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My Dear Sweet Friends, rhetorically; what exactly is the "TREE OF THE KNOWLEDGE OF GOOD AND EVIL"?

This is probably the most significant question as regards the kingdom of heaven.

My Dear Sweet Friends, there is only one death, one resurrection. That which is commonly called death is actually a transition!

The true death, and the truly dead relate to only those who eat of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil. So, as the world come to understand this, then shall we no longer have death! As is said, death is the last to be conquered. This is how that is so.

No man may be bodily resurrected, not even the Messiah! Just as a virgin cannot conceive, neither is bodily resurrection possible.

A man may well be reborn, that is a fact! And, one may, in that Way be "raised" from the dead!

The raising of one from the dead is a simple matter, if I may say so. It simply involves teaching one as to what the tree of the knowledge of good and evil is, and convincing them to stop eating thereof. This is the transformation of the human back into the Man. And, the Man is made in the likeness and image of God, Who Is Love!

Love is the Spirit, so the resurrection/rebirth is of the spirit, and is therefore spiritual.

My son Mauroce has been targeted by powerful ennemies to cause his destruction. He was never in trouble until he was targeted by evil people

. The ferocity of the sttacks are diminishing his will to live. He has not been joyful for years. Need prayers of comfort, healing, happiness and financial relief.

Thank you and God bless

I pray for my family I pray that the Lord guide my feet I ask pray for the people that is fighting cov I ask pray for are country and or leader to make good judgement I ask this in the father amen

It's more than 66 books in Bible, need to get "Holy Scriptures" book with "Jasper & Tobit" and more.

Thank you for taking the time to write back, Dr. Lee. From what you've written, the Old Testament was an angelic creation, ordained by them, & not part of the given Law. I hope I've understood this correctly. However, when re-reading Acts 7:53 & Galatians 3:19, I see that in both verses, the Law is spoken of (not splitting it between the Decalogue & the 613 Laws, where one is the Law & the other, the Old Testament).

When we consider that the title, 'Old Testament' was the creation of a division because of the increased volume of books (NT) & for necessity's sake, done in the 2nd Century AD, we accept that the Old Testament was simply an identification & creation of a partition of what was a collection of biblical records pre-Christ from those post-Christ. Indeed, much of the Gospels should actually be placed in the OT for that reason. And the word "testament", which means 'a covenant, an agreement', would simply show that this older part of the Bible contained the five covenants made by God with His people & all that transpired from them. But I see that you understand this term, 'Old Testament', differently, & it's this aspect that intrigued me, & even after the references you gave, I still cannot see the meaning you shared (at least from the Scriptures), between the Old Covenant (singular, pertaining to the Mosaic) & the Old Testament (incorporating all the Covenants plus the prophecies & other writings).

Hello Peterson,

Yes

Many people that the gap between God and man is very slight. But Scripture presents God as wholly other than msnk

My Dear Sweet Friends. absolutely! In fact wheresoever man is, so too are all creatures.

Good Evening S. Spencer

Good point about the kinsman redeemer.

Jesus is my Prophet, Priest, and King.

But we could list so many more Titles for Him and studying what these titles mean can deepen our knowledge of Him.

So perhaps it would be a good idea to take this thread to name Titles and give Scripture verses that speak these Titles.

I'll have to begin that and get back to you.

It's fine if you want to take the thread another way.

Good to hear from you. Good night.

One important aspect of Jesus humanity that I believe get lost in the shuffle is he is our Kinsman redeemer. He couldn't be that without his humanity.

Galatians 4:4-5. But when the fulness of the time was come, God sent forth his Son, made of a woman, made under the law,

To redeem them that were under the law, that we might receive the adoption of sons.

Revelation 5:2-9.

God bless.

My Dear Sweet Friends the Holy Bible was written for Me, to Me, and by Me.

Thanks I'm looking for a reference scripture from the Luke 12:48

Hi Marjoriie.

Also check in Ecclesiastes.

God bless.

Please pray for my father's illness as he is suffering from cancer and he is in stage 4 I believe in the Lord Jesus Christ from the bottom of my heart. I truly have faith in him that he will save my father from this disease all I need is to pray for him for his wellness and take away all the impurity the cancer cell out from his body O lord I praise you only you are the ray of hope to save my father. In Jesus name I pray Amen

Hi Cathleen.

I'm not sure if there's any scripture supporting animals in heaven, It does mention animals being in the Millennium.

Perhaps someone can show us.

God bless.

Dr. Lee, According to scripture Jesus came to fulfill, not destroy, and I believe scripture to be correct.

Matthew 5:17-48 "Think not that I am come to destroy the law, or the prophets: I am not come to destroy, but to fulfil." "For verily I say unto you, Till heaven and earth pass, one jot or one tittle shall in no wise pass from the law, till all be fulfilled." "Whosoever therefore shall break one of these least commandments, and shall teach men so, he shall be called the least in the kingdom of heaven: but whosoever shall do and teach them, the same shall be called great in the kingdom of heaven."

according to scripture, through His death and resurrection, the only thing he destroyed is the devil,

Hebrews 2:14 "Forasmuch then as the children are partakers of flesh and blood, he also himself likewise took part of the same; that through death he might destroy him that had the power of death, that is, the devil;"

I believe so, Stuart. When we die, our flesh breaks down entirely, returning to the earth. We lose everything: our bodily weaknesses, piercings, even tatoos. But in the resurrection, we will be given new glorified bodies, fit for Heaven, when even the desire for tatoos or the pleasures of this Earth, won't be in our hearts. This is a part of the blessed expectation of all who are found in Christ Jesus, those who are redeemed from sin & Satan's hold, by faith in Jesus' Sacrifice for them.

Gigi I never stated we weren't redeemed as a matter of fact we are justified and sanctified asnd made righteous in Christ walking by the spirit but we still deal with a mind part of the natural body that has the ability to think about sin

and we don't try to commit broken fellowship or sin but until our gathering together its part of our walk of fighting

against the flesh i.e. o;d man nature.

Gigi, You just said what I was trying to say, but much more eloquently,

Thank you. GB

Gigi Also we have sin in the blood and the life of the flesh comes from the blood that's what the old man nature

fights, that's why we aren't changed instantly, the spirit did not give us a blood transfusion it gave us a spiritual

housecleaning and by changing our actions to Gods word which is our work we will become more like Christ I.E.

transformed by the renewed mind or putting on the mind of Christ.

Gigi Before we were born again my bible says we were dead useless in trespasses and sins without God and without

hope Ephesians not gnostics and I do know what they stated. The scripture says we have been made alive by the

spirit that is not to say that our bodies are worth nothing now but before born again all out works were useless was what I was saying. What do you think the scripture says in Romans 7 is about, the battle between the new spiritual man and

the natural man of the 5 senses that was run by the world which is run by whom? That's what Paul was explaining to the corinthians we are saved by grace are you going to go back and now do works of the flesh lie cheat steal etc. Those are actions of the flesh that the old man nature was geared to do. So prayerfully that explains it.

Rick I concur with you that we are justified and made righteous by the sacrifice of Jesus. And, like you said, we will not be made perfect until we are in heaven in our glorified bodies. Until then, we will sin as our sin nature is strong but the Holy Spirit in us is stronger, so over time we become more conformed to what Jesus is like as we continue to walk with Him.

I do not, however, see my body as junk, nor my mind, more my soul. These are what Jesus came to redeem from our sinful nature. Our bodies are not the sinful nature. So, the way God created us is good, yet now fallen. But in heaven we will have an incorruptible body, mind, and soul. We will be totally redeemed from sin in every part of us. So I do not speak of the natural part of me as negative. Sin has affected every part of us, but God loves us even in our fallen state and desires to set us all aright. The gnostics were a group that viewed what was physical about man as evil. That view was repudiated repeatedly. So, I just wanted to point that out to you as your statement seemed to reflect this gnostic viewpoint. But I think that you may mean something else, from what I know about you so far. We agree on more than we disagree about, and we keep each other on our toes when we seek more clarification or counter a point. It is all done in love. Bless You

Glenn If you are saying Adam and Eve only had spiritual bodies can you explain Genesis 2:7 formed dust of the ground

and of breath life I.E. lungs breathing air to support oxygenation in blood.

Brother Rick,

Jesus Christs gospel can be found in the NT, and it's not a malleable message to fit someones vision, or to pick and choose what scripture to believe, and what to ignore. The Gospel is NOT to be massaged into something else to accommodate a worldly lifestyle.

Read it and believe!

Dr. Kyle Lee I thought the Bible states in 2 Peter 1:21+22 that holy men of God spoke as they were moved by

the holy spirit. Everything was given by holy men of God or men that God ordained to write what he wanted

written. Where do angels fit into this? Gods angels or messengers are here to help people do what God wants

done. I.E. warn of danger sodom and gomorrah minister to Jesus christ bring messages of good tidings.

I have never read in Scripture where it states this. I'd appreciate where you read this other than the Genesis passage (as it does not teach that).

Dan

God foretold this to Abraham when He visited Abraham before destroying Sodom and Gommorah, renewing the covenant promises with Abraham, and saying that Sarah would get pregnant in her next cycle, (which happened)

God also told Abraham that the height of sin of the Amorites had not reached the point to where God was going to judge them. But at the time of the exodus, the Israelites brought that judgment on the Amorite.

There may be other reasons why God determined it to be 400 years, but it may have been to allow time for the Israelites to grow from one family/tribe to a nation large enough to drive out the nations n Canaan and possss the land as God promised. Even at several million , the Israelites had to continue to fight and contend with other people's to maintain control of the promised land. So perhaps this was a factor.

Rod

I agree with you. I Matthew 5-7 Jesus expounded on the commandments. He didn't expound on these commandments for us not to obey them. He taught on these so we can know God's higher moral righteousness he desires for those who follow Jesus.

While Judah was in Babylonian captivity, the Pharisees. Sadducees, Scribes, and Rabbinical order rose up, which was not proscribed by Moses. They began synogogue meetings at this time and wrote the books Tanack and Mishnah that interpreted the Torah and added religious practices on top of the Law of Moses that were binding on all Jews. Jesus came to abolish these practices along with the ceremonial ordinances and rules for community living for the Israelites. He never rescinded the moral Law of the 10 commandments. He summed them up in His two commands to love God and love others.

We do not earn our. Salvation from obeying the 10 commandments, Jesus obeyed them perfectly for us as well as always obeying His heavenly Father's will.

Paul speaks much about this, but Paul also speaks in his letters about the law of godliness he exhorts them to obey and if one researches law of godliness in Paul's letters one will find that he explains this law as moral practices he expects believers to obey by as they walk by the Spirit and not by he sinful nature.

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And famine not fine.

I agree that there are problems with many mega-churches in what they preach and practice. It that is not the only place where false doctrine is being preached. It can happen anywhere, but I have noticed a lot of it comes from liberal leaning mainline denominations AND from conservative Pentecostal/charismatic churches. That is why I stopped attending such churches and instead prefer a "confessional" type of fellowship because of the emphasis on orthodox teaching and at least there isn't a " whatever someone thinks goes" attitude.

But there are sincere believers in every type of fellowship and these are to fellowship in the situations God has led them to.

Also. Many believers are not well taught as far as doctrine goes. Many churches brag about being "nondoctrinaire". I steer. clear of those fellowships because this attitude breeds error and Paul repeatedly speaks strongly against error in doctrine and exhorts us to watch our doctrine closely to see if we are truly in the faith. He state and knew that incorrect doctrine can shipwreck one's faith and lead one into apostasy(which is very serious and perilous to come to). This is why we contend for the faith passed down: to protect our fellow believers from departing from the faith through false beliefs. I take this seriously. So avoiding addressing error for the sake of unity is not supported by Scripture. But we should strive for harmony and wish to be at peace with others as much as possible. Therefore, we should not quibble over things people eat, or such matters of Liberty, but should take a stand on teachings about the nature and works of God as a Trinity and about the person and work of our Savior Jesus Christ