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God's Kingdom Society (GKS) (Church of the Living God) is a Christian sabbatarian denomination founded by Gideon Urhobo. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] He served as its life president from its inception in 1934 till his passing in 1952.
In 1943, members in the Gold Coast (now Ghana) pushed for inclusivity, prompting a renaming to GOD’S KINGDOM SOCIETY (GKS). Concurrently, Saint Urhobo adopted a new name, GIDEON MERIODERE URHOBO, in 1943, in homage to his great-great-grandfather, Urhobo. His movement, God's Kingdom Society grew into hundreds of members by the 1950s. [10]
Nathan Knorr was born in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania.At age 16, he began to show interest in the International Bible Students at age 16. He left the Reformed Church in 1922. He was baptized on July 4, 1923, as a Bible Student following a baptism talk by Frederick W. Franz, with whom Knorr became close friends.
They believe the kingdom was established in heaven in 1914, [4] and that Jehovah's Witnesses serve as the kingdom's representatives on earth. [5] Due to their belief in God's kingdom as the only legitimate form of governance, Jehovah's Witnesses do not participate in political activities, such as voting in elections. [6]
God was believed to be permitting the world's affairs to run their ruinous course before he implemented his plan to free humanity from evil, suffering, and death by means of the sacrificial death of Jesus Christ and the later establishment of God's kingdom on earth after his Second Coming. [5]
Jehovah's Witnesses teach that the League of Nations and the United Nations were set up as a counterfeit of God's Kingdom. Joseph F. Rutherford, second president of the Watch Tower Society, condemned politicians, business leaders and clergy in their support of the League of Nations. Jehovah's Witnesses believe that the United Nations will soon ...