One of the reasons why Zion’s Watch Tower was first published in July 1879 was to defend the Bible teaching of the ransom.
(‏ مت ٢٤ :‏ ٤٥‏ )‏ فَآنَذَاكَ ،‏ كَانَ كَثِيرُونَ يَقَعُونَ ضَحِيَّةَ نَظَرِيَّةِ ٱلتَّطَوُّرِ ٱلَّتِي تَتَنَافَى مَعَ ٱلْوَاقِعِ أَنَّ ٱلْإِنْسَانَ خَسِرَ حَالَةَ ٱلْكَمَالِ ٱلَّتِي تَمَتَّعَ بِهَا يَوْمًا .‏