Dear, dear James. How wonderful to hear that the "accountable to be found worthy to escape" is not the final catching up all dead people, not in that they are in the grave as some believe, but are in the holding place the kind and loving father allows the sould that steps out of the body to happily stay in until that time. People have seen this place. This place exists, I am certain, and the
Catholic church blended it with pagan myths and created a Percatory, where anguished souls beg for a second chance and we on earth pray our heads off and God opens the gate of hell and lets them out. Oh, boy.
Anyway, yes the scriptues speak of two things. No, I will not start saying that the words and the Strong's are actually not what I see, and I will see something else.
Until then, why does it bother people so much. The Spirit of God cannot war among Himself. There is something here. I just see two things will happen. We will all be here, period. Or, some will go and some will stay because they really want to and God needs them. Or all will go, even if they didn't believe in it.
I believe haggling this is a waste of our time? And being forced to conform to ideas we do not actually see in scripture is not right,
according to my way of understanding Jesus and Paul.
This is a matter which should fall way, way to the back of the problems of Earth. The other problems are huge volcanoes. This is a speck of sand in someone's shoe. Let's just have a thread for
believers called the "Great Exit." Then if we care to discuss the matter it will not be offensive, and may actually be a way to bring others curious into discussion. James, want to start one?
Shalom, could you live with that and not be bothered by it? |
