The Kingdom of God is inside you, and all around you
The Kingdom of God is inside you, and all around you; not in mansions of wood and stone. Split a piece of wood, and I am there. -From the movie Stigmata....I put this in here because I was thinking about how people percieve God as an old man and Heaven as a high place, and hell as a low place with fire---but in fact, God is not an old man, let alone an actual person. He is in my opinion, the most powerful force to ever exist, full of love and forgiveness and understanding. When I used to pray, I used to feel like I was talking to myself. Then I started to feel like I was having a conversation with the air, except that the air was some old person, with who I couldn't be honest. I felt kind of guarded whenever I prayed, and then came to realize that God isn't an adult or grandparent that will take offense to my thoughts. I started to realize He's a friend, too, amongst many other things. But I was thinking that He's the most understanding being/force/power, etc. that there will ever be, and that when I pray to Him, that I can be totally and completely honest with what I'm thinking or saying.
Another thing I was thinking, is how Heaven isn't just some place way up in the sky. I think that there is part of Heaven in earth. I'm not trying to sound like some new age hippie that is tripped out on drugs. But seriosuly-if earth is the middle of Heaven and hell, and in the end you either rise or fall, then wouldn't it make sense that earth would have factors of both places? Like when I'm in the middle of the desert on top of some mountain listening to absolute silence, or on a hill watching a sunset that makes the sky look like it's on fire, or when I get some weird peaceful sense inside of me-that to me is pieces of Heaven on earth. Heaven is in nature, in my solitude. So, if I feel God more when I'm alone somewhere, other than chruch, then that's ok. That's what the quote means at the top, that you don't have to be in a church to be with God or talk to Him or even feel His presence. I know, I swear I'm not on drugs. Klepto stole all of them. Hehe ;) But another thing I realized so far, is that nowhere that I've looked in the Bible, yet, has actually said that hell will be hot and fire and ashes and little red demons with horns---the perception of Heaven, hell, and sometimes God, is manmade. There's a verse that said hell will be dark and lonely outside, and there will be gnashing of teeth, but I haven't found a verse that actually says it's gunna have fire and heat and little red things with horns.
I know this is a really religious post, but if you don't like it, don't read it. And yet, another thought. People think that Jesus was crazy or percieve Him as lame or something that's only for kids, like Santa Claus. But that isn't true at all. Think about it. He was a really controversial figure. He was just as human as we are, and felt ALL the emotions we EVER felt and more. The only difference is he didn't give into them-like anger or revenge. He was hated but didn't hate back; he was lonely, but kept following his father and fulfilled his purpose; he was beleived to be a demon or antichrist or blasphemous, because he healed people with the touch of his hand; he let people be saved through their faith; he hung on the cross after being ridiculed and insulted and spit on; he rose up from the dead and into the sky. Now please tell me, what about any of that is lame? He conquered demons, good over evil. Some people want evil to win, but they don't understand that if evil was to rule, that they would vanish, and die. If these demons did rule the earth, these people who love the devil would be killed anyway, because the devil wouldn't care how many people loved him---he would kill them off. So these people who want evil to rule the earth, would be killed by their beliefs and wants or whatever. Plus, Jesus (and God) was and is more powerful than any demons ever were. He cast them back into hell. Some demons didn't want to go back to hell because it was so horrible, so Jesus threw them into the pigs. Who would want to go to any place, that even the demons wouldn't want to return to?
Yeah, that post was really long, and sorry about all of the speeling errors and whatever else is wreong, I don't feel like going back and re-reading it all.
Another thing I was thinking, is how Heaven isn't just some place way up in the sky. I think that there is part of Heaven in earth. I'm not trying to sound like some new age hippie that is tripped out on drugs. But seriosuly-if earth is the middle of Heaven and hell, and in the end you either rise or fall, then wouldn't it make sense that earth would have factors of both places? Like when I'm in the middle of the desert on top of some mountain listening to absolute silence, or on a hill watching a sunset that makes the sky look like it's on fire, or when I get some weird peaceful sense inside of me-that to me is pieces of Heaven on earth. Heaven is in nature, in my solitude. So, if I feel God more when I'm alone somewhere, other than chruch, then that's ok. That's what the quote means at the top, that you don't have to be in a church to be with God or talk to Him or even feel His presence. I know, I swear I'm not on drugs. Klepto stole all of them. Hehe ;) But another thing I realized so far, is that nowhere that I've looked in the Bible, yet, has actually said that hell will be hot and fire and ashes and little red demons with horns---the perception of Heaven, hell, and sometimes God, is manmade. There's a verse that said hell will be dark and lonely outside, and there will be gnashing of teeth, but I haven't found a verse that actually says it's gunna have fire and heat and little red things with horns.
I know this is a really religious post, but if you don't like it, don't read it. And yet, another thought. People think that Jesus was crazy or percieve Him as lame or something that's only for kids, like Santa Claus. But that isn't true at all. Think about it. He was a really controversial figure. He was just as human as we are, and felt ALL the emotions we EVER felt and more. The only difference is he didn't give into them-like anger or revenge. He was hated but didn't hate back; he was lonely, but kept following his father and fulfilled his purpose; he was beleived to be a demon or antichrist or blasphemous, because he healed people with the touch of his hand; he let people be saved through their faith; he hung on the cross after being ridiculed and insulted and spit on; he rose up from the dead and into the sky. Now please tell me, what about any of that is lame? He conquered demons, good over evil. Some people want evil to win, but they don't understand that if evil was to rule, that they would vanish, and die. If these demons did rule the earth, these people who love the devil would be killed anyway, because the devil wouldn't care how many people loved him---he would kill them off. So these people who want evil to rule the earth, would be killed by their beliefs and wants or whatever. Plus, Jesus (and God) was and is more powerful than any demons ever were. He cast them back into hell. Some demons didn't want to go back to hell because it was so horrible, so Jesus threw them into the pigs. Who would want to go to any place, that even the demons wouldn't want to return to?
Yeah, that post was really long, and sorry about all of the speeling errors and whatever else is wreong, I don't feel like going back and re-reading it all.
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I must say, nobody had heard of the antichrist yet because he was the Christ
= Nick