The anointed ones and heaven..

Canadian Sunshine

If I am understanding correctly only 144,000 will go to heaven, to be with Jesus and help rule? These 144,000 are witnesses only. There is over a million JW world wide, what happens to the rest of the faithful followers. Do the rest of the JW go to heaven but not see Jesus?
Who are the anointed? Are they here on earth? How do you become anointed? Who says if your anointed or not?
Lastly, what about Christians from other denominations where will they go? Christians that believe in Jesus, the bible .. are they sent to..hell?

venus

Concept about 144000 did not originate from God. (Mathew 20:25, 26) It is pagan concept put into the Bible by the power-hungry Christendom clergy.

Prophets were not in favor of us having the need for much spiritual knowledge. It is like having a basic knowledge about an automobile being fair enough for you to drive and reach the destination. You don’t have to know the whole details of a car as a manufacturer does. This thought is implied in Mathew 7:12

The Fall Guy

Canadian Sunshine - Isn't it totally logical that Christ, after having been given all of God Almighty's power & authority, would need the help of tens of thousands of J.W.'s to resurrected to heaven to help rule the universe? (Matthew 28:8: 1 Corinthians 15:24-28)

Especially when Revelation 5:10 clearly says (in the original Greek) that they will be upon the earth - not floating over it! (see the Kingdom Interlinear Translation of JW's for confirmation)

Giordano

Death is a major concern of humankind. So when a religion comes along with an 'answer' to this concern be it the, Mormons, Christian Scientists, Catholic Church etc. a big part of religious deception is to make believers through their own fears.

"Many Living today may never die!" Was a clarion call of the WTBTS. They started by saying "Will never Die"........... then decided to hedge their bet. Either way...........It was immensely popular with people who had to have a hope.

Made up beliefs are the stock and trade of every religion The WTBTS doubled down with Paradise Earth and if the worse happened.........the Resurrection. Remember they grew their religion by taking advantage of the ignorance of their followers. And that need to believe.

It served the Societies interests that they fashioned a belief that could only be proven if you survived Armageddon (also made up) or died and returned or died and went to heaven.

The tragedy of the JW construct is that they teach their followers to live in a world that will never exist.

scratchme1010

If I am understanding correctly only 144,000 will go to heaven, to be with Jesus and help rule? These 144,000 are witnesses only. There is over a million JW world wide, what happens to the rest of the faithful followers. Do the rest of the JW go to heaven but not see Jesus?
Who are the anointed? Are they here on earth? How do you become anointed? Who says if your anointed or not?
Lastly, what about Christians from other denominations where will they go? Christians that believe in Jesus, the bible .. are they sent to..hell?

Go argue with JWs about it.