“ …Therefore the great multitude could not appear prior to 1918.” Riches pg 297, paragraph 2.
“The identification of the great multitude has not heretofore been clear to those creatures on earth who served God. Now, however, we see that the great multitude could not be identified by the followers of Christ Jesus until the coming of the Lord to the temple. Evidently John, being in doubt, propounded the question as to the identity of the great multitude. Had he known, he would not had asked the question.”
What are these which are arrayed I white robes?
And hence came they? Revelation 7:13.“The fact that an elder propounds the question show that the question was not settled prior to the bringing of the church to maturity in Christ, which time is marked by the cleansing of the temple of sanctuary, which did not take place until 1932.” (Daniel 8:14) Riches page 313. .
“Prior to the coming of the Lord Jesus to the temple many of the followers of Christ Jesus, and particularly the “elective elder” company, though themselves to be teachers and interpreters of prophecy, including the prophecy of the Revelation. It was not an unusual thing during the Elijah period of the church to see at conventions some “leading brother” with a group around him, while he was looking wise and expounding his “recently discovered interpretation: of some prophecy, particularly the Revelation. “They had every man of any prominence in the church foretold by the prophetic utterances and were giving much praise and adulation to some of these.” Riches 315.
Today!
“Yes the elder could locate the answer and give it to John. This suggest that the resurrected ones of the 24-elders group may be involved in the communicating of divine truths today. For their part, those of the John class on earth got to learn the identity of the great crowd closely observing what Jehovah was performing in their midst. They were quick to appreciate the dazzling flash of divine light that emblazoned the theocratic firmament in 1935, at Jehovah’s due time.”
“During the 1920s and early 1930s the John class had stressed the heavenly hope both in the publication and in the preaching work. But increasing numbers of those who needed the message and who showed zeal in the witness work came to profess an interest in living forever in the Paradise earth. They had no desire to go to heaven.” Revelation Book page 124, study paragraph 17.
How many times did Jesus cleanse the temple?
When did Jesus say the multitude appeared?
The fact that one of the elders could answer Johns questions suggest what?.
How did the John class learn the identity of the great crowd?
Does anyone know what the WTBTS says about speaking in tongues?
Can people communicate with the Dead to gain divine light?
Did Jesus see the multitude?