2007-04-12 08:35:34 · 8 answers · asked by johannes p 2 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
just want to know their doctrine if its really base on the bible.
2007-04-16 05:53:59 · update #1
I am not member of JW’s but I will answer this question.
JW’s believe that this earth will not be burn , they based their answer at Psalm 37:29 "The righteous themselves will possess the earth, And they will reside forever upon it."
BUT IF WE TOOK ALL THE VERSES OF THE BIBLE REGARDING THE QUESTION IT WILL APPEAR THAT JW’S ARE MISLEADED.
2Pe 3:10 But the day of the Lord will come as a thief in the night; in the which the heavens shall pass away with a great noise, and the elements shall melt with fervent heat, the earth also and the works that are therein shall be burned up.
Rev 21:1 And I saw a new heaven and a new earth: for the first heaven and the first earth were passed away; and there was no more sea.
IN 2PET 3:10 AND REV 21:1 IT IS CLEAR THAT THIS EARTH WILL BE BURNED AND WILL PASSED AWAY, SO IT WILL APPEAR THAT THIS VESRSES WILL CONTRADICT PSALM 37.29 IF WE WILL FOLLOW THE EXPLANATION OF JW’S.
THE TRUTH IS ,THE BIBLE DOES NOT CONTRADICT EACH OTHER BECAUSE IT IS WRITTEN INSPIRED BY GOD. Pro 8:8 All the words of my mouth are in righteousness; there is nothing froward or perverse in them.
Pro 8:9 They are all plain to him that understandeth, and right to them that find knowledge.
SEARCH AND READ THE BIBLE, ASKED THE HELP OF GOD TO MAKE YOU UNDERSTAND.
2007-04-16 05:26:07 · answer #1 · answered by jun 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I'm guessing you are referring to the scripture in 2 Peter 3:10 which in the King James mentions that "the earth also and the works that are therein shall be burned up". In the New World Translation it says that the the "earth will be discovered." I've referred to 11 translations and about half say burned up and half say works in the earth being discovered or exposed. It seems that the early manuscripts said exposed and it was only later when the term burned up began being used.
Looking at the context of this scripture and reasoning with other scriptures such as Ecclesiastes 1:4; Psalm 37:29, etc we can understand that Peter wasn't referring to a change of the earth (i.e. its destruction, plus the destruction of the earth). The context refers to Noah's day - did the literal earth get destroyed then? No, but the world as they knew it was destroyed, as was the world of ungodly people. We can expect something similar to happen and then there will be a new heavens and a new earth - i.e. a new system of government and a cleansed earth with a cleansed people living on it.
2007-04-12 16:08:01 · answer #2 · answered by north_lights20 3 · 1⤊ 1⤋
No. The Bible does not state that.
Rev. 7:9, 14 tells of the great crowd that survives the Great Tribulation at the end of This System, Satan's system, this very imperfect wicked worldly system, and then the Beginning of the Restoration of ALL things in The New System, Rev.7: 16, 17, takes place.
Thank you for this opportunity to Honour Yahweh God, Our Grand Creator. Amen
2007-04-12 16:12:32 · answer #3 · answered by avaddohn-Apollyon 4 · 1⤊ 2⤋
No. It will be a Paradise where those who choose to worship Jehovah will live forever. That was God's original purpose when He settled Adam and Eve in the Garden of Eden. To live forever on a Paradise Earth and to fill it with their children. His purpose hasn't changed.
Psalm 37:29 "The righteous themselves will possess the earth, And they will reside forever upon it."
2007-04-12 15:39:57 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 5⤊ 1⤋
No, not exactly ashes. But what will remain will have no meaning for survival until a new creation starts.
2007-04-16 04:13:33 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
No.
The vast majority (literally more than 99.9%*) of Jehovah's Witnesses expect to live on earth forever; that's 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/20001001/article_02.htm
http://watchtower.org/e/20001001/
http://watchtower.org/e/jt/
2007-04-12 15:52:09 · answer #6 · answered by achtung_heiss 7 · 2⤊ 2⤋
Not.
God said he made the earth and firmly established it, and it will not be made to totter for time indefinite, even forever.
2007-04-12 15:40:51 · answer #7 · answered by ♥LadyC♥ 6 · 6⤊ 1⤋
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good luck
2007-04-12 15:46:10 · answer #8 · answered by wisam z 3 · 0⤊ 4⤋