A
depiction of the Holy City, the New Jerusalem
Today,
reply is on whether believers must have a desire to “go to heaven,”
and whether GOD might force a person to appear and continue in the
celestial presence. Properly understood, the going to heaven has to
do with fulfilling the sovereign will of GOD by completing multiple
sacred tasks, and is not a matter of having human independence and
carnal preferences. Such works as further construction and
allocation of portions within the Holy City may be required along
with building and cleansing within the Sanctuary, providing witness
to the tribunals of final judgment, and the distribution of rewards
to the laborers for Christ. Many now on the earth feel they already
have a healthy and positive relationship with divinity. However the
connection they speak of may not be grounded in divine covenant,
doctrine, obedience to divine law, sacred practices (i.e.,
sacraments), revelation, study of the holy writings, unselfish
service, or suffering. It is written: Romans 1: 18-22, King James
Version (KJV): 18 For the wrath of God is revealed from heaven
against all ungodliness and unrighteousness of men, who hold the
truth in unrighteousness; 19 Because that which may be known of God
is manifest in them; for God hath shewed it
unto them. 20 For the invisible things of him from the creation of
the world are clearly seen, being understood by the things that are
made, even
his eternal power and Godhead; so that they are without excuse: 21
Because that, when they knew God, they glorified him
not as God, neither were thankful; but became vain in their
imaginations, and their foolish heart was darkened. 22 Professing
themselves to be wise, they became fools, The fighter in the “Yahoo!
Answers” public forum on Religion & Spirituality who uses the
ID “ringostarr (Level 4 with 3,556 points) posted the following:
If
i'm a righteous person and i worship God but i don't want to go to
heaven, would God force me to?
Maybe
i want to just rest and not be alive anymore. Would he force me to go
to Heaven or throw me in Hell because of it?
THE
GOLDEN ARROW: Thus saith the LORD of hosts,
Hearken not unto the words of the prophets that prophesy unto you:
they make you vain: they speak a vision of their own heart, and
not out of the mouth of the LORD. They say still
unto them that despise me, The LORD hath said, Ye
shall have peace; and they say unto every one that walketh after the
imagination of his own heart, No evil shall come upon you. For who
hath stood in the counsel of the LORD, and hath
perceived and heard his word? who hath marked his word, and heard it?
Behold, a whirlwind of the LORD is gone forth in
fury, even a grievous whirlwind: it shall fall grievously upon the
head of the wicked. The anger of the LORD shall
not return, until he have executed, and till he have performed the
thoughts of his heart: in the latter days ye shall consider it
perfectly. (Jeremiah 23: 16-20, KJV)
THE
DOUBLE DAGGER: Divine Character Must Appear (08/13/2020); The
Outcomes Of Judgment (06/28/2020); Acknowledging And Confessing Sin
(06/21/2020); The Justification Of Divinity (04/06/2020); The Purpose
Of Worship (10//10/2019); “Sneak Previews” Of Heaven
(09/16/2019); Expect Challenges In Heaven (08/12/2019); The Penalty
of Death? (04/26/2019)
“ringostarr”,
mankind is to exist on the earth as immortal and incorruptible with
GOD following a one thousand year period of work in heaven. Many
Christian believers agree that the final judgment by GOD of mankind
and the full Creation includes divinity assigning meaning and value
to the desires, hopes, and eternal purposes of all created beings and
living creatures including those on the earth. To be in an ongoing
relationship with GOD who is Creator requires acknowledgment of his
authority, divine prerogative, dominion, immutable, unchanging
self-expression, sacred law, and sovereign will. The language used
tends to speak in terms of acknowledgment, love, reverence, and the
acceptance of ones connection to GOD through their own endowment of
substance imparted from the makeup of divine fullness (we say, the
Godhead; the Father, the Son, the Holy Spirit). Inseparable aspects
of the divine makeup should appear within the living such as balance,
commitment, faith, holiness, mutuality, oneness without sameness,
personhood, wisdom, and wrath against sin. Conceived to exist as
life companions to divinity, mankind is to display the image of GOD
in terms of character, focus, nature, and purpose. While life in the
flesh often demands concern for exchanges and interaction to gain
material and social advantage, or ensure ones duration and survival,
the living are to exist as vessels of consecrated life essence
(i.e., divine breath; spirit; utterance; word). Sinners who turn to
Jesus Christ are to reflect, resemble, and reveal the character and
likeness of Jesus. What many are willing to call “unkindness”
and even “cruelty” on the part of GOD comes into view as
fulfillment of divine imperatives and sacred terms of authentic
covenant relationship with our Maker. At this time in the plan of
GOD, Christians are not called to present their own righteousness.
Rather, by their display of sacred content using their lifestyle and
daily routines, developing and mature Christians are to establish the
presence of Christ upon the earth. Consider again the following that
uses language from the Bible, and a selection, Rescue, from the
prophecy and music ministry of Acappella:
(1.)
Leviticus 26: 12-21, King James Version (KJV): 12 And I will walk
among you, and will be your God, and ye shall be my people. 13 I am
the LORD your God, which brought you forth out of
the land of Egypt, that ye should not be their bondmen; and I have
broken the bands of your yoke, and made you go upright. 14 But if ye
will not hearken unto me, and will not do all these commandments; 15
And if ye shall despise my statutes, or if your soul abhor my
judgments, so that ye will not do all my commandments, but
that ye break my covenant: 16 I also will do this unto you; I will
even appoint over you terror, consumption, and the burning ague, that
shall consume the eyes, and cause sorrow of heart: and ye shall sow
your seed in vain, for your enemies shall eat it. 17 And I will set
my face against you, and ye shall be slain before your enemies: they
that hate you shall reign over you; and ye shall flee when none
pursueth you. 18 And if ye will not yet for all this hearken unto
me, then I will punish you seven times more for your sins. 19 And I
will break the pride of your power; and I will make your heaven as
iron, and your earth as brass: 20 And your strength shall be spent
in vain: for your land shall not yield her increase, neither shall
the trees of the land yield their fruits. 21 And if ye walk contrary
unto me, and will not hearken unto me; I will bring seven times more
plagues upon you according to your sins.
(2.)
Hebrews 6: 4-12, KJV: 4 For it is impossible for those who
were once enlightened, and have tasted of the heavenly gift, and were
made partakers of the Holy Ghost, 5 And have tasted the good word of
God, and the powers of the world to come, 6 If they shall fall away,
to renew them again unto repentance; seeing they crucify to
themselves the Son of God afresh, and put him to an open
shame. 7 For the earth which drinketh in the rain that cometh oft
upon it, and bringeth forth herbs meet for them by whom it is
dressed, receiveth blessing from God: 8 But that which beareth
thorns and briers is rejected, and is nigh unto
cursing; whose end is to be burned. 9 But, beloved, we are
persuaded better things of you, and things that accompany salvation,
though we thus speak. 10 For God is not unrighteous to forget
your work and labour of love, which ye have shewed toward his name,
in that ye have ministered to the saints, and do minister. 11 And we
desire that every one of you do shew the same diligence to the full
assurance of hope unto the end: 12 That ye be not slothful, but
followers of them who through faith and patience inherit the
promises.
(3.)
1st Peter 1: 3-12, KJV: 3 Blessed be the God and
Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, which according to his abundant
mercy hath begotten us again unto a lively hope by the resurrection
of Jesus Christ from the dead, 4 To an inheritance incorruptible,
and undefiled, and that fadeth not away, reserved in heaven for you,
5 Who are kept by the power of God through faith unto salvation ready
to be revealed in the last time. 6 Wherein ye greatly rejoice,
though now for a season, if need be, ye are in heaviness through
manifold temptations: 7 That the trial of your faith, being much
more precious than of gold that perisheth, though it be tried with
fire, might be found unto praise and honour and glory at the
appearing of Jesus Christ: 8 Whom having not seen, ye love; in whom,
though now ye see him not, yet believing, ye rejoice with joy
unspeakable and full of glory: 9 Receiving the end of your faith,
even the salvation of your souls. 10 Of which
salvation the prophets have enquired and searched diligently, who
prophesied of the grace that should come unto you: 11
Searching what, or what manner of time the Spirit of Christ which was
in them did signify, when it testified beforehand the sufferings of
Christ, and the glory that should follow. 12 Unto whom it was
revealed, that not unto themselves, but unto us they did minister the
things, which are now reported unto you by them that have preached
the gospel unto you with the Holy Ghost sent down from heaven; which
things the angels desire to look into.
(4.)
Romans 8: 5-9, KJV: 5 For they that are after the flesh do mind
the things of the flesh; but they that are after the Spirit the
things of the Spirit. 6 For to be carnally minded is death;
but to be spiritually minded is life and peace. 7 Because the
carnal mind is enmity against God: for it is not subject to
the law of God, neither indeed can be. 8 So then they that are in
the flesh cannot please God. 9 But ye are not in the flesh, but in
the Spirit, if so be that the Spirit of God dwell in you. Now if any
man have not the Spirit of Christ, he is none of his.
There
is far more that should be said, correctly examined, and spiritually
apprehended. (For example, (5.)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hPSt7tynaBk.) Even so, I
trust this fragment will be useful. Be it unto you according to your
faith.
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