Rutherford begins a purge of all dissenters. 1918 - President Rutherford and 7 others jailed for anti war activities, gains martyr status. 1919 - All eight leaders are released from prison after nine months. That Rutherford himself is God's mouth piece. People sell farms, businesses, homes, leave jobs, etc. in preparation for the end.
Year passes quietly.
1928 - Rutherford rejects Russell's Great Pyramid of Gizeh as a method of determining Biblical endtimes chronology. 1929 - Romans 13 is reinterpreted, all governments of the world are Satanically controlled. 1930 - The doctrine of Christ's Second Presence is changed from 1874 to 1914. 1934 - Rutherford begins to guide the Society into a new purpose, the vindication of Jehovah's name. 1935 - Saluting the flag is idolatry.