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/lmn/index.htm?article=article_10.htm
http://watchtower.org/e/rq/index.htm?article=article_06.htm
http://jw-media.org/beliefs/trueworship.htm
http://watchtower.org/e/jt/
http://watchtower.org/e/dg/index.htm?article=article_11.htm
http://watchtower.org/e/pr/index.htm?article=article_07.htm
2007-04-05 06:38:57
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answered by achtung_heiss 7
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The JW's normally don't answer the questions that I ask, so I would have to say that what you said is not true.
2007-04-08 08:53:59
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answered by Buzz s 6
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Unlike other so called main religions, to us the Bible is not a 'mystery'
We have an understanding of what the "Kingdom" of God is, [ Matthew 6; 9,10...The Lord's Prayer]
This can only be gained by thorough study of exactly what the Bible does say.
It does not include any traditional teaching.
In fact the Bible warns against the use of traditions.
(Matthew 15:3) In reply he said to them: “Why is it YOU also overstep the commandment of God because of YOUR tradition?
(Matthew 15:6) he must not honor his father at all.’ And so YOU have made the word of God invalid because of YOUR tradition.
2007-04-05 09:49:30
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answered by pugjw9896 7
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No. Sadly there are many who do not answer the asker. I personally do often incorperate replies to some of the more baseless answers, while answering the Question given.
2007-04-06 03:27:54
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answered by Ish Var Lan Salinger 7
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No, there are many others who would of course explain their side to clear up things.
2007-04-05 09:42:25
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answered by Tomoyo K 4
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No it's not only JW's, there are many people like that.
2007-04-05 09:40:47
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answered by Velouria 6
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Not too sure what you mean. But, I answers questions and I am Methodist.
2007-04-05 09:38:24
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answered by ruth4526 7
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You better watch yourself! Don't mess with the JW's
2007-04-05 09:38:48
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answered by Anonymous
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