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The date of the letter sent to set up the "disgusting thing" still causing desolation, was December 1st 1971. Allowing for a short period of 9 days for this letter (for the 'shifting of responsibilities' to replace the "constant feature") to reach all congregations of spiritual "Israel", it took a further 295 days to "put in place the disgusting thing", to the date of October 1st 1972. (Total: 304 days). This "disgusting thing" continues on for 2,300 evenings and mornings, after which the sanctuary will be restored. (Dan 8:13,14). The 1,335 days started to count from the beginning of the setting up of the "disgusting thing" that is causing desolation. (Dan 12:12). The 3½ times (or years) of the dashing of the power of the holy people began after the end of the 1,335 days, and continues until January 19th 1979, which is also the end of the 2,300 evenings and mornings. The 1,290 days spoken of in Daniel 12:11 began to count and ran concurrently with the 1,335 days, but were 45 days shorter. Thus, those of the anointed sanctuary class who reached the end of the 1,335 days still faithful to God, did prove by their words and deeds that they are against this new arrangement (the "disgusting thing"), and are therefore "blessed". (Moffatt). Note the accuracy: Even by using their published dates of December 1^st 1971 to October 1st 1972, the degree of human error is one day in every 289 days, in its fulfilment. But even this inaccuracy reduces if the time taken for individual congregations to receive these instructions and implement them was less than 9 days.

'How was Jehovah's "sanctuary" cleansed, vindicated or restored to its rightful state by that date? Examine the official journal of Jehovah's witnesses, The Watchtower, as of that date. Note page 319. That page sets out the Resolution adopted by the New York company of Jehovah's witnesses on October 5, 1932. It called for a cleansing of the congregational organization, a restoring of it to the rightful state of Jehovah's sanctuary class. How? By the ridding of the organization of "elective elders," or elders that had been elected to the office of eldership by the stretching out of the hands of the members of the congregation in a popular or democratic election, after the political style of the ancient Greek states'. (Pg. 215).

'Therefore be it resolved that there is no scriptural authority for the existence of the elective office of elders in the church and that henceforth we will not elect any person to the office of elder; that all of the anointed of God are elders*, as that term is defined by the Scriptures, and all are servants of the Most High… A service director who shall be nominated by us and confirmed by the Society's executive or manager, and which service director shall be a member of the service committee of this company.' (Pg.216).

'Prophecy became clearer, and on page 12 of its issue of January 1, 1921, the Society's official magazine The Watch Tower pointed out that the League of Nations was the "abomination that makes desolate" as foretold by Jehovah's prophet Daniel. (Matthew 24:15). The following year a still larger international convention was held, again at Cedar Point, Ohio'. (Pg.211).

RESTORING SANCTUARY TO RIGHTFUL STATE.
'...Jehovah through his visible channel of communication that his sanctuary of anointed "living stones" had been cleansed, vindicated and justified. It had been restored to its rightful state as regards the elimination of democratically elected "elders" and as regards the theocratic appointing of the congregational overseer. Certainly the twenty-four elderly persons whom the apostle John saw in his heavenly vision crowned and seated on thrones around the throne of the Most High God were not "elders" democratically elected by the congregations on earth below. They were "elders" chosen by the Sovereign of the universe because of their full Christian growth and proved integrity… Rightly the remnant of the sanctuary class on earth was brought into accord with this theocratic rule in Jehovah's due time'. (Pg.217).

QUESTION: How was it possible that in correcting the untheocratic electing of 'elders' at that time they had cleansed and restored the sanctuary class of "the abomination that makes desolate", when they incorrectly believe them to be the League of Nations?

ANSWER: Before Almighty God, I accuse the "disgusting thing" among JWs of being the abomination that makes desolate, by their removal of anointed sons of God and their replacement of them with elected unsealed 'elders', put in place in The Christ's congregations since December 1st 1971.

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