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TRINITY & OTHER DOCTRINES OF GOD: PROF. M. M. NINAN This belief is based on the Greek words used in the Bible for the cross, which literally translate as 'stake' and 'tree'. Modern Witnesses regard the Cross as a pagan symbol and do not use it, although it was accepted by the movement until 1931. Death, Heaven and Hell Jehovah's Witnesses believe that when a person dies, their existence completely stops. This is because the Bible makes it clear that human beings do not have an immortal soul that survives when the body dies. The living are conscious that they will die; but as for the dead, they are conscious of nothing at all ... for there is no work nor devising nor knowledge nor wisdom in (the grave), the place to which you are going. Ecclesiastes 9: 5, 10 Witnesses believe that Hell (as traditionally portrayed) does not exist. There is no place where sinners are tormented after death - since their existence is over, nothing can be done to them or for them. Witnesses also argue that it would be completely against God's nature to torture humans for eternity. However, death is not the end of everything: each person can be remembered by God and eventually be resurrected. Witnesses say that this is clearly stated by Jesus: The hour is coming in which all those in the memorial tombs will hear [Jesus'] voice and come out, those who did good things to a resurrection of life, those who practiced vile things to a resurrection of judgment. John 5:28-29 End times Much of Witness belief concentrates on the 'End Times', and Witnesses have pointed to a number of past dates as Biblically significant, though they have not stated in terms when the end of the world, or 'conclusion of the system of things,' is expected. Concerning that day and hour nobody knows, neither the angels of the heavens nor the Son, but only the Father. Matthew 24:36 Witnesses believe that the end times started in 1914, but they realise that most human beings were unaware of this. 135
TRINITY & OTHER DOCTRINES OF GOD: PROF. M. M. NINAN They believe that when 'the End' finally comes only 144,000 human beings will go to Heaven and rule the Earth from there with Christ - these are known as the anointed. The anointed Becoming an anointed person is not something that is done by voting or selection. Instead, the anointed one knows directly from God that he or she has been chosen. Only those who feel themselves to be anointed partake of the bread and wine at the annual Memorial of Christ's death. The majority of Jehovah's Witnesses are not anointed and will not spend eternity in heaven. They will spend eternity in paradise on Earth. In fact not only Jehovah's Witnesses but billions of others will have everlasting life on earth and thus fulfil God's original plan for humanity when he put Adam and Eve in the Garden of Eden. 136
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