Jehovah's Witnesses: Biblical support for the Paradise on Earth doctrine?

Question

What are the Bible verses which support the living forever on a paradise earth doctrine?

Answer 1

Jesus used the Greek expression pa·ra′dei·sos when referring to the future earthly Paradise.

(Luke 23:43) . . .And he said to him: “Truly I tell you today, You will be with me in Paradise.”

As Jesus was the first of mankind to enter into heaven, the Bible does not agree with the view that Jesus and the evildoer went to heaven on the day that Jesus spoke to him. Jesus had foretold that, after his being killed, he would not be raised up until the third day. (Luke 9:22) During that three-day period he was not in heaven, because following his resurrection he told Mary Magdalene: “I have not yet ascended to the Father.” (John 20:17) It was 40 days after Jesus’ resurrection that his disciples saw him lifted up from the earth and out of their sight as he began his ascent to heaven.—Acts 1:3, 6-11.

The evildoer did not meet the requirements to go to heaven even at some later time. He was not “born again”—being neither baptised in water nor begotten by God’s spirit. Holy spirit was not poured out upon Jesus’ disciples until more than 50 days after the evildoer’s death. (John 3:3, 5; Acts 2:1-4) On the day of his death, Jesus had made with those ‘who had stuck with him in his trials’ a covenant for a heavenly kingdom. The evildoer had no such record of faithfulness and was not included.—Luke 22:28-30.

How, then, would Jesus be with the evildoer? By raising him from the dead, making provision for his physical needs, and extending to him the opportunity to learn and conform to Jehovah’s requirements for eternal life. (John 5:28, 29) Jesus saw in the evildoer’s repentant and respectful attitude a basis for including him among the billions who will be resurrected to earthly life and the opportunity to prove their worthiness to live forever in Paradise.



Other scriptures:~

(Matthew 5:5) “Happy are the mild-tempered ones, since they will inherit the earth.

Proverbs 2:21 explicitly states: “The upright are the ones that will reside in the earth.”

“The eyes of the blind ones will be opened.”—Isaiah 35:5

“No resident will say: ’I am sick.‘”—Isaiah 33:24

“All those in the memorial tombs will . . . come out.”—John 5:28, 29

“There will come to be plenty of grain on the earth.”—Psalm 72:16

Wickedness, warfare, crime, and violence will be gone. “The wicked one will be no more . . . But the meek ones themselves will possess the earth.” (Psalm 37:10, 11)

God will make wars cease to the ends of the earth. (Psalm 46:9; Isaiah 2:4)

There will be peace between humans and animals. Wild and domestic animals will feed together. Even a little child will have nothing to fear from animals that are now dangerous.—Isaiah 11:6-9; 65:25.

The whole earth will become a paradise. Lovely new homes and gardens will occupy land that had once been ruined by sinful humans. (Isaiah 65:21-24; Revelation 11:18)

” That is also why he taught his disciples to pray: “Our Father in the heavens, let your name be sanctified. Let your kingdom come. Let your will take place, as in heaven, also upon earth.” (Matt. 5:5; 6:9, 10) In harmony with that, Ephesians 1:9-11 explains God’s purpose “to gather all things together again in the Christ, the things in the heavens and the things on the earth.” Hebrews 2:5 refers to “the inhabited earth to come.” Revelation 5:10 mentions those who, as joint heirs with Christ, are to “rule as kings over the earth.” Revelation 21:1-5 and 22:1, 2 add delightful descriptions of conditions that will exist in the “new earth” and that remind one of the original Paradise in Eden with its tree of life.—Gen. 2:9.



Hope that helps, I ran out of room

Answer 2

While this is a painful approach to get there, if you happen to will have to die earlier than the tip of this method of matters, you perhaps resurrected into that paradise. I will qualify that "would" on the grounds that of your present angle towards the provisions that Jehovah has given now. When that paradise is in final result, there nonetheless might be people directing the paintings of educating the resurrected lifeless, and the keeping of the paradise as simply that, a paradise. True, a few of them might be guys of historical past, like Abraham, Moses, and David. But due to the fact there could also be billions within the coming resurrection, there might be many which are facet of the pleasant crowd. And they would possibly not be of the anointed that make up the Governing Body at present. Since you've gotten problems obeying guys selected and anointed through Jehovah at present, it'll be tougher so that you can take delivery of guys who you would bear in mind your equals and even "inferior" to you. Edited after seeing Rustic B's reply. Ironic, is not it. A guy that dislikes Witnesses gave you the same reply as mine. But his assumption that hundreds of thousands will fail to outlive Armageddon is centered on his prejudice. As for his remark that we which are on Y!A are losing our time, fails to peer that a few of us have boundaries that outcome in us having to uncover different methods to proportion the reality. My foot has a tremendous gap within the backside and till it heals, that is my predominant approach in doing my ministry. Rustic B additionally is aware of that I deliver immediately solutions and has on celebration given me the BA for a few of his questions. It does not imply he consents with me, however is in general reasonable in his assessing the solutions he will get.

Answer 3

Add to that the book of Revelation/Matthew/Ezekiel/Luke*





And Genesis in Greek: (Gr.), pa·ra′dei·son en E·dem′



Joel 2:3 (Gr.) hos pa·ra′dei·sos try·phes′, “Like a paradise of delight”



That's probably enough...I need to fix supper; hope that helps!

Answer 4

In the books of Isaiah and Psalms... for a start.



~ "The Meek Shall Inherit the Earth"

An Inheritance You Can Count On

http://www.watchtower.org/e/20041001/article_01.htm

excerpt:

The Bible speaks approvingly of those who provide an inheritance when it says:

“One who is good will leave an inheritance to sons of sons.” (Proverbs 13:22)

As a matter of fact, none other than Jesus Christ himself made this well-known and much-loved statement in his Sermon on the Mount: “Blessed are the meek: for they shall inherit the earth.”—Matthew 5:5, King James Version.



Jesus’ words bring to mind what King David of ancient Israel

was inspired to write centuries earlier: “The meek shall inherit the earth;

and shall delight themselves in the abundance of peace.”—Psalm 37:11, KJ.

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(Isaiah 55:11)

8“For the thoughts of YOU people are not my thoughts,

nor are my ways YOUR ways,” is the utterance of Jehovah.

9“For as the heavens are higher than the earth, so my ways are higher than YOUR ways,

and my thoughts than YOUR thoughts.

10For just as the pouring rain descends, and the snow, from the heavens

and does not return to that place, unless it actually saturates the earth

and makes it produce and sprout, and seed is actually given to the sower and bread to the eater,

11so my word that goes forth from my mouth will prove to be.

It will not return to me without results, but it will certainly do that in which I have delighted,

and it will have certain success in that for which I have sent it.



What did God originally purpose for mankind, and how will it all work out?





~"The Meek Shall Inherit the Earth----HOW?

http://www.watchtower.org/e/20041001/article_02.htm

excerpt:

God’s Eternal Purpose for the Earth

Jehovah God created the earth for a specific purpose. “This is what Jehovah has said,

the Creator of the heavens, He the true God, the Former of the earth and the Maker of it,

He the One who firmly established it, who did not create it simply for nothing,

who formed it even to be inhabited: ‘I am Jehovah, and there is no one else.’” (Isaiah 45:18)

Thus, the earth was created specifically for human habitation.

Furthermore, it is God’s purpose for the earth to be an eternal home for mankind.

“He has founded the earth upon its established places; it will not be made to totter to time indefinite, or forever.”—Psalm 104:5; 119:90.

Answer 5

There is none. The “Jehovah’s Witnesses,” along with many denominational writers, contend that with the Second Coming of Christ, the earth will be purified by fire, and this material planet will be the residence of the faithful throughout eternity. In other words, a “new earth” will be what we commonly think of as “heaven.” As Charles Hodge of Princeton stated it: “earth shall become heaven”



Though the idea is very popular—particularly with those who subscribe to various millennial doctrines—there actually is no solid basis for it, and the so-called “proof texts” for the doctrine, when closely examined, do not support it at all. It is but another example of not understanding the nature of figures of speech, as such frequently are employed in the sacred text.

Answer 6

There are many. (Psalms 37:29) (Ecclesiastes 1:4) (Psalms 104:5) (Matthew 5:5)

Answer 7

lol You made a mistake you put Bible and Paradise in the same sentence.