The Resurrection Hope - Why That Hope Should Be Real to You, Antonio Timothy

[WilliamChew]

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• The Resurrection Hope - A talk by Antonio Timothy, a circuit overseer of Jehovah’s Witnesses, about the biblical teaching of the resurrection and why it should be real to Christians.
• Death as an enemy - The speaker explains that death is not part of God’s original purpose for humans, but an enemy that will be brought to nothing. He contrasts the Christian hope of resurrection with the false doctrines of nominal Christianity that teach that people go to heaven or hell when they die.
• Lazarus’ resurrection - The speaker analyzes the account of Jesus resurrecting his friend Lazarus from the dead, and shows how it proves that the dead are unconscious and not in any other place. He also highlights Jesus’ compassion and power over death.
• Types of resurrection - The speaker mentions three types of resurrection mentioned in the Bible: the heavenly resurrection for those who will rule with Christ, the resurrection of both the righteous and the unrighteous on earth, and the better resurrection for faithful worshippers of Jehovah in the past.
• Resurrection as a source of hope - The speaker shares some experiences of Jehovah’s Witnesses who faced persecution and death with courage and hope, knowing that they will be resurrected. He also invites the audience to imagine the joy of seeing their loved ones again in God’s new world.

[AH173]

Thanks for the talk William. It was very nice to echo some of the same parts from a memorial talk I gave for a sister in my group who succumbed to cancer last month. 

 

This timing is a little bit before the beliefs clarified for the discussion about the resurrection of the unrighteous and vile in 2022. 

[WilliamChew]

Thanks for the reference to the WT study article 39 'Is Your Name in “the Book of Life”?' in W22.09😁

 

The same WT contains a "Questions From Readers": "Who will be resurrected on earth, and what type of resurrection will they experience?"

 

 

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*** w22 September p. 21 par. 6 “Bringing the Many to Righteousness” ***
6 (Daniel 12:2)  And many of those asleep in the dust of the earth will wake up, some to everlasting life and others to reproach and to everlasting contempt.
 

 What happens after the great crowd survive this time of distress? This prophecy is not referring to a symbolic resurrection, a spiritual revival of God’s servants that occurs during the last days, as we previously understood. Rather, these words refer to the resurrection of the dead that takes place in the coming new world. Why can we draw that conclusion? The expression “the dust” is also used at Job 17:16 as a parallel of the expression “the Grave.” This fact indicates that Daniel 12:2 is referring to the literal resurrection that will occur after the last days have ended and after the battle of Armageddon.
https://www.jw.org/finder?wtlocale=E&docid=2022568&srctype=wol&srcid=share&par=12

 

*** w22 September p. 18 par. 13 Is Your Name in “the Book of Life”? ***
13 Jesus also spoke about those who would be resurrected here on earth. For example, he said: “The hour is coming in which all those in the memorial tombs will hear his voice and come out, those who did good things to a resurrection of life, and those who practiced vile things to a resurrection of judgment.” (John 5:28, 29) What did Jesus mean?
 

Spoiler

14 In the past, we understood Jesus’ words to refer to the deeds the resurrected ones will practice after their resurrection; that is, some will come to life and practice good things while others will come to life and practice vile things. However, note that Jesus does not say that those who have just come out of the memorial tombs will do good things or will practice vile things. He uses the past tense. He speaks of those who “did good things” and those who “practiced vile things.” This indicates that these actions took place before their death. That makes sense, does it not? After all, no one will be allowed to practice vile things in the new world. The unrighteous must have practiced these vile things before their death. How, then, are we to understand Jesus’ words about “a resurrection of life” and “a resurrection of judgment”?

https://www.jw.org/finder?wtlocale=E&docid=2022567&srctype=wol&srcid=share&par=21

 

*** w22 September p. 26 Questions From Readers ***
Questions From Readers : Who will be resurrected on earth, and what type of resurrection will they experience?
https://www.jw.org/finder?wtlocale=E&docid=2022564&srctype=wol&srcid=share&par=1

 

Edited December 27, 2023 by Imagine