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Jehovah's Witnesses...who will make it into paradise?
Does one have to become a JW to get there?
10 Answers
- Anonymous9 years agoFavorite Answer
The Bible does mention standards that need to be met to survive Armageddon but there is room for Jehovah to decide on the day who will make it and who will not.
Mark 13:13 . . and YOU will be objects of hatred by all people on account of my name. But he that has endured to the end is the one that will be saved.
Use of Gods name is a marker to identify those who will feel negative pressure for their faith.
Endurance in the assigned work and living through tough times and maintaining faith is important too.
However . .we might speculate on the fact that some people alive today might not have been reached with the witness work and have no deep understanding of the Bible due to circumstances of
geography, mental illness or political isolation.
If these people are found standing after Jehovah judges the Earth, then that is His right and it is possible there will be some in that category.
Jehovah can and does read hearts . . 2 Corinthians 3:3 . . . inscribed not with ink but with spirit of a living God, not on stone tablets, but on fleshly tablets, on hearts.
- Big Guy 360Lv 69 years ago
Paradise is in Heaven, not on Earth. There will not be many JW's there, mostly there are around 99.9 % do not accept Jesus as their mediator and therefore can not gain access to the Father.
I find All That is Rights's answer to be very deceptive when she says "There is no such thing as A JW. We are not separate but part of an organization. I am one of Jehovah's Witnesses, not A Jehovah's Witness. Together we are a body.
This is something new they are now bring into their teaching. Knowing and full well that all us Christian out here have questioned them so much on their very name and they, knowing full well of the "The real Church' the body of Christians that make up the Church. In 1931 that took on the name Jehovah's Witness from the Bible Students. Now they want to play this name Game with us and same they are not "a Jehovah's Witness" but are a part or one of the Jehovah's Witnesses.
This is a teaching the we as Christians have always had, that all believers make up the saints, the body of Christ. The Church is the Body of Christ which is made up of all the Believers. Seems they like to copy and a little bit long and they will steal it from the Christians and make it their very own ideal and sell it as such. But we know the real history of the Jehovah's Witnesses, no matter how you call their name.
- ?Lv 69 years ago
The answer is no, not all have to be one of Jehovah's Witnesses. There are many not capable of making a decision. Plus the majority of the dead will be resurrected back to live in paradise and undergo a judgement as to whether to be kept or not, according to their obedience to the new scrolls that will be opened..
There is no such thing as A JW. We are not separate but part of an organization. I am one of Jehovah's Witnesses, not A Jehovah's Witness. Together we are a body.
- SerenaLv 49 years ago
There is referrence in the bible about a mansion and many rooms. There is an old joke about this I want to share with you. You have seen the answers here from people of that religion that say yes they believe you have to be one of them to make it. The only other ones are not able to make that decision ie learning disabled or somehow mentally incapable.
I died and was at the door of a beautiful mansion. Jesus was there to welcome me in. After entering there was a long hallway with many doors. Above the doors were the names of religions. Jesus said the door I need to go to was down the hall half way but be very quiet when going past the door marked "Jehovah's Witnesses". Jesus said, "Because they think they are the only ones here."
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- Anonymous9 years ago
Ps 37:11 says "the meek will inherit the earth".
The whole chapter talks a lot about the answer to your questions.
I can not give you a list of names but the bible does tell us some qualities that can improve are chances. Chaste, humble, meek, honest,
Jam 3:16-17, gal 5:34,35 are a few examples.
Abraham was not a member of "Jehovah's witness" but I hope to see him there if god has Mersey on me( if I make it).
There are many people who have been miss lead buy "Babylon the great" or have not had a chance to learn about Jehovah, we do not know what god will do in this situation.
I hope to see you there.
- ?Lv 79 years ago
How many people are in heaven?
Revelation 7:4-17 (New International Version)
4 Then I heard the number of those who were sealed: 144,000 from all the TRIBES OF ISRAEL. 5 From the tribe of Judah 12,000 were sealed, from the tribe of Reuben 12,000, from the tribe of Gad 12,000, 6 from the tribe of Asher 12,000, from the tribe of Naphtali 12,000, from the tribe of Manasseh 12,000, 7 from the tribe of Simeon 12,000, from the tribe of Levi 12,000, from the tribe of Issachar 12,000, 8 from the tribe of Zebulun 12,000, from the tribe of Joseph 12,000, from the tribe of Benjamin 12,000.
The Great Multitude in White Robes
9 After this I looked and there before me was a GREAT MULTITUDE NO ONE COULD COUNT, from every nation, tribe, people and language, standing before the throne and in front of the Lamb. They were wearing white robes and were holding palm branches in their hands. 10 And they cried out in a loud voice: "Salvation belongs to our God, who sits on the throne, and to the Lamb." 11 All the angels were standing around the throne and around the elders and the four living creatures. They fell down on their faces before the throne and worshiped God, 12 saying: "Amen! Praise and glory and wisdom and thanks and honor and power and strength be to our God for ever and ever. Amen!" 13 Then one of the elders asked me, "These in white robes--who are they, and where did they come from?" 14 I answered, "Sir, you know." And he said, "These are they who have come out of the great tribulation; they have washed their robes and made them white in the blood of the Lamb. 15 Therefore, "they are before the throne of God and serve him day and night in his temple; and he who sits on the throne will spread his tent over them. 16 Never again will they hunger; never again will they thirst. The sun will not beat upon them, nor any scorching heat. 17 For the Lamb at the center of the throne will be their shepherd; he will lead them to springs of living water. And God will wipe away every tear from their eyes."
- the ChristianLv 79 years ago
I believe many jehovah witnesses will not be there..unless they repent and back to there first love.
God loves you.....
- ?Lv 49 years ago
sorry but you have to make your own paradise :) life is what YOU make it :) be happy be healthy be nice :)