Jehovah's Witnesses understand the Scriptures to teach that God's Kingdom will soon replace all earthly governments.
(Daniel 2:44) God of heaven will set up a kingdom... It will crush and put an end to all these kingdoms, and it itself will stand to times indefinite
That Kingdom will rule over the vast majority of mankind, most of whom will have been raised from the dead after Armageddon.
(John 11:23,24) Jesus said to her: “Your brother will rise.” Martha said to him: “I know he will rise in the resurrection on the last day.”
(Acts 24:15) There is going to be a resurrection of both the righteous and the unrighteous.
Until that resurrection, there is no suffering in "hell", or the grave. Sometime after the resurrection, death and "hell" will themselves be destroyed.
(Ecclesiastes 9:5) For the living are conscious that they will die; but as for the dead, they are conscious of nothing at all
(Ecclesiastes 9:10) there is no work nor devising nor knowledge nor wisdom in Sheol ["hell"]
(Revelation 20:14) And death and Hades ["hell"] were hurled into the lake of fire
While a limitted number of humans will be resurrected to heaven to share in ruling over mankind, the vast majority (literally more than 99.9%) of Jehovah's Witnesses expect an EARTHLY hope, the same hope given to Adam and Eve.
(Genesis 1:28) God blessed them and God said to them: “Be fruitful and become many and fill THE EARTH and subdue it [caps added]
(Genesis 2:17) You must not eat from it, for in the day you eat from it you will positively die [so never eating from that tree means never dying]
Interestingly, the Scriptures are full of references to this earthly hope.
(Psalms 37:11) 'the meek will possess the earth'
(Proverbs 2:21) 'upright will reside in the earth'
(Isaiah 45:18) 'God formed the earth to be inhabited'
(Matthew 5:5) 'the mild will inherit the earth'
(Revelation 21:3) The tent of God is with mankind
Jehovah's Witnesses' official website:
http://watchtower.org
http://watchtower.org/library/jt/index.htm
2006-08-30 09:18:19
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answered by achtung_heiss 7
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***what is a jehova witness? ***
Jehovah witnesses are Christians that use the name of the one the other Christians call God, not to be confused with the Jewish G - D, YHVH, all of which are believed to be the same entity.
Check out their site.
2006-08-29 20:31:00
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answered by zurioluchi 7
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A sheep.
A person that cannot think for themselves.
They want OTHERS to do the thinking for them.
They are in constant fear, see the 3 things above.
They go door-to-door asking people to join their church.
They CLAIM they are all in 1 big church, but they have separate english speaking churches and spanish speaking churches. NEITHER join together; ever!
Even their bible is a joke; they have the bible, but the are forbidden to read the entire bible. Only certain passages, certain pages, certain chapters.
They stand in front of gas stations with literature in their hands.
They HIDE their watchtower magazine behind other literature that they give to you. Open it up; and you find Watchtower inside.
If their church is THAT good; people would come to them, not them knock on MY door each weekend.
Worse; they have their CHILDREN knock on my door, while they stand at the curb.
I tell their children, and then the parents, where to go and what they can do when they get there.
Next week, a new group of attache-case-carrying, dressed in their Sunday best suits, group of sheep at my door.
If they do this nonsence in places like county parks; I call the police on them; they CANNOT go around talking religion in parks.
2006-08-29 20:14:34
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answered by Anonymous
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A witness of our Creator (English--Jehovah, Hebrew--Yahweh)God. Isaiah 43:10--to help in the ultimate and final vindication of HIS HOLY NAME.---by witnessing about God's Kingdom to come---the only means of salvation for mankind.
2006-08-29 20:13:32
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answered by avaddohn-Apollyon 4
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A witness of jehovah :)
2006-08-29 20:09:33
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answered by Amanda 4
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check this site.. its has general information abut jehova witness
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jehovah_witness
2006-08-29 20:12:26
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answered by unknown 1
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Yeah, and what in the hell did they witness? Except for me answering the door in my boxers.
2006-08-29 20:09:38
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answered by Anonymous
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Brainwashed cult member.
2006-08-29 20:10:31
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answered by Anonymous
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not sure... i respect them but they have a very limited life. No birthdays, christmas' - they dont drink and they dont even vote!!!
2006-08-29 20:08:34
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answered by Anonymous
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A deceived deceiver :(
2014-04-05 10:02:31
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answered by Anonymous
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