I was reminded of Jeffrey Winder’s words this morning, when I listened to a video about the Governing Body. 

The Governing Body member states:

“While it is interesting to us how our understanding is clarified, what really touches our heart is why it’s clarified. Turn with me please to the book of Amos chapter 3.  And notice what Amos 3:7 says.  “For the Sovereign Lord Jehovah will not do a thing unless he has revealed his confidential matter to his servants the prophets.”  Doesn’t that convey Jehovah’s confidence in us?  Doesn’t it indicate his love, his loyalty?  Jehovah is actively involved in teaching his people, preparing us for what lies ahead.  He’s providing us with the understanding that we need when we need it.  And that is reassuring, isn’t it.” 

This man is essentially declaring that the organization’s “faithful and discreet slave”, the members of the Governing Body, are prophets.  (Matthew 24:45-51)

Their definition of a prophet: “One through whom divine purposes are made known.  Prophets act as spokesmen for God, conveying not only predictions but also Jehovah’s teachings, commands and judgments.  Amos 3:7; 2 Pet 1:21” (nwtstg)

According to the Watchtower 1986/4/15, God through His Holy Spirit “reveals” to these men “what season it is from his viewpoint”.  Again, Amos 3:7 is quoted in this article. 

And yet, Jehovah's Witnesses are also told:

“God’s people today are NOT prophets.  We are NOT inspired to add to Jehovah’s infallible words of truth found in the Bible.”  (God’s Word for Us Through Jeremiah, chapter 13)

On the one hand, God is revealing His purposes and His teachings to the prophets, the Governing Body, by means of His Holy Spirit.  On the other hand, these men who claim to be “faithful and discreet”, are NOT inspired as they have announced.  Thus, they are not inspired to receive what God reveals to His servants the true prophets, as the prophet Amos, tells us. 

In Amos 3:7, the Hebrew word for “revealed” means “to become clear, uncover”.  We might ask ourselves; how many times does "Jehovah" need to uncover, to make clear to the Governing Body when they are claiming to be prophets, the meaning of “generation” that Watchtower consistently must change? (Numbers23:19; Proverbs 3:5-6; Isaiah 55:10-11; Matthew 24:35)  They have connected it to the 1914 lie, making its meaning impossible to be revealed by false prophets. (2 Thessalonians 2:1-3,9-10)  Has not David Splane and his generation chart added “to God’s infallible words of truth” in his effort to further confuse Jehovah’s Witnesses of its meaning?

See the Bible’s interpretation:  https://pearl-generation.blogspot.com/

 In Numbers 12:6, God says “Hear my words: If there is a prophet among you, I the Lord make myself known to him in a vision; I speak with him in a dream.”   Have the Governing Body members ever received dreams or visions of truth from God?  Obviously, it is evident by their consistent “rotten fruit”/teachings, that they have received no understanding from God. (Isaiah 59:2; 2 Chronicles7:14; Matthew 7:15-20; Luke 6:43-45)

“Thus says the Lord of hosts: 'Do not listen to the words of the prophets who prophesy to you, filling you with vain hopes. They speak visions of their own minds, not from the mouth of the Lord.'” Jeremiah 23:16

What is a tool used by FALSE prophets?

Crooked speech:

"Put away from you crooked speech,

    and put devious talk far from you.

²⁵ Let your eyes look directly forward,

    and your gaze be straight before you.

²⁶ Ponder the path of your feet;

    then all your ways will be sure.

²⁷ Do not swerve to the right or to the left;

    turn your foot away from evil."  Proverbs 24:24-27

"A worthless person, a wicked man,

    goes about with crooked speech,

¹³ winks with his eyes, signals with his feet,

    points with his finger,

¹⁴ with perverted heart devises evil,

    continually sowing discord;

¹⁵ therefore calamity will come upon him suddenly;

    in a moment he will be broken beyond healing." Proverbs 6:12-15

Deception:

"But false prophets also arose among the people, just as there will be false teachers among you, who will secretly bring in destructive heresies, even denying the Master who bought them, bringing upon themselves swift destruction. ² And many will follow their sensuality, and because of them the way of truth will be blasphemed. ³ And in their greed they will exploit you with FALSE WORDS. Their condemnation from long ago is not idle, and their destruction is not asleep.

 But these, like natural brute BEASTS, creatures of instinct, born to be caught and destroyed, blaspheming about matters of which they are ignorant, will also be destroyed in their destruction, ¹³ suffering wrong as the wage for their wrongdoing. They count it pleasure to revel in the daytime. They are blots and blemishes, reveling in their deceptions, while they feast with you. ¹⁴ They have eyes full of adultery, insatiable for sin. They entice unsteady souls. They have hearts trained in greed. Accursed children!"  2 Peter 2:1-3,12-14

“Then I saw another BEAST rising out of the earth. It had two horns like a lamb and it SPOKE LIKE A DRAGON. ¹² It exercises all the authority of the first beast in its presence, and makes the earth and its inhabitants worship the first beast, whose mortal wound was healed. ¹³ It performs great signs, even making fire come down from heaven to earth in front of people, ¹⁴ and by the signs that it is allowed to work in the presence of the beast it deceives those who dwell on earth, telling them to make an image for the beast that was wounded by the sword and yet lived. ¹⁵ And it was allowed to give breath to the image of the beast, so that the image of the beast might even speak and might cause those who would not worship the image of the beast to be slain."   Revelation 13:11-15

This Beast breathes spirit into the “image” of the Wild Beast from the Sea, a rebellious organization of many people – “Jehovah’s spirit-directed organization”.

Isaiah 57:20 – “But the wicked are like the tossing SEA;

    for it cannot be quiet, and its waters toss up mire and dirt.”

Watchtower’s teachings are constantly in an uproar, stirring up lies that have no life to impart to the hearers. (Ezekiel 34:19; Ecclesiastes 7:25; Hosea 9:7;John 8:44; 1 Timothy 4:16; John 6:63) Peter calls the false prophets that arise in the last days, “brute beasts”.  As we read Revelation, it tells us about a Beast that is a false prophet.  It also tells us about the army that this composite “false prophet” uses to “mislead” and conquer God’s anointed, His “saints”. And the conquering is accomplished by deceit. (Matthew 24:24-25; 7:15; Acts 20:29-31; Colossians 2:8; 1 Timothy 4:1-2) 

The two Beasts together, face God's condemnation.  (Revelation 8:10-11;9:1-4; 13:1-2,4,5-10,13:11-18; 16:13-16; 20:7-9; 14:9-11;19:20)

And certainly, these men already know the definition of what a false prophet is, and they would deny at the convenient time, that they are  prophets.  Jeffrey Winder used the “proper time” to explain Watchtower’s ongoing “new light”, claiming that indeed, they are prophets of God, blessed with new understanding.   

Matthew 24:24-26 – “For false christs (“anointed”) and false prophets will arise and perform great signs and wonders, so as to lead astray, if possible, even the elect (“chosen”). ²⁵ See, I have told you beforehand. ²⁶ So, if they say to you, ‘Look, he is in the wilderness,’ do not go out. If they say, ‘Look, he is in the inner rooms,’ do not believe it.”

1 Tim 4:1 - “Now the Spirit expressly says that in later times some will depart from the faith by devoting themselves to deceitful spirits and teachings of demons, ² through the insincerity of liars whose consciences are seared”

Pearl Doxsey:  "Who Provoked God’s Anger?"  https://4womaninthewilderness.blogspot.com/2024/10/who-provoke-gods-anger.html

Do we want to be misled by a false prophet or lying preacher who is inspired by demons? 

Rev. 16:13-14; 1 Tim 4:1

Does God want us to be mislead? (2 Pet.3:9)

What about Jesus?

He said;

"15 “Beware of false prophets, who come to you in sheep’s clothing, but inwardly they are ravenous wolves. 16 You will know them by their fruits. Do men gather grapes from thornbushes or figs from thistles? 17 Even so, every good tree bears good fruit, but a bad tree bears bad fruit. 18 A good tree cannot bear bad fruit, nor can a bad tree bear good fruit. 19 Every tree that does not bear good fruit is cut down and thrown into the fire. 20 Therefore by their fruits you will know them."

Clearly Jesus expects us to be wary of being misled by false teachers, preachers, ministers, and prophets (Matt.24:4-5,24-25; Rev.2:20). Of course! ...because he wants us to walk in the way, the truth, and the life. We cannot have any of those blessings, if we are misled.

 

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Governing Body member, Mark Sanderson, stated in his memorial talk, that the “little flock” is the entire literal number of 144,000 “redeemed from the earth” in Revelation 14:3.

For the meaning behind the number “144,000”, see https://4womaninthewilderness.blogspot.com/2013/07/who-are-144000.html

Sanderson then tells Jehovah’s Witnesses that the “other sheep” are comprised of Jehovah’s Witnesses not anointed, who become one flock with a literal 144,000 anointed ones.  Please consider:

In Luke chapter 12, Jesus is speaking to his physical Jewish disciples.  He tells them in verse 32:

“Do not be afraid, little flock, for your Father is pleased to give you the kingdom.” 

Matthew 15:24 - Jesus responded, “I was sent only to the lost sheep of the nation of Israel.” 

In John chapter 10, once again Jesus is addressing the nation of Jewish people:

“I am the good shepherd; and I know My sheep, and am known by My own. ¹⁵ As the Father knows Me, even so I know the Father; and I lay down My life for the sheep. ¹⁶ And other sheep I have which are not of this fold; them also I must bring, and they will hear My voice; and there will be one flock and one shepherd.”

The “other sheep” are not part of the “little flock”, they are “not of this fold” of physical Jews.  Who are they then?

“Then Paul and Barnabas grew bold and said, “It was necessary that the word of God should be spoken to you first; but since you reject it, (the fleshly Jews) and judge yourselves unworthy of everlasting life, behold, we turn to the Gentiles.”  Acts 13:46

Ephesians 2:11-13,19-22 - So then, remember that at one time you were Gentiles in the flesh—called “the uncircumcised” by those called “the circumcised,” which is done in the flesh by human hands. ¹² At that time you were without Christ, excluded from the citizenship of Israel, and foreigners to the covenants of promise,  without hope and without God in the world. ¹³ But now in Christ Jesus, you who were far away have been brought near by the blood of Christ. ¹⁴ For he is our peace, who made both groups one and tore down the dividing wall of hostility.

“Both groups” – a “little flock” and “other sheep” become one in Christ, with no longer a barrier between them.  (1 Corinthians 12:12-13)

“So, then, you are no longer foreigners and strangers, but fellow citizens with the saints, and members of God’s household, ²⁰ built on the foundation of the apostles and prophets, with Christ Jesus himself as the cornerstone. ²¹ In him the whole building, being put together, grows into a holy temple in the Lord. ²² In him you are also being built together for God’s dwelling in the Spirit.” 

“God’s household” – “whole building” – “holy temple” - "God's dwelling" is made up of anointed living stones:

1 Peter 2:5,9,10 – “you yourselves, as living stones, a spiritual house, are being built to be a holy priesthood to offer spiritual sacrifices acceptable to God through Jesus Christ.

But you are a chosen race, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, a people for his possession, so that you may proclaim the praises of the one who called you out of darkness into his marvelous light. ¹⁰ Once you were not a people, but now you are God’s people; you had not received mercy, but now you have received mercy.”

Romans 9:6 – “Now it is not as though the word of God has failed, because not all who are descended from Israel are Israel."

Romans 2:29 –“but he is a Jew who is one inwardly; and circumcision is that of the heart, in the Spirit, not in the letter; whose praise is not from men but from God.”

Both the anointed “little flock” and the anointed “other sheep” together, become God’s temple dwelling in Spirit. (1 Corinthians3:16; 6:19-20)

Pearl Doxsey - https://4womaninthewilderness.blogspot.com/2013/05/addition-to-http4womaninthewilderness.html

"These anointed (both fleshly Jew and fleshly Gentile) became one anointed flock. They were no longer separated by their flesh

(Eph. 2:11-22; Gal.3:26,27,28,29; Acts 10:34,35; Gal.6:15,16), but rather all together became spiritual Jews, the "Israel of God", God's new nation under a New Covenant (Heb.8:13) to become New Jerusalem. 

The designation "little flock" no longer matters, because it has been almost two thousand years since that little Jewish flock was gathered together with the other sheep into one flock. There is no longer "Jew" or "Greek" (Gal.3:28), but rather, the temple of God, made of all nations (including Jews), tribes people and tongues (Rev.5:9,10) chosen to become the New Israel of God (Rev.7:4). One's flesh no longer matters, because it is through Faith, that the kingdom promises given to Abraham are inherited (Gal.3:29,28; Heb.6:12)"