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I am safe and sure that I will NOT go to heaven.

Heaven is reserved for only the 144,000 who are chosen and invited to rule with Christ in his heavenly kingdom government that is to rule over the millions of meek that shall inherit the earth. (Matthew 5:5)

I look forward to living forever on this earth and to see it restored to paradise conditions. (Psalm 37:29)
 
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lared said:
I am safe and sure that I will NOT go to heaven.

Heaven is reserved for only the 144,000 who are chosen and invited to rule with Christ in his heavenly kingdom government that is to rule over the millions of meek that shall inherit the earth. (Matthew 5:5)

I look forward to living forever on this earth and to see it restored to paradise conditions. (Psalm 37:29)

Are you a Jehova's Witness?
 
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Hebrews 7:25 Wherefore he is able also to save them to the uttermost that come unto God by Him (Jesus), seeing he ever liveth to make intercession for them.

2 Timothy 1:12 For the which cause I also suffer these things: nevertheless I am not ashamed: for I know whom I have believed, and am persuaded that he is able to keep that which I have committed unto him against that day.
 
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I would say that because of my trust in Jesus, not me, yes, I have the assurance of salvation. I know that God does not lie, and He promises that "whoever believes in Jesus should not perish, but have eternal life." (John 3:16) I know that only because I believe, and God is not a liar.
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Are you a Jehova's Witness?
I am not a Jehova's Witness. But I am one of Jehovah's Witnesses.

Just as if you witnessed a car accident, and were called to take the witness stand for your friend Jack who was innocent.

You would not be a Jack's witness, but you would be one of Jack's witnesses.

Lared

PS--By the way, Jehova is spelled correctly as Jehovah according to the King James Bible, Psalm 83:18.
 
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lared said:
I am safe and sure that I will NOT go to heaven.

Heaven is reserved for only the 144,000 who are chosen and invited to rule with Christ in his heavenly kingdom government that is to rule over the millions of meek that shall inherit the earth. (Matthew 5:5)

I look forward to living forever on this earth and to see it restored to paradise conditions. (Psalm 37:29)

Lared,

Since you are a member of JW, what Bible do you use?

Worded slightly different, do you accept the KJV or the NKJV?
 
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lared said:
I am safe and sure that I will NOT go to heaven.

Heaven is reserved for only the 144,000 who are chosen and invited to rule with Christ in his heavenly kingdom government that is to rule over the millions of meek that shall inherit the earth. (Matthew 5:5)

I look forward to living forever on this earth and to see it restored to paradise conditions. (Psalm 37:29)
After this I saw four angels standing at the four corners of the earth, holding back the four winds of the earth to prevent any wind from blowing on the land or on the sea or on any tree. Then I saw another angel coming up from the east, having the seal of the living God. He called out in a loud voice to the four angels who had been given power to harm the land and the sea: "Do not harm the land or the sea or the trees until we put a seal on the foreheads of the servants of our God." Then I heard the number of those who were sealed: 144,000 from all the tribes of Israel.
From the tribe of Judah 12,000 were sealed,
from the tribe of Reuben 12,000,
from the tribe of Gad 12,000,
from the tribe of Asher 12,000,
from the tribe of Naphtali 12,000,
from the tribe of Manasseh 12,000,
from the tribe of Simeon 12,000,
from the tribe of Levi 12,000,
from the tribe of Issachar 12,000,
from the tribe of Zebulun 12,000,
from the tribe of Joseph 12,000,
from the tribe of Benjamin 12,000.
(Revelation 7:1-8)

Only 144,000 Jews are going to heaven? That is not what my bible says. Mine tells me that the 144,000 are Jewish converts to Christianity, during the tribulation, that will evangalize the Jewish people.


My Bible tells me that I will enter the Kingdom of Heaven because I trust Jesus Christ for my Salvation.


Jesus taught them saying....Do not let your hearts be troubled. Trust in God; trust also in me. In my Father's house are many rooms; if it were not so, I would have told you. I am going there to prepare a place for you. And if I go and prepare a place for you, I will come back and take you to be with me that you also may be where I am. You know the way to the place where I am going." (John 14:1-4)

Funny how Cultic retoric always twists the word of God.

PEACE IN CHRIST!!!


 
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chanter said:
Lared,

Since you are a member of JW, what Bible do you use?

Worded slightly different, do you accept the KJV or the NKJV?

I believe Jehovah's Witnessess use a Watchtower tranlation. (Watchtower is the head of JW's in Brooklyn, New York. If you want to learn more about the Watchtower, take a look at this site: http://www.geocities.com/heartland/2919
 
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chanter said:
Lared,

Since you are a member of JW, what Bible do you use?

Worded slightly different, do you accept the KJV or the NKJV?
At my desk is an Eight Translation Bible which includes the following: King James, Phillips Modern English, Revised Standard, Jerusalem Bible, Living Bible, New International, Today's English, and the New English Bible. I also have a Kingdom Interlinear Translation. But I most prefer any Bible in which the divine name of God Almighty has not been removed. (Please compare Psalm 83:18 in an older King James Bible with a newer King James Bible.)
 
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Isaiah 53 said:
After this I saw four angels standing at the four corners of the earth, holding back the four winds of the earth to prevent any wind from blowing on the land or on the sea or on any tree. Then I saw another angel coming up from the east, having the seal of the living God. He called out in a loud voice to the four angels who had been given power to harm the land and the sea: "Do not harm the land or the sea or the trees until we put a seal on the foreheads of the servants of our God." Then I heard the number of those who were sealed: 144,000 from all the tribes of Israel.
From the tribe of Judah 12,000 were sealed,
from the tribe of Reuben 12,000,
from the tribe of Gad 12,000,
from the tribe of Asher 12,000,
from the tribe of Naphtali 12,000,
from the tribe of Manasseh 12,000,
from the tribe of Simeon 12,000,
from the tribe of Levi 12,000,
from the tribe of Issachar 12,000,
from the tribe of Zebulun 12,000,
from the tribe of Joseph 12,000,
from the tribe of Benjamin 12,000.
(Revelation 7:1-8)

Only 144,000 Jews are going to heaven? That is not what my bible says. Mine tells me that the 144,000 are Jewish converts to Christianity, during the tribulation, that will evangalize the Jewish people.


My Bible tells me that I will enter the Kingdom of Heaven because I trust Jesus Christ for my Salvation.


Jesus taught them saying....Do not let your hearts be troubled. Trust in God; trust also in me. In my Father's house are many rooms; if it were not so, I would have told you. I am going there to prepare a place for you. And if I go and prepare a place for you, I will come back and take you to be with me that you also may be where I am. You know the way to the place where I am going." (John 14:1-4)

Funny how Cultic retoric always twists the word of God.

PEACE IN CHRIST!!!


Revelation 7:4-8:
Could this not be a reference to literal, fleshly Israel? No, for Revelation 7:4-8 diverges from the usual tribal listing. (Numbers 1:17,47) Obviously, the listing here is not for the purpose of identifying fleshly Jews by their tribes but to show a similar organizational structure for spiritual Israel. This is balanced. There are to be exactly 144,000 members of this new nation---12,000 from each of 12 tribes. No tribe in this Israel of God is exclusively royal or priestly. The whole nation is to rule as kings, and the whole nation is to serve as priests.---Galatians 6:16; Revelation 20:4,6.

John 14:1-4:
Who is Jesus speaking to?

Additional question for you? What will you do in heaven? What is the purpose of being chosen to go to heaven?
 
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