TibiasDad
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They are the only “saved” ones. They are “redeemed from the Earth”. Furthermore, the 144,000 are, according to scripture, all Jewish men, 12,000 from each of the 12 tribes, who are all virgins and have never lied!144,000( numbered) are bought from the Earth to heaven( Rev 14:3)= the little flock
( Luke 10:32)= the anointed bride of Christ-these will sit on thrones by Jesus' side( Rev 1:6--Rev 20:6)
Rev 1:5…To him who loves us and has freed us from our sins by his blood, 6and has made us to be a kingdom and priests to serve his God and Father—to him be glory and power for ever and ever! Amen.
This refers to all believers, not just the 144k.
Rev 20:4I saw thrones on which were seated those who had been given authority to judge. And I saw the souls of those who had been beheaded because of their testimony about Jesus and because of the word of God. They had not worshiped the beast or its image and had not received its mark on their foreheads or their hands. They came to life and reigned with Christ a thousand years. 5(The rest of the dead did not come to life until the thousand years were ended.) This is the first resurrection. 6Blessed and holy are those who share in the first resurrection. The second death has no power over them, but they will be priests of God and of Christ and will reign with him for a thousand years.
These are those who were martyrs for Christ, not the 144k.
The great crowd are in heaven before the throne. Rev 7:9The great crowd
( Rev 7:9) no man can number, are the other sheep( John 10:16) who are not of that fold-these get these promises=Matt 5:5--Psalm 37:9,11,29--
20Thus you will walk in the ways of the good(Prov 2:21-22 assures they will not leave the Earth.
and keep to the paths of the righteous.
21For the upright will live in the land,
and the blameless will remain in it;
Solomon was speaking of his son’s future life in the land of Israel, not the earth in general.
I may not always state things exactly as the Watchtower would, but I am not misrepresenting what they teach and claim.Thus you are mistaken on what we believe.
Rev 21:1Then I saw “a new heaven and a new earth,” for the first heaven and the first earth had passed away, and there was no longer any sea.I suppose you believe the new Earth is a new planet= error.
I am not going to insist that it is a “new planet” but I am not going to say it could not be. Kainos means “new, which as recently made, is superior to what it succeeds.” Thus, it could physically be the same planet completely renewed so as to be vastly superior to the original planet, or it could mean a replacement planet and universe. Either way, it will be completely different from what we know now.
Doug