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In 2008, Jehovah’s Witnesses were introduced to what was then thought of as new light. The understanding that the generation Jesus spoke of at Matthew 24:34 was changed from referring to the wicked people of his day to anointed Christians in our day. As it turns out, this wasn’t new light at all, but a return to an 80-year-old understanding put forward by J.F. Rutherford in the Feb 15, 1927 Watchtower. Two years later, further changes to the doctrine resulted in what has been called the Overlapping Generations doctrine of Jehovah’s Witnesses in which two distinct generations could be counted as a single generation based on the overlapping of their lifetimes. Four years passed when, in 2014, a further “refinement” to the doctrine was introduced in which it was not the lifetimes that overlapped, but the periods of their anointing.
The question is: Is this doctrine based in Scripture, or is it the fabrication of men trying to engender a false sense of urgency in the faithful? We will attempt to answer that question in this video.
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Thanks Eric. Very clear explanations. I thought I fully understood their story of the overlapping generations, but indeed I see now that I hadn’t gotten the reason for overlapping anointings. Indeed, urgency. What else.
Another interesting thing is how carefully the GB prepares and introduces the changes like that.
Hi Eric. Clearly explained and I look forward to the next video. So the defence for us is to continually ask for proof from the Bible, and of course it is not there.
To keep things going, the GB will eventually have to find men who are of the anointed class to serve on the GB. There are of course many who are taking the emblems at the memorial, but these are viewed with great suspicion, even though the number are growing much faster in recent years. If you are not one of the anointed, it is impossible to know what it is like to be one of the anointed. So my question is, and it will have to come out sometime, what must someone really really feel to be one of the anointed ? What sort of answer will make sense in 100 years time is the same as an answer that will make sense now. What really does Romans 8 14-16 mean ? I hope I am not running ahead of you.
Hi Leonardo, Check out The Spirit Bears Witness with Our Spirit.
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