Is it true that Jehovah's Witnesses only believe that like 120,000 poeple are going to heaven? why?

Answer 1

That is not what we believe. The Bible states that 144,000 anointed Christians are awarded life in heaven and they become not only co-rulers with Jesus in his Father's government, but they rule as kings and priests over the meek ones whom the Bible says will inherit the earth and live on it in peace and security forever. PSALM 37:9-11
Jehovah chooses a "little flock" of faithful ones from among all mankind to rule in his government---the rest who are worthy remain on the earth.

Answer 2

Rev 5:10 - and you made them to be a kingdom and priests to our God, and they are to rule as kings over the earth. They are also called the little flock because they are GIVEN the Kingdom (Luke 12:32, Dan 7) Rev 7:4 numbered them as 144, 000 which is in CONTRAST to the great crowd which no man was able to number. (Rev 7:9) . The great crowd of other sheep will inherit the paradise earth (Mat 5:5, Psalms 37:29, etc) .Rev 6:10 states ““Until when, Sovereign Lord holy and true, are you refraining from judging and avenging our blood upon those who dwell on the earth?” Rev 6:11 answered “until the number was filled also of their fellow slaves and their brothers who were about to be killed as they also had been”. These are the same slaves of God referred to in Rev 7:3 which is numbered as 144,000.

Answer 3

Yes, they do beleive only 144, 000 are going to heaven to be with Christ. They get this number from Revelation 14 and chap 7

4And I heard the (L)number of those who were sealed, (M)one hundred and forty-four thousand sealed from every tribe of the sons of Israel:
5from the tribe of Judah, twelve thousand were sealed, from the tribe of Reuben twelve thousand, from the tribe of Gad twelve thousand,

6from the tribe of Asher twelve thousand, from the tribe of Naphtali twelve thousand, from the tribe of Manasseh twelve thousand,

7from the tribe of Simeon twelve thousand, from the tribe of Levi twelve thousand, from the tribe of Issachar twelve thousand,

8from the tribe of Zebulun twelve thousand, from the tribe of Joseph twelve thousand, from the tribe of Benjamin, twelve thousand were sealed.

A Multitude from the Tribulation
9After these things I looked, and behold, a great multitude which no one could count, from (N)every nation and all tribes and peoples and tongues, standing (O)before the throne and (P)before the Lamb, clothed in (Q)white robes, and (R)palm branches were in their hands;

This is the little flock that Jesus promised the kingdom to at Luke 12; 32 but then at John 10; 16 mentions other sheep.

Jehovah's Witnesses do not beleive they are the only members of this number. For example , all the faithful 1st century Christians and then some thereafter would be the first chosen.

Most Witnesses beleieve they will inherit the earth as a paradise.Psalms 37; 28 29. So we fall under the category of other sheep and the great crowd.

Answer 4

144,000 will go to heaven as it says in Revelation 7 and Revelation 14. This does not mean that we believe that Jesus only died for 144,000 and it does not mean that the rest of us can't or won't have salvation through the ransom sacrifice of Christ. The 144,000 will rule as kings and priests with Jesus in God's heavenly kingdom and the rest of saved mankind will live as subjects of that kingdom here on the earth (Ps 37: 11, 29). At that time, there will be no government/religious systems (Daniel 2:44). All will be subjects of God's kingdom and only the righteous will survive (ie. no more war, wickedness, crime, sickness or even death - Revelation 21:3-4);

Great question.

Answer 5

The Watchtower is a false prophet. Throughout their 127 year history they have predicted the coming of Jesus and have lied to their own people. They predicted that Jesus would return in 1914, when He didn't , the Watchtower insisted Jesus had, but only that He had returned invisibly. We know the bible mentions that at Jesus' second coming he will be visible to every eye.
In their Awake magazines, prior to November 22, 1995, on the inside cover, they print the reason for the publication of this magazine - " it is for the elightenment of the family....." They also mention that the Jehovah has promised that the generation of 1914 would not pass away until all these events would occur. another words, the end was near. Armageddon. After this date, this 1914 generation was old. This promise of Jehovah did not come true. Jehovah lied. Someone lied. The watchtower society lied. This is just some of the horrendous wickedness the watchtower had done. These people are perishing with bibles in their hands. Jesus doesn't know them. All witnesses are told not to read any apostate material. Satan doesn't want them to come to Salvation. Jesus is God. He is the way, the TRUTH and the life. All the cults will distort the diety of Christ Jesus. The Watchtower are taking JW's to hell. Anywho, just informing all out there.

Answer 6

The vast majority of Jehovah's 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]

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Answer 7

It might be noted that most of the ones who partook in the symbols of Christ at the Memorial of the Last Supper have passed away. When I was young, there would be a few per congregation. Their ages ran the gambit from young to old.

Answer 8

what about the meek that shall inherit the earth. that was Jehovah Gods plan to live together. 144,000 is also in the king james bible. www.watchtower.org. everyone will worship Jehovah God and live on a Paradise earth. Jehovah did not change his mind.

Answer 9

Yes.They believe that only 144,000 (little flock) will be in heaven with Jesus. The rest are part of the Great Crowd or "other sheep" (only Jehovah's Witnesses) and only they will survive Armageddon. To refute their interpretation of the "other sheep" it is reasonable to state that Christians are not divided into a small "heavenly" class and a "great crowd" with earthly hopes.
The scripture from Luke 12:32 states "Do not be afraid, little flock, for your Father has been pleased to give you the Kingdom".Jesus did not mention a limited #. Jesus set heaven as the goal for all believers.

Answer 10

They have been misled into believing the 144,000 JEWS mentioned in Revelation are the only ones. This is clearly false as it disregards MANY New Testament passages on the subject.

The JW organization CLAIMS to be a prophet of God, yet they have FALSELY PROPHESIED MANY TIMES.

In 1972 the Jehovah's Witness Watchtower claimed to be the prophet of God.

IDENTIFYING THE "PROPHET" -- "So does Jehovah have a prophet to help them, to warn them of dangers and to declare things to come? These questions can be answered in the affirmative. Who is this prophet?...This "prophet" was not one man, but was a body of men and women. It was the small group of footstep followers of Jesus Christ, known at that time as International Bible Students. Today they are known as Jehovah's Christian Witnesses...Of course, it is easy to say that this group acts as a ‘prophet' of God. It is another thing to prove it." The Watchtower, 4/1/72, p. 197.

FALSE PROPHECIES:

1897 "Our Lord, the appointed King, is now present, since October 1874," Studies in the Scriptures, Vol. 4, page 621.

1899 "...the ‘battle of the great day of God Almighty' (Revelation 16:14), which will end in A.D. 1914 with the complete overthrow of earth's present rulership, is already commenced." The Time Is at Hand, page 101 (1908 edition).

1916 "The Bible chronology herein presented shows that the six great 1000 year days beginning with Adam are ended, and that the great 7th Day, the 1000 years of Christ's Reign, began in 1873." The Time Is at Hand, page ii, (forward).

1918 "Therefore we may confidently expect that 1925 will mark the return of Abraham, Isaac, Jacob and the faithful prophets of old, particularly those named by the Apostle in Hebrews 11, to the condition of human perfection." Millions Now Living Will Never Die, page 89.

1922 "The date 1925 is even more distinctly indicated by the Scriptures than 1914." The Watchtower 9/1/22, page 262.

1923 "Our thought is, that 1925 is definitely settled by the Scriptures. As to Noah, the Christian now has much more upon which to base his faith than Noah had upon which to base his faith in a coming deluge." The Watchtower, page 106 4/1/23.

1925 "The year 1925 is here. With great expectation Christians have looked forward to this year. Many have confidently expected that all members of the body of Christ will be changed to heavenly glory during this year. This may be accomplished. It may not be. In his own due time God will accomplish his purposes concerning his people. Christians should not be so deeply concerned about what may transpire this year." The Watchtower, 1/1/25, page. 3.

1925 "It is to be expected that Satan will try to inject into the minds of the consecrated, the thought that 1925 should see an end to the work." The Watchtower, Sept, 1925 page 262.

1926 "Some anticipated that the work would end in 1925, but the Lord did not state so. The difficulty was that the friends inflated their imaginations beyond reason; and that when their imaginations burst asunder, they were inclined to throw away everything." The Watchtower, page 232.

1931 "There was a measure of disappointment on the part of Jehovah's faithful ones on earth concerning the years 1917, 1918, and 1925, which disappointment lasted for a time...and they also learned to quit fixing dates." Vindication, page 338.

1941 "Receiving the gift, the marching children clasped it to them, not a toy or plaything for idle pleasure, but the Lord's provided instrument for most effective work in the remaining months before Armageddon." The Watchtower, 9/15/41, page 288.

1968 "True, there have been those in times past who predicted an ‘end to the world', even announcing a specific date. Yet nothing happened. The ‘end' did not come. They were guilty of false prophesying. Why? What was missing?.. Missing from such people were God's truths and evidence that he was using and guiding them." Awake, 10/8/68.

1968 "Why are you looking forward to 1975?" The Watchtower, 8/15/68, page 494.

What does SCRIPTURE teach us about FALSE PROPHETS?

Deuteronomy 18:21 You will say to yourselves, “How can we know when a message hasn’t been spoken by the LORD?” 22 SOMETIMES A PROPHET WILL ANNOUNCE SOMETHING IN THE NAME OF THE LORD. AND IT WON’T TAKE PLACE OR COME TRUE. THEN THAT’S A MESSAGE THE LORD HASN’T TOLD HIM TO SPEAK. THAT PROPHET HAS DARED TO SPEAK ON HIS OWN AUTHORITY. SO DON’T BE AFRAID OF HIM OR WHAT HE SAYS.

They say that the rest will reign on the earth. What does scripture tell us about the earth at the return of Jesus? Peter teaches that it WILL BE DESTROYED. How will they rule something which no longer exists?

2 Peter 3:7 By God’s word the heavens and earth of today are being reserved for fire. They are being kept for the day when God will judge. Then ungodly people will be destroyed.
...10 But the day of the Lord will come like a thief. The heavens will disappear with a roar. Fire will destroy everything in them. God will judge the earth and everything in it.