Will Jehovah's Witnesses be at the front of the line in heaven?

Question

Since they're the most hard working of the God believing bunch?

Answer 1

Dear Jenkins,

Do you want the Bad News first or do you want the Good News first?

The Bad News (according to my understanding through numerous years of Bible reading) is that there will be extremely few Watchtower Witnesses in heaven. Definitely NOT 144,000!

Being separate from God, the remainder will NOT be on what they call "Paradise earth". Rather they will be hearing the scorn that they aimed at Christians in this lifetime.

The GOOD News is that there will be a huge number of people in heaven who accepted Jesus Christ as their LORD and Savior who just happen to be EX-jws. Far far more than 144,000!

The simple fact is that being hard-working counts for absolutely nothing in God's eyes. Obedience to God's Word counts for everything. God's Word declares very clearly in Deuteronomy 18:20-22 that the Watchtower is a FALSE prophet. That is not "God believing" by any means.


Edit: This is my first experience seeing someone whose Questions and Answers are private.

Edit 2: Beware of judging appearances as in "Since they're the most hard working of the God believing bunch?" So much of the "hard work" they do is very UNbiblical. Pray for discernment.


For His glory,
JOYfilled

Answer 2

What line?
The Bible clearly states at Rev.14:1-4 that only 144,000 faithful men and women will be taken from the earth to reign as kings and priests with Christ in heaven.
The rest of obedient mankind(including those resurrected from the dead) will have the prospect of eternal life here on earth.(Ps.37:9-11,29;Pr.2:21)
The idea that all who are good go to heaven is not a Bible teaching.

Answer 3

The gate may be open to some. Some Witnesses are very committed and are Anointed. I believe the information is the Truth, I don't like how the beliefs are practiced. I think it's a cult. As child, I was raised to be a witness but as an adult I'm a Christian in a Pentecostal church. I can honestly say, I am a child of God. With all my imperfections and sins I'm still a child of God.

Answer 4

JW's don't believe in the real Jesus. They have a made up Jesus. Church history including Ignatius and Josephus, and many more believed that Jesus was God. These cults were a problem early on, which is why in Galations 1, Paul rebukes them about any other Gospel.

These were common problems.

Besides, JW's don't believe they are going to Heaven. God won't take them there kicking and screaming. And they don't like the idea of Going there.

Answer 5

I beleive that there is no "front of the line" for heaven. God doesn't care how much they work; if they don't beleive and follow him all day, the work doesn't matter as much. I can tell you not all of Jehovah's Witnesses care about the poor, sick, & dying. They swear and probably don't respect the Sabbath sometimes.
Jehovah's Witnesses are not perfect. He doesn't care if what religion, as long as they respect His creations and Himself.
God will chose who He wants to go to heaven and to hell, but he treats them all with equality.

Answer 6

South Park said Mormons

Answer 7

It is God who can be the answer of this question, as he will be their (and our) Judge.

He can read our hearts and knows our motives as to why we serve him.

He knows if we have in fact given our lives over to Him and have accepted Jesus as our Lord and Savior.

So, I would not want to presume on God's job.

I do know that there will be a lot of surprised people there. They will be surprised as to who is there and who isn't!!!

Answer 8

only the ones who gave out more than 1 billion Watch Towers

Better Yet, ya they'll be at the front of the line for eternity because they'll let anybody cut in front of them that asks.

Answer 9

No, because they don't believe that all of them are going to heaven

Answer 10

Actually, Jehovah's Witnesses expect that many thousands of the 144,000 who eventually are resurrected to heaven will have never set foot in a Kingdom Hall or read 'The Watchtower'.

The fact is that the vast majority of Witnesses hope to enjoy life ON EARTH forever, rather than in heaven. Jehovah's Witnesses understand heaven to refer to the dwelling place of spirit creatures such as Jesus and the angels. They 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).
(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

The men and women who make up the 144,000 are selected by God from among two thousand years of Christians. Over whom will they 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.”

Hell is NOT someplace/something mankind needs to fear; there is no suffering in 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. Each person "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]

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