Hello,
Let's examine 3 recents WTS quotes:
-*** w96 8/15 30 Questions From Readers
The reports for some years show that the number partaking of the Memorial emblems increased slightly. Does this suggest that many new ones are being anointed with holy spirit?
There is good reason to believe that the number of 144,000 anointed Christians was complete decades ago.
*** w96 8/15 31 Questions From Readers ***
We understand that this heavenly calling continued down through the centuries, though during the so-called Dark Ages, there may have been times when the number of anointed ones were very few. With the reestablishment of true Christianity near the end of the last century, more were called and chosen. But it seems that in the mid-1930’s, the full number of the 144,000 was basically completed.
*** dp 305 17 Identifying True Worshipers in the Time of the End ***( 1999)
Wonderful blessings await the great crowd, who join this dwindling anointed class in serving Jehovah.
And the expression " …the number of genuine anointed christian is diminishing…"
was in the w. 15.1.2000 pp.12,13 .-
Now if we see the actual figures , by decade we have the following:
***year 1935……..anointed remnant ……… .52,465
" 1945……. " " ………… 22,324
" 1955…… " " ………… 16,815
" 1965 ….. " " ………… 11,550
" 1975 …. " " ………… 10,550
" 1985 …. " " ………… 9,051
" 1995 …. " " ………… 8,645
" 2000…. " " ……….. 8,661
N.B. from the year 1988 to the year 2000 the number of " a.r."
has gone from 8,685 to 8,661 so 24 less
In ….12 years!!!
Agape, J.C. MacHislopp