Superior to Adam and Eve in their original innocence, then?exactly very well put AMEN
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Superior to Adam and Eve in their original innocence, then?exactly very well put AMEN
Yeah, physical. Return. In like manner as His departure. Better than pie in the sky.In like manner.
Aye, and a little Hebrew helps. "Ben" in Hebrew means both "son" and "stone." And there are spiritual houses built up of those stones just as there are physical families with children and physical houses built with physical stones.You are the house of God, silly.
I repeat Ezekiel was being sarcastic, "Oh, so you think you're a god who was in Eden? No, you're just a man and you will die like a man."
Christ isn't mentioned in dozens of the prophecies concerning Him, either. Prophecies often contain shadows and symbols. It's definitely a thing. I see you've come back to hijack the thread into off-topic oblivion."Lucifer" also isn't mentioned in that chapter. Strange what the scholars come up with and can't produce the evidence for.
No, they're looking forward to it as well.The disciples were "gazing" just as the seventy gazed at Mount Sinai. The angels are probably still wondering why people are still gazing.
All the prayerful study could be vexation of spirit if the words of Solomon apply. Try unlearning some things instead of trying to learn more. Eve was trying to learn more -- look where she wound up.Why do you denigrate my hope as if I'm just grasping for some "pie in the sky castle"?
Futuristic . . . let's say, futurist, 70th week, pre-trib rapture, gone into heaven with Jesus until we return to inhabit the earth, then the new heaven and earth, undivided I think, into eternity.
Because I like this little daydream? Or because I've prayerfully studied this in depth for decades and have reached this conclusion?
Much love!
John 14:23-25 KJVAye, and a little Hebrew helps. "Ben" in Hebrew means both "son" and "stone." And there are spiritual houses built up of those stones just as there are physical families with children and physical houses built with physical stones.
One error at Babel was using bricks. Bricks are manmade and uniform -- easy to build with -- but they are not suitable for building altars or temples for God. No, the stones acceptable to God are the stones the way He made them. Don't chisel them, don't saw through them, don't be altering the stones that God made.
There is a glorious principle involved: God made us all different -- life is interesting, isn't it? How boring if everyone was the same. Yet all those unique stones can be made into an altar or a temple. Paul writes about how the members of the Body of Christ are not all the same. Do people not know this? Peter also wrote of it -- and he should know since Jesus saw him as one of the first "stones" or "rocks".
1 Peter 2:5 Ye also, as lively stones, are built up a spiritual house, an holy priesthood, to offer up spiritual sacrifices, acceptable to God by Jesus Christ.
Were there such "lively stones" in Eden? Ezekiel seemed to think so. Was the King of Tyre a god? I doubt it. I doubt if he had even seen the lively stones in Eden.
Ezekiel 28:14 Thou art the anointed cherub that covereth; and I have set thee so: thou wast upon the holy mountain of God; thou hast walked up and down in the midst of the stones of fire.
Is man- a form?
Is a form- a Body?
Is man a Body?
Does man have a Body?
there is NO SIN IN HEAVEN we have reached our final stage of sanctification. if you think we have sin in heaven .i feel sorry for you and you need to read your Bible ..what do you think the glorified body is? it sure aint flesh and blood..Superior to Adam and Eve in their original innocence, then?
I came back when Charismatic Lady addressed a post to me. I thought it would have been rude to ignore her.Christ isn't mentioned in dozens of the prophecies concerning Him, either. Prophecies often contain shadows and symbols. It's definitely a thing. I see you've come back to hijack the thread into off-topic oblivion.
You have probably already assumed that Jesus did not keep his promise to his disciples.No, they're looking forward to it as well.
You remind me of this:John 14:23-25 KJV
[23] Jesus answered and said unto him, If a man love me, he will keep my words: and my Father will love him, and we will come unto him, and make our abode with him. [24] He that loveth me not keepeth not my sayings: and the word which ye hear is not mine, but the Father's which sent me. [25] These things have I spoken unto you, being yet present with you.
Lol He was present with them.
All the prayerful study could be vexation of spirit if the words of Solomon apply. Try unlearning some things instead of trying to learn more. Eve was trying to learn more -- look where she wound up.
Mark 10:15 Verily I say unto you, Whosoever shall not receive the kingdom of God as a little child, he shall not enter therein.
Matthew 10:23 KJVI came back when Charismatic Lady addressed a post to me. I thought it would have been rude to ignore her.
As for the "dozens" of prophecy about Jesus, all I can say is that we need to take care what we make of them. People often make assumptions early on about something and then interpret what they read in ways that agree with their assumptions.
You have probably already assumed that Jesus did not keep his promise to his disciples.
If it wasn't sarcasm, you have to be able to explain why Ezekiel says he is not a god, he is just a man.I don't think so.
“You were the anointed cherub who covers;
I established you
Seems to me there may have been 5 living creatures at God's throne.I don't think so.
“You were the anointed cherub who covers;
I established you
Matthew 16:28 Verily I say unto you, There be some standing here, which shall not taste of death, till they see the Son of man coming in his kingdom.Matthew 10:23 KJV
[23] But when they persecute you in this city, flee ye into another: for verily I say unto you, Ye shall not have gone over the cities of Israel, till the Son of man be come.
Sounds familiar to satan and eves conversation.Matthew 16:28 Verily I say unto you, There be some standing here, which shall not taste of death, till they see the Son of man coming in his kingdom.
John 21:22 Jesus saith unto him, If I will that he tarry till I come, what is that to thee? follow thou me.
23 Then went this saying abroad among the brethren, that that disciple should not die: yet Jesus said not unto him, He shall not die; but, If I will that he tarry till I come, what is that to thee?
24 This is the disciple which testifieth of these things, and wrote these things: and we know that his testimony is true.
Not sure how it could be anymore obvious?Matthew 16:28 Verily I say unto you, There be some standing here, which shall not taste of death, till they see the Son of man coming in his kingdom.
John 21:22 Jesus saith unto him, If I will that he tarry till I come, what is that to thee? follow thou me.
23 Then went this saying abroad among the brethren, that that disciple should not die: yet Jesus said not unto him, He shall not die; but, If I will that he tarry till I come, what is that to thee?
24 This is the disciple which testifieth of these things, and wrote these things: and we know that his testimony is true.
Look at the sky. The four cherubim talked about the most correspond to the four fixed signs of the zodiac. Taurus the Bull, Leo the Lion and Aquarius the Man. You have to stretch it a little since the scorpion of Scorpio is not quite right -- its neighbor, Aquila the Eagle, is the correct constellation there. Then you go north around the north pole to see what's there.Seems to me there may have been 5 living creatures at God's throne.
The Ox is the pinnacle of domestic animals, the lion the pinnacle of wild animals, the eagle of the birds, the man the pinnacle over these, leaving . . . another cherub . . . the dragon . . . the pinnacle of the reptiles.
Just a thought.
Much love!
@BarnyFifeHonestly, what will our edge over Lucifer, and Adam and Eve be?
UPDATE: I can't understand why Christian people are so ready to tell people (even other Christians) whom they don't even know that they "don't understand the Gospel?" I'm not asking for informational purposes, and it's not meant to be a quiz or imply that I have knowledge unavailable to other Christians or even other people, in general. For many people, the Gospel is as simple as "While we were yet sinners, Christ died for us" (Romans 5:8) and for them, the rest is just window-dressing. More power to them, I say. I like to dig a little deeper, myself. My purpose here is simply to provoke thought and stimulate discussion. That's all. I'm not looking to "school" anybody. Honestly. I have a theory, but I'm not sure I'm anxious to put a bullseye on it right away. I don't believe that helps to encourage participation in a positive way. Whenever a line in the sand is drawn in a thread by the OP the conversation will (9 times out of 10) descend into a partisan debate, which is when the barbs really start to come out flying.
The thought question is very simple (however frustrating and elusive it may be to some):
What tangible thing will we have at our disposal that the 3 original sinners did not have that will keep us from falling as they did?
There are implications to this question that will occur to many, such as: fairness to the original 3 (e.g. will our advantage constitute unfairness to them?) For some of us, these implications can't just be summarily dismissed. God's honor must be vindicated. Many feel that full disclosure is very important to Him, à la John 16:12. The original 3 fell to temptation, albeit Lucifer somehow must have tempted himself and apparently did not repent as did the Edenic pair. I do not believe an explanation that involves just any theorized difference between our glorified nature and theirs is satisfactory. I pondered this question for over 40 years before stumbling onto an article that made me think there might actually be a solution.