During Bible study this weekend, I learned that turbulent, churning waters are a sign of this sinful
world. Well, the waters of this world are churning in every corner. But, no matter how hopeless it
seems to any of us, even if we find ourselves under huge waves and lost in the blackness of deep waters,
there is always that Hand of Christ Who will pluck us out of the troubled waters, to a place of safety and
peace. We just need to remember the lesson of Peter.
22 And straightway he constrained the disciples to enter into the boat, and to go before him unto the
other side, till he should send the multitudes away. 23 And after he had sent the multitudes away, he
went up into the mountain apart to pray: and when even was come, he was there alone. 24 But the boat
was now in the midst of the sea, distressed by the waves; for the wind was contrary. 25 And in the
fourth watch of the night he came unto them, walking upon the sea. 26 And when the disciples saw him
walking on the sea, they were troubled, saying, It is a ghost; and they cried out for fear. 27 But
straightway Jesus spake unto them, saying, Be of good cheer; it is I; be not afraid. 28 And Peter
answered him and said, Lord, if it be thou, bid me come unto thee upon the waters. 29 And he said,
Come. And Peter went down from the boat, and walked upon the waters to come to Jesus. 30 But when
he saw the wind, he was afraid; and beginning to sink, he cried out, saying, Lord, save me. 31 And
immediately Jesus stretched forth his hand, and took hold of him, and saith unto him, O thou of
little faith, wherefore didst thou doubt? 32 And when they were gone up into the boat, the wind
ceased. 33 And they that were in the boat worshipped him, saying, Of a truth thou art the Son of
God. (Matthew 14:22-33, ASV)
The waters of this world do greatly rise and fall, whipped by winds of darkness, until we find
ourselves engulfed by the waters, losing hope, losing life. When we see ourselves drowning beneath
the surface of this sinful world, remember Peter's good work when he found himself being swallowed
by the dark powers of this age, "Lord, save me." Christ is always there for you, next to you, in you,
and will quickly stretch His strong arm to catch you and pull you back into the place of peace.
When this world crushes you down, find your quiet place, your closet, your bedside, anywhere that
allows you to speak one-on-one with the Lord our Savior. Speak to Him. Give Him all your thoughts.
Let Him reach down to you and pull you into a place of safety and peace. Where is that place? It
is with Him.
As you read the Bible, take notice of the many scenes that speak of turbulent waters. They point
out the sin of this world and the corruption that sin causes to engulf us.
Do you see love in the image above? Do you look upon His body and try to imagine
the love He has for you? How can we know that this happened, but then not obey
His Law of Love?
Maybe you're asking, "What is His Law?"
I agree, this world has turned His Law into so many versions, that it gets confusing,
but it's real simple.
It is written, "Jesus said to him, Love the Lord your God with all your heart, with all your soul,
and with all your mind; this is the first and the chief commandment. And there is
another like this: Love your neighbour as yourself. On these two commandments hang
all the law and the prophets." (Matthew 22:37-40 NMB)
So then we think, "I can understand the "...love the Lord you God...", but
who should I consider my neighbor?" Most would answer all people, and yes, that is
correct, but it's missing something. First of all, and above all others, Jesus Christ
is the neighbor you should love, and His Holy Spirit Who has been living within you,
His Tabernacle.
So, love all, God the Father, God the Son, God the Holy Spirit, self, and all others,
everywhere. This is who should be loved according to Jesus Christ.
But how do we love? How do we turn our love into action?
For me, Paul summed it up better than anyone.
"But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, longsuffering, kindness, goodness,
faithfulness, gentleness, self-control. Against such there is no law. And those who are
Christ’s have crucified the flesh with its passions and desires. If we live in the Spirit,
let us also walk in the Spirit. Let us not become conceited, provoking one another, envying
one another." (Galatians 5:22-26 NKJV)
So, when you hear and see people who are performing all forms of violence, corruption, and
perversion in the name of Jesus, don't be concerned with those people. As Christ died for
us, let us love our neighbor Jesus Christ, and live like Him. He would not live in any way
except the way of love. He died living the way of love, so let's live like Him.
So much conversation about our beginning...
You may wonder why my AI generated image above depicts Adam and Eve in the Garden with
clothes on. It's funny to me that every image of this world depicts them as young, naked
kids even though they did not see themselves that way. The Bible says "Adam
and his wife were both naked, and they felt no shame." (Genesis 2:25)
They were babies, but not babies as we know human babies today, they were God
babies and they were covered by the Holy Spirit Who gave them access to all
learning and protected them from all sin. The difference between Adam and Eve
and our quest today as followers of Christ, is that we have that same covering
of the Holy Spirit, but we also seek to have the Holy Spirit live within us so
that we are not only clothed, but ARE the Holy Spirit in the same way as Jesus
Christ was, is, and will forever be the walking Holy Spirit. We seek to have the
Holy Spirit running through our veins the same way as we have blood flowing in
us today. If we take of the Tree of Life, the other tree in the midst of God's Garden (Genesis 2:9),
then the Holy Spirit will run through our veins to provide us eternal life. So, why depict
an image that only this dark world would display to pervert the meaning of that time? I
don't know. It seems to be what this world does.
Okay, enough about that.
My thoughts over the past several days have meditated upon
Paradise. You know, the Garden of Eden? That one dreamy place where we existed and
had God walking in the same Garden with us. (Genesis 3:8)
My thoughts are that it's funny to listen to, and read about how people blame Eve
for bringing sin into our lives, but then miss the point that Adam was at her side.
And there is one version of the story, in the Apocrypha, that places Adam working
at a different tree, but he comes to Eve's call without hesitation. So, either
version leads to the same result. Why was that? Why did they enter sin together?
Many people seem to believe that somehow Eve was more evil because she
was the one who was deceived by the serpent. Even Paul the apostle confesses
that he believed that Eve was the weaker vessel (2 Corinthians 11:3),
but let's think about that.
What was the scene of the crime committed by the dark power? Who
was the dark power? Let's see what we are told.
Christ (the God Who Walked in the Garden) explained to Adam
and Eve "You may freely eat of every tree of the garden...".
(Genesis 2:16)
You see, He told us that we could seek knowledge from all the other sources
throughout His Temple, the Garden, where every source had been planted and created by
Him, and for Him. God knew that every source of knowledge would provide
His children with another piece of who He is. He is all, so a multitude of
"trees" would be needed for us to capture even a small glimpse
of who our Creator and Father is. God knew that all the trees throughout
His Temple would provide us with ever more glimpses into His eternal
sovereignty. Every source would give us another layer of knowledge and
truth - they would provide us the tools we needed to become children of
the Eternal One.
From the beginning, God warned us about a certain tree that we should avoid at all cost,
or we would die. "...but of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil
you shall not eat, for in the day that you eat of it you shall die."
(Genesis 2:17)
I guess I question whether or not we even understood what
Father meant by that statement. From the moment of our consciousness, we had only
known life, so what the heck would the word "die" mean to someone who had
never seen death, or even seen something, or someone die? I believe this was
another little fact that added a lot of confusion for our parents Adam and Eve, and
probably helps explain their actions that day.
I just had the inspiration that God warned Adam and Eve not to go near that tree, but then when
it came time to bring us back home, He too dived into that place that He had
warned us about, just to rescue His children. What a Father! Of course, Christ our
Father knew how to handle this world, but we did not, and do not. When Christ found Himself being
coerced by that same "tree," or source, He could look within Himself for the
tools needed to shield Himself from its onslaught because when He looked within, He
found the Eternal One there providing every good tool for the battle. Even though Christ jumped into
this world to rescue us through His death and resurrection, we still bounce along
like clueless children walking on hands and feet partaking of every tidbit fed to us by the darkness we find
ourselves in. Thank God for His mercy, patience, and willingness to forgive our sins.
So, back to the purpose of this article, "What was the scene of the crime committed
by the dark power?"
First, that "tree of the knowledge of good and evil," you know, the one that
Father warned us to not get near, was not a tree that gave
one knowledge of good and evil. No, that tree gave nothing to anyone. That tree
was a source of information that preached that every person must seek to define
good and evil by themselves. It did not even whisper that Immanuel was the source
of life, but it alluded that we should look within ourselves to define good and evil. It
taught us to reject all sources of information that looked to our Creator as the One
who defined good and evil, to define what life should be. And so, as new babes on the
scene of eternity, we were told that day long ago, that we should look within ourselves,
"ourselves" being a clean slate containing no information that mattered in
the universe we found ourselves. So, that tree taught us that we should look into
the nothingness of our souls to answer questions about good and evil.
Second, stop with the image of us in your heads as grownups being responsible for our
actions. We were God's children, babes destined to acquire the reigns of royalty, but far
from the maturity required to make decisions on our own. We were, and are, God babes. Picture
us crawling on all fours, picking up everything we came to, not having the sense to know if
something was dangerous. Father knew we were this dumb, so He gave us one rule, "Stay away
from that ugly tree over there!" But, as crawling babies will do, the next moment we look
down at them, they have something headed into their mouths that causes us to scream and run
over to them to rescue them from themselves.
Third, and the original inspiration for this article, is that until we approached that wrong tree,
we had experienced nothing but absolute truth and honesty. Every source of information was a
trustworthy source of knowledge that helped us grow in the grace and knowledge of our Father.
We had no knowledge of lying, or deception. So, as Eve approached that tree, let's remember that
she was a most innocent baby, it was probably real confusing to her as to what Father meant
by "die," and she didn't have a clue as to what lying or deception was.
Eve did know that Father had warned them to stay away from that tree, but come on people, what
baby understands, or obeys all warnings that their parents give them? And Adam, who was in
the same boat as Eve, had all the same scenario surrounding him as he took the proverbial
fruit from Eve.
So where did our actions that day lead us? They led us here, a world ruled by commerse, lies,
deceptions, murder, trade and all work being performed for profit. We live where we ate that day
long ago, we live in a place where the law of Love does not exist. We live in a world that preaches
"buyer beware" because lies and deceptions are built into every transaction. We live in a
world of death, the opposite of Christ.
If our Father, Immanuel, Jesus Christ had not been willing to dive in and rescue us,
we would have fallen into the eternal darkness of death and never again known the joy of
Father's light upon our faces.
I am so thankful that our Saviour, and Teacher, Jesus Christ, saved us from our own actions.
Just a thought I had this morning...
Before the angels shouted for joy,
He Was!
Before the pillars of the world were made,
He Was.
Before the serpent caused us to be removed,
He Was.
Before Satan became the adversary,
He Was.
Before The Watchers perverted creation,
He Was.
Before the giants destroyed all humans,
He Was.
Before Enoch stood before His glorious throne,
He Was.
Before Noah heard His voice and built an ark,
He Was.
Before the flood washed the sin away,
He Was.
Before the rainbow of hope shown above,
He Was.
Before Abraham obeyed His command,
He Was.
Before Isaac willingly laid down to die,
He Was.
Before Jacob became Israel,
He Was.
Before David faced Goliath,
He Was.
Before all, was the Word,
And the Word was with God,
And the Word was God,
He Was.
No matter where you are,
No matter what you're experiencing,
No matter the trials or the joys,
He Is.
Then He said, "I Am..."
I AM is Love.
After all has drifted away and failed,
Love IS.
What is important in our lives?
There is actually only one thing that is important to all human beings.
That one thing is a person, and that person is God, and that person is
Jesus Christ, our Teacher, and our only path to eternal life. It is
also important to know that the Holy Days of the Holy Bible were given
to us by Jesus Christ, and that whether you believe it or not, the Holy
Days, all of them, Spring and Fall, provide us with the righteous and
holy plan of the One True God who is over all, and through whom, and
for whom, all things exist. That One True God is Jesus Christ, Who is
for us the perfect image of the Eternal, Unseen God. Only through
Him can we see God.
In the Holy Day summary found at the bottom of this page, I hope to share
with you the same hope that I have found from the knowledge that our Eternal Lord
and Savior provides for us if we look into their meaning with the Holy Spirit
of Jesus our Messiah.
The Holy Days of Christ begin every year with the Passover, which is not a Holy
Day, but is the preparation day needed so that the Holy Days can teach us.
I find it interesting that the Passover is the most important event for any
Christian, but so few understand even the string of events that took place
that day over two thousand years ago. That knowledge is a wondrous and great
gift given to us because they prove the perfect Word and Truth of God.
Without the Passover, none of the other Holy Days mean anything. Without
knowing the truth of that Passover and Holy Day week that occurred over two
thousand years ago, many believe that the Lord our God lied when He said,
For as Jonah was three days and three nights in the belly of a huge fish,
so the Son of Man will be three days and three nights in the heart of the earth.(Matthew 12:40)
But God does not lie, people do.
I list below the events that occurred during the three days and three
nights of the murder, death, and resurrection of Jesus Christ. After that,
I list the Holy Days and a brief description of each day and how they
relate to our Passover Lamb, Jesus Christ.
It is up to you whether or not you accept God’s truth.
Tuesday evening at sundown
The Passover begins, and Jesus performs the
Passover ceremony with His disciples. During this remembrance,
He changes the symbols of eating the roasted flesh of lambs
with unleavened bread and bitter herbs to eating only the
unleavened bread, and He replaces the spreading of the lambs
blood on the doorposts and lintel of their homes with the
drinking of a small amount of wine (Exodus 12:3-14
and Matthew 26:26-28),
and He added the foot washing that is written about in John 13:1-17.
Tuesday evening after partaking of the Passover meal
Judas is identified and leaves the Passover meal after the foot
washing (John 13:18-30)
and Jesus teaches His disciples a great many lessons and prays
(John 13:31 – 17:26).
After dinner, Jesus leads His apostles to Gethsemane, a garden,
where He prays to His Father in Heaven
(Matthew 26:36-46).
Tuesday night in the garden after prayers (probably around midnight, so possibly Wednesday early morning)
It has been a long, busy day for our Lord. Jesus is turned
over to the chief priests and Pharisees by Judas Iscariot.
Judas did not perform this deed out of malice, but from a
sincere belief that Jesus had come into this world to establish
Himself as King of Israel. He was wrong and Satan was allowed
to use his wrong interpretation to bring Jesus to the religious
authorities. He is brought before Annas
(John 18:13),
the father-in-law of Caiaphas, the high priest. Peter denies
Jesus. Annas passes Jesus to Caiaphas
(John 18:24),
who then passes Him to Pilate. Pilate struggles with ill omens
surrounding his destiny, but despite his bad feelings and a
belief that Jesus was not guilty of anything, he crumbles
before the political powers and sentences our Lord to death
so as to keep his constituency happy. The world powers then
piled upon Jesus with insults, pressing a crown of thorns upon
His head, heaping physical abuse upon His body, and scourging
Him
(Mark 15:15-20).
The Lord is badly beaten and physically exhausted as the sun rises Wednesday morning.
Wednesday morning, sunrise to about 9:00 AM
Jesus had been so harshly beaten that he could barely walk,
so the soldiers forced a man who was walking by to carry our
Savior’s cross. In this manner, they led Him to Golgotha, the
Place of a Skull. The soldiers then hung Him upon His cross as
they, along with passersby, others hanging from their own crosses,
the chief priests, and scribes continued to mock and revile Him
(Isaiah 53, Mark 15:21-32).
Wednesday noon
The creation recognized the anguish of its Creator and
darkness fell upon the earth for a period of three hours.
Wednesday afternoon, about 3:00 PM
Our Savior sets us free by dying upon that cross at the hands
of our evil world. At His death, an Angel of the Lord slashed
the veil of the temple that separated the Holy Place from the
Most Holy Place. The slashing of the veil was a symbolic act
that demonstrated that God has now made Himself accessible to
all who come to Him. We no longer need a high priest, or any
mediator to stand between us and God, because we are now allowed
to approach the Holy of Holies, who is Jesus our Messiah,
without the aid of anyone else.
Wednesday late afternoon, between 3:00 PM and sundown
This was the closing of Passover Day. Passover is not a Holy Day
and Passover is not set on Friday. It is a day of preparation for
the week-long event of the Feast of Unleavened Bread. Without the
sacrifice of the Holy Lamb of God on Passover, the Feast of
Unleavened Bread has no meaning. The first day of the Feast of
Unleavened Bread is a Holy Day and a Sabbath Day
(Leviticus 23:4-8).
God’s Holy Word teaches that a person who has been condemned to
death according to the Law must not be hung on a tree overnight
but must be removed from the tree during the same day that they
were hung
(Deuteronomy 21:22-23).
What made this situation even more important is that at sundown the
first Holy Day, or Sabbath Day of the Feast of Unleavened Bread, would
begin, and no one wanted to be involved with handling a dead body on a Sabbath day. So, Joseph
of Arimathea
(Mark 15:42-43)
and Nicodemus, who was a Pharisee and a ruler of the Jews
(John 3:1),
worked together to bury our Lord in a tomb
(John 19:38-42)
before the setting of the sun.
Wednesday sundown to Thursday sundown
The first night and the first day pass. All the people of God are
observing the Holy Day, the first Day of Unleavened Bread. Jesus
lies dead in the tomb.
Thursday sundown to Friday sundown
The second night and the second day pass. The people of God are
eating only unleavened bread while still involved with the socializing
done around the Feast days, and they are also preparing for the weekly
Sabbath that begins at sundown. Jesus lies dead in the tomb.
Friday sundown to Saturday sundown
The third night and the third day pass. The people of God are observing
the weekly sabbath day. Jesus our Savior lies dead in the tomb.
Saturday after sundown
Our Father in Heaven raises His Son Jesus, our Messiah,
from death, and He lives and walks upon the earth again.
Sunday morning
Now the first day of the week Mary Magdalene went to the tomb
early, while it was still dark, and saw that the stone had been
taken away from the tomb(John 20:1).
Jesus had risen around sundown Saturday evening. When Mary had
visited the tomb and spoke to Jesus
(John 20:11-17),
He had already been up for many hours. It was also on this day, that
Jesus ascended into Heaven to appear before His Father, as can be
discerned by the events involving Mary Magdalene and the other women.
After His ascencion, the countdown began for the outpouring of the
Holy Spirit, which took place forty-nine days plus one day later, on Pentecost.
Our Lord made Himself our Passover Lamb by dying upon the cross
according to the will of His Father in Heaven, and He had remained
dead for three nights and three days, just as prophesied. There is
never any untruth from our Lord our God.
—John Ernest Monse
The Holy Days of God
pesaḥ
or
Pesach
or
Passover
The Passover is a yearly event in which we remember that Pilate, a symbol of this world's governments with
its civil authorities and political organizations, and the high priests, a symbol of this world's religious
leaders, combined their forces to murder the Son of the Living God, the body of flesh that our God
inhabited, Who is God, the Eternal God, our Father in Heaven, our Savior, the only One God. He allowed
them to slay Him and thus He became God's Lamb without blemish, whose shed blood was poured out upon
the world to cleanse its sin so that when we appear before Him, He no longer sees our sin, but passes
over our sin so our spiritual bodies are allowed to enter His rest and eternal life. Through Jesus's
birth into our lives, His life with us, our murder of Him, the Father resurrecting Him, and His ascension
to the right Hand of the Father, and His love for us at every step, we are now allowed to move on to
the other steps of God's Plan.
maṣṣâ
or
Feast of Passover
or
First Day of The Feast of Unleavened Bread
Because Jesus loved us and died for us as God's Passover Lamb:
We can see in Luke, the words Passover and the Feast of Unleavened Bread are often used
interchangeably, but they are two different events. During this first Holy Day of Unleavened Bread, we
joyfully celebrate because Immanuel our Messiah, the Lord our God, Jesus our Savior, allowed Himself to be
beaten by us, hung upon a cross by us, and murdered by our hands, His creation. Jesus became God's
Passover Lamb so that His blood poured from His body and began our healing of the hideous sickness caused
by sin. We celebrate by gathering together and rejoicing before the Lord, and by the symbolic act of
removing all leaven from our lives. Only unleavened bread, matzah, which contains no yeast, is allowed
in our homes. The yeast puffs up the bread, symbolizing the pride that leads to sin that then leads to
death. Yeast is completely removed from the homes of Jesus's followers.
maṣṣâ
or
Last Day of The Feast of Unleavened Bread
Because Jesus loved us and died for us as God's Passover Lamb:
The last day of the Feast of Unleavened Bread is a yearly reminder for us that Jesus came into the
world and became our Passover Lamb so that we can now move on with our lives without the power of sin
chaining us to eternal death. We rejoice and end this Holy Day week knowing that all fear is now gone
because the only fear that is real fear is the fear that God will reject us. He did not reject us, and
He will never reject us, but gave His own life so that we could join Him in eternity. How does He plan
to do this? His Holy Days tell us the tale before the tale happens.
Shavuot
or
Feast of First Fruits
or
Feast of Weeks
or
Pentecost
Because Jesus loved us and died for us as God's Passover Lamb:
As with all the Holy Days, there was always an animal sacrifice performed as a prophetic ritual
of how Jesus would willingly become the Passover Lamb of God. On this Holy Day, there was also an offering
of the finest flour presented to the Lord as a pleasing aroma, symbolic of Jesus being that
first fruit of God. In the book of Acts, we see the Holy Spirit of Jesus was rolled upon the earth
like a great wave that would eventually overtake the whole world, but Paul tells us that our Lord
has a plan by which there will be a group of first fruits to join Him at His return. His return,
you ask? When will that be? Well, let's see what God's Holy Day plan teaches us.
Yom Teruah
or
Rosh Hashana
or
Feast of Trumpets
Because Jesus loved us and died for us as God's Passover Lamb:
Jesus our Savior, returns to this world to rescue it from the bonds of sin. The last
trumpet of the Seventh Angel sounds to announce the return of the King! At this time,
the first fruits of God are raised up, both those in the grave and those who are
still alive at Jesus's return. They will rise to meet Jesus in the clouds as He begins
His overthrow of the dark forces
(Ephesians 6:12),
who are His enemies.
Yom Kippur
or
Day of Atonement
Because Jesus loved us and died for us as God's Passover Lamb:
He will return to this world and all the world will go into mourning. Why do we go into
mourning? On this day, Jesus will appear in the sky. He will command a great angel to grab
Satan (Azazel) and throw him into the bottomless pit, Revelation 20:1-3. This event was
prophesied in the ancient ceremony described in Leviticus 16:1-34. The goat that was sacrificed,
and whose blood atoned for the sins of all the people, is symbolic of Jesus who was sacrificed
by God for the sins of the whole world. The other goat, the azazel goat (also known as
the scapegoat, which is an incorrect translation as the azazel goat is symbolic of the dark
powers of this world, which are the source of sin, they are not being blamed for the wrongdoings
of the people, they are the true source of the wrongdoings) is removed from the people just as
Satan will be removed from the world when Jesus returns and the sins of the world will be put
upon his head for he is the only and true source of sin. Then the children's mourning will begin.
Without the lying influence of Satan and his followers, the eyes of the world will be opened. The
people will see their Lord and they will see their sin for the first time. Their hearts will be
broken as they see how they have worked against their Savior and their King and have performed
every sinful act before His throne, but God knows the source of our sin. A good example of how
those days will look can be read in Isaiah 6:1-8, where we see how the prophet responded when he
was allowed to approach the Throne of the Most Holy God, as we will do. He just wanted to die when
he saw his own sin. We also will just want to die ourselves because we realize that every act of
our lives was sinful, but then His mercy spreads across the land, His forgiveness overwhelms us,
and with azazel removed, all of us will shout "I'll go. Send me!" to every request our Lord asks us.
This is why we are taught to love all our fellow human beings, because they are not our enemies,
azazel is our enemy and the source of the sin in us, but thanks be to God our Savior, the working
of azazel will not hold down God's children for much longer! And so it will be, that all the people
on the earth at that time, will say to the Lord, Yes, I will go! and together, with Jesus's
leadership, for a thousand years, the earth will be rebuilt and prepared for that Last Great Day when
everyone who had ever lived upon the earth, but did not participate in the day of Jesus's return,
will be resurrected and given their first chance at salvation.
Sukkot
or
Feast of Tabernacles
or
Feast of Ingathering
or
Feast of Booths
Because Jesus loved us and died for us as God's Passover Lamb:
This Holy Day week represents Jesus our Messiah as the triumphant King over all the earth who
has returned as prophesied and removed the darkness that led all human beings into sin. Now
Jesus begins His rule over all, beginning with this period of a thousand years, or the Millennium,
during which time Jesus begins the restoration of all things. He changes the world so that it
propers under His Law of Love, and begins to heal the wounds that had separated human beings from
their Creator, Jesus. Just as God had rescued Israel from the slavery in Egypt, these days
let us know that He will rescue us from the dark powers of this world. Jesus begins the process
of transforming our physical bodies (booths) into the spiritual bodies we were always meant to
inhabit from the beginning before our enemy orchestrated sin to enter us.
The Eigth Day
or
The Last Great Day
or
The Last Day
or
Valley of Bones
or
The Great White Throne Judgment
Because Jesus loved us and died for us as God's Passover Lamb:
All people who ever lived from the time of Adam (except those of the first resurrection),
will be resurrected into flesh bodies and provided Jesus's Holy Spirit so they too will
learn about, and experience the wonders of God. Most people that I hear talking about
this time focus on the word judgment, but I don't believe it will be a time of
judgment as we currently judge a person when he, or she, stands before a judge only to condemn
them. Today, under the influence of darkness, condemnation of another is what we are all about, but
that is not what Jesus is all about. So, what is that judgment? It's judgment of the dark
influence that has overwhelmed most of the people of the world. Jesus is judging Satan's
ways and false teachings, and removing them from the innermost parts of every human being
that ever lived. He will teach His ways and overwhelm all the people with His wondrous love.
Jesus, our God and Savior, will be shouting to all the world, "Come to Me!" So, how many
people might bow to Jesus's Law of Love? Well, I will let you come up with your own thoughts
on that, but when I see how determined our God has been to save us, my thoughts tend to drift
in the direction that Jesus will overcome the darkness in every human being that ever lived.
So, look at your neighbor. No matter how much you have applied the judgment of this world on
them and figured they would never see you in Heaven, well, think again, change your ways, love
your neighbor because they will probably be your neighbor for all eternity!
