Hmmm..not really. The JW's version of Matt 24:45-47 is contradictory and flawed of course, but if you read the passage more carefully you will see there are clearly two appointments. There was an initial appointment to begin feeding the domestics (evidently began in 33CE) and another later appointment "over all his belongings" in verse 47. The second one is more of a reward for the faithful servants for having completed their assigned task of feeding properly (compare with the illustrations of the talents, etc), which occurs with the master's "arriving" in verse 46. The problem is the WTS says the master "arrive"d in 1919 and the second appointment "over all his belongings" thus occured then, in favour of the Watchtower Society. Clearly that is a self-serving false teaching. Jesus has not yet arrived to reward anyone. Rather, the "appointment" over "all his belongings" is probably not fulfilled until the marriage of the lamb occurs, when all spirit-begotten Christians have been resurrected to immortal heavenly life.
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Re: If the FDS was appointed in 33 C.E., then why did Jesus inspect in 1918?
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So, if succeeding generations of the FDS fed each other from 33 C.E. down through the centuries, why did Jesus need to inspect all the other religions? Wouldn't he just inspect the slave that he appointed back in 33 C.E., rather than all these counterfeit, wanna-be faithful and discreet slaves? That seems more in line with the account in Matthew. | ||
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