Rich people have a hard time getting into heaven. So riches aren't necessarily a blessing? If you're rich then you have more that you should give. It's a responsibility for sure.
What is a "new body"?
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Well I was thinking about what @MatthewG said and the New Jerusalem.
But if it was for this life, just IF, after years of homelessness, basically, there would be other things on my mind that aren't about me. Lol
Just adding to that, everything tangible in this world is fleeting and we can't take it with us, and it seems pointless to worry about boats and cars when there's wells to be built and fields to be cultivated.
Not sure if that makes sense. I mean it literally though, not metaphorically.
Not sure if that makes sense. I mean it literally though, not metaphorically.
@FluffyYellowDuck I have had some homelessness also. And would certainly enjoy being able to make it in life without struggle. Some people are blessed that way, but not me. I live from month to month just barely making it thru. And God keeps me that way. He could heal me and make my life livable, but he doesn't and I must love him thru it all.
It is good to get out of our natural thinking and into God's ways. He blesses us with the Holy Spirit of life which is always good and brings hope. It is a much better place for me than my own thoughts for sure. You seem to understand that, so you're on the good path.
It is good to get out of our natural thinking and into God's ways. He blesses us with the Holy Spirit of life which is always good and brings hope. It is a much better place for me than my own thoughts for sure. You seem to understand that, so you're on the good path.
You know what comes to mind with that...
Blessed are you who are poor,
for yours is the kingdom of God.
Blessed are you who hunger now,
for you will be satisfied.
Blessed are you who weep now,
for you will laugh.
Blessed are you when people hate you,
when they exclude you and insult you
and reject your name as evil,
because of the Son of Man.
Rejoice in that day and leap for joy, because great is your reward in heaven. For that is how their ancestors treated the prophets.
Its a good one to take close to heart.
That actually helped me today. I've been a little sickened and sad from my mother's death. It's nice to hear those verses.
I'm sorry.. I understand. I know that would be hard.
The best part about them is they are all true. Something to look forward to.
It was prophesied to me that I would meet Christ some day. And that is something I have always looked forward to. It's nice to have things to look forward to. I'm a little hard on myself and sometimes wonder if I'll make it to heaven. And reading those scriptures reminds me that the poor are blessed. I enjoy the Holy Spirit mostly. The love, joy and peace is super.
Fluffy, I think that Ephesians 4:20-24 tells us what is happening and what is required of us: -
Shalom
Ephesians 4:20-24: - 20 But you have not so learned Christ, 21 if indeed you have heard Him and have been taught by Him, as the truth is in Jesus: 22 that you put off, concerning your former conduct, the old man which grows corrupt according to the deceitful lusts, 23 and be renewed in the spirit of your mind, 24 and that you put on the renewed/refurbished man which was created according to God, in true righteousness and holiness.
NKJV
What you said, was that you are getting a "new" body, but the passage above talks about that as we renew our minds, that we wrap ourselves in the renewed cloak of God's intended personhood for ourselves. You have been searching and renewing your mind. Now it is time for you to step out in the refurbished personhood that God has always intended you to be, i.e. your renewed body in Christ, to become the beautiful person that I can see in the spirit that God wants you to be so that His glory can be seen through and in you.
Shalom
PS to the my above post: -
Paul also wrote this: -
As you walk with God in all that you do, He is transforming you into His righteous disciple having removed all the ugly past from you such that it has no hold on you and nor can it drag you down into the pit anymore.
Shalom
Paul also wrote this: -
Romans 12:1-2: - Living Sacrifices to God
12:1 I beseech you therefore, brethren, by the mercies of God, that you present your bodies a living sacrifice, holy, acceptable to God, which is your reasonable service. 2 And do not be conformed to this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind, that you may prove what is that good and acceptable and perfect will of God.
12:1 I beseech you therefore, brethren, by the mercies of God, that you present your bodies a living sacrifice, holy, acceptable to God, which is your reasonable service. 2 And do not be conformed to this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind, that you may prove what is that good and acceptable and perfect will of God.
NKJV
As you walk with God in all that you do, He is transforming you into His righteous disciple having removed all the ugly past from you such that it has no hold on you and nor can it drag you down into the pit anymore.
Shalom
Actually this all makes perfect sense... And has something to do with something I prayed about last night. Thank you!
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Lambano
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Nobody’s mentioned 1 Corinthians 15:42-49 yet? Or does that violate the “no talk of dying” rule because it talks about the resurrection body?
What else could “body” be a metaphor for?
What else could “body” be a metaphor for?
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I wanted to rule out the possibility of it meaning anything leaving earth because it seems very intense, to be honest, and I honestly just don't know where it came from or what to do about it.
Maybe, and I'm not saying this is a fact, but we don't know the day or the hour and neither did Jesus - BUT he did know the last generation and so maybe our time is up.
Maybe that MIGHT have something to do with it. I have absolutely no clue and everyone should assume I'm ignorant and decide for themselves.
Then tell me what they come up with. I'm not sure. I don't know anything.
Lambano
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That was insensitive of me; I repent and apologize profusely.
The biblical “body” metaphor that comes to mind is the body of Christ. Do you currently have a church family?
The biblical “body” metaphor that comes to mind is the body of Christ. Do you currently have a church family?
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Lambano
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There’s also the “The two shall be as one flesh” body metaphor. (Mazel Tov!)
Actually I thought about that too, and the same thing came to my mind too a couple of times, I don't have a church family besides CB.
I thought about a new family, not necessarily marriage, but like a literal family - with people in it. Like you know when you're a person with aunts and uncles and cousins, sort of like that.
Concerning Riches @FluffyYellowDuck from yesterday
“For you know the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, that though He was rich, yet for your sakes He became poor, that you through His poverty might become rich.”
II Corinthians 8:9 NKJV
Ephesians 2
so that in the ages to come He might show the surpassing riches of His grace in kindness toward us in Christ Jesus.
Source: https://bible.knowing-jesus.com/topics/Riches,-Spiritual
“For you know the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, that though He was rich, yet for your sakes He became poor, that you through His poverty might become rich.”
II Corinthians 8:9 NKJV
Ephesians 2
so that in the ages to come He might show the surpassing riches of His grace in kindness toward us in Christ Jesus.
Source: https://bible.knowing-jesus.com/topics/Riches,-Spiritual
quietthinker
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What is a "new body"?
no body....doesn't have any appeal......annnd, image belongs to the downward trajectory. Seems Jesus ate fish in his new body. Maybe there'll be no waste?....and reproduction? hmmm, seems not .....buuuut, thought travel is on the cards.....in any case, when my body bumps up against your body fluffy, I'll give you a high five.
no body....doesn't have any appeal......annnd, image belongs to the downward trajectory. Seems Jesus ate fish in his new body. Maybe there'll be no waste?....and reproduction? hmmm, seems not .....buuuut, thought travel is on the cards.....in any case, when my body bumps up against your body fluffy, I'll give you a high five.
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