Resurrection according to the Jehovah’s Witnesses

[placebofactor]

Have you ever wondered why the Jehovah's Witnesses do not celebrate Easter? It's because the Watchtower attaches a totally different meaning to the empty tomb of Jesus Christ. In their Watchtower, November 15, 1991, page 31 they wrote, The Father, “God disposed of Jesus’ body, not allowing it to see corruption and thus preventing its becoming a stumbling block to faith.”

Then in their Studies in Scriptures, Volume 7, page 57, they wrote, “We deny that He (Jesus) was raised in the flesh and challenge any statement to that effect as being unscriptural.”

Years before they wrote, September 1, 1953, page 518, What happened to the Savior’s body, claiming that it “Was disposed of by Jehovah God, dissolved into its constituent elements of atoms.”

Wow!!!!!
Here’s what Jesus said in John 2:19 concerning his dead body. “I will raise it again in three days.” We know the Jews thought he was talking about the Temple. But scriptures explain that “The temple he had spoken of was his body,” John 2:19-21. Jesus did not say his body would be disposed of, he said, “I will raise it up.”

So, here’s the question: “Why would the Witnesses deny the resurrection of Christ’s body?”

Primarily because the facts of the resurrection would contradict the Watchtower's teachings on heaven, hell, and the afterlife in general. Jehovah's Witnesses are told that the body in the tomb was all that remained after Jesus' death, since there is no such thing as a spirit or soul. His personality was annihilated at death, and then his body was disposed of shortly after. This would mean Jesus passed completely out of existence and went into nothingness; he ceased to exist.

Then on the third day, he came back as Michael the Archangel, a spirit creature without a body of flesh.
Your thoughts.

[Revelations won]

Dear placebofactor,

Thank you for a great OP! Agree heartily with you regarding the unscriptural claims of JW's. I love your well documented presentation.

I love the great and powerful testimony of the risen Lord when he hat appeared to the eleven raining Apostles after his resurrection and discerned that they had mistakenly supposed the they were seeing a spirit being. I can only imagine their enlightened eduction when he said handle and feel me for a spirit hath not flesh and bones ye see me have. Their amazement must have been very eye opening when he asked them for food and they first hand witnessed as he so clearly ate to demonstrate that he had a resurrected body of flesh and bone. The risen Lord was in no say attempting to deceive them, for such was in no way a part of his divine nature.

Even the doubting Thomas had to confess the physical reality of the resurrection alter after feeling the wounds in. his body.

Also I just posted my position with scriptural evidence on the topic "Michael" which refutes the JW's false claim the Michael is Christ.

[placebofactor]

Dear placebofactor,

Thank you for a great OP! Agree heartily with you regarding the unscriptural claims of JW's. I love your well documented presentation.

I love the great and powerful testimony of the risen Lord when he hat appeared to the eleven raining Apostles after his resurrection and discerned that they had mistakenly supposed the they were seeing a spirit being. I can only imagine their enlightened eduction when he said handle and feel me for a spirit hath not flesh and bones ye see me have. Their amazement must have been very eye opening when he asked them for food and they first hand witnessed as he so clearly ate to demonstrate that he had a resurrected body of flesh and bone. The risen Lord was in no say attempting to deceive them, for such was in no way a part of his divine nature.

Even the doubting Thomas had to confess the physical reality of the resurrection alter after feeling the wounds in. his body.

Also I just posted my position with scriptural evidence on the topic "Michael" which refutes the JW's false claim the Michael is Christ.

Thanks for your response and your support. Certain organizations need to be exposed for what they are and what they represent. I will take a look at you post on Michael. Thanks: Have a blessed Easter!

[placebofactor]

Dear placebofactor,

Thank you for a great OP! Agree heartily with you regarding the unscriptural claims of JW's. I love your well documented presentation.

I love the great and powerful testimony of the risen Lord when he hat appeared to the eleven raining Apostles after his resurrection and discerned that they had mistakenly supposed the they were seeing a spirit being. I can only imagine their enlightened eduction when he said handle and feel me for a spirit hath not flesh and bones ye see me have. Their amazement must have been very eye opening when he asked them for food and they first hand witnessed as he so clearly ate to demonstrate that he had a resurrected body of flesh and bone. The risen Lord was in no say attempting to deceive them, for such was in no way a part of his divine nature.

Even the doubting Thomas had to confess the physical reality of the resurrection alter after feeling the wounds in. his body.

Also I just posted my position with scriptural evidence on the topic "Michael" which refutes the JW's false claim the Michael is Christ.

Thanks for your response and your support. Certain organizations need to be exposed for what they are and what they represent. I will take a look at you post on Michael. Thanks: Have a blessed Easter!

Hey, Jehovah's Witnesses, what's the problem? No defense for such ridiculous teachings? Your silence is echoing throughout this forum.

[onewithhim]

Have you ever wondered why the Jehovah's Witnesses do not celebrate Easter? It's because the Watchtower attaches a totally different meaning to the empty tomb of Jesus Christ. In their Watchtower, November 15, 1991, page 31 they wrote, The Father, “God disposed of Jesus’ body, not allowing it to see corruption and thus preventing its becoming a stumbling block to faith.”

Then in their Studies in Scriptures, Volume 7, page 57, they wrote, “We deny that He (Jesus) was raised in the flesh and challenge any statement to that effect as being unscriptural.”

Years before they wrote, September 1, 1953, page 518, What happened to the Savior’s body, claiming that it “Was disposed of by Jehovah God, dissolved into its constituent elements of atoms.”

Wow!!!!!
Here’s what Jesus said in John 2:19 concerning his dead body. “I will raise it again in three days.” We know the Jews thought he was talking about the Temple. But scriptures explain that “The temple he had spoken of was his body,” John 2:19-21. Jesus did not say his body would be disposed of, he said, “I will raise it up.”

So, here’s the question: “Why would the Witnesses deny the resurrection of Christ’s body?”

Primarily because the facts of the resurrection would contradict the Watchtower's teachings on heaven, hell, and the afterlife in general. Jehovah's Witnesses are told that the body in the tomb was all that remained after Jesus' death, since there is no such thing as a spirit or soul. His personality was annihilated at death, and then his body was disposed of shortly after. This would mean Jesus passed completely out of existence and went into nothingness; he ceased to exist.

Then on the third day, he came back as Michael the Archangel, a spirit creature without a body of flesh.
Your thoughts.

Paul said that the ones going to heaven would be changed, and changed into spirit people that can abide in the spirit realm with Christ. I Corinthians 15 tells us all about it.

JWs certainly do not deny the resurrection of Christ's body. He has a spirit body, the same kind of body he had before he came to the earth. He wouldn't take back his fleshly body because that would cancel out what he did on the 'cross.' He gave up his body so that we could benefit from God's justice and mercy for us. Why would he take it back and cause his sacrifice to be meaningless?

How can Christ have a body of flesh if he lives in the spirit world? "Flesh and blood [or flesh and anything] cannot inherit God's Kingdom." (I Corinthians 15:50) As Paul said, about those whose destiny is living in heaven, "It is sown a natural body; it is raised a spiritual body. There is a natural body, and there is a spiritual body. And so it is written, The first man Adam was made a living soul; the last Adam [Christ] was made a quickening spirit." (I Cor. 15:44,45, KJV) All the scriptures point to the fact that Jesus was raised as a spirit Person.

He now lives "in the light which no man can approach unto; whom no man hath seen, nor can see." (I Timothy 6:16, KJV)

You say that JWs do not believe in the spirit and soul. If you really knew anything about what we truly believe, you wouldn't have made such a statement. We have elaborated about the spirit and the soul ad nauseum on these threads.

[placebofactor]

Have you ever wondered why the Jehovah's Witnesses do not celebrate Easter? It's because the Watchtower attaches a totally different meaning to the empty tomb of Jesus Christ. In their Watchtower, November 15, 1991, page 31 they wrote, The Father, “God disposed of Jesus’ body, not allowing it to see corruption and thus preventing its becoming a stumbling block to faith.”

Then in their Studies in Scriptures, Volume 7, page 57, they wrote, “We deny that He (Jesus) was raised in the flesh and challenge any statement to that effect as being unscriptural.”

Years before they wrote, September 1, 1953, page 518, What happened to the Savior’s body, claiming that it “Was disposed of by Jehovah God, dissolved into its constituent elements of atoms.”

Wow!!!!!
Here’s what Jesus said in John 2:19 concerning his dead body. “I will raise it again in three days.” We know the Jews thought he was talking about the Temple. But scriptures explain that “The temple he had spoken of was his body,” John 2:19-21. Jesus did not say his body would be disposed of, he said, “I will raise it up.”

So, here’s the question: “Why would the Witnesses deny the resurrection of Christ’s body?”

Primarily because the facts of the resurrection would contradict the Watchtower's teachings on heaven, hell, and the afterlife in general. Jehovah's Witnesses are told that the body in the tomb was all that remained after Jesus' death, since there is no such thing as a spirit or soul. His personality was annihilated at death, and then his body was disposed of shortly after. This would mean Jesus passed completely out of existence and went into nothingness; he ceased to exist.

Then on the third day, he came back as Michael the Archangel, a spirit creature without a body of flesh.
Your thoughts.

Paul said that the ones going to heaven would be changed, and changed into spirit people that can abide in the spirit realm with Christ. I Corinthians 15 tells us all about it.

You cannot change a dead person if they don't exist, no soul, no spirit, no body.

JWs certainly do not deny the resurrection of Christ's body. He has a spirit body, the same kind of body he had before he came to the earth. He wouldn't take back his fleshly body because that would cancel out what he did on the 'cross.' He gave up his body so that we could benefit from God's justice and mercy for us. Why would he take it back and cause his sacrifice to be meaningless?

How can Christ have a body of flesh if he lives in the spirit world? "Flesh and blood [or flesh and anything] cannot inherit God's Kingdom." (I Corinthians 15:50) As Paul said, about those whose destiny is living in heaven, "It is sown a natural body; it is raised a spiritual body. There is a natural body, and there is a spiritual body. And so it is written, The first man Adam was made a living soul; the last Adam [Christ] was made a quickening spirit." (I Cor. 15:44,45, KJV) All the scriptures point to the fact that Jesus was raised as a spirit Person.

All you're doing is denying the power of God. You put God in a box, appearing to limit what he can do. Nothing is impossible for the God I worship, yet you doubt Jesus, Enoch, and Elijah can live in heaven.

He now lives "in the light which no man can approach unto; whom no man hath seen, nor can see." (I Timothy 6:16, KJV)

So, Jesus lives in the light, so what? You have a tendency to reverse course when it's convenient. First, the Father is Almighty, and then the Father does not have the power to have his son raised in the flesh, immortal, incorruptible, and then in the flesh sit at his right hand until he is ready to give him his kingdom. Make up your mind!

You say that JWs do not believe in the spirit and soul. If you really knew anything about what we truly believe, you wouldn't have made such a statement. We have elaborated about the spirit and the soul ad nauseum on these threads.

I quoted right out of your Watchtower, it's you who has no idea what you have gotten yourself into. You say man is composed of flesh, no soul or spirit. When he dies, his body goes into the grave, period, he is non-existent. You can't change something that no longer exists. Then you say in the future resurrection, God created us again out of nothing. That is not a resurrection, nor is it change; it's a new creation. And God said there is nothing new under the sun.

Your problem with me is, I know too much about your organization, and maybe you need to examine what they have been teaching for the past 150 years, and how many times they have changed their stance on things. For 40 years I have been studying your organization, first as a friend, now to expose the Watchtower.

[onewithhim]

Have you ever wondered why the Jehovah's Witnesses do not celebrate Easter? It's because the Watchtower attaches a totally different meaning to the empty tomb of Jesus Christ. In their Watchtower, November 15, 1991, page 31 they wrote, The Father, “God disposed of Jesus’ body, not allowing it to see corruption and thus preventing its becoming a stumbling block to faith.”

Then in their Studies in Scriptures, Volume 7, page 57, they wrote, “We deny that He (Jesus) was raised in the flesh and challenge any statement to that effect as being unscriptural.”

Years before they wrote, September 1, 1953, page 518, What happened to the Savior’s body, claiming that it “Was disposed of by Jehovah God, dissolved into its constituent elements of atoms.”

Wow!!!!!
Here’s what Jesus said in John 2:19 concerning his dead body. “I will raise it again in three days.” We know the Jews thought he was talking about the Temple. But scriptures explain that “The temple he had spoken of was his body,” John 2:19-21. Jesus did not say his body would be disposed of, he said, “I will raise it up.”

So, here’s the question: “Why would the Witnesses deny the resurrection of Christ’s body?”

Primarily because the facts of the resurrection would contradict the Watchtower's teachings on heaven, hell, and the afterlife in general. Jehovah's Witnesses are told that the body in the tomb was all that remained after Jesus' death, since there is no such thing as a spirit or soul. His personality was annihilated at death, and then his body was disposed of shortly after. This would mean Jesus passed completely out of existence and went into nothingness; he ceased to exist.

Then on the third day, he came back as Michael the Archangel, a spirit creature without a body of flesh.
Your thoughts.

Paul said that the ones going to heaven would be changed, and changed into spirit people that can abide in the spirit realm with Christ. I Corinthians 15 tells us all about it.

You cannot change a dead person if they don't exist, no soul, no spirit, no body.

JWs certainly do not deny the resurrection of Christ's body. He has a spirit body, the same kind of body he had before he came to the earth. He wouldn't take back his fleshly body because that would cancel out what he did on the 'cross.' He gave up his body so that we could benefit from God's justice and mercy for us. Why would he take it back and cause his sacrifice to be meaningless?

How can Christ have a body of flesh if he lives in the spirit world? "Flesh and blood [or flesh and anything] cannot inherit God's Kingdom." (I Corinthians 15:50) As Paul said, about those whose destiny is living in heaven, "It is sown a natural body; it is raised a spiritual body. There is a natural body, and there is a spiritual body. And so it is written, The first man Adam was made a living soul; the last Adam [Christ] was made a quickening spirit." (I Cor. 15:44,45, KJV) All the scriptures point to the fact that Jesus was raised as a spirit Person.

All you're doing is denying the power of God. You put God in a box, appearing to limit what he can do. Nothing is impossible for the God I worship, yet you doubt Jesus, Enoch, and Elijah can live in heaven.

He now lives "in the light which no man can approach unto; whom no man hath seen, nor can see." (I Timothy 6:16, KJV)

So, Jesus lives in the light, so what? You have a tendency to reverse course when it's convenient. First, the Father is Almighty, and then the Father does not have the power to have his son raised in the flesh, immortal, incorruptible, and then in the flesh sit at his right hand until he is ready to give him his kingdom. Make up your mind!

You say that JWs do not believe in the spirit and soul. If you really knew anything about what we truly believe, you wouldn't have made such a statement. We have elaborated about the spirit and the soul ad nauseum on these threads.

I quoted right out of your Watchtower, it's you who has no idea what you have gotten yourself into. You say man is composed of flesh, no soul or spirit. When he dies, his body goes into the grave, period, he is non-existent. You can't change something that no longer exists. Then you say in the future resurrection, God created us again out of nothing. That is not a resurrection, nor is it change; it's a new creation. And God said there is nothing new under the sun.

Your problem with me is, I know too much about your organization, and maybe you need to examine what they have been teaching for the past 150 years, and how many times they have changed their stance on things. For 40 years I have been studying your organization, first as a friend, now to expose the Watchtower.

No, you have taken what you do know about us and twisted those things into fomenting hatred for us. Having said that, you do not understand many things that JWs believe. You take something innocent and turn it into anathema. I have no qualms about what you quoted out of the Watchtower. Sounds fine to me.
I never said that man "is composed of flesh, no soul or spirit," which is far from the truth and I have posted what we believe about the soul and the spirit, never even hinting that we don't believe they exist!

What chance of a resurrection do the poor travelers of the Titanic, for example, have if they aren't re-created out of nothing? You seem to think God can't do that. I thought you think that He can do anything. I don't know when nor why you changed your mind about JWs, but you are wrong about your assessments. (And you don't really care what the Scriptures say about matters, such as Paul's information on the changing of a dead person's body into a heavenly body, because you scoff at that. Why resist that teaching? It's right there in I Corinthians 15:35-54, which I mentioned before.)

You know nothing about Jehovah's organization, and I would warn you not to fight against Jesus and his Kingdom arrangement, part of which is his Watchtower Bible and Tract Society. All you are doing is turning everyone's attention to Jehovah's Witnesses. You are actually causing people to look into what JWs teach, and many of them will come and join us. You couldn't do a better job of getting people to thoughtfully consider and examine Jehovah's Witnesses' beliefs. You put us in the spotlight, and, really, the people who have never heard of Jehovah's Witnesses will now know we exist.

"Come, Lord Jesus!"

[Capbook]

Paul said that the ones going to heaven would be changed, and changed into spirit people that can abide in the spirit realm with Christ. I Corinthians 15 tells us all about it.

May I know what verse that mentioned "spirit people", I've searched I find not one, maybe you can provide.

JWs certainly do not deny the resurrection of Christ's body. He has a spirit body, the same kind of body he had before he came to the earth. He wouldn't take back his fleshly body because that would cancel out what he did on the 'cross.' He gave up his body so that we could benefit from God's justice and mercy for us. Why would he take it back and cause his sacrifice to be meaningless?

Also, I don't see "spirit body" in my search, hope you provide again.

How can Christ have a body of flesh if he lives in the spirit world? "Flesh and blood [or flesh and anything] cannot inherit God's Kingdom." (I Corinthians 15:50) As Paul said, about those whose destiny is living in heaven, "It is sown a natural body; it is raised a spiritual body. There is a natural body, and there is a spiritual body. And so it is written, The first man Adam was made a living soul; the last Adam [Christ] was made a quickening spirit." (I Cor. 15:44,45, KJV) All the scriptures point to the fact that Jesus was raised as a spirit Person.

Another, I don't find "spirit person" in my Bible searched. Hope you can cite verses.

He now lives "in the light which no man can approach unto; whom no man hath seen, nor can see." (I Timothy 6:16, KJV)

You say that JWs do not believe in the spirit and soul. If you really knew anything about what we truly believe, you wouldn't have made such a statement. We have elaborated about the spirit and the soul ad nauseum on these threads.

I know you believe Gen 2:7, if I'm not wrong.