Billions to die at Armageddon? (page 2)

road to nowhere

Blondie. Also good to see you again

We will have to add "the bible doesn't say, but," to the other trademarks; " probably, maybe, apparently, by extension....."

Yes, the WTS teaches that all non-jws will die at Armageddon. The WTS tries to skirt around this, but: "If they agree that the unbaptized publisher has a reasonable understanding of Bible teachings and qualifies in other ways, they will tell him that he may be baptized. As a result of his dedication and baptism, he becomes ‘marked’ for salvation.—Ezekiel 9:4-6." (1996 WT 1/15, p.17) So if a person is not baptized as one of Jehovah's witnesses when Armageddon comes, he/she is toast.

Dane88

The Revelation Grand Climax book says this:

[re p. 6 par. 5] God’s Word gives the happy assurance that only wicked opposers of God will be destroyed—by forces under God’s control.

And in the Reasoning book this is the definition of wickedness:

[rs p. 427] Definition: That which is very bad morally. It often denotes that which is injurious, malevolent, or destructive in influence.

Satan is even called "the wicked one." (Jn 17:15)

The wicked are the worst of sinners and are happily so. (Pr 21:10; Isa 26:10; Ro 1:29, 2Pe 2:13; Re 9:20, 21) In contrast, when a righteous person sins (commits a wicked act) they feel shame and regret, or at least can be moved to feel shame and regret. (Eze 33:14-16; Lu 15:7; 1Co 6:5; 1Co 15:34; Ro 13:11-14)

Christ says this in Matthew:

(Matthew 13:49) That is how it will be in the conclusion of the system of things. The angels will go out and separate the wicked from among the righteous.

Only the wicked will be destroyed at Armageddon!

Many more scriptures here: Who will survive Armageddon?

:^)
Dane

TonusOH

Armageddon will be the worst thing ever to hit this earth in the history of man.

Good job, Jehovah!

punkofnice

Armageddon will be the worst thing ever to hit this earth in the history of man.

I disagree. I think they mean Boy Bands will be the worst thing.

BluesBrother

Many dubs do not really want to believe this . I have heard it flatly denied by those who cling to the one or two Wt paragraphs that weasel around it saying “We don’t know exactly who will die”….

The main teaching is absolutely clear . Any non JW is to come to a grisly end at the hand of God. This was a major factor in my awakening. I had wrestled with it for years and kept shelving my disquiet with it . Couple that with the passing of too much time , and the penny finally dropped.

Disillusioned JW

During the time I was a JW (as well as when I was unbaptized but at least 8 years old or so and thus able to understand the WT literature regarding Armageddon) it was clear to me that the WT was teaching that the only human survivors of Armageddon would be JWs along with possibly some people (a small number compared to the number of baptized JWs) who had accepted most of the JW teachings.

stan livedeath

Most of the dubs i knew when i was in are now dead.

Judgerussellford

Don't forget that God doesn't desire any to be destroyed but desires all to attain repentance. The fact that many jws revel in the fact that they want "worldly" people to die to me would be gross in the eyes of the most high

Billions to die at Armageddon?