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Jehonadab (Hebrew: יְהוֹנָדָב‎; meaning Jehovah is willing; Latin: Jonadab) was the son of Rechab. He is mentioned in the Hebrew Bible at 2 Kings 10:15-31. Though not a Jew himself, he was a supporter of Jehu, son of Nimshi, in the elimination of the house of Ahab and in suppressing worship of Baal throughout Samaria. In the Book of Jeremiah he is called Jonadab.
He prohibited his followers from drinking alcohol, and is credited with founding the Rechabites. He also commanded that they live in tents, rather than houses. At Jeremiah 35:6-19, his followers are commended for adhering to his instructions, and God promises that his lineage will continue.
Jehovah's Witnesses[edit]
Jehovah's Witnesses use the terms Jonadabs or Jehonadabs to refer to Christians who hope to live forever on earth, rather than in heaven. The term was first used in this way in the early 1930s, though it is now used less frequently;[1] Jehovah's Witnesses now usually use the terms great crowd (people who survive Armageddon) and other sheep (Armageddon survivors and others resurrected later).[2][3]
Witnesses believe that exactly 144,000 men and women will reign with Jesus Christ in heaven, out of all Christians who have died since Jesus' resurrection. They refer to these as the anointed or spiritual Israel, and those still living are referred to as the remnant. Witnesses believe that, in a similar manner to Jehonadab, as a non-Jew, assisting Jehu, the Jonadab class assists spiritual Israel. The August 15, 1934 The Watchtower stated:

The Jonadab class are of those who ‘hear’ the message of truth and who must say to those in their hearing: ‘Come. And let him that heareth say, Come. And let him that is athirst come. And whosoever will, let him take the water of life freely.’ (Rev. 22:17) Those of the Jonadab class must go along with those who are of the antitypical Jehu company, that is, the anointed, and announce the message of the kingdom, even though they are not the anointed witnesses of Jehovah.
—As quoted in "“Let Anyone Hearing Say: ‘Come!’”", The Watchtower, December 15, 1990, page 13
References[edit]
1.Jump up ^ Robert Crompton (1996). "Counting the Days to Armageddon: The Jehovah's Witnesses and the Second Presence of Christ". James Clarke & Co. ISBN 9780227679395. ISBN 0227679393.
2.Jump up ^ "Who Will Survive "the Day of Jehovah"?". The Watchtower: 19. September 15, 1997.
3.Jump up ^ "Questions From Readers". The Watchtower: 31. April 15, 1995.
  


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Jehonadab

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Jehonadab (Hebrew: יְהוֹנָדָב‎; meaning Jehovah is willing; Latin: Jonadab) was the son of Rechab. He is mentioned in the Hebrew Bible at 2 Kings 10:15-31. Though not a Jew himself, he was a supporter of Jehu, son of Nimshi, in the elimination of the house of Ahab and in suppressing worship of Baal throughout Samaria. In the Book of Jeremiah he is called Jonadab.
He prohibited his followers from drinking alcohol, and is credited with founding the Rechabites. He also commanded that they live in tents, rather than houses. At Jeremiah 35:6-19, his followers are commended for adhering to his instructions, and God promises that his lineage will continue.
Jehovah's Witnesses[edit]
Jehovah's Witnesses use the terms Jonadabs or Jehonadabs to refer to Christians who hope to live forever on earth, rather than in heaven. The term was first used in this way in the early 1930s, though it is now used less frequently;[1] Jehovah's Witnesses now usually use the terms great crowd (people who survive Armageddon) and other sheep (Armageddon survivors and others resurrected later).[2][3]
Witnesses believe that exactly 144,000 men and women will reign with Jesus Christ in heaven, out of all Christians who have died since Jesus' resurrection. They refer to these as the anointed or spiritual Israel, and those still living are referred to as the remnant. Witnesses believe that, in a similar manner to Jehonadab, as a non-Jew, assisting Jehu, the Jonadab class assists spiritual Israel. The August 15, 1934 The Watchtower stated:

The Jonadab class are of those who ‘hear’ the message of truth and who must say to those in their hearing: ‘Come. And let him that heareth say, Come. And let him that is athirst come. And whosoever will, let him take the water of life freely.’ (Rev. 22:17) Those of the Jonadab class must go along with those who are of the antitypical Jehu company, that is, the anointed, and announce the message of the kingdom, even though they are not the anointed witnesses of Jehovah.
—As quoted in "“Let Anyone Hearing Say: ‘Come!’”", The Watchtower, December 15, 1990, page 13
References[edit]
1.Jump up ^ Robert Crompton (1996). "Counting the Days to Armageddon: The Jehovah's Witnesses and the Second Presence of Christ". James Clarke & Co. ISBN 9780227679395. ISBN 0227679393.
2.Jump up ^ "Who Will Survive "the Day of Jehovah"?". The Watchtower: 19. September 15, 1997.
3.Jump up ^ "Questions From Readers". The Watchtower: 31. April 15, 1995.
  


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Beth Sarim

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Beth Sarim (Hebrew בית שרים "House of the Princes") is a ten-bedroom mansion in San Diego, California, constructed in 1929 in anticipation of various resurrected Old Testament biblical patriarchs or prophets such as Abraham, Moses, David, Isaiah and Samuel. It was maintained by the Watch Tower Society, the parent organization used by Jehovah's Witnesses, and was also used as a winter home and executive office for Watch Tower president Joseph Franklin Rutherford.


Contents  [hide]
1 Background
2 Occupation
3 Rutherford's burial
4 Sale of property
5 See also
6 References
7 External links

Background[edit]



 Rutherford standing on outside stairs at Beth Sarim shortly after its construction
In 1918, Watch Tower publications began predicting, under the direction of Rutherford, that Old Testament patriarchs or "princes" would be resurrected back to earthly life in 1925. It was taught that these "princes" would become earth's new leaders and that their resurrection would be a prelude to the inauguration of a new earthly society and the abolition of death.[1][2][3][4][5][6][7] (It had previously been taught that these individuals were to be raised shortly after 1914.[8][9]) These "princes" would use Jerusalem as their capital, with some of the "princes" being located in other "principal parts of the earth."[10] Despite the failure of this prediction, Rutherford continued to preach their imminent return.[11]



J.F. Rutherford in Beth Sarim
During this time, Rutherford spent winters in San Diego, California, for health reasons,[12] and "in time, a direct contribution was made for the purpose of constructing a house in San Diego for brother Rutherford's use."[13] The property was acquired in October 1929 by Robert J Marten and was given to Rutherford in December for the nominal fee of $10 (current equivalent $137). The house was built in that year.[14] Rutherford named the property Beth Sarim and dedicated it for the use of the expected Old Testament "princes," who were now expected to be headquartered in San Diego instead of Jerusalem.[15][16] The deed for Beth Sarim, written by Rutherford, said that the property was to be held "perpetually in trust" for the Old Testament "princes" and was to be surrendered to them once they arrived.[17][18] It was located in the Kensington Heights section of San Diego over an area of about 100 acres (0.40 km2), landscaped with olive, date, and palm trees so that the "princes" would "feel at home."[19] The 5,100 square feet (470 m2) residence, designed by San Diego architect Richard S. Requa, is a ten-bedroom Spanish mansion with an adjacent two-car garage.[20][21][22] The building costs at the time were about $25,000 (current equivalent $343,000).[23] Writing in the book Salvation in 1939, Rutherford explained that Beth Sarim would forever be used by the resurrected "princes".[24]
Occupation[edit]



 Rutherford with his Cadillac coupe in front of Beth Sarim


 Beth Sarim as pictured in the Watchtower publication The Messenger in 1931
Rutherford moved into Beth Sarim in early 1930 and served as caretaker of the property awaiting the resurrection of the "princes". Newspapers of the time reported on Rutherford's lavish lifestyle, which included a 16-cylinder Fisher Fleetwood Cadillac coupe.[25][26][27] The residence was cited by Olin R. Moyle, former legal counsel for Jehovah's Witnesses, in a letter to Rutherford in 1939, as one of the examples of "the difference between the accommodations furnished to you, and your personal attendants, compared with those furnished to some of your brethren."[28][29] Walter F. Salter, former manager of the Canadian branch of the Watch Tower Society, also criticized Rutherford's use of Beth Sarim.[30][31] A reply to Salter's criticisms of Rutherford was published in the May 2, 1937 Golden Age, with a photocopy of a letter from W.E. Van Amburgh, Secretary-Treasurer of the Watch Tower Society, stating:[32]

Not one cent of the funds of the Watch Tower Bible and Tract Society went into the construction of the home in San Diego where Judge Rutherford does his winter work. It was the gift of friends. I did not know of the existence of the house until I read of it in The Golden Age. Not one cent of the funds of the Watch Tower Bible and Tract Society went into either of the Cadillac cars used by Rutherford at San Diego and Brooklyn. They were the gift of friends.
The magazine Consolation (successor to The Golden Age) explained that Beth Sarim served as Rutherford's winter headquarters:[33]

For twelve winters Judge Rutherford and his office force occupied Beth Sarim. It was not used as a place of ease or vacationing, but was used as a winter workshop; the books from Vindication, Book One down to and including Children were written there, as well as many Watchtower articles and booklets. The executive instructions for branches all over the earth also were transmitted from Beth-Sarim during the Judge's presence there. At Beth Sarim, Judge Rutherford completed the 1942 Yearbook material as his last work before his death. He dictated this material from his dying bed.
Rutherford's burial[edit]
Rutherford died at Beth Sarim on January 8, 1942 at the age of 72.[34][35] After his death, Rutherford's burial was delayed for three and a half months due to legal proceedings arising from his desire to be buried at Beth Sarim, which he had previously expressed to three close advisers from Brooklyn headquarters.[36][37] Watchtower attorney Hayden C. Covington explained his role in the lawsuit: "I filed a lawsuit then in the courts out there in San Diego to force them to let us bury him out there on that property. Judge Mundo, who was the judge of the Superior Court, heard it and passed the buck, jumping from one thing to another, from one technicality to another, and finally after looking at the matter in a reasonable way Bill, Bonnie, and Nathan and all of us decided that we have fought enough on this and it looks like its the Lord's will that we take his body back to Brooklyn, and have him buried in Staten Island, which we did."[38] Witnesses collected over 14,000 signatures on a petition that Rutherford's dying wish might be granted. The May 27, 1942 Consolation explained:

As early as 1920 Judge Rutherford pointed out that the ancient witnesses or princes were promised an earthly resurrection by the Lord. In that year he delivered a public address at Los Angeles, California, entitled 'Millions Now Living Will Never Die,' in which he called attention to the expectations of the return of the men above mentioned. All the publications since emphasize the same fact. It therefore appears that the return of the princes is a fundamental teaching of the Scriptures. It is as certain as the truth of God's Word. Judge Rutherford gave much of his life in endeavoring to bring this vital matter to the people's attention. What, then, could be more fitting and appropriate before God and before men that his bones should rest on the land held in trust for the men whose coming he was privileged to announce.
Consolation condemned San Diego County officials for their refusal to grant a permit for Rutherford's burial at Beth Sarim or on a neighboring property named Beth Shan,[39][40][41] also owned by the Watchtower Society:

It was not the fate of the bones which they decided, but their own destiny. Nor is their blood on anyone else's head, because they were told three times that to fight against God, or to tamper with His servant's bones even, would bring upon them the condemnation of the Lord. ... So their responsibility is fixed, and they followed the course of Satan.
After all appeals were exhausted, Consolation stated that Rutherford's remains were shipped to New York where he was buried on April 25, 1942.[42] Critics have speculated that Rutherford was secretly buried at Beth Sarim.[43][44][45] The May 4, 1942 issue of Time magazine noted Rutherford's burial at Rossville, New York, on Staten Island;[46] a private burial plot for Watch Tower branch volunteers is on Woodrow Road.[47] The exact grave location is unmarked; in 2002, a caretaker at Woodrow United Methodist Church and Cemetery (an adjoining graveyard) answered an inquiry about Watch Tower's plot by noting "I couldn't tell you who is buried on it because it has absolutely no markers or headstones or anything".[48]
Sale of property[edit]



 Beth Sarim today
After Rutherford's death, the Watchtower Society maintained Beth Sarim for a few years,[49] before selling the property in 1948.[50] The belief that the "princes" would be resurrected before Armageddon was abandoned in 1950.[51][52][53][54] In 1954, when asked at a trial in Scotland why the property was sold, Frederick William Franz—then vice president of the Watch Tower Society—explained:[55]

Because it was there, and the prophets had not yet come back to occupy it, to make use of it, and the Society had no use for it at the time, it was in charge of a caretaker, and it was causing expense, and our understanding of the Scriptures opened up more, and more concerning the Princes, which will include those prophets, and so the property was sold as serving no present purpose.
The house is now privately owned and has been designated Historical Landmark number 474 by the City of San Diego.[56]
See also[edit]
Eschatology of Jehovah's Witnesses
History of Jehovah's Witnesses
References[edit]
1.Jump up ^ <Please add first missing authors to populate metadata.> (June 15, 1918). "Questions Concerning Ezekiel's Temple". Watchtower: 6279.
2.Jump up ^ J.F. Rutherford (1920). Millions Now Living Will Never Die. Watchtower. pp. 89–90. PDF version
3.Jump up ^ W.E. Van Amburgh (1924). The Way to Paradise (PDF). Watchtower. pp. 215–224.
4.Jump up ^ W.E. Van Amburgh (December 31, 1924). "A Bible For the Scientist" (PDF). Golden Age: 220–222.
5.Jump up ^ J.F. Rutherford (1925). Comfort For the People (PDF). Watchtower. pp. 1, 9, 39.
6.Jump up ^ <Please add first missing authors to populate metadata.> (June 2, 1919). "New Date For Millennium: Russellites Now See It Coming on Earth in 1925" (PDF). New York Times.
7.Jump up ^ "'End of the World' Prophesied for 1925". Argus (Melbourne, Australia). October 30, 1920. p. 6.News Clippings from the "Millions Now Living Will Never Die" Campaign (1919-1925)
8.Jump up ^ <Please add first missing authors to populate metadata.> (October 15, 1904). "The Rank of the Ancient Worthies" (PDF). Zion's Watch Tower and Herald of Christ's Presence: 313.
9.Jump up ^ <Please add first missing authors to populate metadata.> (September 1, 1908). "A Father's Letter to His Son" (PDF). Watch Tower: 264.
10.Jump up ^ J.F. Rutherford (1924). A Desirable Government (PDF). Watchtower. p. 30. "The [prince] in authority at Jerusalem will give direction as to the carrying out of governmental affairs in different parts of the earth. With great improved broadcasting stations we can expect Abraham from Mount Zion to direct the affairs of the whole earth."
11.Jump up ^ J.F. Rutherford (1932). What You Need (PDF). Watchtower. pp. 8–10. "This prophecy shows, therefore, that Christ the King will make those faithful men the princes or visible rulers in all the earth. That means that soon you may expect to see Abraham, Enoch, Moses, David and all of these other faithful men back on earth."
12.Jump up ^ Jehovah's Witnesses: Proclaimers of God's Kingdom. Watchtower. 1993. p. 76.
13.Jump up ^ 1975 Yearbook of Jehovah's Witnesses. Watchtower. 1974. p. 194.
14.Jump up ^ Robert J Marten (1930). "Golden Age" (PDF). Watch Tower Bible and Tract Society. p. 405. "In October, 1929, I went to California and acquired the title to the ground in my name..."
15.Jump up ^ Edmond C. Gruss (1970). Apostles of Denial (PDF). Presbyterian & Reformed. p. 226. "[Beth-Sarim was built] to give sagging hopes for the princes' return a boost."
16.Jump up ^ <Please add first missing authors to populate metadata.> (July 25, 1931). "Beth-Sarim -- Much Talked About House" (PDF). The Messenger (Watchtower): 6, 8.
17.Jump up ^ <Please add first missing authors to populate metadata.> (March 19, 1930). "Beth Sarim Deed" (PDF). The Golden Age: 404–407.
18.Jump up ^ Scan of deed from Golden Age: page 1, page 2
19.Jump up ^ "California Cults". Time: 60. March 31, 1930. Scan of original Time article
20.Jump up ^ Jerome Beatty (November 1940). "Peddlars of Paradise" (PDF). The American: 54.
21.Jump up ^ Stanley High (September 14, 1940). "Armageddon, Inc" (PDF). The Saturday Evening Post: 52.
22.Jump up ^ Gruss & Chretien. "Beth Sarim: A Monument to a False Prophet and to False Prophecy" (PDF). See [1] for Requa's contribution to architecture in California.
23.Jump up ^ Edmond C. Gruss (2001). Jehovah's Witnesses: Their Claims, Doctrinal Changes and Prophetic Speculation. Xulon Press. p. 216. ISBN 978-1-931232-30-2.
24.Jump up ^ J.F. Rutherford (1939). "GOD'S GOVERNMENT". Salvation. Watchtower. pp. 311–312.. See also The New World (PDF). Watchtower. 1942. pp. 104–105.
25.Jump up ^ "The San Diego Sun". March 15, 1930, January 9, 1931. Archived from the original on 2002-11-16. Check date values in: |date= (help)
26.Jump up ^ Leonard & Marjorie Chretien (1988). Witnesses of Jehovah (PDF). Harvest House. p. 45. "To place the value of this automobile in perspective, a new Ford in 1931 cost approximately 600 dollars. A 16-cylinder Cadillac cost between 5400 and 9200 dollars, depending on style."
27.Jump up ^ <Please add first missing authors to populate metadata.> (March 23, 1930). "Judge Awaits Next Coming of King David" (PDF). Syracuse Herald Journal.
28.Jump up ^ "Olin R. Moyle's Letter to J.F. Rutherford" (PDF).
29.Jump up ^ Tony Wills (2007). A People For His Name: A History of Jehovah's Witnesses and an Evaluation. Lulu.com. pp. 202–204. ISBN 978-1-4303-0100-4.
30.Jump up ^ M. James Penton (1997). Apocalypse Delayed: The Story of Jehovah's Witnesses. University of Toronto Press. pp. 73–75. ISBN 978-0-8020-7973-2.
31.Jump up ^ "W.F. Salter's Letter to J.F. Rutherford" (PDF).
32.Jump up ^ <Please add first missing authors to populate metadata.> (May 2, 1937). "Why Salter Lost His Job" (PDF). The Golden Age (Watchtower): 499.
33.Jump up ^ <Please add first missing authors to populate metadata.> (May 27, 1942). "San Diego's Officials Line Up Against Earth's New Princes" (PDF). Consolation (Watchtower): 5–6.
34.Jump up ^ Watchtower (1961). Let Your Name Be Sanctified. pp. 335–336.
35.Jump up ^ <Please add first missing authors to populate metadata.> (January 11, 1942). "Witness Sect Founder Dies". St. Petersburg Times.
36.Jump up ^ Jehovah's Witnesses - Proclaimers of God's Kingdom. p. 90.
37.Jump up ^ <Please add first missing authors to populate metadata.> (January 26, 1942). "Witnesses Ask Right To Bury Leader". The Evening Independent (St Petersburg, Florida): 18.
38.Jump up ^ Mp3 of Interview with Hayden C. Covington on November 19, 1978 Text of Interview
39.Jump up ^ Beth Shan was a 200 acre estate owned by the Watchtower Society about a mile and a half due east of Beth Sarim across the canyon in which Fairmont Avenue runs. <Please add first missing authors to populate metadata.> (February 18, 1942). "No Will Left By Rutherford, Says Secretary". San Diego Union: B–7.
40.Jump up ^ "Beth Shan -- The Watchtower's "House of Security"".
41.Jump up ^ "Beth Shan and the Return of the Princes" (PDF).
42.Jump up ^ <Please add first missing authors to populate metadata.> (May 27, 1942). "San Diego's Officials Line Up Against Earth's New Princes" (PDF). Consolation (Watchtower): 9, 14–16.
43.Jump up ^ Leonard & Marjorie Chretien (1988). Witnesses of Jehovah (PDF). Harvest House. p. 49.
44.Jump up ^ "San Diego Reader". June 28, 2008.
45.Jump up ^ Mallios (2007). Cemeteries of San Diego. Arcadia Publishing. p. 112. ISBN 978-0-7385-4714-5.
46.Jump up ^ <Please add first missing authors to populate metadata.> (May 4, 1942). "Buried". Time.
47.Jump up ^ "Announcements", The Watchtower, October 1, 1966, page 608
48.Jump up ^ Van Amburgh, W. E. (2005). The way to paradise. An enlarged replica of the International Bible Students Association's original 1924 book. Lulu.com. pp. 45, 46. ISBN 1-4116-5971-6. Retrieved 2009-07-12.
49.Jump up ^ Bill Davidson (November 22, 1946). "Jehovah's Traveling Salesmen" (PDF). Colliers: 75.
50.Jump up ^ Beth-Sarim, House of Princes
51.Jump up ^ Jehovah's Witnesses: Proclaimers of God's Kingdom. Watchtower. 1993. p. 76. "At the time, it was believed that faithful men of old times, such as Abraham, Joseph, and David, would be resurrected before the end of this system of things and would serve as 'princes in all the earth,' in fulfillment of Psalm 45:16. This view was adjusted in 1950, when further study of the Scriptures indicated that those earthly forefathers of Jesus Christ would be resurrected after Armageddon."
52.Jump up ^ Jehovah's Witnesses in the Divine Purpose (PDF). Watchtower. 1959. pp. 252–253.
53.Jump up ^ For reactions to the announcement of the change of belief, see "The 'Princes' Are Here" in 1975 Yearbook of Jehovah's Witnesses. Watchtower. 1974. pp. 213–214.
54.Jump up ^ Barbara Grizzuti Harrison (1978). Visions of Glory: A History and a Memory of Jehovah's Witnesses. Simon & Schuster. pp. 180–181, 269–270. Archived from the original on February 9, 2004.
55.Jump up ^ "Douglas Walsh vs. The Right Honorable James Latham Clyde, M. P. C." (PDF).
56.Jump up ^ "Historical Landmarks Designated by the San Diego Historical Resources Board" (PDF).
External links[edit]
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The Story of Beth Sarim
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Beth Sarim

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Coordinates: 32°46′16.36″N 117°05′56.70″W
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Overview

Organizational structure
Governing Body
Watch Tower Bible
 and Tract Society
Corporations

History
Bible Student movement
Leadership dispute
Splinter groups
Doctrinal development
Unfulfilled predictions

Demographics
By country


Beliefs ·
 Practices
 
Salvation ·
 Eschatology

The 144,000
Faithful and discreet slave
Hymns ·
 God's name

Blood ·
 Discipline


Literature

The Watchtower ·
 Awake!

New World Translation
List of publications
Bibliography

Teaching programs

Kingdom Hall ·
 Gilead School


People

Watch Tower presidents

W. H. Conley ·
 C. T. Russell

J. F. Rutherford ·
 N. H. Knorr

F. W. Franz ·
 M. G. Henschel

D. A. Adams

Formative influences

William Miller ·
 Henry Grew

George Storrs ·
 N. H. Barbour

John Nelson Darby


Notable former members

Raymond Franz ·
 Olin Moyle


Opposition

Criticism ·
 Persecution

Supreme Court cases
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 e
   
Beth Sarim (Hebrew בית שרים "House of the Princes") is a ten-bedroom mansion in San Diego, California, constructed in 1929 in anticipation of various resurrected Old Testament biblical patriarchs or prophets such as Abraham, Moses, David, Isaiah and Samuel. It was maintained by the Watch Tower Society, the parent organization used by Jehovah's Witnesses, and was also used as a winter home and executive office for Watch Tower president Joseph Franklin Rutherford.


Contents  [hide]
1 Background
2 Occupation
3 Rutherford's burial
4 Sale of property
5 See also
6 References
7 External links

Background[edit]



 Rutherford standing on outside stairs at Beth Sarim shortly after its construction
In 1918, Watch Tower publications began predicting, under the direction of Rutherford, that Old Testament patriarchs or "princes" would be resurrected back to earthly life in 1925. It was taught that these "princes" would become earth's new leaders and that their resurrection would be a prelude to the inauguration of a new earthly society and the abolition of death.[1][2][3][4][5][6][7] (It had previously been taught that these individuals were to be raised shortly after 1914.[8][9]) These "princes" would use Jerusalem as their capital, with some of the "princes" being located in other "principal parts of the earth."[10] Despite the failure of this prediction, Rutherford continued to preach their imminent return.[11]



J.F. Rutherford in Beth Sarim
During this time, Rutherford spent winters in San Diego, California, for health reasons,[12] and "in time, a direct contribution was made for the purpose of constructing a house in San Diego for brother Rutherford's use."[13] The property was acquired in October 1929 by Robert J Marten and was given to Rutherford in December for the nominal fee of $10 (current equivalent $137). The house was built in that year.[14] Rutherford named the property Beth Sarim and dedicated it for the use of the expected Old Testament "princes," who were now expected to be headquartered in San Diego instead of Jerusalem.[15][16] The deed for Beth Sarim, written by Rutherford, said that the property was to be held "perpetually in trust" for the Old Testament "princes" and was to be surrendered to them once they arrived.[17][18] It was located in the Kensington Heights section of San Diego over an area of about 100 acres (0.40 km2), landscaped with olive, date, and palm trees so that the "princes" would "feel at home."[19] The 5,100 square feet (470 m2) residence, designed by San Diego architect Richard S. Requa, is a ten-bedroom Spanish mansion with an adjacent two-car garage.[20][21][22] The building costs at the time were about $25,000 (current equivalent $343,000).[23] Writing in the book Salvation in 1939, Rutherford explained that Beth Sarim would forever be used by the resurrected "princes".[24]
Occupation[edit]



 Rutherford with his Cadillac coupe in front of Beth Sarim


 Beth Sarim as pictured in the Watchtower publication The Messenger in 1931
Rutherford moved into Beth Sarim in early 1930 and served as caretaker of the property awaiting the resurrection of the "princes". Newspapers of the time reported on Rutherford's lavish lifestyle, which included a 16-cylinder Fisher Fleetwood Cadillac coupe.[25][26][27] The residence was cited by Olin R. Moyle, former legal counsel for Jehovah's Witnesses, in a letter to Rutherford in 1939, as one of the examples of "the difference between the accommodations furnished to you, and your personal attendants, compared with those furnished to some of your brethren."[28][29] Walter F. Salter, former manager of the Canadian branch of the Watch Tower Society, also criticized Rutherford's use of Beth Sarim.[30][31] A reply to Salter's criticisms of Rutherford was published in the May 2, 1937 Golden Age, with a photocopy of a letter from W.E. Van Amburgh, Secretary-Treasurer of the Watch Tower Society, stating:[32]

Not one cent of the funds of the Watch Tower Bible and Tract Society went into the construction of the home in San Diego where Judge Rutherford does his winter work. It was the gift of friends. I did not know of the existence of the house until I read of it in The Golden Age. Not one cent of the funds of the Watch Tower Bible and Tract Society went into either of the Cadillac cars used by Rutherford at San Diego and Brooklyn. They were the gift of friends.
The magazine Consolation (successor to The Golden Age) explained that Beth Sarim served as Rutherford's winter headquarters:[33]

For twelve winters Judge Rutherford and his office force occupied Beth Sarim. It was not used as a place of ease or vacationing, but was used as a winter workshop; the books from Vindication, Book One down to and including Children were written there, as well as many Watchtower articles and booklets. The executive instructions for branches all over the earth also were transmitted from Beth-Sarim during the Judge's presence there. At Beth Sarim, Judge Rutherford completed the 1942 Yearbook material as his last work before his death. He dictated this material from his dying bed.
Rutherford's burial[edit]
Rutherford died at Beth Sarim on January 8, 1942 at the age of 72.[34][35] After his death, Rutherford's burial was delayed for three and a half months due to legal proceedings arising from his desire to be buried at Beth Sarim, which he had previously expressed to three close advisers from Brooklyn headquarters.[36][37] Watchtower attorney Hayden C. Covington explained his role in the lawsuit: "I filed a lawsuit then in the courts out there in San Diego to force them to let us bury him out there on that property. Judge Mundo, who was the judge of the Superior Court, heard it and passed the buck, jumping from one thing to another, from one technicality to another, and finally after looking at the matter in a reasonable way Bill, Bonnie, and Nathan and all of us decided that we have fought enough on this and it looks like its the Lord's will that we take his body back to Brooklyn, and have him buried in Staten Island, which we did."[38] Witnesses collected over 14,000 signatures on a petition that Rutherford's dying wish might be granted. The May 27, 1942 Consolation explained:

As early as 1920 Judge Rutherford pointed out that the ancient witnesses or princes were promised an earthly resurrection by the Lord. In that year he delivered a public address at Los Angeles, California, entitled 'Millions Now Living Will Never Die,' in which he called attention to the expectations of the return of the men above mentioned. All the publications since emphasize the same fact. It therefore appears that the return of the princes is a fundamental teaching of the Scriptures. It is as certain as the truth of God's Word. Judge Rutherford gave much of his life in endeavoring to bring this vital matter to the people's attention. What, then, could be more fitting and appropriate before God and before men that his bones should rest on the land held in trust for the men whose coming he was privileged to announce.
Consolation condemned San Diego County officials for their refusal to grant a permit for Rutherford's burial at Beth Sarim or on a neighboring property named Beth Shan,[39][40][41] also owned by the Watchtower Society:

It was not the fate of the bones which they decided, but their own destiny. Nor is their blood on anyone else's head, because they were told three times that to fight against God, or to tamper with His servant's bones even, would bring upon them the condemnation of the Lord. ... So their responsibility is fixed, and they followed the course of Satan.
After all appeals were exhausted, Consolation stated that Rutherford's remains were shipped to New York where he was buried on April 25, 1942.[42] Critics have speculated that Rutherford was secretly buried at Beth Sarim.[43][44][45] The May 4, 1942 issue of Time magazine noted Rutherford's burial at Rossville, New York, on Staten Island;[46] a private burial plot for Watch Tower branch volunteers is on Woodrow Road.[47] The exact grave location is unmarked; in 2002, a caretaker at Woodrow United Methodist Church and Cemetery (an adjoining graveyard) answered an inquiry about Watch Tower's plot by noting "I couldn't tell you who is buried on it because it has absolutely no markers or headstones or anything".[48]
Sale of property[edit]



 Beth Sarim today
After Rutherford's death, the Watchtower Society maintained Beth Sarim for a few years,[49] before selling the property in 1948.[50] The belief that the "princes" would be resurrected before Armageddon was abandoned in 1950.[51][52][53][54] In 1954, when asked at a trial in Scotland why the property was sold, Frederick William Franz—then vice president of the Watch Tower Society—explained:[55]

Because it was there, and the prophets had not yet come back to occupy it, to make use of it, and the Society had no use for it at the time, it was in charge of a caretaker, and it was causing expense, and our understanding of the Scriptures opened up more, and more concerning the Princes, which will include those prophets, and so the property was sold as serving no present purpose.
The house is now privately owned and has been designated Historical Landmark number 474 by the City of San Diego.[56]
See also[edit]
Eschatology of Jehovah's Witnesses
History of Jehovah's Witnesses
References[edit]
1.Jump up ^ <Please add first missing authors to populate metadata.> (June 15, 1918). "Questions Concerning Ezekiel's Temple". Watchtower: 6279.
2.Jump up ^ J.F. Rutherford (1920). Millions Now Living Will Never Die. Watchtower. pp. 89–90. PDF version
3.Jump up ^ W.E. Van Amburgh (1924). The Way to Paradise (PDF). Watchtower. pp. 215–224.
4.Jump up ^ W.E. Van Amburgh (December 31, 1924). "A Bible For the Scientist" (PDF). Golden Age: 220–222.
5.Jump up ^ J.F. Rutherford (1925). Comfort For the People (PDF). Watchtower. pp. 1, 9, 39.
6.Jump up ^ <Please add first missing authors to populate metadata.> (June 2, 1919). "New Date For Millennium: Russellites Now See It Coming on Earth in 1925" (PDF). New York Times.
7.Jump up ^ "'End of the World' Prophesied for 1925". Argus (Melbourne, Australia). October 30, 1920. p. 6.News Clippings from the "Millions Now Living Will Never Die" Campaign (1919-1925)
8.Jump up ^ <Please add first missing authors to populate metadata.> (October 15, 1904). "The Rank of the Ancient Worthies" (PDF). Zion's Watch Tower and Herald of Christ's Presence: 313.
9.Jump up ^ <Please add first missing authors to populate metadata.> (September 1, 1908). "A Father's Letter to His Son" (PDF). Watch Tower: 264.
10.Jump up ^ J.F. Rutherford (1924). A Desirable Government (PDF). Watchtower. p. 30. "The [prince] in authority at Jerusalem will give direction as to the carrying out of governmental affairs in different parts of the earth. With great improved broadcasting stations we can expect Abraham from Mount Zion to direct the affairs of the whole earth."
11.Jump up ^ J.F. Rutherford (1932). What You Need (PDF). Watchtower. pp. 8–10. "This prophecy shows, therefore, that Christ the King will make those faithful men the princes or visible rulers in all the earth. That means that soon you may expect to see Abraham, Enoch, Moses, David and all of these other faithful men back on earth."
12.Jump up ^ Jehovah's Witnesses: Proclaimers of God's Kingdom. Watchtower. 1993. p. 76.
13.Jump up ^ 1975 Yearbook of Jehovah's Witnesses. Watchtower. 1974. p. 194.
14.Jump up ^ Robert J Marten (1930). "Golden Age" (PDF). Watch Tower Bible and Tract Society. p. 405. "In October, 1929, I went to California and acquired the title to the ground in my name..."
15.Jump up ^ Edmond C. Gruss (1970). Apostles of Denial (PDF). Presbyterian & Reformed. p. 226. "[Beth-Sarim was built] to give sagging hopes for the princes' return a boost."
16.Jump up ^ <Please add first missing authors to populate metadata.> (July 25, 1931). "Beth-Sarim -- Much Talked About House" (PDF). The Messenger (Watchtower): 6, 8.
17.Jump up ^ <Please add first missing authors to populate metadata.> (March 19, 1930). "Beth Sarim Deed" (PDF). The Golden Age: 404–407.
18.Jump up ^ Scan of deed from Golden Age: page 1, page 2
19.Jump up ^ "California Cults". Time: 60. March 31, 1930. Scan of original Time article
20.Jump up ^ Jerome Beatty (November 1940). "Peddlars of Paradise" (PDF). The American: 54.
21.Jump up ^ Stanley High (September 14, 1940). "Armageddon, Inc" (PDF). The Saturday Evening Post: 52.
22.Jump up ^ Gruss & Chretien. "Beth Sarim: A Monument to a False Prophet and to False Prophecy" (PDF). See [1] for Requa's contribution to architecture in California.
23.Jump up ^ Edmond C. Gruss (2001). Jehovah's Witnesses: Their Claims, Doctrinal Changes and Prophetic Speculation. Xulon Press. p. 216. ISBN 978-1-931232-30-2.
24.Jump up ^ J.F. Rutherford (1939). "GOD'S GOVERNMENT". Salvation. Watchtower. pp. 311–312.. See also The New World (PDF). Watchtower. 1942. pp. 104–105.
25.Jump up ^ "The San Diego Sun". March 15, 1930, January 9, 1931. Archived from the original on 2002-11-16. Check date values in: |date= (help)
26.Jump up ^ Leonard & Marjorie Chretien (1988). Witnesses of Jehovah (PDF). Harvest House. p. 45. "To place the value of this automobile in perspective, a new Ford in 1931 cost approximately 600 dollars. A 16-cylinder Cadillac cost between 5400 and 9200 dollars, depending on style."
27.Jump up ^ <Please add first missing authors to populate metadata.> (March 23, 1930). "Judge Awaits Next Coming of King David" (PDF). Syracuse Herald Journal.
28.Jump up ^ "Olin R. Moyle's Letter to J.F. Rutherford" (PDF).
29.Jump up ^ Tony Wills (2007). A People For His Name: A History of Jehovah's Witnesses and an Evaluation. Lulu.com. pp. 202–204. ISBN 978-1-4303-0100-4.
30.Jump up ^ M. James Penton (1997). Apocalypse Delayed: The Story of Jehovah's Witnesses. University of Toronto Press. pp. 73–75. ISBN 978-0-8020-7973-2.
31.Jump up ^ "W.F. Salter's Letter to J.F. Rutherford" (PDF).
32.Jump up ^ <Please add first missing authors to populate metadata.> (May 2, 1937). "Why Salter Lost His Job" (PDF). The Golden Age (Watchtower): 499.
33.Jump up ^ <Please add first missing authors to populate metadata.> (May 27, 1942). "San Diego's Officials Line Up Against Earth's New Princes" (PDF). Consolation (Watchtower): 5–6.
34.Jump up ^ Watchtower (1961). Let Your Name Be Sanctified. pp. 335–336.
35.Jump up ^ <Please add first missing authors to populate metadata.> (January 11, 1942). "Witness Sect Founder Dies". St. Petersburg Times.
36.Jump up ^ Jehovah's Witnesses - Proclaimers of God's Kingdom. p. 90.
37.Jump up ^ <Please add first missing authors to populate metadata.> (January 26, 1942). "Witnesses Ask Right To Bury Leader". The Evening Independent (St Petersburg, Florida): 18.
38.Jump up ^ Mp3 of Interview with Hayden C. Covington on November 19, 1978 Text of Interview
39.Jump up ^ Beth Shan was a 200 acre estate owned by the Watchtower Society about a mile and a half due east of Beth Sarim across the canyon in which Fairmont Avenue runs. <Please add first missing authors to populate metadata.> (February 18, 1942). "No Will Left By Rutherford, Says Secretary". San Diego Union: B–7.
40.Jump up ^ "Beth Shan -- The Watchtower's "House of Security"".
41.Jump up ^ "Beth Shan and the Return of the Princes" (PDF).
42.Jump up ^ <Please add first missing authors to populate metadata.> (May 27, 1942). "San Diego's Officials Line Up Against Earth's New Princes" (PDF). Consolation (Watchtower): 9, 14–16.
43.Jump up ^ Leonard & Marjorie Chretien (1988). Witnesses of Jehovah (PDF). Harvest House. p. 49.
44.Jump up ^ "San Diego Reader". June 28, 2008.
45.Jump up ^ Mallios (2007). Cemeteries of San Diego. Arcadia Publishing. p. 112. ISBN 978-0-7385-4714-5.
46.Jump up ^ <Please add first missing authors to populate metadata.> (May 4, 1942). "Buried". Time.
47.Jump up ^ "Announcements", The Watchtower, October 1, 1966, page 608
48.Jump up ^ Van Amburgh, W. E. (2005). The way to paradise. An enlarged replica of the International Bible Students Association's original 1924 book. Lulu.com. pp. 45, 46. ISBN 1-4116-5971-6. Retrieved 2009-07-12.
49.Jump up ^ Bill Davidson (November 22, 1946). "Jehovah's Traveling Salesmen" (PDF). Colliers: 75.
50.Jump up ^ Beth-Sarim, House of Princes
51.Jump up ^ Jehovah's Witnesses: Proclaimers of God's Kingdom. Watchtower. 1993. p. 76. "At the time, it was believed that faithful men of old times, such as Abraham, Joseph, and David, would be resurrected before the end of this system of things and would serve as 'princes in all the earth,' in fulfillment of Psalm 45:16. This view was adjusted in 1950, when further study of the Scriptures indicated that those earthly forefathers of Jesus Christ would be resurrected after Armageddon."
52.Jump up ^ Jehovah's Witnesses in the Divine Purpose (PDF). Watchtower. 1959. pp. 252–253.
53.Jump up ^ For reactions to the announcement of the change of belief, see "The 'Princes' Are Here" in 1975 Yearbook of Jehovah's Witnesses. Watchtower. 1974. pp. 213–214.
54.Jump up ^ Barbara Grizzuti Harrison (1978). Visions of Glory: A History and a Memory of Jehovah's Witnesses. Simon & Schuster. pp. 180–181, 269–270. Archived from the original on February 9, 2004.
55.Jump up ^ "Douglas Walsh vs. The Right Honorable James Latham Clyde, M. P. C." (PDF).
56.Jump up ^ "Historical Landmarks Designated by the San Diego Historical Resources Board" (PDF).
External links[edit]
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Rutherford's Unfinished Burial Crypt at Beth Sarim
The Story of Beth Sarim
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Man's Search for God is a book published in 1990 and edited in 2006 by Watch Tower Bible and Tract Society.[1]


Contents  [hide]
1 Book name assignment to an editorial
2 Featured content
3 References
4 External links

Book name assignment to an editorial[edit]
The book's title was used by an editorial in Excélsior, Journal of Mexico City, 25 September 2002. It was written by Carlo Coccioli, famous scholar and writer of Mexico, said:
"I just read - or rather re-reading or better yet, read the third time - a little red, extraordinary book. No, not the famous 'little red book' Mao Tse tung which became obsolete with the passage of time. This Man's Search for God, and is a much more extraordinary book has everything to last forever. The book, in simple terms, is a gift of Jehovah's Witnesses to the world. It is very small in size but big in content. It is a paperback book, but if a library of 90,000 books, is likely to highlight the most important of all. "[2][3]
Part of a series on
Jehovah's Witnesses

Overview

Organizational structure
Governing Body
Watch Tower Bible
 and Tract Society
Corporations

History
Bible Student movement
Leadership dispute
Splinter groups
Doctrinal development
Unfulfilled predictions

Demographics
By country


Beliefs ·
 Practices
 
Salvation ·
 Eschatology

The 144,000
Faithful and discreet slave
Hymns ·
 God's name

Blood ·
 Discipline


Literature

The Watchtower ·
 Awake!

New World Translation
List of publications
Bibliography

Teaching programs

Kingdom Hall ·
 Gilead School


People

Watch Tower presidents

W. H. Conley ·
 C. T. Russell

J. F. Rutherford ·
 N. H. Knorr

F. W. Franz ·
 M. G. Henschel

D. A. Adams

Formative influences

William Miller ·
 Henry Grew

George Storrs ·
 N. H. Barbour

John Nelson Darby


Notable former members

Raymond Franz ·
 Olin Moyle


Opposition

Criticism ·
 Persecution

Supreme Court cases
 by country

v ·
 t ·
 e
   
The book which at first was red color and a hard cover now has a light cover, is 384 pages and uses more than 40 works consulted as references including several translations of the Bible.[4]
Featured content[edit]
The book "Search for God" is divided into chapters and paragraphs. Contains 16 following chapters:
1. Why Concern in Other Religions?
2. Religion - How to Begin?
3. Common Traits in Mythology
4. Unknown Search Through Mythology and Spiritualism
5. Hinduism - A Liberation Search
6. Buddhism - A Lighting Search Without God
7. Taoism and Confucianism - A Search the Way of Heaven
8. Shinto - Japan's Search for God
9. Judaism - The Search for God Through Scripture and Tradition
10. Christianity - Jesus was the God Way?
11. Apostasy - Blocking the Path to God
12. Islam - The Way to God Through Submission
13. The Reformation - The search takes a new turn
14. Modern Disbelief - Should Continue Search?
15. Return to the True God
16. True God and Our Future Subject Index.
Credits For illustrations.
References[edit]
1.Jump up ^ Man's Search for God (1990), Issue 2, Author: Watchetower Bible and Tract Society of New York? INC; Pp. 2.3
2.Jump up ^ http://wol.jw.org/pt/wol/d/r5/lp-t/102004133 Retrieved on April 18, 2015
3.Jump up ^ http://wol.jw.org/pt/wol/d/r5/lp-t/102000654#h=0:0-2:536 Retrieved on April 18, 2015
4.Jump up ^ http://brecholiterario.com/diversos/o-homem-em-busca-de-deus-sociedade-torres-de-vigia-testemunhas-de-jeova-379-pag.html Retrieved on April 18, 2015
External links[edit]
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Man's Search for God is a book published in 1990 and edited in 2006 by Watch Tower Bible and Tract Society.[1]


Contents  [hide]
1 Book name assignment to an editorial
2 Featured content
3 References
4 External links

Book name assignment to an editorial[edit]
The book's title was used by an editorial in Excélsior, Journal of Mexico City, 25 September 2002. It was written by Carlo Coccioli, famous scholar and writer of Mexico, said:
"I just read - or rather re-reading or better yet, read the third time - a little red, extraordinary book. No, not the famous 'little red book' Mao Tse tung which became obsolete with the passage of time. This Man's Search for God, and is a much more extraordinary book has everything to last forever. The book, in simple terms, is a gift of Jehovah's Witnesses to the world. It is very small in size but big in content. It is a paperback book, but if a library of 90,000 books, is likely to highlight the most important of all. "[2][3]
Part of a series on
Jehovah's Witnesses

Overview

Organizational structure
Governing Body
Watch Tower Bible
 and Tract Society
Corporations

History
Bible Student movement
Leadership dispute
Splinter groups
Doctrinal development
Unfulfilled predictions

Demographics
By country


Beliefs ·
 Practices
 
Salvation ·
 Eschatology

The 144,000
Faithful and discreet slave
Hymns ·
 God's name

Blood ·
 Discipline


Literature

The Watchtower ·
 Awake!

New World Translation
List of publications
Bibliography

Teaching programs

Kingdom Hall ·
 Gilead School


People

Watch Tower presidents

W. H. Conley ·
 C. T. Russell

J. F. Rutherford ·
 N. H. Knorr

F. W. Franz ·
 M. G. Henschel

D. A. Adams

Formative influences

William Miller ·
 Henry Grew

George Storrs ·
 N. H. Barbour

John Nelson Darby


Notable former members

Raymond Franz ·
 Olin Moyle


Opposition

Criticism ·
 Persecution

Supreme Court cases
 by country

v ·
 t ·
 e
   
The book which at first was red color and a hard cover now has a light cover, is 384 pages and uses more than 40 works consulted as references including several translations of the Bible.[4]
Featured content[edit]
The book "Search for God" is divided into chapters and paragraphs. Contains 16 following chapters:
1. Why Concern in Other Religions?
2. Religion - How to Begin?
3. Common Traits in Mythology
4. Unknown Search Through Mythology and Spiritualism
5. Hinduism - A Liberation Search
6. Buddhism - A Lighting Search Without God
7. Taoism and Confucianism - A Search the Way of Heaven
8. Shinto - Japan's Search for God
9. Judaism - The Search for God Through Scripture and Tradition
10. Christianity - Jesus was the God Way?
11. Apostasy - Blocking the Path to God
12. Islam - The Way to God Through Submission
13. The Reformation - The search takes a new turn
14. Modern Disbelief - Should Continue Search?
15. Return to the True God
16. True God and Our Future Subject Index.
Credits For illustrations.
References[edit]
1.Jump up ^ Man's Search for God (1990), Issue 2, Author: Watchetower Bible and Tract Society of New York? INC; Pp. 2.3
2.Jump up ^ http://wol.jw.org/pt/wol/d/r5/lp-t/102004133 Retrieved on April 18, 2015
3.Jump up ^ http://wol.jw.org/pt/wol/d/r5/lp-t/102000654#h=0:0-2:536 Retrieved on April 18, 2015
4.Jump up ^ http://brecholiterario.com/diversos/o-homem-em-busca-de-deus-sociedade-torres-de-vigia-testemunhas-de-jeova-379-pag.html Retrieved on April 18, 2015
External links[edit]
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