1935 is VERY INTERESTING doctrine but it proves that Jehovah's witnesses, indirectly, must be the "temple organization" prophesied in the Bible, the same organization used by God even though from the very beginning infested with wheat and weeds and ultimately producing the "evil slave" in it's leader.
But that there would be a two-class system in this organization and what is means relates to the prophetic parable of the Workers in the Vineyard. Basically, the work was to occur for 11 hours beginning at the time of the last generation leading up to Christ. Revelation says a half hour is 3.5 years so 1 hour is 7 years. Thus 11 hours is 77 years. Thus the 11 hours of work would be 77 years from 1914 to 1991.
But the critical reference to 1935 is the fact that only the first-hour workers KNEW IN ADVANCE that they would receive a "penny" for a day's work. The other workers were told they would get "whatever is fair". So, subjectively, the third throgh the 11th-hour workers would naturally presume they would be gettin LESS. The appearance of the 3rd-hour workers, those thinking they would be getting less should have started to appear, therefore, 21 years after 1914. Add 21 and 1914 and you get---1935!!
"Less" in the modern fulfillment would the be earthly hope compared to the heavenly hope. But note that the older ones, the prior 1935 ones are the ones associated with the heavenly class! So this fits the prophetic parable completely and chronologically as well.
BUT...of course, the evil slave and it's false teachings is also present in this "temple organization" so the idea that the door was "closed" in 1935 is only partially correct. The "anointing" was not done any more per se after the time of the third-hour workers, but as we note in the parable, ALL the workers ended up getting the same "penny", that is, the same invitation to the heavenly class as the first-hour workers. The fact that the first-hour workers "murmured" over this simply shows they would find out this detail as a surprise. They would not understand this doctrinally until after the workers were paid.
Sooooo...basically, if you were on your spiritual toes and paying attention, anyone could be invited into the heavenly class, including the "other sheep" only they would not find out about it until the very end, whereas the first-hour workers class would have this concept about themselves early on.
It might help if you think of the various phases of this spiritual process. Think of the "anointing" part as a person understanding they are of the chosen heavenly class. The payment of the "penny" is the SEALING done when Christ arrives and rewards these chosen ones. Thus basically the 1st and 2nd-hour workers (first 14 years) were "anointed" ahead of time and understood this, and get sealed "last" after Christ arrives and "seals" the other workers after 1991. The other 3rd through 11th-hour workers, who appear in the work from the 14th year through the 77th year are "sealed" after Christ arrives but are never truly "anointed" before then. Or I should say, they basically get anointed and sealed at the same time. In the meantime, they think they will be living on the earth in paradise, which is also quite nice, but still considered not as grand as the heavenly hope.
Anyway, the WTS' idea that no one but the early ones should expect going to heaven totally contradicts the Bible which shows that ALL the workers who are faithful get the penny. But it's understandable how this doctrine came about since, indeed, the pre "anointing" process did cease, as prophesied, after about 14 years into the last generation when this 77-year period of work (11 hours) began in 1914 (1914-1994=last generation).
Thus this TWO-CLASS system phenomenon among witnesses which divides them into the heavenly and earthly classes, with the heavenly class being the early ones in, proves this is the "temple organization" of Jehovah's focus during the last days. An organization that God uses for his purpose, but whose governing body(leaders) become apostate in the end and then are abandoned.
This is the reference in scripture where Christ has to come and SEPARATE out the sheep from the goats and the wheat from the chaff in this organization. But don't worry. This organization does produce a "little flock" but Christ has "other sheep" not of this fold, that is, other spiritual ones he is gathering in other organizations besides the witnesses. The witness organization should have produced more heavenly ones, but because of the corrupt governing body who becomes the "evil slave", including many false doctrines including not understanding the Vineyard Worker's parable, many miss out on this heavenly calling that should have begun to be "heard" by the "great crowd" sometime after 1991, when their work in the vineyard was completed.
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