1. Where did people go after they died before Jesus?
2. Where did people go after they died after Jesus but were out of reach of the Christian religion? Example: They American Indians, Chinese, etc.
3. Was Jesus trying to save us from religion?
4. What would Jesus think of the church today?
5. Is the church today a false religion?
6. Why does Paul contradict the teachings of Jesus?
7. Was Paul a fake?
8. Will the world actually end?
9. What is the true nature of God?
10. Is this really the only chance we get at life?
11. Was the creation a literal seven days?
Maybe to many at once but oh well.
3 comments:
1. Depending on your faith to God and if you completed a sacrifice, you still went to heaven.
2. This is a difficult one, I've asked my mother and my pastor both about this one, and I've come to this conclusion: I believe God showed(shows) mercy to those who have absolutely NO clue of God or Christian faith. Same instance as an infant child who dies -- I believe said child enters the gates of Heaven without any excuses. :)
3. I guess I don't fully understand your question, Brian. Jesus' full meaning of existence was to teach people the true meaning of life -- through open arms and by love, and that the only way to get to Heaven was to trust in, have faith in, and believe in God as your one and only savior. His death was the key in making this possible (and in turn, taking away all of those bloody sacrifices people had to do previously).
4. He would probably shake his head in disbelief that people act in materialistic ways like they do, but he would still have open arms and a loving mentality -- doing everything he could show people how a human being is SUPPOSED to act.
5. Not false, it's just most have their priorities all tangled up or stowed away. True fact: Love one another, ask God to be your one savior, do unto others as you would have them do unto you, live a Christ-like life, and guess what? You may pass go and move on to Heaven. :) It's that simple.
6 & 7. I guess I need to read a bit more on Paul, as I can't really answer these questions.
8. Not necessarily end, but it's judgement is imminent. Those who don't live a Christ-like life will get to live harmoniously with one another here on Earth for a thousand years before God and his army come back to reign and take over this world for another couple thousand years (it's during this point that Satan will be killed and his followers all cast in to the eternal lake of fire). But no, I don't think God will ever do away with this planet -- why would you destroy something so marvelous? I can understand restarting life, but destroying entirely? Nah. Of course, we'll all find out that answer when God comes back to reclaim his throne. :)
9. To love one another and to live a holy life, man. Simple.
10. One shot at a mortal life. That's all you get. Now eternal life? Depending on Christ-like you live out your mortal one, you'll either suffer in the lake of fire, or spend eternity in peace in Heaven.
11. I've always been under the impression that ONE day to God is a thousand years to mortal man. So yeah, I believe it took God around 7,000 years or so to craft this universe we call home. :) But where does God come from?! That's the real question. We'll find that out when the time comes..
1. You forgot about Jewish law. That was also equally important.
2. I'm kind of in agreement with you on this one too.
3. What I meant was the way Judaism was set up at the time it was ritualistic and all about the laws. Jesus came with a way of life not rituals. He came to tear down religion. Sad thing is we are back right where we started.
4. Your right.
5. I really don't think the church today is what Jesus had in mind.
6. Paul teaches salvation through faith alone. Jesus says in Matt 22:36-40 is different from Paul. He also says the same thing to the Rich man in Matt 19:16-21 Then Jesus' brother James backs up what Jesus said in James 2:24
7. I don't know I just have a hard time believing Paul's conversion. The church takes a complete 180 after he takes over.
8. I don't think the world will actually come to an end either. Things will only get better I think.
9. True nature of God is love.
10. Do you believe in reincarnation?
11. No it was not a literal seven 24 hour periods.
Do I believe in reincarnation? As in coming back as an animal or some other worldly being?
Nah. I do, however, believe that we, after death, are given an eternal, angelic body - one that never ages or shows pain, but can instead feel it. The Bible speaks about this anyway. And since there won't ever be pain that's given in Heaven, we won't have to worry about suffering through that. But for those that are cast in to eternal torment... I feel really sorry for those folks. :(
That's why one of the main purposes of Jesus was to spread the word about his father, God. As Christians we're supposed to "save" our brothers and sisters from this eternal death.
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