So 144,000 will go to Heaven? Is this to be taken literally even though......

by I_love_Jeff 6 Replies latest watchtower bible

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  I_love_Jeff

  we have something within their own literature stating otherwise?

  "Apocalypse, or Revelation, is the name of the last book in the Bible, written toward the end of the first century C.E. In view of the prophetic nature and highly SYMBOLIC language of this book, the adjective “apocalyptic” came to be applied to a form of literature that began long before the Bible book of Revelation was written. The mythological SYMBOLISM of this literature goes back to ancient Persia and even beyond."
  
  Watchtower Magazine 12/1/1999 page 4 : )
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  minimus

  That's old light.
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  I_love_Jeff

  How is it old light?
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  Athanasius

  It only becomes old light if a later Watchtower publishes a retraction adjustment indicating that the brothers had the wrong understanding of the Scripture (even though that's what the GB taught them) so the new Watchtower is correcting their mistaken beliefs.
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  I_love_Jeff

  Where is the latest correction for this particular subject matter? I was not able to find it in the Watchtower Library 2012.
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  Athanasius

  If you weren't able to find an amendment to the 1999 Watchtower teaching, Jeff, that means that it hasn't been repealed and is still current "truth."
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  Narcissistic Supply

  In a world of 7 billion people that's one person for every 10,000. That's two people from a stadium full of 20,000 people. And the odds are getting longer every day as the population grows.

  Batshit crazy.