Jehovah’s Witnesses are taught to believe that there are two classes of Christians. A little flock of special anointed Christians having the hope of ruling with Christ in heaven numbering 144,000 and an unnumbered great crowd of other sheep, Christians having the hope of living on earth in paradise under that rulership. They arrive at that number from a literal interpretation of Revelation 7:4 and 14:1-3. However, since God has been selecting Christians since the first century the question arises, Since up until that time all Christians were said to have the same hope, have there truly been less than 144,000 genuine Christians throughout 19 centuries? Could not God find 144,000 genuine Christians in all history from 33 CE onward so that the selection was completed long before that? This video compares the Watchtower society’s explanation with what the Bible actually says.
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