by moomanchu 14 Replies latest watchtower beliefs
The great crowd gets tested twice .
They have to remain faithful through armagedon or be faithful till death
to enter the paradise .
They must also pass another test of faith at the
end of the thousand year reign to receive immortality on earth .
The annointed only need to remain faithful through armagedon and
be faithful till death to receive their immortality in heaven .
Would a just God do this ? Am I missing something here ?
Would a just God do this ?
No.
Am I missing something here ?
Nope, their doctrine really doesn't make sense!
That is the teaching of the WTBTS. By chance have you read any of Ray Franz' books?
yes I read both
I asked this question at a sheperding call and just got
a strange look and then the subject was changed .
Just wanted to see if it was logical to other people .
Yea, it "sounded" logical the way they presented it. But how many of us actually did any research on this doctrine? I for one did not. For example the scripture a John 5:24 as well as many other. They would just say " the new testament was mostly written to the "annointed". Not for the rank and filers.
Doesn't make any sense to me.
I asked this question at a sheperding call and just got
a strange look and then the subject was changed
It's too common!! This happens all the time, they don't wanna deal with hard questions.
They must also pass another test of faith at the
end of the thousand year reign to receive immortality on earth .
From another thread or website it gets even worse than that.
The words used by the WT were not immortality but everlasting life.The main thought was that only the 144000 received TRUE immortality.
The ones that live on the earth (after two tests) would still be put to death by jehovah (the loving god) if they ever stepped out of line in the billions trillions etc etc etc of life that was granted to them.
Anybody else remember more about this ???
I thought that after the 1000 yr test and you reached perfection you were now incapable of sin?
I thought that after the 1000 yr test and you reached perfection you were now incapable of sin?
Remember Adam was perfect but that did not stop him from sinning,if the story is to be believed. According to "theory" we will attain the same perfection that Adam had...therefore the same problems may come up. Wasn't there something about god designing us as "free moral agents" ???
The theory regarding the great crowd being tested is that they were tested as imperfect ones and it will be fairly easy to pass the test again though this time they will be perfect. Although, according to Revelation there will be a great number that will encircle the encampment, so that doesn't sound so easy to me.
