What should be abundantly clear with these word salads like about the 144,000 partakers getting smaller & smaller is this. Jackson kept throwing it out there something about sudden changes or something.
If I can recall correctly it was months later after last years annual meeting took place that the beard policy was lifted,, women wearing pants,,not counting time on ministry slips.
So,,,you never know. Things,,changes could come during the governing body updates throughout the year. You never know.