In the Last of the Last Days: Faith in the Age of Dysfunction - E-book - ePub

Those of the Enlightenment laud the "human experiment" that is democracy, Jehovah's Witnesses laud the human experiment that is worldwide family. Theirs is John Lennon's brotherhood of man not rejoicing that there is above us only sky but instead seeking direction from that sky. A family all but solving racism, a family uniting nationalities and social classes. Who wouldn't want a double-shot of it? But even a recent circuit overseer likened it to "one big, united, happy, somewhat dysfunctional family, " a phrase I suspect is not in any outline.
Witnesses are ordinary folk, with all the foibles of ordinary folk, and sometimes a few extra thrown in since "They that are whole have no need of a physician, but they that are ill do: I [Jesus] came not to call the righteous, but sinners to repentance."What drives the Witnesses? Examine what faces these ordinary folk who star in a world-stage role that is alternately noble and strange. Some challenge is external: "A large door that leads to activity has been opened to me, but there are many opposers." Some challenge is internal: "We have this treasure [of the ministry] in earthen vessels." Translation: "We have met the enemy and he is us."Either way, "Do not be puzzled at the burning among you .