Demolition of the LHMM - let's make an example

On November 8, 2006 the executive trustee sends a another silly letter to the U.S. brethren associated with the LHMM. He falsely accuses these two brothers of vocalizing errors and abuses, seeking to draw attention away from himself.

To the nominal truth brethren associated with the LHMM, this letter appears to be appropriate, because they have fallen into sectarianism, and don't have a strong Epiphany Truth understanding. Those who hold a position in the movement have to make a choice. Unfortunately for many, their positions with the movement become more important than defending the truth.

In the letter, the executive trustee explains that he had given the named brethren ample time to respond. Mail from Chester Springs, PA to Springfield, MA can take 5-7 days to be delivered. It's very apparent the executive trustee had an agenda to move forward with his error, even at the cost of those who had done nothing wrong.

You will also notice the last sentence of this letter he uses the term "former brethren." Those who consecrate between the ages are not on trial for life. His clouded judgement allows him to think he has the ability to take one's justification away.

He owes these two faithful brothers and the faithful brethren upholding the Truth an apology. He should step down and resign his position for such a blunder.

Click HERE to see the November 8, 2006 letters to the brethren.

Demolition of the LHMM - "Leader of God's people under the Lord?"

Are we to think that the small handful of individuals associated with the LHMM can make the claim that they are God's only people? Such a silly comment.

Demolition of the LHMM. Engaging in clericalism and sectarianism.

On November 5, 2006, the executive trustee begins his work to destroy local bible classes. He starts with Springfield, MA. With the help from family members, and especially his nephew,  instructions are given not to vote for Bro. Branconnier as an elder. The executive trustee's plan backfires. Instead of removing Bro. Branconnier as an elder, no elder receives a majority vote to serve in 2007.

The executive trustee is responsible for this class splitting. How far would you go to defend a thought "let"?

Click HERE to see the email with partisan collaboration to split the Springfield, MA Bible class.

Demolition of the LHMM. Are these now "former brethren"?

Demolition of the LHMM. A thoughtlet, how far would you go?

On October 25, 2006  the executive trustee sent Bro. Branconnier a letter accusing him of a verbal campaign against the "thoughtlet" error he published in the Present Truth magazine.

Bro. Branconnier was an evangelist and an active elder in the Springfield, MA class. That ecclesia's annual business meeting, a recorded event, included a discussion of the error and how the class could study the matter for themselves. Those recordings were sent to the Bible House by several family members of the executive trustee, and that is how this came to be.

Click HERE to download the letter to Bro. Banconnier.
How far would you go to defend error?

If you had the thought(let) ...

... that in Bro. Johnson's notes on Tabernacle Shadows, page 133, he's referring to the existence of the actual Youthful Worthy class, understanding the grammar and looking nearby will show this view to be incorrect.

Page 133: "It will also be remembered that it is he who brought to our attention the fact that there has been since 1881 a class of non-spirit-begotten consecrated ones, whom we call Youthful Worthies."

Some brethren get caught up in the word "class" in this sentence. They ignore the "a" before it and "consecrated ones" after it. Bro. Johnson does not use the definite article "the" and write "the Youthful Worthy class" to mention a separate and distinct entity, but instead is referring to the "ones" of individuals. Clearly, this is the meaning of the sentence. He even goes on to point out that it is only later on, in the Epiphany, when they have a unique distinction.

Second, these notes were first published in the November 1936 PT. Had Bro. Johnson thought of them as being a separate and distinct class in 1881, we should find other references nearby to prove this view. Of course, we do not.

Fifteen pages earlier in the October issue, he addresses the subject in the Questions of General Interest, showing how the spirit-begotten could only see spiritual things up until 1881. Had there been Youthful Worthy individuals before 1881, they should have been able to see those deeper things. But, those individuals were not to be found.

Fifty pages later in the February issue, he also addresses this same subject in the Questions of General Interest. Here he references St. Paul on 1 Cor. 2:14, "for between Pentecost and 1881, to which time alone his words are limited, all the consecrated were new creatures; hence during that time the term new creature and the term consecrated applied to the same persons and were interchangeable."

Demolition of the LHMM - Hostess to a convention that supports error?

If you had the thought(let) ...

... that E10, page 284 shows that the Youthful Worthies existed in 1878, just look nearby to see that this view is incorrect.

E10, p. 284: "After leaving the nominal church as Youthful Worthies, from 1878 onward, and coming into the Truth, these were as a class taken by Bro. Russell as a symbolic daughter."

Two pages later on p. 286: "... since from 1881 onward these things were not certain in individual cases, because all consecrators were not accepted into the high calling."

Both the dependent clause "from 1878 onward" as well as "and coming into the Truth" are required to complete the understanding as to their beginning. We just don't have the date of their full consecration listed in the second clause. That is, until two pages later, where we are told that ALL consecrations until 1881 were Spirit-begotten.

Demolition of The LHMM - The Future Appointed Leader in Waiting

Between 2004 and 2006, a certain Pilgrim of the BS Ministries served local classes in America with the topic Incidental Features. At last year's convention in Tulsa, OK, he made the comment that this talk would make a return to his discourse repertoire. And it did at their most recent convention in Washington. Not one person in the audience groaned in dismay as to what was being said. From the very beginning, he has misinterpreted Brother Russell's use of the term "incidental" and has convinced himself that many essential features of GOD's plan like "Faith Justification" and "The Great Sacrifice for Sin" use today's meaning of the word. Very sad.

See December 2012 postings on this matter.

Click here to listen to this confused Pilgrim

Take note to listen at the 19:15, 23:06, 30:00, 37:15, 39:00, 43:20, and 44:00 minute marks.

This brother attempts to support his claims that this information is found in the writings. Attached is an example from R4555. Also see R4137 and R4656

R4137: "...Our Lord's mission was primarily to make the great sacrifice for sin, which was the redemption price, and to secure ultimately the release of mankind from the sentence of original sin. As an incidental feature connected with the world's salvation through his sacrifice, he preached the good tidings and called for followers to walk in his steps and to be joint-sacrificers with him, and thus ultimately to be joint-heirs with him in the work of distributing the blessings and favor of God, secured through his death..."

R4555: "... Nevertheless the divine plan does not end with the deliverance of "the Church of the firstborn whose names are written in heaven" and who shall share with Christ in "his resurrection"--the first, or chief resurrection. The appropriation of the merit of Christ first to the Church is merely an incidental feature of the Divine Plan. Soon the Church shall have shared by the privilege now granted to believers of becoming dead with Christ to the earthly interests and alive as New Creatures by the first resurrection..."

R4656: "...Their hope will be the same as that of the remainder of the world, viz., a hope of actual justification during the Millennial Age --Restitution. In other words, this matter of faith-justification is merely an incidental feature connected with the consecration to death--for the selection of this special class which is now being called. To impute justification to any except these would be greatly to their disadvantage."

Modern definitions belonging to the word "Incidental" are:  (chance, accidental, untended, unintentional, unplanned).  Additional definitions that should be considered from the late 1800's, early 1900's include "Natural Occurring Event", "Followed By" etc.

The redemptive part of GOD's plan was thoughtfully planned, and deliberate.

R5409: "...The essential features of the Gospel are that Jesus came from above--that He was holy, harmless and undefiled, and gave Himself a Ransom-price for sinners. God recognized the merit of His work and raised Him from the dead, and He ascended on High, there to appear in the presence of God--first for the Church class, later for the world. All this the Christian accepts by faith."

This individual is the next executive trustee in waiting for the BS Ministries. His understanding of the Parousia, and Epiphany Truth is lacking, as demonstrated by this, and other subject matters he has misrepresented. This US Pilgrim who has preached this error should offer a correction, and step down.

Demolition of The LHMM - A Pilgrim Addresses the General Church

On July 25, 2006 Pilgrim Bro. Blaine addresses the general Church with Truth references from the Parousia and Epiphany writings pointing out the error in the 2006 Present Truth contrived by the current executive trustee of the LHMM.

Click here to see the original document mailed to the Brethren

Demolition of The LHMM Timeline - "The Truth is First Pure, then Peaceable"

"The wisdom that is from above is first pure, then peaceable" (James 3: 17). 

Demolition of the LHMM - The Editor of the Present Truth Magazine Denies the 1914 Date

The question the executive trustee originally posed was: "What is the correct date of the Youthful Worthy call? 1878, or 1881?" Later in the article, he diverts the attention from the word "call" to the word "class", and never addresses the Truth on the subject. Did Anyone Notice?

Along with his misunderstanding of the word "class" and the English language, the executive trustee ignores hundreds of references dealing with the Gospel Age Harvest which focuses on the completion of the Church. Below, you will find direct references pertaining to the "Youthful Worthy call" having its beginning in 1914.


PT 1951, p. 135, col., 1
"Thus the material was all ready, initially, for the Epiphany temple by the Fall of 1914; and, as Bro. Johnson indicates in E Vol. 11, p. 493, the work of building the Epiphany tabernacle, or temple (frequently used interchangeably—. E Vol. 8, p. 623), "had its beginning in the call of the Youthful Worthies from 1914 onward." Hence we are warranted in beginning the time of the laying of the foundations of the Epiphany temple in the Fall of 1914."


PT 1951, p. 135, col., 2
"As already seen (in the third and fourth preceding pars.), the work of building the Epiphany temple had its first beginnings in the Fall of 1914 with the call of the Youthful Worthies. The Youthful Worthies will all be appointed by Oct. 1954, after which no more Youthful Worthies will be won (E Vol. 10, p. 114; P '51, p. 90),..."


PT 1959, p. 56, col. 1
"These other leaders could not see, e.g., that a great step of progress in connection with the antitypical Tabernacle had set in—that beginning in the Fall of 1914 in the call of the Youthful Worthies as a class, God was building the Epiphany Tabernacle Court as distinct from the Holy..."

Another grace parallel occurs between the closing of the door of entrance into the High Calling on Sept. 16, 1914 (E 3, p. 401; E 4, p. 464; for 80 proofs that it closed, see P.T. No. 515), and the closing of the door of entrance into the Youthful Worthy calling, exactly 40 years later, on Sept. 16, 1954 (E 10, p. 114; E 11, p. 473; P '54, pp. 41, 57).


P2 Page. 212-213: "This call, which must end when enough invited from which to complete the favored Little Flock, the body of Christ, is far from being the limit of God's love and favor and calling. Its end will close the heavenly or high calling. For where this call ends, where this door of opportunity and favor closes, another door begins to swing open..."

The above references show that PT 2006, p. 18, p. 21, col. 2, p. 22, col. 1. denies the 1914 date.

Click here to download 2006 Present Truth Whole Number 714

The Demolition of the LHMM - Where is the correct date?

1. The current executive trustee in the 2006 Summer PT seeks to deceive the reader by offering two incorrect dates, and omitting the correct date for the Youthful Worthy call. Again, did anyone notice?

2. As responsible Bible students; do we accept the latest expression from the Spirit Begotten on this subject, or do we promote a thoughtlet?  Click Link to see:  E Vol. 5 Pages, 340 - 344 

3. "Do you want the Lord's will or do you want your will?" It's a fair question.

Demolition of the LHMM - The Deceptive Question - Did Anyone Notice?

Below, you will find the original question that was posed to Pilgrim Bro. Blaine by the current executive trustee seeking support for his thoughtlet. (See our 3/3/13 post.)

The question below deals with clarification on "classes."

The deceptive question in the 2006 Summer Present Truth deals with clarification on the word "call." Did anyone notice?

Demolition of the LHMM - The Deceptive Question

Demolition of The LHMM - Summer 2006 Present Truth

Very few brethren associated with the Bible Standard Ministries applied the Berean method of study to the executive trustee's "Present View" error in the Summer 2004 Present Truth revised "Quasi Elect" article. Two years later, he further promotes his thoughtlet in the Summer 2006 Present Truth with an outright attack on the Epiphany Truth dates given by the spirit-begotten servants. He knowingly changes his talking point from the term "class" to "call". Did anyone notice?

We feel that this continuation of error will go down in history as one reason the movement is no longer used by our Lord. Clericalism and Sectarianism would soon follow. We will deal with this deception over the next several posts.

Demolition of the LHMM - Preparing for Summer 2006 PT Bombshell

Demolition of the LHMM - Notes Found in a Drawer Used as Authentic Proof to Support Error?

Authentication (from Greek: αὐθεντικός; real or genuine, from αὐθέντης authentes; author) is the act of confirming the truth of an attribute of a datum or entity.

Despite the incredible amount of authentic printed material found in the Truth writings on the Youthful Worthies as individuals and as a separate and distinct class, the current executive trustee and his partisan supporters forge forward with the "Present View" error.  Notes found in a drawer from an unidentified person are published in the Winter 2005 Present Truth (see download) as proof to support the executive trustee's thoughtlet. The notes do not meet the standards of real, printed references such as the following:

PT 1947, p. 53 - col. 1

The Youthful Worthies as individuals have been developing since in 1881 the general call ceased, and as a class since the last Little Flock member was won in 1914.


Present Truth 1949, page 156

"Another wonderful happenings of these past years is the many consecrators who are given the privilege of Youthful Worthiship. While there were Youthful Worthies from 1881 to 1914, i.e ., in the cases of those for whom no crowns were then available, since 1914 all new consecrators are of this class; because by Oct. 1914 all crowns were filled to completion

Click Here to Download Notes from Winter 2005 PT

Demolition of the LHMM - "If you're not for me..."

Pilgrim Bro. Blaine Responds to the Executive Trustee's Error

On 2/11/2005, Pilgrim Bro. Richard Blaine responded to the executive trustee's strange letter with the intent to provide Truth references that would help him rightly divide the word, and see the error. In his original document, he included only 20 proofs that the Youthful Worthies came on the scene as individuals in 1881, and the call began in 1914 when they became an Epiphany Class.

 Click Here: To Download 35 Page Expanded Document.