Watch Tower Society publications had taught that the "faithful and discreet slave" class had had a continuous uninterrupted existence since being appointed by Christ at the time of Pentecost AD 33,[REF] when the first 120 people upon whom holy spirit was poured out began "feeding" Jews with spiritual food.
The Watchtower claimed members of the "slave" class were a close-knit body of Christians rather than isolated, independent individuals, and that one generation of the "slave" class fed the succeeding generation to maintain the unbroken line for more than 1900 years,[REF][REF] providing the same spiritual food to Christians worldwide [REF].