Whose the foundation of the Jehovah witness church?

Answer 1

Jehovah's Witnesses believe that their worship is a restoration of biblical Christianity, as practiced by the apostles and first century Christians. They recognize Christ himself (and the apostles to a much lesser extent) as the "foundation" of true Christian worship. Of course, the bible teaches that God Himself is the "builder".

(Isaiah 28:16) Sovereign Lord Jehovah has said: “Here I am laying as a foundation in Zion a stone, a tried stone, the precious corner of a sure foundation.

(Acts 4:10-11) Jesus Christ the Nazarene... This is ‘the stone that was treated by you builders as of no account that has become the head of the corner.’

(Revelation 21:14) The wall of the city also had twelve foundation stones, and on them the twelve names of the twelve apostles of the Lamb.

(Hebrews 11:10) the city having real foundations, the builder and maker of which city is God.


In modern times, Jehovah's Witnesses have always acknowledged that Charles Russell had a central role in re-establishing true Christianity in the 1870's. Yet Witnesses have never pretended to be followers of Charles Russell any more than they pretended to be followers of Paul or Apollos or Cephas or of ANYONE but Christ Jesus. When seven million Jehovah's Witnesses preach from door to door each month, they work to preach the "good news about the Christ".

(1 Corinthians 1:12-17) What I mean is this, that each one of you says: “I belong to Paul,” “But I to Apollos,” “But I to Cephas,” ...Paul was not impaled for you, was he? Or were you baptized in the name of Paul? ...Christ dispatched me, not to go baptizing, but to go declaring the good news

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Answer 2

The wiki article seems fairly accurate.

NOW
as for the ones who are saying it started with Jesus...

Here is one really good reason it is has no basis with Jesus:

Jesus said to his apostles:
I will be with you til the end of time.

Ok, well what JW's teach today has never ever been in One Religious Group in history until relatively recently.

So where was Jesus all those years?
Does it seem right or fair that he would allow people to be taught absolute untruths about himself?

Also, Jesus said
Come to Me.
I am the Vine.

Well, the problem is this:
The JW's teach that one does Not go to Jesus, but rather goes to the Watchtower whose Faithful and Discreet Slave act as mediators, as Jesus was only the mediator for the FDS.
So there fore, they supercede the very words of Jesus himself with their own ideas that one can only gain approval before God by going to the Watchtower.
They explicitly teach that the gospels, for the most part, only apply to the 144,000.
So therefore, anyone who wants approval must go to this 144,000 first and then they can, through association with said 144,000 by attending meetings and reading the literature, gain everlasting life on earth.
So, I doubt that Jesus would consider himself the founder of their church.

Rather, they are spin offs of 19th century Adventists.

Answer 3

The word 'church' is an incorrect translation.

The word is actually congregation, meaning 'a group of people"

The foundation or cornerstone is Jesus, God's appointed and anointed King.

We have one leader Christ.

Heb 1:9 tells us that the God of Jesus anointed him above all this partners.

Job 1:6 tells us God has many sons, but only one begotten Son, the first born of all creation, the beginning of the creation by God.

Phil. ch 2 tells us we must be in subjection to Jesus, so that we can glorify His God and Father. (Rom 15:5,6; Eph 1:3, 17)

Ps 110:1 The utterance of Jehovah to my Lord is:
“Sit at my right hand
Until I place your enemies as a stool for your feet.”

Jehovah is the power behind Jesus.

Heb 2:4 while God joined in bearing witness with signs as well as portents and various powerful works and with distributions of holy spirit according to his will?

Heb 2:4 tells us that it was God who actually performed the miracles that Jesus did. Just as God performed the miracles attributed to Moses, Elijah, and Paul.

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Answer 4

Christ is the head of our congregation. :) And he is the rock-mass, or foundation.

Answer 5

Some good answers at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_Jehovah's_Witnesses

Answer 6

Jesus Christ.