emmamess22
So, I've been using the reasoning book and reading the bible and trying to decide what's right...
That book is not bad, I'd get an old "Make Sure of All Things Hold Fast to What Is Fine" book off of e-bay, I believe that to be the better choice...less dogma.
Heaven and Hell....the Bible says we'll inherit the "Earth" in a zillion places....so we can't be going to Heaven or Hell.....RIGHT?
99% Correct. Ecclesiastes 9
: 5-10, Psalms 115
: 16 and 17
1. Wouldn't hell just be eternal death (sounds pretty unfun to me) and 2. Hell be where Satan is kept once he's done with? 3. Wouldn't Heaven be the paradise ?
- Yes.
- No, Hell is a figuer of speech for eternal death/the second death. Revelation 20: 10 and 21: 8
- For some humans, not all.
But I don't know about the 144,000....are they the only ones and the great crowd referenced are merely "in sight" of the throne and not at it?
The 144,000 represents a small amount of humans that do go to heaven and are part of the heavenly government under Christ Jesus that rule over the earth after Armageddon. Luke 12
: 32, Revelation 5
: 9, 10 and 20
: 6
1. I don't understand what Armageddon is. 2. Just a big old killing of everyone not a JW!?!?!?!?!
- God's war against that part of humanity that will not submit to His authority as God Almighty over them.
- I personaly don't believe that, yet, that is what the Witnesses currently teach. Jeremiah 25: 30-33, 2Thessalonians 1: 6-10, Revelation 6:15-17.
Why would God choose to resurect righteous AND unrighteous at the same time after having killed lots of unrighteous?
The Witnesses believe the resurected UN-righteous are those who never heard the truth about YHWH and the issue of sovereignty. Those terminated at Armageddon will have had the opportunity to make a choice to serve God and did not choose to serve Him. I think their reasoning on this is correct.
1. Why is the JW way the only one that teaches that it wasn't a cross? 2. Is it really wrong to wear one (idolatry?) if we do it for our own symbolism of what it was that was done for us?
- In some ways they try to be as accurate and correct as possible...popular or not.
- If it wasn't a cross (and I don't believe it was) why wear it? IMO it would just confuse people. If I were to wear anything it would be the name/s of God or His Son (in Hebrew)...that's just me.
Is celebrating the birth of my daughter, whose day was the best ever actually a bad thing? Does that mean the day she was born I should have been like, "Great, who cares...put her in the nursery and hand me the remote control...."
No where in the bible are we commanded NOT to celebrate our day of birth. Even so, the only two clear birthday celebrations recorded are of Pharaoh of Egypt and wicked King Herod, Genesis 40: 20-22 Matthew 14: 6-10. No one who had God's favor is mentioned in the bible as celebrating their birth. Not Noah, not Abraham, not Moses, not David, NOT Jesus, not any of the Apostles...One has to wonder why?
But can't believe in RAPTURE....or can I? HELP....so torn.
Pray, read and study...pray some more!
Best Wishes ~ Flash
