Heaven Series Questions and scriptures Sermon #2
Question 7 : What about children.
It is to be our mindset and what The Father loves
Matt 19: 14-15
14 Jesus said, “Let the little children come to me, and do not hinder them, for the kingdom of heaven belongs to such as these.” 15 When he had placed his hands on them, he went on from there.
There seems to be an age of accountability.
James 4: 17
17 Anyone, then, who knows the good he ought to do and doesn’t do it, sins.
Those who were aborted, stillborn or miscarried are Gods property
Psalm 139:
13For you created my inmost being; you knit me together in my mother’s womb.
14I praise you because I am fearfully and wonderfully made; your works arewonderful, I know that full well.
Luke 1: 39-45
39Now Mary arose in those days and went into the hill country with haste, to a city of Judah, 40and entered the house of Zacharias and greeted Elizabeth. 41And it happened, when Elizabeth heard the greeting of Mary, that the babe leaped in her womb; and Elizabeth was filled with the Holy Spirit.42Then she spoke out with a loud voice and said, “Blessed are you among women, and blessed is the fruit of your womb! 43But why is this granted to me, that the mother of my Lord should come to me? 44For indeed, as soon as the voice of your greeting sounded in my ears, the babe leaped in my womb for joy. 45Blessed is she who believed, for there will be a fulfillment of those things which were told her from the Lord.”
They are considered perfect until born, (no original sin)
Rom 9: 11Jacob and Esau born to Rebecca and Isaac
11 Yet, before the twins were born or had done anything good or bad—in order that God’s purpose in election might stand:
Question 8 : Do The people there know what is going on NOW?
Rev 18: 20 Angel is talking to heaven
20Rejoice over her, O heaven!
Rejoice, saints and apostles and prophets! God has judged her for the way she treatedyou.’ ”
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Rev 19: 1-8
After this I heard what sounded like the roar of a great multitude in heaven shouting:
“Hallelujah! Salvation and glory and power belong to our God,
2for true and just are his judgments. He has condemned the great prostitute
who corrupted the earth by her adulteries. He has avenged on her the blood of his servants.”
3 And again they shouted: “Hallelujah! The smoke from her goes up for ever and ever.”
4 The twenty-four elders and the four living creatures fell down and worshiped God, who was seated on the throne. And they cried: “Amen, Hallelujah!”
5 Then a voice came from the throne, saying: “Praise our God, all you his servants,
you who fear him, both small and great!”
6 Then I heard what sounded like a great multitude, like the roar of rushing waters and like loud peals of thunder, shouting: “Hallelujah!
For our Lord God Almighty reigns.
7Let us rejoice and be glad and give him glory! For the wedding of the Lamb has come, and his bride has made herself ready.
8Fine linen, bright and clean, was given her to wear.”
Keep you finger there in Revelation and turn too
Luke 15:10
10 In the same way, I tell you, there is rejoicing in the presence of the angels of God over one sinner who repents.”
Not angels … people rejoicing
Question 9 : Are there Animals in Heaven and in the new earth?
Many horses
Rev 19: 11-14
11 I saw heaven standing open and there before me was a white horse, whose rider is called Faithful and True. With justice he judges and makes war. 12 His eyes are like blazing fire, and on his head are many crowns. He has a name written on him that no one knows but he himself. 13 He is dressed in a robe dipped in blood, and His name is the Word of God.14 The armies of heaven were following him, riding on white horses and dressed in fine linen, white and clean.
The breath of life (Nephesh)
Gen 1: 29-31
29God said, “See, I have given you every plant yielding seed that is upon the face of all the earth, and every tree with seed in its fruit; you shall have them for food. 30And to every beast of the earth, and to every bird of the air, and to everything that creeps on the earth, everything that has the breath of life, I have given every green plant for food.” And it was so. 31God saw everything that he had made, and indeed, it was very good. And there was evening and there was morning, the sixth day.
5315.נֶפֶשׁ nephesh; a soul, living being, life, Breath of life, self, person, desire, passion, appetite, anyone, appetite, being, beings, body, breath, creatures, defenseless.
All of creation awaits Christ
Romans 8: 18-23
18 For I consider that the sufferings of this present time are not worthy to be compared with the glory that is to be revealed to us.
19For the anxious longing of the creation waits eagerly for the revealing of the sons of God.
20For the creation was subjected to futility, not willingly, but because of Him who subjected it, in hope
21that the creation itself also will be set free from its slavery to corruption into the freedom of the glory of the children of God.
22For we know that all of creation groans and suffersthe pains of childbirth together until now.
23And not only this, but also we ourselves, having the first fruits of the Spirit, even we ourselves groan within ourselves, waiting eagerly for our adoption as sons, the redemption of our body.
Creation
3232 κτίσις (ktisis), εως (eōs), ἡ(hē): n.fem.; ≡ Str 2937; TDNT 3.1000—1. LN 42.35 creation, exclusively God’s work (Mk 13:19; Mk 16:15 v.r.); 2. LN 42.38 creature, that which has been created (Ro 1:25); 3. LN 1.4 universe, the totality of what was created
1 Timothy 5: 18
18For the Scripture says, “You shall not muzzle an ox while it treads out the grain,” and, “The laborer is worthy of his wages.”
Duet 25:4
4“You shall not muzzle an ox while it treads out the grain.
Prov 12:10
10A righteous man cares for the needs of his animal,
but the kindest acts of the wicked are cruel.
New earth includes animals and all are at peace.
Isaiah 11: 6-9
6The wolf will live with the lamb,
the leopard will lie down with the goat,
the calf and the lion and the yearling together;
and a little child will lead them.
7The cow will feed with the bear,
their young will lie down together,
and the lion will eat straw like the ox.
8The infant will play near the hole of the cobra,
and the young child put his hand into the viper’s nest.
9They will neither harm nor destroy
on all my holy mountain,
for the earth will be full of the knowledge of the Lord
Question 10: Theory : This is just a theory …… ITS A THEORY FOLKS!
Gen 3: 1
Now the serpent was more cunning than any beast of the field which the Lord God had made. And he said to the woman, “Has God indeed said, ‘You shall not eat of every tree of the garden’?”
2And the woman said to the serpent, “We may eat the fruit of the trees of the garden; 3but of the fruit of the tree which is in the midst of the garden, God has said, ‘You shall not eat it, nor shall you touch it, lest you die.’”
4Then the serpent said to the woman, “You will not surely die.
Numbers 22: 24-31
24 Then the angel of the Lord stood in a narrow path between two vineyards, with walls on both sides. 25 When the donkey saw the angel of the Lord, she pressed close to the wall, crushing Balaam’s foot against it. So he beat her again.
26 Then the angel of the Lord moved on ahead and stood in a narrow place where there was no room to turn, either to the right or to the left. 27 When the donkey saw the angel of the Lord, she lay down under Balaam, and he was angry and beat her with his staff. 28 Then the Lord opened the donkey’s mouth, and she said to Balaam, “What have I done to you to make you beat me these three times?”
29 Balaam answered the donkey, “You have made a fool of me! If I had a sword in my hand, I would kill you right now.”
30 The donkey said to Balaam, “Am I not your own donkey, which you have always ridden, to this day? Have I been in the habit of doing this to you?”
“No,” he said.
31 Then the Lord opened Balaam’s eyes, and he saw the angel of the Lord standing in the road with his sword drawn. So he bowed low and fell facedown.
6605a. Donkeyפָּתַח pathach (834d); a prim. root; to open:—allow, free, freeing, loose, loosed, opened, opened wide, release, set free, unguarded, unstopped
1540.Balaam גָּלָה galah (162d); a prim. root; to uncover, remove, revealed
Still Skeptical of talking animals … haha
Revelation 5:13
13And every creature which is in heaven and on the earth and under the earth and such as are in the sea, and all that are in them, I heard saying:
“Blessing and honor and glory and power
Be to Him who sits on the throne,
And to the Lamb, forever and ever!”
14Then the four living creatures said, “Amen!” And the twenty-four elders fell down and worshiped Him who lives forever and ever.