that dont believe in Hell and only in HEaven with no resurrection for the bad wicked and evil souls?
2006-10-01 12:54:41 · 10 answers · asked by Stephanie D 3 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
Jehovahs Witnesses believe in hell but we do not believe it is a place of torment. The Bible hell is where all souls or people go who die. Hell is where the dead are laid to rest.
How do we know that hell is the grave? Well, we can read many verses in God's Word that assures us of that fact. Here are but a few:
Psalm 139:8--"If I ascend into heaven, You are there; If I make my bed in hell, behold, You are there." (If hell is a fiery,hot place of torture, would David think God (Psalms 83:18) would be there ?
Amos 9:2--"Though they dig into hell, From there My hand shall take them; Though they climb up to heaven, From there I will bring them down." ( Can you dig into fire? No, but you can dig into the earth and God can find you no matter where you try to hide.)
Jonah 2:2--"And said, I cried by reason of mine affliction unto the LORD, and he heard me; out of the belly of hell cried I, and thou heardest my voice." ( The belly of the fish would have been Jonah's grave, if God had not rescued him.)
Revelation 1:18--"I am he that liveth, and was dead; and, behold, I am alive for evermore, Amen; and have the keys of hell and of death." (Why would Jesus need keys to hell? Because the dead do not have to stay in hell forever; they can be resurrected back to life.)
Psalms 146:3,4--"Put not your trust in princes, nor in the son of man, in whom there is no help.His breath goeth forth, he returneth to his earth; in that very day his thoughts perish." [ The dead cannot feel anything, neither pain nor pleasure for they have no thoughts ]
Ecclesiastes 3:19-20--"For that which befalleth the sons of men befalleth beasts; even one thing befalleth them: as the one dieth, so dieth the other; yea, they have all one breath; so that a man hath no preeminence above a beast: for all is vanity. All go unto one place; all are of the dust, and all turn to dust again." [ So what happens to both people and animals when they die? They all go to the same place.]
Revelation 20:13-14--"And the sea gave up the dead which were in it; and death and hell delivered up the dead which were in them: and they were judged every man according to their works. And death and hell were cast into the lake of fire. This is the second death." (Hell delivers up the dead, meaning a resurrection from the grave, and what happens to death & hell? They are thrown into the lake of fire, meaning total destruction.
Jehovah is a God of love and tortures no one.
We believe as the Bible teaches, that there will be a resurrection of both good and bad people. Acts 24:15--"And have hope toward God, which they themselves also allow, that there shall be a resurrection of the dead, both of the just and unjust."
2006-10-01 13:19:47 · answer #1 · answered by Micah 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Every Christian denomination believes in Hell. Jesus refers to it many times in the gospels. Christians believe that all human beings are immortal. It's not a matter of not being resurrected; we will live forever, it's just a question of where.
Some religions very similar to Christianity don't believe in Hell, though. Jehovah's Witnesses, for example, believe that the wicked aren't resurrected.
2006-10-01 13:00:34 · answer #2 · answered by Maxie C 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
i'm a Bible-believing Trinitarian Christian. even if, my personal perspectives about salvation lean in direction of universalism. I have worry believing that billions of human beings are doomed continuously in easy terms because they picked a incorrect theory gadget out of innocuous lack of information. On authentic of that, i'm open to the danger that i'm incorrect and that i will meet Allah or maybe some Wiccan deity when I die. If it really is what occurs, then i ought to in worry-free words desire that they don't ignore that i did not %. the incorrect theory gadget on objective. i'd also desire that how we take care of others is seen to be more beneficial significant than which faith we professed to persist with. As for that Bible verse, I do not ignore that as merely that signifies that we can all meet Jesus after we die, no longer that we should be Catholic, Lutheran, Baptist, or maybe if else.
2016-10-16 03:06:13 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
I think about most of them believe heaven and hell! depends on what yu do in either and all as to where yu end up??as for 2nd chance???golden gates or 72 virgins??always a carrot before the horse!if you miss that you wont need a match to smoke!!
2006-10-01 13:02:42 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
If I believe in heaven I have to believe in hell. There is no good without bad.
2006-10-01 13:00:02 · answer #5 · answered by Leaving on a jetplane 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Baptists do....all Christians believe in afterlife New Kingdom here on earth comes before Heaven..hell is the grave then Judgment
2006-10-01 12:57:25 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
All True Christian faiths believe in both the BIBLICAL hell and heaven.
islam has a HOOKER HEAVEN where people (males), who blow themselves up with Shaheed Belts, go and spend eternity with dark eyed virgins on couches.
2006-10-01 12:58:51 · answer #7 · answered by whynotaskdon 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Any Christian that believes the bible will believe in hell since the bible speaks of the eternal torment (fire) of hell.
2006-10-01 12:56:35 · answer #8 · answered by Esther 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
there is a hell and a heaven
2006-10-01 12:57:49 · answer #9 · answered by rnd1938 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Hmmm. The most intelligent Christian church I know is the Episcopal Church. They don't preach anything like that. They are good people.
2006-10-01 12:57:32 · answer #10 · answered by Isis 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋