[EDIT TO EARLIER POST:]
I would just like to clarify my earlier post (Web page two herein) where I stated the following:
“ • “The appointment over ‘all the belongings’ is when the Governing Body arrive in heaven, and after the start of the great tribulation.”
From this, as I see it, it seems that the Governing Body are now giving themselves a “get-out-of-trouble-free card”: the domestics (anointed and other sheep) are the ones who can be scrutinized because they are the ones who have been around (“appointed”) since 1919 to be able to be scrutinized; however, the Governing Body hasn’t even been formally “appointed,” and won’t be, until after they arrive in heaven, and after the start of the great tribulation. ”
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Actually, in the above I was responding to a specific post. The part of the post I was responding to in the above bullet point was, in fact, technically correct; however, specifically it only relates to the appointment of the Governing Body over “all the belongings,” which appointment is, in fact, to be “in heaven, and after the start of the great tribulation” – BUT, this is apparently to be their second appointment. Their first appointment has apparently already been made in 1919, with that past appointment being over the “domestics” (wheat class) here on earth.
I was relying solely on a specific part of a particular post, and I have since read all the study articles in the upcoming July 15, 2013 Watchtower magazine so I am now able to clarify the above. I apologize for any confusion in not waiting until I could flesh out that point in more detail.
So, just to recap: according to that upcoming Watchtower, the Governing Body is given two appointments; one appointment in 1919 over the earthly “domestics,” and the other appointment to be in heaven over all the belongings after the start of the great tribulation.
Still, it seems that the Governing Body hasn’t yet been completely formally appointed in the fullest sense – they have been given a “limited” appointment over all the earthly domestics (anointed and other sheep), but their second future appointment in heaven is to be over all of the belongings, including those in heaven itself! As paragraph 17 on page 24 of that July 15, 2013 Watchtower states, “What do ‘all [Jesus’] belongings’ include? Jesus did not qualify the word ‘all,’ as if to limit his belongings to earthly things. In fact, Jesus has vast heavenly authority. . . . His belongings now include the Messianic Kingdom . . . which he will share with his anointed followers.”
When I first read that, it almost sounded to me like a kind of “secondary heavenly class” (which sort of reminded me of Raymond Franz’s idea), with those who last represented the Governing Body as a whole becoming a kind of special, elitist group in heaven over the rest of the anointed “Twenty-Four Elders” in Revelation (kind of like how it is now here on earth, except here on earth all the rest of the anointed, which comprise the Faithful and Discreet Slave Class, have been completely demoted). However, such is apparently not the case, as paragraph 19 states, “Does the faithful slave receive a greater reward in heaven than the rest of the anointed? No. A reward promised to a small group in one setting may ultimately be shared by others. . . . He [Jesus] indicated that all of the 144,000 will sit on thrones and share his rulership.” (Although, mind you, they’re certainly always being rewarded with glory from people down here.)
It’s all rather confusing, and no doubt this will all be changed/tweaked again. All well. The constant spate of diarrheic concoctions continues, I guess.