Hello everyone,
Sometime ago, the WTBTS published
a watchtower study article,that
pointed to :
"…six lines of evidence proving that we are living in the last days of this ungodly world"
(w. January 15,2000, pag. 12 §12)
Just a page more and we could find
this question on § 18th:
" Evidently, what will be true of some of the anointed when the great tribulation begins, and how may this be determined?"
Now, in the 18th paragraph we can
read the following :
"Sixth, the number of genuine anointed disciples of Christ is
dwindling, though some will evidently still be on the earth
when the great tribulation begins.
Most of the remnant are quite elderly, and over
The years the number of those who are truly anointed has been getting smaller. Yet, referring to the great tribulation, Jesus stated:" Unless
those days were cut short, no flrsh would be saved;
but on account of the chosen ones those days will
be cut short." '(Matthew 24:21,22) Evidently, then,
some of Christ's " chosen ones" will still be on earth when the great tribulation begins.*
(*) The footnote mentions the parable of the sheep and the goats and the last part reads:
" …This standard for judgment would be meaningless if at the time of judgment, all of Christ's brothers had long since left the earthly scene.-
Matthew 25: 31-46 "(w. January 15,2000 p. 13 §18)
Let's start with the comments:
°Please note the frequent use of the words :
evidence and evidently.
Normally it's use implies that there is
some evidence or some facts;
° Those "six lines of evidence " are …" proving ";
°Notice the number of …." ge n u I n e anointed " and also the
number of those who are …" t r u l y anointed ";
Why the WTBS makes this remark???
But what I do find really very, very interesting is this clear statement
at the beginning of paragraph 18th - in italic the watchtower -
"Sixth, the number of genuine anointed disciples of Christ is
dwindling,…."
Is it really so?? I do mean, taking all the written records, provided for everyone, in the WTBS own pubblications? Let's take the last 50 years.
Number of anointed - in the year 1950 - ………..22,723
Number of anointed -in the year 2001…………. 8,730
So far it looks ..good.
But if we check carefully the given figures, for all the years since
1950 we do have some …surprises!
1) It took 14 years to arrive to almost half of that number
i.e. …..11,292 anointed in the year 1963;
2) Then, strangely 38 years later i.e. the year 2001, we still
have 8,730 anointed which means that after 38 years
we have still 77,31 % of all the anointed ones, that were
living in 1963!
Remember: "… Most of the remnant are quite elderly,…"
and : " …. the number of genuine anointed disciples
of Christ is dwindling.."
Is it me or else….?
3) From 9,727 "anointed remnant "in the year 1979, it took
21 years to see the number diminishing of about 1000
(more precisely 997 ) ….to have 8,730 " anointed remnant",
and all this by the year 2001.
4) Yet, from the year 1989, total of 8,734 " anointed remnant"
we arrive 12 years later, in the year 2001 and ….we have a
total of 8,730 " anointed remnant "!!!
In few words, it took - before - 21 years to " diminuish "
of almost a thousand ….and now in 12 years the number
of " anointed remnant " has decreased of "….4 " ???
Surely something, somehow, somewhere doesn't tick….or
it's me again???
Your comments are welcome,
Greetings, J.C.MacHislopp