8/16/2023 0 Comments Jehovah witness beliefs on easter![]() Their use of the scripture to support their position is incorrect because this verse does not say that He was raised a spirit creature. 3:18 where it says that Christ was “put to death in the flesh, but made alive in the spirit” as an attempt to show that Jesus was not raised physically but as a kind of spirit creature. ![]() ![]() In order to help you see the error of the Watchtower position and aid you in refuting their arguments, I’ve compiled the following list of arguments used by the Jehovah’s Witnesses to support their position.ġ. However, the Jehovah’s Witnesses do not believe Jesus’ own words here. Therefore, Jesus’ physical body was raised from the dead. Note that He said He would raise up “this temple.” John the apostle clarifies for us that “this temple” was actually Jesus’ physical body. John 2:19-21 is a clear prophecy of Christ. “Jesus answered and said to them, “Destroy this temple, and in three days I will raise it up.” 20 The Jews therefore said, “It took forty-six years to build this temple, and will You raise it up in three days?” 21 But He was speaking of the temple of His body.” It is obvious from Jesus’ own words in John 2:19-21 that He would raise Himself from the dead: It is obvious that the doctrine of the resurrection of Jesus is a vital and essential element of Christianity but what of the Jehovah’s Witnesses? Are they accurate in their assessment of Jesus’ resurrection in denying the physical resurrection but affirming a “spiritual” resurrection? The answer is a definite, “No.” 15:14 says, “If Christ has not been raised, then our preaching is vain, your faith also is vain.” In other words, if Jesus did not rise from the dead, then Christianity is a waste of time and we are then still dead in our sins. Is this important? Most definitely!ġ Cor. Therefore, they deny the physical resurrection of Christ. Instead, it says that He rose as a spirit creature and that the material body of Jesus was taken away by God the Father. The Watchtower organization says that Jesus did not rise from the dead in the same body he died in ( You Can Live Forever on Paradise Earth, pp.
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