Category: Heaven, Hell & The Afterlife

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Paradise

Luke 23:43  And Jesus said unto him, Verily I say unto thee, To day shalt thou be with me in paradise. 

2Co 12:1-4  It is not expedient for me doubtless to glory. I will come to visions and revelations of the Lord. I knew a man in Christ above fourteen years ago, (whether in the body, I cannot tell; or whether out of the body, I cannot tell: God knoweth;) such an one caught up to the third heaven. And I knew such a man, (whether in the body, or out of the body, I cannot tell: God knoweth;) How that he was caught up into paradise, and heard unspeakable words, which it is not lawful for a man to utter. 

Rev 2:7  He that hath an ear, let him hear what the Spirit saith unto the churches; To him that overcometh will I give to eat of the tree of life, which is in the midst of the paradise of God. 

Paradise in the Greek (all 3 verses);

G3857 παράδεισος Of Oriental origin (compare [H6508]); a park, that is, (specifically) an Eden (place of future happiness, “paradise”): – paradise.

Note how paradise in Luke 23:43, Jesus refers to paradise being the park-Eden-future happiness as a location.

Heaven

Mat 6:20-21  But lay up for yourselves treasures in heaven, where neither moth nor rust doth corrupt, and where thieves do not break through nor steal: For where your treasure is, there will your heart be also. 

Treasures in heaven (present tense) within your heart, in this flesh life.

Heaven in the Greek;

G3772 οὐρανός Perhaps from the same as G3735 (through the idea of elevation); the sky; by extension heaven (as the abode of God); by implication happiness, power, eternity; specifically the Gospel (Christianity).

Here we have a view of Heaven not as a physical location but as Christ said in Luke that paradise being the location of Eden. Apparently paradise is not heaven? Treasures in heaven are in your heart and that is the location of heaven. Not a physical location.

Eden

Eze 28:13  Thou hast been in Eden the garden of God; every precious stone was thy covering, the sardius, topaz, and the diamond, the beryl, the onyx, and the jasper, the sapphire, the emerald, and the carbuncle, and gold: the workmanship of thy tabrets and of thy pipes was prepared in thee in the day that thou wast created. 

Eden in the Hebrew in this verse;

H5731 עֵדֶן The same as H5730 (masculine); Eden, the region of Adam’s home: – Eden.

This verse refers to the spirit-souls that God has created prior to forming into the flesh.

2Kings 19:12  Have the gods of the nations delivered them which my fathers have destroyed; as Gozan, and Haran, and Rezeph, and the children of Eden which were in Thelasar? 

Eden in this verse;

H5729 עֶדֶן From H5727; pleasure; Eden, a place in Mesopotamia: – Eden. H5727 עָדַן A primitive root; to be soft or pleasant; figuratively and reflexively to live voluptuously:

Eden in this definition is found also in; (Isa 37:12, Eze 27:23) simply being a location In Mesopotamia.

Kingdom

Mat 4:17  From that time Jesus began to preach, and to say, Repent: for the kingdom of heaven is at hand. 

Kingdom from the Greek is;

G932 βασιλεία From G935; properly royalty, that is, (abstractly) rule, or (concretely) a realm (literally or figuratively): – kingdom, + reign. G935 βασιλεύς Probably from G939 (through the notion of a foundation of power); a sovereign (abstractly, relatively or figuratively): – king.

The “kingdom within” is the “power” of God-Christ within a soul.

1Co 3:16-17 states;

Know ye not that ye are the temple of God, and that the Spirit of God dwelleth in you? If any man defile the temple of God, him shall God destroy; for the temple of God is holy, which temple ye are. 

Hell

Mat 5:29-30  And if thy right eye offend thee, pluck it out, and cast it from thee: for it is profitable for thee that one of thy members should perish, and not that thy whole body should be cast into hell. And if thy right hand offend thee, cut it off, and cast it from thee: for it is profitable for thee that one of thy members should perish, and not that thy whole body should be cast into hell. 

Hell in the Greek;

G1067 γέεννα Of Hebrew origin ([H1516] and [H2011]); valley of (the son of) Hinnom; gehenna (or Ge-Hinnom), a valley of Jerusalem, used (figuratively) as a name for the place (or state) of everlasting punishment: – hell.

And IF it were even possible, the “state” of everlasting punishment and casting into hell for eternity……NOT. This hell is in reference to a physical location and not a “realm or state.” Everlasting is the “state” a soul is in their current flesh life’s awareness.

Mat 16:18  And I say also unto thee, That thou art Peter, and upon this rock I will build my church; and the gates of hell shall not prevail against it.

Hell in the Greek;

G86 ᾅδης From G1 (as a negative particle) and G1492; properly unseen, that is, “Hades” or the place (state) of departed souls: – grave, hell. G1492 εἴδω A primary verb; used only in certain past tenses, the others being borrowed from the equivalent, G3700 and G3708; properly to see (literally or figuratively); by implication (in the perfect only) to know.

Here we have Peter stating he will build his church and those souls in their “state” of hell will not destroy the true church.

MJI (LightWorker)

Eternal Hell?

John 5:24-29 

Verily, verily, I say unto you, He that heareth my word, and believeth on him that sent me, hath everlasting life, and shall not come into condemnation; but is passed from death unto life. Verily, verily, I say unto you, The hour is coming, and now is, when the dead shall hear the voice of the Son of God: and they that hear shall live. For as the Father hath life in himself; so hath he given to the Son to have life in himself; And hath given him authority to execute judgment also, because he is the Son of man. Marvel not at this: for the hour is coming, in the which all that are in the graves shall hear his voice, And shall come forth; they that have done good, unto the resurrection of life; and they that have done evil, unto the resurrection of damnation.

These are the words of Christ. “unto the resurrection of life; and they that have done evil, unto the resurrection of damnation.” Those in the grave that “finally” hear His voice. Those accused and judged to stand up again.

Eph 2:1-10

And you hath he quickened, who were dead in trespasses and sins; Wherein in time past ye walked according to the course of this world, according to the prince of the power of the air, the spirit that now worketh in the children of disobedience: Among whom also we all had our conversation in times past in the lusts of our flesh, fulfilling the desires of the flesh and of the mind; and were by nature the children of wrath, even as others. But God, who is rich in mercy, for his great love wherewith he loved us, Even when we were dead in sins, hath quickened us together with Christ, (by grace ye are saved;)  And hath raised us up together, and made us sit together in heavenly places in Christ Jesus: That in the ages to come he might shew the exceeding riches of his grace in his kindness toward us through Christ Jesus. For by grace are ye saved through faith; and that not of yourselves: it is the gift of God: Not of works, lest any man should boast. For we are his workmanship, created in Christ Jesus unto good works, which God hath before ordained that we should walk in them.

Eternal life, or life eternal is mentioned 64 times in the New Testament. Death according to the Greek Text is either literal or figuratively speaking. Literally speaking; from a fleshly view, whereas figuratively speaking is from a spiritual perspective. Eternal death, or death eternal is mentioned 3 times. The understanding in eternal death or damnation is in the world, the flesh, not your soul-spirit. (Although it is in the current life) If your not living in a life of love, your living a life in spiritual death.

Heb 11:3  Through faith we understand that the worlds were framed by the word of God, so that things which are seen were not made of things which do appear. (also see Heb 1:2)

We see in Hebrews that the “worlds” were framed by the Word of God. You get to choose if there are multiple worlds besides this one, or a soul that has eternal life that lives multiple lives. How about both? Wouldn’t it be great to gain some ground over the sinful evil natures of this flesh life and the next life not have to do this all over until you figure it out? Are you not tired of evil? How about those that have yet to figure it out. How many lives do they live until they see the light?

“Eventually” saved by your faith at the hand of God, grace is our gift. Apply your salvation and baptism scriptures to your life because the kingdom is at hand, and within you. (Mat 4:7, Luke 17:21)

MJI (LightWorker)

Dreams, Visions, Prophesy, Trance, Meditation, Revelations

(292 verses in the Bible relate to the above)

Acts 2:17-19  And it shall come to pass in the last days, saith God, I will pour out of my Spirit upon all flesh: and your sons and your daughters shall prophesy, and your young men shall see visions, and your old men shall dream dreams: And on my servants and on my handmaidens I will pour out in those days of my Spirit; and they shall prophesy: And I will shew wonders in heaven above, and signs in the earth beneath; blood, and fire, and vapour of smoke: 

All scripture is God spoken. All scriptures are God, which is the Word, which is alive. Therefore, humankind is always in the end days. All scriptures are in the NOW. Is it YOUR now, maybe, maybe not.

Meditation;

1Ti 4:15-16  Meditate upon these things; give thyself wholly to them; that thy profiting may appear to all. Take heed unto thyself, and unto the doctrine; continue in them: for in doing this thou shalt both save thyself, and them that hear thee. 

(See Also; Jos 1:8, Isa 33:18, Luke 21:14, Psalms 1:2, 5:1, 19:14, 49:3, 63:6, 77:12, 104:34, 105:5, 119:15, 119:23, 119:48, 119:97, 119:99, 119:48, 143:5)

Psa 119:97  MEM. O how love I thy law! it is my meditation all the day. 

The definition of meditation in the Hebrew;

H7881 שִׂיחָה Feminine of H7879; reflection; by extension devotion: – meditation, prayer. H7879 שִׂיחַ From H7878; a contemplation; by implication an utterance: – babbling, communication, complaint, meditation, prayer, talk.

Scriptures were penned by the souls that lived and spoke in their own way-language-understanding. Visions and prophesies are expressed through that soul but the Word that comes from the spirit world, by way of God, Jesus, spirit guides, the Holy Spirit, angels, your “higher” true perfect spiritual self.

Act 10:19  While Peter thought on the vision, the Spirit said unto him, Behold, three men seek thee. 

We see in this vision of Peter, the Spirit spoke to him.

Vision in the Greek;

G3705 ὅραμα From G3708; something gazed at, that is, a spectacle (especially supernatural): – sight, vision. G3708 ὁράω Properly to stare at (compare G3700), that is, (by implication) to discern clearly (physically or mentally); by extension to attend to; by Hebraism to experience; passively to appear: – behold, perceive, see, take heed.

1. Pauls vision;

2Co 12:1-4  It is not expedient for me doubtless to glory. I will come to visions and revelations of the Lord. I knew a man in Christ above fourteen years ago, (whether in the body, I cannot tell; or whether out of the body, I cannot tell: God knoweth;) such an one caught up to the third heaven. And I knew such a man, (whether in the body, or out of the body, I cannot tell: God knoweth;) How that he was caught up into paradise, and heard unspeakable words, which it is not lawful for a man to utter. 

See also; (2Co 12:7, Num 12:6, Eze 1:1-28, Eze 11:24, Dan 10:5-10, Joel 2:28-29, Acts 9:10-17, Acts 18:9, Acts 22:17-21, Acts 26:13-19, Gal 1:12, Gal 2:2)

Num 24:4  He hath said, which heard the words of God, which saw the vision of the Almighty, falling into a trance, but having his eyes open: 

Acts 10:10  And he became very hungry, and would have eaten: but while they made ready, he fell into a trance, 

(See Also; Num 24:16, Acts 11:5, Acts 22:17)

Trance in the Greek Concordance;

G1611 ἔκστασις From G1839; a displacement of the mind, that is, bewilderment, “ecstasy”: – + be amazed, amazement, astonishment, trance. G1839 ἐξίστημι From G1537 and G2476; to put (stand) out of wits, that is, astound, or (reflexively) become astounded, insane: – amaze, be (make) astonished, be beside self (selves), bewitch, wonder.

In today’s world, “trance” is the same as channeling. Channeling is an established connection and communication with the spiritual world in through a focused state of consciousness. A meditation, or displacement of the mind.

MJI (LightWorker)

Darkness And The Light

Gen 1:1-5  In the beginning God created the heaven and the earth. And the earth was without form, and void; and darkness was upon the face of the deep. And the Spirit of God moved upon the face of the waters. And God said, Let there be light: and there was light. And God saw the light, that it was good: and God divided the light from the darkness. And God called the light Day, and the darkness he called Night. And the evening and the morning were the first day. 

God creates the heaven and the earth. Darkness was first to exist. This is because darkness prior to the created heaven and earth, darkness existed in heaven as referenced in Luke 10:18  And he said unto them, I beheld Satan as lightning fall from heaven. 

Note; The earth being without form and void from the Hebrew means; From an unused root meaning to lie waste; a desolation (of surface), that is, desert; figuratively a worthless thing; adverbially in vain: – confusion, empty place, without form, nothing, (thing of) nought, vain, vanity, waste, wilderness.

Darkness from the Hebrew;

H2822 חֹשֶׁךְ From H2821; the dark; hence (literally) darkness; figuratively misery, destruction, death, ignorance, sorrow, wickedness.

These two verses summarizes the above.

Gen 1:17-18  And God set them in the firmament of the heaven to give light upon the earth, And to rule over the day and over the night, and to divide the light from the darkness: and God saw that it was good. 

GOD SAW THAT IS WAS GOOD.

Mat 6:23  But if thine eye be evil, thy whole body shall be full of darkness. If therefore the light that is in thee be darkness, how great is that darkness! 

John 12:46  I am come a light into the world, that whosoever believeth on me should not abide in darkness. 

What is interesting to note, darkness in the OT has a different meaning than in the NT. The Greek definition of darkness in Mat 6:23;

G4652 σκοτεινός From G4655; opaque, that is, (figuratively) benighted: – dark, full of darkness. G4655 σκότος From the base of G4639; shadiness, that is, obscurity (literally or figuratively): – darkness. G4639 σκία Apparently a primary word; “shade” or a shadow (literally or figuratively [darkness of error or an adumbration]): – shadow.

John 8:11  She said, No man, Lord. And Jesus said unto her, Neither do I condemn thee: go, and sin no more. 

Sin from the Greek;

G264 ἁμαρτάνω Perhaps from G1 (as a negative particle) and the base of G3313; properly to miss the mark (and so not share in the prize), that is, (figuratively) to err, especially (morally) to sin.

Interesting how darkness from the OT prior to Jesus has the definition of misery, destruction, death, ignorance, sorrow and wickedness, is noted as “good”. Then in the NT after Jesus darkness is seen as obscurity, a darkness of error. Sin in the NT has the definition meaning to err, miss the mark, and so not to share in the prize.

Sin and darkness, love and goodness, establishes the basis necessary for free will. Therefore, it is highly important to correctly see, understand, and accept at least in neutrality the workings of the positive and negative in God’s perfect plan.

MJI (LightWorker)

A Closer Look At Evil-Sin

Evil is the action performed (mentally or physically), whereas, sin is the ramification of the action.

Gen 2:9  And out of the ground made the LORD God to grow every tree that is pleasant to the sight, and good for food; the tree of life also in the midst of the garden, and the tree of knowledge of good and evil.

Evil in the Hebrew;

H7451 רָעָה    רַע From H7489; bad or (as noun) evil (naturally or morally). This includes the second (feminine) form; as adjective or noun: – adversity, affliction, bad, calamity, + displease (-ure), distress, evil ([-favouredness], man, thing), + exceedingly, X great, grief (-vous), harm, heavy, hurt (-ful), ill (favoured), + mark, mischief, (-vous), misery, naught (-ty), noisome, + not please, sad (-ly), sore, sorrow, trouble, vex, wicked (-ly, -ness, one), worse (-st) wretchedness, wrong. H7489 רָעַע A primitive root; properly to spoil (literally by breaking to pieces); figuratively to make (or be) good for nothing, that is, bad (physically, socially or morally). (associate selves and show self friendly are by mistake for H7462.): – afflict, associate selves [by mistake for H7462], break (down, in pieces), + displease, (be, bring, do) evil (doer, entreat, man), show self friendly [by mistake for H7462], do harm, (do) hurt, (behave self, deal) ill, X indeed, do mischief, punish, still vex, (do) wicked (doer, -ly), be (deal, do) worse.

Summarizing Evil definition; From the base meaning to properly spoil, break to pieces, to make or be good for nothing, bad physically, socially, morally. Displease, do harm, do mischief, punish, still vex, wicked, worse, adversity, affliction, bad, calamity, displeasure, distress, evil, grief, harm, hurt, mischief, misery, naught, noisesome, not please, sad, sore, sorrow, trouble, vex, wicked, worse, wretchedness, wrong.

Evil is mentioned 450 times in the Old Testament. New Testament Evil is mentioned 119 times.

Mat 9:4  And Jesus knowing their thoughts said, Wherefore think ye evil in your hearts? 

71 of the 119 verses of Evil in the Greek;

G4190 πονηρός From a derivative of G4192; hurtful, that is, evil (properly in effect or influence, and thus differing from G2556, which refers rather to essential character, as well as from G4550, which indicates degeneracy from original virtue); figuratively calamitous; also (passively) ill, that is, diseased; but especially (morally) culpable, that is, derelict, vicious, facinorous; neuter (singular) mischief, malice, or (plural) guilt; masculine (singular) the devil, or (plural) sinners: – bad, evil, grievous, harm, lewd, malicious, wicked (-ness). See also G4191. G4192 πόνος From the base of G3993; toil, that is, (by implication) anguish: – pain. G3993 πένης From a primary “peno” (to toil for daily subsistence); starving, that is, indigent: – poor. Compare G4434.

Summarizing from the Greek;

To toil implying anguish including hurtful evil influences affecting character leading to degeneration from one’s original virtue. Including calamity, ill diseased, derelict, vicious, facinorous, mischief, malice, guilt, the devil, sinners, bad, evil, grievous, harm, lewd, malicious, wicked.

John 3:20  For every one that doeth evil hateth the light, neither cometh to the light, lest his deeds should be reproved. 

Evil in the Greek; G5337 φαῦλος Apparently a primary word; “foul” or “flawy”, that is, (figuratively) wicked.

John 18:23  Jesus answered him, If I have spoken evil, bear witness of the evil: but if well, why smitest thou me?

Evil in the Greek; G2556 κακός Apparently a primary word; worthless (intrinsically such; whereas G4190 properly refers to effects), that is, (subjectively) depraved, or (objectively) injurious: – bad, evil, harm, ill, noisome, wicked.

Sin is mentioned in the New Testament  90 times. Jesus only speaks the word sin 14 times in 12 verses. One verse in Matthew 12:31, the rest in John.

John 8:11  She said, No man, Lord. And Jesus said unto her, Neither do I condemn thee: go, and sin no more. 

Sin in the Greek;

G264 ἁμαρτάνω Perhaps from G1 (as a negative particle) and the base of G3313; properly to miss the mark (and so not share in the prize), that is, (figuratively) to err, especially (morally) to sin: – for your faults, offend, sin, trespass.

Sin is no more than missing the mark or to err and not share in the prize. At least the apostles understood sin.

1Co 9:24  Know ye not that they which run in a race run all, but one receiveth the prize? So run, that ye may obtain. 

Php 3:14  I press toward the mark for the prize of the high calling of God in Christ Jesus.

MJI (LightWorker)

The Paradox Of Eternal, Or Is It? 

1John 2:25 

And this is the promise that he hath promised us, even eternal life. 

Jesus said;

Rev 22:13

I am Alpha and Omega, the beginning and the end, the first and the last. 

Since you are an eternal spirit, in God, from God, and living through God. Having eternal life, have you not been with him all along in his eternity in some capacity such as consciousness? 

Eternal means there is no beginning and there is no end, yet God says he is the beginning and the end.

Breaking down Alpha and Omega, beginning and the end, and first and last from the Greek;

Alpha;

G1 Α Of Hebrew origin; the first letter of the alphabet: figuratively only (from its use as a numeral) the first.

Beginning;

G746 ἀρχή From G756; (properly abstract) a commencement, or (concrete) chief (in various applications of order, time, place or rank): – beginning, corner, (at the, the) first (estate), magistrate, power, principality, principle, rule.

G4253 πρό A primary preposition; “fore”, that is, in front of, prior (figuratively superior) to. In compounds it retains the same significations: – above, ago, before, or ever.

First;

G4413 πρῶτος Contracted superlative of G4253; foremost (in time, place, order or importance): – before, beginning, best, chief (-est), first (of all), former.

From the definition of “beginning”, “the first estate”;

Jude 1:6

And the angels which kept not their first estate, but left their own habitation, he hath reserved in everlasting chains under darkness unto the judgment of the great day.

John 16:4 

But these things have I told you, that when the time shall come, ye may remember that I told you of them. And these things I said not unto you at the beginning, because I was with you.

He was with you because you were with him. With who?

Eph 3:9 

And to make all men see what is the fellowship of the mystery, which from the beginning of the world hath been hid in God, who created all things by Jesus Christ: 

John 1:1 

In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. 

Pro 8:22-31 

The LORD possessed me in the beginning of his way, before his works of old. I was set up from everlasting, from the beginning, or ever the earth was. When there were no depths, I was brought forth; when there were no fountains abounding with water. Before the mountains were settled, before the hills was I brought forth: While as yet he had not made the earth, nor the fields, nor the highest part of the dust of the world. When he prepared the heavens, I was there: when he set a compass upon the face of the depth: When he established the clouds above: when he strengthened the fountains of the deep: When he gave to the sea his decree, that the waters should not pass his commandment: when he appointed the foundations of the earth: Then I was by him, as one brought up with him: and I was daily his delight, rejoicing always before him; Rejoicing in the habitable part of his earth; and my delights were with the sons of men. 

Omega;

G5598 Ω The last letter of the Greek alphabet, that is, (figuratively) the finality: – Omega.

The end;

G5056 τέλος From a primary word τέλλω tellō (to set out for a definite point or goal); properly the point aimed at as a limit, that is, (by implication) the conclusion of an act or state (termination [literally, figuratively or indefinitely], result [immediate, ultimate or prophetic], purpose); specifically an impost or levy (as paid). Compare G5411.

Last;

G2078 ἔσχατος A superlative probably from G2192 (in the sense of contiguity); farthest, final (of place or time): – ends of, last, latter end, lowest, uttermost.

G2192 ἔχω A primary verb (including an alternate form σχέω scheō skheh’-o used in certain tenses only); to hold (used in very various applications, literally or figuratively, direct or remote; such as possession, ability, contiguity, relation or condition).

The “last” is seen as to “hold out” (possess) to the farthest of place or time, which is eternity.

1John 1:1 

That which was from the beginning, which we have heard, which we have seen with our eyes, which we have looked upon, and our hands have handled, of the Word of life;

Created souls have;

“Looked upon” and “seen with our eyes”, from your “first estate”, “from the beginning” “before his works of old”, “set up from everlasting”, “when he prepared the heavens”, when he appointed the foundations of the earth”, souls were “by him, brought up by him”.

Now you can ask yourself where you “think” you were prior to awareness of this flesh life.

MJI (LightWorker)