AFTER LIFE
What does Jehovah’s witnesses believe happens after death and what does the Bible really teach?
Who Are The Unrighteous That Are Resurrected?
What Jehovah’s Witnesses teach Jehovah’s Witnesses consider baptized Jehovah’s Witnesses to be righteous and therefore entitled to everlasting life. However, they believe that Acts 24:15 opens the way for some unbaptized ones to be resurrected. It says that Paul hopes that “both the righteous and the unrighteous will be resurrected.” They define the unrighteous as…
Marriage and Sexuality After the Resurrection
What Jehovah’s Witnesses teach Jehovah’s Witnesses teach that marriage is a sacred arrangement established by Jehovah God for mankind but that it will not exist in the resurrection. They base this on Jesus’ words at Luke 20:35-36, where he says that the resurrected ones “neither marry nor are given in marriage, for they are like…
Who Are the 144,000?
Jehovah’s Witnesses teach Jehovah’s Witnesses believe that 144,000 refers to selected Witnesses who are going to heaven and that they will rule with Jesus there. Other Jehovah’s Witnesses (other sheep) are resurrected to life on earth. The Bible teaches Revelation 7:4 plainly states that 144,000 are made up of the 12 tribes of Israel. Verses…
The Sheep and the Goats
What Jehovah’s Witnesses teach Jehovah’s Witnesses teach that the sheep described at Matthew 25:32,33 are made up of two groups. They base such an understanding on John 10:16 where Jesus says that “I also have other sheep”. The first sheep are Jehovah’s Witnesses who will rule with Jesus in heaven. The other sheep are subordinates…
What Does It Mean To Inherit God’s Kingdom?
Jehovah’s Witnesses teach Jehovah’s Witnesses teach that God’s Kingdom is a government established by God and that God rules from heaven. Jesus is the King of God’s Kingdom. They believe that the Bible constitutes the laws of God’s Kingdom that the inhabitants of that Kingdom must follow. The Bible says God’s Kingdom is a government…
The Resurrection and Life During the 1,000-Year Kingdom
What Jehovah’s Witnesses Teach Jehovah’s Witnesses teach that there are two types of resurrections. 1) 144,000 Jehovah’s Witnesses who will be resurrected to life in heaven and 2) the rest of Jehovah’s Witnesses will be resurrected from death to life during the 1,000-year kingdom. Jehovah’s Witnesses believe that they are the successors of what they…
