I present this as a discussion. Where I attempt to anticipate your responses and give my responses. I do not mean to offend, so if you do not find this helpful, I am more than happy to do this in person. That way, I can respond directly to your responses. You could write posts to this article.
Through out time we have heard stories about heaven and hell. These are unsubstantiated fantasies.
You: But, wait a minute, what is that statement, “in the world to come” all about if not heaven and hell?
Or, Is there information about the world to come? Maybe, a “New Heaven and a New Earth”?
Okay, just for a moment let us consider: That having knowledge or an answer, means that you and I will need to do something.
You: What?
Maybe you will find the urge to change something. No, not your pants, nor your shoes.
How about your thoughts, actions, to take control of yourself?
For a few thousand years it has been common practice that those that can see and understand, will then strive to forget, trying to be like everyone else in the world. After all, who wants to be alone, out cast, especially when no one is willing hear you? If THE ALMIGHTY knows the END of Everything and the Beginning, with everything in the middle, HE tells us via HIS Prophets and teachings, yet we refuse to take warning. How Might HE feel about you? Are you listening?
Reference examples: Moses, Isaiah, Jeremiah, Ezekiel, Elijah, those that seek the LORD, to do good and are scorned by the enemy. The LORD HIMSELF said it: “Gen. 2:18 It is not good for man to be alone. . . .” You could view this prospect as being lonely, in a world with billions of people. You could find yourself separated from human companionship, but not from the LORD. Alone and seeking the Creator of the Heavens and the Earth, the same LIVING GOD OF ISRAEL of which I write and Moses Wrote. THERE IS GREAT REWARD EVEN IF THIS WERE TRUE, that of being with THE ALMIGHTY NOW ANS FOREVER. But, you are never actually alone, because you have a soul, a direct link to GOD.
The GOD of which I write, has not been rejected for CAUSE or undo pain; or abuse; or dishonesty; or in any other way that would be justifiable. HE is rejected, just because humans do so, from some broken part inside themselves. Be aware, “Broken” is not an excuse before GOD or man, nor even desirable for any length of time. Yet, “Broken” is a favorite excuse to not be Righteous and not to try.
Is there information about the World to come? Maybe, a “New Heaven and a New Earth”?
The Short Answer is Yes!
Here are two references.
Isaiah 65:17 For, behold, I create new heavens and a new earth;….
Isaiah 66: 22 For as the new heavens and the new earth, which I will make, shall remain before Me…..
You: What happened to the “old” Heavens and Earth?
Isaiah 13:5 They come from a far country, from the end of heaven, even the LORD, and the weapons of His indignation, to destroy the whole earth.
Isaiah 34:4 And all the host of heaven shall moulder away, and the heavens shall be rolled together as a scroll; and all their host shall fall down, as the leaf falleth off from the vine, and as a falling fig from the fig-tree.
Isaiah 2: 19 And men shall go into the caves of the rocks, and into the holes of the earth, from before the terror of the LORD, and from the glory of His majesty, when He ariseth to shake mightily the earth.
20 In that day a man shall cast away his idols of silver, and his idols of gold, which they made for themselves to worship, to the moles and to the bats;
21 To go into the clefts of the rocks, and into the crevices of the crags, from before the terror of the LORD, and from the glory of His majesty, when he ariseth to shake mightily the earth.
22 Cease ye from man, in whose nostrils is a breath; for how little is he to be accounted!
Isaiah 13: 9 Behold, the day of the LORD cometh, cruel, and full of wrath and fierce anger; to make the earth a desolation, and to destroy the sinners thereof out of it,
10 For the stars of heaven and the constellations thereof shall not give their light; the sun shall be darkened in his going forth, and the moon shall not cause her light to shine.
11 And I will visit upon the world their evil, and upon the wicked their iniquity; and I will cause the arrogancy of the proud to cease, and will lay low the haughtiness of the tyrants.
12 I will make man more rare than fine gold, even man than the pure gold of Ophir.
13 Therefore I will make the heavens to tremble, and the earth shall be shaken out of her place, for the wrath of the LORD of hosts, and for the day of His fierce anger.
Isaiah 24: 1 Behold, the LORD maketh the earth empty and maketh it waste, and turneth it upside down, and scattereth abroad the inhabitants thereof.
2 And it shall be, as with the people, so with the priest; as with the servant, so with his master; as with the maid, so with her mistress; as with the buyer, so with the seller; as with the lender, so with the borrower; as with the creditor, so with the debtor.
3 The earth shall be utterly emptied, and clean despoiled; for the LORD hath spoken this word.
4 The earth fainteth and fadeth away, the world faileth and fadeth away, the lofty people of the earth do fail.
5 The earth also is defiled under the inhabitants thereof; because they have transgressed the laws, violated the statute, broken the everlasting covenant.
6 Therefore hath a curse devoured the earth, and they that dwell therein are found guilty; therefore the inhabitants of the earth waste away, and men are left few.
Isaiah 30: 26 Moreover the light of the moon shall be as the light of the sun, and the light of the sun shall be sevenfold, as the light of the seven days, in the day that the LORD bindeth up the bruise of His people, and healeth the stroke of their wound.
Isaiah 51: 6 Lift up your eyes to the heavens, and look upon the earth beneath; for the heavens shall vanish away like smoke, and the earth shall wax old like a garment, and they that dwell therein shall die in like manner; but My salvation shall be for ever, and My favour shall not be abolished.
Isaiah 60: 19 The sun shall be no more thy light by day, neither for brightness shall the moon give light unto thee; but the LORD shall be unto thee an everlasting light, and thy God thy glory.
20 Thy sun shall no more go down, Neither shall thy moon withdraw itself; for the LORD shall be thine everlasting light, and the days of thy mourning shall be ended.
Isaiah 65: 17 For, behold, I create new heavens and a new earth; and the former things shall not be remembered, nor come into mind.
Isaiah 66: 22 For as the new heavens and the new earth, which I will make, shall remain before Me, saith the LORD, so shall your seed and your name remain.
Jeremiah 17: 5 Thus saith the LORD: Cursed is the man that trusteth in man, and maketh flesh his arm, and whose heart departeth from the LORD. 6 For he shall be like a tamarisk in the desert, and shall not see when good cometh; but shall inhabit the parched places in the wilderness, a salt land and not inhabited. 7 Blessed is the man that trusteth in the LORD, and whose trust the LORD is.
This last verse, number 7 is part of another theme regarding what GOD wants from us and/or how to be righteous. Another write-up to be done.
So what do you think happens? What happens to the “old”?
In summary: since the before the FLOOD, it has been unpopular to seek THE MASTER of the UNIVERSE. I think, that because so many are so busy turning away(reasons I can not find), they do not pay attention their actions, to statements about the end or the warnings from the LIVING GOD OF ISRAEL about HIS view of US and where we are going. The current Heavens and Earth will pass away, due to items not made by man. If you want to know, seek. If you want to understand, DO. If you want to know GOD, HE IS WAITING. HE WILL SAVE HIS, all else is smoke and vapors……
You: So what about you? Where are you going to be?
Isaiah 51:16 And I have put My words in thy mouth, and have covered thee in the shadow of My hand, that I may plant the heavens, and lay the foundations of the earth, and say unto Zion: ‘Thou art My people.’ –This is where I want to be! Will you be there also?
I find this point really interesting. All of the information I present is in the Written Torah and/or via the Prophets speaking in the Name Of GOD(Tanakh), so why doesn’t anyone else talk about this information? Unable to See? Unable to grasp in information? I praise my FATHER, Master Of The Legions, the Living GOD OF ISHRAEL for this understanding.
IT is to our benefit to HEARKEN until the LIVING GOD OF ISRAEL, and to our pain and shame to do otherwise.
If it is not already true, then My prayer is that The LORD grant you eyes that see, ears that hear and an understanding heart, then you return unto HIM soon!(Isaiah 6: 9 And He said: ‘Go, and tell this people: hear ye indeed, but understand not; and see ye indeed, but perceive not. 10 Make the heart of this people fat, and make their ears heavy, and shut their eyes; lest they, seeing with their eyes, and hearing with their ears, and understanding with their heart, return, and be healed.’)
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