that they will remain on the earth forever, will they ever get to see God? Shouldn't God be our focus and not earning our way to a Heaven that isn't even open to all? (which is, by the way, a mistake because we can't earn our way to Heaven).
2006-12-05 12:00:54 · 12 answers · asked by dizzymisslizzy 2 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
their belief system floors me everytime. think about it........serving God on earth and spending an eternity without Him. does this make sense?
2006-12-05 12:01:56 · update #1
God, of course, is capable of visiting earth but only in human representation because that is all our minds can comprehend. God is only completely understood and fully seen in Heaven. The fact of the matter is that God does not love on earth and I (and all other Christians) will spend eternity with Him but Jehovah's Witnesses have to wait for Him to visit...?
2006-12-05 12:09:24 · update #2
*live on earth* sorry
2006-12-05 12:10:01 · update #3
God is a spirit and those worshipping him must worship in spirit and in truth (John 4:24)
We are humans
Jehovah is a spirit
Spirits do not have bodies that humans can "see". Faith means that we do not have to literally "see" God to believe in him. Jesus taught his disciples to pray that God's will be done on earth as it is in heaven (Matthew 6:9-13). Jehovah's Witnesses are loyal subjects of the Kingdom that Jesus prayed would bring this about.
Humans were made for the earth and the earth was made for humankind. Why would God put Adam and Eve on earth if he didn't mean for them to live there. Where would they be now if they had not sinned? Gen 1:28 tells us that they would have made the entire earth a paradise full of people that loved each other and God.
Psalm 37:10, 11, 29;
2006-12-06 04:55:51 · answer #1 · answered by krobin 2 · 4⤊ 0⤋
Can you tell me please, what was God's original purpose? When he put Adam and Eve on the EARTH and told them to fill the Earth and to spread the paradise and have in subjection the fish of the sea and the animals, what did he mean? If Adam and Eve had never sinned, would there be a need for any human to go to heaven?
When you pray the "Lord's Prayer" and you ask for God's will to be done on Earth as it is in Heaven, are the conditions you see on the Earth today what you imagine Heaven being like? Of course not!! Earth will be a Paradise, just like God originally purposed, Isaiah 55:11 says his purpose has not changed.
Adam and Eve had a relationship with God in the Garden of Eden before they sinned, when Paradise is restored, we will have that opportunity again.
http://www.watchtower.org/library/w/2003/11/15/article_02.htm
2006-12-05 20:22:00 · answer #2 · answered by izofblue37 5 · 5⤊ 0⤋
You've got some of our beliefs confused. We believe that there is already a Kingdom set up in heaven, being ruled by Jesus. There will be 144,000 chosen by God to serve in heaven WITH Jesus, and the rest of obedient mankind will get the chance to live in perfection on a perfect earth, just as Adam and Eve had and lost. Adam and Eve NEVER had the idea of heaven, did they? They were to live forever here on earth, and THEY still had ( and would have continued to have) a relationship with Jehovah God!
As for the earning our way to heaven, it isn't like that, since the majority of us will be here on earth, living in perfection. The Bible says the righteous themselves will possess the earth, and they will reside forever upon it ( Psalms 37: 29) And it says that faith without works is dead ( James 2:26) Witnesses believe that the 'works' we are instructed to do is preach door to door, sharing what we believe (Matthew 28:19,20 and Acts 20:20, 21) and that those works go HAND IN HAND with our faith in Jesus and His sacrifice for our sins. You might contact your local Kingdom Hall of Jehovah's Witnesses and direct your questions to them, as the information you seem to have is erroneous!
2006-12-05 20:17:38 · answer #3 · answered by themom 6 · 4⤊ 0⤋
Adam and Eve had a very personal relationship with Jehovah prior to their sin.
This is the relationship Jehovah intended for mankind.
What we call 'normal' to day is far from what Jehovah designed us for.
By refusing to believe the scriptures that say the earth and the meek will be here forever, that those on earth will find their exquisite delight is to deny not Jehovah's Witnesses but Jehovah himself. (Jesus said the meek will inherit the earth, was he wrong?)
FYI, Jehovah's Witnesses do not teach that salvation comes by works. You either misunderstood what you were told, or someone lied to you.
Salvation is a free gift, and can not be earned.
2006-12-06 10:09:36 · answer #4 · answered by TeeM 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Do u think you'll ever get to see God? In the Bible nobody got to see God...he spoke to people through prophets and angels. and those were his disciples....very important people...and Jehovah's Witnesses do not believe in earning their way into heaven...Everybody's bible says that 144,000 people will go to heaven and everybody else that serves god will be resurrected to perfect life on earth in a paradise.
2006-12-05 20:04:55 · answer #5 · answered by blondie 1 · 5⤊ 0⤋
Rev.21:3 And I heard a great voice out of heaven saying, Behold, the tabernacle of God is with men, and he will dwell with them, and they shall be his people, and God himself shall be with them, and be their God.
Rev.21:4 And God shall wipe away all tears from their eyes; and there shall be no more death, neither sorrow, nor crying, neither shall there be any more pain: for the former things are passed away.
Rev.21:5 And he that sat upon the throne said, Behold, I make all things new. And he said unto me, Write: for these words are true and faithful.
2006-12-05 20:05:19 · answer #6 · answered by jeni 7 · 4⤊ 0⤋
Out of curiosity Is God incapable of visiting earth?
2006-12-05 20:03:03 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 1⤋
It sounds a little like you have to see God in order the believe. Witnesses have no such need. Their lives are based on faith, which shown in their works.
2006-12-06 04:05:10 · answer #8 · answered by The Papa B 1 · 2⤊ 0⤋
God is the master and you are at best a servant. You have no more right to demand the presence of God than a flea has a right to suck your blood. Unless you learn a little humility, staying on Earth is going to be the LAST of your worries.
2006-12-05 20:04:43 · answer #9 · answered by Hate Boy! 5 · 3⤊ 2⤋
They think God's gonna let them rule and the rest of us are gonna be their slaves.
2006-12-05 20:03:04 · answer #10 · answered by enslavementality 3 · 0⤊ 5⤋