Is it true that Jehovah Witnesses believe that a certain # of people will be accepted into Heaven?

Question

If so, Why bother knocking on strangers doors? I mean after all if the number is set, it doesn't matter if you add to the Kingdom, right?

Answer 1

JW's is a cult. its not supposed to make sense. They believe that only 144,000 will go to heaven, and that they have already been chosen.

Answer 2

Revelation 5: verse 9; 20:4; Heavenly life
Jesus was the forerunner. Colossians 1:18; 1Peter 2:21;
Many others will live here on earth. Psalms 72:8; Revelation 21:34;
144,000 in special position no others have. Revelation 14:1,3; 7:4,9
Many people think that all Jehovah's Witnesses will go to heaven. That is not what the bible says and that is not what we share with others. Only the anointed class have the heavenly calling. The majority of people will live right here on a Paradise earth. Psalms 72:8; Revelation 21: 3,4.
Gods Word the Holy Bible says those who have the heavenly calling will be ruling as kings and priests.along with Jesus Christ.
Luke 12:32 Have no fear little flock. (Little flock have the heavenly calling.)
Revelation 14:1-3 Says, I heard the number of those who were sealed, a hundred and fory-four thousand, sealed out of every tribe of the sons of Israel: Judah, Reuben, Gad, Asher, Naphtali, Manasseh, Simeon, Leve, Issachar Zegbulun, Joseph, Benjamin. These cannot be the tribes of natural Israel because there never was a tribe of Joseph, the tribes of Ephraim and Dan are not included in the list here, and the Levites were set aside for service to connection with the temple but were not reckoned as one of the 12 tribes. See Numbers 1:4-16.
A question to be asked then, Is the number 144,000 merely symbolic? The answer is indicarted by the fact that, after mention of the definite number 144,000, Revelation 7:9 refers to a great crowd, which no man was able to number. If the number 144,000 were not literal it would lack meaning as a contrast to the great crowd. Viewing the number as literal agrees with Jesus' statement at Matthew 22:14 regarding the Kingdom of the heavens. There are many invited, but few chosen.

Answer 3

Perhaps you should open you door and ask, you may learn something. Or, do you take your cue from the ancient Israelites, who believed their fellow Jews, who were brainwashed by members of a cult started by an uneducated itinerant preacher who was justifiably crucified by the government because of heresy and refusing allegiance to the reigning power?

I see someone above has sited a new program about JWs in response to the independent PBS special, "Knocking". Apparently they are afraid that the PBS special will be unbias.

It is funny how much distortion is made, like the comment that when they asked a JW about your question, they left without comment. That is not likely, as every witnesses teaches about everlasting life in a Paradise Earth. He must have been very rude, or one of those who likes to answer the door in the nude.

If you want a good answer to your question is to ask a Rabbi why early Christian Jews kept knocking on the doors of people who were truly God's Blessed People. They knew it from hundreds of years of tradition. These people were trying to break accepted tradition, let alone bothering people at their homes.

Answer 4

Jehovah's Witnesses believe that only 144,000 people will go to heaven to rule as kings with Jesus. However, all other people who are saved will live in eternal peace on a new earth.

They knock on strangers doors so that they can get more people saved (in their definition) and join them for the new earth.

Answer 5

costly Obscured, i understand they suspect that even though it is not biblical. merely verify out theBerean's answer because of the fact he gives you the Scripture. i don't understand why they suspect it. they do no longer fairly understand what the Bible says. They "fairly understand" what the Watchtower says the Bible says. And therein lies the version. Please study the Bible for your self. Please notice Deuteronomy 18:20-22 the place God makes it clean that if somebody or a company makes a prophecy yet that prophecy does no longer happen, then the single conversing is a pretend prophet. The repeated prophecies of specific dates for Armageddon practice previous a shadow of a doubt that the Watchtower is a pretend prophet and each and each of its lively individuals are to blame by affiliation. the substantial factor to understand is that God isn't conversing to or throughout the time of the society.

Answer 6

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 7

JW's are like most fundamentalists...they are Biblical Literalists. Their doctrine is that 144,000 persons will occupy the Kingdom of Heaven after the earth is destroyed. The Biblical text they derive this from is Revelation 14:1-3:
1 Then I looked, and behold, a[a] Lamb standing on Mount Zion, and with Him one hundred and forty-four thousand, having[b] His Father’s name written on their foreheads. 2 And I heard a voice from heaven, like the voice of many waters, and like the voice of loud thunder. And I heard the sound of harpists playing their harps. 3 They sang as it were a new song before the throne, before the four living creatures, and the elders; and no one could learn that song except the hundred and forty-four thousand who were redeemed from the earth.

Answer 8

I think they knock for their on benifit. Just kidding, I dont know enough about them. But to my knowlege, I think one of their main resp. is to witness. But ive noticed in the last 10 yrs or so , they seem to focus on minarities. Pobably because of neg. kicks from the media. Ive seen them made fun of on tv. I dont think people should make fun of them. I think were all a little off track. I think the main problem is, we all think weve got it all figured out.Give them a break.

Answer 9

They grossly misinterpret scripture's passages concerning eschatology, but they are not alone in that.

1. John in Revelation is discussing the immediate rather than the distant future. Rev 1:1 This is the revelation that God gave to Jesus Christ. Jesus shows those who serve God what will happen soon. God made it known by sending his angel to his servant John. Rev 22:6 The angel said to me, “You can trust these words. They are true. The Lord is the God of the spirits of the prophets. He sent his angel to show those who serve him the things that must soon take place.” -- It would be pointless to tell those suffering persecution that it would be over in a few thousand years.

2. The "rapture" belief so common today is also false. 2Pe 3:10 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. 11 So everything will be destroyed. And what kind of people should you be? You should lead holy and godly lives. 12 Live like that as you look forward to the day of God. It will make the day come more quickly. On that day fire will destroy the heavens. Its heat will melt everything in them. 13 But we are looking forward to a new heaven and a new earth. Godliness will make its home there. All of this is in keeping with God’s promise.

Answer 10

read the king james bible in Revelation. it tells you the samething in your bible also. it also tells you that the meek shall inherit the earth. that was God Jehovah plan all along. please look up the word cult. a cult worships man. we worship Jehovah God and Jesus Christ. we live in our own homes. a cult lives in one state and live together and do what the man wants. we follow the bible. we are a religion. we are not brainwashed. we follow Jehovah and Jesus Christ because we love them and want to follow them. someone that is brainwashed like a cult does things because they are told to do wrong things, read revelation 7 verses 4 - verse 9 in the king james bible. also read psalms 37 verse 11

Answer 11

jehovah's witnesses believe that 144,000 people will make it to heaven