I didn't know JWs are non-millennialists. While I'm sure that doesn't mean all Amils are JW's; I have been asking certain of them if they are, because much of their Amil teaching looks like the natural theology of JWs found elsewhere. So I went to the source to see if JWs are Amils, and they are:
Many churches teach that Christ will return in the flesh, even as in the second century the idea developed that Jesus and his associate king-priests would reign in the flesh on earth during the millennium.
This is an excerpt from JW's non-millennialism.
It's a classic corruption of Scripture, in order to misstate Millennialism.
No Scripture says Jesus Christ is coming again in the flesh. Neither does any Scripture say His saints will rule with Him in the flesh.
'In the flesh' is a strictly Scriptural term used in two distinct ways: All men come into the world in the flesh, with mortal bodies. And all sinners are in the flesh unrighteously, so as to be walking in the flesh and doing the works of the flesh.
Jesus Christ is not coming again in the flesh, and His resurrected saints will not be ruling with Him in the flesh.
Since those inheriting the Kingdom go to heaven, all the sectarian fantasies about Jesus and the “saints” ruling in the flesh from earthly Jerusalem or Phrygia and indulging in the sensual pleasures of the flesh simply are unfounded.
And so, we see how the first lie is then used to turn Millennialism into a mockery, so that the resurrected saints are not just ruling in the flesh, but will be in the flesh unrighteously, like some Sybaritic pagan gods, or corrupt angels mating with daughters of men.
This kind of slandering of the risen Lord and His saints, is akin to another Amil tactic of trying to say His reign on earth will be over a bunch of evil reprobates, full of war and wrath and murderers going unpunished.
A sure sign of desperate dishonest teachers, is misstating the teaching of others into mockery and contempt. They can't be honest about simple objections, because they can't allow any of their self-made armour to be chinked in any way, lest they lose their armor altogether and be found naked and exposed.
Jesus is not coming again in the flesh, nor will His saints behave unrighteous in the things of the flesh, but He will simply be appearing on earth in sight of all men again, with His resurrected immortal body.
And why not? He did so for 40 days, walking and talking with over a hundred of His disciples. He can do so when He wants, and however long He wants, while the Father remains seated on His throne in glory, and the Spirit continues drawing all men to the Lord.
The only christ coming in the flesh just before His appearing in the air, will be the last great antichrist false apostle, who will appear to have risen from the dead, and will have fire come down out of heaven in the sight of men.
It will be seen who receives that one.
Many churches teach that Christ will return in the flesh, even as in the second century the idea developed that Jesus and his associate king-priests would reign in the flesh on earth during the millennium.
This is an excerpt from JW's non-millennialism.
It's a classic corruption of Scripture, in order to misstate Millennialism.
No Scripture says Jesus Christ is coming again in the flesh. Neither does any Scripture say His saints will rule with Him in the flesh.
'In the flesh' is a strictly Scriptural term used in two distinct ways: All men come into the world in the flesh, with mortal bodies. And all sinners are in the flesh unrighteously, so as to be walking in the flesh and doing the works of the flesh.
Jesus Christ is not coming again in the flesh, and His resurrected saints will not be ruling with Him in the flesh.
Since those inheriting the Kingdom go to heaven, all the sectarian fantasies about Jesus and the “saints” ruling in the flesh from earthly Jerusalem or Phrygia and indulging in the sensual pleasures of the flesh simply are unfounded.
And so, we see how the first lie is then used to turn Millennialism into a mockery, so that the resurrected saints are not just ruling in the flesh, but will be in the flesh unrighteously, like some Sybaritic pagan gods, or corrupt angels mating with daughters of men.
This kind of slandering of the risen Lord and His saints, is akin to another Amil tactic of trying to say His reign on earth will be over a bunch of evil reprobates, full of war and wrath and murderers going unpunished.
A sure sign of desperate dishonest teachers, is misstating the teaching of others into mockery and contempt. They can't be honest about simple objections, because they can't allow any of their self-made armour to be chinked in any way, lest they lose their armor altogether and be found naked and exposed.
Jesus is not coming again in the flesh, nor will His saints behave unrighteous in the things of the flesh, but He will simply be appearing on earth in sight of all men again, with His resurrected immortal body.
And why not? He did so for 40 days, walking and talking with over a hundred of His disciples. He can do so when He wants, and however long He wants, while the Father remains seated on His throne in glory, and the Spirit continues drawing all men to the Lord.
The only christ coming in the flesh just before His appearing in the air, will be the last great antichrist false apostle, who will appear to have risen from the dead, and will have fire come down out of heaven in the sight of men.
It will be seen who receives that one.