The Scriptures quite convincingly teach that Jehovah God and Jesus Christ are spirit beings who live in heaven. Jehovah is the ultimate Sovereign of the universe, and He has appointed Christ Jesus as the King of God's Kingdom government.
(Acts 7:49) The heaven is my throne, and the earth is my footstool. What sort of house will you build for me? Jehovah says
(Hebrews 8:1) [Jesus] has sat down at the right hand of the throne of the Majesty in the heavens
(1 Peter 3:22) He is at God’s right hand, for he went his way to heaven; and angels and authorities and powers were made subject to him.
Since these government leaders (Jehovah and Jesus) actually rule from heaven, it seems rather straightforward that the government could be referred to as a "heavenly government" or as a "kingdom of heaven". Similarly today, humans speak of an entire country's government using the name of its capital city ("Washington DC", "Moscow", "London"). Interestingly, some humans in the first century thought that Jesus would be a mere human king, so it makes sense that Jesus would show that his kingship was different.
(John 6:15) Jesus, knowing they were about to come and seize him to make him king, withdrew
(John 18:33,36) Pilate entered into the governor’s palace again and called Jesus and said to him: “Are you the king of the Jews?” ...36 Jesus answered: “My kingdom is no part of this world.
The bible also shows that the "kingdoms of the earth" or "the kingdoms of the world" are under the control of Satan, and will be until Armageddon. Jesus' kingdom is different and elevated and has not yet extended its rulership to replace Satan's (more on this below).
(Matthew 4:8-9) the Devil took him along to an unusually high mountain, and showed him all the kingdoms of the world and their glory, 9 and [Satan] said to [Jesus]: “All these things I will give you if you fall down and do an act of worship to me
When an individual "stores up treasures in heaven", this is a reference to the goodwill that remains in Jehovah's memory; even if a person should die, the treasured pattern of his godly life remains with the very 'Giver of Life' (John 5:21).
(Acts 10:4) Your prayers and gifts of mercy have ascended as a remembrance before God
(1 Peter 3:12) For the eyes of Jehovah are upon the righteous ones
Jehovah's Witnesses understand the Scriptures to teach that God's Kingdom 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
That Kingdom will 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.”
(Acts 24:15) There is going to be a resurrection of both the righteous and the unrighteous.
Until that resurrection, there is no suffering in "hell", or 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
While a limitted number of humans will be resurrected to heaven to share in ruling over mankind, 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]
Interestingly, the Scriptures are full of references to this earthly hope.
(Psalms 37:11) 'the meek will possess the earth'
(Proverbs 2:21) 'upright will reside in the earth'
(Isaiah 45:18) 'God formed the earth to be inhabited'
(Matthew 5:5) 'the mild will inherit the earth'
(Revelation 21:3) The tent of God is with mankind
Learn more:
http://watchtower.org/e/jt/
http://watchtower.org/e/20001001/
2007-01-05 08:50:57
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answered by achtung_heiss 7
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I merely looked up Acts 2:27, 31 and 32 (KJV) and it says no longer something of Jesus going to hell. yet i'm going to tell you this, hell isn't heaven. Heaven is paradise, a place of no discomfort, no sorrow, no starvation or thirst. Its perfection! Hell, properly... no longer plenty. Its a place additionally stated as the "Lake of fireplace". Granted, i'm extra of a iciness individual, yet that would not sound very comparable to paradise to me. i could have the skill to respond to your question extra useful if I had the version.
2016-10-06 11:49:41
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answered by ? 4
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Now your perfect. Well here's a question, how about the people that dont get punished for rape, murder, theft etc? Lets say nobody even knew it was them and they lived a life of pleasure (excluding the crimes coz thats sick). Wheres the justice in that? Everybody is accountable for their own actions.
2007-01-05 03:19:43
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answered by ! 5
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No you are right all Christians will go to Heaven or hell but us good Atheist will be sent to Paradise. xx
2007-01-05 03:26:41
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answered by Betty Boop 2
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There is NO hell to go to. This is part of the bible that is false and written by mere men. There are many truths written in the bible but there also are many false things in it written by mere men over the years.
2007-01-05 03:21:30
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answered by Xfile 3
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Ok.....um do you know how to write and type correctly? There is a heaven and hell and I don't even know what your asking.
2007-01-05 03:19:19
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answered by Anonymous
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You missed out the ludicrous, unscriptural, r.c. doctrine of purgatory.
2007-01-05 03:20:36
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answered by alan roberts 1
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personally i dont think it really matters what one believes in...youll never really know until its your time to go...so id suggest not worrying about it or thinking about it...besides, when its your time to go, you wont be thinkin about heaven or hell, i dont care what peoples beliefs are...and if one does, then i think they are way too uptight about their beliefs...but hey everyones different, and everyone has different religions and beliefs sooo
2007-01-05 03:21:18
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answered by clownwitafrown 1
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What?
2007-01-05 03:21:23
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answered by Gummy 4
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