2007-12-11 13:20:18 · 16 answers · asked by Gruntled Employee 6 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
Not exactly.
The theme of the bible is God's Kingdom by Christ.
Of course, God's Kingdom is a real government, which draws its primary administrators from among humankind. 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/
2007-12-12 07:51:28 · answer #1 · answered by achtung_heiss 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Salm 37:29 said that fair people will poses the earth "forever". The same message is contained in Revelation or Apocalipse 21:3 and 4 Isaias 65:17.
And in Revelation it mentions only 144,000 that will reing with Jesus for 1,000 years.
Thats based on my personal Bible study. Any question email me. Pardon my Englysh. I'm from P.R.
2007-12-11 13:35:19 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
The central message of the bible is redemption, and reconciliation with God through Christ Jesus.
The whole book, Old and New Testaments are about Jesus.
Read it again.
2007-12-11 13:28:57 · answer #3 · answered by lost and found 4 · 2⤊ 0⤋
In a way, yes. People who obey Christ will travel between and live in the new earth and the new heaven.
People who refuse Christ can forget about any paradise, earth or heaven.
2007-12-11 13:30:50 · answer #4 · answered by Coloring Buddy Mike 1 · 2⤊ 1⤋
Hmmm, because the Revelation speaks of the New Jerusalem coming down out of Heaven. The earth is God's, dude. What do you think He's going to do with it?
2007-12-11 13:29:23 · answer #5 · answered by Wired 5 · 0⤊ 1⤋
The central theme of the bible has to do with God's right to rule mankind and to sanctify his Holy name.
2007-12-11 13:27:00 · answer #6 · answered by Enlightening McQueen 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
central message of OT
god is an angry whimsical being that demands worship and is so jealous it can kill and maim
central message of NT
god is really not as important as Jesus, scratch that, Paul is more important cause all the other diciples can't hear him and he has new message that is non jewish that appeals to pagans and incorporates at a minimum 3 mystic and mythological cult practices and themes, ending with wild gnosticism
2007-12-11 13:26:27 · answer #7 · answered by voice_of_reason 6 · 0⤊ 2⤋
The Holy Bible is a love letter from God to His creation...you.
2007-12-11 13:31:33 · answer #8 · answered by cmnsns 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
144,000 will live in heaven this a Jehovah Witness belief. I should know I'm a JW
2007-12-11 13:30:05 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
no...only a selfish human would see it that way. The Creation is only a small part of what has been brought into question. Further, our out come is some what secondary.
2007-12-11 13:25:51 · answer #10 · answered by Old guy 5 · 2⤊ 0⤋