The Watchtower teaches that only 144,000 people will go to heaven in spirit form and reign with Jesus.
The rest of those whom Jehovah deems worthy of everlasting life will live forever in physical bodies in paradise on earth. Continue reading
Tag: Revelation 21:1-3
Because the Watchtower teaches that the great crowd will live on a paradise earth and that only 144,000 anointed ones will go to heaven, Jehovah’s Witnesses like to stump Christians with questions we haven’t thought of regarding our final destination. Their purpose is to get us to doubt what we believe and make the Watchtower teachings more credible.
Let’s look at some of these questions and consider how to respond. Continue reading
The Watchtower teaches that the resurrection of the dead will be to two separate and distinct locations:
- Jesus and an “anointed” group of 144,000 Christian witnesses of Jehovah will be resurrected in spirit form and live in heaven. They will rule as kings and priests over the earth but will never come there physically.
- Everyone else who is raised from the dead will be resurrected in bodily form and will live on the earth, which will then be a paradise. This group will never go to heaven.
But let’s look at what the Bible says about this. Continue reading
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