But someone will ask, “How are the dead raised? With what kind of body will they come?” You fool! What you sow does not come to life unless it dies. And what you sow is not the body that will be, but just a seed, perhaps of wheat or something else. But God gives it […]
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What Happens At Death?
The Bible does not give us a single, detailed chart of the afterlife. Its language comes from many centuries, literary genres, and historical settings. It speaks of Sheol, Hades, Paradise, Gehenna, resurrection, the age to come, heaven, judgment, and new creation. These terms overlap, but they are not interchangeable.So rather than forcing every passage into […]
In Philippians 1:23, Paul says that he desires “to depart and be with Christ.” In 2 Corinthians 5:6-8, he says that to be away from the body is to be at home with the Lord. In the same chapter, he speaks of the present body as a tent and of longing to be with Christ. […]
The traditional Christian interpretation of life after death can be summarized this way:When a faithful Christian dies, the person’s conscious existence continues in the presence of Christ, while the body remains in the grave. At Christ’s return, the resurrection occurs and the person receives a glorified body.The interpretation this video is suggesting is different:Death, followed […]
In the September 2026 JW Broadcasting episode, Paul Gillies gave a talk entitled “Reject the Teachings of Apostates”. The presentation is clearly designed to instill fear into Jehovah’s Witnesses, keeping them from listening to any valid criticism of the organization.The talk is structured less as an invitation to test claims than as a warning system […]
In a recent JW Broadcasting morning-worship talk, Paul Gillies warned Jehovah’s Witnesses about apostasy by using an analogy most people would immediately understand – Food poisoning. The analogy works like this:Spoiled food may contain nutrients, but it also contains toxins.Apostate material may contain isolated truths, but it is spiritually dangerous overall.But the organization itself acknowledges […]
In 2026, the Governing Body made two consequential changes. First, it made the medical use of a person’s own blood a matter of individual conscience.Then it made the use of red cells, white cells, platelets, and plasma from another person’s blood a personal decision as well. The prohibition on transfusion of whole blood remains.This video […]