Therefore, the Witnesses teach that the communion supper is instituted only for the 144,000 Jews and not for all Witnesses. They do not have resurrected bodies but have “spirit bodies.” Everlasting life is for those on Paradise earth and consists of a resurrected body that must be maintained through eating, sleeping, etc.Īs we see in the quote above, according to the Watchtower, the life that Jesus was speaking of was “immortal life” that is, life in heaven for the 144,000. 10.Īccording to Jehovah’s Witness theology, some Witnesses will be raised to “immortal life” and others to “everlasting life.” Immortal life is only for the 144,000 that go to be with the Lord in heaven. Rather, he was speaking about the very same opportunity that he was setting before the apostle Peter and his fellow apostles by means of the “sayings of everlasting life.” It was the opportunity to gain inherent life with the Christ in the heavens, “life in yourselves.” (John 6:53) By reigning with him in heaven they could pass on to mankind the life-giving benefits of his sacrifice. “On that occasion Jesus was not speaking to those circumcised Israelites about “everlasting life” as human creatures on a Paradise earth under his millennial kingdom. 26:26-28 and that if they did not partake, then they had no life in them, 6:53.Īccording to the Watchtower, the “life” spoken of in 6:53 is everlasting life. I am not here going to discuss the nature of the communion and compare Catholic and Protestant views of the elements rather, the issue is that Jesus said to the Jews that they must take of the communion, which He later instituted in Matt. 54 He who eats My flesh and drinks My blood has eternal life, and I will raise him up on the last day.’ “ In John 6:53-54, “So Jesus said to them, ‘Truly, truly, I say to you, unless you eat the flesh of the Son of Man and drink His blood, you have no life in yourselves. None of them partake- except the very few who are of the 144,000. During the service, the cup is passed from Jehovah’s Witness to Jehovah’s Witness. This is done on the 14th of Nissan, the Passover date on the Jewish calendar, which usually falls in March or April of each year in the Gregorian calendar. In their annual communion service, the congregations gather in their various kingdom halls. The Jehovah’s Witnesses celebrate the communion supper only once a year. “This ‘little flock’ of 144,000 Kingdom heirs, then, are those ones from among mankind who are ‘born again.” 2 The Watchtower, Nov. 13 In fact, the 144,000 “anointed class” within the Jehovah’s Witnesses are the only ones who are “born again.” Only the 144,000 members called the “anointed class” have the right to take Communion, and they are the only ones who go to heaven. The Jehovah’s Witness organization teaches that not all members of their group can take communion.
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