- Sheol vs. Eternal judgement. They have no concept of what Sheol actually is because they're stuck on Ecclesiastes too much. But the differentiation between Sheol vs. Eternal Judgement is required to understand scripture. A lot of Christians just say, "Hell" as if it were all 1 thing, but it's not.
- There is a resurrection at the end of a literal tribulation period. A lot of denoms believe Revelation is symbolic only. The truth is Revelation is describing a real event which will take place on Earth.
- They are aware that there is a 2nd Resurrection in Revelation. Revelation 20:13... Revelation describes a 1st ressurection for those who will not taste eternal judgement (not the Christian church if you are a pre-trib adherent like me)... this 1st resurrection is then contrasted against the 2nd resurrection in Revelation 20:13.
JW would make great Christians if we could convince them on a few points.
- Jesus is God
- All Christians are the bride of Christ, the 144k are not the bride of Christ. (A lot of Christian denoms believe along with the JW that the 144k are the bride of Christ, because they say the 144k are symbolic, and they are wrong.)
- There is an immediate afterlife: Sheol & Heaven
- The resurrection is similar to the you who died. JW believe that man's soul is contained only in the body, and that the spirit is some other alien thing. They don't realize that spirit, soul, and body work in unison, and that when you die right now, aspects of your soul go into an afterlife. These aspects of the soul that remain, will be present at any resurrection of the dead.
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Wonderful thing is if any JW are reading this and want to be convinced of these points, I am certainly available to do it from scripture. The key requirement to be convinced goes as follows:
1 - You care about truth above religion, and you care about what scripture says, above what opinions of men state.
2 - You can understand for yourself what truth is from scripture, meaning, if you can see a theme repeated several times in scripture, you will take that testimony above other commentaries which use less-sure footing on scripture. The truth is we can make scripture say anything if we string verses together a certain way and put an interpretation on it. I have done it myself even and then later repented. Arriving at the truth, though, requires we are willing to put that aside and ask ourselves what does it really say, independent of what all other men on Earth tell us. Accepting only what men say, when it is the surest interpretation according to what Holy Spirit and scriptures tell us.
Likely the most daunting issue for a JW is that Jesus is God. But I would say that I have a unique understanding of the trinity that is different from Christianity. I teach the trinity from scripture, going back to Genesis, and using other symbolism that God provides. And the reality of the trinity from scripture is not how the trinity is taught in most Christian circles.