Surely the Jehovahs Witnesses have surpassed the elect 144,000 magic number, is anyone keeping track?

Question

...like in a Microsoft Access database or something so they don't go over, or is it just a "psyche" for the rest when they die?

Answer 1

They don't believe that only 144.000 will be saved. They believe that millions of people will be saved, but only 144.000 will go to heaven to rule with Jesus, based on what's written in the Bible book of Revelations.

Answer 2

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Answer 3

They exceeded that number years ago. They are also ignoring history, like ALL other Christians. It wasn't until the Council of Nicea in 325 A.D. that it was decided that Jesus was divine, which was determined "by comittee". Before that Jesus had been considered a prophet, not a God. Now its starting to become more well known that there is absolutely no first-hand evidence for Jesus even existing in the first place. There are contradictions in the Gospels, there are inaccuracies in what was said (in the first 3 gospels Jesus said nothing on the cross, but in the last one he speaks - which would have been impossible because crucifixion is a form of suffocation so he wouldn't have been able to talk; the Romans left their crucified victims on the cross to rot so Jesus, if crucified, could never have risen from the grave because he would not have been buried; the word "messiah" means "warrior king" and the "messiah" was supposed to be the one that liberated Israel from Roman occupation which Jesus did NOT do thus proving that he was not the "messiah" in the ORIGINAL sense of the word, and there is a whole lot more) there are blatant thieveries of mythology from other religions... in short, Christianity is not going to stand up under the test of historical accuracy. I know a lot of Christians will give me a "thumbs down" for what I'm saying but I tell them this: I don't write history - I only read what it says, so this isn't just what I think, its what historians think... and KNOW because they have EVIDENCE to prove what they are saying. I honestly wish the story were true, but I've had the "tragedy" of too much higher education in REAL history to believe in something that I know is a distortion of history.

Answer 4

According to the reports done every year regarding the number of those who attend the Memorial and also the number of those who actually partake of the emblems it shows that the number of those who partake are decreasing in number. However, as one of Jehovah's Witnesses, I know I am not one of the 144,000 because my desire is to live on the earth forever. As for those who profess to be of the annointed class that is between them and Jehovah. I am not going to jugde them. I am sure they will find out if they are wrong soon enough. Nevertheless, if someone is professing to be annointed when they really are not that doesn't mean that the Bible teaching regarding the 144,000 is faulty. That individual is the one that isn't correct.

Answer 5

Paul Hxyz says

¨It wasn't until the Council of Nicea in 325 A.D. that it was decided that Jesus was divine, which was determined "by comittee". Before that Jesus had been considered a prophet, not a God.¨

By 325 apostacy had taken root into Christianity distorting its teachings to mislead many.
Not only was Jesus a prophet (because he prophesied) he is also not God or a God.
Jesus never claimed to be equal to God although he did say that he works with the same goal.

¨Now its starting to become more well known that there is absolutely no first-hand evidence for Jesus even existing in the first place.¨

Famous and reliable historians of the time are in no doubt that Jesus existed.

¨the Romans left their crucified victims on the cross to rot¨
It was allowed for relatives to bury their dead if they wished.
Relatives often rejected true criminals for fear of being accused of colaborating.

¨and the "messiah" was supposed to be the one that liberated Israel from Roman occupation which Jesus did NOT do thus proving that he was not the "messiah"¨

Jesus made it perfectly clear that he was not going to deliver the Jewish people from the Romans.
That is one reason why he rejected being made king.

¨but I've had the "tragedy" of too much higher education¨

Really ?, to me it shows that you are ignorant and know very little of what you say.

Please ..if you are going to offer advice , get the facts straight.

Answer 6

Jehovah's Witnesses believe that there will be 144,000 who are chosen to go to heaven as rulers over the earth.

The rest of Jehovah's Witnesses and anyone else who will be saved will remain on earth, and those in the grave will also be resurrected to earth. There is approx. 7 million baptised JWs worldwide and another 10 million+ who attend the annual memorial of Jesus death.

"And I saw, and, look! the Lamb standing upon the Mount Zion, and with him a hundred and forty-four thousand having his name and the name of his Father written on their foreheads. And I heard a sound out of heaven as the sound of many waters and as the sound of loud thunder; and the sound that I heard was as of singers who accompany themselves on the harp playing on their harps. And they are singing as if a new song before the throne and before the four living creatures and the elders; and no one was able to master that song but the hundred and forty-four thousand, who have been bought from the earth." (Revelation 14:1-3)

Answer 7

Yawn.
What has it been, like 15 minutes since someone has attacked the JW's?
What you should really go after is the Harvest Crusaders, they like to put bumber stickers on their cars so you know that one of them cut you off in traffic.
They are more close to the definition of a cult than the JW's.
They follow a single charasmatic person-namely Greg Laurie.
(Who, BTW, lives in a gated community in a mansion, drives nice cars, and all on the givings of his working class "flock")
Also, I have visited his church, and out of the 1000's in attendance, did not receive one hello. I even hung out in the lobby before and after the service. Not to friendly, those harvesters!

Answer 8

Harpazo = Rapture

END-TIME BIBLE PROPHECY

The Messiah Lord Jesus said BIRTH PANGS would signal the time of the end (Matthew 24:8). There are NINE birth pangs, they are all PRE-TRIBULATIONAL and the 1st three already occurred.

The first birth pang was worldwide conflict coupled with famines and earthquakes (Matthew 24:7-8). Worldwide conflict was fulfilled in 1914-1918, major famines happened in 1918-1921 and most of the world’s major earthquakes began to occur since 1900.

The second birth pang was the restoration of a Jewish State (Ezekiel 20:33-38; Ezekiel 22:17-22; Ezekiel 36:22-24; Zephaniah 2:1-2). This was fulfilled in 1948.

The third birth pang was Jewish control of the Old City of Jerusalem (Revelation 11:1-2). For the third Jewish Temple (Tribulation Temple) to be rebuilt, Jerusalem needs to be under Jewish control and this was accomplished in the Six Day War in 1967.

The fourth birth pang will be the Ezekiel 38 war. Russia, allied states of Iran, Ethiopia, Somalia, Germany and Armenia will invade Israel. God will miraculously destroy the invading army by earthquake, civil war among the invading soldiers, pestilence, blood, flood, hailstones, fire and brimstone. This will bring a revival in Israel where many Jews will turn to the Lord, and Israel will spend 7 years and 7 months burying the bodies and burning for fuel the military equipment left behind (Ezekiel 39:9-16).

The 5th birth pang will be the development of a one world government (Daniel 7:23-24).

The 6th birth pang will be the splitting of the one world government into 10 kingdoms and this Ten Kingdom Stage will continue until mid-Tribulation (Daniel 7:24).

The 7th birth pang will be the revelation of the Antichrist (II Thessalonians 2:1-3; Daniel 7:24).

The 8th birth pang will be a period of peace and false security that will be shattered by the Tribulation (1 Thessalonians 5:1-3).

The 9th and final birth pang before the Tribulation is the signing of the 7-year covenant between Israel and the Antichrist. THIS EVENT IS WHAT BEGINS THE (7-year) TRIBULATION - NOT THE RAPTURE!

The Rapture of the Church (1 Thessalonians 4:16-18) is also a pre-tribulational event (Luke 21:34-37; 1 Thessalonians 1:9-10; 1 Thessalonians 5:1-10; Revelation 3:10; Revelation 19:6-8). The fact that the Church is not mentioned in any of the Tribulation Scriptures proves the Rapture is pre-tribulational. All raptured Christians will receive glorified bodies (Romans 8:22-23; 1 Corinthians 15:50-54)) and it can happen at any second.


THE FIRST HALF OF THE TRIBULATION (SUPPORTING VERSES IN REVELATION 6-9 AND 17)

The Ministry of 144,000 sealed Jewish believers will bring many throughout the world to accept Christ.

There will be a powerful Ministry of Two Witnesses who will also be anointed Jewish believers.

A one world religious system (Babylon the Harlot) will rule. Under this one world religious system, many who are saved during the Tribulation will suffer persecution and death.

The Political system of the 10 kings of the one world government will continue.

During the first half of the Tribulation there will also be war, worldwide famine, death (1/4 of the world’s population will die), a huge earthquake, a blackout and a meteor shower. 1/3 of earth’s dry surface will be destroyed, 1/3 sea life and salt water will be destroyed, a fallen angel called Wormwood will make 1/3 of earth’s fresh water bitter, 1/3 of earth’s natural light sources will be destroyed, there will be another blackout and demons in the form of “locust-scorpions” will come up out of the abyss led by Abaddon their king and they will inflict harm and pain for five months upon those who are not sealed by God (unbelievers). Another demonic invasion will occur and the demons involved will be led by four fallen angels who will be released from the Euphrates River and this army will kill 1/3 of the earth’s population.


MID-TRIBULATION (SUPPORTING VERSES IN REVELATION 10-14 AND 17)

The Antichrist will war against the 10 kings, and during the war the Antichrist will be killed.

Satan will be cast out of the atmospheric heavens onto earth and will resurrect the Antichrist.

The Antichrist will kill 3 kings (the kings of Syria, Egypt and Mesopotamia) and the 7 other kings will submit to him.

The Antichrist will kill the Two Witnesses in Jerusalem and the wicked people will celebrate this event. Three and a half days afterwards, God will resurrect the Two Witnesses and take them up to Heaven and the people who celebrated will become terrified. The city of Jerusalem where the murder of the Two Witnesses occurred will then suffer an earthquake which will kill 7,000 people.

The False Prophet will receive from Satan the power to perform great miracles and will deceive many. The False Prophet will command all people to worship the Antichrist and have persons create an image to the Antichrist. The False Prophet will use his satanic powers to give it life and the ability to speak. The False Prophet will cause those who refuse to worship the Antichrist and the image to be killed.

The False Prophet will issue his own counterfeit seal known as the Mark of the Beast and it will be placed on all those who surrender to the Antichrist’s authority and accept him as god. Those who refuse to take this mark will not be able to buy or sell. Those who take this mark will spend eternity in the Lake of Fire.

The Antichrist will break the seven-year covenant he made with Israel, cause the sacrifices to stop, sit in the Jewish Temple, declare to the world that he is really God and set up an idol called the Abomination of Desolation in the Temple (Daniel 9:27; Daniel 12:11; Matthew 24:15-16; 11Thessalonians 2:3-4; Revelation 13:11-15).

Through the Antichrist and the False Prophet, Satan will attempt to destroy the Jews once and for all but he will fail because 1/3 of the Jews will succeed in fleeing into the wilderness. These Jews who escape will accept the Lord Jesus as their Saviour during the Tribulation (Zechariah 13:7-9) and while they are in hiding, God will miraculously provide for them (Zechariah 13:8-9; Isaiah 41:17-20). Divine intervention will also destroy the pursuing army.


THE SECOND HALF OF THE TRIBULATION (SUPPORTING VERSES FOUND IN REVELATION 15, 16, 18, 19, 20)

In the second half of the Tribulation, those with the Mark of the Beast will suffer skin sores, the remainder of sea water and fresh water will be destroyed, the sun will cause terrible burns and the wicked will blaspheme God. There will be yet another blackout and persons will suffer gnawing pains.

Babylon will be the center of world economy and political system but Babylon will be swiftly destroyed by fire and become uninhabitable for man.

The Antichrist will locate the Jews who sought refuge in the wilderness and surround them with his armies to wipe them out. The Lord Jesus will then descend from Heaven with His angels and Saints. He will come with great glory riding upon a horse and will destroy the Antichrist, the False Prophet and all of their armies. After this, a loud voice will cry out “It is done!” followed by the greatest earthquake in the earth’s history and hail weighing 120 pounds will fall.

At the end of the Tribulation, there will be another blackout, the stars will fall from the sky and the heavenly bodies will be shaken (Matthew 24:29), the Antichrist and the False Prophet will be thrown into the eternal Lake of Fire and Satan will be cast into the Abyss and bound for 1,000 years.


THE MILLENNIUM

The Lord Jesus will reign over the entire earth during the Millennium. The Jewish and Gentile believers who survive the Tribulation will go on to populate the Millennium. Believers who died before and during the Tribulation and believers who were raptured will be present on earth during the Millennium and because they will have glorified bodies they will not reproduce. All believers will be given special tasks by the Lord Jesus (Revelation 20:4-6). There will be no wars (Isaiah 2:2-4), animals will return to the Edenic state and become vegetarians (Isaiah 11:6-9), people will not labour in vain but eat what they plant and inhabit what they build, there will be renovations in the heavens and earth and there will be righteous and unrighteous children born during the Millennium (Isaiah 65:17-25).

At the end of the Millennium, Satan will be loosed from the Abyss and will deceive and gather the unrighteous for a war against the righteous. This will be his final attempt to destroy the righteous and when the unrighteous of the Millennium surround the good people, God will send fire down from Heaven which will suddenly and massively annihilate all of the wicked people. Satan will then be cast into the Lake of Fire where he will remain in torment for eternity (Revelation 20:7-10).


THE GREAT WHITE THRONE JUDGMENT

The Great White Throne Judgment will be the next main event. The old heavens and earth will be done away with and all will stand before God’s throne to be judged (Revelation 20:11-12). Those whose names are not found written in the Book of Life will be cast into the Lake of Fire which will be their final and eternal abode (Revelation 20:14-15).


THE ETERNAL ORDER (REVELATION 21 AND 22)

Those whose names are found in the Book of Life will enjoy paradise with God forever. The heavens and earth will be made new and the New Jerusalem will come down upon the earth making the earth like Heaven. All curses from the fall will be removed and the earth will be inhabited by the Triune God (The Father, Son and Holy Spirit), all angels and all of the righteous. The seas, moon, night and sun will be done away with and the glory of God will illuminate the earth. The River of Life will flow from God’s throne, the Tree of Life will bear health-giving fruits and leaves and the name of Jesus will be on the foreheads of all of the righteous.


God’s Plan of Salvation for Us
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Answer 9

Can you show me in the bible where does it said that the great crowd is redeem from earth? the bible only says that 144000 are redeem from earth, (Revelation 14:1-5) Jesus spoke in Matthew 5:5 that people will inherit the earth.

Answer 10

The 144,000 are not all who are saved.
The 144,000 are those who are take to heaven to rule with Christ.
Millions will be saved.