Are you true to yourselves? Remember that willingness because you are experiencing a physical reality that needs more than words. It needs your actions. It is your actions that is the language of physical reality and in taking the actions that are aligned with your passion.
James 1:22
But be ye doers of the word, and not hearers only, deceiving your own selves.
The message from your soul about who you are, that through your actions is how you actually respond to the soul and say, I heard you. I am demonstrating that I heard you. And therefore the soul can say I will send you more opportunities to act on your passion.
To be the living example that you can be so that others can see through you themselves more clearly as well.
Because what are we? This is an important question to answer. And the answer is, I am you from another point of view and you are me from another point of view, that is what we are.
James 2:1
My brethren, have not the faith of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Lord of glory, with respect of persons.
Ponder that I am you from another point of view. This is the beginning of dialogue, of understanding of relationship. Of peaceful communication and coexistence.
I am you from another point of view. What does your point of view have to teach me about who I am and who we are together, and what is the true core of the dialogue.
We need to have that which can create peace upon this world and harmony within our hearts.
Begin with that understanding in every dialogue and every connection in every relationship in every communication that you have with anyone and anything, I am you from another point of view, you are me from another point of view.
What is the reason for the difference in the point of view? What is the true, deep-seated reason why the points of view are different. Let’s find out what the core desire truly is with the core need truly is, because when you remove all of the surface division, you will usually find that at the core, everyone truly desires the same thing to be loved to be heard, to be counted, to belong. You all have the same reason for the many divisions that exist.
Validate the differences by finding out what is truly common. Beneath those differences, and respect the differences as a new way of looking at something that you may not have considered.
Php 2:2
Fulfil ye my joy, that ye be likeminded, having the same love, being of one accord, of one mind.
Open up to the idea that everyone is doing their best, whether they know how to do it more positively or negatively, and that by those that demonstrate the idea of what you may perceive to be great negativity are showing you in no uncertain terms very clearly, what it is you actually prefer by contrast, because when the greatest Darkness presents itself, it’s much easier by contrast, to see where the light is.
So, use it to your advantage. Instead of creating more strife, more stress, more angst, use it in a positive way. To find the light, to be the light, to reflect the light, to show the light, so that you can illuminate the path more clearly for everyone.
Rom 2:11
For there is no respect of persons with God.
NOTE: Respect from the Greek Concordance;
G4382 προσωποληψία From G4381; partiality, that is, favoritism: – respect of persons.
God shows no favoritism of persons. (also the above verse – James 1:22)
John 8:12
Then spake Jesus again unto them, saying, I am the light of the world: he that followeth me shall not walk in darkness, but shall have the light of life.
Whether they choose to follow that light or not, it’s up to them. But at least you have lit the lamp and given them the opportunity. That’s all you need to do. Ignite The light.
Progression towards goodness in an experience-event, can be from the perspective from either a positive or negative process. Think about it from your own past negative becoming a positive referencing a truth from your own experience or experiences.
With God being the center of creation, creation’s path is always moving forward in a positive direction. Call it evolution.
When a negative event is dealt with, taking the negative and expanding on the negative, with the mind drawing and promoting deeper into the negative, the negative growth stops for the “time being”.
A stagnancy due to the lack of understanding from one’s consciousness. The stunting of growth is preventing the soul from the negative experience in learning and growing from the experience. Then “in time”, the negative becomes a past thought and unless there is a reflection on how it led to a positive position in one’s life, no growth is experienced.
That’s not to say negativity is a positive thing, it’s saying it’s part of the process that is a building block of free will.
Because there is no time or space outside of this awareness in this flesh creation, time is a construct from within the mind. It simply means the soul has yet to understand its full truths.
When the mind, let’s say in a prayer for healing, or a prayer to simply manifest a positive, it should be believed is already done.
What prevents the belief of the prayer becoming reality is when the senses (usually sight), do not see the fulfillment of the prayer. The recognition is in that the prayer has not worked.
If the conscious mind actually believed the prayer was answered, the soul would see it as it being instantly fulfilled, and is simply waiting for it to be seen.
The complexity comes from how a prayer is understood from faith and trust knowing that God has answered the prayer and the factor from in the construct of time, breaks down the belief system which again is faith and trust from the lack of understanding. God has answered the prayer, the soul just doesn’t believe it because it is not instantly seen.
How much thought is given to a prayer from the “truth in understanding” and what is to be learned from the experience, positive or negative, that the prayer is directed too? Another words, do you really understand what you are praying about and for?
Another way of looking at is seeing it from God’s perspective. He is not in space or time. There is no past, no future. Everything is in the present state, with eternity progressing (key word progressing), through and individuals eternal life experiences. Therefore, the experience is always in the present state where linear time does not exist.
The healing or prayer is instantaneous. Knowing that is in truth because of God’s love for his creation. This is because his creation is from within his self, there is no reason to believe a healing or a positive progression in an event would not happen because he is love and his love, God himself never changes as scriptures state.
The misunderstanding is from the flesh’s lack of understanding from the mind and the flesh’s distortion and confusion of truths keeping the soul in bondage with no help from anyone or anything but from one’s self. How well is that working for you?
When man has to judge what God has already judged; when man lives from his own god-self, where then does God actually fit in?
When man does not trust that in all the freedom of souls doing what they love, whether it be in goodness or in evils, is allowed by God, or there would simply be another God, (big g) and the experience would not exist.
Is there is only one God as scriptures state? And Satan his self, a spiritual being thought that from his little god position, felt he could become a (big G) God.
Satan’s representations of negativity are represented from within the little god that is spoken about in Gen 3:5 when the flesh was made manifest, from God’s creation, with God’s purpose as scriptures so state.
Pro 3:5
Trust in the Lord with all thine heart, and lean not on thine own understanding.
Pro 20:24
Man’s goings are of the Lord; how can a man then understand his own way?
Eph 5:27
Wherefore be ye not unwise, but understanding what the will of the Lord is.
When it is said “it will happen in God’s time”, God’s time is now.
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 for example consciousness?
Eternal means there is no beginning and there is no end, yet God says he is the beginning and the end. If your eternal, what is being said?
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 τέλλωtellō (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 σχέωscheōskheh’-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.
That the communication of thy faith may become effectual by the acknowledging of every good thing which is in you in Christ Jesus.
Summarizing Who You Are From Creation;
Godliness, brotherly kindness, charity, Lowliness, meekness, longsuffering, virtue, knowledge, mercy, truth, righteousness, peace, joy, humbleness, grace, gentleness, goodness, faith, temperance, forbearing one another in love.
1Peter 3:4 But let it be the hidden man of the heart, in that which is not corruptible, even the ornament of a meek and quiet spirit, which is in the sight of God of great price.
1John 4:4 Ye are of God, little children, and have overcome them: because greater is he that is in you, than he that is in the world.
God, Christ, the Holy Spirit, and the kingdom are all within you, and you are in God. (Rom 8:9, 11, John 14:20, John 15:4, Mat 10:20, Luke 17:21, Col 1:27, 1John 2:14)
1Co 15:44 It is sown a natural body; it is raised a spiritual body. There is a natural body, and there is a spiritual body.
(See Also; Rom 7:22, 2Co 4:16)
Your Soul-Conscience-Spirit
The makeup of who you are based upon your past experiences and God’s unique creativity making up your one of a kind spirit.
You are an eternal being that “lives” for eternity under your own precepts.
All necessary adjustments, judgements, and directions were complete and perfect for every moment of eternity for all of creation as God said; “it is finished”. (Gen 2:1)
If you so choose to believe that God makes his adjustments along the linear timeline, not a problem, it certainly has that appearance.
Gen 2:3 And God blessed the seventh day, and sanctified it: because that in it he had rested from all his work which God created and made.
The Forming Of The Flesh
Gen 2:7 And the LORD God formed man of the dust of the ground, and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life; and man became a living soul.
The forming of the flesh creates the separation and creates the duality for created souls as written in Eph 3:16. You are out of your element when you are in the flesh.
Eph 3:16 That he would grant you, according to the riches of his glory, to be strengthened with might by his Spirit in the inner man;
Life “feels” like everyone and everything are separate from each other. Not possible in the spiritual world. To gain experiences; from knowledge to manifesting, to experiences through the flesh senses.
Flesh Influences
Genetics-DNA, personality, (developed and allowed from past lives). Gods love for each individual is unique to that particular souls consciousness.
Evolution (From Other “Time” Lives)
Since there is nothing new under the sun, evolution for eternal lives brings new experiences that are eternal.
Ecc 1:9
The thing that hath been, it is that which shall be; and that which is done is that which shall be done: and there is no new thing under the sun.
The world recycles just as there being nothing new under the sun. Because time has a beginning and an end, being within eternity, it has to recycle and everything repeats itself but it is seen and experienced from each individual souls consciousness. Evolution is the growth-experience process.
Freewill
Freewill can only be experienced if there is choice in life. A choice ofpositivity and negativity. Without being a created programmed being, how can negativity be bad when it serves the purpose of establishing free will?
You create your own life. Life is the balance of goodnesses and evils that you wish to experience through a body. The Word is accessed from you higher self, your true self through the flesh.
Negativity that is seen and experienced is all in your definition, not your neighbor or the worlds views.
The choice of freewill is through the soul manifesting-experiencing whatever it wishes. Without choice, there is no free will. Without free will, without negativity, God would simply have all programmed robots that love.
What coincides with choice is in how one chooses to define and process what is manifested through that person’s soul. Allowing the world to define and direct your life is futile.
John 15:19
If ye were of the world, the world would love his own: but because ye are not of the world, but I have chosen you out of the world, therefore the world hateth you.
As instinct isin the animal Kingdom, the same is to the Word being in all souls. The souls instinct.
The Word is our instinct within our higher self. We sub-consciously draw on discerning goodnesses from evils and manifest what the soul prefers. Generally speaking, what a soul does, is because that is what the soul loves.
Time
Time is a construct. The experience of the past, present, and future. Time is linear on this earth, it presents a past, and future that are non existent in the spiritual world. So in the spiritual world, the heavens, there is only the present moment, or now.
Time exists in the worlds where a soul has senses to make something manifest to what would be their reality.If God is the beginning and the end, the first and the last, and there is no time, the beginning and the end exist as the now or present moment.Aday is as thousand years, and a thousand years as a day (2Peter 3:8). Meaning eternity has no measurement from a time perspective. Without time, eternity and all of its consciousnessesare instantaneous. This is saying that all thought is “out there”, andnot necessarily manifested.
Ego, Fears, (Feelings, Emotions), Death
These are driving forces that interferes with faith and trust.
Not knowing, remembering, or experiencing from the spirit world, fear based living is far from what reality really is.
Ego, feelings, and emotions are worldly driven aspects of the negative. If not used correctly, they take the place of the faith and trust in God.
Words Of Christ
John 8:15
Ye judge after the flesh; I judge no man.
Mat 7:1-2
Judge not, that ye be not judged. For with what judgment ye judge, ye shall be judged: and with what measure ye mete, it shall be measured to you again.
No judgement, no fear.
John 12:47
And if any man hear my words, and believe not, I judge him not: for I came not to judge the world, but to save the world.
Luke 12:57
Yea, and why even of yourselves judge ye not what is right?
1Co 11:31-32
For if we would judge ourselves, we should not be judged. But when we are judged, we are chastened of the Lord, that we should not be condemned with the world.
When you judge yourself, there is no need to judge others because of your understanding in creation being all One, from One, through One.
Having faith and trust in the One, means you have faith and trust in Creation and everything you see and experience in life.
Death
Death can only be flesh or spiritual “living” in death.
Birth in the flesh is a spiritual death. Where death in the flesh is a renewed spiritual birth.
Jesus said in Luke 9:23 to deny himself and take up his cross daily. Death in the flesh sense is spiritual, death is daily. The world is the opportunity for death. Death in 2 senses. One being a flesh “bodily” death. The other being spiritual, which is ongoing from within the flesh. (Rom 8:2)
Spiritual daily death by choice. You choose that daily death in your own ways.
Otherwise, self judgement will correct “death”, in obedience and as we saw in Luke 9:23.
Understanding that all of life flows from the spiritual world into and through the flesh world.
From your spiritual self, your consciousness into flesh experiences, which is manifested living.
Luke 12:7
But even the very hairs of your head are all numbered. Fear not therefore: ye are of more value than many sparrows.
Luke 21:18
But there shall not an hair of your head perish.
Eph 4:30
And grieve not the holy Spirit of God, whereby ye are sealed unto the day of redemption.
Luke 3:6
And all flesh shall see the salvation of God.
God lives through his creation. His consciousness manifested creation. Jesus is made manifested as God in the flesh. As Jesus is God in the flesh, Jesus has his own “conscious lives” just all souls.
The consciousness of God and your consciousness is within His.
If you separate Jesus from God, then you separate creation from God.
1John 5:7
For there are three that bear record in heaven, the Father, the Word, and the Holy Ghost: and these three are one.
Psalms 16:11
Thou wilt shew me the path of life: in thy presence is fulness of joy; at thy right hand there are pleasures for evermore.
How much truth do you believe you have about life?
How much do you think you know about truths in a matter?
Or maybe you only have some truth about something and your still searching and learning?
Then truths can be seen as being consistently built upon for a greater understanding which is life, and life experiences are growing towards more goodness and less negativity. God’s ultimate plan for creations eternal eternity.
Here is a visual;
There is an object floating in the middle of a room. You enter from the middle door and the object you see is a rectangle shaped object.
Your “neighbor” enters the room from a side door and sees the same object, and states the object as being a round circle.
Both are correct in what they see, but have an opposite “view” of what is seen from “their eyes.”
Is either wrong?
2Cor 13:8
For we can do nothing against the truth, but for the truth.
Prov 2:4
If thou seekest her as silver, and searchest for her as for hid treasures;
So Proverbs says take a walk around the room.
Then there is God’s view. God looking into the room from above sees “all”. He sees a long cylindrical round solid tube.
Proverbs 15:3
The eyes of the LORD are in every place, beholding the evil and the good.
Job 34:21
For his eyes are upon the ways of man, and he seeth all his goings.
Psalms 118:8
It is better to trust in the LORD than to put confidence in man.
How much do you think you actually know if you don’t have all of the information?
How does judgement of your neighbors truths can you justify?
If that is not enough.
Luke 6:41
And why beholdest thou the mote that is in thy brother’s eye, but perceivest not the beam that is in thine own eye?
Two perspectives working towards salvation we can take from the bible. The first being from the warnings, woes, and fears scriptures, that involve playing on your mind from a defensive position. The world seems to operate more from the negative perspective, therefore these scriptures bear more of an impact on a person. Many times the negativity is channeled through a third party, Satan. The worldly perspective shares the blame with Satan. Satan having the appearance to be stronger than oneself therefore a scapegoat.
Blame as well is laid on Jesus and God thinking they are responsible or somewhat responsible for negative events in which there is no truth. Not taking responsibility for your own creating actions are totally from within yourself. And to what end? The responsibility rests totally upon yourself because you created it.
Mat 18:7
Woe unto the world because of offenses! for it must needs be that offenses come; but woe to that man by whom the offense cometh!
Luke 22:31
And the Lord said, Simon, Simon, behold, Satan hath desired to have you, that he may sift you as wheat:
1Peter 5:8
Be sober, be vigilant; because your adversary the devil, as a roaring lion, walketh about, seeking whom he may devour:
2Co 2:11
Lest Satan should get an advantage of us: for we are not ignorant of his devices.
The other perspective comes from overcoming these battles through your spiritual self by overcoming the world, and separating oneself from the world and gain salvation through love. It is through this mindset that understanding of how love works through the flesh world but yet be apart from it. Defensive tactics are not needed because of the understanding from the offensive position in a positive goodness loving way.
Eph 6:13-17
Wherefore take unto you the whole armour of God, that ye may be able to withstand in the evil day, and having done all, to stand. Stand therefore, having your loins girt about with truth, and having on the breastplate of righteousness; And your feet shod with the preparation of the gospel of peace; Above all, taking the shield of faith, wherewith ye shall be able to quench all the fiery darts of the wicked. And take the helmet of salvation, and the sword of the Spirit, which is the word of God:
Your overcoming the world towards salvation can be through love;
Mar 12:30-31
And thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy mind, and with all thy strength: this is the first commandment. And the second is like, namely this, Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself. There is none other commandment greater than these.
God does not change his mind about you for he is not uncertain of Himself. What he knows can be known because he does not know only for himself.
He created you for himself but gave you the power to create for yourself so you could be like him. That is why your will is holy.
2Ti 1:6-7
Wherefore I put thee in remembrance that thou stir up the gift of God, which is in thee by the putting on of my hands. For God hath not given us the spirit of fear; but of power, and of love, and of a sound mind.
Can anything exceed the love of God? Can anything then exceed your will? Nothing can reach you from beyond it because being in God, you encompass everything. Believe this and you will realize how much is up to you.
God will never decide against you or he would be deciding against himself.
God created every mind by communicating His mind to it, thus establishing it forever as a channel for the reception of His mind and will.
Php 2:2
Fulfil ye my joy, that ye be likeminded, having the same love, being of one accord, of one mind.
1Co 2:16
For who hath known the mind of the Lord, that he may instruct him? But we have the mind of Christ.
The will for humankind to create was given by God who was expressing the same will through creation. Since creative ability rests in the mind, everything that we create is a matter of our will. It is also to be said that whatever we create is reality in our own sight, but not necessarily in the sight of God.
The term salvation does not apply to the soul which is not in danger and does not need salvaged. Salvation is nothing more than right-mindedness.
Mat 5:48 Be ye therefore perfect, even as your Father which is in heaven is perfect.
Salvation is turning your ways of living over to a life living the words of Christ. At the moment of your transition, you become perfect. Becoming perfect is a lifestyle and an individual decisions process according to one’s conscious. Simply stating you are living a life from love and goodness from your renewing of your mind through Christ.
Gal 3:2-3 This only would I learn of you, Received ye the Spirit by the works of the law, or by the hearing of faith? Are ye so foolish? having begun in the Spirit, are ye now made perfect by the flesh?
Rom 12:2 And be not conformed to this world: but be ye transformed by the renewing of your mind, that ye may prove what is that good, and acceptable, and perfect, will of God.
Perfection according to the original Greek Biblical text is not an act of performing something to flawlessness. Look at the original Greek text word for perfect. Perfect in the Greek: τέλειος From G5056; complete (in various applications of labor growth mental and moral character etc.); neuter (as noun with G3588) completeness: – of full age man perfect. G5056 τέλος From a primary word τέλλωtellō (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. G5411 φόρος From G5342; a load (as borne), that is, (figuratively) a tax (properly an individual assessment on persons or property.
“Perfect” should be looked at as an individual personal assessment by God because of your new state of “renewed” completeness. This does not mean you bowled a perfect 300 game or got a hole in one, or flawlessly built something.
1John 2:5 But whoso keepeth his word, in him verily is the love of God perfected: hereby know we that we are in him.
See Also; Mat 19:21, Luke 6:40, John 17:23, 1Co 1:10, 1Co 2:6, Col 1:28, Col 4:12, 2Ti 3:17, Php 3:15, James 1:4, Heb 10:14, Heb 13:21, James 1:4, James 3:2, 1Pe 5:10, 1Jn 4:12, 1Jn 4:17-18
Perfection is something being done that is individually assessed by God in accordance to your unique conscience which is who you are. This makes perfect sense since we can do NOTHING from our own. (John 15:5)
The Bible is written in such a way that some people feel they cannot achieve the standard set in scripture but fail to realize all that is needed is to avoid evils. Understanding that life is through Christ and the Word being God, love, and life, wanting to live free of “missing the mark” and press toward the mark “for the prize of the high calling of God in Christ Jesus”. (Phi 3:14)
What Can You Do?
John 15:5 I am the vine, ye are the branches: He that abideth in me, and I in him, the same bringeth forth much fruit: for without me ye can do nothing.
John 5:19 Then answered Jesus and said unto them, Verily, verily, I say unto you, The Son can do nothing of himself, but what he seeth the Father do: for what things soever he doeth, these also doeth the Son likewise. (Also see; John 5:30, John 8:28)
Your true self is your soul-spirit. In your creation, the Word was instilled into you so you know goodness. Born into the flesh, you now have the option to choose how you want to live.
If you can do nothing of yourself, then from your soul-spirit, what can you do?
The flesh gives your soul-spirit the option to choose how you want to live and even at that, at some point in your eternal life, your eternal soul will come (back) to understand and live that life we were created to live for the pleasure of God in His Will.
How can you take all the verses related to promises, mercy, grace, love, eternal life, and salvation, to think that there will be one lost soul? God called all His Creation good. According to Romans 14:11, “For it is written, As I live, saith the Lord, every knee shall bow to me, and every tongue shall confess to God”.
Creation was not created for failure but for the pleasure of God’s will. He has never left you and nothing about Him has changed in you. You are the one to create what God did not create.
Eph 1:5 Having predestinated us unto the adoption of children by Jesus Christ to himself, according to the good pleasure of his will, (see also; Eph 1:9, Eph 1:11, Php 2:13, 2Th 1:11)
The word “hell” is mentioned in the New Testament 23 times. Heaven is mentioned over 230 times in the New Testament.
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. H1516 גַּי גַּיְא Probably (by transmutation) from the same root as H1466 (abbreviated); a gorge (from its lofty sides; hence narrow, but not a gully or winter torrent): – valley.
We can see from the definition of hell is in reference to a physical location on earth, or a state of being in reference to an earthly location. The scripture refers to the “body” being cast into hell, not the soul or spirit.
The verses with hell (G1067) are; (Mat 5:22, Mat 5:29-30, Mat 18:19, Mat 23:33, Mark 9:43, Mark 9:45, Mark 9:47, Luke 12:15, James 3:6)
The next definition of hell is G86.
Luke 16:23 And in hell he lift up his eyes, being in torments, and seeth Abraham afar off, and Lazarus in his bosom.
Hell in the Greek (G86);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.
Hell in these verses have the meaning of hell being unseen place, or state of departed souls. Hell as well as heaven is a state of being. How can you have a physical location outside of space?
The verses with Hell (G86) are; (Mat 11:23, Mat 16:18, Luke 10:15, Luke 16:23, Acts 2:27, Acts 2:31, Rev 6:8, Rev 20:13-14)
There is only one verse with Hell (G5020);
2Peter 2:4 For if God spared not the angels that sinned, but cast them down to hell, and delivered them into chains of darkness, to be reserved unto judgment;
Hell in the Greek (G5020); G5020 ταρταρόω From ΤάρταροςTartaros̄ (the deepest abyss of Hades); to incarcerate in eternal torment: – cast down to hell.
Heaven in the New Testament;
Mat 5:20 For I say unto you, That except your righteousness shall exceed the righteousness of the scribes and Pharisees, ye shall in no case enter into the kingdom of heaven.
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). G3735 ὄρος Probably a from an obsolete word ὄρωorō (to rise or “rear”; perhaps akin to G142; compare G3733); a mountain (as lifting itself above the plain). G142 αἴρω A primary verb; to lift; by implication to take up or away; figuratively to raise (the voice), keep in suspense (the mind); specifically to sail away (that is, weigh anchor); by Hebraism (compare [H5375]) to expiate sin.
Hell is in reference to the flesh, a flesh location, whereas, heaven is in reference to a “spiritual” location.
The word everlasting is found in 26 verses and the Greek definition is;
G166 αἰώνιος From G165; perpetual (also used of past time, or past and future as well): – eternal, for ever, everlasting, world (began). G165 αἰών From the same as G104; properly an age; by extension perpetuity (also past); by implication the world; specifically (Jewish) a Messianic period (present or future): (beginning of the, while the) world (began, without end). Compare G5550 χρόνος Of uncertain derivation; a space of time (in genitive case, and thus properly distinguished from G2540, which designates a fixed or special occasion; and from G165, which denotes a particular period) or interval; by extension an individual opportunity; by implication delay.
In this definition we see that “everlasting” in the 26 verses is in reference to the world, and not of anything related outside of time.
1Ti 4:8 For bodily exercise profiteth little: but godliness is profitable unto all things, having promise of the life that now is, and of that which is to come.
Eph 1:4-9 According as he hath chosen us in him before the foundation of the world, that we should be holy and without blame before him in love: Having predestinated us unto the adoption of children by Jesus Christ to himself, according to the good pleasure of his will, Who verily was foreordained before the foundation of the world, but was manifest in these last times for you, To the praise of the glory of his grace, wherein he hath made us accepted in the beloved. In whom we have redemption through his blood, the forgiveness of sins, according to the riches of his grace; Wherein he hath abounded toward us in all wisdom and prudence; Having made known unto us the mystery of his will, according to his good pleasure which he hath purposed in himself:
Predestinated in the Greek Text;G4309 προορίζω From G4253 and G3724; to limit in advance, that is, (figuratively) predetermine: – determine before, ordain, predestinate. G3724ὁρίζω From G3725; to mark out or bound (“horizon”), that is, (figuratively) to appoint, decree, specify: – declare, determine, limit, ordain.
Eph 1:11 In whom also we have obtained an inheritance, being predestinated according to the purpose of him who worketh all things after the counsel of his own will: Pre
Rom 8:28-30 And we know that all things work together for good to them that love God, to them who are the called according to his purpose. For whom he did foreknow, he also did predestinate to be conformed to the image of his Son, that he might be the firstborn among many brethren. Moreover whom he did predestinate, them he also called: and whom he called, them he also justified: and whom he justified, them he also glorified.
Rom 11:2 God hath not cast away his people which he foreknew. Wot ye not what the scripture saith of Elias? how he maketh intercession to God against Israel, saying,
Prior to the flesh, when God created your soul, He knew you. We are all predestinated souls, meaning He knows your whole eternity before you were created. This does not mean God laid out your life for you.
If God has not closed your eyes, hardened your heart, or you have not turned your life over to God and goodness, you live in death. Because of love, grace, mercy, and humankind was created for His purpose and His pleasure, time is not a factor, and salvation is a promise for all.
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