We both believe in Jesus returning
to establish the Kingdom of God
so whatever levels or ways that turns out to take
in order to happen I accept God's plans on that.
Yes Emily, I believe that Jesus will appear a second time, but not to establish the kingdom of God on earth but to reveal that there has never been a time when the kingdom of God was not in full power on earth and intimately involved in the lives of human beings.
When Jesus appeared the first time he said that there were "some people standing around who would not taste of death until they saw the kingdom of God in full power." If people standing around saw the kingdom of God already come before they died 2000 years ago then the kingdom of God is still in power, even if no one standing around today can perceive it.
Also, after spending seven years living like a brute beast , Nubachanedzar said,
"After this time had passed, I, Nebuchadnezzar, looked up to heaven.
My sanity returned, and I praised and worshiped the Most High and honored the one who lives forever.
His rule is everlasting, and his kingdom is eternal."
He saw the kingdom of God
already in existence around 600 bc.......when his sanity returned and he stopped living like an unthinking animal who doesn't have enough sense to get out of the rain..
The kingdom of God is still in power and his Law will remain in full force for as long as heaven and earth endure.
you too will see this, way before you die, but I'm afraid you will have to first part company with those who worship a trinity that became a man, you know, people living like unthinking animals who don't have enough sense to get out of the rain.
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GREAT!!! That's even better.
Frankly when I bring up this issue with most Christians
only the ones who believe this more than me and are constantly living in the Kingdom of God
don't have a problem with it.
You sound you are even farther along than I am with it.
So that is even better!
I TOTALLY second the motion.
The more ppl who get on the same page as this,
then THEY enter the Kingdom of God.
You are right, it has always been.
Just like Jesus was always in heaven with God.
the spirit of Truth and Justice is and always was.
What people go through to embrace and embody it
is what the process is talking about. So people go
through stages of forgiveness healing acceptance and recovery
to reconcile with this level of spiritual peace where
we all become one with the Kingdom of God.
Even a Buddhist monk compared this Nirvana
idea that Buddha taught about as receiving the Kingdom of God.
Buddha only found it after completely giving up and letting go.
Only when he quit striving and chasing after it trying to use
religion and meeting conditions, thent he Truth came to him
which showed him the Kingdom of God that connects all things as one.
Thanks hobelim
May I ask your help to work with Breezewood?
I think BW objects to the Christian God teachings that slap
a beginning and a Creator on the whole process instead
of teaching the Almighty as greater than the sum of the parts.
MD Rawlings and I are striking out with Breezewood
on the thread about a definition syllogism that proves God.
Can you please help us get on the same page?
What i told MD is not everyone relates to God = Creator as
the startnig point of the definitions. He wants to show that
once you define God = knowledge / Creator then denying this runs into
contradictions. I am saying well duh because you defined
God to be something that exists, so you can't go back and say it doesn't.
I told MD that some people need
God = Wisdom
God = Life
God = Nature
God = Love
God = Good will for all
And I think he and others said these were inherent
in saying God = Creator, but I said that's different.
BW does not think MD definition of God shows
the right understanding. So some people are
left out of the proof process at step 1. because
we don't agree that MD is defining God correctly
as something we agree exists and God stands for.
If you can come join us and help, Breezewood
believes in the Almighty but has something
against Christian teachings. So BW called me Hitler.
Totally missed the mark and have to start over
if we miscommunicated that badly!
I'd like to see if you can help bridge the gap between
people wtih broader views of God as all econmpassing
and impersonal, vs. Christians who focus on God as central Creator.
I was aksing BW why can't we include ALL takes on God
and combine them together as pointing to the same source.
why this need to exclude someone who sees God = Life/Creation/Nature
vs something who understands God = loving father/author of life
or personifies Wisdom or Nature = God or Sophia or Mother Earth/Nature
Aren't we still talking about collective laws/truth/Universe?
Also hobelim if we can form a consensus on Jesus
here are some names of Jesus that can substitute
Jesus = Salvation, Universal Salvation for all humanity
Justice, Justice with Mercy, Peace and Justice,
Equal Justice for All
Holy Spirit = healing grace, collective human spirit, perfect harmony,
heavenly peace
We can use the same proof process MD wants to use:
1. agree what to define God or Jesus equals
2. show that rejecting and denying these things
exists run into contradictions
3. resolve those contradictions to show
that people can agree God or Jesus equals those things
or they agree on something else that it represents
which they agree exists and is good, not negative
right now BW believes the Christian God is negative
so maybe you can help smooth that over? thanks!