Posted by Joseph Malik [JosephMalik] on April 05, 1999 at 12:01:11 {6.uz.4vynMwtN58YgBC6kwPNhmZ1io}:
In Reply to: ***bible canon & 144,000 posted by Gary on April 04, 1999 at 18:53:22:
So I didn't mean "it allows God" in such a literal sense, but in the sense that it allows God choices
within his own realm of parameters.
Gary,
And that paramater allows Him to use the symbolic number 144,000 to represent the faith
giving it structure and purpose as the Israel of God. That was the original point being made here and the Watchtower doctrine in question that was challenged; that it is a literal number cannot be supported for this and other reasons.
Joseph