Well, I see the 144,000 and the Great Crowd as the same group visualized in two different settings (turbulent earth and heavenly bliss) and from two distinct perspectives, (divine and human).
The Great Crowd Fallacy
by Vanderhoven7 14 Replies latest watchtower bible
-
-
waton
Vdh: I see the the great crowd as the same group as
the 12 "Tribes of Israel" [of God} that the 1444000 are "sealed out of".
just saying, not selling, because first you have to prove the talking snake.
-
waton
Maybe a overlapping great crowd .
f1962. right, the Great Crowd are Great overlappers much better than the 144 000 male virgins, claimed virgin like FF.
You can't have just one group overlapping, they will have to, , until 2075.
-
Finkelstein
The WTS has had a long list and incidences of creating doctrines to suit their prevailing needs, (Will and Purpose) these have been mostly lies mixed with theological ignorance, this shouldn't be surprising since these men from the very beginning (C T Russell) were novice bible theologians.
Concocting up doctrines to help in the proliferation of literature was really their core inherent agenda.
If one of their adjoined members were to express some critical concerns toward these doctrines the WTS. leaders made a mandate to have these people removed and muzzled (Disfellowshipped)
-
Vanderhoven7
Here is the real deal on the 144,000 from an unbiased Bible Thumper