jehovas witnesses bothering me
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They believe that ever since Christ's invisible kingdom rule was established in 1914, there has been a window opened to the faithful JW's who have a relationship with [their] jesus. These faithful [the 144,000 mentioned in the book of Revelation] will actually live with Christ in "heaven", which in their theology, is going to be a seperate realm from earth. The remaining JW's will serve Jehovah on a restored paradise earth.
The biggest problem with this interpretation of the 144,000 number is that the passage in Revelation specifically says that this is comprised of 12,000 faithful jews from each of the 12 tribes of Israel. So, the hermeneutical error they make is to allegorize the the literal tribes mentioned, but take literally the 144,000 number and apply it to their organization's followers.