ClaimDoctrine changessupported1930sLater reinterpretation

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Antes de 1935 a organização ensinava que a “grande multidão” de Apocalipse 7:9 era uma classe celestial secundária: cristãos ungidos que não haviam sido plenamente fiéis e, segundo um relato posterior, membros das igrejas da cristandade que ficariam do lado de Cristo no fim.

Claim ID claim-doctrine-chg-great-crowd-pre-1935-heavenlyConcerns 31 de maio de 1935Reinterpretação posterior

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Reinterpretação posterior · 31 de maio de 1935 Respaldado

Antes de 1935 a organização ensinava que a “grande multidão” de Apocalipse 7:9 era uma classe celestial secundária: cristãos ungidos que não haviam sido plenamente fiéis e, segundo um relato posterior, membros das igrejas da cristandade que ficariam do lado de Cristo no fim. Source: The Watchtower, 15 de maio de 1995Source: The Watchtower, 15 de maio de 2001Source: God’s Kingdom Rules!, 2014

A posição da organização ou explicação posterior: A própria organização descreve o ensino anterior, em três publicações distintas, e apresenta a mudança como luz crescente, e não como um erro.

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Publicação primária das Testemunhas de Jeová Verificado

The Watchtower, “Part 1—Flashes of Light—Great and Small”

15 de maio de 1995 · p.20 · par. 18 · Watch Tower Bible and Tract Society

“In 1935 a bright flash of light revealed that the great crowd mentioned at Revelation 7:9-17 was not a secondary heavenly class. It had been thought that the ones mentioned in those verses were some of the anointed who had not been fully faithful and so were standing before the throne instead of sitting on thrones reigning as kings and priests with Jesus Christ.”

A two-part retrospective in which the organisation sets out its own record of changed teachings. This paragraph states the pre-1935 understanding of the great crowd and the 1935 change to an earthly hope.

Nota de procedência e verificação for The Watchtower, Part 1—Flashes of Light—Great and Small

Nota de confiança. Document opened on wol.jw.org on 19 September 2026; the wording was read in full and the page number taken from the library's own page markers.

Consultado em. 19 de setembro de 2026 · Identificador da fonte. src-chg-d-w-1995-0515-p1-great-crowd

Publicação primária das Testemunhas de Jeová Verificado

The Watchtower, “‘Behold! The Great Crowd!’”

15 de maio de 2001 · p.14 · Watch Tower Bible and Tract Society

“The Bible Students regarded the great crowd as a secondary heavenly class, a group that had knowledge of Bible truth but did little about spreading it.”

A later account of the pre-1935 understanding, in the organisation's own words.

Nota de procedência e verificação for The Watchtower, ‘Behold! The Great Crowd!’

Nota de confiança. Document opened on wol.jw.org on 19 September 2026; the wording was read in full and the page number taken from the library's own page markers.

Consultado em. 19 de setembro de 2026 · Identificador da fonte. src-chg-d-w-2001-0515-great-crowd

Publicação primária das Testemunhas de Jeová Verificado

God’s Kingdom Rules!, “The Kingdom Is Born in Heaven”

2014 · chap. 2, footnote c · Watch Tower Bible and Tract Society

“We will see in Chapter 5 that prior to 1935, it was thought that the “great multitude,” as described at Revelation 7:9, 10 in the King James Version, would include countless members of the churches of Christendom and that they would be made a secondary heavenly class as a reward for siding with Christ at the very end.”

A recent statement of the pre-1935 position, adding the detail that the class was expected to be drawn from the churches of Christendom.

Nota de procedência e verificação for God’s Kingdom Rules!, The Kingdom Is Born in Heaven

Nota de confiança. Document opened on wol.jw.org on 19 September 2026; the wording was read in full and the page number taken from the library's own page markers.

Notes. No page is cited: this is a footnote, and the library prints footnotes after the last page marker, so the marker nearest the text is not the printed page.

Consultado em. 19 de setembro de 2026 · Identificador da fonte. src-chg-d-kr-2014-ch2-great-crowd

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