Put yourself in a room of 50 people, for example. Eventually, some among that 50 is going to position themselves in positions of authority over the others; in other words, they will put themselves in charge. This self-imposed authority may come under many disguises such as higher education, skin color, more wealth than others, etc. They may make make lofty claims. Did not King James "authorize" his Bible? Did God tell him to do that or did he tell himself? My point here is that it is all self-imposed authority. And, if one wants to get down and dirty with truth about it all, it is all White self-imposed authority that sits on the top. I refuse to believe that an impartial God made it that way.
The Governing Body is the result of an arrogant man (C.T. Russell and later others after him) who somehow arrogated themselves to station themselves above others as having some special calling. In other words, God has called only White men among His creation of mankind to sit in those positions. This does not make any sense.
It does not make sense that what emanates from the "top" are a reflection (images) of what sits at the top as seen in the publications, art, and film: Adam, Eve, Angels (who are invisible), Jesus, Noah, Moses, The Prophets, The Apostles, etc being portrayed in the likeness of those persons who sit at the top: White men.
The Catholic Church has its Popes. We all know what color they have traditionally been. Does anyone really think that this how God wants it? Is the Watch Tower any different? No!
Something is wrong, terribly wrong!
What is even more disturbing is that millions do not question it?
If men of a particular race within the human familiy position themselves in positions of authority over the others and they portray what they have not seen in their likeness in publications, then that which they portray cannot be true, it must be false; false images and false portrayals.
If the portrayals are false, then the teachings behind those portrayals are false.
Don't tell the world that Adam and Eve looked like White people as this would be false. It would be false to portray them in the likeness of any race among the human family because no one has seen them. Do tell the world that angels are winged pale-skinned White babies or adults knowing full well that angels are not flesh and blood creatures and no one can see an angel in its true form. Don't tell the world that Jesus is a White man because no one has ever seen him in the likeness of ANY race among the human family. Likewise, do not tell the world that 8 men called a Governing Body is God's Faithful Slave. Yes, I concede that there is one African American - Samuel Herd - but that was not always the case, ite GB has been traditionally a White mans club and still is as it is predominately White. One does not see all races within the organization represented at that level. Why not? Why only eight? If there were 10 or 12, why 10 or 12?
As I stated, something is very wrong as this does not fit the personality of the God I know. He is color-blind.
So this thing comes full circle and the question is how did it come to be like this: Because it was men themselves who placed themselves in those positions of authority and sold the lie that God did.
It is no different from a Pope being placed in a position of self-imposed authority over others. Why would God place men in positions of authority over others when Christ is our Head? He is our authority. (1 Cor 11:3)
Answer: He would not.
Too, think of all of the mistakes, error, and bad decisions that have emanated from the GB. Certainly, God does not make mistakes. There would be no need for the constant "new light" or "new understanding" coming out of the WT organization because if the "original light" came from God, it be steady and true.
The GB is one of the many distractions presented and placed in front of men and women to keep them from ajoining themselves to the TRUE BODY: Christ himself.
R. Jerome Harris
e-Prophetic.com
