Gerrit Lӧsch announced that two additional brothers have been appointed to serve as members of the Governing Body of Jehovah’s Witnesses: Brothers Jody Jedele and Jacob Rumph.
Probably putting new ones in place now because a few old ones may step down before they kill over (or for when they do). These guys don't look the healthiest.
Change of understanding: The destruction of Babylon the Great will be all countries willingly giving their power over to the united nations to destroy it.
That is no change, they have always claimed that as well as the Scriptures.
[Revelation Climax – As John soon learns, the time will come when the UN will act with considerable authority. Then it, in its turn, “goes off into destruction.”]
[6-15-12 WT – Any power it (8th king/U.N.) has comes from its member nations, especially from its key backer, the Anglo-American World Power. (Rev. 17:10, 11) But it does receive authority to act as a king to carry out a specific task, one that triggers a chain of events that will change history.]
[12 “The ten horns that you saw mean ten kings who have not yet received a kingdom, but they do receive authority as kings for one hour with the wild beast. 13 These have one thought, so they give their power and authority to the wild beast. 16 And the ten horns that you saw and the wild beast, these will hate the prostitute and will make her devastated and naked, and they will eat up her flesh and completely burn her with fire. 17 For God put it into their hearts to carry out his thought, yes, to carry out their one thought by giving their kingdom to the wild beast, until the words of God will have been accomplished.]