3. WORLD VIEW:
• Superheroes with super powers
• Sent into this world as spies for the end times
• Reincarnated throughout generations
• Select group of rulers, warriors and agents of God
• Enemy looking for them for thousands of years
• Insight into the celestial realm
6. SPECIAL FORCES:
Navy Seals Commandoes
Special operations Group are trained beyond the average soldier or
marine
7. SPECIAL FORCES:
Navy Seals Commandoes
Special operations Group are trained beyond the average soldier or
marine
8. WATCHTOWER DOCTRINE REGARDING THE 144,000?
Core to Watchtower doctrine is that
only 144,000 humans will go to
heaven, where they are to rule as
kings. This number is based on
misinterpretation of Revelation 7 and
14, and also proven false by
Watchtower's own statistics of the
number of partakers since Jesus.
WATCHTOWER’S VIEW OF 144,000
9. Most Jehovah's Witnesses are not considered part of the
144,000 and do not expect to go to heaven. Rather, they
believe themselves part of the Great Crowd that will never die,
but rather reside forever on earth.
Prior to 1935, all "true Christians" were said to be anointed and
called to heaven. Therefore, everyone associating with the
Watchtower Society prior to 1935 was automatically part of the
heavenly class. Those who converted after 1935 generally are
told they have an earthly hope. What makes this doctrine quite
absurd is that it indicates God could only find 144,000 true
Christians over a period of 2000 years, yet over 6 million true
Witness Christians since 1935.
http://www.jwfacts.com/watchtower/144000.php
WATCHTOWER’S VIEW OF 144,000
10. WATCHTOWER DOCTRINE REGARDING THE 144,000?
In Revelation 14, we see the 144,000 in Heaven,
on Mt. Sion, the heavenly mountain of God (the
identification of Mount Sion as a Heavenly
mountain and not the earthly Mount Zion is
confirmed in Hebrews chapter 12). It is clear at
this point that the 144,000 are dead and thus
“redeemed from the Earth”. It is this author’s
contention that the 144,000 will be some of the
first victims of the Great Persecution carried out
by the Antichrist that commences in Revelation
13.
http://beginningandend.com/who-are-the-
WATCHTOWER’S VIEW OF 144,000
11. WATCHTOWER DOCTRINE REGARDING THE 144,000?
Jesus Christ, is not the Mediator
between Jehovah God and all
mankind. He is the Mediator between
his heavenly Father, Jehovah God,
and the nation of spiritual Israel,
which limited to only a 144,000
members.
31 - 144,000 LIES:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6KXBWcCWijY
WATCHTOWER’S VIEW OF 144,000
12. WATCHTOWER DOCTRINE REGARDING THE 144,000?
Partaking of the emblems: doctrinal
restrictions
Only the ones who belong to the
144,000 anointed partake of the
emblems (i.e. eat from the bread and
drink from the wine). Thus they show
they belong to the second covenant
and are one with Christ. According to
the Watchtower-doctrine, the
anointed one is apparently under 'a
command' to partake of the bread and
wine (Gal. 6:16; Watchtower 1985,
March 1, Question From Readers).
WHY DO WATCHTOWERS DON’T
PARTAKE IN COMMUNION?
13. WATCHTOWER DOCTRINE REGARDING THE 144,000?
So in order to eat the bread and drink
the wine in this day and age 'lawfully',
you have to be (1) baptised as a
Jehovah's witness, (2) 'in good
standing', or at least not
disfellowshipped and (3) believe you
belong to the anointed class.
There are only a few thousands among
the JW's today who still believe they
go to heaven, the other JW's ("great
multitude of other sheep") believe
they will live for ever on paradise
earth. So the great
WHY DO WATCHTOWERS DON’T
PARTAKE IN COMMUNION?
14. WATCHTOWER DOCTRINE REGARDING THE 144,000?
majority of Jw's do not drink from the
cup of wine or eat the bread, but
simply "pass" these emblems. Persons
who are present at the memorial, but
are no (baptised) JW's, are instructed
not to partake of the emblems.
In most congregations of Jehovah's
witnesses there are no anointed left,
so the emblems are "merely passed"
and left untouched.
http://christianity.stackexchange.com/questions/56
07/do-jehovahs-witnesses-celebrate-communion
WHY DO WATCHTOWERS DON’T
PARTAKE IN COMMUNION?
15. THE EVENTS THAT TAKE PLACE BEFORE THE 144,000
Revelation 6:12-17
After the sixth seal was: environmental
phenomenon/disasters.
• a great earthquake
• the sun became black
• the moon became as blood
• the stars of heaven fell unto the earth,
• the heaven departed as a scroll when it is rolled together
• every mountain and island were moved out of their
places.
16. THE EVENTS THAT TAKE PLACE BEFORE THE 144,000
“…there was a great
earthquake…”
Sixth Seal (Revelation
6:12)
Lisbon Earthquake (1755 ACB)
(Revelation 6:12)
“…the sun became
black as sackcloth of
hair, and the moon
became as blood…”
"In 1833... This prophecy received a striking and
impressive fulfillment in the great meteoric
shower of November 13, 1833. That was the
most extensive and wonderful display of falling
stars which has ever been recorded..."3
(Revelation 6:13)
“… And the stars
of heaven fell
unto the earth…”
Series of earthquakes; morning of Nov. 1;
serious damage to the port city of Lisbon,
killing an est. 60,000 people in Lisbon alone;
demolished large public buildings and about
12,000 dwellings. Because All Saints’ Day;
earthquake struck; the churches, unable to
withstand the seismic shock, collapsed, killing
or injuring thousands of worshippers.
"May 19, 1780, stands in history as "The Dark Day." Since the time of
Moses no period of darkness of equal density, extent, and duration,
has ever been recorded."2
17. THE EVENTS THAT TAKE PLACE AFTER THE 144,000
(Revelation 6:14)
“… And the heaven
departed as a scroll when it
is rolled together; and
every mountain and island
were moved out of their
places.”
18. FLEEING FOR THE WRATH OF THE LAMB
Sixth Seal
(Revelation 6:16)
16 And said to the
mountains and rocks, Fall
on us, and hide us from the
face of him that sitteth on
the throne, and from the
wrath of the Lamb: …..
19. For the great day of his wrath is come; and
who shall be able to stand?
THE EVENTS THAT TAKE PLACE AFTER THE 144,000
20. Revelation 7:4 - (8)
And I heard the number of them which were sealed:
and there were sealed an hundred and forty and four
thousand of all the tribes of the children of Israel.
REVELATION 7 ANSWERS REVELATION 6:16
21.
22.
23. THE 144,000 VS. THE GREAT MULTITUDE
Revelation 7:9
9 After this I beheld, and, lo, a great
multitude, which no man could
number, of all nations, and kindreds,
and people, and tongues, stood
before the throne, and before the
Lamb, clothed with white robes, and
palms in their hands;
A lot of people are going to be saved during the tribulation
24. Revelation 7:4-6
…..there were sealed an hundred and forty and four
thousand of all the tribes of the children of Israel. - Of the
tribe of Juda were sealed twelve thousand. Of the tribe of
Reuben were sealed twelve thousand. Of the tribe of Gad
were sealed twelve thousand. - Of the tribe of Aser were
sealed twelve thousand. Of the tribe of Nepthali were
sealed twelve thousand. Of the tribe of Manasses were
sealed twelve thousand.
LIST OF THE 12 TRIBES SEALED
25. Revelation 7:7-8
Of the tribe of Simeon were sealed twelve thousand. Of
the tribe of Levi were sealed twelve thousand. Of the
of Issachar were sealed twelve thousand. - Of the tribe of
Zabulon were sealed twelve thousand. Of the tribe of
Joseph were sealed twelve thousand. Of the tribe of
Benjamin were sealed twelve thousand.
LIST OF THE 12 TRIBES SEALED
26. LIST OF THE 12 TRIBES SEALEDLIST OF THE 12 TRIBES IN GENESIS
Genesis 49:3-
Reuben… Simeon… Levi… Judah… Zebulun…
Issachar… Dan… Gad… Asher… Naphtali… Joseph…
Benjamin (Deuteronomy 33: 6-24)
LIST OF THE 12 TRIBES IN REVEALATION
Revelation 7: 4-8
Juda… Aser… Nepthali… Manasses… Simeon… Levi
…Issachar… Zabulon… Joseph… Benjamin
27. WHAT ARE THE DIFFERENCES BETWEEN THE TWO LISTS?
Dan is Missing / Manasseh appears
The tribe of DAN is rejected because of its apostasy
(idolatry). Judges 17; 18:1-31
Ephraim is also rejected because of apostasy (Isaiah 7:8;
Jeremiah 7:15; Hosea 4:17; 9:16)
Joseph replaces Ephraim / Manasseh replaces Dan
28. WHAT ARE THE DIFFERENCES BETWEEN THE TWO LISTS?
Dan is Missing / Manasseh appears
The tribe of DAN is rejected because of its apostasy (idolatry).
Judges 17; 18:1-31
Ephraim is also rejected because of apostasy (Isaiah 7:8;
Jeremiah 7:15; Hosea 4:17; 9:16)
Joseph replaces Ephraim / Manasseh replaces Dan
29. CALLED TO DO A SPECIAL WORK ….
…character to prepare the
world for the 2nd coming
30. WHAT THE TRIBES REPRESENT?.....CHARACTERISTICS
The 144,000 needs character in order to withstand the global assault against rishts of man.
1) Right to serve God; 2) Right to exist; 3) Right to Private Property, found in the Ten
Commandments. (Exodus 20: 2-11; 12-13,6; 14-15,17).
• Juda (praise) kingly, lawgiver, enrapt the truth
• Reuben – (behold a son) lively
• Gad - (good fortune) confidence, fighter, self preservation; lawgiver; overcomer
• Aser – (blessed) teacher of wisdom, rich blesser
• Nepthali – (my wrestling) cautious, freedom loving, admonisher, rich transactor
• Manasses – (making me to forget) judge
• Simeon – (hearing) deviser, fighter
• Levi – (joined) deviser, fighter, mediator
• Issachar – (a hired worker) servant, adviser
• Zabulon – (in place, dwelling) missionary
• Joseph – (God will add…) administrative, resourceful
• Benjamin – (son of the right hand) divider
THE PLAN OF
SALVATION:
“I will praise the Lord [for]
He has looked on me
[and] granted good
fortune. I am happy
[because] my fortune, God
is making me forget to
forget. God hears me
[and] is attached to me.
He has purchased me a
dwelling [and] will add to
me the Son of His right
hand.”
31. WHY ARE THE TRIBES PLACED IN THAT ORDER?
IT REVEALS THE PLAN OF SALVATION:
“I will praise the Lord [for] He has looked on me [and] granted
good fortune. I am happy [because] my fortune, God is making
me forget to forget. God hears me [and] is attached to me. He
has purchased me a dwelling [and] will add to me the Son of His
right hand.” The 144000, Doug Batchelor, amazing facts
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BF0N67aQx24
32. WATCHTOWER DOCTRINE REGARDING THE 144,000?
Scripture clearly identifies the 144,000:
they are children of Israel. It is
important to note that when Scripture
uses the term “children of Israel” it is
referring to the lineage of Abraham.
It is not a reference to the Church.
The Church, in their spiritual connection
to Abraham through faith are referred
to as “Jews”
WHO IS A JEW?
33. WATCHTOWER DOCTRINE REGARDING THE 144,000?
and the “seed of Abraham” in Scripture,
adopted into the family of God through faith
in Christ. However the term “children of
Israel” refers to national Israel. In the New
Testament, the phrase “children of Israel” is
only used 14 times, and each is a reference to
the descendants of the twelve sons of Jacob
(who was renamed Israel by The Lord). The
144,000 are actual ethnic Israelite
descendants. Scripture goes on to make this
very clear by specifying each tribe:…
http://beginningandend.com/who-are-the-
WHO IS A JEW?
34. ARE THE 144,000 LITERAL JEWS?
Romans 2:28-29
28 For he is not a Jew, which is one
outwardly; neither is that circumcision,
which is outward in the flesh:
29 But he is a Jew, which is one
inwardly; and circumcision is that of the
heart, in the spirit, and not in the letter;
whose praise is not of men, but of God.
(Psalms 73:1; Romans 9:6-8; Esther 8:17)
35. Deuteronomy 6:1
6 Now these are the commandments, the
statutes, and the judgments, which the Lord your
God commanded to teach you, that ye might do
them in the land whither ye go to possess it:
……
8 And thou shalt bind them for a sign upon thine
hand, and they shall be as frontlets between thine
eyes.
Sealed the servants
of our God in their
foreheads.
36. WHAT IS THE SEAL OF 144,000?
God’s Seal in the heart of the Law
Exodus 20:11
• Name: YHWH
• Title/Office: Creator
• Territory: Heaven & Earth
37. WHAT IS THE “SONG” OF THE 144,000
Revelation 15:2-4
2 And I saw as it were a sea of glass mingled with
fire: and them that had gotten the victory over the
beast, and over his image, and over his mark, and
over the number of his name, stand on the sea of
glass, having the harps of God.
3 And they sing the song of Moses the servant of
God, and the song of the Lamb, saying, Great and
marvellous are thy works, Lord God Almighty; just
and true are thy ways, thou King of saints.
4 Who shall not fear thee, O Lord, and glorify thy
name? for thou only art holy: for all nations shall
come and worship before thee; for thy judgments
are made manifest.
38. WHAT IS THE “SONG” OF THE 144,000
Revelation 14:1-5
And I looked, and, lo, a Lamb stood on the mount
Sion, and with him an hundred forty and four
thousand, having his Father's name written in their
foreheads.
2 And I heard a voice from heaven, as the voice of
many waters, and as the voice of a great thunder:
and I heard the voice of harpers harping with their
harps:
3 And they sung as it were a new song before the
throne, and before the four beasts, and the elders:
and no man could learn that song but the
hundred and forty and four thousand, which were
redeemed from the earth.
39. WHAT IS THE “SONG” OF THE 144,000
Revelation 14:1-5
4 These are they which were not defiled
with women; for they are virgins. These
are they which follow the Lamb
whithersoever he goeth. These were
redeemed from among men, being the
firstfruits unto God and to the Lamb.
5 And in their mouth was found no guile:
for they are without fault before the throne
of God.
40. WHO WERE THE “WOMEN” THEY WERE NOT “DEFILED” WITH?
Revelation 17:5
5 And upon her forehead was a name
written, MYSTERY, BABYLON THE
GREAT, THE MOTHER OF HARLOTS
AND ABOMINATIONS OF THE EARTH.
They are not polluted
with the “wine”/false
teachings of Babylon
41. 1444,000 ALIVE & SURVIVING THE TRIBULATION
Isaiah 24:5-6
5 The earth also is defiled under
the inhabitants thereof; because
they have transgressed the laws,
changed the ordinance, broken
the everlasting covenant.
6 Therefore hath the curse
devoured the earth, and they that
dwell therein are desolate:
therefore the inhabitants of the
earth are burned, and few men
left.
Isaiah 13:9-13
9 Behold, the day of the Lord cometh, cruel both with
wrath and fierce anger, to lay the land desolate: and he
shall destroy the sinners thereof out of it.
10 For the stars of heaven and the constellations thereof
shall not give their light: the sun shall be darkened in his
going forth, and the moon shall not cause her light to
shine.
11 And I will punish the world for their evil, and the wicked
for their iniquity; and I will cause the arrogancy of the
proud to cease, and will lay low the haughtiness of the
terrible.
12 I will make a man more precious than fine gold;
even a man than the golden wedge of Ophir.
13 Therefore I will shake the heavens, and the earth shall
remove out of her place, in the wrath of the Lord of hosts,
and in the day of his fierce anger.
42. 1444,000 ALIVE & SURVIVING THE TRIBULATION
Hebrews 12:29
29 For our God is a consuming
fire.
Psalms 97:3-5
3 A fire goeth before him, and
burneth up his enemies round
about.
4 His lightnings enlightened the
world: the earth saw, and trembled.
5 The hills melted like wax at the
presence of the Lord, at the
presence of the Lord of the whole
Zechariah 14:12
12 And this shall be the plague wherewith
the Lord will smite all the people that have
fought against Jerusalem; Their flesh shall
consume away while they stand upon their
feet, and their eyes shall consume away in
their holes, and their tongue shall consume
away in their mouth.
43. HERE IS ELLEN G. WHITE'S BASIC STATEMENT ON THE 144,000 OF
REVELATION 7 AND 14:
Upon the crystal sea before the throne, that sea of glass as it were
mingled with fire,--so resplendent is it with the glory of God,--are
gathered the company that have "gotten the victory over the beast, and
over his image, and over his mark, and over the number of his name."
With the Lamb upon Mount Zion, "having the harps of God," they
stand, the hundred and forty and four thousand that were redeemed
from among men; and there is heard, as the sound of many waters, and
as the sound of a great thunder, "the voice of harpers harping with their
harps." ….
44. HERE IS ELLEN G. WHITE'S BASIC STATEMENT ON THE 144,000 OF
REVELATION 7 AND 14:
And they sing "a new song" before the throne, a song which no
man can learn save the hundred and forty and four thousand. It
is the song of Moses and the Lamb--a song of deliverance.
None but the hundred and forty-four thousand can learn that
song; for it is the song of their experience--an experience such
as no other company have ever had. "These are they which
follow the Lamb whithersoever He goeth." These, having been
translated from the earth, from among the living, are counted as
"the first fruits unto God and to the Lamb." Revelation 15:2, 3;
14:1-5. "These are they which came out of great tribulation;"
they have passed through the time of trouble such as never was
since there was a nation; they have endured the anguish of the
time of Jacob's trouble; they have stood without an intercessor
45. HERE IS ELLEN G. WHITE'S BASIC STATEMENT ON THE 144,000 OF
REVELATION 7 AND 14:
But they have been delivered, for they have "washed their
robes, and made them white in the blood of the Lamb." "In their
mouth was found no guile: for they are without fault" before
God. "Therefore are they before the throne of God, and serve
Him day and night in His temple: and He that sitteth on the
throne shall dwell among them." They have seen the earth
wasted with famine and pestilence, the sun having power to
scorch men with great heat, and they themselves have endured
suffering, hunger, and thirst. But "they shall hunger no more,
neither thirst any more; neither shall the sun light on them, nor
any heat. For the Lamb which is in the midst of the throne shall
feed them, and shall lead them unto living fountains of waters:
and God shall wipe away all tears from their eyes." Revelation
46. JOEL 2:1-3
1Blow ye the trumpet in Zion, and sound an alarm in my holy
mountain: let all the inhabitants of the land tremble: for the day
of the Lord cometh, for it is nigh at hand;
2 A day of darkness and of gloominess, a day of clouds and of thick
darkness, as the morning spread upon the mountains: a great people
and a strong; there hath not been ever the like, neither shall be
any more after it, even to the years of many generations.
3 A fire devoureth before them; and behind them a flame burneth: the
land is as the garden of Eden before them, and behind them a desolate
wilderness; yea, and nothing shall escape them.
47. JOEL 2:4-6
4 The appearance of them is as the appearance of horses; and as
horsemen, so shall they run.
5 Like the noise of chariots on the tops of mountains shall they leap,
like the noise of a flame of fire that devoureth the stubble, as a strong
people set in battle array.
6 Before their face the people shall be much pained: all faces shall
gather blackness.
48. JOEL 2:7-9
7 They shall run like mighty men; they shall climb the wall like
men of war; and they shall march every one on his ways, and they
shall not break their ranks:
8 Neither shall one thrust another; they shall walk every one in his path:
and when they fall upon the sword, they shall not be wounded.
9 They shall run to and fro in the city; they shall run upon the wall, they
shall climb up upon the houses; they shall enter in at the windows like
a thief.
49. JOEL 2:10-11
10 The earth shall quake before them; the heavens shall tremble: the
sun and the moon shall be dark, and the stars shall withdraw their
shining:
11 And the Lord shall utter his voice before his army: for his camp is
very great: for he is strong that executeth his word: for the day of the
Lord is great and very terrible; and who can abide it?
who shall be able to stand?