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They have essentially replaced Jesus with themselves with this teaching.
Now here's the interesting thing. According to Revelation 7:1-3 the anointed (which includes the present FDS) are taken to heaven or resurrected before the four winds are released and the Great Tribulation begins. Which means they are no longer present on earth when the Great Crowd is chosen and brought out at the conclusion of the Great Tribulation. So as of right now, there are no "Other Sheep".

If you read Revelation 7:9 it says this Great Crowd came "out" of the Great Tribulation, showing very clearly that none of the Great Crowd have even been chosen yet because the Great Tribulation has not yet begun. Since this is the case and since the FDS is taken to heaven before the Great Tribulation begins then who are the Governing Body claiming to be mediators for?

The answer? No one, since they haven't yet been selected because the GT hasn't yet started or ended........


Matthew 24:45-51 is the parable they often quote (the Governing Body) for their "authority" however they mistakenly attribute the rest of the parable to Christendom, which wouldn't make any sense. In the Bible, God always disciplines his own people first AND then the nations. This scripture actually is a prophecy that the WTBTS is unknowingly fulfilling at present.
45 “Who then is the faithful and wise servant, whom the master has put in charge of the servants in his household to give them their food at the proper time? 46 It will be good for that servant whose master finds him doing so when he returns. 47 Truly I tell you, he will put him in charge of all his possessions. 48 But suppose that servant is wicked and says to himself, ‘My master is staying away a long time,’ 49 and he then begins to beat his fellow servants and to eat and drink with drunkards. 50 The master of that servant will come on a day when he does not expect him and at an hour he is not aware of. 51 He will cut him to pieces and assign him a place with the hypocrites, where there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth."

Notice that part of the Faithful and Wise Servant becomes the "evil slave" because their master "seems to be delaying, (because of the false promise of 1914). This "Evil Slave" (while still being of the anointed) begins to treat the domestics (God's people) badly and eats and drinks with the drunkards....You may recall when the UK newspaper the Guardian reported that the WTBTS was a United Nations Non Governmental Organization (NGO) and the WTBTS in response to the article resigned their NGO status? There was a lot of flak about that and the WTBTS tried to talk their way out of it, but the damage had been done as they had used their political affiliations to get around certain restrictions in other countries. This political union was (according to scriptural principle) adultery/fornication with Babylon The Great..........I'll let that sink in for a moment. THE WTBTS has in essence become unclean and this is why God's people are commanded to "Get out of her MY people, unless you want to share in her sins" Revelation 18:4

The "Evil Slave" is running the organization at present, it has allied itself with the nations and has uttered false prophecies over the years. What do you think will happen to the Governing Body and any JW's who remain within the organization when Jesus does return?

MedewtySenu wrote:
I had realized after I made the post that I had made an error concerning the part about when the anointed are taken from heaven. Joel 2:28 straightened me out on this one. Sorry about that.

One thing that caught my attention and was pointed out to me by the Spirit is the verse in Revelation that speaks of a crowd of people standing before the throne, having washed their robes and made them white in the blood of the Lamb and having palm branches in their hands (I don't have my Bible handy at the moment to give the chapter and verse). Originally the WTBTS identified this group as the Great Crowd, however the verse I mentioned in the above post seems to dispute that assertion. The verse clearly show the Great Crowd come put of the Great Tribulation (at the conclusion of Armageddon) but this verse shows certain ones already having white robes (clean standing before God) during the tribulation. It makes sense to me that these verses which follow the identification of the 144k are not talking about the GC at all but the anointed, given their placement before the throne. Of course I do understand that later on John has a vision of the 144k standing with the Lamb on Mounjt Zion (Heaven) and singing a new song.

I'll have to think about this some more before commenting further.

Morgan