Type/antitype 1944

Abel

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In 1904 Abel was said to represent Christ and the Church, characterized by the sacrificing spirit. In 1920 the same collective identification was restated as the Christ, the promised Seed. In 1944 the identification was reversed: Abel was placed among the typical representatives of God's organization, or woman, while Christ Jesus was distinguished as the true Seed. No later person-level typological identification of Abel was verified in the Knorr years after 1944 or in the Franz period through 1980.

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Nathan H. Knorr · 1942–1977

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  1. 1944 Reversal

    Abel was no longer identified with the promised Seed. He was placed with the pre-Christian faithful as a typical representative of God's organization, the symbolic woman, whose coming Seed they testified about.

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    After Abel other witnesses of Jehovah arose, such as Enoch, Noah, Melchizedek, and Abraham, all being typical representatives of God’s woman, of whose coming Seed they bore testimony.
    The Watchtower, January 15, 1944