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What Do Jehovah's Witnesses Believe?The Jehovah's Witnesses look forward to an increasingly better world that will culminate in God's earthly kingdom. They teach that God's kingdom on earth actually began in 1914, but they mistakenly predicted that it would end in 1975. However, they still contend that since the Bible says that one day is like 1000 years, and the Sabbath was the seventh day, then the world will end after 7000 years. They teach that it began in 4026 BC. They teach against evolution, and they will not fight in wars because they consider themselves non-fighting priests. They teach baptism by immersion, and that death is merely oblivion until the resurrection. They do not believe in a fiery hell. They are adamantly against Pagan customs, thus they are careful not to observe December 25 in commemoration of Christ's birth, nor do they believe in symbolic crosses. They are high on morality, and they are quick to break fellowship upon disobedient members. They reject blood transfusions on the basis that the Old Testament taught that we are not to eat (consume) blood.The Divinity of Jesus The Jehovah's Witnesses reject the divinity of Jesus Christ. They cite Colossians 1:15 to show that God created Jesus, and then Jesus, in turn, created the earth. Thus, they say, Jesus was a created being, the same as us, and He is not divine. In fact, they use John 1:1, the very verse we cite to refute their claim, to show that there is only one god, and therefore, they say, if Jesus were God, that would make two gods! Upon confrontation, use Titus 2:13 to show that Christ is both our God and savior, and John 10:30 to show that God the Father and Jesus the Son are united as one God. The Holy Spirit They also claim that the Holy Spirit is just a power, not a person. John 14:14-15 to refute this theory refutes this theory. The 144,000 They believe that the 144,000 in Revelation are not Jews, and that only these 144,000 will go to Heaven. The rest of us will spend eternity in a paradise on the new earth. Thus, they "spiritual" the Israel of the Bible. They even admit sometimes that they themselves are not a part of the 144,000. Owen Weber 2009 |