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p. 78-79) The Watchtower taught that the “little
flock,” began with the apostles, was nearly
filled by the year 1935. “With the reestablishment
of true Christianity near the end of the
last century, more were called and chosen. But
it seems that in the mid-1930’s, the full number
of the 144,000 was basically completed.”
(Watchtower Aug. 15, 1996 p. 31) So the church
apostatized and restored by Russell, really?
The Watchtower in its first report of partakers
of the meal were 36,372 (Bulletin, March
Extra, 1935, p. 2 )Lets’ say for the sake of math
that the 144,000 were being chosen since the beginning
of the church using the number 36,372.
This leaves 107,628 (source: Outnumbered -
exploding the myth of the 144,000 by Russell
Warren) The Bible states in Acts 2:41 and Acts
4:4, there were 8,000 believers in Jesus in the
first few weeks of the church. When we subtract
from the number of: we have only 99,628.
After we crunch the numbers we see how few
were chosen to go to heaven throughout history
according to their doctrine. This leaves approximately
50 chosen anointed ones each year.
That’s a single person from one third of the nations
throughout 1,900 years of the church up
until this year. Hardly believable, even by their
own doctrine and numbers.
Of the 144,000 that are allowed to take
the once a year memorial meal (communion)
0, 7 partook of it in the 1976 celebration of
the Memorial of Jesus’ death. The Memorial
meal in 1984, they had ,0 ; at the 1987 “Memorial”
8,808; in 1991 , 50; in 2,000 , ;
in 2005 ,524; for approximately 20 years the
number stayed within the same range. the numbers
began to steadily increase since 2005. In
2008 there was almost a 10% increase in the
number of partakers over 2007! 2009 there
were 0, 57. The numbers have been going up.
Seems that a number of Jehovah’s Witnesses
have changed their mind and WANT TO GO
TO heaven, they want Jesus to be their mediator.
But they are being lied to, they can’t, because
their doctrine on this; its not biblical, it is
elitist and a travesty to those who desire eternal
life. They keep them from having Jesus be their
mediator by denying who Jesus is and what His
crucifixion actually means. Yet they continue to
say “over the years the number of those who
are truly anointed has been getting smaller”
(Watchtower Jan. 15, 2000 p. 13) They ignore
their own numbers “ … the number of anointed
ones on the earth has decreased over the
decades…” (Watchtower Feb. 15, 2009 pp. 27-
28). Really? How does this work out with “…it
seems that in the mid-1930’s, the full number of
the 144,000 was basically completed” (Watchtower
Aug. 15, 1996 p. 31).
“As time has gone by, some Christians
baptized after 1935 have had witness born to
them that they have the heavenly hope. Thus …
we cannot set a specific date for when the heavenly
hope ends” (Watchtower May 1, 2007 p.
31). Of course they can’t, especially when the
numbers are increasing instead of decreasing.
But 85 years ago they did.
the bIg lIe
“Consequently, those of the “great crowd”
expect to remain on earth forever and to share
in bringing it to a Paradise state” (Watchtower
Mike Oppenheimer
Aug. 15, 1980 p. 17). So what are they doing
in heaven? Rev. 19:1 - “After these things I
heard what was as a loud voice of a great crowd
in heaven” Rev. 7:9 - “look! a great crowd ...
standing before the throne” The Bibles qualifications
for being part of the 144,000 (Revelation
Chapter 7:3-8) They are all chaste men who are
saved on earth, none of them are married, they
cannot be women Rev. 14:4. Rev. 14:5: “And
in their mouth was found no deceit, for they are
without fault before the throne of God.” No deceit
meaning no lies, not falsehoods and without
fault means they are blameless. This alone
excludes them from this Organization.
They are all Jews by birthright, they do
not become “spiritual Israel.” Rev. 7:4: “And
I heard the number of those who were sealed.
One hundred and forty-four thousand of all the
tribes of the children of Israel were sealed.” The
term children of Israel is consistently used of the
people of Israel distinguished from Gentiles, so
the 144,000 cannot be Gentiles, not one of them.
Gen. 32 onward this term is consistently used
of those with Jewish descent, Exodus 1:1-5.
The 144,000 are all identified by tribe, divided
by the exact number of 12,000 from each-
Rev. 7:5-8 v. 5 “of the tribe of Judah twelve thousand
were sealed; of the tribe of Reuben twelve
thousand were sealed; James 1:1 uses this same
application to Israel (12 tribes: Rev. 21:10-12).
No one on earth today that meets these
qualifications for the 144,000 found in Revelation
7 and 14, for the simple reason God has not
begun to seal them. The Bible teaches they are
“sealed” on earth during the “great tribulation,”
at the 7th seal when God’s wrath is to come.
Have the 6 seals have already been opened?
Can a Jehovah’s Witness prove the seals were
opened for almost 2,000 years; that we have
been and are now in the tribulation?
the doctrIne oF sealIng
144,000 sInce the begInnIng oF
the church Is pure Fantasy.
There is also another blatant error by the
Watchtowers interpretation, Rev. 7:7-9: “after
these things” are those who come out of the
tribulation from the result of their evangelizing.
The great multitude are mostly gentiles from all
the nations, while the 144,000 are strictly Jews.
The great crowd comes OUT of the great tribulation
because of their preaching. How is any of
this possible then or today if the Bible says they
are all sealed in the tribulation (Rev. 7)?
Where’s the great multitude being SAVED
by the anointed Jehovah’s Witnesses TODAY.
The Bible says it is a number one no one could
number (there are less than 7 million JW’s). In
Greek the highest number was 10,000 (myriads)
times 10,000 is used by Jude. This great crowd
is only seen after the 144,000 are sealed, which
is still in the future! This great crowd comes out
of the tribulation from the 144,000 and others
preaching the gospel, in other words they are
dead and are now in heaven around the throne,
they were killed by the campaign of the False
Messiah (Rev. 13:7; Rev 12:11; Rev. 17:6).
The location of the great crowd - “before the
throne,” “BEFORE THE LAMB” (Rev. 7:11),
and We know the Lamb is in heaven Not on earth
(his throne is in heaven Rev. 1:4;4:5,6). But here
is the kicker, the switcheroo that the Watchtow-
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er has pulled on their own hard working members.
Rev. 7:14-15 the great crowd -”These are
the ones who come out of the great tribulation,
and washed their robes and made them white
in the blood of the Lamb” (even the NWT has
this). They “made them white in the blood of
the Lamb,” which makes them partakers of the
New Covenant. They are the ones that serve in
heaven; it is the great crowd, NOT the 144,000.
Another point that should not be overlooked,
the great crowd are waving palm
branches which has to do with salvation. It is at
the Feast of Tabernacles that this is done (Neh.
8:15). It was done when Jesus rode into Jerusalem
on donkey (Zech. 9:9) when they thought
He was to be with them to set up the kingdom.
The Watchtower teaches, “the 144,000
members of the Israel of God have properly
partaken of the emblems during the Memorial
of Jesus’ death, and only with them did Jesus
make his covenant for a Kingdom” (The Watchtower
p. 31, Feb. 1, 1998). Numerous statements
like this are consistently taught through
their magazines. “This great crowd” of “other
sheep” that is forming today is not in the new
covenant” (Watchtower, 4/1/79, p. 31)
Who is mediator for the millions of Jehovah’s
Witnesses that are not part of the 144,000?
NO ONE, they have none. The Scripture teaches
that sin is paid by Jesus’ death. Heb. 9:15:
“Jesus is the mediator of the new covenant by
means of death.” Without him being your direct
mediator your sins cannot be forgiven, you, removal
of guilt and a restored relationship to God.
I Tim. 2:5 says there is only one mediator,
all believers have Jesus as their mediator. The
way is through Jesus Christ crucified. Without
Jesus being your mediator you are not in covenant
with God (Heb. 9:14). Rev. 13 tells us if
you are not found in the lambs book you have
no eternal life, not in heaven nor on earth. The
Watchtower teaches Jesus died, went out of existence
and was raised a spirit creature. I Tim.
2:5 Jesus is a man, a human, not a spirit creature
(he is still God in the flesh). The Bible teaches
all priests were taken from men. There is only
one eternal high priest.
Their 144,000 teaching has more holes than
Swiss cheese, it is probably the most insidious
doctrine found in any of the cults. It is keeping
people from a relationship with God. The
Watchtower fulfills exactly what Jesus scolded
the Pharisees on in Matthew 23:13: “Woe to
you, teachers of the law and Pharisees, you
hypocrites! You shut the kingdom of heaven in
men’s faces. You yourselves do not enter, nor
will you let those enter who are trying to.”
Lets do all we can to get them the message
of salvation in Jesus Christ.
Mike is the director of Let us Reason ministries,
www.letusreason.org. They are an apologetic
and evangelistic ministry to the cults and
religions in the melting pot of Hawaii. Witnessing
to the Jehovah’s witnesses I find this to be
one of the most engaging and effective topics
we can discuss with them. This is a condensed
version, the complete article is in 5 parts and is
filled with quotes posted in the Jehovah’s Witness
section.
In Christ’s service,
Mike O
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