Nick Hassan, If you sin you are not living by the spirit of righteousness but your sins can still be forgiven and you cleansed of unrighteousness so that you will stop sinning.  In this way we pursue the goal of being righteous even as God is righteous having confidence that God is with us in our efforts.Even when we are living by the spirit of…[Read more]

Terraricca,I understand that those who live by the spirit of righteousness do not sin and sin is darkness.  In God there is no darkness and so those that continue to sin are not in him.I also know that you live by the spirit through faith in God and thus his words therefore you must believe God when he spoke though his Righteous one to promise…[Read more]

I was researching paradise and it seems that it is liked to the third heaven in 2 Corinthians 2.  This is consistent with the Secound book of Enoch who states both it and Hades are located there.Revelation 2 does declare that the tree of life is in Paradise.  We also know it is in the Garden of Eden.The Kabalist tradition the Garden of Eden is i…[Read more]

Nick,It is my belief that Paradise and the Garden of Eden are one and the same.I am not sure where that belief comes from so I can not say if it is a true or false one. God certainly knows.

I was looking up heavens in Judaism and found an explanation for preexistence.  Mind that I found it is the school of Jewish thought known as Kaballah, Jewish mysticism.  It seems that unborn human souls are said to dwell in Araboth the Seventh and highest heaven where the throne of God is also located.  According to the Second book of Enoch th…[Read more]

Nick Hassan wrote:Quote The meek shall inherit the earth.Anyone who walks according to the spirit of righteousness is meek. Galatians 5:23(KJV)Nick Hassan wrote:Quote So because Paul might have we all will??Maybe not the exact same third heaven since the old will pass away and the new will come but I see no reason God would prevent perfected human…[Read more]

Terraricca wrote:Quote WE HAVE TO BECOME ONE WITH Christ AND SO WE WILL BE ONE WITH God ,BUT God IS SPIRITWe become one with Jesus and God when we walk according to the ways of the Spirit of righteousness even while we are in the flesh of this world.  In this way God’s divine nature manifests in us as it does also in Jesus.That is why we are ca…[Read more]

Nick Hassan wrote:Quote God's home is the highest or third heaven.I am not sure how you equate the third heaven to the highest heaven  but I do know that the Scriptures do declare:Psalms 115:16(KJV) reads:Quote The heaven, even the heavens, are the LORD's: but the earth hath he given to the children of men.AndDeuteronomy 10:14(KJV) reads:Quote Beho…[Read more]

Quote (Nick Hassan @ Mar. 02 2010,14:02)Hi KW, Earth survives by the recirculation of matter.Flesh is in bondage to physical needs.Do you think heaven is the same?God supplies the needs of those in heaven.It is possible that we will still eat and drink as Adam and Eve did in the Garden. I have not ruled out that in many ways things may once more…[Read more]

Quote (Nick Hassan @ Mar. 02 2010,14:11)Hi KW, I believe earth and the visible universe is the odd one out in God's creation. I believe the heavenly realms and those who dwell there are not of physical matter or flesh. What do others think?I am not sure that heaven and earth are seperate realities so much as parts of a whole.  Mind you there is…[Read more]

Quote (Nick Hassan @ Mar. 02 2010,14:20)Hi KW, Heb 1 says angels are ministering spirits, seemingly alike to God Who is spirit. Do you agree or are they of their nature flesh beings in your opinion?You do realize that spirits can have flesh don't you?According to the Merrium Webster dictionary that would be “a person having a character or…[Read more]

Quote (Nick Hassan @ Mar. 02 2010,14:04)Hi KW, Why are you so dependant on earthly views of heavenly things?I pointed out what scripture states about earth and you are merely making Gnostic/Neoplatoisic statements. The later are the worldly views of heavenly things.What is corrupted in the matterial world is corrupted by Adams choice to sin and…[Read more]

Nick Hassan wrote:Quote Flesh contaminates by it's nature.So according to you the Garden of Eden was contaminated before Adam sinned.  What Gnostic/Neo-Platoism nonsense.Psalms 115:16(KJV) reads:Quote The heaven, even the heavens, are the LORD's: but the earth hath he given to the children of men.And thus when Adam sinned creation became subject…[Read more]

Quote (terraricca @ Mar. 01 2010,03:18)Quote (kerwin @ Mar. 01 2010,08:01)Quote (terraricca @ Mar. 01 2010,02:14)KWjust remember that somewhere in the scripture about balaam and barak ,the prophet donkey could speak but the prophet could not see the angel,was that a transparent flesh body We see what the Lord lets us see.   The angel was…[Read more]

Quote (Nick Hassan @ Mar. 02 2010,08:42)Hi KW, What will we be like after we are raised? 1Jn3.1-3John is talking spiritually and not physically as he is calling his students to be righteous as God is righteous.

Quote (Nick Hassan @ Mar. 01 2010,03:28)Hi KW, God is spirit. His angels are spirits serving the saved.So where did you get this idea that all living beings are of flesh?Before I answer your question how do you get the idea that living beings do not have to be flesh.As to the answer a soul is considered living and a ghost is a soul without flesh…[Read more]

Quote (Nick Hassan @ Mar. 01 2010,03:24)Hi KW, You say”I agree that God has no flesh but then he has no body as he is everywhere.”  God IS in heaven.Jesus told us to pray TO HIM there. But He manifests by His Spirit within creation and within those who are reborn from above and is close to all men…so not quite everywhere.'For in him we live and…[Read more]

Nick Hassan,Ezekiel 37 may have a hidden meaning as well as the obvious meaning as some scriptures do.  It may also be speaking of the resurrection to come as the scripture also fits that event.Never the less my purpose was to show that resurrection involves the reconstruction of the human body including skin and flesh.Leviticus 17:11(KJV)…[Read more]

Quote (terraricca @ Mar. 01 2010,02:14)KWjust remember that somewhere in the scripture about balaam and barak ,the prophet donkey could speak but the prophet could not see the angel,was that a transparent flesh body We see what the Lord lets us see.   The angel was obviously not a phantasm as the donkey was wise enough to fear the sword he saw…[Read more]

Nick Hassan wrote:Quote If it is a fact relating to matters of spiritual things would it not be written somewhere or is logic enough?Logic is only a tool and can be misused so it is certainly not enough.   It has to be based on godly principles.   Since the only thing you can prove by logic alone is that “I think therefore I am” you must make…[Read more]