Hello Sondra,
Your questions are thought provoking. I guess you need to determine
whether you can explain eternity and infinity in physical terms or
through spiritual ideas. The physical universe is, by it's very
definitiion, finite, so it is hard to conceive of eternity as
existing there. Where does eternity exist then? Heaven is often
thought of as existing in eternity, but I don't think rational
thinking will allow that heaven is a physical location. What is it
then? I feel that it is a divine state of mind that is accessible in
the here and now, not some future world destination that can only be
found after one dies. If it is a divine state of mind, then eternity
must also be a part of this mind. We must admit that time is a human
construct. If you remove time from the equation of reality, you are
left with an infinite stillness in the infinitude of Now. Yes, there
is movement there, but it is the movement of moments, not of time,
and moments can be thought of as thoughts, or ideas, d!
awn
ing on the consciousness. Paul declared, that we 'live and move and
have our being' in God (Acts 17:28). The scriptures repeatedly refer
to God as Spirit, so, from Pauls declaration, it would follow that we
have our being in Spirit, or God. If you view the concept of eternity
from this standpoint, it is easier to discern eternity as a
spiritual quality of God, as the forever unfolding of spiritual ideas
and their fulfillment, which emanate from the one true source of
being, Spirit, or God. An understanding of this reveals the validity
of my previous statement, that heaven is a divine state of mind. Paul
also said to 'let this mind be in you which was also in Christ Jesus'
(Phil2:5). Clearly he is implying that this is a present possibility,
to have the same spirituality, or mind, as Christ Jesus. If heaven is
a spiritual state of being, or state of mind, then if we are able to
follow Pauls injunction, and if we recognise Christ as being the
highest state of mind yet known, !
the
n we too can experience the heavenly bliss of spiritual eternity in
the here and now.
Regards,
Stuart Kirkley
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On Wed, 15 May 2002 10:43:16 Sondra Brasile wrote: > > >Now I want to ask you guys a question I have been wondering about a long >time. If eternity as we understand it goes on forever in all directions, it >would probably cross this timeline we are in now, at least once, right? Plus >wouldn't we be there, in eternity, right now in some way shape or form, >since it doesn't have a beginning and doesn't have an end? So, this may >explain the predestination/free will question and "knowing us before the >foundations of the world", right? Do you think there is any interaction >between ourselves in eternity(heaven) and ourselves here now (dejavu's and >stuff)? >Also, Do you guys think that our resurrected bodies will be these same >bodies, just without sin? Like, since Jesus still had the marks of >crucifiction, will I still have the scar on my ankle per se? Do you think >our brains, being bigger than what is thought to be used here, is for use >then? This could also explain deja vu's and other unexplained stuff, >couldn't it? > >Thanks, >Sondra > >_________________________________________________________________ >MSN Photos is the easiest way to share and print your photos: >http://photos.msn.com/support/worldwide.aspx >
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