Paradoxology

DID THE FIRST CENTURY CHRISTIANS BELIEVE THAT THE IMMINENT RETURN OF THE MESSIAH AND THE END OF THE WORLD WOULD NOT HAPPEN UNTIL 2000 YEARS LATER IN THE FUTURE? OF COURSE NOT! THE ALL EXPECTED THAT TO HAPPEN WITHIN THIER LIFETIME, ESPECIALLY THE APOSTLES. WHY? 1)       “The end of all things is near. Therefore, be solemn and sober so you can pray.” 1 Peter 4:7 MEV 2)       “There is not much time left, and from now on married men should live as though they were not married; those who deal in material goods, as though they were not fully occupied with them. For this world, as it is now, will not last much longer.” 1 Corinthians 7:29, 31 GNB WERE THE APOSTLES SAYING THIS FOR OUR GENERATION IN THE 21st CENTURY? OF COURSE NOT! THIS URGENT EXPECTATION WAS BASED ON THE MESSIAH’S OWN WORDS, IN THE GOSPELS, ABOUT THE SIGNS THAT THE END IS NEAR: “As Jesus left the Temple and was walking away, his followers came up to show him the Temple’s buildings. Jesus asked, “Do you see all thes

“The Scriptures, in stating, ‘In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth‘ (Gen. 1: 1), leave matters indefinite as to time. This use of the term “beginning” is therefore unassailable, regardless of the age scientists may seek to attach to the earthly globe and to the various planets and other heavenly bodies. The actual time of the creation of the material heavens and the earth may have been billions of years ago.” (Insight On The Scriptures. Watch Tower Bible and Tract Society of N.Y., INC. International Bible Students Assoc., Bklyn., NY., U.S.A., 1988, vol.1, p. 527). Therefore, according to the Big Bang Theory, there were 13.7 billion years for the expansion and formation of all the stars and galaxies, planets, etc. According to The Columbia History of the World, “Our galaxy is about 10 billion and our solar system about 5 billion years old.” “The history of each and every continent goes back to the early beginnings of the planet earth itself, around 4.5 billion years

THE NATURE OF IMMORTALITY “I said in my heart with regard to the children of man that God is testing them that they may see that they themselves are but beasts. For what happens to the children of man and what happens to the beasts is the same; as one dies, so dies the other. They all have the same breath, and man has no advantage over the beasts, for all is vanity. All go to one place. All are from the dust, and to dust all return.” ‭‭Ecclesiastes‬ ‭3:18-20‬ ‭ESV‬‬ That is especially true according to theory of evolution. However, we were created to be immortal flesh. Adam and Eve were sentenced to death when they sinned. In one sense they lost their right to immortality and for all their children that sane day they sinned. In another sense, they were so near to perfection, it took nearly a thousand years for them to grow old and die. To the Eternal God a thousand years is as just one day. So now we live for only a brief instance of time, like insects and we die just like the

This time I have use scriptures from the Bible, a lot of scriptures. I realized that there are many Bible translations that use the word “worship” when people approached the Messiah. Using the word worship is vague. What action does it imply? I personally was accustomed to the translations that used the words kneeled, obeisance, and prostrated instead of worship, because that is what they physically did when they approached the Messiah.  Now from the beginning the Messiah said: “and saith unto him, All these things will I give thee, if thou wilt fall down and worship me. Then saith Jesus unto him, Get thee hence, Satan: for it is written, Thou shalt worship the Lord thy God, and him only shalt thou serve.” ‭‭Matthew‬ ‭4:9-10‬ ‭KJVA‬‬ WHICH HE QUOTED FROM: “I am Jehovah thy God, who brought thee out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of bondage. Thou shalt have no other gods before me. Thou shalt not make unto thee a graven image, nor any likeness of an