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 Temp...

“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 o...

We must realize something very important about the Messiah. He did not write one single letter or word about himself and what he taught. He did not build a church or school, even though he was a carpenter. And obviously he did not make a selfie. Unlike Mohammed, Mormon, Confucius, Rama, Buddha Can you imagine if he did? But, why didn’t he? Well, let's consider also that as the Son of God, he likewise did not reveal or contribute a single thing about science, technology or anything to advance our knowledge of the world. Yet again, neither has any of the angels and to some extent not even the fallen angels or demons. Why? Is it because they really don’t know anything about the natural world? Or, maybe it is because they actually have a policy of non-interference in primitive cultures and beings. Well, that sounds like science fiction. But, let's imagine where did we get that idea from. Maybe that is why there is a constant warfare between angels and demons. Anyway, back to the ...

THE RE-ORIENTATION If you look st any map of ancient Egypt you will see that Egypt was divided.  by an Upper and Lower Egypt. Then you may wonder why Lower Egypt is the North and Upper Egypt is the South. Well, the main reason is the Egyptians viewed the source of the Nile River as the upper part of the world. The other reason is that there was no such thing as North, South, East and West. Those cardinal directions, especially North, were invented by the Europeans. East however, has always been from antiquity the direction towards the sunrise, otherwise known as the Orient. West therefore was towards sunset, otherwise known as the Occident. North was named after the Norseman (ancient Scandinavians) of Europe. Although the Egyptians were orientated towards the source of the Nile, the patriarchs of the Bible viewed the direction towards the rising sun as the origin of all things. So, to most ancient peoples North meant to the left of the rising sun, and south meant to the south of...

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 th...