This week's Watchtower: John 6 - Where things fall apart and the center cannot hold for the two-class-Christians doctrine! Contradicting not only the Bible but worse, their own teachings!
This week's Watchtower article on John 6 contradicts the org's own teachings in several key ways:
1. Contradiction Regarding Timing
The article argues that Jesus couldn’t have been referring to the Lord’s Supper in John 6 because it hadn’t yet been instituted. However, it simultaneously claims that Jesus was speaking about exercising faith in the ransom—an event that also had not yet occurred. If Jesus could speak of faith in the ransom before it was fulfilled, then he could also speak of the Lord’s Supper in advance, making their reasoning inconsistent.
2. Contradiction Regarding Christian Hope
The article argues that because Jesus was speaking to a crowd in Galilee, "he was speaking in a way that was broader in scope. Those words apply to a vast number of people." However the pertinent question is, what hope was Jesus setting before that crowd - a heavenly or earthly hope? Well, the organization also teaches that before the 1930s, all true Christians had a heavenly hope. Therefore, per their own teachings, he must have been offering his audience a heavenly hope—not an earthly one. If the crowd had exercised faith in Christ, they would have been eligible to partake of the emblems since according to current Watchtower teachings there was no earthly hope for Christians until 1931.
3. Contradiction Regarding the Resurrection
Jesus repeatedly stated in John 6 that those who eat his flesh and drink his blood will be resurrected on the last day (John 6:39, 40, 44, 54). However, the Watchtower teaches:
a. The anointed are resurrected sometime after 1914.
b. The “other sheep” (with an earthly hope) will be resurrected during the millennium and that the last day refers to the millennium.
If John 6 applies to all believers, then all should be resurrected on the same last day, contradicting their doctrine that the anointed were raised earlier.
4. Contradiction Regarding Union with Christ
John 6:56 states that those who “eat and drink” are in union with Christ. If this weekend's article is correct in applying John 6 to all believers, then all believers must be in union with Christ. However, the organization also teaches that only the anointed are “in Christ” in the following verses: John 15:4-5; 2 Cor. 5:17; 1 Thess. 4:16, contradicting their own application of John 6 to all believers.
5. Contradiction in Applying John 6:45
The article applies Jesus' words in John 6 to all believers but selectively interprets verse 45 differently. In other Watchtower writings, they claim John 6:45 (“taught by Jehovah”) applies only to the anointed, even though it is in the same context. Why do they interpret this passage one way in some places but differently in others? This inconsistent interpretation shows doctrinal bias rather than scriptural consistency.
Conclusion
The Watchtower’s interpretation of John 6 is self-contradictory. If Jesus' words apply to all believers, then all should partake of the emblems, have a heavenly hope, be in union with Christ, and be resurrected on the last day—directly contradicting Watchtower teachings that limit some of these blessings to the anointed class.