I have just finished reading "You Can Live Forever in Paradise on Earth". On page 173, it teaches that most of the 144,000 were raised to life in 1914 ( paragraph 21) & that the remaining ones on the earth will pass into that state immediately after death ( paragraph 22), quoting 1 Thess. 4:15 - 17 as evidence.
One problem - Verse 17 says, "Afterward we the living who are surviving will, together with them, be caught away in clouds to meet the Lord in the air; and thus we shall always be with (the) Lord" (NWT). The Greek word translated "together" - hama - means "at the same time". So how can the Watchtower teach that the 144,000 are resurrected in two stages ?
2006-12-05
05:14:09
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Carlito
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