These teachings present a problem for Jehovah's Witnesses who are in need of a Savior since the WT denies them the real deal. So to solve the problem, a sort of "Christ class," emerges and is presented as an entire group of mediators. Of course, this was also predicted by Jesus himself in Mt. 24:24 where he clearly cautioned that many false Christs would arise.
Did Peter Predict the Emergence of the WT?
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However, the Nov. 15, 1979, Watchtower emphasizes on pages 24-27
that Jesus Christ acts as a mediator only for a select few: those the
Watchtower regards as the 144,000 anointed Christians. Members of
this group, who also are referred to as "spiritual Israelites," are
those who, according to Witness teaching, will reign in the heavenly
kingdom. The April 1, 1979, Watchtower stresses on page 31 that in a"strict Biblical sense Jesus is the `mediator' only for anointed
Christians."
As one would expect, the Society must twist God's Word to support
this doctrine. Two distinct examples of how the organization has
changed God's word are found in separate citations of 1 Timothy 2:5,6.
Watchtower writers said on page 26 of the Nov. 15, 1979, Watchtower:
"For there is one God, and one mediator between God and men, a man,
Christ Jesus, who gave himself a corresponding ransom for all [or, for
all kinds of people], margin - this is what is to be witnessed to at
its own particular time."Again, in the same article, the passages is
cited and made to state, "There is one God, and one mediator between
God and men (not all men), a man, Christ Jesus, who gave himself a
corresponding ransom for all."Man, I'm still amazed ( even if I don't believe in the bible anymore) every time somebody shows how the WTBTS twisted and still twist what the bible says to fit there teachings. that's good stuff.