Psalms 37:11 "But the meek ones themselves will possess the earth, And they will indeed find their exquisite delight in the abundance of peace." NWT
"[God] will wipe out every tear from their eyes, and death will be no more, neither will mourning nor outcry nor pain be anymore."—Revelation 21:4.
"Everyone exercising faith in him [will] . . . have everlasting life."—John 3:16.
"There is going to be a resurrection of both the righteous and the unrighteous."—Acts 24:15.
http://www.watchtower.org/library/pr/article_08.htm
2007-03-24 21:46:25 · 14 answers · asked by imtori 3 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
Absolutely! You know, I was reading all the other answers, and I remembered the first time that I saw the book "You Can Live Forever in Paradise on Earth". That thought was so foreign to me! I didn't read it because I thought that I was going to heaven...when I had read things formerly, like in
Ecclesiastes 3:19 & 20: "For there is an eventuality as respects the sons of mankind and an eventuality as respects the beast, and they have the same eventuality. As the one dies, so the other dies; and they all have but one spirit, so that there is no superiority of the man over the beast, for everything is vanity. 20 All are going to one place. They have all come to be from the dust, and they are all returning to the dust"
and
Ecclesiastes 9: 5 & 10: "For the living are conscious that they will die; but as for the dead, they are conscious of nothing at all, neither do they anymore have wages, because the remembrance of them has been forgotten.
10 All that your hand finds to do, do with your very power, for there is no work nor devising nor knowledge nor wisdom in She′ol, the place to which you are going."
I just over looked them as contradictions and went on to the next thing. I was so entrapped in the doctrines of man, that I failed to see the truth. My mother was a Methodist preacher. The funny thing is, as she studied the Bible more, she would give sermons, and the elders would get on to her..telling her that she couldn't preach this or that because it was not Methodist doctrine. My mothers response was, "well, it is what the bible says!" When I finally got to the point that I realized there was so much untruth being taught by the majority of people out there, then I began praying in earnest for God to put me on the right path...Guess what?!! Here came the Witnesses. This time I started studying with them. Now I know how much God loves us and if we sincerely want to please God, he will make sure that we have the opportunity to learn what the Bible really teaches! The few things you listed are most surely true, and what a glorious future we have to look forward to ...on earth! After all, God created us as humans, and he created this awesome earth just right for us and we for it! I can't wait to see it as God intended for it to be! The ones with the heavenly hope have a specific role to fulfill in heaven, being kings, priests, and judges along side Jesus! But they will rule over earthly subjects.
Psalm 72:7 & 8: "In his days the righteous one will sprout,
And the abundance of peace until the moon is no more.
8 And he will have subjects from sea to sea
And from the River to the ends of the earth."
2007-03-25 01:39:34 · answer #1 · answered by wannaknow 5 · 3⤊ 0⤋
Here is the important thing among the 2: Everlasting Life is lifestyles within the religious feel, that means that you're going to are living without end however now not as you comprehend it now. Immortality is not death, staying alive without end in the world for your frame as you presently comprehend it. Basically whilst the Bible speaks approximately permanent lifestyles it is speaking approximately our spirits spending eternity with God in heaven. Being immortal is what the parable of the vampire used to be, dwelling via the a while for your frame with out death, in this earth without end.
2016-09-05 15:05:51 · answer #2 · answered by bebber 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Absolutely. After all, that was Jehovah God's original purpose for humans. Why else would He place Adam and Eve in an earthly paradise and command them to fill the earth and subdue it? If they hadn't sinned, they would still be here! But God's purpose to have the earth filled with perfect humans living in paradise hasn't changed. That's what we're praying for in the Lord's Prayer when we ask for God's will to be done on earth.
2007-03-24 22:38:36 · answer #3 · answered by shibboleth839505 2 · 3⤊ 0⤋
Then why...does "your" translation "skew" the Word of God in the Deity of Christ...? Read John Chapter 1 vs. one... then read John Chapter 1 vs. 14.... now...if you are allowed... get a "world" recognized translation of Gods Word... not just the one authorized from New York City... by the "cult" leaders of the Jehovah Witnesses......and read the text again.... every translation printed, except the NWT has it wrong...????? I think not... even the Greek and Hebrew translators DO NOT show the "word skew" that the Watch Tower has done to Gods Word... my dear... there are so many more that this forum doesn't have the time to show it all to you... by the way...when Jesus stood before Pilot He clearly explained to Pilot that this world was NOT his Kingdom and confirmed it when He told the thief on the Cross... "today you will be with me in Paradise"... It's all in The Book... but not the stifled and separate translation of the NWT... (You shall know that Truth and the Truth shall make you free)....
2007-03-24 21:59:05 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 4⤋
the meek can have iot this is hell
only the poor would know it for fact
people only want to live forever because they know any judgment would send them to hell
earth is temporal ,the heavens are pernmanent
death will be no [know more] but first you need to go to the final morph into spirit
having faith in god will bring all to the everlasting life [beyond this one]
the reserection of rightious ness is into heaven and or hell
meek will inherit the 6 feet of earth that buries the flesh
ashes to ash
dust to dust
and then [thier spirit] will indeed find thier [eternal] delight , IN THE ABUNDANCE of [heavenly] peace
2007-03-24 22:00:51 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 4⤋
Jehovah's Witnesses Exposed.
http://www.bible.ca/jw.htm
2007-03-24 22:07:15 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 4⤋
If only the bible were real I could get on board with it. Hasn't the Jehova's witnesses predected the end of the world several times during the last 100 or so years and then turned out to be wrong?
2007-03-24 21:51:51 · answer #7 · answered by H M 3 · 3⤊ 4⤋
cannot wait and to see my husband again on a paradise earth that Jehovah promises us.
2007-03-25 00:15:52 · answer #8 · answered by lover of Jehovah and Jesus 7 · 3⤊ 0⤋
No I would not. Heaven is for Paradise, Earth is for strife and war and imperfection. There can be no utopia on earth becuause humans must feel accomplished which they cannot do if there is nothing to fight for.
2007-03-24 21:52:15 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 4⤋
Ahh I see you are a slave to the watchtower.
No I want to live in heaven thank you.
Read the Bible, put your green JW Bible away and find the real Saviour.
2007-03-24 21:56:47 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 4⤋