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The TOTAL destruction of life in the sea (ostensively indicating all the oceans in the world) is mind numbing. The exception would be the marine life in the Dead Sea which is destined (as is already starting) to have fresh water come into it; which will accellerate in the Millenium and beyond when water flows from the Holy City.
The fresh water sources of the whole world are then turned to "blood". Whether this is literal blood or some blood red contaminant may not be entirely clear here; but we have a precedent with Egyptian plagues here and with other vial judgments.
The fourth vial; fifth and seventh all indicate a lack of repentance and continuing blasphemies against God. The sixth seal uses demons to convince men to fight at Armageddon after gathering there (v. 12-16). This probably has something to do with the East vs West (as Daniel states that there are rumors from the North and East that bother Antichrist in chapter 11; verse 44); but evolves into people fighting amongst themselves then turning against Christ when they are immediately destroyed. When we realize that at the end of the Millennium Satan is released one more time for yet ANOTHER insurrection to overthrow God we realize how deluded unregenerate men's minds are as well as how wicked Satan is.
We see that there is unrestrained judgment here in accordance with man's complete lack of repentance. Man repeats what the Beast spews forth in Revelation 13 and somehow thinks that they can "forecast a device" against the Lord ( Psalm 21:11). Let us do His work while it is yet day ( John 9:4).
Philippians 2:12-18
12. Wherefore, my beloved, as ye have always obeyed, not as in my presence only, but now much more in my absence, work out your own salvation with fear and trembling.
13. For it is God which worketh in you both to will and to do of his good pleasures.
14. Do all things without murmuring and disputing.
15. That ye may be blameless and harmless, the sons of God, without rebuke, in the midst of a crooked and perverse nation, among whom ye shine as lights in the world;
16. Holding forth the word of life; that I may rejoice in the day of Christ, that I have not run in vain, neither labour in vain.
17. Yea, and if I be offered upon the sacrifice, I joy and rejoice with you all.
18. For the same cause also do ye joy, and rejoice with me.
Romans 8:35-39
35. Who shall separate us from the love of Christ? shall tribulation, or distress, or persecution, or famine, nakedness, or peril, or sword.
36. As it is written, For thy sake we are killed all the day long; we are accounted as sheep to the slaughter.
37. Nay, in all these things we are more than conquerors through him that love us.
38. For I am persuaded, that neither death, nor life, nor angels, nor principalities, nor powers, nor things present, nor things to come,
39. Nor height, nor depth, nor any other creature, shall be able to separate us from the love of God, which is in Christ Jesus our Lord.
Romans 8:28-34
28. And we know that all things work together for good to them that love God, to them who are called according to his purpose.
29. For whom he did foreknow, he also predestinate to be conformed to the image of his Son, that he might be the firstborn among many brethren.
30. Moreover whom he did predestinate, them he also called: and whom he called, them he also justified: and whom he justified, them he also glorified.
31. What shall we then say to these things? If God before us, who can be against us?
32. He that spare not his own Son, but delivered him up for us all, how shall he not with him also freely give us all things?
33. Who shall lay any thing to the charge of God's elect? It is God that justifieth? It is Christ that died, yea rather, that is risen again, who is even at the right hand of God.
Which is incorruptible i.e. eternal. And I can't take back being born of my
Parents Why would an all loving God reject a child of His I.E. us when we make
A mistake or sin. I have children who did stuff not of my approval but they
Are still my children. Now your right the wages of sin or broken fellowship
Is death physically, now when not in fellowship operating by the spirit were
Not walking by the spirit t that does not take away the sonship part of it because Jesus Christ
Paid for eternal life. So we are no longer sinners ones who have no connection
To God we are saints born again and headed to heaven and are no longer
Judged after the flesh. Now if a person decides to still live by the flesh not
God's Fault he did his job yeah let God be true in all that he does man is not.
Also remember the gift is grace now it's the receivers responsibility
Not the giver God completed us in Christ it's up to the individual to walk in newness
Of life or the old man nature Romans 7:15-25. The tremendous aspect of the
New birth is we still have freedom of will to walk by the revealed word i.e. the
Spirit or the old man nature choice we will still be rewarded for what we did right
At the bema all other works not judged because Christ paid for that.
If I saw a child sleeping on railroad tracks with a distant train approaching, and I chose to allow the inevitable instead of forbid it, I don't think it would go over to well for those who observed or heard about it; especially with the God fearing/loving Christian community.
Please give consideration: Fear, hate, evil, darkness, etc. can never be resolved through the mastery and utilization of continued, additional fear. Because the true resolution always rests on mastery through Love. I must put my faith in Love, not fear.
Two guesses on who is the author and master of fear. Hint: its not Love.
Grace and Peace be with you
Their hearts I don't read where the true God did anything they were manipulated
By Satan and lied and stole and their hearts were corrupt. What you sew is what
You reap.
Matthew 13:1-9
1. The same day went Jesus out of the house, and sat by the sea side.
2. And great multitudes were gathered together unto him, so that he went into a ship, and sat; and the whole multitude stood on the shore
3. And he spake many things unto them in parables, saying, Behold, a Sower went forth to sow;
4.' And when he sowed, some seeds fell by the way side, and the fowls came and devoured them up:
5Some fell upon stony places, where they had not much earth: and forthwith they sprung up, because they had b deepness of earth:
6. And when the sun was up, they were scorched; and because they had not root, they withered away.
7. And some fell among thorns; and the thorns sprung up, and choked them.
8. But others fell on good ground, and brought forth fruit some, some an hundredfold, some sixtyfold, some thirtyfold.
9. Who hath ears to hear, let him hear.
Matthew 13:18-23
18. Hear ye therefore the parable of the sower.
19. When any one heareth the word of the kingdom and understandeth it not, then cometh the wicked one, and catcheth away that which was sown in his heart. This is he which received seed by the way side.
20. But he that received the seed into stony places, the same is he that heareth the word, and anon joy receiveth it;
21. Yet hath he not rooted himself, but dureth for a while: for when tribulation or persecution ariseth because of the word, by and by he is offended.
22. He also that received seed among the thorns is he that heareth the word; and the care of this world, and the deceitfullness of riches, choke the word, and he becometh unfruitful.
23. But he that received seed into the good ground is he that heareth the word, and understandeth it, which also beareth fruit, and bringeth forth, some an hundredfold, some sixtyfold, and some thirtyfold.
God said to Satan that Job would never curse or betray Him which Job didn't.
The book of Job shows the goodness God and the wickedness of the adversary.
The one steal kill and destroy. The other blessings and the giver of life and
Wholeness. In the gospels when Jesus Christ came to His own hometown he
Couldn't many mighty works because of their unbelief. When he came walking
On the water and ask Peter to come Peter was ok until fear crept in and caused
Unbelief, before Jesus Christ raised Lazarus from the dead nobody andI mean
Nobody believed he could do it that's why He said it loud enough father you always
Hear me then Lazarus come forth. He was crucified due to unbelief Israel's
Rejection of the messiah so again it's not a case of God allowing it's the conditions
That man's unbelief that he intercedes. If that's what you consider God's allowing
Because God works true to His word and the enemy manipulates for man's worship
God is working in the conditions that he knows for a time the enemy has tricked
the family he wanted man into working in. That's not allowing that is understanding conditions. Thank God by grace He stays true to His Word and
Commitment to having a family to love Him by freedom of will. We who are called
By Grace because it is impossible to put a price tag on eternal life! God Bless
A world of uncertainty, division, power of control. A world that Jesus spoke of , while these He has chosen hear Him, seeing the absolute truth's that would sanctify them, creating a heart and passion of the message that would go out into all the world!
Even so, Paul confirms the message of the preaching of the Cross! He does not bring anything else to the table, but the message of salvation, given through the Spirit to those whom trust and believe.
He does not mix a 40 minute message, He does not speak the wisdom of the world, but only that wisdom that comes from above! The preaching of the CROSS!
I have heard many who say the scripture is difficult to understand. These words spoken by these men! The words that must be mixed with faith!
A faith that is steadfast, a faith that must understand that growth is as Paul says , a feeding of the soul that requiring first the milk then the meat!
This message of the cross is a lifelong growing in a spirit given by Him, sanctifying us, slowly redeeming us, unto righteousness!
We are brought through the gate into the kingdom, He has done the work already! Jesus said, "believe in God!"
Planted in the good soil, watered with His words, we will grow thereby, into who He wants us to be! That we will spend eternity forever with Him! Jesus the Christ, the Savior of the World!
Repent and be Baptized
Most wil say yes answer is no Gen:3:14 he blames serpent i.e.(Satan). Then
God says to Eve you will have labor bearing children and then to Adam because
You listened and hearkened or acted now cursed is the ground not due to Adams
Actions but due to who the new god of earth was , God lovingly was preparing and
Explaining the new conditions! All to protect and preserve for the coming of the
Messiah. So their punishment was due to their disbelief not the original will of
God. So all throughout God's word and His knowing the new conditions he kept
His Word to make sure His Will would be accomplishied by interceding when and
Where necessary but that was not the original intent. He is always dealing with
Man's unbelief being manipulated by the god of this world 2 Cor.4:4. Now if that
Is what your calling God allowing ok, but that's not the reality. That's why all of
Man's problems are due to worshipping other gods except the true God, the
Current climate conditions is not global warming it is due to man's unbelief and
Playing or thinking He's got it all figured out! It's strikes me as interesting when
Someone says God will do anything it's not true God can't lie and God will not
Do something outside of His Word because His Will or primary Goal is His Word.
I.E. Giver of life and more abundant! Jesus Christ!
The foundation of our salvation, as you said, is God's grace, which is Jesus' sacrifice on the cross. As you also rightly said good works do not offer people salvation. But after we have been saved we have to follow a specific course that God asks us to follow, to obey God's commandements, the dos and the donts. We have to obey God's Will. Isn't it so?
But when obeying God's Will, we actually do someting, we do a work. Example. God asks us to help our brothers in need and we do that. This is a work, isn't it? It is a work of obedience (to God's Will). Now, the question is, does that kind of works (of obedience) save us or not. If the answer is no, which means that works (of obedience) have no effect in our salvation, then the opposite is also true. Which is, that a lack of these works (twhich means desobedience) have no effect in our salvation. Conclusion? I can do anything I want, always disobey God, live in sin (after been saved) and everything is OK. Salvation is secured anyway since it doesn't rely on my works (of obedience). I am on a course to Heaven. Does this sounds logical to you? To me, no it doesn't.
Why have we come to such a conclusion? Because we call acts of obedience to God's Will as man's works that do not save. Which is not what the scripture means when it is reffered to works (or for Jews works of Law).
Obeying God is essential for keeping salvation.The opposite is sin. And the wage of sinning is death. The wage of sin remains death, it doesn't change to anything else just because we were sometime saved by Jesus. It is still death.Of course God does not condemn us immediately, the judgement will be done after our death, but who knows when that time is going to come for each one of us? So we must always be ready to repent and correct our ways
Salvation is not unconditional. There is always a condition for it. To cooperate with God. And that word "cooperation" can mean many things, like accepting Jesus' sacrifice, obey God's Laws etc
GBU
Jesus knew who Judas was but still loved him as He loves all people.This is our aim in life. To be like Jesus. And this is a struggle. It takes a whole lifetime (and effort) to love people like that. So my opinion is that if you can forgive and love while remembering, then this is the perfect. As long as something that happened is just a memory in your mind that doesn't create in your heart bad feelings. But if you can not forgive and love while remembering, then you'd better forget. And I thinkit is a lot easier to love when you forget. God will increase you in love and you will find out that these things become easier and easier as you progress in faith and get increased in the fruit of the Holly Spirit. But one has to know about bad things in somebody's character and avoid them if possible. Protecting youself from specific behaviors comes first.
What is it exactly that you want to know, describe it in details.
Emblems? Are they emblems? Or are they literally (by faith) the Flesh and Blood of Jesus?
God is LOVE but God is also CONSUMING FIRE. We, christians like to focus on God's characteristic of LOVE and we often forget that God is RIGHTOUNESS also, which means there is Judgement for one who breaks His Laws, which means condemnation and penalty given and paid. Jesus paid that penalty for mankind, but unbelievers will pay the penalty with their (eternal) lives.
We live in the age of GRACE so that judjement for people (who don't believe) will be not be shown untill after death, but that was not the case in the Old Testament (which was the age of LAW, not the age of GRACE) when God's Judgement was often shown immediately. Who sent the angel to kill the firstborns of Egyptians? Who opened the earth and Korah and his family went down to hell? Who sent the poisonous snakes to bite the Israelites in the dessert? Who sent that angel who exterminated the people of Jerusalem when David counted his people? Who sent that fire from the sky that burned the soldiers who came to capture Elijah? And many many other incidents.
That is why the Bible says that we should fear the Lord. Respect and love Him when we are in obedience but Fear Him when we disobey Him. Also even in NT there is the event with Ananias and Sapphira that were not given a second chance and went to hell immediately. Who did that?
Brother Chris is right about demons in the OT, when it it written "God sent" it actually means "God permitted". This is very obvious in the Book Of Job, when satan presented himself before God and asked fpr permission to test Job and was given that. The Bible says that God told him to go and do what he planted.
GBU
What if When Jesus spoke at times the Disciples heard him in their own Native Tongue, I know Gods power over reality and I know The Word may have been supernatural in many more ways than one