"Divine Light Dispels Darkness!" is the title of this week's Watchtower study article. The following is a quote from the first subheading:
QUOTE- Jehovah conveys spiritual light primarily through his inspired Word, the Bible....Through the Bible, Jehovah sheds light on his purposes and tells us how we can do his will....Jesus is closely identified with spiritual light. Indeed, he spoke of himself as 'the light of the world' and said: 'He that follows me will by no means walk in darkness, but will possess the light of life.'(John 8:12)....The apostle John wrote:'God is light and there is no darkness at all in union with him.'(1 John 1:5) Notice the contrast here between light and darkness. Spiritual light originates with Jehovah, and spiritual darkness cannot be associated with him. UNQUOTE
The Watchtower Society claims that spiritual darkness cannot be associated with God and they also claim that God progressively reveals new light when he deems necessary. I agree with both of these claims. But does "new light" from God reverse the "old light" from God? How could it, for if it did then the "old light" was not light at all but in reality darkness, a lie; darkness and lies are not from God. And if the "old light" was not from God was it then an educated guess? If so, then it is likely their "new light" is also an educated guess.
The Apostle Paul never wrote something and then later reversed it or changed it completely, neither did Jesus. Why does the Watchtower have to? Why did they have to make changes to: the Generation teaching, the 1874 as the start of Christ's invisible presence teaching, the disallowance of blood fractions teaching, the Great Crowd teaching, the Sheep and the Goats teaching etc. The former teachings were taught as "light" the later updated teachings as "new light", but in reality they were Dark Light something that God has no part of.
Paul's letters even 2000 years after they were written still stand true but today's FDS stumbles around publishing educated guesses at a time when God is about to come for judgement. For the Watchtower divine light has NOT dispelled darkness. This FDS has failed, it must change or be replaced. For the sake of the brothers it would be better to keep the old root stock but God does not need to.
The Governing Body needs to ask itself some hard questions:
Why does God in this most important of all times allow his FDS to flounder about with no clear direction from him?
Why did God provide Moses, Jesus and Paul with signs, public signs of his approval but not us?
Why do our calls for help go unanswered?
What evidence do I have from God that he himself has appointed me to lead his people, what irrefutable evidence can I produce to others of his appointment of me?
Am I humble enough to accept correction from God?
Have I purposely disregarded and dishonored visible manifestations of God's spirit upon a brother only because they were not the kind of person I thought should be chosen by God?
When will night end?
IW