the slaves’ faithfulness to his assignment. The July 2013 Watchtower corrected that long-standing error.

In the same 2013 Watchtower, they also realized that Christ did not “arrive” or “come” in 1914 and that the wise and foolish virgins did not go out to meet the bridegroom then. This seems like common sense, but it still took the Governing Body eight years to publish their “new light” after it appeared in Jehovah Himself Has Become King.

The chapter entitled “Jeremiah” in this publication went to some lengths to overturn the Watchtower’s interpretation that Jerusalem in Jeremiah’s day, which came under God’s adverse judgment, prefigured Christendom. In 2018, with the publication of the Pure Worship book, the Governing Body unceremoniously discarded that decades-old interpretation.

In the teaching box 16a, it was explained that Jerusalem was once the center of pure worship, whereas Christendom never was. For that reason, it cannot foreshadow  Christendom. This is surely true.

What then does the city where Jehovah once caused his holy name to reside signify? They don’t say. Nor do they acknowledge that discarding Christendom as the antitypical Jerusalem means that anointed Christians are no longer the so-called “Jeremiah class” of anointed watchmen who issue God’s judgments against Christendom. Without acknowledging the ramifications of this “clarification,” the Watchtower has inadvertently invalidated the basis for its claim to be the voice of the “prophet” announcing Jehovah’s judgments upon apostate “Jerusalem,” a vacated office to which I now lay claim.

Before ever establishing a presence on the Internet in 2002, I composed several papers and sent them to Bethel regarding the folly of the Watchtower’s interpretation of Joel—specifically, the absurdity of identifying the locust swarms as Jehovah’s Witnesses. Every edition of this book also has a chapter devoted to the prophecy of Joel. Finally, in April 2020, in an article entitled “An Attack Coming from the North,” the Governing Body explained why their long-held interpretation was wrong using the same reasoning I had presented to them over two decades before.

Too bad for them, though, they still haven’t gotten the sense of it. Incredibly, now the northerner’s attack no longer has any modern application. It was all fulfilled long ago, except for the pouring out of God’s spirit, which they say took place in 1919. They pretend not to know that Joel’s prophecy mentions the day of Jehovah in three places. Essentially, they have cast aside the inspired message of Joel addressed to the elders in the run-up to the fiery day of Jehovah.

Interestingly, at 1 Thessalonians 5:20, Paul warned the brothers not to treat prophecies with contempt. The NWT sidebar says of this verse:

“To treat divinely inspired messages with contempt means viewing them as of no value, ignoring them, and rejecting them disdainfully.”

Isn’t that exactly what the Governing Body has done with the prophecy of Joel?

In the chapter discussing the king of the north, this writer debunked the Watchtower’s interpretation of Daniel 11:25-26, which they asserted was fulfilled when Rome conquered Palmyra and captured Queen Zenobia. Then, in the May 2020 issue of the Watchtower, which discussed the king of the north in the time of the end, the prophecy was shifted to 1914 and World War I, exactly as had been presented in Jehovah Himself Has Become King. In a tiny footnote of the article, we read: “

For the reason stated here, it no longer seems appropriate to list Roman Emperor Aurelian (270-275 C.E.) as a “king of the north” or Queen Zenobia (267-272 C.E.) as a “king of the south.” This updates what was published in chapters 13 and 14 of the book Pay Attention to Daniel’s Prophecy.”

While getting it partly right, the Watchtower has now made the absolutely preposterous claim that there were no kings of the north and south from the third or fourth century CE, until Charles Taze Russell formed his Alleghany, Pennsylvania Bible study group in 1874.

The Pay Attention to Daniel’s Prophecy, published in 1999, had defined the iron and clay feet as an indistinct “politically divided” world, but in the same May 2020 issue, the Watchtower adjusted its view to conform to what I had presented more than 15 years before; namely, that the iron and clay symbolize the Anglo-American dyad. Still, they have no real understanding that the iron represents the empire headquartered in London, which controls the central bank, the monetary and global financial systems, and a plethora of institutions, such as the media and academia.

Because the Watchtower has revised its interpretations, the information published in previous editions of Jehovah Himself Has Become King will be omitted in this version. And by the way, because the latest version of the New World Translation has deleted the spurious pronoun “himself,” the title of this publication is now simply: Jehovah Has Become King!

There are other things too, but let these examples suffice. Admittedly, these so-called clarifications are relatively trivial. Even so, the Governing Body claims that they arrive at these realizations after much prayer and study—implying that the holy spirit has led them to certain conclusions. But since the aforementioned revelations were published by me long before the Watchtower made their “adjustments,” from what source did I derive my enlightenment? You, dear reader, can decide for yourself.

What will finally force them to acknowledge that “a prophet was among them”?

The outbreak of global war, food shortages, pestilence, and all the rest. The Watchtower claims the events tied to 1914 are unique and cannot occur in greater measure in the future. And no, I have not just now jumped on the WW3 bandwagon because of recent developments in the world. A quarter of a century ago, I realized that 1914 was an operation of Satan and that the opening of the seals of the Apocalypse must still be in the future —albeit, now imminent.

I have paid the price for being a truth-teller. And yes, I do take it personally—as did Paul. For those who are unaware, in their Jesus video, my hooded watchman logo has been turned into an effigy cast as the Devil, cursed by Christ.

I am, however, convinced the Lord will turn the tables when he comes as a thief in the night to commence the inspection and ultimately appears to the chosen. The first will be last and the last first. You have probably read that before. It is even so written: “Hear the word of Jehovah, you who tremble at his word: “Your brothers who hate you and exclude you because of my name said, ‘May Jehovah be glorified!’ But He will appear and bring you joy, and they are the ones who will be put to shame. There is a sound of uproar from the city, a sound from the temple! It is the sound of Jehovah repaying his enemies what they deserve.” – Isaiah 66:5-6

Robert King