QUESTION RECEIVED:
Is there some scriptural basis for the JW elder arrangement given the accounts at Exodus 18:17-27 and Numbers 11:16-17?" (TO READ: LINK)
MY REPLY:
Just as brother-in-law marriage no longer applies under Christ,
No... the appointing of anyone to replace the anointed body members of Jesus Christ, is not permissible.
Please consider:
Heb.8: "5 They (the original priesthood) serve at a sanctuary that is a copy and shadow of what is in heaven. This is why Moses was warned when he was about to build the tabernacle: ‘See to it that you make everything according to the pattern shown you on the mountain.’ 6 But in fact the ministry Jesus has received is as superior to theirs as the covenant of which he is mediator is superior to the old one, since the new covenant is established on better promises.
7 For if there had been nothing wrong with that first covenant, no place would have been sought for another. 8 But God found fault with the people and said:
‘The days are coming, declares the Lord,
when I will make a new covenant
with the people of Israel
and with the people of Judah.
9 It will not be like the covenant
I made with their ancestors
when I took them by the hand
to lead them out of Egypt,
because they did not remain faithful to my covenant,
and I turned away from them,
declares the Lord."
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As you can see, the spiritual heavenly temple made of living stones
(Eph.2:6; Heb.12:23; 8:5; 1Pet.2:5)
is NOT patterned after the helpers of Moses.
It was patterned after the original tent of God and the priests that served in that tabernacle.
If you read Num.3:10; 18:7; 2Chron.23:6,7 you will see that the original pattern did not allow anyone to enter the tabernacle, or serve in capacity of priest, unless they were of the chosen, anointed, and consecrated priesthood.
As was the case with Moses; Helpers are not needed to assist one man to lead God's people today.
Since Christ, there is an anointed priesthood,
chosen by God Himself to perform the duties of that Temple
(Rev.1:5,6; 5:9,10; Mal.2:7; 1Cor.6:1-3).
If you do not understand the difference between the spiritual Jew and the spiritual Gentile,
you will not be able to "catch sight" of the "disgusting thing, standing in the holy place"/"abomination of desolation"
(Matt.24:15; Mark 13:14>"standing where it does not belong").
If you do not recognize the existence and identity of the "abomination of desolation"/"disgusting thing in the holy place";...
How will you be in a position, to flee from it??? (Dan.11:31; Matt.24:15,16; Rev.18:4; Jer.51:6; 48:6)
The "abomination" that desolates God's anointed priesthood, is an Idol...
the image of the Beast as having God's spirit (Rev.13:11,15,7,8)... an image given by the false prophet.
Rev.13:11; 2Cor.11:13,14,15)When we slave for an Image and obey its every command; that is worship that belongs to God alone. Those who accept a position in which they are obeyed without question, are making themselves, God.
You are also in danger of not recognizing the "man of lawlessness", when he takes his seat, enthroned over God's Temple and its priesthood (2Thess.2:4; 1Cor.3:16; 1Pet.2:5,9).
None should take headship over the Bride members of Christ, except Jesus Christ
(Eph.5:23,25,30,31,32; 1Cor.6:17; John 17:21,22,23; Col.1:18).
(2Thess.2:4)You will not discern either of these blasphemous realities, unless you allow all of God's word to guide you, and you continue learning it.
If you search out or subscribe to, erroneous justifications for breaking God's statutes,
you are in danger of believing the Lie (2Thess.2:8-12).
Rev.13:11,15
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