What do Jevohah Witnesses believe happens to them when they die?

Question

For instance...my uncles wife is Jehovah's Witness, what does she believe will happen to his soul when he dies?

Answer 1

Jehovah's Witnesses believe the bible to teach that most of mankind's dead are simply in a sleep-like state of non-existence, awaiting resurrection after Armageddon. Once dead, a person exists only in the perfect memory of Almighty God, and the lesser memories of others.

(John 11:11,14,23-25) [Jesus] said to them: “Lazarus our friend has gone to rest, but I am journeying there to awaken him from sleep.” ...Jesus said to them outspokenly: “Lazarus has died... Jesus said to [Martha]: “Your brother will rise.” Martha said to him: “I know he will rise in the resurrection on the last day.” Jesus said to her: “I am the resurrection and the life. He that exercises faith in me, even though he dies, will come to life

(Acts 24:15) There is going to be a resurrection of both the righteous and the unrighteous.


The bible teaches that "hell" is *NOT* a fiery place of torment, but is actually the common grave of mankind. There is no suffering in "hell", or the grave. Sometime after the resurrection (once the grave is "empty"), 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


The bible plainly teaches that a "soul" can die. In both Hebrew and Greek, original language words translated "soul" simply mean "a life", with no implication regarding some immortal otherworldly entity. Each deceased life is in Jehovah God's remembrance (with the potential for future resurrection), but the dead do not exist anywhere but memories until and unless the life is resurrected.

(Ezekiel 18:4) The soul that is sinning - it itself will die.

(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"]

(Genesis 2:17) But as for the tree of the knowledge of good and bad you must not eat from it, for in the day you eat from it you will positively die.”

(Genesis 17:14) And an uncircumcised male who will not get the flesh of his foreskin circumcised, even that soul must be cut off from his people. He has broken my covenant.”

(Judges 16:30) And Samson proceeded to say: “Let my soul die with the Philistines.” Then he bent himself with power, and the house went falling upon the axis lords and upon all the people that were in it, so that the dead that he put to death in his own death came to be more than those he had put to death during his lifetime.

(Job 33:22) And his soul draws near to the pit, And his life to those inflicting death.

(Psalm 78:50) He did not hold back their soul from death itself; And their life he handed over even to the pestilence.

(Isaiah 53:12) he poured out his soul to the very death

(Acts 3:23) Indeed, any soul that does not listen to that Prophet will be completely destroyed from among the people.’

(Revelation 16:3) And the second one poured out his bowl into the sea. And it became blood as of a dead man, and every living soul died, yes, the things in the sea.


For the vast majority of mankind, their eternal hope is unending peaceful productive life in perfect human bodies in a restored paradise earth.

(Psalm 37:10,11,29) And just a little while longer, and the wicked one will be no more; And you will certainly give attention to his place, and he will not be. 11 But the meek ones themselves will possess the earth, And they will indeed find their exquisite delight in the abundance of peace. ...The righteous themselves will possess the earth, And they will reside forever upon it.


Bible students may recall this is exactly the life that Adam and Eve enjoyed before they introduced sinful imperfection and the issue of universal sovereignty. It is Christ Jesus who settles the issue and redeems mankind for all time.

(Genesis 2:15-17) Jehovah God proceeded to take the man and settle him in the garden of Eden to cultivate it and to take care of it. 16 And Jehovah God also laid this command upon the man: “From every tree of the garden you may eat to satisfaction. 17 But as for the tree of the knowledge of good and bad you must not eat from it, for in the day you eat from it you will positively die.” [note that abstaining from that one fruit would mean the man would never die]

(Romans 5:12,14) Through one man sin entered into the world and death through sin, and thus death spread to all men ...death ruled as king from Adam

(1 Corinthians 15:22) For just as in Adam all are dying, so also in the Christ all will be made alive


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Answer 2

what the bible says in Eclessiastes 9:4-6 ".For as respects whoever is joined to all the living there exists confidence, because a live dog is better off than a dead lion.
5 For the living are conscious that they will die; but as for the dead, they are conscious of nothing at all, neither do they anymore have wages, because the remembrance of them has been forgotten.
6 Also, their love and their hate and their jealousy have already perished,

but

Acts 24:15 "and I have hope toward God, which hope these [men] themselves also entertain, that there is going to be a resurrection of both the righteous and the unrighteous"

After Armageddon Jesus Christ will rule the earth during 1000 years and he will bring back to life a lot of people as he did with lazarus .

Answer 3

When we die, we die. We return to dust, our thoughts go away as the Bible puts it. All thinking does not exsit any longer... .... It is as though we are sleeping..... We await the day when we are brought back to life in Paradise conditions spoken of in the Bible. There are only a certain amount spoken of in the Bible that go to heaven, this is the 144,000... As for the rest, they will live here on earth...Jehovah will soon wipe out all wickedness..... Then the earth will be made a Paradise, no more dying, sickness, crime, proverty, nothing that makes this life so hard to deal with. In Paradise, dead ones will be brought back to life. What a wonderful time that will be.

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Answer 4

He'll be dead. He will not go to heaven or hell; he'll just lie in 'mankind's common grave' and he will be judged at the end of this system of things. If he is judged favourably, then he will wake up and live on a restored earth. Restored meaning that the earth will be what God intended it to be at its creation.

In the meantime, before the awakening, he will be unable to communicate with her, and he will be unaware of everything happening around him. the Bible says that 'the dead are concious of nothing at all'.

That's the gist of it, but your aunt can help you out much more than I can. Hope I helped though!

Answer 5

wish to furnish you some confort with this little tale happened quite some years in the past. 9-three hundred and sixty 5 days-previous Christopher Heslop became one in all Jehovah’s Witnesses, as became Matthew, his 14-three hundred and sixty 5 days-previous brother. that they had spent the October morning, alongside with their uncle, aunt, and a pair of cousins, calling from residing house to residing house of their Christian ministry close to Manchester, England. contained in the afternoon, they set out jointly on a sight-seeing holiday to Blackpool, a close-by seashore motel. All 6 have been between 12 human beings killed immediately in a highway crash, defined by using the police as “an absolute holocaust.” The night in the previous the tragedy, dying were the subject pronounced at an area biblical studies attended by using the Heslop kin. “Christopher,” reported David, his father, “became consistently an exceedingly considerate boy. That night, he spoke for sure a pair of latest worldwide and his wish for the destiny. Then, as our communicate persevered, Christopher unexpectedly reported: ‘the ingredient approximately being one in all Jehovah’s Witnesses is that whilst dying hurts, all of us be attentive to we are able to work out one yet another back in the worldwide sometime.’ Little did any persons modern-day comprehend how memorable those words have been going to be.” After the accident, the headline of the Manchester night information examine: “I don’t worry dying, reported crash newborn,” and the object quoted Christopher’s real words. have faith. My condolances

Answer 6

I am not a JW (even though those are my initials, funny!) but I think they their view is that everything is right here. I think that they believe that when you die you go back to nothing- to dirt- to where you came from. I think that they are waiting for the second coming when a certain number of people will be resurrected. If I am way off, my apologies to those who have chosen this as their spiritual path. I mean no disrespect.

Answer 7

Lazareth a friend of Jesus was a witnesses of Jehovah. When he died did Jesus refer to him being in heaven or hell? When Lazareth was brought back from death did he relay any experiences of being in heaven or hell?

Jesus clearly states that death is like a sleep like state but with out memory or thought.

John 11:1-16 "Our Friend Lazareth Sleepeth"

Ecc 9:5 "For the living know that they shall die: but the dead know not any thing, neither have they any more a reward; for the memory of them is forgotten."

The body goes back into the ground which it came from.

Gen 3:19 In the sweat of thy face shalt thou eat bread, till thou return unto the ground; for out of it wast thou taken: for dust thou [art], and unto dust shalt thou return.

Answer 8

The Bible says that the dead are conscious of nothing at all.

oh and i would like to correct the first answerer... we don't believe that every JW will go to heaven, the bible says that only 144,000 anointed ones will.

Answer 9

I once heard that the only people going to heaven are the JW, according to their beliefs.

Answer 10

Jesus will tot up how much money he made for the church(yes right,lovely swimming pool you got there) then they will find out if they get the bronze,silver or gold award for selling that bloody watchtower magazine....

Answer 11

His soul will ring every doorbell in Heaven