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Hello Nick and Thomas,
I sincerely hope you are not trying to say that YOUR interpretation or how the words speak to you is the only way to define them. Nick I was giving you kudos for your original post and they are still offered.
However your rush to protect Thomas, has really ticked me off.
Thomas, I have asked this before and it has gone unanswered. Where did you study Theology and receive your priesthood or ordainment from? Or are you another self appointed authority?
As for myself, I am an avid reader and speak from my own interpretations and life experience. I have met many hypocrites in my life and your actions sure appear hypocritical to me. By trying to appear more authoritative than you truly are.
The correlation I was making regarding the movie, whatever the name may be was simply the fact that the movie pointed out that after the "resurrection" Jesus actually became mortal, had his own guardian angel and lived the rest of his days on earth in happiness, raising a family. Then one day one of the apostles was in the town preaching and sharing the story of his life and crucifixion and ascension to heaven. Jesus spoke up and said the apostle was spreading lies. That he was Jesus, the man in the story and he did not ascend to heaven and his father's arms. Then the apostle told him he did not recognize him as the Jesus he knew, and even if he was he was not the same. Because when the apostle shared the word and the word made people happy and feel safe. The word gave people something to believe in and that made them happy and it pleased God.
At the point Jesus realized he was just a man and not the messiah. At that realization he also realized since the time he was nailed to the cross saved from the suffering by the angel sent to him by God, that he had been truly happy and lived the rest of days on earth with that realization.
As death was knocking on the door he realized he was truly happy to lay in wait till resurrection day. God sent the apostles to Jesus at that point, and I missed the end of the movie.
Is this not what the bible tells us that "Heaven Will Be On Earth"? and that we were All Created In God's image? Does it not also say that at that point and time that we will truly see our world as God sees it?
I am not sure why you need to feel so self important, Thomas, but it appears more self reflection and understanding is needed here on all our parts.
NO ONE POINT OF VIEW IS THE CORRECT ONE.
The day of judgment will come, but before that day we will all be given a chance to make amends, no matter when we walked in the living world as we knew it.
"after Christ’s thousand-year reign on the
earth during the Millennium—a magnificent event will occur, when all who
have ever lived and died without understanding God’s purpose and the real Truth
will be resurrected and given a genuine opportunity to surrender their
lives to Christ, and so be qualified to become full sons of God and members of
His eternal Kingdom."
Respectfully Sincere,
Jim
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