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02-06-2016, 02:39 PM
GG, well said too!
I have read enough in NDEs to know that each of us will have our "life review," seeing both the good and bad we did, the good and bad inflicted upon us, and how others reacted (most importantly inside) to our actions. The review will happen in eternity, so Earth time cannot quantify how long it will take; in Earth time, it would be an instant. But, everything we do, or don't do, in this life is remembered ... everything.
God's judgment is fair, that I also believe to be true. I remember a female preacher once say, all that we can really answer the Almighty with is, "I tried, I tried." The rest is in God's hands. We either believe that God is fair and just, or we believe that God is crafty and deceptive. Is God out for us, or only out for Himself? In my faith, I believe that He died on a cross for me ... that takes quite a commitment, to die unfairly on a cross, for someone else's misdeeds.
I just could never believe in the Universe as unpersonal, unintentional, anonymous. I had to start at a foundation of believing in an Eternal Being who created us for fellowship with Him, as a Bride to His Son. (Again, forgive all the male pronouns, but to see the love relationship here is beyond male and female, even though there remains a profound distinction between the Creator and creation.)
We all try, and as T.S. Eliot once said, "The rest is none of our business."
To know and accept that I would rather be in hell by my Lover's action, than be in heaven on my own, takes quite a trust in that same love relationship.
I have read enough in NDEs to know that each of us will have our "life review," seeing both the good and bad we did, the good and bad inflicted upon us, and how others reacted (most importantly inside) to our actions. The review will happen in eternity, so Earth time cannot quantify how long it will take; in Earth time, it would be an instant. But, everything we do, or don't do, in this life is remembered ... everything.
God's judgment is fair, that I also believe to be true. I remember a female preacher once say, all that we can really answer the Almighty with is, "I tried, I tried." The rest is in God's hands. We either believe that God is fair and just, or we believe that God is crafty and deceptive. Is God out for us, or only out for Himself? In my faith, I believe that He died on a cross for me ... that takes quite a commitment, to die unfairly on a cross, for someone else's misdeeds.
I just could never believe in the Universe as unpersonal, unintentional, anonymous. I had to start at a foundation of believing in an Eternal Being who created us for fellowship with Him, as a Bride to His Son. (Again, forgive all the male pronouns, but to see the love relationship here is beyond male and female, even though there remains a profound distinction between the Creator and creation.)
We all try, and as T.S. Eliot once said, "The rest is none of our business."
To know and accept that I would rather be in hell by my Lover's action, than be in heaven on my own, takes quite a trust in that same love relationship.