Eternity, Life and completeness

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I was thinking a lot recently about the reality of eternal life. As a human, with human thoughts, its all a bit beyond my comprehension.

To live forever, not actually die or suffer pain, get on with all people, not live in fear for your loved ones welfare.... with my one dimensional knowledge of what its like in this world with this worlds history, it does seems a bit of wishful thinking.

Then, I recall that this was NOT the original plan. The earth was to be populated and looked after by humans. After Adam sinned, whatever was to be, never came to fruition, and our relationship with the Creator became so very different from what it should have been.

As i read the Bible these days, I have to keep taking in to account that what we have, what we know, and what we do, has NO real connection with what was planned for us. The societal structures of how we live around the world in cities, group dwellings etc all has its base in protection from other groups and economic factors. Marriages are based on civil and legal postulates along with education for our children and the whole work environment.

We dwell in a world alienated from the Creator. All religion, even those claiming to worship in a a "Christian" manner, are false in their intent and actions.

There is nothing we have or are familiar with that we can with any certainty be sure was part of his plan for our living arrangements.

The Bible was written for life in this world. The story of mans inception, and why they lost the right to have eternal life, the history of the Jewish people, the commands what God views as important,  following and working along with the Creator is all in there...but not the direction that life would have taken if.. Adam had done better.

We live in a world that is full of the results of Adams failure and spirit creature involvement. It has been handed over to the instigator if the whole Eden incident, and man has been left to himself.

Yet, while withdrawing from direct involvement with mankind, there was provision made for the future ending of death, and the permanent return to the original plan. This to be completed after sorting out the problem caused by his heavenly created son in questioning Gods right to rule.

So getting back to here and now, I realize more and more that our relationship with the Creator is based solely on a "gift" basis. His kindness allows us to find him, to pray to him, to worship him. It is not mandatory, and it has no strings attached simply because, all the choices are made by us. He supplied us a collection of writings to "discover" him. The more we read, the more we find out the truths of existence. Bit by bit, we come to see that we exist solely by virtue of his mercy, and what happens here is the occurrences and circumstances that befall all mankind, such as life and death.

We need to do one thing in order to accept the gift that he gave in having Jesus come to earth and die. We need to accept our powerlessness and worthlessness in the face of all that has happened,

Embracing worthlessness is a strange expression, but in the context of everlasting life in view... it is the only thing we can do. There is nothing we are owed or deserve. Our worth as sinners is that the results of sin are death... so once we embrace that we are totally in Gods mercy, then nothing else counts except to embrace our worthlessness and submit to his will. This phrase "embrace your worthlessness, came about in a discussion with Sidgi one day and the deeper meaning of it took a grip in my heart.

For those of us who believe that God reveals his plans through dreams and interpretation, chosen people, religions, spirit messages in these days, it may come as a shock that the Bible is the only means that understanding can be gleaned. Lots of study, lots of research.

The entire MESSAGE is in the Bible. There are no deeper revelations to individuals.. in looking at 1st Corinthians
13: 8
 .............But where there are prophecies, they will cease; where there are tongues, they will be stilled; where there is knowledge, it will pass away. 9For we know in part and we prophesy in part, 10but when perfection comes, the imperfect disappears. 11When I was a child, I talked like a child, I thought like a child, I reasoned like a child. When I became a man, I put childish ways behind me. 12Now we see but a poor reflection as in a mirror; then we shall see face to face. Now I know in part; then I shall know fully, even as I am fully known.

In reading that, while it can have deeper meaning elsewhere, I see it clearly that all the gifts in men ceased as the purpose and completion of the knowledge became more readily available. The "perfection" is available in the scriptures to be read and the need for speaking in tongues and other spirit bestowed gifts are no longer necessary due to the full picture so to speak being instantly available to all mankind.

Time for coffee.