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I am presently unsure whether it's scriptual for the non anointed to pass the emblems. I am still conflicted in regards to whether we all should partake as Jesus died for us all and we all under a new covenant. The covenant of course of different with the chosen then the rest of the flock however, we are all under a new covenant as Jesus sacrifice abolished the old and ushered in the new. I have done independent research aside from WT teachings and I have discovered that passing the plate is connected to a satanic ritual. Noone knows for sure if they are anointed or not and even if they receive signs from Jehovah that they are being considered it is not guaranteed. I myself personally have had some signs from Jehovah but I am not going to say I am a chosen one. Until Jehovah seals me and sends his son I won't know for sure.Hi Susan, I see your point. It makes sense, but the Bible doesn't mention specifically that this is the case. It is based on "if this then that" logic as in, if Jesus is the passover lamb and he was killed on passover, then it means that it is a replacement for passover. Jews observed the passover as a reminder of what happened in Egypt. The symbolic part only got revealed later on, during Jesus' time. We have no specific mention whether this is a "replacement". To me it doesn't read like Jesus "instituted" anything. In order to do that we have to read into the text aka eisegesis. He simply told them to do this in remembrance of him. As for taking meals in the scriptures, it strikes me as odd how it becomes a thing all of a sudden when there is no mention of that practice before Jesus death.
Regarding 1 Cor. 11, in verses 25 and 26, most translations including the reference NWT, instead of "whenever you eat" render it "as often as you eat".
Another interesting thing is that the annual observation of memorial seems to be a relatively recent understanding. Or as WT says, readjustment. I'm not sure when this readjustment took place. But this article talks about that a bit:
This article also says that certain features of the passover were fulfilled in Jesus, but that it's not strictly the type of Lord's evening meal.
Finally how can you say you observe if you don’t eat the emblems? Jesus said "whoever eats…" If eating represents acceptance of Christ’s flesh and blood as a means of salvation what does passing them only represent? I think these are valid questions. WT says about other sheep, "they now find their situation “readjusted” to that of onlookers." Which doesn't find any support in the scriptures. I've learned to question all JW doctrines and take with a grain of salt everything that WT teaches because they use eisegesis a lot in their interpretations, so please forgive me as I don't mean to push my understanding as being the only correct one, I just want to make sure of the scriptures.