I was an un-baptized publisher in Cincinnati in the late 90’s. I found the Jehovah’s Witnesses to be beautiful people. They were so loving and helpful. Their hunger for biblical truth seemed un-paralleled. So, why didn’t I get baptized?
I believed 88% of what I was taught by the Witnesses. But, there was another 12% I wasn’t so sure about. One of the major matters that fell into that 12% was the belief that there were two classes of Christians:
One class, the anointed class (144,000) had a heavenly hope.
The other class, the great crowd, had an earthly hope (live forever in earthly paradise).
I didn’t understand the basis for this belief. So, I didn’t get baptized.
The basis for their belief is succinctly provided in Questions Readers Ask/Watchtower of April 1, 1979. It explains that the Jehovah’s Witnesses believe that Christ is the Mediator (Savior) only for the Anointed Class. And only through association with the Anointed Class, the Great Crowd has access to the benefits of Christ’s Death.
Did you know that this is what you were preaching when you were a JW?
Do you think most JW’s understand the basis for this belief?
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