Today, our focus includes end time prophecies, the gospel of divine grace, and ongoing sacred events. Encouragement, good counsel, and principles for meeting life challenges, and maintaining healthy relationships are presented throughout the Bible. Even so, many mistakenly look to the Scriptures for descriptions of afterlife (i.e., life among the dead; life among those condemned in judgment), foreknowledge, and predictions of future secular events. The holy writings are to be received as a further revelation of divinity that imparts life essence (we say, breath, spirit, utterance, word) from the makeup of GOD. A fighter at “Yahoo! Answers (UK & Ireland)” using the ID “Ron” (Level 3 with 1,282 points, a member since July 30, 2011) posted the following:
At Mt 24:3 & Mark 13:4 - disciples asked Jesus when the end would be. He gave many signs. At Mt 24:14 he spoke about Good News.?
What is the Good News? Where can you find it?
THE GOLDEN ARROW: When the Son of man shall come in his glory, and all the holy angels with him, then shall he sit upon the throne of his glory: And before him shall be gathered all nations: and he shall separate them one from another, as a shepherd divideth his sheep from the goats: And he shall set the sheep on his right hand, but the goats on the left. Then shall the King say unto them on his right hand, Come, ye blessed of my Father, inherit the kingdom prepared for you from the foundation of the world: For I was an hungred, and ye gave me meat: I was thirsty, and ye gave me drink: I was a stranger, and ye took me in: Naked, and ye clothed me: I was sick, and ye visited me: I was in prison, and ye came unto me. Then shall the righteous answer him, saying, Lord, when saw we thee an hungred, and fed thee? or thirsty, and gave thee drink? When saw we thee a stranger, and took thee in? or naked, and clothed thee? Or when saw we thee sick, or in prison, and came unto thee? And the King shall answer and say unto them, Verily I say unto you, Inasmuch as ye have done it unto one of the least of these my brethren, ye have done it unto me. (Matthew 25: 31-40, King James Version, KJV)
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“Ron”, for many Christian believers, the “good news” is throughout the holy writings, and itself is a spirit whose character, nature, and substance must be discerned (we say, discovered, recognized, responded to by using ones own endowment of spirit content from the makeup of GOD as a standard), and that is imparted to indwell the awareness and self-will of the living. Embracing the Scriptures, a believer’s focus is to be the active presence and revealed will of GOD, rather than the desires, needs, and passions of created beings and living creatures. The Scriptures provide a divine point of view by displaying the operations of GOD in heaven and earth using thousands of events and thousands of lives over the course of thousands of years. This being so, the Gospel is not a single truth, or statement of fact that “says it all” in an authoritative and conclusive way. Reports of the achievements and accomplishments by GOD to benefit, cleanse, and renew Creation are all “good news.” Consider how this is stated using language from the Bible:
(1.) Genesis 3: 13-15, King James Version (KJV): 13 And the LORD God said unto the woman, What is this that thou hast done? And the woman said, The serpent beguiled me, and I did eat. 14 And the LORD God said unto the serpent, Because thou hast done this, thou art cursed above all cattle, and above every beast of the field; upon thy belly shalt thou go, and dust shalt thou eat all the days of thy life: 15 And I will put enmity between thee and the woman, and between thy seed and her seed; it shall bruise thy head, and thou shalt bruise his heel.
(2.) Romans 5: 13-18, KJV: 13 (For until the law sin was in the world: but sin is not imputed when there is no law. 14 Nevertheless death reigned from Adam to Moses, even over them that had not sinned after the similitude of Adam’s transgression, who is the figure of him that was to come. 15 But not as the offence, so also is the free gift. For if through the offence of one many be dead, much more the grace of God, and the gift by grace, which is by one man, Jesus Christ, hath abounded unto many. 16 And not as it was by one that sinned, so is the gift: for the judgment was by one to condemnation, but the free gift is of many offences unto justification. 17 For if by one man’s offence death reigned by one; much more they which receive abundance of grace and of the gift of righteousness shall reign in life by one, Jesus Christ.) 18 Therefore as by the offence of one judgment came upon all men to condemnation; even so by the righteousness of one the free gift came upon all men unto justification of life.
(3.) 1st Thessalonians 4: 15-18, KJV: 15 For this we say unto you by the word of the Lord, that we which are alive and remain unto the coming of the Lord shall not prevent them which are asleep. 16 For the Lord himself shall descend from heaven with a shout, with the voice of the archangel, and with the trump of God: and the dead in Christ shall rise first: 17 Then we which are alive and remain shall be caught up together with them in the clouds, to meet the Lord in the air: and so shall we ever be with the Lord. 18 Wherefore comfort one another with these words.
(4.) Revelation 20: 4-6, KJV: 4 And I saw thrones, and they sat upon them, and judgment was given unto them: and I saw the souls of them that were beheaded for the witness of Jesus, and for the word of God, and which had not worshipped the beast, neither his image, neither had received his mark upon their foreheads, or in their hands; and they lived and reigned with Christ a thousand years. 5 But the rest of the dead lived not again until the thousand years were finished. This is the first resurrection. 6 Blessed and holy is he that hath part in the first resurrection: on such the second death hath no power, but they shall be priests of God and of Christ, and shall reign with him a thousand years.
There is far more to be said, correctly applied, and spiritually apprehended. (For example, (5.) Revelation 20: 10-15, KJV: 10 And the devil that deceived them was cast into the lake of fire and brimstone, where the beast and the false prophet are, and shall be tormented day and night for ever and ever. 11 And I saw a great white throne, and him that sat on it, from whose face the earth and the heaven fled away; and there was found no place for them. 12 And I saw the dead, small and great, stand before God; and the books were opened: and another book was opened, which is the book of life: and the dead were judged out of those things which were written in the books, according to their works. 13 And the sea gave up the dead which were in it; and death and hell delivered up the dead which were in them: and they were judged every man according to their works. 14 And death and hell were cast into the lake of fire. This is the second death.) Even so, I trust this fragment will be useful. Be it unto you according to your faith.
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