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<div class="head"> Redi-Answers on Jehovah's Witness Doctrine</DIV>
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<div class="subhead"> Heaven</DIV>
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<DIV CLASS="main-just"><DIV CLASS="pad2030">
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<P><b>The Current Teaching of the Watchtower Society:</b></P>
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<div class="center"><p>Heaven is limited to 144,000 spirit-begotten ones redeemed from the earth starting with the Apostles.</p></DIV>
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<P><b>What the Bible Says about HEAVEN:</b></p>
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<P><B>1. Heaven Is Reserved for:</B></P>
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<tr><TD class="td1">Righteous</td>
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<TD class="td2"><a id="si-Mat 25:34, 37" onClick="return mV('Mat',25,34,37);">Mat 25:34, 37</a></td></tr>
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<tr><TD class="td1">Changed, saved</td>
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<TD class="td2"><a id="si-1Cr 15:51" onClick="return mV('1Cr',15,51);">1Cr 15:51</a>; <a id="si-Jhn 3:5, 18, 21" onClick="return mV('Jhn',3,5,18,21);">Jhn 3:5, 18, 21</a></td></tr>
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<tr><TD class="td1">Called, obedient</td>
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<TD class="td2"><a id="si-2Pe 1:10-11" onClick="return mV('2Pe',1,10,11);">2Pe 1:10-11</a>; <a id="si-Rev 22:14" onClick="return mV('Rev',22,14);">Rev 22:14</a></td></tr>
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<tr><TD class="td1">All members of one Body, not heavenly class and earthly class</td>
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<TD class="td2"><a id="si-1Cr 12:12-31" onClick="return mV('1Cr',12,'12-31');">1Cr 12:12-31</a></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="td3">All in one Fold with one Shepherd</td>
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<TD class="td4"><a id="si-Jhn 10:16" onClick="return mV('Jhn',10,16);">Jhn 10:16</a></td></tr>
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</TABLE>
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<P><B>2. Believers in Heaven Are:</B></P>
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<TABLE class="centertable">
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<tr><TD class="td1">Citizens of Heaven</td>
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<TD class="td2"><a id="si-Phl 3:20" onClick="return mV('Phl',3,20);">Phl 3:20</a></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="td3">Partakers of the Heavenly calling</td>
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<TD class="td4"><a id="si-Hbr 3:1" onClick="return mV('Hbr',3,1);">Hbr 3:1</a></td></tr>
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</TABLE>
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<P><B>3. Old Testament Believers Are There:</B></P>
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<tr><TD class="td1">Abraham, Isaac and Jacob in Heaven</td>
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<TD class="td2"><a id="si-Mat 8:11" onClick="return mV('Mat',8,11);">Mat 8:11</a></td></tr>
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<tr><TD class="td1">All the prophets with them</td>
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<TD class="td2"><a id="si-Luk 13:28" onClick="return mV('Luk',13,28);">Luk 13:28</a></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="td3">Desire a better country, a heavenly one</td>
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<TD class="td4"><a id="si-Hbr 11:8-16" onClick="return mV('Hbr',11,'8-16');">Hbr 11:8-16</a></td></tr>
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</TABLE>
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<P><B>4. Christ Dwells Among Them:</B></P>
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<tr><TD class="td1">Four beasts and twenty-four elders</td>
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<TD class="td2"><a id="si-Rev 5:8-10" onClick="return mV('Rev',5,'8-10');">Rev 5:8-10</a></td></tr>
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<tr><TD class="td1">One-hundred and forty-four thousand</td>
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<TD class="td2"><a id="si-Rev 14:1-5" onClick="return mV('Rev',14,'1-5');">Rev 14:1-5</a></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="td3">Great multitude</td>
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<TD class="td4"><a id="si-Rev 7:9-17" onClick="return mV('Rev',7,'9-17');">Rev 7:9-17</a></td></tr>
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</TABLE>
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<P><B>5. The 144,000 Will Not Be Chosen Until the 6th Seal Is Broken:</B></P>
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<TABLE class="centertable">
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<tr><TD class="td1">The 6th seal is broken</td>
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<TD class="td2"><a id="si-Rev 6:12" onClick="return mV('Rev',6,12);">Rev 6:12</a></td></tr>
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<tr><TD class="td1">Day of wrath comes</td>
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<TD class="td2"><a id="si-Rev 6:17" onClick="return mV('Rev',6,17);">Rev 6:17</a></td></tr>
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<tr><TD class="td1">After the day of wrath</td>
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<TD class="td2"><a id="si-Rev 7:1-3" onClick="return mV('Rev',7,'1-3');">Rev 7:1-3</a></td></tr>
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<tr><TD class="td1">144,000 are sealed</td>
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<TD class="td2"><a id="si-Rev 7:4-8" onClick="return mV('Rev',7,'4-8');">Rev 7:4-8</a></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="td3">The 7th seal is broken</td>
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<TD class="td4"><a id="si-Rev 8:1" onClick="return mV('Rev',8,1);">Rev 8:1</a></td></tr>
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</TABLE>
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<P><B>6. Heaven and Earth Will All Be One:</B></P>
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<TABLE class="centertable">
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<tr><TD class="td1">New Heavens and Earth</td>
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<TD class="td2"><a id="si-Rev 21:1" onClick="return mV('Rev',21,1);">Rev 21:1</a></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="td3">The overcoming ones shall inherit all things including Heaven and Earth</td>
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<TD class="td4"><a id="si-Rev 21:7" onClick="return mV('Rev',21,7);">Rev 21:7</a>; <a id="si-Eph 1:10" onClick="return mV('Eph',1,10);">Eph 1:10</a></td></tr>
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</TABLE>
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<a href="#top">Return to Top</a><br>
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<A HREF="./study/cults/rajwd/index.html">Return to Table of Contents</a>
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<div class="cite2"><p class="bibliobox"><strong>Bibliographic Information:</strong><br>Author: Grieshaber, Erich and Jean Grieshaber<br>Title: "Heaven"<br>Work: <em>Redi-Answers on Jehovah's Witness Doctrine</em><br>Date Added: 1 Jul 2002</p></DIV>
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