isn't "End of the world" in the Bible? maybe I'm mistaken, but I thought JWs believe in the "truth" of the Bible, so how can there be "Paradise Earth" if there will be the "End of the World"?
and by the way, is there a "Paradise Earth" mentioned in the Bible?
2007-12-11 16:37:33 · 11 answers · asked by Ťango 3 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
it is mentioned by some answerers here: http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index;_ylt=AoAAn7C02UyyQXO3XZeZ4pnsy6IX;_ylv=3?qid=20071211212713AAkDQIE
2007-12-11 16:40:46 · update #1
shakeeb, as far as I know, it's natural for people to be curious. now, can you answer the question, that is, if you know the answer and not just getting 2pts out of this?
2007-12-11 16:45:36 · update #2
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/
2007-12-12 06:18:50 · answer #1 · answered by achtung_heiss 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I personally feel this belief is logical.
Imagine you built or remodelled your flat. Everything was simply perfect. But then some brown six-legged creatures moved in and were everywhere. You want to get rid of them because you hate them and they make the place smell. What would you do? Go to the local store and get two kilos of dynamite? Blow up the entire building just because of some unwanted tenants? After all that work you put into it?
No, you'd get some roach killer and just eliminate the cockroaches, not destroy your entire flat.
There's loads of verses.
Eccl 1:4- A generation is going, and a generation is coming; but the earth is standing even to time indefinite.
Proverbs 2:21, 22: “For the upright are the ones that will reside in the earth, and the blameless are the ones that will be left over in it. As regards the wicked, they will be cut off from the very earth; and as for the treacherous, they will be torn away from it.”
Matthew 5:5- “Happy are the mild-tempered ones, since they will inherit the earth.”
Psalm 104:5- He has founded the earth upon its established places; It will not be made to totter to time indefinite, or forever.
Isaiah 45:18- For this is what Jehovah has said, the Creator of the heavens, He the [true] God, the Former of the earth and the Maker of it, He the One who firmly established it, who did not create it simply for nothing, who formed it even to be inhabited: “I am Jehovah, and there is no one else
2007-12-11 21:53:11 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
"... we all need to die to be sin free as per Romans 6:7......." - If this were true, the Yeshua died in vain, because - once we all die - we "are free from sin", right? Wrong. Sin is the error Man took after Adam's transgression. Once the body is burned, there exist no error. Deleted. That does not mean WE DESERVE ANYTHING, and the fact is, as Yeshua said, we "are slaves good for nothing" that deserve to die, because the ONLY thing that the Law brings in, is death. After Yeshua's resurrection (The First one), many were 'changed' in an instant at their death, and that 'corruptible' was transformed into incorruptible. They are now in an abode with Him in the House of His Father "where there exist many Mansions" and they will come with Him "as in a cloud" when He returns with His saints. Those who He does not recognize as "His sheep" may have to wait until the Resurrection at the end of the 1000 years, where there will be - for some - a Resurrection of Life, and for others a Resurrection of Judgment. The realm of those loyal to Him is the Universe, the Planets ("the stones of fire" originally given to the Spiritual creatures that later on rebelled against God). Things will return to the conditions existent at the very beginning, again, and He will Reign as a King again. btw, you do not need to be a JW to read the Scriptures and let someone tell you what they mean. It's there for all, be free. Read. Learn, The Truth shall make you free.
2016-05-23 04:22:23 · answer #3 · answered by ? 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It is very simple. God created Adam and Eve in earth . the Purpose : is in Genesis 1:27-28 to live in the earth and fill it and be happy.
That purpose was halted but not eliminate , God never changed that purpose, he sent his son (Jesus) to died and "fix" the problem.
The bible says that Jesus will rule the earth (Revelation 5:10)
Why Jesus will rule and empty planet?
I mean what is the purpose to rule a empty rock in the space? to rule you need people to be ruled....Jesus said in Matthew 5:5 that the meek will inherit the earth, so unless Jesus is a liar then the meek will inherit the earth several parts of the bible say the same.
Jesus will rule the earth during 1000 years after Armageddon and restore the original purpose of God.
IF you ask in this forum "Christians what will happen with this pllanet after Armageddon" you will see that only Jehovah´s witnesses will give you a positive answer of the only place that humans know.
Nobody have seen hell or heaven , we only know earth and the future of this planet is important, the bible show that God created this planet for an special purpose, not for been destroyed.(Psal 78:69; 104:5; 119:90; Eccl 1:4).
If this planet is destroyed then God failed and Satan won, cause Satan stopped the original purpose of God and that is not possible.
2007-12-11 17:22:53 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 4⤊ 0⤋
Tango,
Does the Bible teach the widespread belief that the planet earth will someday be destroyed? When the Bible speaks of the end of the world, it is not referring to the end of the planet earth, but rather to the end of this system of things. A world once came to an end in Noah’s day. The earth that was destroyed then was not this planet but the wicked human society of that time. Wrote the apostle Peter: “There were heavens in ancient times and an earth standing compactly out of water and in the midst of water by the word of God, and by those means the world of that time suffered destruction when it was deluged with water. But by the same word the heavens and the earth that are now are stored up for fire and are being reserved to the day of judgment and of destruction of the ungodly men.” To destroy the society of ungodly men, God does not need to destroy this planet, as he proved in Noah’s day. Of the planet earth the inspired psalmist wrote: “He has founded the earth upon its established places; it will not be made to totter to time indefinite, nor forever.” True Bible belief is that “the meek ones themselves will possess the earth” and that the earth will become a global paradise.—2 Pet. 3:5-7; Ps. 104:5; 37:11.
2007-12-11 17:14:50 · answer #5 · answered by conundrum 7 · 5⤊ 0⤋
There's a difference between earth and world. The earth is the planet. The world is the wicked people. So, when God destroys the world, His loyal servants are going to survive. If you read Revelation 7:14 it says this "great crowd" of people are those who "come out of the great tribulation."
The earth is not going to be destroyed. The earth will be inhabited forever.
Yes, Paradise is mentioned in the Bible.
2007-12-11 16:50:14 · answer #6 · answered by aseptic technique 5 · 5⤊ 0⤋
GOD IS NOT GOING TO DESTROY THE EARTH, THE EARTH SOMETIME IN THE NEAR FUTURE WILL BECOME A GARDEN OF EDEN OR PARADISE WHERE PEOPLE CAN LIVE IN PEACE & SECURITY.
ARMAGEDDON IS SIMPLY HIS WAR TO CLEAN THE EARTH OF WICKED PEOPLE & ALL BAD THINGS THAT EXIST, & PEOPLE WHOSE WORSHIP IS UNACCEPTABLE TO HIM.
Why, though, would God wage a global war? Armageddon is closely related to one of his cardinal qualities, justice. The Bible declares: “God is a lover of justice.” He has seen all the acts of injustice perpetrated during man’s history. This naturally provokes his righteous displeasure. Thus, he has appointed his Son to wage a just war in order to do away with this entire wicked system.
Only God is capable of waging a truly just and truly selective war during which righthearted individuals, wherever they may be on earth, will be preserved. ) And only he has the right to impose his sovereignty over all the earth, for it is his creation.
What about survivors? Indeed, no one needs to perish at Armageddon. The apostle Peter observed: “God, does not desire any to be destroyed but desires all to attain to repentance.” And the apostle Paul stated that God’s “will is that all sorts of men should be saved and come to an accurate knowledge of truth.”
Consider the good Har–Magedon promises to achieve, godly humanity’s peaceful future on this planet, no more pollution, no more war, no more poverty, no more disease or even death. God promises: “Look! I am making all things new.” Revelation 21:3,4
The one's living in a Paradise Earth will be the survivors of Armageddon, and the one's that will be resurrected & obey the rules that are layed out by Jesus Christ.
2007-12-11 17:06:47 · answer #7 · answered by BJ 7 · 5⤊ 0⤋
The Earth itself will never be destroyed.
Ps. 104:5 "[Who] laid the foundations of the earth, [that] it should not be removed forever."
Only the wicked will be removed from the Earth.
Gen 9:11 "And I will establish my covenant with you; neither shall all flesh be cut off any more by the waters of a flood; neither shall there any more be a flood to DESTROY THE EARTH."
At Ephesians 1:10 Paul made reference to God gathering the things on the earth as well as the things in heaven and making both groups subject to Christ. That speaks to those who are not part of the body of Christ but who have the hope of everlasting life on earth.
Luk 23:43 And he said to him, "Truly, I say to you, today you will be with me in Paradise."
2007-12-13 02:45:18 · answer #8 · answered by keiichi 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Jehovas Witness are good people.
God fearing in there own ways but I feel they
have somethings in Gods Word misunderstood.
Read it in the Bible for yourself, that way you will
know the truth and will not have to take anyones
word for it.
*Christians will be resurrected up to Heaven".
God Bless you.
2007-12-11 16:43:41 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 4⤋
they must have misunderstood something and passed it on as truth. it's not a rare occurence. it happens among the Bible-fundamentalists along with the thousand different sects of Protestants.
2007-12-11 16:51:55 · answer #10 · answered by Perceptive 5 · 1⤊ 4⤋