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Hebrews 2:6 But somewhere it is testified in these words: “What is man that You are mindful of him, or the son of man that You care for him? 7You made him a little lower than the angels; You crowned him with glory and honor 8and placed everything under his feet.” When God subjected all things to him, He left nothing outside of his control. Yet at present we do not see everything subject to him. (Paul quoting David in Psalms) Paul likes to quote David. The "somewhere" he is talking about is Psalms 8:5. Jesus tells us that: "those who humble themselves will be exalted." (Matthew 23:12) Perhaps we are lower than the angels because they are not able to humble themselves as much as we can. I have had dreams about angels in Heaven and they are taller than us. But when we put on our garments of praise and worship God, perhaps we become greater than them. Because only the humble can be exalted. I know that in worship and praise God puts His love and adoration in us. There is nothing better than to worship and praise God.

We live on a river here that is in the same place after the glaciers as it was before. Although I have been told the river was wider before. I have photos of layers of conglomerate rock made by the river over the years. This river does flow in both directions. It is U shaped and both directions are down hill. My son and I used to go to explore the area where they used to cross the river before they built bridges. That could very well go back to Pangaea. Elevation changes because the plates run into each other.

The power of suggestion is very strong. But we never, ever lose our free will or freedom of choice. That is a something no one can take away from us.

How much of the Torah is written down and how much of the Torah is in the reading translation and interpretation? It is amazing though that Science has a half life of 50 years. Where the Torah has remained consistent & true for thousands of years.

Same Bible, but there are up to 100 levels and layers. Some people say you can sin all you want. Others say we are called to live free from sin. Holy, dedicated & sanctified. They are reading the same Bible. Even reading Paul - people walking away with totally different opinions on what Paul is teaching us.

We absolutely have to be rejoice and be glad. The LOA people talk about the advantage of positive energy vs negative energy. They talk about energy, frequency and vibrations in the universe. There is a program on PBS where they want people to go back four generations and be miserable and depressed over what their ancestors had to suffer and endure. If there is an issue God can correct the wrong. He does not just heal memories He goes back in time to the beginning of the problem to bring about healing and restoration. People need to stop themselves from thinking negative thoughts and begin to think positive thoughts.

God loves them through you. Because of worship, praise and adoration God is able to use you as a vessel to express His love for people.

A lot of "Jewish" people believe, they just are not willing to come out of the closet. So they speak about Jesus in a code. Or they claim Jesus was following the teachings of Hillel the Elder when he taught: the expression of the ethic of reciprocity, or "Golden Rule": "That which is hateful to you, do not do unto your fellow. That is the whole Torah; the rest is commentary; now go and learn."[5] Buddhists do the same thing. Buddhism: “Whatever is disagreeable to yourself, do not do unto others” (The Buddha, Udana-Varga 5.18 – 6th century BC). They try to show His teaching was long-established. Of course, Jesus did add to what we receive from Moses.

They are there in the Bible, they are just not revealed to us at this time.

This is a reference to the physical body. The part that comes from the Earth, all the elements that make us up. There will be a new heaven and a new earth and our body will be resurrected. Between now and then, we have a spiritual body. That is what goes to Heaven to be reunited with Jesus and our loved ones that have gone there before us.

What is dead and what is alive. Jesus said: "the stones will cry out!” (Luke 19:40) The stones of the wall will cry out, and the beams of the woodwork will echo it. (Habakkuk 2:11) Dead things rot and decay and rapidly become useless. The "Jews" believe everyone is redeemed within a year of death. They believe in a life after death - the immortality of the soul and the physical resurrection of the body at a time in the future. We are told: "Do not turn to mediums or seek out spiritists," (Leviticus 19:10) Christians and the Chabad try to explain that. Although, I question how successful they are in their attempt.

To be knocked off your high horse is figurative, not literal. It is an expression used in the English language. It means that they were humbled.

If they quit judging others, then they would have to examine themselves. They just do not seem to want to do that. It is far to easy for them to pass judgement on others than it is for them to pass judgement on themselves. Titus 1:15 Unto the pure all things are pure: but unto them that are defiled and unbelieving is nothing pure; but even their mind and conscience is defiled.

Jesus is not dead. He was resurrected or raised from the dead. There were as many as 500 "Jews" that were resurrected at the time. Matthew 27:53 52 The tombs broke open, and the bodies of many saints who had fallen asleep were raised. 53 After Jesus’ resurrection, when they had come out of the tombs, they entered the holy city and appeared to many people. 54 When the centurion and those with him who were guarding Jesus saw the earthquake and all that had happened, they were terrified and said, “Truly this was the Son of God.”…

I think that there is scientific evidence that supports that memory is inherited. If people have "memories" from a previous life, they must have inherited it from an ancestor. There are many people today who claim they can still feel the abuse and the trauma suffered by their ancestors. They say they can feel it in their blood. So the aggression they act out is said to be unresolved trauma experience by a previous generation. I had a dream about my daughter in Heaven and in the dream I found out that she had been visited by 30 or 40 relatives since she had been there. Maybe more 50 or 60.

Everything in this universe is connected, in real time. When people die and go to heaven, we may be separated from them, but we still feel a connection.

I do not see the word reincarnation in the Bible.

David was a man of blood and he was prohibited from building the temple because of that. All the bloodline of Jesus were imperfect people - Rehab a prostitute, Ruth a foreigner, Solomon the child of an adulterous relationship. 1 Chronicles 2 David Commissions Solomon 2 Then King David rose to his feet and said, “Listen to me, my brothers and my people. It was in my heart to build a house as a resting place for the ark of the covenant of the LORD and as a footstool for our God. I had made preparations to build it, 3but God said to me, ‘You are not to build a house for My Name, because you are a man of war who has spilled blood.’ 4Yet the LORD, the God of Israel, chose me out of all my father’s house to be king over Israel forever. For He chose Judah as leader, and from the house of Judah He chose my father’s household, and from my father’s sons He was pleased to make me king over all Israel.… Notice he says Judah, not Isreal. Judah is the word people mock when they use the word "Jew" or "Jewish".

I was talking about the Anglican Church and the book of common prayer. Could be the Roman Catholic Church has a different perspective. I think people give them more credit than they deserve. There are seven churches in Revelation, so the Roman Church can only be one of those seven. They can call themselves "Catholic" if they want. That just means universal church. They are not THE Catholic Church, but they are a part of the Catholic Church. Most every Church thinks they are the true church and everyone else is a liar. Paul and James both talk about how we do not have clear vision, and we are not going to fully understand until we get to Heaven. 1 Corinthians 13:12 Now we see but a dim reflection as in a mirror; then we shall see face to face. Now I know in part; then I shall know fully, even as I am fully known

In Hebrews 12:14 we read: "without holiness no one will see the Lord". In Hebrews 10:19-20, the Bible reads, “Therefore, brothers and sisters, since we have confidence to enter the Most Holy Place by the blood of Jesus, 20 by a new and living way opened for us through the curtain, that is, his body.” Jesus sacrificed Himself so that through His Body and Blood we have access to the most Holy Place and to God Himself. The "Jews" did not understand this, so they sowed the veil back up again. The story is that once a year a priest entered into the Holy of Holines. They would tie a rope around him so if he died they could pull his body out. That is why Jesus died and took out place so that we could once again have access to God.

Jesus knows how we feel. He was tempted in every way like we are. Philippians 2:6 This was God's objective to dwell with us. This is why the veil in the temple was torn.

The word Trinity is not in the Bible. This is a shortcut to Father - Son & Holy Spirit. We are told in Philippian 2:6: 5Let this mind be in you which was also in Christ Jesus: 6Who, existing in the form of God, did not consider equality with God something to be grasped, 7but emptied Himself, taking the form of a servant, being made in human likeness.

We need to translate and interpret the Bible. We need to verify how accurate our translation and interpretation are. Science is one of many tools we have in our tool box that we can use to get the job done. Let me make this clear. We are talking about the first chapter in Neil DeGrasse Tyson book: "Astrophysics for people in a Hurry". Tyson is agnostic and he has no interest in having a discussion about religion or the Bible. The advantage of this is, Tyson is NOT influenced by religion or the Bible. That means he is not biased in what he is saying. He does not serve two masters: science and religion. He only serves one: Science. Let me give you the first sentence, so you can know what Tyson's book is about: "In the beginning, nearly 14 billion years ago, all the space and all the matter and all the energy of the known universe was contained in a volume less one-trillionth the size of the period that ends this sentence". NOTICE how the Bible, Genesis 1:1 AND Tyson's book BOTH begin with: "In the Beginning". Show me anyone, anywhere that can do a better job of explaining the word "beginning" the first word in our Bible. The first word and the first letter of a word sets the pace.

Youtube has Sunday school lessons for kids.

I am not an evangelist. They are better able to explain salvation. We had a lot of sermons on the Mind of Christ. So you could fill up a whole dictionary with the different scriptures that talks about what it means to have the Mind of Christ and what is means to be a new Creation in Christ. If you want to learn how to manifest, the Law of Attraction people maybe able to help you. The name it and claim it, blab it and grab it doctrine is said to have a lot of problems. Our physical body returns to the Earth. Dust to dust, ashes to ashes. John Wesley teaches that all of our Physical body will be brought back together at the resurrection. In the mean time when we go to Heaven our physical body returns to the earth. Right now, I am working on the DNA that is passed from generation to generation. There are people that have inherited DNA from people who suffered trauma, and they feel as if they have inherited that trauma in their blood. I believe God does more than to heal our ancestor's memories. I believe He goes back in time to when the event took place to bring about the healing.