To All,
I have brought this up before, however, am posting, again, for lurkers and new ones to the board. This is an addendum to the threads on the generation change, etc......
The 144,000 is taken out of the tribes. I have, yet, to see an explanation of who the tribes are.
This is what will happen:
"Spiritual Israel" will be described as "all of Jehovah"s Faithful Servants." Everyone will be brought in under the umbrella of the New Covenant. Jesus will, then, be a mediator for everyone as it should be. The tribes in Revelation will be this Spiritual Israel. Everyone will participate in the bastardized, annual JW Lord's Meal partaking of the bread and wine.
I believe they will make the 144,000 symbolic as the other three attributes of this group are:
Number: 144.000
Sex: Male]
Nationality: Jew
Sexual Status: Virgin
The GB holds the first literal, the other three symbolic. Or, they could change the time frame of the 144,000 to post 1875 which, actually, fit the nujmbers better.
Either way, the mutations happening are headed, in my opinion, to the above conclusion. This finalized result would solve a LOT of problems for the GB and the dubs will be urinating thier diapered fannies at the "blessing" of this New Light in that they, FINALLY, get to partake of the Emblems.
My take on the wierdness.....
Yours in this unfolding, spritual soap opera.....
V