I don't believe the majority of JWs will go to heaven. All of them, minus the "144,000 anointed ones", are what they call of the "great crowd". They say that they are NOT born again, John 3:3-12. Anyone not born again does not have the Holy Spirit dwelling in them, John 3:5,6 Anyone not born again is still dead to sins, Rom 6:2. They are still controlled by the sinful nature and do not belong to Christ, Rom 8:9 The Bible tells us that ANYONE, not just the 144,000, that believes that Jesus is the Christ IS BORN of GOD! [1Jo 5:1 NKJV] 1 Whoever believes that Jesus is the Christ is born of God, and everyone who loves Him who begot also loves him who is begotten of Him. Do the members of the "great crowd" believe that Jesus is the Christ? If so then they have been Born again... Children of God are ALL anointed, they are ONE not two groups as the JWs have established. The 144,000 and the "great crowd" members. Throughout the NT Jesus speaks of believers as being ONE Spirit, one Lord, one faith, one baptism, one mind, one purpose, one God and Father, one Glorious hope, Phil 2:2, John 17:21, Eph 4:3-6. He made peace between the Jews and Gentiles and created ONE NEW people from the two groups as ONE body, Eph 2:15,16. Jesus referred to this ONE body as ONE flock when he said he had other sheep, John 10:16. The other sheep are the gentiles, Eph 2:15, Acts 11:18, Gal 3:8. What we have here is a classic case of satanic deception. Just as Eve was deceived to believe a lie, they have been deceived to believe that they are not worthy to be children of God....And in so doing they are denying Jesus, Matt 10:32,33 and as such Jesus will deny them, Matt 7:22,23... November 23 2013 • 1 response • Vote Up • Share • Report Show
a Most modern English translations do not use the word “hell” in Acts 2:27. Rather, some use expressions such as “the grave,” (New Century Version); “the realm of the dead,” (New International Version); “the dead” (The Passion Translation). Others simply transliterate the Greek word as “Hades.”—Holman Christian Standard Bible, NET Bible, New American Standard Bible, English Standard Version. b See the box “ Original-Language Bible Words.” c See 1 Kings 17:17-24; 2 Kings 4:32-37; 13:20, 21; Matthew 28:5, 6; Luke 7:11-17; 8:40-56; John 11:38-44; Acts 9:36-42; Acts 20:7-12. Bible verses about hell, or the GraveJob 14:13: “O that in the Grave [“hell,” Douay-Rheims Version] you would conceal me, . . . that you would set a time limit for me and remember me!” Meaning: The faithful man Job knew that hell (the Grave) would bring him relief from his pain and that God could restore him to life from there. Psalm 145:20: “Jehovah guards all those who love him, but all the wicked he will annihilate.” Meaning: God will annihilate, or permanently destroy, the wicked. He will not keep them alive in hell in order to torment them. Ecclesiastes 9:10: “There is no work nor planning nor knowledge nor wisdom in the Grave [“hell,” Douay-Rheims Version], where you are going.” Meaning: Those in the Grave, or hell, are unconscious and cannot suffer. Moreover, those to whom the Bible writer addressed his words of wisdom obviously included good people. Acts 2:31: “He seeing this before spake of the resurrection of Christ, that his soul was not left in hell.”—King James Version. Meaning: Jesus Christ went to hell (the Grave) when he died. Romans 6:23: “The wages sin pays is death.” Meaning: Death, not torment in hell, is the full penalty for sin. Revelation 20:13: “Death and hell delivered up the dead which were in them.”—King James Version. Meaning: Those in hell are dead. They will come back to life by means of the resurrection. Revelation 20:14: “Death and hell were cast into the lake of fire.”—King James Version. Meaning: After being emptied by means of the resurrection, hell (the Grave) will be destroyed forever, as if by fire. Thereafter, death resulting from Adam’s sin will be no more.—Romans 5:12. Original-language Bible wordsAs the following list shows, Bible translators have created confusion by using the word “hell” for original-language words with different meanings. In some cases, it seems that they wanted to promote the idea that the wicked will be eternally tormented, not destroyed.
The history of hellfirePagan origin: The ancient Egyptians believed in a fiery hell. The funerary text Book Ȧm-Ṭuat (Amduat), which historians date back to the 16th century B.C.E., describes those who “shall be cast down headlong into the pits of fire; and . . . shall not be able to flee from the flames.”—The Egyptian Heaven and Hell. Not taught by the earliest Christians: “It is noteworthy that in the N[ew] T[estament] we do not find hell fire to be a part of the [early Christian] preaching.”—A Dictionary of Christian Theology. Greek philosophy crept in: “From the middle of the 2nd century [C.E.] Christians who had some training in Greek philosophy began to feel the need to express their faith in its terms . . . The philosophy that suited them best was Platonism [the teachings of Plato].” (Encyclopædia Britannica) That philosophy included belief in fiery torment after death. “Of all classical Greek philosophers, the one who has had the greatest influence on traditional views of Hell is Plato.”—Histoire des enfers (The History of Hell). Hellfire was used to justify torture: During the time period commonly referred to as the Spanish Inquisition, those convicted of heresy and burned at the stake were said to be given “a taste of what perpetual hellfire would be like,” supposedly in hopes that they would repent before dying. (The Spanish Inquisition, by Jean Plaidy) Similarly, Queen Mary I of England burned some 300 Protestants at the stake, reportedly believing that “as the souls of heretics are afterwards to be eternally burning in hell, there could be nothing more proper than to imitate the divine vengeance, by burning them on earth.”—Universal History, by Alexander Tytler. Modern changes: Some denominations have softened their teaching about hell, apparently based more on a desire to please their members than to reject a false teaching. (2 Timothy 4:3) “People want a God who’s warm and fuzzy . . . It’s counter to the culture of today to talk about sin and guilt.”—Professor Jackson W. Carroll. Related TopicsLife & Death Bible Questions AnsweredYou May Also Like
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Jehovah's Witnesses believe that when a person dies, their existence completely stops. This is because the Bible makes it clear that human beings do not have an immortal soul that survives when the body dies. Witnesses believe that Hell (as traditionally portrayed) does not exist.
What is a sin to Jehovah Witness?Jehovah's Witnesses avoid violent sports that deliberately hurt people. Abortion is wrong. Killing animals for sport is wrong. Jehovah's Witnesses avoid surrogate motherhood as well as any procedures that involve the use of donated sperm, eggs, or embryos Witnessing to a worker ©
What religions do not believe in Hell?Jehovah's Witnesses hold that the soul ceases to exist when the person dies and therefore that hell (Sheol or Hades) is a state of non-existence.
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