What is the “Take Back the Ransom” argument?
The Watchtower argues against the bodily resurrection of Jesus by claiming that if Jesus’ body rose from the dead, he would have been taking back the payment for our sin debt.
Here is its reasoning: Continue reading
What the Watchtower calls “resurrection” is really a re-creation from God’s memory in which he creates new bodies and implants the person’s personalities into them.
When you think about it, that view is required by the Watchtower’s teaching that the dead no longer exist and that there is no separate soul or spirit to re-enter a body. Continue reading
The Watchtower uses 1 Corinthians 15 in support of its doctrine that Jesus rose from the dead in spirit form rather than in a physical body. Continue reading
The Watchtower teaches that Jesus’ body never rose from the dead. Rather, “at his resurrection from the dead, Jesus was brought forth with a spirit body.”[1]
In last week’s post, we asked, “What did Jesus say would be raised?”
We looked at his prophecy in John 2:19-21 that if his body would be destroyed, in three days he would raise it up.
This time let’s focus on something different.
Let’s look at what happened after the resurrection and see what Jesus had to say about his resurrected form. Continue reading
The Watchtower teaches that Jesus’ body never rose from the dead. Rather, “at his resurrection from the dead, Jesus was brought forth with a spirit body.”[1]
Let’s create a “stone in the shoe” soundbite response.
A good way to reply is to point out what Jesus prophesied about his own resurrection. Continue reading
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