2007-05-08 08:22:02 · 16 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
The singer Prince of "Purple Rain" that is.
2007-05-08 08:22:53 · update #1
According to recent news reports, Prince Rogers Nelson (better known as the entertainer "Prince") was still a Jehovah's Witness as of May 9, 2007.
http://www.accesshollywood.com/news/ah5244.shtml
http://news.google.com/news?q=prince+jehovah&btnG=Search+News
Jehovah's Witnesses believe that all humans who die go to "hell", but recognize that the bible "hell" is merely the grave. The vast majority (nearly 99.99%) of Jehovah's Witnesses expect a resurrection to the restored paradise earth, rather than to heaven. Mr. Nelson's hope is a personal one, and of interest almost exclusively to himself.
Regarding the resurrection of humans to heaven, Jehovah's Witnesses understand the Scriptures to teach that exactly 144,000 humans will join Christ Jesus as kings and priests to administer God's Kingdom (which will soon replace all earthly governments) after Armageddon.
(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
(Revelation 14:1) Lamb [Jesus] standing upon the Mount Zion, and with him a hundred and forty-four thousand
(Revelation 20:6) they will be priests of God and of the Christ, and will rule as kings with him
(Luke 12:32) Have no fear, LITTLE FLOCK [with a heavenly hope], because your Father has approved of giving you the kingdom [rulership alongside the Christ] [caps added]
(John 10:16) And I [Jesus] have OTHER SHEEP, which are not of this fold; those also I must bring [to be subjects of the kingdom] [caps added]
Over whom will they rule? Over those "other sheep", 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
Almighty Jehovah God selects those few who have the heavenly calling from among godfearing worshippers, including many who were never Jehovah's Witnesses. Today, each true worshipper "feels" his own hope and each person's hope remains unquestioned by his fellow Christians. Still 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/20001001/article_02.htm
http://watchtower.org/e/20001001/
http://watchtower.org/e/jt/
http://watchtower.org/e/na/index.htm?article=article_04.htm
http://watchtower.org/e/20000601/article_01.htm
2007-05-09 08:40:25 · answer #1 · answered by achtung_heiss 7 · 0⤊ 2⤋
Prince has become a Jehovah's Witness and he believes that he is going to inherit the earth in true peace and security. I am quite certain he hasn't been telling people that he is going to live in heaven.
2007-05-08 08:48:28 · answer #2 · answered by CareerPrince23 3 · 5⤊ 0⤋
Whether you are JW or not, we all go to hell when we die, the bible hell is just the grave. From there, we await a resurrection to a paradise earth, just as the bible promises. If people went to heaven when they die, there would be no need of a resurrection.
2016-04-23 11:31:27 · answer #3 · answered by Jay UU 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Prince + Morris Day and the Time, Atlanta, 2004 : one of the best concerts I've ever seen in my life.
THAT was as close to heaven as I'll ever know.
2007-05-08 08:31:02 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 4⤊ 0⤋
Prince looks forward to living in perfection, in peace and security, with no death, in a restored paradise on earth.
Hannah J Paul
2007-05-08 08:29:24 · answer #5 · answered by Hannah J Paul 7 · 5⤊ 0⤋
Oh I thought you ment Prince Harry..he is going to Iraq
2007-05-08 08:28:44 · answer #6 · answered by dr strangelove 6 · 2⤊ 1⤋
IF you are a Prince fan, check out: Prince.org
2016-07-14 05:17:09 · answer #7 · answered by mailaccount63 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
He will go to the same place you and I do.
If it were Heaven, he wouldn't have become popular on earth. And the bible hell is the ground we all walk on.
But, he's popular, why not ask him?
2007-05-08 08:30:58 · answer #8 · answered by Wisdom 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Who could condemn Prince?
2007-05-08 08:28:41 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 2⤋
It doesn't matter what religion. What matters is what you feel in your heart . God will be with you no matter what religion. I know that there are so many out there. Its what is in the heart. Just remember that.
2007-05-08 08:30:55 · answer #10 · answered by legallyblonde3333 2 · 3⤊ 1⤋