John 5: 28 & 29 - All Means ALL

by Perry 2 Replies latest watchtower beliefs

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  Perry

  The unsaved dead die and sleep like babies for ever and ever - That's what we were told. Only problem is; its a lie from Hell.

  "the hour is coming, in the which all that are in the graves shall hear his voice, And shall come forth; they that have done good, unto the resurrection of life; and they that have done evil, unto the resurrection of damnation."

  The mind is an amazing thing. I read this a thousand times as a JW and just continued to believe otherwise. It's almost as if the mind is predisposed to believe the opposite of what God says.
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  RayPublisher

  All that are "in the graves" are in sheol, the first death by JW reckoning, a place of simple inactivity but alive in Jehovah's memory.

  Those in Gehenna though, the SECOND death, are not in the common grave of all mankind. They have skipped over that one, do not collect two hundred dollars, do not pass Go, and land directly in jail...FOREVER!
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  Perry

  Yes, JW reckoning indeed.

  "all that are in the graves shall hear his voice" - can those in this supposed "place of inactivity" hear?

  Also, part b destroys another favorite belief of JW's: that you can atone for your own sin just by dying.

  "they that have done good, unto the resurrection of life; and they that have done evil, unto the resurrection of damnation."

  Though I mostly ignored this scripture as a JW, I can honestly say that this one and a few others mildly disturbed me. Albeit not enough to want to get to the bottom of things.

  Here's another one that flies completely in the face of Watchtower theology:

  Rev: 20:5 - But the rest of the dead lived not again until the thousand years were finished.

  I now know that the unsaved dead will be resurrected at the end of Jesus' 1000 yr. rule to face judgement at the Great White Throne Judgement