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marriage in the new system
by gringojj 33 Replies latest watchtower beliefs
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blondie
"MARRIAGE IN THE NEW SYSTEM" This is regarding people who have died and are resurrected to live on earth, the WTS teaches the resurrected will not marry but that the survivors of Armageddon will stay married and raise their children, and others will marry and have children. The WTS also teaches that when the earth is fully populated that God will perform some sort of divine birth control.
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insearchoftruth
Thanks Blondie,
Does this stuff actually appear in print???
You know a lot of this stuff is just way too out there to be made up.......
Who are the others who will marry and have children, only those who survived armageddon, or will those resurrected be in essence released from their marriage vows and free to marry again??
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blondie
I think the resurrected not getting married was discussed above on this thread.
*** g88 4/8 p. 27 Abortion—The Answer to Overpopulation? ***Jehovah declared to the first human couple: "Be fruitful and become many and fill the earth and subdue it." (Genesis 1:28) Note that God’s stated purpose is to fill, not overpopulate, the earth. The Creator will achieve world population equilibrium—maintain reasonable population density, ecological balance, and adequate food production.—Isaiah 65:17-25.
It is reasonable to conclude that the Creator of human reproductive power will himself justly regulate its use to attain this perfect balance. There will be no need for abortions to limit population growth. Jehovah through the Kingdom of his Son, Christ Jesus, will ensure that the earth is comfortably filled with obedient mankind living in a global paradise.—Isaiah 55:8-11; Revelation 21:1-5.
*** w61 3/15 p. 185 par. 17 Parents, Safeguard Your Child’s Life with Accurate Knowledge ***Standing now at the threshold of Jehovah’s new world, many youths may want to postpone marriage until after Armageddon, when selection of a wife will be made under righteous conditions and when marriage responsibilities will be carried out with none of the distractions that now plague mankind.