Hello,
John and Doves,
John,
please post this serious response:
The
answer might seem to be, "Je nais sais quoi!"
According to Paul,
"For now we see in a mirror,
dimly, but then face to face. Now I know in
part, but then I shall know just as I also am
known." 1 Corinthians
13:12
And
according to John,
"Beloved, now we are children of
God; and it has not
yet been revealed what we shall
be, but we know that
when He is revealed, we shall be like
Him, for we shall see Him as He is." 1 John 3:2
And yet, we can say that He is holy, and therefore
clean.
Brother Paul, you have brought up the
verse,
"But there shall
by no means enter it anything that defiles, or causes an abomination or a lie, but only those who are written in the
Lamb's Book of Life." Revelation
21:27
Now,
if we hold it in, we shall, each of us become as big as a house [or planet,
eventually].
This
gives new meaning to John 14:2,
Seriously, folks, the answer is definitively
to be found in 1 Kings 18:27, where Elijah mocks the prophets of
Baal.
"About noontime Elijah began
mocking them. "You'll have to shout louder," he scoffed, "for surely he is a
god! Perhaps he is daydreaming, or is relieving
himself [engaged in business]. Or
maybe he is away on a trip, or is asleep and needs to be wakened!"
1 Kings 18:27 NLT
Question for the student: "Is the LORD of hosts,
the God of Israel, a present help in time of
trouble [Psalm 46:1], or is He not?" Your answer to
this question will be very telling, when you think about
it.
Baruch
HaShem Adonai,
Mike
C.
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Paul Wilson (16
May 2011)
"Food, Waste, and the
NJ"
We have seen that we will eat and drink in heaven and the NJ but I
am curious about one thing in regards to that: waste. Here when we eat waste
is produced for which we have need of toilets and sewage systems. I wouldn’t
think sewage would be in the NJ, even though it could in heaven be
broken down to molecules and then those molecules formed into something
useful, since it would be a defilement and nothing that defiles will
be in the NJ (I could see showers, maybe even tubs [I mean who doesn’t enjoy a
nice soaking bath], for washing off dirt from playing or gardening and even
laundry machines for soiled clothes [finally we will have a machine that gives
us the whitest whites and brightest brights] but sewage doesn’t seem to fit).
So I am wondering will our bodies completely metabolize what we eat and drink
or will there be some bathroom and sewage treatment system (possibly the
dematerialization one mentioned above)????
I am sure this seems like a odd question but it is something I think
is a practical question. When planning a building the bathroom isn’t a
glamorous area but you still need to think about it just as when you plan a
city here on earth the sewers aren't something to show off or something you
are excited about, I don’t think anyone would really look forward to
discussing the sewers and waste management, but still it is a practical thing
to talk about.
Paul