Through the new covenant, Jehovah makes blessings
available to many by means of a few. Those in
the covenant are few, a mere 144,000. Through
them, millions from all nations will be blessed with
everlasting life in an earthly paradise. Some who are
in the new covenant serve Jehovah on earth today.
They alone properly partake of the bread and the
wine because the cup "means the new covenant."
No mention of Jesus.
Thank you for that guys.
1800 Christian Denominations 1800 interpretations. As far as this 144,001 doctrine goes its not weirder than any other interpretation just unique. Its Christianity so its got weirdness built in from the get go.
I disagree. I find much more to agree on with brothers and sisters of different donominations than to disagree on. Sometimes different things are more in focus.
1 Corinthians 12:4 Now there are varieties of gifts, but the same Spirit. 5And there are varieties of ministries, and the same Lord.
There are certainly disagreements between denominations within the church on issues of doctrine, however they all cling to the essential teachings of the fathers of our common faith. Not to do so means they are NOT Christian but heretics. Those essential teachings include Jesus as the son of God and His all sufficient sacrificial atonement for all of mankind's sins, His essential nature as man and God, the existence of the Godhead as one Almighty Unlimited God, Jesus as the only way to God and salvation, the fact of the resurrection in the flesh, the coming second advent of Christ, and the free gift of the salvation given never earned. Remove any one of these articles of faith, and you do not have Christianity but a cult. In all of these you have complete agreement among the various denominations (eschatology gets a little sticky in exactly when and how He will return, but all agree that he is returning).
I find myself agreeing with Christians and making friends with them and I find out much later that they belong to denominations that I thought were quite different (Catholic, Baptist, Pentecostal, etc.). In my opinion, the denominations really aren't that different at all. The only difference I notice is that there are people within the visible church of various denominations that are being sanctified and led by the Spirit of Christ, and some who are not.
The New Covenant is the quintessential arrangment between the Almighty and all Christian believers, not merely a select 144,000.
33 “For this is the covenant that I shall conclude with the house of Israel after those days,” is the utterance of Jehovah. “I will put my law within them, and in their heart I shall write it. And I will become their God, and they themselves will become my people.”
34 “And they will no more teach each one his companion and each one his brother, saying, ‘KNOW Jehovah!’“For I shall forgive their error, and their sin I shall remember no more.” (Jer. 31:33, 34) for they will all of them know me, from the least one of them even to the greatest one of them,” is the utterance of Jehovah.
It is the Great Crowd of Jehovah’s Witnesses’ stated purpose to teach the resurrected during the thousand years how to know God and Jesus based on written decrees, but this is at direct odds with the New Covenant where the Almighty is changing hearts from the inside out through the power of the Holy Spirit, not through the imposition of more externally imposed Mosaic-like laws and decrees. Through the sacrificed blood of his son, Jesus, God forgives sin and redeems man by virtue of grace through their faith in Christ and his sacrifice. He does not teach man to be sinless or perfect, nor does he forgive sins in the Christian era based on their successfully passing tests in another life.
AMEN!