“Russell taught that the Jewish people and nation have
a leading role in the Divine Plan for man, and accordingly during the year 1910
he spoke to vast Jewish audiences, comforting them according to the Scripture,
Isaiah 40:2… He encouraged them not to join the various churches of today
but to wait for the fulfillment of the many Old Testament promises that they
would be blessed as a nation. While they were yet a scattered and dispersed
people, he said, upon the basis of these promises, that they would be regathered
to Palestine and established as an independent nation.” Russell was regarded as
a “Christian Zionist, often invited to speak before orthodox Jewish groups… In
addition, his views on Zionism have been hailed by the likes of former Israeli
Prime Minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, and former United Nations Ambassador, Jeane
Kirkpatrick.”
SOURCE:
CTR:
The Truth
