Last week, I examined proof texts which the Watchtower believes explicitly teach a non-physical, spirit resurrection of Jesus.
Today, we’ll look at several experiences Jesus had which the Watchtower believes prove that he could not have been raised in a physical body. Continue reading
The Watchtower teaches that Jesus was not resurrected bodily but rather as a spirit creature. (What Does the Bible Really Teach?, p. 73)
It cites two categories of Bible evidence:
Today, we’ll examine the first category.
In next week’s post, we’ll look at the second. Continue reading
In the mind of Jehovah’s Witnesses, because Jesus died, Jesus can’t be God.
The substance of the Watchtower’s argument can be expressed in a simple syllogism:
Where have they gone wrong? Continue reading
The Watchtower has stated: “The majority of Christendom’s churches say that there are three persons in one God, that he is, as it were, a “three-headed” God. They teach that when Jesus died, God died.” (The Watchtower, “Are the Churches Leading the Nations Into Collision With God?”, 10/15/71, p. 627)
It’s clear that the Watchtower is trying to make the concept of the deity of Christ appear absurd.
Before we respond to the substance of the Watchtower’s argument, let’s address two threshold challenges. Continue reading
As Jesus was dying, he “called with a loud voice and said: ‘Father, into your hands I entrust my spirit.’ When he had said this, he expired.” (Luke 23:46, Watchtower translation)
Doesn’t that show that Jesus’ spirit was an immaterial part of him which survived physical death and went immediately to be with His Father?
Not according to the Watchtower: Continue reading
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