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 […]
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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 […]
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 […]
Jehovah’s Witnesses are taught that only a special few (144,000) of them are anointed, which means specifically chosen by God to be adopted as his sons. One of their chief proof texts for this is Romans chapter 8 verses 14 and 15How does that teaching compare with what the verse actually says?
Jehovah’s Witnesses are taught to believe that there are two classes of Christians. A little flock of special anointed Christians having the hope of ruling with Christ in heaven numbering 144,000 and an unnumbered great crowd of other sheep, Christians having the hope of living on earth in paradise under that rulership. They arrive at […]
And the scripture was fulfilled that says, “Now Abraham believed God and it was counted to him for righteousness,” and he was called God’s friend. (James 2:23 NET) Regarding this the Watchtower states: How Abraham Was Accounted Righteous “The case of Abraham deserves particular attention. His being declared righteous is mentioned by two writers of […]
With the possibility of the book of Revelation being written prior to 70 CE does that mean that all of what is written in it would have to be fulfilled with the destruction of Jerusalem by the Romans? Jesus promised his disciples that they would rule with him. Since he received all authority shortly after […]
According to the Bible, all Christians have one hope. But what is that hope? Is it to go to heaven and remain there at peace with God for eternity? If so, what is the future for the Earth? Does the mention of the 144,000 and the great crowd in Revelation chapter 7 prove that Christians […]
This is the title of an article taken from the January 15, 1981 issue of the Watchtower, pages 27-30, in which the Watchtower society relates how wrong it was for some first century Jewish Christians to require that Gentiles become Jewish proselytes in order to be saved. However, in their modern day application of this […]
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Did Jesus Raise Himself?
Jesus answered them, “Destroy this temple, and in three days I will raise it up.” The Jews then said, “It has taken forty-six years to build this temple, and will you raise it up in three days?” But he was speaking about the temple of his body. When therefore he was raised from the dead, […]