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rechap.14p.77TheMagnificenceofJehovah’sCelestialThrone***the 24 elders portray Jesus’ anointed footstep followers in their heavenly position, for Jesus made a covenant with them to sit on thrones in his Kingdom. (Luke 22:28-30)
It is hard to write this because I am laughing. Who are the 24 elders, are they 24 individual angels or are they symbolic of a group of angels, namely the 144,000? The WT just said they "portray" the 144,000. So they are not 24 actual dudes who lived on earth and were resurrected.
Now read the 1-1-2007 wt, page 28 par 11:
"If one of the 24 elders was used to convey that important truth, he would have had to be resurrected to heaven by 1935 at the latest."