THE BODIES OF THE REDEEMED WILL BE IMMORTAL BODIES (WITH FLESH AND BONES) THAT WILL NOT ONLY NEVER DIE, NEVER GET SICK, NEVER BECOME TIRED, NEVER FAIL NOR AGE BUT WILL ENJOY ASTRONOMICAL FEATS OF MOVEMENT, VISIBILITY AND INVISIBILITY, AS WELL AS CONSUME FOOD AND DRINK, BEING TOUCHED AND ABLE TO TOUCH OTHERS, AND ENJOY ENERGETIC SEX AND BIRTH THRIVING BABIES.* MOST IMPORTANT OF ALL, OUR IMMORTAL BODIES WILL ENABLE US TO ENTER INTO THE PRESENCE OF ALMIGHTY GOD AND HAVE EXHILARATING COMMUNION WITH OUR LOVING FATHER AND HIS LOVING SON, OUR SAVIOUR AND BIG BROTHER, JESUS CHRIST.**
“Life After Our Redemption” is the first of a seven book series (FREELY AVAILABLE ONLINE) which captures the revelations and inspirations given to the Author by God that were posted online in subject groupings / collections. These posts were not planned or pre-organized but produced on the same morning that prayer and communion with God was made before the actual postings. Indeed, many of the posts especially blessed the Author himself who had not previously encountered what many of the Posts communicated. [Most of the content used in the “One God One Lord” and “God Is A Generous Giver & Just Rewarder” Collections are derived from Mark’s first book, "Whose Will Be Done?" (also freely available online).] Often, the Holy Spirit would guide the Author to the verse used in the Post by placing one or several words into his mind which were then searched in the King James Bible (KJV). The Spirit would then highlight the words He wanted Mark to embolden which assisted in the emphasis to be made in the Posting through capitalizations, fonts and colours. The postings for each day were thematic and, when placed end-to-end in time sequence, formed themes and eventual “Collections” which the Author has grouped and laid out in each book of this Series. The seven books (“Collections”) in this Series are based upon their respective subject groupings and each are entitled as follows:
(1) “Life After Our Redemption”;
(2) “God Is A Generous Giver & Just Rewarder”;
(3) “The Earth – Magnificent, Dynamic & Created By God”;
(4) “God Versus The Religious Mind”;
(5) “Death After Life – A Grave Issue”;
(6) “One God One Lord”; and
(7) “Worship God In Spirit & In Truth”.
From the need for a person to receive the Holy Spirit to the worship of The One God by Jesus Christ, from the comfort that our loved ones will one day be raised to life to the need to test the spirits and traditions of men with the Word of God and Spiritual Discernment, as well as the acknowledgement that we truly are on a wonderful and unique Earth and that God will spoil all those who are faithful to His Calling through Jesus Christ with Crowns, power, authority, unions, babies and fulfillment during Christ’s 1,000 Year Reign and beyond, the Posts in this Series will greatly bless and encourage all readers as they check each verse stated and marvel at the riches God has placed before us all.
[9] But as it is written, Eye has not seen, nor ear heard, neither have entered into the heart of man, the things which God has prepared for them that love Him. [10] But God has revealed them unto us by His Spirit: for the Spirit searches all things, yes, the deep things of God. (1 Corinthians 2: 9-10 KJV)
This work is dedicated to The Living God Who first created the Earth and then the Heavens, and Who raised Jesus Christ from the dead. It is dedicated to The One Who knew everyone before they were born and yet still intensely desired to love and live with every individual as a Father to a Child; Who promised, protected, provided, and purchased every soul who is free to choose eternal life in Christ. It is dedicated to Him to Whom Jesus Christ worshipped, loved, served, and obeyed—even to the point of torture and death by ignorant men.
It is also dedicated to the Only Begotten Son of God Who died because He put aside His own Will in the Garden of Gethsemane when He uttered the words, “Not my Will but your Will be done”. It is dedicated to The One Who created the Earth and the Heavens with God, His Father; Who always did the Will of His Father and not His own; Who now sits at the Right Hand of God and is ordained by Almighty God to be worshipped as God.
“LIFE AFTER OUR REDEMPTION” is also dedicated to each one for whom the Lord Jesus Christ gave His life on the gruesome cross; to the One who hungered and is now filled; to the One for whom Jesus Christ will always be their living fountain of water; to the One who will be raised or changed in the twinkle of an eye to be forever with The Lord from On High; and to the One who believes after the Church has been Raptured to the clouds to be with The Lord forevermore.
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ONE OF MANY REPLIES GIVEN BY AUTHOR TO WORKERS IN THE FIELD: "I am not religious; I am a positive realist who has been rescued by my Creator and Redeemer (: These 8 books are from Him - not me and He is running this awesome Project (at grassroots level). I also note that He has sent these books to those who love, or will love, Him - not to the world-at-large. You may not believe the peeps who have received these books - God is reaching political leaders, religious heads, industry movers, as well as the average person on the street. He knows what He is doing and is using the holy spirit to get the message out for the Believers in this Final Generation. Thanks for your offer but I do not need any additional tools for these books; by all means, you are more than welcome to do so yourself - and you can keep all monies generated (: "
"... so much is happening and I believe a tsunami of belief is about to occur around the world - GOD WANTS PEEPS TO GET EXCITED ABOUT WHAT IS COMING FOR THEM IN ORDER TO FIERCEFULLY CONFRONT EVIL AND ELECTRIFY REPENTANCE TO HIM. And seeing what I am seeing and hearing about the "flesh and bones' and "having babies among Believers in Christ" (FOR ETERNITY) message from Scripture and The Holy Spirit, peeps everywhere are getting excited for Christ and the glorious life He has planned for us all in our new immortal bodies!. See for yourself ... http://ftp.lifeafterourredemptionmd.altervista.org "
Regarding: [50] Now this I say, brethren, that FLESH AND BLOOD cannot inherit the kingdom of God; neither does corruption inherit incorruption. (1 Corinthians 15: 50 KJV Emphasis mine)
DOES THIS VERSE SAY "FLESH AND BONE" CANNOT INHERIT THE KINGDOM OF GOD? IT DOES NOT. Jesus Christ has ("QUICKENED SPIRIT") flesh and bone - NOT FLESH AND BLOOD; We will also have bodies of ("QUICKENED SPIRIT") flesh and bone (WITHOUT BLOOD). [WE WILL NOT HAVE BLOOD - UNLIKE OUR CURRENT BODIES WHICH NEED BLOOD FOR LIFE (LEVITICUS 17: 11 KJV) our immortal bodies will be MADE ALIVE WITH SPIRIT FROM GOD (IT WILL BE A "QUICKENED SPIRIT" BODY). What do you think will "DISSOLVE" when "MORTALITY IS DISSOLVED" on The Day of Our Redemption? Blood will be REPLACED with SPIRIT.]
* Jesus Christ said that spirits do not have flesh and bones (our bodies will not be changed into spirit bodies but are changed into the same (resurrected) body Christ was given by God - which is the "Quickened Spirit Body"): [39] Behold my hands and my feet, that it is I myself: handle me, and see; for A SPIRIT HAS NOT FLESH AND BONES, AS YOU SEE ME HAVE (Luke 24: 39 KJV EMPHASIS MINE). Also see Posting #11/70 this Website and "Life After Our Redemption".
Regarding the Vision of the Statue and Future Earth shown to King Nebuchadnezzar and Daniel: [1] And in the second year of the reign of Nebuchadnezzar Nebuchadnezzar dreamed dreams, wherewith his spirit was troubled, and his sleep brake from him ... [3] And the king said unto them, I have dreamed a dream, and my spirit was troubled to know the dream ... [19] Then was the secret revealed unto Daniel in a night vision. Then Daniel blessed the God of heaven ... [27] Daniel answered in the presence of the king, and said, The secret which the king has demanded cannot the wise men, the astrologers, the magicians, the soothsayers, show unto the king; [28] But there is a God in heaven that reveals secrets, and makes known to the king Nebuchadnezzar what shall be in the latter days. Your dream, and the visions of your head upon your bed, are these; ... [31] You, O king, saw, and beheld a great image. This great image, whose brightness was excellent, stood before you; and the form thereof was terrible. [32] This image's head was of fine gold, his breast and his arms of silver, his belly and his thighs of brass, [33] His legs of iron, his feet part of iron and part of clay. [34] You saw till that a stone was cut out without hands, which smote the image upon his feet that were of iron and clay, and brake them to pieces. [35] Then was the iron, the clay, the brass, the silver, and the gold, broken to pieces together, and became like the chaff of the summer threshing floors; and the wind carried them away, that no place was found for them: and the stone that smote the image became A GREAT MOUNTAIN, AND FILLED THE WHOLE EARTH. [36] This is the dream; and we will tell the interpretation thereof before the king. [37] You, O king, are a king of kings: for the God of heaven has given you a kingdom, power, and strength, and glory. [38] And wheresoever the children of men dwell, the beasts of the field and the fowls of the heaven has he given into your hand, and has made you ruler over them all. You are this head of gold. [39] And after you shall arise another kingdom inferior to you, and another third kingdom of brass, which shall bear rule over all the earth ... [44] And in the days of these kings shall the God of heaven set up a kingdom, which shall never be destroyed: and the kingdom shall not be left to other people, but it shall break in pieces and consume all these kingdoms, and it shall stand for ever. [45] Forasmuch as you saw that the stone was cut out of the mountain without hands, and that it broke in pieces the iron, the brass, the clay, the silver, and the gold; the great God has made known to the king what shall come to pass hereafter: and the dream is certain, and the interpretation thereof sure. (Daniel 2: 1, 3, 19, 27-28, 31-39, 44-45 KJV Emphasis mine)
DOES THIS VERSE SAY THAT THE "GREAT MOUNTAIN" WILL FILL THE WHOLE EARTH? IT DOES. With what will the whole Earth be filled? The Kingdom of God and Jesus Christ (MADE UP OF PEOPLE) will FILL THE WHOLE EARTH. [Read this Scripture section which states Kingdom etc and note this future Kingdom of God is not described as "over all the Earth" as the kingdoms of men are described but over "the WHOLE Earth".] Are there enough people to fill the whole Earth today? No (and definitely not after the coming "Wrath Period"). Does the picture of the FUTURE EARTH under Christ's Reign include CHILDREN? IT DOES (see following pages). The future Kingdom of God and Christ will FILL THE WHOLE EARTH AND (NEW) PEOPLE (BABIES) will be needed to expand His Kingdom THROUGHOUT THE WHOLE EARTH. Stop with the denial of the need to procreate after we have left this Age and think through what God has planned for the (VERY) near future - FLOURISHING POPULATION GROWTH TO FILL THE WHOLE EARTH. This global population will include mortal and immortal children with specific mention of (immortal) children (living) on the Mountain of God where mortals will not live (see following pages).
>>> ALSO SEE MANY OTHER RELEVANT VERSES SUCH AS: [9] And I will bring forth a seed out of Jacob, and out of Judah an inheritor of MY MOUNTAINS: AND MINE ELECT SHALL INHERIT IT, AND MY SERVANTS SHALL DWELL THERE ... [23] They shall not labour in vain, nor bring forth for trouble; for THEY ARE THE SEED OF THE BLESSED OF THE LORD, AND THEIR OFFSPRING WITH THEM. (Isaiah 65: 9, 23 (KJV) Emphasis mine); [22] A LITTLE ONE SHALL BECOME A THOUSAND, and A SMALL ONE A STRONG NATION: I the Lord will hasten it in his time. (Isaiah 60: 22 (KJV) Emphasis mine) [And note that "The Saints" and "The Children of Jacob" are often referred to throughout Scriptural prophesies about the coming Reign of Christ in "The Old Testament" and "New Testament".]
The Immortals in Christ will not only produce MANY CHILDREN they will also have unlimited energy and no longer need sleep or rest because of the "Quickened Spirit" in all their flesh and bones (see other sections in this Website regarding limitless energy). Jesus Christ took naps and slept from time-to-time before His Resurrection but THERE IS NOT ONE VERSE WHERE CHRIST IN HIS RESURRECTED BODY TOOK A NAP OR WENT TO SLEEP - LIKEWISE, OUR NEW BODIES (BEING CHANGED TO "AS HE IS") WILL NOT NEED REST OR SLEEP!
Mortals today use beds to rest, sleep and make love but those who will be changed from being Mortal to Immortal on The Day of Redemption by Jesus Christ will no longer need sleep or rest but will make lots of love and produce MANY babies according to God's blessings and rich reward (see sections "Life After Our Redemption" re Children being a rich reward and faithful Believers being rewarded with MANY babies). Notice how the Saints in Psalm 149 will not only have beds during Christ's Reign on Earth but will sing aloud to God on beds because of all the wondrous glory and intense love we will all enjoy from Him and with each other - males and females with beautiful babies - LOTS OF THEM!!
[1] Praise you the Lord. Sing unto the Lord a new song, and His praise in the congregation of saints. [2] Let Israel rejoice in him that made him: let the children of Zion be joyful in their King. [3] Let them praise His name in the dance: let them sing praises unto Him with the timbrel and harp. [4] For the Lord takes pleasure in His people: He will beautify the meek with salvation. [5] LET THE SAINTS BE JOYFUL IN GLORY: LET THEM SING ALOUD UPON THEIR BEDS. [6] Let the high praises of God be in their mouth (Psalm 149: 1-6a KJV EMPHASIS MINE).
[11] You will show me THE PATH OF LIFE: in Your presence is fulness of joy; at Your right hand there are PLEASURES FOREVERMORE (Psalm 16: 11 KJV EMPHASIS MINE). Does "the Path of Life" include having sex and birthing children? IT DOES. Is sex one of many pleasures God has given to human beings in this mortal life and promised to be included in "Eternal Life" for those given immortality? IT IS. The lives God originally intended for His People WILL BE FULFILLED IN ETERNITY with no sickness, no death and no pain in childbirth.* COME, LORD JESUS, COME!
* [4] And God shall wipe away all tears from their eyes; and there shall be no more death, neither sorrow, nor crying, NEITHER SHALL THERE BE ANY MORE PAIN: for the former things are passed away (Revelation 21: 4 (KJV) EMPHASIS MINE)
(NB For anyone uncomfortable with the mention and subject of "SEX" in "Life After Our Redemption" (and The Scripture) please: (1) Go to the "Postings57to70+AUTHOR" Webpage (Link at the bottom of this Website); and, (2) Read the section under the Heading: "FOR THOSE WHO ARE OFFENDED AT THE MENTION OF "SEX" IN "LIFE AFTER OUR REDEMPTION".)
IT IS NOW TIME TO REVEAL MORE OF WHAT GOD'S SPIRIT SHOWED ME IN 2014 ON THIS SENSITIVE SUBJECT OF SEX AFTER THIS LIFE: All Scripture points to the Love of God & the Life of Jesus Christ including His Reign & Kingdom to come from Genesis 3: 15 to Revelation 22: 21 (KJV). The Book of Solomon is no exception to this Biblical understanding & the verses ultimately detail the relationship between God's King of Kings & Lord of Lords & the women He will love upon this very Earth we dwell upon. His women will be wonderfully blessed & His Children mighty in stature. (REDEEMED) Men & women in the coming Kingdom will not be "married" to each other but will attract each other individually through the glory that God will shine through their (flesh & bone) faces & bodies. Those who have been faithful to The Lord will shine brightly & be very attractive to the opposite sex - the fruit of their loins will be proportionate to those rewards given to them by Jesus Christ. This knowledge I did not know or understand before 2014; since this Revelation was given to me in 2014 through the Holy Spirit, I have marveled at God's Love & Plans for each one of His Children. Sex is a strong motivator in this life for healthy humans & ROMANCE & SEX are going to be a rich reward for those who have been faithful to Christ. ARE YOU READY TO RECEIVE HIS LOVE, HIS LIFE & HIS PURPOSE FOR YOUR LIFE (& BODY) FOR ETERNITY?! [NOW GO & REREAD THE BOOK OF SOLOMON - IT VERY MUCH CONTAINS MANY BLESSINGS CHRIST WILL ENJOY AS WELL AS THE REDEEMED - WITH HIM & WITH EACH OTHER FOR ETERNITY.] COME, LORD JESUS, COME! (POSTED 8 APRIL 2022)
Like we do today, WE WILL ENJOY REUNIONS, PARTIES, CELEBRATIONS AND CEREMONIES but, in the Age to come, the mode of transportation will differ between the Immortals and the Mortals on Earth during Christ's 1,000 Year Rule on Earth - Immortals will not only BE ABLE TO WALK, RUN AND SWIM WITH BOUNDLESS ENERGY (AS WELL AS SAIL AND WALK ON WATER) but we will also be able to FLY INTO THE SKY; Jesus Christ went up into the sky and He will return from the sky in His Resurrected Body (see following pages) and we who are changed into immortals shall also enjoy flight IN OUR NEW GLORIOUS BODIES.
>>> ALSO SEE MANY OTHER RELEVANT VERSES SUCH AS:
[2] For, behold, the darkness shall cover the earth, and gross darkness the people: but the Lord shall arise upon you, and his glory shall be seen upon you. [3] And the Gentiles shall come to your light, and kings to the brightness of your rising. [4] Lift up your eyes round about, and see: all they gather themselves together, they come to you: YOUR SONS SHALL COME FROM FAR, and your daughters shall be nursed at your side. [5] Then you shall see, and flow together, and your heart shall fear, and be enlarged; because the abundance of the sea shall be converted unto you, the forces of the Gentiles shall come unto you. [6] The multitude of camels shall cover you, the dromedaries of Midian and Ephah; all they from Sheba shall come: they shall bring gold and incense; and they shall show forth the praises of the Lord. [7] All the flocks of Kedar shall be gathered together unto you, the rams of Nebaioth shall minister unto you: they shall come up with acceptance on mine altar, and I will glorify the house of my glory. [8] WHO [NOT "WHAT" BUT "WHO" FOR PEOPLE] ARE THESE THAT FLY AS A CLOUD, AND AS DOVES TO THEIR WINDOWS?** [9] Surely the isles shall wait for me, AND THE SHIPS OF TARSHISH first, TO BRING YOUR SONS FROM FAR, their silver and their gold with them, unto the name of the Lord your God, and to the Holy One of Israel, because he has glorified you. [10] And the sons of strangers shall build up your walls, and their kings shall minister unto you ... [11] Therefore your gates shall be open continually; they shall not be shut day nor night; that men may bring unto you the forces of the Gentiles, and that their kings may be brought ... [13] The glory of Lebanon shall come unto you, the fir tree, the pine tree, and the box together, to beautify the place of my sanctuary; and I will make the place of my feet glorious. (Isaiah 60: 2-11, 13 KJV Emphasis mine)
* DID JESUS CHRIST GO UP INTO HEAVEN TO THE THRONE OF GOD IN HIS NEW RESURRECTED BODY DURING HIS 1ST COMING TO THE EARTH? HE DID. Are there records in The Scripture which state that ANGELS OF GOD COME DOWN FROM HEAVEN TO SERVE PEOPLE ON THE EARTH AND GO UP INTO HEAVEN FROM THE EARTH TO WORSHIP GOD? There are many Bible verses about this travel between Heaven and Earth (also recall "Jacob's Ladder"). THE REDEEMED (changed into Immortals at "The Rapture") WILL ALSO COMMUTE BETWEEN HEAVEN AND EARTH BUT WILL BE "BASED" WHEREVER JESUS CHRIST IS "BASED". Christ is currently with God in Heaven and will be sent from Heaven to Earth at God's Appointed Times to extract His People up into the clouds and then to the Earth to commence His 2nd Coming. Yes, the Book of Revelation (and elsewhere) records The Redeemed being before The Throne of God and being in Heaven but they will be ("based") wherever Christ "DWELLS". [See also "The Camp of The Saints" during Christ's 1,000 Year Reign in Revelation 20: 9 (KJV).] Citizens of Heaven, YES; Royals and Priests on the Earth with Jesus Christ during Christ's Millennial Reign; ALSO YES.
Regarding the description of "THE ALPHA AND THE OMEGA" BODY in: [10] I WAS IN THE SPIRIT on the Lord's day, and heard behind me a great voice, as of a trumpet, [11] Saying, I AM ALPHA AND OMEGA, the first and the last: and, What you see, write in a book, and send it unto the seven churches which are in ... [12] And I turned to see the voice that spoke with me. And being turned, I saw seven golden candlesticks; [13] And in the midst of the seven candlesticks one LIKE THE SON OF MAN, clothed with a garment down to the foot, and girt about the paps with a golden girdle. [14] HIS HEAD AND HIS HAIRS WERE WHITE LIKE WOOL, AS WHITE AS SNOW; AND HIS EYES WERE AS A FLAME OF FIRE; [15] AND HIS FEET LIKE UNTO FINE BRASS, AS IF THEY BURNED IN A FURNACE; AND HIS VOICE AS THE SOUND OF MANY WATERS. [16] And he had IN HIS RIGHT HAND SEVEN STARS: AND OUT OF HIS MOUTH WENT A SHARP TWO EDGED SWORD: AND HIS COUNTENANCE WAS AS THE SUN SHINING in his strength (Revelation 1: 10-16 KJV Emphasis Mine).
DO YOU THINK THAT JESUS CHRIST WILL BE RULING THE EARTH FOR A THOUSAND YEARS WITH A SWORD GOING IN AND OUT OF HIS MOUTH? HOW WILL HE EAT AND DRINK WITH A SHARP TWO-EDGED SWORD MOST LIKELY GETTING IN THE WAY OF THE FISH AND WINE HE WILL CONSUME? IS THERE A VERSE THAT STATES CHRIST HAD A SHARP TWO EDGED SWORD IN HIS MOUTH WHEN HE ATE FISH AND DRANK WATER WITH HIS DISCIPLES IN HIS RESURRECTED BODY BEFORE HE ASCENDED UP INTO HEAVEN? NO, THERE IS NO SUCH VERSE.
THIS SECTION, AND THE DESCRIPTION OF CHRIST COMING TO EARTH, IS A VISION / A REVELATION ("I WAS IN THE SPIRIT") INITIATED BY GOD WHO GAVE IT TO JESUS CHRIST WHO THEN GAVE IT TO HIS ANGEL WHO THEN GAVE IT TO JOHN TO WRITE DOWN IN THE BOOK OF "REVELATION" (See 3.3 FROM WHOM DID JESUS CHRIST RECEIVE THE REVELATION IN THE BOOK OF REVELATION? GOD, 'WHOSE WILL BE DONE?' (4th Ed) by Mark Grant Davis, 2015, pp. 42-44); IT IS A VISION THAT ORIGINATES FROM ALMIGHTY GOD (WHICH IS THEN ADDED TO BY CHRIST, CHRIST'S ANGEL AND JOHN) WITH REFERENCES TO BEINGS, BODY DESCRIPTIONS, AND PROPHETIC EVENTS THAT WILL OCCUR UPON THE EARTH AND IN THE SKY / HEAVEN AT GOD'S APPOINTED TIMES. JUST LIKE THE STATUE OF THE GOLD / SILVER / BRASS / IRON / CLAY MAN WHICH GOD SHOWED TO KING NEBUCHADNEZZAR AND DANIEL IN A DREAM (SEE ABOVE (2) ISSUE RE "CHILDREN WILL BE NEEDED FOR KINGDOM TO FILL THE WHOLE EARTH AND BEDS WILL BE USED BUT NOT FOR SLEEPING" (24-26 FEBRUARY 2019)) SO, TOO, CAN THE DESCRIPTIONS OF PARTICULAR PEOPLE AND BEINGS IN DREAMS / VISIONS NOT CORRELATE TO ACTUAL ATTRIBUTES OF BEINGS, BODIES AND THINGS - IT IS A VISION AND IS TO BE HANDLED AS A VISION. HENCE, THE MENTION OF 'EYES OF FIRE', 'FEET AS BRASS', 'SWORD COMING OUT OF THE MOUTH' SHOULD NOT DIMINISH OR DISCOUNT OTHER VERSES WHICH ARE NOT STATED TO BE VISIONS BUT ARE RECORDED AS ACTUAL DESCRIPTIONS OF, FOR EXAMPLE, CHRIST'S RESURRECTED BODY WHICH HE SAID HAS "FLESH AND BONES" (SEE FOLLOWING WEBPAGES). WE WILL HAVE FLESH AND BONES JUST LIKE THE RESURRECTED BODY OF JESUS CHRIST IS DESCRIBED AS HAVING IN SCRIPTURE - WE WILL KISS, HUG, MAKE LOVE AND HAVE BABIES AND REPLENISH THE EARTH; WE WILL NOT STAB EACH OTHER WHILE KISSING NOR BURN CARPET WITH FLAMING HOT FEET.
Regarding: [1] It is not expedient for me doubtless to glory. I WILL COME TO VISIONS AND REVELATIONS of the Lord. [2] I knew a man in Christ above fourteen years ago, (whether in the body, I cannot tell; or whether out of the body, I cannot tell: God knows;) such an one CAUGHT UP [Greek word: ἁρπάζω (harpazō) "caught up / caught away"] TO THE THIRD HEAVEN. [3] And I knew such a man, (whether in the body, or out of the body, I cannot tell: God knows;) [4] How that he was CAUGHT UP [Greek word: ἁρπάζω (harpazō) "caught up / caught away"] INTO PARADISE, and heard unspeakable words, which it is not lawful for a man to utter (2 Corinthians 12: 1-4 KJV EMPHASIS MINE).
In the above Scripture, PAUL IS TALKING ABOUT A "VISION" and DOES NOT STATE THAT THIS "THIRD HEAVEN" IS A CURRENT REALITY WITH HUMAN BEINGS LIVING IN A THIRD HEAVEN NOW (rather it is a vision just as John writes of the FUTURE of the Earth when he was shown events and places that will occur in the "Book of Revelation"). Does The Bible state that there are 3 layers of heavens above the "Firmament"? It does not but declares that God sits above the circle of the Earth above the Firmament (See my book "The Earth - Magnificent, Dynamic & Created By God" link on the "7 BOOK COLLECTION / TEXT FOR EMAILS / OTHER VIEWS" Webpage on this Website).
To assume that the above section of Scripture negates our dwelling with Jesus Christ in the clouds and later upon the Earth during His 1,000 Year Reign, because we are going to (allegedly) dwell in a "Third Heaven" when we die, is unfounded in Scripture and challenges The Bible and the revelation given from The Holy Spirit in these End Times. We will reside wherever Christ resides (See the following Webpages and "Life After Our Redemption") - in the sky after we are snatched up to be with Him in the clouds and shortly afterwards back on the Earth for His 1,000 Year Reign prophesied many times in The Bible.
How many "heavens" does The Scripture mention in 2 Peter 3?: [5] For this they willingly are ignorant of, that by the Word of God THE HEAVENS were of old, and THE EARTH standing out of the water and in the water: [6] Whereby THE WORLD THAT THEN WAS, being overflowed with water, PERISHED: [7] BUT THE HEAVENS AND THE EARTH, WHICH ARE NOW, by the same word are kept in store, reserved unto fire against the day of judgment and perdition of ungodly men ... [10] But the day of the Lord will come as a thief in the night; in the which THE HEAVENS SHALL PASS AWAY with a great noise, and the elements SHALL MELT WITH FERVENT HEAT, THE EARTH also and the works that are therein SHALL BE BURNED UP. [11] Seeing then that all these things SHALL BE DISSOLVED, what manner of persons ought you to be in all holy conversation and godliness, [12] Looking for and hasting unto the coming of the day of God, wherein the heavens being on fire shall be dissolved, and the elements shall melt with fervent heat? [13] Nevertheless we, according to HIS PROMISE, LOOK FOR NEW HEAVENS AND A NEW EARTH, wherein dwelleth righteousness (2 Peter 3: 5-7, 10-13 KJV EMPHASIS MINE). AND NOTE THAT THESE HEAVENS AND EARTHS DO NOT EXIST AT THE SAME MOMENT OF TIME - IT IS IN SEQUENTIAL ORDER: ONE COMES AFTER THE OTHER AS IN 1 - 2 - 3. [See also: [1] And I saw a new heaven and a new earth: for the first [FORMER*] heaven and the first [FORMER**] earth were passed away; and there was no more sea (Revelation 21: 1 KJV EMPHASIS MINE). *(Greek word: πρῶτος (prōtos) first, before or former - see Revelation 21: 4 "former things"); **(Greek word: πρώτη (prōtē) first, before or former - see Revelation 21: 4 "former things")]
Are these "heavens" declared to exist in the same time period? No; THE THIRD "HEAVENS" WILL BE CREATED AFTER THIS CURRENT EARTH (AND HEAVEN) ARE BURNED UP AT THE END OF CHRIST'S 1,000 YEAR REIGN and God's Throne and the Throne of Jesus Christ ("The Lamb of God") will both sit on the "New Earth" in the "New Jerusalem" (See Following Webpages and Book). THIS NEW EARTH WILL BE THE THIRD EARTH AND THE NEW HEAVENS WILL BE THE THIRD HEAVEN. Some confuse what Paul says here as being three separate heavens existing at the one moment of time which is incorrect and confuses the message given by The Holy Spirit in The Scriptures and the revelations given in these End Times. Paul was taken away by a vision into the future and was shown the FUTURE "heavens" which are yet to be created by God - it is a vision of a future heaven - not a current reality.
We will reside wherever Christ resides (See the following Webpages and "Life After Our Redemption") - in the sky after we are snatched up to be with Him in the clouds and shortly afterwards back on the Earth for His 1,000 Year Reign prophesied many times in The Bible. After Christ's Reign on this current Earth we will live together on the New (THIRD) Earth and in the New (THIRD) Heavens. This "Third Heavens and Earth" will have "PARADISE RESTORED" on the New Earth which is another subject for another time but mentioned by The Holy Spirit in "Life After Our Redemption". (And God's Throne will be upon the New Earth which will be in the "New Jerusalem" created in Heaven and brought down to the surface of the New (THIRD) Earth - See below and following Webpages.)
[See also 5.3 SCRIPTURE DECLARES THERE WILL BE A TOTAL OF THREE HEAVENS AND THREE EARTHS, "Whose Will Be Done?" 4th Ed by Mark Grant Davis, 2015, pp 67-69, FREE PDF DOWNLOAD from WHOSE WILL BE DONE? Website LINK bottom of Right Column on this Website]
Regarding: [20] And when He was demanded of the Pharisees, when the kingdom of God should come, He answered them and said, THE KINGDOM OF GOD COMES NOT WITH OBSERVATION: [21] Neither shall they say, Lo here! or, lo there! for, behold, THE KINGDOM OF GOD IS WITHIN YOU (Luke 17: 20-21 KJV Emphasis mine) AND [6] Yet have I SET MY KING UPON MY HOLY HILL OF ZION. [7] I will declare the decree: the Lord has said unto Me, You are My Son; this day have I begotten You. [8] Ask of Me, and I SHALL GIVE YOU THE HEATHEN FOR YOUR INHERITANCE, AND THE UTTERMOST PARTS OF THE EARTH FOR YOUR POSSESSION. [9] You shall break them with a rod of iron; You shall dash them in pieces like a potter's vessel. [10] Be wise now therefore, O you kings: be instructed, you judges of the Earth. [11] Serve The Lord with fear, and rejoice with trembling. [12] Kiss The Son, lest He be angry, and you perish from the way, when His Wrath is kindled but a little. Blessed are all they that put their trust in Him (Psalm 2: 6-12 KJV Emphasis mine)
How can "the Kingdom of Heaven" (WITHIN YOU) be the same as "the Kingdom" that God and Christ will establish (UPON THE EARTH) with Christ ruling over the people of the Earth? And for some to say that the "within you Kingdom" negates all the prophesies and revelations about the upcoming 1,000 Year Reign of Jesus Christ is totally unfounded in Scripture and void of any lingual text (or logical argument). The Spirit of The Lord has not declared this gross contradiction - neither in Scripture nor in any End Times revelation - and it is a feeble attempt to refute the prophesies of Jesus Christ setting up HIS PHYSICAL REIGN OVER THIS VERY EARTH ON WHICH WE CURRENTLY DWELL.
Christ will descend from above to this Earth and physically remove all His enemies; He will be The Full and Complete Sovereign and He will delegate this power and authority, given to Him by Almighty God, to His Brothers and Sisters whom He will have just previously made immortal in the clouds (at what the Scripture refers to as the "Harpazo" which is also called "The Rapture") (SEE BELOW (7) ISSUE RE "THE BELIEVERS IN CHRIST "SNATCHED" QUICKLY UP INTO THE CLOUDS AND NOT BEING SURPRISED WHEN IT HAPPENS (THOUGH UNAWARE OF ITS ACTUAL DATE OR TIME)" (24 DECEMBER 2019) and following Webpages)
Regarding: [5.1] BUT OF THE TIMES AND THE SEASONS, brethren, YOU HAVE NO NEED THAT I WRITE UNTO YOU. [2] FOR YOURSELVES KNOW PERFECTLY THAT THE DAY OF THE LORD SO COMES AS A THIEF IN THE NIGHT. [3] For WHEN THEY SAY, PEACE AND SAFETY; then sudden destruction comes upon them, as travail upon a woman with child; and they shall not escape. [4] BUT YOU, BRETHREN, ARE NOT IN DARKNESS, THAT THAT DAY SHOULD OVERTAKE YOU AS A THIEF. [5] You are all the children of light, and the children of the day: we are not of the night, nor of darkness. [6] Therefore let us not sleep, as do others; but LET US WATCH and be sober. [7] For they that sleep sleep in the night; and they that be drunken are drunken in the night. [8] But let us, who are of the day, be sober, putting on the breastplate of faith and love; and for an helmet, the hope of salvation. [9] For God has not appointed us to wrath, but to obtain salvation by our Lord Jesus Christ, [10] Who died for us, that, whether we wake or sleep, we should live together with him. [11] Wherefore comfort yourselves together, and edify one another, even as also ye do (1 Thessalonians 5: 1-11 (KJV) Emphasis mine).
While the Return of Jesus Christ to the Earth to establish His 1,000 Year (physical) Reign will be preceded with many prophesied signs in the sky and upon the Earth, the Appearing of Jesus Christ in the clouds (NOT UPON THE EARTH AT THIS TIME) at the "Harpazo" Event declared in 1 Corinthians 15 and 1 Thessalonians 4: 13-18, 5: 1-11 will not be expected by unbelievers but anticipated by Believers whom the Scripture admonishes are to "WATCH" so that this "Harpazo" Event will not take them by surprise. Some churches teach that the "Harpazo" Event will be a surprise to everyone BUT THE BIBLE SAYS THAT A BELIEVER CAN WATCH TO THE POINT THAT THEY ARE NOT TAKEN BY SURPRISE.
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Photo: "A GUARDIAN FOR INTERNATIONAL PEACE AND SECURITY" on the Visitors Plaza outside UN Headquarters. The guardian is A FUSION OF JAGUAR AND EAGLE and donated by the Government of Oaxaca, Mexico. Artists Jacobo and Maria Angeles created it. November 09, 2021. The United States of America. New York. UN Photo/Manuel Elías. [3] For WHEN THEY SHALL SAY, PEACE AND SAFETY; then sudden destruction cometh upon them, as travail upon a woman with child; and they shall not escape (1 Thessalonians 5: 3 (KJV) EMPHASIS MINE); [4] The first was LIKE A LION, AND HAD EAGLE'S WINGS: I beheld till the wings thereof were plucked, and it was lifted up from the earth, and made stand upon the feet as a man, and a man's heart was given to it (Daniel 7: 4 (KJV) EMPHASIS MINE).
