Sharing my faith with believers and non-believers alike,
I encounter strange notions about life and the after-life,
For which I know of no support at all in The Bible.
Yet about such notions, these folks persist in their babble!
The words, ‘Christian believer’, supposedly,
Convey a narrow meaning. Would you agree?
Christian conveys follower and version of Christ.
Believer points to the object of one’s insights. 1
The ‘foundational substance’ of both terms must be derived,
From The Bible, ‘The Mind of Christ’. That should be no surprise.
Thus, diligent study and knowledge of this resource, unique,
Should be the basis for understanding Jesus Christ’s mystique.
Yet reading this Book with a purely ‘religious bent’,
Rather than understanding its ‘strategic intent’,
Will result in seriously narrow perspectives,
And, on both terms, will trigger ..‘conditions ablative’. 2
When the terms, ‘Christian believer’, become separated,
From Christ and His Bible, we risk being captivated,
By strange notions that are sourced from our cultures,
Rooted in what untoward spirits conjure.
Such spirits seek to diminish and detract,
From Bible Truths, souls and spirits to hijack.
They know these Truths, and they are very capable,
To manipulate them, some minds to befuddle.
Two of their biggest manipulations,
Concern eternal life and death canons:
Perhaps you have heard, ‘Once saved, always saved!’
‘Once dead, always dead’, all bodies in graves!
Re. the 1st lie…
In some church cultures, the first notion is taught,
Which, about sin, may cause some folks to have …no thought!
Emphasizing mostly John 3:16,
They ignore Revelation 3:16. 3
Christians who believe this bold-faced lie might not be attentive,
To their sins; and to repent, might not perceive an incentive.
Imagine the combined effects of such a lifestyle,
Folks thinking they are ‘heaven bound’, with a sin stockpile!
Re. the 2nd lie…
Horribly errant lifestyles and global lawlessness portray,
Folks’ beliefs that, ‘Death is forever, so ‘let’s live for today!’
By this bold-faced lie, untoward spirits have captured,
Many souls who, in the lake of fire, will be tortured! 4
They refuse to believe that The Lord God, purposefully,
Created us in His image: spirit, soul and body,
But with one ‘strategic deviation’:
A temporary body creation! 5
Just like His, our spirit and soul are eternal.
They continue to live in our death, physical,
Whether they’re consciously alert and aware,
Or are un-consciously asleep, and un-aware.
Jesus Christ affirmed that, at some time of His choosing,
Dead sinners will hear His voice, to their three parts shouting.
Before Him, they will all stand, fully aroused,
To be judged for what their lives on Earth espoused.
Into the lake of fire that burns with sulfur,
Alive, they’ll be cast, with devils to suffer.
They will join the anti-Christ and his prophet, those deadbeats,
Who’ll have been there LONG after their Armageddon defeat. 6
Before this, in new bodies, all His saints will GLOW,
And we will witness the judgment of The Lord’s foes.
In the lake of fire they’ll grieve, and will agonize,
Because in life, they believed …devils’ bold-faced lies!
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1 See: Christiam (Poem)
2 Separated from the source (in this case, from Truths iterated, in various forms, across the pages and ages of The Bible)
3 And also 2 Timothy 3:16. While Father God's salvation is FREE, given by Grace through faith in Jesus as The Lord God, there are clear provisos for RETAINING His salvation. See: Your Salvation Status (Q&A)
4 See: Earth 5.0, The Final Version (Poem) and Seeing Each Other’s Rewards (Poem)
5 Our physical bodies are temporary, merely a ‘draft copy’. To each person, sinner and saint alike, a new, eternal, physical body is promised and assured. The Bible iteratively affirms the strategic issue of/for life is to determine where, on a brand new, forever Earth, we will spend eternity.
6 See: Revelation - Seven Bowls Poured (Poem, Part 2) Comparing Revelation 19:20 and 20:10, it is clear the anti-Christ and his prophet/prime minister will be the first residents in the eternal lake of fire, over a thousand years before anyone else!!! It might likely somewhere on the new, eternal Earth! Devils who now are on Earth are spirits. Before the global flood, a few transformed into human men, to marry women. For this sin, they were cast into an abyss, awaiting their final judgment. I believe/perceive each resident in the eternal lake of fire, humans and devils alike, will be an eternal spirit, soul and BODY, suffering the same, exact punishment for their sins. Do you believe anything otherwise would be righteous justice??
