Thoughts about the everlasting LIFE of Jesus (and why He went on the cross)
John 6:54 “He who eats my flesh and drinks my blood has eternal life, and I will raise him up at the last day “(of his earthy life).
At the point of a born again experience we did drink the word and “water” of the evangelist. Jesus did change it to be wine when the evangelist set us free. Then one will be One Spirit with the Lord who is Spirit (2Cor.3.17, combination of God (Christ) and human being (new creature), perfect spirit-wise. “But he who is joined to the Lord is one spirit with Him.” 1 Cor. 6:17 NKJ
(Note that many “teachers” do not believe this, insisting that the believer is only human not God. Jesus Himself was nearly stoned for the same reason “because You being a Man, make Yourself God.”(John 10:33 NKJ) “Imitate me (Paul) just as I also imitate Christ. “1Cor.11:1 NKJ How do you command demons and are stronger than Death if you are only human.)
That is the (usual) start of the narrow road (existence and unity with Christ who is the Road) of renewal or reform of the mind. “As newborn babies, long for the pure spiritual milk, that with it you may grow.”(1 Peter 2:2). At the time of Jesus most of the Jews did believe Pharisees (authorised teachers of the time) and did eat the leaven of them.
(Let it be according to your faith and the faith is a result of hearing (understanding) good or bad, false or truth. We have free will in this system because we can choose what we like to hear and believe.)
The result of choosing wrong was the destruction of the Temple of God, both the personal one (we are the temple of God) and the stone temple of nation Israel (ruin on spiritual and natural level).
In heaven a big part of angels did drink the word of the devil and end up to be demons. Man’s quest is to loose his own human life and be filled with the life of Christ by drinking His blood. (We start with first fruits or one talent worth of His mind; enough for one to be saved.)
John 3:16… “For God so loved the world, that he gave his only born Son, that whoever believes in him should not perish, but have eternal life.” “For God didn’t send his Son into the world to judge the world, but that the world should be saved through him. He who believes in him is not judged. He who doesn’t believe has been judged already...”
It is without the LIFE of Jesus, one will perish and everlasting existence will be pure hell. In the Fall mankind lost the life which was meant to be with him.
It is too that when one decides to believe the words of Jesus (instead of the prevalent ideology of authorities), that one is acceptable and palatable to God. Simon Peter answered him, “Lord, to whom would we go? You have the words of eternal life. “ Therefore, even as the Holy Spirit says, “Today if you will hear his voice, don’t harden your hearts as in the rebellion,..”.(This is written to believers on the narrow road.) (Hebr. 3:7)
The flesh represents our mindset and ideology, how our spiritual body is formed. Secular human body of flesh is an obstacle from reaching a connection with God. The natural blood is the symbol of life, spiritual blood is life, it is our thoughts and conscious existence. As the blood circles in your natural body so should the LIFE (emotions, love, will and understanding) of Jesus circle in the body of the believer. Life of Jesus in Him gives us peace, love and joy for heaven to be heaven. Increase of these there will be no end.
Our own blood and flesh can not inherit the kingdom of God. Our old mindset is egoistic and narcissistic, set to look after its owners interest and it doesn’t fulfil the entrance requirement of heaven. Love God and your neighbour. ”Who do His commandments...may enter through the gates into the city.” (Rev. 22:14)
He who is filthy, let him be filthy still. (Rev.22:10) It is, your old life deteriorates and leads us into a narrow mental space. On top of that the wrath of God is against all evil and will increase together with our filthy thoughts and deeds up to the explosion point. (ex. Acts 12:23 Herod was eaten by worms and died.)
Main point of burst of wrath in history will be the seven years of agony before the coming of Christ back the second time onto the earth. From my understanding and belief there will be at the same time seven years of Wedding feast or Feast of Tabernacles for raptured believers in heaven.
By stealing the life of Eve Lucifer lost his foots (standing before God). Adam was not deceived but choosing to eat the fruit (out of pity and love I guess and believe), lost his life too. “Or don’t you know that he who is joined to a prostitute is one body? For, “The two”, he says, “will become one flesh”(1 Cor. 6:16)
The Second Adam did join with the “big prostitute” including her sins for the same reason on the cross. “As Moses lifted up the serpent in the wilderness, even so must the Son of Man be lifted up,“ “And I, if I am lifted up from the earth, will draw all people to myself. But he said this, signifying by what kind of death he should die.” (John 3:14 and John 12:32)
Jesus was one body with all people on the cross resembling serpent and with Him we all died and did fulfil the law. God did attach humanity into Himself on the cross.
In quantum world electrons and photons (and with them the whole world) are only in particle form if we observe them. Otherwise they are in superposition, in the form of wave without observable form. It is believed that this miniature quantum structure forms the bridge between our world and higher dimension. According to string theory no primary three dimensional building blocks exist, meaning that dying stars (symbols of apostate believers) can collapse for ever within the increasing gravity. (“The fear of Yahweh is a fountain of life, turning people from the snares of death.” Prov. 14:27)
“The two slot experiment” is the biggest reason why some believe that we live in a computer simulation. Because only what we observe is reality and behind the scenery like in the computer picture there is nothing. (This system is in energy saving mode.) You don't need to be “a flat earth believer” to believe that earth is the centre of creation.
So we should observe and believe what Jesus stated for it to be reality for us. “Let it be according to your faith.”
In my previous essay (The fall and resurrection of man) I did state that the eating of forbidden fruit was certainly spiritual adultery, but if Eve had sexual intercourse with Lucifer in human form; that idea is a highly doubtful conclusion. After that writing I did run three times into my question. In Chinese film series “O2O” and song “My Love” by Diana Ankudinova sex outside the marriage state is expressed as eating the forbidden fruit. Then I did listen to a CBN newscast about the rampant prostitution in Haiti. The big reason that was mentioned was tourists affection for eating the forbidden fruit. So decide yourself if secular rendering about the Fall is correct.
It is important to have a proper understanding (revelation) about the nature of God and system where we are inside to get filled with life and love. “My people are destroyed for lack of knowledge. Because you have rejected knowledge, I will also reject you” (Hosea 4:6) It is, if you reject the Word (Christ), God will reject you. The Church of Laodicean had “need of nothing” even though she was naked and without the life of Christ. She was without the correct faith and unwillingness to change her mindset by life-giving word: “It is useless to test heretic doctrine.” That attitude will lead you into the sect outside the proper faith.
I think that Lucifer's stroke to deceive Eve was well meditated to put God (and Adam) into an impossible situation: Either God can again breathe into the nostrils of the first couple the breath of life or lose them into hell. I guess that Lucifer did know well the love God had towards them and was a bit jealous at first and later filled with hate. Emotions dictate our thinking pattern and reasoning, not so much your cleverness.
Gods realm (as opposite of devils realm) is based of freedom and love to to do the right thing out of common sense. If you love your brother like yourselves you don't look (so much) after your own promotion but instead the best interest of your brother (as well). Other point is that God “will render to each one according to his deeds”, (Room.2:6 NKJ) not according to his thoughts even these will lead to deeds. God will give us time to repent and correct our thoughts if they are wrong.
Had God chosen to pardon Adam and Eve outside His law, the consequences would have been severe: God had destroy the basis of His realm. The devils agenda had been promoted. Posterity of the first couple can choose to sin at will because they have access to pardon and heaven anyway. In that case God is not fair if He don't pardon the devil as well.
The strongest possible hindrance to sin is the fear (of loosing everlasting life and) to end into everlasting hell. (Luke 12:5) “The wages of sin is death, but the free gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord.”(Rom. 6:23) God did His best to safeguard the integrity, happiness and joy of heaven.
The benefits for Christ going to the cross are many. First reason: to save Adam and Eve (and God fearing posterity) was executed. We can not fulfil the requirements of the law or get our debt paid outside of Him. In Christ, in unity with Him, on the cross our old being was crucified in Him and together with Him.
By cross God was able to join the humanity into Himself. It is, Christ got His bride and brothers. “Most certainly I tell you, unless a grain of wheat falls into the earth and dies, it remains by itself alone. But if it dies, it bears much fruit.” (John 12:24)
The Difference of nature of God and the devil was now open and clear for everyone. The choice is either good or evil. “He who loves his life will lose it. He who hates his life in this world will keep it to eternal life.”(John 12:25)
14.08.23 Erno Miettinen
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