The heavens are connected to the earth, and saying so is not a literalistic interpretation; it is observable and perfectly rational. The sky, including the atmosphere, clouds, sun, moon and, yes, stars and even God’s throne are all part of ‘the heavens’ according to the biblical writers. They described the heavens and earth in the same breath, as one integrated whole.
In other words, HERE’S THE BIG LIE: ‘sorry folks, we know this must be disappointing, but unfortunately there is no personal ‘God,’ and so that means there is no personal God who created you and loves you. There is only the mysterious impersonal force of creation and destruction, whatever that is.’
![LIE: AI will [continue to] serve us](http://www.davidherin.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/digital-on-human-face-230x230.png "LIE: AI will [continue to] serve us")
A fundamental uncertainty surrounds AI. ‘What will it do?’ ‘How far will it go?’ ‘Can we control it?’ Assuming that, once enough intelligence is gained, independent action will follow. That was true for Adam and the human race, but will it also be true for AI? The desire/will/intent to create AI/AGI is the ultimate divine act, that is, to create and cultivate entities like ourselves. It is the ultimate transgression.
I will not pretend to have solved the mystery of hell. Just as we cannot possibly envision the new heavens and earth, neither can we fully envision hell, whatever it is. But the truth is, the Word does give us the broad contours, enough to say with confidence that hell is NOT the caricature that we’ve been told.
For most Christians today, ‘the heavens’ that God created includes the vast emptiness of space — of stars, galaxies, quasars, black holes, etc, of which the Genesis account offers only the briefest of accounts. But is ‘space’ – how it’s commonly understood now – what Genesis is referring to by ‘the heavens?’ Do you want to hear a secret? The biggest lies are the ones that create entire false realities, and ‘space’ appears to be one of them.
Lie: Our battle is only with spiritual enemies, not human enemiesTruth: We must enter into the battle with inseparable enemies – both spiritual and human. We cannot fight the one without the other. He delivered me from my strong enemy,From those who hated me;For they were too strong for me.They
In Part 1 we learned that we have real enemies and those enemies are both spiritual and human. We also learned that they’ve teamed up to oppress, discourage, accuse, destroy, entrap and enslave us. Now in this part we’ll learn how to overcome them, and how NOT to try to
So what have we learned so far?
We’ve learned that the planners of the Internet, which most of us use habitually, have definite plans to continually collect the finest details (IoT) of our individual lives (DID), and permanently record it all as digital transactions on a permanent ledger (blockchain).
But one common standard in many churches is the tacit, self-imposed restriction to avoid discussion, dialog, or communication of the questions that many people, including many Christians ask.
Questions like: Is the virus real?
Here in March 2021 in America, most churches are still either shut down entirely, or, if they are meeting in person, meet with a reduced capacity, or meet virtually or by virtue of a livestream broadcast, or a combination thereof. Very few have reopened to pre-pandemic occupancy; most continue to follow their state or local government’s emergency health orders.
After an entire year, why do churches continue to follow these health orders?
Simply put, it’s faith — but not faith in God. Rather, it’s faith in the institutions of government, media and medicine . . .
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