HEAVEN ON EARTH rev.

What disturbs me greatly about Christianity and most other popular religions is their sense of NO RESPONSIBILITY in regards to taking care of the earth. They believe God will take them to heaven, destroy the earth and God Himself will make a ‘new earth’.

The problem is, that God gave us humans the sole responsibility of taking care of this planet. He made the ancient Israelites fight for every inch of ground of the Promise Land. God could have done it Himself for them, but they obviously did not show any appreciation or respect for what he has given them, much like people in general now. We only take care of the earth when we can make money from it. God is not going to do the work for us to make a ‘new earth’. The most he will do is remove Satan and his demons from interfering.

“And he laid hold on the dragon, the old serpent, which is the Devil and Satan, and bound him for a thousand years, and cast him into the abyss, and shut it, and sealed it over him, that he should deceive the nations no more, until the thousand years should be finished: after this he must be loosed for a little time.” - Revelation 20:2-3 - ASV

THAT HE SHOULD DECEIVE THE NATIONS NO MORE.

GOD’S WILL IS FOR EARTH TO BE LIKE HEAVEN. NOT FOR HEAVEN TO BE LIKE LIFE ON EARTH AS MANY SEEM TO IMAGINE.

“The Lord’s Prayer says: “Let your Kingdom come. Let your WILL take place, as in HEAVEN, also on EARTH.” Matthew 6:10 NWT

Likewise, it is important to understand what exactly is meant by the ‘kingdom of the heavens.’ There is a great misconception to that phrase, which leads some Christian denominations to assume that it only applies to the one true Christian Church, because who would accept that bad or false Christians are also part of the kingdom of the heavens? We need to re-evaluate the phrase ‘kingdom of heaven.’ The use of the phrase overall is inadequate and not consistent to imply a government or a place in heaven. But rather it is a phrase describing a condition, like ‘long-suffering’ is a description of ‘patience.’ So, the ‘kingdom of heaven’ is likewise a metaphor meaning the Love of God or God’s Love.

“He that overcometh, I will make him a pillar in the temple of my God, and he shall go out thence no more: and I will write upon him the name of my God, and the name of the city of my God, the new Jerusalem, which cometh down out of heaven from my God, and mine own new name.” Revelation 3:12 - ASV

“And I saw the holy city, new Jerusalem, coming down out of heaven of God” Revelation 21:2 - ASV

NEW JERUSALEM COMES DOWN OUT OF HEAVEN - to where? TO EARTH, OF COURSE.

“and madest them to be unto our God a kingdom and priests; and they reign upon earth.” - Revelation 5:10 - ASV

This is not an unprecedented assignment. If Adam had never sinned the patriarchs and matriarchs would have filled that role with Adam as head instead of the Messiah.

“What has been is what will be, and what has been done is what will be done, and there is nothing new under the sun.” - Ecclesiastes 1:9 ESV

For example, The Messiah said:

“If I have told you earthly things and you do not believe, how will you believe if I tell you heavenly things? No one has ascended to heaven except He who descended from heaven, even the Son of Man who is in heaven.” John 3:12-13 MEV

However, Enoch was taken away by God supposedly to heaven, and Elijah was taken away to heaven before the Messiah arrived.

So, what part of heaven were they taken too?

None of us really know what heaven is. It could just another dimension of reality and not something directly above us far away, the earth is not the center of the universe and the heavens is not simply above us. The heavens is all around us and we on earth are a tiny speck somewhere within it, alienated from God, and quarantined as something unholy.

Remember, the Messiah said: “In My Father’s house are many dwelling places [this could likewise imply many dimensions]. If it were not so, I would have told you. I am going to prepare a place for you. And if I go and prepare a place for you, I will come again and receive you to Myself, that where I am, you may be also.” - John 14:2-3 MEV

AND YET WE KNOW THE MESSIAH IS COMING AGAIN TO RULE ON EARTH FOR A THOUSAND YEARS.

There are traditionally seven levels of heaven. 1) The earthly sky seen by day, 2) The space beyond the earthly sky seen by night, 3) The spiritual world of angels by at least 3 rank levels, then the archangels and last God's Throne. However, there are apparently many other facets, dimensions or hierarchies of heaven. Therefore, no man has ascended to the part of heaven where the Messiah came from. Then again, no man ever will. That is not where we belong.

“The heavens are the heavens of Jehovah, but the earth hath he given to the children of men.” Psalms 115:16 DARBY

So then, in Revelation chapter 7 it never actually says the holy ones are in heaven, but that they are in his temple.

“After this I looked, and behold, a great multitude that no one could number, from every nation, from all tribes and peoples and languages, standing before the throne and before the Lamb, clothed in white robes, with palm branches in their hands,

"Therefore, they are before the throne of God, and serve him day and night in his temple; and he who sits on the throne will shelter them with his presence. They shall hunger no more, neither thirst anymore; the sun shall not strike them, nor any scorching heat. For the Lamb in the midst of the throne will be their shepherd, and he will guide them to springs of living water, and God will wipe away every tear from their eyes."” Revelation 7:9, 15-17 ESV

Well, we know from 1 Corinthians 3:16 - “Do you not know that you are God's temple and that God's Spirit dwells in you? If anyone destroys God's temple, God will destroy him. For God's temple is holy, and you are that temple.” 1 Corinthians 3:16-17 ESV

Also, “I did not see a temple in it, for Jehovah* God the Almighty is its temple, also the Lamb is.” Revelation 21:22 NWT

So, since earth will become like heaven, there is no foundation to believe that the holy ones will up to the heavens and live with the angels and the Messiah.

THIS NOTION OF GOING TO HEAVEN, I BELIEVE HAD BEEN ALTERED IN THE NEW TESTAMENT LETTERS BY APOSTATE CHRISTIANS AFTER THE ASSUMED DEATH OF THE APOSTLES.

IF YOU KNEW THAT YOUR ONLY LOT IN LIFE, FOR YOUR CHILDREN AND ALL FUTURE GENERATIONS WAS STRICTLY RIGHT HERE ON EARTH; WOULD YOU FEEL MUCH MORE COMPELLED TO DO EVERYTHING POSSIBLE TO SAVE IT?

 

HEAVEN ON EARTH part 2

“Jesus said to him, “Assuredly I tell you, today you will be with me in Paradise.”” - Luke 23:43 WEB

“And he said to him, "Truly, I say to you, today you will be with me in paradise."” - Luke 23:43 ESV

WAS HE SAYING THEY WILL BE IN HEAVEN THAT SAME DAY? CONSIDERING THE FACT, THE MESSIAH HIMSELF DID NOT GO TO HEAVEN UNTIL FORTY DAYS AFTER HE WAS RESURRECTED.

“…and they shall kill him, and the third day he shall be raised again. And they were exceeding sorry.” - Matthew 17:23 KJVA

“Jesus saith unto her, Touch me not; for I am not yet ascended to my Father: but go to my brethren, and say unto them, I ascend unto my Father, and your Father; and to my God, and your God.” - John 20:17 KJVA

“Dear Theophilus: In my first book I wrote about all the things that Jesus did and taught from the time he began his work until the day he was taken up to heaven. Before he was taken up, he gave instructions by the power of the Holy Spirit to the men he had chosen as his apostles. For forty days after his death he appeared to them many times in ways that proved beyond doubt that he was alive. They saw him, and he talked with them about the Kingdom of God.” - Acts 1:1-3 GNB

SO, WAS THE MESSIAH LYING? NO! BECAUSE THAT WAS ACTUALLY A GOOD EXAMPLE OF A SYNTAX ERROR:

Truly,

I say to you,

Today you will be with me in paradise.

 

YES, THE COMMA BELONGS AFTER “TODAY” NOT BEFORE IT.

Truly,

I say to you today,

you will be with me in paradise.

 

LIKE:

Truly,

Today I say to you,...

 

OR:

Today,

Truly I say to you,...

 

THE SINNER AS WELL AS THE MESSIAH WAS REFERRING TO THE RESURRECTION DAY WHEN HE ASKED TO BE REMEMBERED WHEN THE MESSIAH RETURNS AS KING. THE SINNER OBVIOUSLY KNOWS THAT IT WOULD NOT HAPPEN THAT SAME DAY. BUT LIKE MARIE SAID OF LAZARUS:

“Martha saith unto him, I know that he shall rise again in the resurrection at the last day.” - John 11:24 KJVA

YES, AGAIN, WHEN GOD’S WILL IS DONE ON EARTH AS IT IS IN HEAVEN, IN THE RESURRECTION, PARADISE WILL COME TO EARTH.

 

HEAVEN ON EARTH part 3

 

THERE ARE TWO SCRIPTURES THAT SPEAK SPECIFICALLY ABOUT GOING TO HEAVEN: 2 Corinthians 5:1-10 AND Corinthians 15:35-53. INITIALLY I SUSPECTED THAT THESE SCRIPTURES ARE SPURIOUS ALSO, HOWEVER THERE ARE SCIENTIFIC ERRORS INHERENT IN THESE SCRIPTURES THAT NEED TO BE CLARIFIED.

 

“For we know that when this tent we live in — our body here on earth — is torn down, God will have a house in heaven for us to live in, a home he himself has made, which will last for ever. And now we sigh, so great is our desire that our home which comes from heaven should be put on over us; by being clothed with it we shall not be without a body. While we live in this earthly tent, we groan with a feeling of oppression; it is not that we want to get rid of our earthly body, but that we want to have the heavenly one put on over us, so that what is mortal will be transformed by life. God is the one who has prepared us for this change, and he gave us his Spirit as the guarantee of all that he has in store for us. So we are always full of courage. We know that as long as we are at home in the body we are away from the Lord's home. For our life is a matter of faith, not of sight. We are full of courage and would much prefer to leave our home in the body and be at home with the Lord. More than anything else, however, we want to please him, whether in our home here or there. For all of us must appear before Christ, to be judged by him. We will each receive what we deserve, according to everything we have done, good or bad, in our bodily life.” - 2 Corinthians 5:1-10 GNB

THIS IS IN REFERENCE TO JOHN 14:2-3. THE MESSIAH WAS TALKING ABOUT A HOUSE AS A PLACE, NOT A BODY. WE DO NOT HAVE AN AVATAR WAITING FOR US IN HEAVEN. THIS ‘SPURIOUS’ FALSELY ADDED SCRIPTURE IS IMPLYING THAT GOD SCRIFICED AN AVATAR OF THE SON, WHICH MEANS HE DIDN’T REALLY DIE.

“Someone will ask, “How can the dead be raised to life? What kind of body will they have?” You fool! When you sow a seed in the ground, it does not sprout to life unless it dies. And what you sow is a bare seed, perhaps a grain of wheat or some other grain, not the full-bodied plant that will later grow up. God provides that seed with the body he wishes; he gives each seed its own proper body. And the flesh of living beings is not all the same kind of flesh; human beings have one kind of flesh, animals another, birds another, and fish another. And there are heavenly bodies and earthly bodies; the beauty that belongs to heavenly bodies is different from the beauty that belongs to earthly bodies. The sun has its own beauty, the moon another beauty, and the stars a different beauty; and even among stars there are different kinds of beauty. This is how it will be when the dead are raised to life. When the body is buried, it is mortal; when raised, it will be immortal. When buried, it is ugly and weak; when raised, it will be beautiful and strong. When buried, it is a physical body; when raised, it will be a spiritual body. There is, of course, a physical body, so there has to be a spiritual body. For the scripture says, “The first man, Adam, was created a living being”; but the last Adam is the life-giving Spirit. It is not the spiritual that comes first, but the physical, and then the spiritual. The first Adam, made of earth, came from the earth; the second Adam came from heaven. Those who belong to the earth are like the one who was made of earth; those who are of heaven are like the one who came from heaven. Just as we wear the likeness of the man made of earth, so we will wear the likeness of the Man from heaven. What I mean, brothers and sisters, is that what is made of flesh and blood cannot share in God's Kingdom, and what is mortal cannot possess immortality. Listen to this secret truth: we shall not all die, but when the last trumpet sounds, we shall all be changed in an instant, as quickly as the blinking of an eye. For when the trumpet sounds, the dead will be raised, never to die again, and we shall all be changed. For what is mortal must be changed into what is immortal; what will die must be changed into what cannot die.” - 1 Corinthians 15:35-53 GNB

CORRECTIONS:

1) a seed does not die before it germinates and sprout.

2) the fruit dies, but seed itself stays alive indefinitely until it germinates.

3) if the fruit is the body, then the seed is the soul, Matthew 10:28

4)  body buried mortal, body raised spiritual. The problem is that the Messiah was not raised into a spiritual body. He was raised back in his physical body and later changed into a spiritual body when he ascended to heaven.

5) The Messiah however, was born on earth perfect as an immortal like Adam. He could have lived far longer than the 900 years Adam lived.

6) mortal physical body is the inferior tent

7) immortal physical body is a superior house built by God

8) physical body not created by human hands, but by God

9) mortal human body made inferior by sin, by Adam

10) soul needs a spiritual body or a physical body

11) “put on” “clothed” with immortality

12) changed from mortal to immortal

13) an angel normally invisible, can appear visible and can also change into a physical body.

15) fallen angels likewise invisible, but cannot appear visible and cannot change into a physical body.

15) that ability for angels to appear visible and physically can only be granted by Jehovah God

ALSO, HEBREWS 3:1 - is about a calling FROM heaven, not about a calling TO heaven.