wildside

Are you crazy? Listen to the voice.

Hey Arash the Archer, Its been a while. How are you man? Come on into chat if you get a chance. See you around. Wildside AKA Dustin

I haven't written here in a long time but this is a subject that does interest me and I believe I have some biblical knowledge of this subject so I will add what I can in hope for more responses. Joe wrote "god of this world," this very arguably refers to Satan in my opinion. (2 Cor 4:4) Though he may be the god of this world. The God we serve is the one true God, Creator of and Master over all the universe. Though He is this immense his eye is on the sparrow (Mathew 10:29) and we know his great love for us because of the sacrifice of Jesus Christ. Satan showed Jesus all the kingdoms of earth when He was being tempted in the wilderness and he said he would give Jesus all of it if He would worship him. Jesus' response was "Get thee hence Satan for it is written that you shall worship the LORD your God and him only will you serve." He did not rebuke him by saying that he was lying (though he is the father of lies) only by refusing to do what he said. Could he have given the world to Jesus? The world was meant for Jesus to rule and He knew that, hence the deception, but thank God Jesus knew what his first mission as the suffering servant was (Daniel 9:26)(Isaiah 53:5) and He did not forsake it but fulfilled his mission. Satan goes to and fro on the earth (Job 1:7) (1 Peter 5:8) and sets up thrones (revelation 2:13)and sets himself as a king (Ezekiel 28:12-19). Now these two verses in consideration, we all know that evil men are in power on the earth, the extent of the evil in control is not yet known by most people. We know that world leaders network through the United Nations. I don't know much of what the EU is about personally, but it is apparently an emerging power. I don't know what will become of the world from now until the antichrist rises to power, but this world will never be completely under the control of the evil one as long as there are some of us there to resist, willing to fight and die for what we believe in. (Daniel 7:21) (Revelation 13:7)

My Grandpa survived colon cancer. Praise God for his grace to us.

I am no teacher, but I think this argument can find its consummation in the fact that Christ did not come to destroy the Law and the Prophets but to fulfill them. His life began the New Covenant through His blood which was poured out for us all. This is the covenant that was promised to be made by God with the house of Israel and the house of Judah which can be found in the writings of the prophet Jeremiah. This covenant was given by God through the death of Jesus the Messiah at Golgotha and the Old Covenant of the Law was fulfilled as was written by the prophet Jeremiah, and the New Covenant began. He told the disciples about this New Covenant at his last Passover feast. We can see the record of this in Luke chapter 22 and an exposition of it in 1 Corinthians chapter 11. Jeremiah chapter 31 verse 33 in the New International version according to www.biblegateway.com states: "This is the covenant I will make with the house of Israel after that time," declares the LORD. "I will put my law in their minds and write it on their hearts. I will be their God, and they will be my people. We will understand this better in its context that this covenant will not be like the covenant which God made with the forefathers of Israel. Also that no one will teach eachother anymore saying "Know the LORD" for we will all know Him. Obviously this has not happened yet, but more clearly it has not been fulfilled yet as it has begun and is rapidly being fulfilled itself throughout the world. One may ask, "If this New Covenant has begun why hasn't the nation of Israel accepted Jesus of Nazareth as the Messiah?" This is explained in Romans chapter 11 verse 11 per the New International Version per www.biblegateway.com: "Again I ask: Did they stumble so as to fall beyond recovery? Not at all! Rather, because of their transgression, salvation has come to the Gentiles to make Israel envious." Anyone who desires knowledge is free to search out this mystery for themselves.

I don't pretend to know the answer Law. I'll just point out some scriptures that I think should be looked at. Somewhere it (not sure where), it calls the dead, those who have fallen asleep. Does that mean that people are sleeping in heaven? I'm not trying to be sarcastic but its a legitamate theological question you're asking, I thank you for asking it. Here's one, the most common one interpretted as immediate life in heaven, "To be absent from the body is to be present with the Lord." Ok, but what does it mean to be present with the Lord. The Lord is eternal can we really fathom what it is like? "We don't know what we shall be but we know we shall be like Him." Isn't that also a verse? Back to the other side, remember in Revelation, where it says the spirits(or was it the souls, I don't remember, glad I'm not the Teacher here) of the saints cry out to him from underneath the altar in Heaven saying "How long oh Lord, how long until you avenge us." What is this about, dwelling under an altar, likely this is figurative language and surely is interpretted different ways. But this doesn't seem to be a very fit ending if that is the end of the journey of the righteous through the unknown afterlife. I apologize if I've gotten off the subject. What did David think? Take a look at psalm 69. "Deliver me out of the mire, and let me not sink: let me be delievered from them that hate me and the deep waters." "Let not the pit shut her mouth on me." Again he said, something that is commonly attributed to Christ only, that God would not leave his soul in Seoul." If this is only referring to Christ it still is referring to Christ. So basically this sounds to me like David is saying that his soul is going somewhere, it doesn't sound like a particularly heavenly place, but he's still hopeful that God will take him out of this place. Knowing the truth about this is one thing, teaching it is another. I don't envy you in that task. May you be brave and bold and the Lord be with you. I'll bring up one final verse. "In my Father's house there are many rooms. If it was not so I would have told you." Still I'm not exactly on subject I think, my apologies again. Concerning bodily reserruction we can look at Ezekiels vision, if it was just a vision. I hope to hear some comments on this. Peace

The churches have all kinds of customs, I don't know why people don't just act from what Jesus said at the last supper. Seems simple enough to me.

Dear fellow, you're not alone. I just wanted you to know that. Eternity is incomprehensible to a mind bound in time, please don't think you can undersand it fully. Place the proper value on the life you have been given here on this planet. You are worth very much my friend. So much.

If you keep hearing this song whatever it is maybe you should examine it and examine yourself. You shouldn't feel guilty about something like this. A wiser man than me said "We have nothing to fear but fear itself." Also, once you've faced your fear and it loses its hold on you I would definately advise that you get some music that you do like. :-)