DAILY TEXT, Today Saturday August 13, 2022, Jehovah does not want anyone to be destroyed, but that everyone come to repent (2 Pet. 3:9).

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Saturday August 13, 2022

Jehovah does not want any to be destroyed, but that all come to repentance (2 Pet. 3:9).

Jehovah has set the day and hour when he will put an end to this old system (Matt. 24:36). Although he longs to raise the dead, he will not lose patience or act before his time (Job 14:14, 15). He is waiting for the perfect time to do it (John 5:28). We have good reason to be thankful that Jehovah is patient. For example, thanks to this, many people have had time to repent, including us. Jehovah wants as many people as possible to live forever. Therefore, let us show that we appreciate his patience by doing our best to find those who have “the right attitude to obtain eternal life” and helping them to love and serve Jehovah.​—Acts 13:48. This way they can also benefit from your patience. w20.08 18 para. 17

Why is it reasonable to believe that those who receive the resurrected will be able to recognize their loved ones?

There are several reasons why we believe that those who receive the resurrected will be able to recognize their loved ones. For example, from the resurrections mentioned in the Bible, it appears that Jehovah will recreate people so that they have the same appearance, speech, and way of thinking that they had just before they died. Also, let us remember that Jesus said that being dead is like being asleep and that being resurrected is like waking up from a dream (Matt. 9:18, 24; John 11:11-13). When people wake up, their appearance, their voice and their memories are the same as when they went to sleep. Consider the case of Lazarus. When Jesus raised him, he had been dead for four days, so his body had begun to decompose. But his sisters recognized him instantly, and it is obvious that he remembered them (John 11:38-44; 12:1, 2).

Why won't the resurrected come back with a perfect mind and body?

Jehovah promises that under Christ's rule no one will say, “I am sick” (Isa. 33:24; Rom. 6:7). Therefore, when God recreates people who have died, he will give them a healthy body. Mind you, they won't be perfect right away. If they were, their loved ones might not recognize them. It seems that all mankind will gradually reach perfection during the Thousand Year Reign of Christ. Once that period of time is over, Jesus will return the Kingdom to his Father. Then this government will have fully accomplished its mission, which includes bringing humanity to perfection (1 Cor. 15:24-28; Rev. 20:1-3).

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