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| Matthew 25:46 Listen to this passage 46 And these will go away (A) into eternal punishment, but the righteous (B) into eternal life." Cross references: English Standard Version (ESV)The Holy Bible, English Standard Version Copyright © 2001 by Crossway Bibles, a division of Good News Publishers. |
| John 5:28 Listen to this passage 28 Do not marvel at this, for (A) an hour is coming when (B) all who are in the tombs will hear his voice Cross references: English Standard Version (ESV)The Holy Bible, English Standard Version Copyright © 2001 by Crossway Bibles, a division of Good News Publishers. |
| John 5:29 Listen to this passage 29 and come out, (A) those who have done good to the resurrection of life, and those who have done evil to the resurrection of judgment. Cross references: English Standard Version (ESV)The Holy Bible, English Standard Version Copyright © 2001 by Crossway Bibles, a division of Good News Publishers. |
| Acts 24:15 Listen to this passage 15 (A) having (B) a hope in God, which these men themselves accept, that there will be (C) a resurrection (D) of both the just and the unjust. Cross references: English Standard Version (ESV)The Holy Bible, English Standard Version Copyright © 2001 by Crossway Bibles, a division of Good News Publishers. |
| Revelation 20:12 Listen to this passage 12 And I saw the dead, great and small, standing before the throne, and (A) books were opened. Then another book was opened, which is (B) the book of life. And (C) the dead were judged by what was written in the books, (D) according to what they had done. Cross references:
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| Revelation 20:13 Listen to this passage 13 And the sea gave up the dead who were in it, (A) Death and Hades gave up the dead who were in them, and they were judged, each one of them, (B) according to what they had done. Cross references: English Standard Version (ESV)The Holy Bible, English Standard Version Copyright © 2001 by Crossway Bibles, a division of Good News Publishers. |
No where in the bible does it say that people will be raised from the dead...
by ex-perfectdaughter 32 Replies latest watchtower bible
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Chalam
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Leolaia
Job 19:25-27 ?
No resurrection there in the original Hebrew; it was the LXX (Greek translation) that added the hope to the text.
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jwfacts
It is a point that shocked me too and I did an article about it at http://www.jwfacts.com/watchtower/earth-forever.php
"Paradise earth" is a key phrase in Watchtower literature, appearing over 1,000 times on the Watchtower CD Library. However, the term never appears in the Bible. Neither is resurrection onto earth specifically discussed.
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ex-perfectdaughter
Yes....there are scriptures that say there will be a reserrection.....and there are scriptures that say there will be eternal life....but never does it say the righteous will be raised to an earth made into a paradise.
But, before now, I would have sworn on my life that there was.
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Chalam
No resurrection there in the original Hebrew; it was the LXX (Greek translation) that added the hope to the text
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The poster is not looking for the word "resurrection" but where the bible speaks of the event.
Job 19:25-27 (English Standard Version)
25 For I know that my Redeemer lives,
and at the last he will stand upon the earth.26 And after my skin has been thus destroyed,
yet in my flesh I shall see God, 27 whom I shall see for myself,
and my eyes shall behold, and not another.
My heart faints within me!25-Jesus is coming to earth.
26-Job will be resurrected like the rest of mankind.
27-Job will see Jesus, as we all will.
All the best,
Stephen
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Chalam
never does it say the righteous will be raised to an earth made into a paradise.
But, before now, I would have sworn on my life that there was.
OK start here
Revelation 21 (New International Version)
The New Jerusalem
1 Then I saw a new heaven and a new earth, for the first heaven and the first earth had passed away, and there was no longer any sea. 2 I saw the Holy City, the new Jerusalem, coming down out of heaven from God, prepared as a bride beautifully dressed for her husband. 3 And I heard a loud voice from the throne saying, "Now the dwelling of God is with men, and he will live with them. They will be his people, and God himself will be with them and be their God. 4 He will wipe every tear from their eyes. There will be no more death or mourning or crying or pain, for the old order of things has passed away."5 He who was seated on the throne said, "I am making everything new!" Then he said, "Write this down, for these words are trustworthy and true."
6 He said to me: "It is done. I am the Alpha and the Omega, the Beginning and the End. To him who is thirsty I will give to drink without cost from the spring of the water of life. 7 He who overcomes will inherit all this, and I will be his God and he will be my son. 8 But the cowardly, the unbelieving, the vile, the murderers, the sexually immoral, those who practice magic arts, the idolaters and all liars—their place will be in the fiery lake of burning sulfur. This is the second death."
All the best,
Stephen
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bob1999
And in Revelation 22 it says that the throne of God and Christ (note, one throne) will be in the new city and They shall reign for ever and ever.
Now if the throne of God and Christ is in the new city and the new city is on the new earth and God and Christ will reign from that thorne for ever and ever, sounds to me like the new earth IS heaven.
Peace
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Frank75
Stephen:
There is nothing clear on the JW or your own doctrine in the bible. It is all implied through twisting and proof texting. However even WT official position on Matt's "meek who inherit earth" relates to those who are adopted to be heirs with the glorified Jesus "in heaven". The earth is just supposed to be one of their "things".
Conversely a script often used by us in field circus and when self congratulating ourselves from the platform, actually puts the lie to any such hope. Speaking of the dead:
. . .and they have no portion anymore to time indefinite in anything that has to be done under the sun. . .(Ecclesiastes 9:6)
The gist of the verse is regards the immediate circumstance of the dead, however the last expression perpetuates that circumstance continually.
FYI a clearly spelled out warning in Luke 21:8. Short and sweetly which says:
. . ."Look out that YOU are not misled; for many will come on the basis of my name, saying, ‘I am he,’ and, ‘The due time has approached.’
Sound like anyone you know?
Frank75
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civicsi00
I took down the Knowledge book and looked every scripture and there was memorial tombs mentioned being opened and there is a scripture that talks about the meek inheriting the earth but there is not one scripture that spells it out......
I've said this before and I'll say it again: It wasn't directly through Bible reading that I discovered there was no Paradise earth for true Christians (although it helped). It was through reading and analyzing the reasoning found in the Watchtower's own Reasoning book. Now that was a shock!
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the sage
Chalam!
Thank you Chalam, for your readiness to make a defense--for the hope in you . 1Pe.3:15.
My hope also, and comfort, in the promises of scripture.
The Sage!