Posted by Bibleman [Bibleman] on November 17, 1999 at 12:40:45 {xx2d.1sWpQMSSTtTA17sslyACFuF8c}:
In Reply to: Reformation or Liberation posted by Camryn on November 17, 1999 at 08:51:26:
Just wanted to remind everyone that the "man of lawlessness" (2 Thes. 4:2) MUST take over the "temple-class" organization, meaning Jehovah's Witnesses. So whoever is in charge of the organization and acting like a god over everybody else WITHIN THE ORGANIZATION of anointed ones, is who the "evil slave" and the "anti-Christ" is.
Also note that the 'earth' represents some aspect of Jehovah's arrangement and thus the "Lamb-Dragon" Beast that comes out of the EARTH mentioned in Revelation is significant. The 666-BEAST comes out of the "sea" meaning Christendom. The "Lamb-Dragon" beast comes out of the EARTH which means the leadership of the witness organization, since the witnesses, as god's organization are like on the stable earth as far as the Bible and accurate knowledge is concerned (compared to Christendom).
Thus whoever is leading this organization becomes the "false prophet" and they are thrown into the lake of fire, which shows they will not reform in time and that they and their organization will have the same fate as all the other of apostate Christianity's religions by being thrown into the lake of fire.
So the best "reform" measure for individuals would seem to be to get off that main road, spiritually or literally, and get out of "Babylon the Great".
On a critical note, as well, is that an anointed member of the organization did send a letter to the Governing Body in November of 1992 essentially informing them that they were being disfellowshipped from Jehovah's Heavenly organization and removed as shepherds from over his people. As a consequence they would be thrown into spiritual darkness. And that is what we see now.
So you have to now understand that the GB may not be in a position to do anything but stumble in the dark at this point, trying to fool their members into fantasically corrupted fulfillments of scripture such as that the "great tribulation" is Armageddon when in fact Matthew 24:29 shows that the great tribulation is over long before the Messiah arrives. So they haven't got a clue as to what is really going on spiritually. And if they did, they are not a part of it.
For all those reasons, "reform" seems like a dead issue for true Christians. They need to be moving away from the GB now and toward the Scriptures.
So basically, scripturally they are already obviously the "evil slave" that proved unfaithful. So will their last-minute reforms to appease the masses save them or those who continue to follow them? Not likely. Salvation must be through Jehovah and his son, and you can only find them via the Scriptures, not making a big deal over which blood components need to be outlawed in medical emergencies.
Cheers,
Bibleman