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even one passage from the 2nd epistle of St Peter (who was the head of the Church on this earth after Christ was taken up into the "Heavens") proves that Paul was a true Apostle: 2 Peter 3:15-18 "regard the patience of our Lord as salvation; just as also our beloved brother Paul, according to the wisdom given him, wrote to you, as also in all his letters, speaking in them of these things, in which are some things hard to understand, which the untaught and unstable distort, as they do also the rest of the Scriptures, to their own destruction. You therefore, beloved, knowing this beforehand, be on your guard so that you are not carried away by the error of unprincipled men and fall from your own steadfastness, but grow in the grace and knowledge of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. To Him be the glory, both now and to the day of eternity. Amen." there is no contradiction in the holy scriptures, there can be contradiction only in somebody's mind Blessings

hardly 15-20 min meal (15-20 min is the average time for a meal) can prevent a person from being righteous - rather hunger can prevent a person from being able to pray and do deeds Blessings

btw, it would be better for a man to die like a man in a good cause (of course without murdering anybody) than to live and die like a slut, but this doesn't mean murderous war between human beings and human beings is a good cause - after all, we can solve the problems quite peacefully Blessings

people have also been created by God, at least through the biological processes of pregnancy in the wombs of pregnant women; so let's again remember everything God creates is quite good and nothing of it is unclean/sinful in and of itself - so there must be something else, including, apart from humans as creatures/creations of God Blessings

yes, but what is the meaning of the scriptural "world"?! it is written that the world God created in six days is not unclean/sinful in and of itself (Genesis 1:31, Romans 14:14-20, 1 Corinthians 10:26, 1 Timothy 4:4) - so how is it possible that the world God created be unclean/sinful?! - there must be something that came and has manifested thereafter i.e. after God created the world, and that thing must be the one that in Scripture is called "world" in the negative sense of the word Blessings

repentance is possible in principle, at least before it's too late, but we, who are christians, have also to take into consideration that we can also, and could also turn out to be some of those who, worship/serve the "beast" - after all, unrighteousness in the spiritual/religious practice is the "mark" of the "beast", and the other/second "beast" (a.k.a. "false prophet") is at least the satanic equivalent of the Holy Spirit itself, which tries to and could mislead religious worshipers in their hearts and minds Blessings

war is not a good thing and should be avoided, but unfortunately there has also been extremism because of pride, despotism and greed, and, i am sorry to say, spiritual lawlessness that has been committed by the system of human spirituality/religiosity is at the root of the problem Blessings

unfortunately we live in a world where sex has been demonized, sex drive — overamplified toward sexual immorality, conscience and consciousness — corrupted, and spiritual lawlessness has worked even in the holy place, which brought all that mess, including pandemics of mental deviations and disorders - i am not surprised that even children raped children (especially when a six-year-old boy was wanting me to show my p---s to him (and who knows what else he could do and want me to do) when i was witnessing to the word of God once in the park - the same spirit of homosexuality worked also in him - he spoke and acted like a coquette) hardly the true God has made them be born with such consciousness - rather the problem is spiritual and it's not their fault they had to live in a world in which not a few people commit spiritual lawlessness and thus bring stumbling blocks, temptations, seductions, delusions, defilements and corruptions for humankind; on the other hand, a person is guilty if they cause evil to their neighbor and see that other person is hurt because of their actions, but nevertheless don't stop doing it if they are not victims, they may be perpetrators, but we the religious worshipers/spiritual servants are the ones who should forgive and sanctify them, because whether they are victims or perpetrators, they are all victims of one satanic system of spiritual lawlessness, for none of them ultimately had the chance to avoid being born in this world under the conditions of sin and death - and i can say, albeit with a risk of self-condemnation, the spiritual servants/religious worshipers are the ones who have had to sanctify the creature and creation of God while He has (since the seventh day) been in a state of incomplete wakefulness for many humans/souls to be able to take full care of all - they are the ones who have had to do what He has not been able to do and they have had to do Blessings

laziness, pride and covetousness live in the mindless religious mind - the mind that is not nourished with righteousness - while righteousness supports love, and love supports righteousness let's remember the story of oedipus - he was so hasty to kill a stranger and to use his wife to sleep with her, and regretted his crimes committed against them only after he knew they were his parents; the religious worshiper makes a similar mistake if they miss working for salvation for humankind, because someday they will be in the place of every "fatherless" and of every "widow" that they missed saving - the people whose fate depends more or less on what the spiritual/religious ones do for the time they practice faith - including the children of others, the parents of others, etc. - it is too irresponsible to not think about the consequences that is why i prefer contributing (with something) to the organization of salvation for humankind to only waiting for God to save me Blessings

the scriptural "sabbath" is the time during which the true God is in a state of incomplete wakefulness for many humans and souls, because He made all the universal creation in six days and then has against His will gone into a centuries-long state of incomplete wakefulness since the seventh day - after all, He had to struggle and has been in a very fierce struggle with the "darkness" for that reason He blessed the "sabbath" and caused there to be a chance for the spiritual servants to sanctify the creature and the creation in case of need, because He foresaw that there may be a Fall; so from this perspective "sabbath" is the need for the spiritual servants to sanctify the creature and the creation that God made in six days until He is in that state, which means they should at least be careful not to defile them; however, the full keeping of "sabbath" is when the spiritual servants sanctify the creature and the creation in the way Jesus Christ did it two millennia ago - remember how He preached the Gospel, cast out the evil spirits from demon-possessed people, healed the sick, resurrected dead, etc. so the fourth of the Ten Commandments should still be kept - it is another question how the scribes and pharisees understood and kept it improperly Blessings

recognizing spirits is a matter of practicing the faith righteously, and usually the religious worshiper has to practice the faith so for a long enough time to be able to recognize spirits - confession of the faith of Jesus and the true Saints is another matter on hand Blessings

the more we go into scientific depths, the more we have convolutions, which is why the systematic reading and study of scriptures is full of convolutions, because either we have a gift from the Holy Spirit to understand the truth of God (directly) or we can go into scientific depths and thus into convolutions if we go in for Bible study or we can simply believe that God is God, good is good, and, darkness is darkness, evil is evil - we can just call things by their real names, because, i hope you also understand, the One Who is really the true God is not sinful simply, the mechanism of the contrainteraction between the "Light" and the "darkness" may be very complicated to understand in detail (for example how the devil could be positive when he is naturally/inherently negative) Blessings

what is silly? Blessings

2 Corinthians 12:7 speaks of an aspect of the Holy Spirit called "satan", which impedes the manifestations of the devil in, and removes them from, humans - IOW, the "thorn" in that verse is not an angel of the devil, including because the devil would (try to) make the human heart/mind be conceited rather than (to) impede the manifestation of conceit in humans; the scriptural word "satan" means not only adversary but also remover/destroyer, so the manifestation of the "darkness" called "satan" is an adversary of God and tries to destroy His works, while that aspect of the Holy Spirit called "satan" is an adversary of the devil and destroys his works as well as removing his manifestations from humans the devil tried to make St Paul show conceit, while the Holy Spirit in its aspect called "satan" impeded the manifestation of conceit in St Paul Blessings

unfortunately billions of people have been betrayed for the last centuries and millennia, moreover, not only by so-called christians but also by many other religious worshipers, and at the root of the problem has been the system of human/"beastly"(666) spirituality/religiosity, which is the system of spiritual unrighteousness/lawlessness/wickedness - she has caused billions of people to be defiled, affected and afflicted with all kinds of defilements, deviations, disorders, diseases, corruptions and evils in general Revelation 18:1-5 (WEY) "After these things I saw another angel coming down from Heaven, armed with great power. The earth shone with his splendor, and with a mighty voice he cried out, saying, "Great Babylon has fallen, has fallen, and has become a home for demons and a stronghold for every kind of foul spirit and for every kind of foul and hateful bird. For all the nations have drunk the wine of the anger provoked by her fornication, and the kings of the earth have committed fornication with her, and the merchants of the earth have grown rich through her excessive luxury." Then I heard another voice from Heaven, which said, "Come out of her, My people, that you may not become partakers in her sins, nor receive a share of her plagues. For her sins are piled up to the sky, and God has called to mind her unrighteous deeds." Blessings

if there is no conscious soul in the universe to think or do something so that they may begin to have a sense, idea or perception of time elapsed and elapsing through the presence of a sequence of thoughts or deeds, then time will not matter, because there will be no one to ascertain that there is time, for no one will exist in a conscious state, but this doesn't mean that there will be no time passing, because the souls will be in a state of unconsciousness(IOW, there will be no existence for them) for some time, which could be measured... - from this perspective we can say that there can be something or nothing at a certain time and for a certain length of time... why do i testify to this?, because what i am given to understand is that time passes even for God Himself, for His life also has a span(cycle), though He never stops existing and living even for a while throughout the time's infinity; so His life has an end (through something like a partial death) followed immediately by a next beginning (return to His fully mature shape of life), and one beginning and end of His life is one single cycle of eternity Revelation 1:17-18 (Aramaic Bible) "I am The First and The Last(i.e. the first one that is born and the last one that "dies"); I am he who lived and died, and behold, I am alive to the eternity of eternities(i.e. and now I am again living, indeed, I am alive for the whole infinity of time), amen, and I have the key of Death and of Sheol.", Revelation 21:5-6 (Aramaic Bible) "I walked and he who sat on the throne said to me, "Behold, I make all things new(i.e. God makes all things that had happened in the previous cycle of eternity happen again in exactly the same way, order and sequence in the current cycle of eternity)." And he said to me, "Write: 'These words are trustworthy and true." And he said to me, "They are done(i.e. lo everything repeats in exactly the same way, order and sequence). I am Alap and I am Tau, The Source and The Fulfillment. I shall give to the thirsty one from the fountain of the water of life without charge."" Blessings

check this: https://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/english/eternity an eternity - a very long time https://en.oxforddictionaries.com/definition/eternity 1.4 (an eternity) informal A period of time that seems very long, especially on account of being tedious or annoying. https://www.macmillandictionary.com/dictionary/british/eternity 2 [SINGULAR] an extremely long time https://www.collinsdictionary.com/dictionary/english/eternity 2. singular noun If you say that a situation lasted for an eternity, you mean that it seemed to last an extremely long time, usually because it was boring or unpleasant. https://www.thefreedictionary.com/eternity 4. A very long or seemingly endless time 5. a seemingly endless period of time strong's biblical lexicon: eternity, αἰών (masculine noun) Strong's G165 - transliteration: aiōn - pronunciation: ī-ō'n 1. for ever, an unbroken age, perpetuity of time, eternity 2. the worlds, universe 3. period of time, age an example: Revelation 14:11 (Aramaic Bible) "And the smoke of their torment ascends for the eternity of eternities, and there is no rest, day or night, for those who worship The Beast and its Image and for him who takes the mark of its name." usually the popular dictionaries and encyclopedias don't present the true meanings of the biblical words and expressions, because they are composed by people that don't know the scriptural/biblical concepts and terms, but in the case (of the word "eternity") there is some coincidence Blessings

these verses also speak of consecutive periods("thousands of years", "days", "nights") - God is indefinitely existing and living throughout the time's infinity, and as man lives many successive days and nights, so God lives for zillions of eternities(eternal cycles), but this doesn't mean there is no beginning or end for Him, because as every day of men has a beginning and end, so every eternity has a beginning and end (for it is a cycle and a period) - let's say the life of God also has some span/cycle, albeit without Him ever ceasing to exist/live (even for a while) throughout the time's infinity, and that cycle of His life is called "eternity" in Scripture... Blessings

diets and self-deprivation of food are not the righteous way to fast - wherever there is speech about fasting (as a kind of self-deprivation of food) in Scripture the Prophets meant self-deprivation of all spiritual/religious activities/traditions which are originated by the world and not entirely by the true Lord God - remember the primary law(the Ten Commandments): the religious worshiper should not have other gods besides the true One (Exodus 20:3), they should not create any spiritual/religious theory or practice (in connection/conjunction/interaction with any thing that is either in the "heaven", in the "earth" or in the "see/waters" (given that the true Lord God is the only One that is beyond/above these three)) - neither should they revere such things, nor serve them (even if not they but someone else created them) (Exodus 20:4-6)... also, read Isaiah 58 - especially verses sixth and seventh - and remember how Jesus and His true disciples fulfilled these verses (namely by forgiving sinners, casting out demons from demon-possessed people, healing the sick, resurrecting dead, etc.) that is the true fasting, while diets and self-deprivation of food are not appropriate for skinny, puny and weak people - moreover, their beneficial effect is short-lived 1 Timothy 4:8 (NASB) "for bodily discipline is only of little profit, but godliness is profitable for all things, since it holds promise for the present life and also for the life to come." Blessings

the fact that humans/souls could have abundant and eternal life in paradise even without any of them measuring time in heaven doesn't mean time is not always running, be it with or without time measurement if God didn't measure time, then He wouldn't know what would and will happen to one soul or another at any point in time - IOW, He wouldn't be able to foreknow anything if we begin to think about the origin and nature of time excluding all other things one by one from consideration, we can reach the consensus that time as constantly flowing forward is always existing/present and running (like a river constantly flowing at a constant speed) - another question is whether there will always be someone to measure time - also, without any movement/activity there will be no idea of time, but we know there is always some activity, if not on the part of souls, then at least on the part of God; plus, He made the creature and the creation after His image and likeness so that man may know what it's like to be god 1 John 4:17 (KJV) "as he is, so are we in this world." so all this doesn't give us to understand that there is no time for God, but let's remember His words "i am the first and the last, the beginning and the end" - without addressing this to myself i can say maybe there is a beginning and end even for Him, albeit not just once but infinitely many times successively and repeatedly Blessings

i believe you are a man with qualities to serve God, but, even if i am nothing in any field/area of human activity, in word of God, thank God, i am not a layman what does "gnostic" mean?!, the Bible is also full of many spiritual things that also have not been perceptible to most people, including to most of the religious worshipers, and therefore they haven't understood/known them the main difference between the spiritual knowledge coming from the true God and the spiritual knowledge coming from the world is that the true One doesn't profess non-salvation and destruction for humans/souls, while the wicked one may profess all kinds of things except the manifestation of pure and perfect love for humans/souls to overall salvation and life's provision (even if there is love in his testimony, it is hypocritical); and this is because the difference is, first of all, in the means - the means of the "Light" are entirely good, while the means of the "darkness" are bad, simply because such is their nature; for example, the "darkness" can't be sincerely good, which is why it is passing (including because there is self-destructiveness deep in its nature, for the true "Light" cannot support its activity, and the abundance of its splendor is doomed to die, because it is dependent on parasitism upon the creation of the true God), while the true "Light" is not capable of doing evil, which doesn't mean there is no danger of eternal punishment for (certain) sinners if we even talk about spirituality when it comes to faith/religion, then why must we deceive each other that the matter at hand in Scripture is other than spiritual?! - who is not aware that scripture is spiritual and about spiritual things?! 1 Corinthians 2:12-14 (AKJV) "we have received, not the spirit of the world, but the spirit which is of God; that we might know the things that are freely given to us of God. Which things also we speak, not in the words which man's wisdom teaches, but which the Holy Ghost teaches; comparing spiritual things with spiritual. But the natural man receives not the things of the Spirit of God: for they are foolishness to him: neither can he know them, because they are spiritually discerned." if sin has been quite obvious to all humans, then would all of them be aware of the otherwise imperceptible danger and protect themselves from it?!, but unfortunately we can still see billions of victims/sufferers, including millions or maybe billions of religious worshipers, who don't even know where their problems have come from, even if they think and even claim they know the origin of the(ir) problems - that is also why there has not been a complete effective resolution to so many problems... so it is evident that we have to be more careful, accurate, precise and thorough in the practice of faith... Blessings

if this is addressed to me, know that i don't try to contradict scripture at all - i don't find any contradiction in my testimony (including in comparison with what is written in Scripture) - if you find any, i am available to read/listen to you and explain of course i say all this without thinking that there are not millions of wiser and much wiser human beings than me; also, i don't think i am wise... Blessings

let's not forget that the living Word of God, which was first, is not written, but rather verbal; Scripture is a Word of God recorded in written form - His Prophets first heard His Word and only then wrote it the "seals" in Revelation are the inabilities to understand the truth of the One Who is really the true Lord God; when those "seals" are unsealed in some person, then he or she begins to understand His truth even if they don't read Scripture why not: "which can (in singular) make you now wise..."?! - i receive from Him this translation as more correct -you know, many versions of the Bible, many different translations - why?!, because every translator had a different viewpoint on scripture; and why?!, because unfortunately there had been cleavages between many sects instead of overall consensus - here is for example how you are hasty to impose your understanding instead of reasoning with me about these things so that we may reach a perfectly true consensus yes, but does everyone who reads Scripture understand it correctly?! 2 Peter 3:15-16 (NIV) "Bear in mind that our Lord’s patience means salvation, just as our dear brother Paul also wrote you with the wisdom that God gave him. He writes the same way in all his letters, speaking in them of these matters. His letters contain some things that are hard to understand, which ignorant and unstable people distort, as they do the other Scriptures, to their own destruction." let's say some people don't need to read Scripture, because they know what is written/explained in it and what is not written/explained there - can you believe me that i read only the whole New Testament twice, 15-16 years ago, and never read the whole old testament, from the beginning to its end?!, but, as you can see, (i can say without boasting about anything of myself) this doesn't prevent me from understanding the truth of God and witnessing to it more perfectly than millions of other worshipers in this world - we can even explain biblical passages without ever reading them before the relevant current moment yes, there is speech, first of all, about hearing of His "voice", not reading of Scripture - because what's the benefit of reading Scripture without understanding it correctly, especially if we understand it wrong and distort/twist it?! - that is why hearing is more important then reading, and reading is nothing useful without hearing the proper understanding of what we read Blessings

i even read from the Bible that there was a primordial substance before and after God began to create for the first time - it is written in Genesis 1 that the first two things He created were the "heaven" and the "earth", and what is written then is that there were already "darkness" and "water" in the universe, i.e. that "darkness" and that "water" were not created by Him, but they are presented as something that exists without being created - what is written in Scripture is that God used that "water", primordial substance, as a constructive/structural material to create things, including the "heaven" and the "earth" (as in 2 Peter 3:5-6) - you know God created the man after His image and likeness, and the man could create things, but usually there must be some constructive/structural material from which man can make things - so we can understand that God had also to use some constructive/structural material to create things from it, including because something cannot be made from nothing 1 John 4:17 (KJV) "as he is, so are we in this world." as we, humans, had to create/made things from some material, so He had also to create/made things from something Blessings

let's not forget that each of the Prophets/Saints who wrote the biblical scriptures was made competent by God when preaching His word or writing scripture - They were led by Him and almost had no other source besides Him - we can see there are few quotes from other prophets in some biblical books and the rest of the words in the Bible are new words - did Moses have scripture before he began to write it?!, but we know he was the one who wrote the pentateuch, and on the whole the biblical Prophets wrote scriptures rather than read them Romans 1:17 (ISV) "in the gospel God's righteousness is being revealed from faith to faith, as it is written, "The righteous will live by faith."", Romans 2:28-29 (NHEB) "he is not a Jew who is one outwardly, neither is that circumcision which is outward in the flesh; but he is a Jew who is one inwardly, and circumcision is that of the heart, in the spirit not in the letter; whose praise is not from men, but from God.", 2 Corinthians 3:1-6 (NHEB) "Are we beginning again to commend ourselves? We do not need, as do some, letters of commendation to you or from you, do we? You are our letter, written in our hearts, known and read by all men; being revealed that you are a letter of Christ, served by us, written not with ink, but with the Spirit of the living God; not in tablets of stone, but in tablets that are hearts of flesh. Such confidence we have through Christ toward God; not that we are sufficient of ourselves, to account anything as from ourselves; but our sufficiency is from God; who also made us sufficient as servants of a New Covenant; not of the letter, but of the Spirit. For the letter kills, but the Spirit gives life." Blessings