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THE MEMORIAL
(WATCHTOWER'S VERSION OF THE LAST SUPPER)
(WATCHTOWER'S VERSION OF THE LAST SUPPER)
Once a year Watchtower has Jehovah's Witnesses to hold what it
calls the Memorial, its version of the Last Supper observance. At that time symbolic wine and bread are passed
around but usually no one attending in any given kingdom hall partakes of those. This is because Watchtower's
Governing Body men have long said very few JWs deserve to do so, that only a remnant now on earth of 144,000 total Christians
throughout history are worthy to partake; that most all JWs are not of the remnant of the 144,000 Little Flock bride of Christ
class. Therefore although the Memorial is spoken of well in a talk given by a Watchtower elder, increasingly
by many it is seen as a symbolic way in which Watchtower's top heads promote the denial of Christ for the vast majority
of JWs, akin to similar rituals also practiced in Free Masonry and among Satanists. JW members of the Watchtower's non-heavenly-hope
class, called the Great Crowd, are told they have a separate earthly hope, that is hope not for being with Christ
in heaven but continuing to live on earth.
Those not partaking of the emblems at the Memorial of the Last Supper or Lord's Last Meal need to know and meditate upon John 6:53 which says: "Jesus said to them, 'I tell you the truth, unless you eat the flesh of the Son of Man and drink his blood, you have no life in you. 54 Whoever eats my flesh and drinks my blood has eternal life, and I will raise him up at the last day."
Increasingly rank-and-file JWs (called "Publishers") have felt Watchtower must be totally mistaken when it has claimed that in 1935 the last members of the 144,000 anointed ones on earth was seal, that there are to be no new anointed partakers. Therefore in recent years the number of anointed partakers has increased. In 2009 the number was up to well over 10,500, not so long before being only about 8,000.
However word has come that Watchtower is even more than in the past going to be having its appointed elders go gunning for those who partake (especially younger JWs), to try to verbally bully them into "recanting" their having partaken as a mistake, to shoot them down from the heavenly hope. Otherwise Rick and Inez Fearon, others who partook for years, have also noted that there is harassment that goes on in the background, gossipping and verbal backstabbing. Reflecting the dominant view of Governing Body heads, local elders generally view newer, younger partakers at their Watchtower Memorial as being trouble-makers, liars, mentally insane.
The Last Supper is supposed to show loving remembrance of Christ who gave his very life in order that all humankind might live forever. Instead it is a ritualistic denial of Christ's being the Mediator for us all. Christ's true brothers and sisters are to have Love among one another in particular. Being told that Christ is not the Mediator for "all" but only for 144,000 is not very loving, and it is dishonest. (1 Tim 2:5) Since partaking at the kingdom hall as Christ tells Christians to do causes Watchtower elders to act abusively, has even led to partakers being disfellowshipped, i.e. harsh shunning, many JWs now partake private out of sight at home, elsewhere, or simply partake within spiritually.
Those not partaking of the emblems at the Memorial of the Last Supper or Lord's Last Meal need to know and meditate upon John 6:53 which says: "Jesus said to them, 'I tell you the truth, unless you eat the flesh of the Son of Man and drink his blood, you have no life in you. 54 Whoever eats my flesh and drinks my blood has eternal life, and I will raise him up at the last day."
Increasingly rank-and-file JWs (called "Publishers") have felt Watchtower must be totally mistaken when it has claimed that in 1935 the last members of the 144,000 anointed ones on earth was seal, that there are to be no new anointed partakers. Therefore in recent years the number of anointed partakers has increased. In 2009 the number was up to well over 10,500, not so long before being only about 8,000.
However word has come that Watchtower is even more than in the past going to be having its appointed elders go gunning for those who partake (especially younger JWs), to try to verbally bully them into "recanting" their having partaken as a mistake, to shoot them down from the heavenly hope. Otherwise Rick and Inez Fearon, others who partook for years, have also noted that there is harassment that goes on in the background, gossipping and verbal backstabbing. Reflecting the dominant view of Governing Body heads, local elders generally view newer, younger partakers at their Watchtower Memorial as being trouble-makers, liars, mentally insane.
The Last Supper is supposed to show loving remembrance of Christ who gave his very life in order that all humankind might live forever. Instead it is a ritualistic denial of Christ's being the Mediator for us all. Christ's true brothers and sisters are to have Love among one another in particular. Being told that Christ is not the Mediator for "all" but only for 144,000 is not very loving, and it is dishonest. (1 Tim 2:5) Since partaking at the kingdom hall as Christ tells Christians to do causes Watchtower elders to act abusively, has even led to partakers being disfellowshipped, i.e. harsh shunning, many JWs now partake private out of sight at home, elsewhere, or simply partake within spiritually.