jahovas witnesses ????

Question

if jahovas witnesses believe that only 144,000 people get into heaven wouldnt they kinda want to keep that to themselves rather than recruit more competition for themselves????? also how do they keep count on the spaces left... is there a counting turnstyle???

Answer 1

The preaching work is performed because Jesus commanded it, not because it benefits Jehovah's Witnesses personally or as a religion. As a side point, the vast majority of Witnesses hope to enjoy life ON EARTH forever, rather than in heaven.

Jehovah's Witnesses understand heaven to refer to the dwelling place of spirit creatures such as Jesus and the angels. They understand the Scriptures to teach that exactly 144,000 humans will join Christ Jesus as kings and priests to administer God's Kingdom (which 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
(Revelation 14:1) Lamb [Jesus] standing upon the Mount Zion, and with him a hundred and forty-four thousand
(Revelation 20:6) they will be priests of God and of the Christ, and will rule as kings with him

Over whom will they 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.”

Hell is NOT someplace/something mankind needs to fear; there is no suffering in 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


Almighty Jehovah God selects those few who have the heavenly calling. Each person "feels" his own hope and each person's hope remains unquestioned by his fellow Christians. Still 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]

Learn more:
http://www.watchtower.org/library/w/2000/10/1/article_02.htm
http://www.watchtower.org/library/w/2000/10/1/article_01.htm
http://watchtower.org/library/jt/index.htm

Answer 2

Jehovah's Witnesses believe only 144,000 people go to heaven. Everyone else is to look forward to living in paradise on earth.

So, according to the Watch Tower, "the faithful and discreet slave" of Matthew 24:45 is those of the 144,000 mentioned in Revelation 7:4 and 14:1 who are still alive today. Elsewhere in WT literature, the 144,000 is equated with the "little flock" of Luke 12:32 (Live Forever, p.124). It is only this class of people who go to heaven.
Further, the "great crowd" of Revelation 7:9 is said to be the same as the "other sheep" in John 10:16. These people will live forever in paradise on earth.

Answer 3

Hehehe, how much would it suck if you were like 144 001 on the count...
St Peter (a burly man wearing a tight black shirt) at the pearly gates "Ok, we've reached capacity folks... You'll have to wait until some people leave and make some room."

Answer 4

Jehovah's Witnesses are no longer Christian to start up with and indexed under are the numerous motives. they suspect Jesus is actual Michael the ArchAngel and that his earthly physique he used is hidden and could be printed on the tip of the international whilst there in paradise. they have envisioned the tip of the international multiple situations with 1975 being the final 12 months envisioned.they do no longer believe in Blood Transfusions nor the Trinity and that they are impressive whilst they say the trinity replaced into further ,yet fail to describe that the doctrine of the trinity replaced into continuously there it replaced into the be conscious trinity that replaced into further to help clarify the father Son and Holy Ghost.they are envisioned to help earn there place in Paradise by going door to door coaching there ideals and handing accessible literature and advertising there diverse books yet in many situations purely giving them out.They have been began by a guy named Russell who at one time bought miracle wheat.they suspect that Jesus died on a stake extremely than a bypass however the 1st couple of generations of Jehovah's Witnesses did no longer disavow the bypass and it replaced into component to their image.they have replaced lots of there teachings considering there initiating interior the nineteenth century and are an extremely aggressive team that has observed incredible develop. they're a techniques controlled team as far as there religious ideals in that they do no longer look to be even known by individuals of there very own families in the event that they dare to bypass away and easily whilst they return to the fold are they as quickly as back time-honored.i desire my clarification of there ideals answer your question as i've got been completely truthful and tried to no longer be unfair.

Answer 5

I asked a member of the JW cult that question. They told me they were merely trying to save me for the new earth. As far as the 144,000, they "just know" when they are one of them, but no one keeps count.

Answer 6

Most of them don't expect to get into heaven, but instead to live in a newly created earthly paradise.

Answer 7

Um no. It's not a secret and those 144,000 know who they are. They go to heaven to be angels I think and then the rest of the people like us (maybee of we were good and did what Jesus told us to Do) go to paridice and live with our family's and the people who we lost in this world. We and they will be young again and feel no pain and we will never say, I am sick. Ever again we will be happy AND so will the 144,000 THAT ARE GOING TO HELP. Before this happens this world will be destroyed and converted into a paradise where the dead will awaken. Find out this AMD soooo Mich more at jw.org also see videos for the family and kids, vidos that teach kids to obey be clean share say please and thanks and much more

Answer 8

WOW...someone cares way too much about a religion that they obviously do not believe in...find something better to do with all that thought.

Answer 9

What do you expect from people that think, John 1:1 declares there are 2 Gods??????????

Answer 10

As I understand the whole 144,000 thing...They will be the ones who travel with God. They will be with him everywhere he goes.