Today,
reply is on whether the knowledge of divinity and consciousness of
the divine presence exists throughout the universe. Men upon the
earth have received anointing and divine commission to proclaim
promises, prophecy, and the eternal purposes of divinity as
spokespersons of GOD sent to “all the world.” While many believe
omnipresence (existing as active, or on hand in every location and
place) and omniscience (existing as all-knowing) to be attributes of
divinity, neither are among the inseparable aspects of divine
fullness imparted to mankind through water baptism and rebirth
whereby sinners become the offspring of GOD, joint heirs with Jesus
Christ, and the new creation. Developing and mature Christian
believers are to display their own fresh endowment of sacred seed
from the makeup of GOD. Included as their “divine DNA” are
balance, faith, holiness, longsuffering, lovingkindness, oneness
without sameness, personhood, righteousness, wisdom, and wrath
against sin. It
is written: Mark 16: 14-16, King James Version (KJV): 14 Afterward
he appeared unto the eleven as they sat at meat, and upbraided them
with their unbelief and hardness of heart, because they believed not
them which had seen him after he was risen. 15 And he said unto
them, Go ye into all the world, and preach the gospel to every
creature. 16 He that believeth and is baptized shall be saved; but
he that believeth not shall be damned. The fighter in the “Yahoo!
Answers” public forum on Religion and Spirituality using the ID
“Bearly” (Level 3 with 1,286 points, a member since June 23,
2018) posted the following:
Do
Christians believe God's presence is made known everywhere in the
universe (Is 66:1-2, Lk 1:32-33, Jer 23:23-24, Job 38:19-20)?
THE
GOLDEN ARROW: The heavens declare the glory of God; and the
firmament sheweth his handywork. Day unto day uttereth speech, and
night unto night sheweth knowledge. There is no speech nor
language, where their voice is not heard. Their line is gone
out through all the earth, and their words to the end of the world.
In them hath he set a tabernacle for the sun, Which is as a
bridegroom coming out of his chamber, and rejoiceth as a
strong man to run a race. His going forth is from the end of
the heaven, and his circuit unto the ends of it: and there is
nothing hid from the heat thereof. (Psalms 19: 1-6, KJV)
THE
DOUBLE DAGGER: Spiritual Confusion About Heaven (05/31/2019); The
Option of Atheism (02/11/2018); Wisdom In A Mystery (11/22/2017);
Making Sense of Preexistence? (10/06/2017); Time and Sacred Events?
(03/30/2017); Abstractions, Atheism and I.Q. (08/18/2016); The Three
Wise Men? (08/05/2015)
“Bearly”,
the idea of a “universe” promoted as a concept from Astronomy—the
academic and secular study of planets, their moons, stars, the
possibilities for the existence of extra-terrestrial life forms, and
the various phenomena within outer space—should not be thought of
as the “universe of GOD”, meaning the man-made World system for
exchange and survival, all the earth, or the totality of Creation.
Two very different systems of belief and organization of mind are
involved, therefore, mixing and interchanging content from the two
discrete frameworks for knowledge can result in spiritual confusion.
The universe can not be both an abstraction and an organic sphere of
life. Among Christian believers, time and space are not
extrapolations and mathematical projections that derive from the
measurable dimensions of material substance, physical objects, and
the unseen fields that surround them (e.g., gravity, magnetism,
radioactivity, sonic waves). Divinity as the focus for Christian
believers centers on such interests as the origin of authority,
existence, divine order, and sacred law; life essence
(breath; spirit; word) within mankind from the makeup of the Creator
(we also say, the Godhead; the fullness and sum of all spirit
substance; the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit); the apocalypse
entailing a completion of mortality and sacred judgment; and the
continuation of ongoing communication and interactions with divinity
that suppress the operations of sin. GOD is held to be a diffuse
spirit who displays and expresses direction, immortality,
immutability, oneness without sameness, personhood, eternal purpose,
and sovereign will. GOD is immortal, invisible, and without
measurable form, yet, divinity may put forth material objects with
patterns and sequences that serve as mechanical and natural law. The
holy writings are intended to document and provide witness in
tribunal (judgment) pertaining to divinity who has appeared on the
earth using thousands of events, occurring within thousands of lives,
over the course of thousands of years. GOD appears within the
consciousness and self-will of created beings and living creatures;
and many are convinced that material objects influence one another
and respond to GOD through operations that can not be spoken of as
life, mind, or discursive thought (e.g., attracting/repelling;
hardening/softening; obeying/disobeying). The word “universe”
does not appear in the King James translation of the Scriptures;
however, consider again the following that uses language from that
presentation of the Bible:
(1.)
Isaiah 55: 6-13, King James Version (KJV): 6 Seek ye the LORD
while he may be found, call ye upon him while he is near: 7 Let the
wicked forsake his way, and the unrighteous man his thoughts: and
let him return unto the LORD, and he will have
mercy upon him; and to our God, for he will abundantly pardon. 8 For
my thoughts are not your thoughts, neither are your
ways my ways, saith the LORD. 9 For as the
heavens are higher than the earth, so are my ways higher than your
ways, and my thoughts than your thoughts. 10 For as the rain cometh
down, and the snow from heaven, and returneth not thither, but
watereth the earth, and maketh it bring forth and bud, that it may
give seed to the sower, and bread to the eater: 11 So shall my word
be that goeth forth out of my mouth: it shall not return unto me
void, but it shall accomplish that which I please, and it shall
prosper in the thing whereto I sent it. 12 For ye shall go
out with joy, and be led forth with peace: the mountains and the
hills shall break forth before you into singing, and all the trees of
the field shall clap their hands. 13 Instead of the thorn
shall come up the fir tree, and instead of the brier shall come up
the myrtle tree: and it shall be to the LORD for
a name, for an everlasting sign that shall not be cut off.
(2.)
Hebrews 11: 1-3, KJV: 1 Now faith is the substance of things hoped
for, the evidence of things not seen. 2 For by it the elders
obtained a good report. 3 Through faith we understand that the
worlds were framed by the word of God, so that things which are seen
were not made of things which do appear.
(3.)
Romans 8: 22-31, KJV: 22 For we know that the whole creation
groaneth and travaileth in pain together until now. 23 And not only
they, but ourselves also, which have the firstfruits of the
Spirit, even we ourselves groan within ourselves, waiting for the
adoption, to wit, the redemption of our body. 24 For we are
saved by hope: but hope that is seen is not hope: for what a man
seeth, why doth he yet hope for? 25 But if we hope for that we see
not, then do we with patience wait for it. 26 Likewise
the Spirit also helpeth our infirmities: for we know not what we
should pray for as we ought: but the Spirit itself maketh
intercession for us with groanings which cannot be uttered. 27 And
he that searcheth the hearts knoweth what is the mind of the
Spirit, because he maketh intercession for the saints according to
the will of God. 28 And we know that all things work
together for good to them that love God, to them who are the called
according to his purpose. 29 For whom he did foreknow, he
also did 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 be for us,
who can be against us?
There
is far more that should be said, correctly examined, and spiritually
apprehended. (For example, (4.) Matthew 24: 6-14, KJV: 6 And ye
shall hear of wars and rumours of wars: see that ye be not troubled:
for all these things must come to pass, but the end is not
yet. 7 For nation shall rise against nation, and kingdom against
kingdom: and there shall be famines, and pestilences, and
earthquakes, in divers places. 8 All these are the beginning
of sorrows. 9 Then shall they deliver you up to be afflicted, and
shall kill you: and ye shall be hated of all nations for my name’s
sake. 10 And then shall many be offended, and shall betray one
another, and shall hate one another. 11 And many false prophets
shall rise, and shall deceive many. 12 And because iniquity shall
abound, the love of many shall wax cold. 13 But he that shall endure
unto the end, the same shall be saved. 14 And this gospel of the
kingdom shall be preached in all the world for a witness unto all
nations; and then shall the end come.) Even
so, I trust this fragment will be useful. Be it unto you according
to your faith.
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