I was just thinking about how the Watchtower often compares the organization's position to that of Moses. Challenging Moses, in their retelling of the Biblical account, equated challenging God's authority, as Korah, Dathan, and Abiram did, to their own peril. The conclusion we are to gain from this is not to challenge, question, or disagree with the Watchtower Society's teachings even in our private thoughts. I was thinking just yesterday of how problematic their logic is on this issue. Let me explain my take on why that is.
You see, Korah, Dathan, and Abiram, when they first challenged Moses, made the assertion that the entire assembly was holy and that Jehovah was in their midst. Well, the thing is, they were wrong. The entire assembly was, in fact, far from holy, and huge swaths of them were being culled from the ranks repeatedly by God himself, so clearly that wasn't true. In fact, I'll take it a step further and say that not even Moses and Aaron were all that holy; God also culled them from the ranks and prevented them from entering the Promised Land.
I'll say that again, Moses and Aaron died in the wilderness by God's direct order. They died in the wilderness, just the same as those who worshipped the golden calf, the Israelite who was brutally stabbed through his genitals for immorality, those who ate the quail without first giving thanks, and so on. So how could it be said that they were holier? More obedient, perhaps, more patient, but not holier.
Moses lost his right to enter the Promised Land for not giving credit to God where credit was due. Aaron participated in idolatry by building the golden calf; when he was confronted about it, he went so far as to lie about the events that happened, describing the calf as walking out of the fire on its own (which would be a miracle for an inanimate object to do, right?). So, Aaron lost his right to enter the Promised Land, too.
But there is a parallel I see here between Moses, Aaron, and the Governing Body. Just as Moses failed to give credit to God for what was God's work, the Governing Body takes credit for providing spiritual 'food at the proper time', asserting that its Watchtower literature is from God and that those who seek to study even the Bible by itself are 'testing God' by saying 'his provisions' aren't enough. But God did not say he would provide additional books beyond the scriptures that would help people understand them better; holy spirit was supposed to make up for any lack of understanding a person might have.
Aaron made an idol and even built an altar in front of it and proclaimed a festival to Jehovah. The people began to say of the golden calf that it was the God who provided deliverance from Egypt. In a similar way, the Governing Body created 'God's organization' and has declared to all that belonging to the organization is the means God has provided for salvation. The organization's words are taken as God's words, and the Governing Body clearly considers itself beyond questioning and as essentially having authority to design laws in addition to those God made in the Bible whether there's a Biblical basis for it or not. It even says it will help Jesus apply the ransom to mankind in the future. Without a doubt, the concept of 'God's organization' has been fashioned into an idol, into a god in its own right, equal to Jesus, equal to holy spirit, and equal even to God.
So, if we are to obey 'God's organization' as the Israelites were to obey Moses and Aaron, the question remains: what will be the end outcome for this organization, if it is like Moses and Aaron? Wandering in a spiritual wilderness for decades, and eventually dying off without having partaken of the promises. If they want to drink the cup Moses and Aaron drank, then they may not like the taste of what's in it.
--sd-7
