Hnovilla
07-11-2003, 11:24 PM
His NAME is Jesus!
I have read many posts that would 'spiritualize' the scriptures, and many others which would keep the scriptures in the natural realm; as a history book, so to speak. I will maintain that the spiritual realm and the natural realm run parallel, and will not contradict one another. God is SPIRIT, and it pleased him to reveal himself in the natural realm. It also pleased Him that natural man be brought to a spiritual level. Thus these thoughts.
"And God said, 'Let there be lights in the firmament of the heaven to divide the day from the night; and let them be for signs, and for seasons, and for days, and for years...to give LIGHT upon the earth..."
The primary purpose of creation is to testify of the existence of God. That is why young David wrote, "The heavens declare the glory of God; and the firmament shows His handiwork..." The Apostle Paul also declared: "For the invisible things of Him from the creation of the world are clearly seen, being understood by the things that are made, (even) His eternal power and Godhead; so that they (the things that are made) are without excuse..."
Before Time, everthing was in the eternal realm. When God created Time, He established a 'beginning', and also an 'end'. To better understand this, we can say that this 'beginning' is the temporary cessation of eternity [within certain confines]; while the 'end' is the cessation of Time. We are surrounded by this testimony. We can see it in a 'newborn' baby, and in the death of an old man.
The cessation of time is NOT the end, but the re-establishing of eternity in its proper place. The "new heavens and a new earth" will not be temporal, but eternal.
If you an receive this: The Lord 'disrobed' himself of his glory and donned a garment of flesh; so at the end of time, he will 'disrobe' himself of his flesh and be robed again in glory. Hear: "...when he shall have delivered up the kingdom to God, even the Father, when he shall have put down all rule...for he (the Son) must reign until he has put all enemies under his feet...when he says he has put all things under him, it is manifest that he (the Father) is excepted, who put all things under him...then shall the Son also himself be subject unto him (the Father), that God may be all in all."
Will the Kingdom of the Son end? Of course not. His sons (and daughters) will reign with Him!
Brother Villa
I have read many posts that would 'spiritualize' the scriptures, and many others which would keep the scriptures in the natural realm; as a history book, so to speak. I will maintain that the spiritual realm and the natural realm run parallel, and will not contradict one another. God is SPIRIT, and it pleased him to reveal himself in the natural realm. It also pleased Him that natural man be brought to a spiritual level. Thus these thoughts.
"And God said, 'Let there be lights in the firmament of the heaven to divide the day from the night; and let them be for signs, and for seasons, and for days, and for years...to give LIGHT upon the earth..."
The primary purpose of creation is to testify of the existence of God. That is why young David wrote, "The heavens declare the glory of God; and the firmament shows His handiwork..." The Apostle Paul also declared: "For the invisible things of Him from the creation of the world are clearly seen, being understood by the things that are made, (even) His eternal power and Godhead; so that they (the things that are made) are without excuse..."
Before Time, everthing was in the eternal realm. When God created Time, He established a 'beginning', and also an 'end'. To better understand this, we can say that this 'beginning' is the temporary cessation of eternity [within certain confines]; while the 'end' is the cessation of Time. We are surrounded by this testimony. We can see it in a 'newborn' baby, and in the death of an old man.
The cessation of time is NOT the end, but the re-establishing of eternity in its proper place. The "new heavens and a new earth" will not be temporal, but eternal.
If you an receive this: The Lord 'disrobed' himself of his glory and donned a garment of flesh; so at the end of time, he will 'disrobe' himself of his flesh and be robed again in glory. Hear: "...when he shall have delivered up the kingdom to God, even the Father, when he shall have put down all rule...for he (the Son) must reign until he has put all enemies under his feet...when he says he has put all things under him, it is manifest that he (the Father) is excepted, who put all things under him...then shall the Son also himself be subject unto him (the Father), that God may be all in all."
Will the Kingdom of the Son end? Of course not. His sons (and daughters) will reign with Him!
Brother Villa