This universe was not God’s first rodeo. He had been there and done that many times before.
One universe does not make an infinity. Oneuniverse does not make an Eternity. God had grown a new crop of known thought reposers with each new universe. That is how His Band of Angels got to Heaven, one creation at a time. They do the Heavenly work, provide company, sing the songs, and keep things perfect 24/7/365, year in and year out. All was good in God’s Blue Heaven until Lucifer brought evil back in one more time again. Lucifer had rebelled against God because he wanted total control. He also had won over a third of God’s officers and their troops. The killing floor was opened up one more time again. (Beyond good and evil is only good).
The mother of all battles exploded In Heaven. The Devil and a third of God’s hosts fell to Earth.
They infested God’s current crop of known thought reposers. They work day and night, seeking whom they can devour.
A battle to the death between good and evil will bring on the End, my friend. We are decided in the End Times. Sin opened the battlefield between good and evil and raged eight days a week. The war goes on until God wins. We are in the ramp-up to the end times stage right now.
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When did the Devil fall to Earth? Metaphorically speaking, the fall of man began when the snake/Devil convinced Eve to eat the forbidden fruit. The wages of sin are death; Jesus paid your debt if you believed in Him. Your reward is eternal life in Heaven. In the meantime, the battle’s not over, and the war rages on. Your mind and soul are on the killing floor. You can lose your redemption or keep it intact. Free to choose.
Three thousand five hundred years ago,Moses climbed Mount Sinai. During his 40-day stay on the mountain, God dictated the Ten Commandments, the Torah, and the Oral Law to Moses. Later on, God dictated the first five books of the Hebrew Bible’s Old Testament (the Torah) to Moses. The Old Testament was written between 1500 BC and 400 BC. It consists of many books by various authors written over the centuries. There are four significant and eight minor old Testament Prophets, Isaiah, Jeremiah ( Lamentations), Ezekiel, Daniel, and eight minor prophets. The New Testament was written under the supernatural guidance of the Holy Spirit, who directed laypeople, scholars, commoners, and nobility. After Jesus returned to Earth for a few weeks, most Jews stayed with the Bible’s Old Testament. A few Jews crossed over, but not many. That status quo remains in place today. The End Times is another story. The conversion of Jews to Jesus will become a tidal wave.
Jesus Christ showed up a little over two thousand years ago; to save you from your sins.
Jesus completed His earthly mission in thirty three year. He was crufifed, and,rose from the dead over a Spring weekend. You had received the right to begin again. The twelve Apostles were peasants from the Middle East. They had been infused with the Spirt of the Holy Ghost. They were pumped up, and ready to go.They set out to convert the Eastern Hemisphere to Christabity, starting with the Jews. Paul brought the Gentiles into the converted groups. Paul did all of the heavy lifting.
The New Testament was written under the supernatural guidance of the Holy Spirit by laypeople, scholars, commoners, and nobility. The New Testament was written between 48 to 100 AD. The New Testament began to be written shortly after Jesus Christ ascended to Heaven. The New and Old Testaments contain 66 books that have shaped laws, influenced culture, and inspired billions to faith over three millennia. The New Testament was written under the supernatural guidance of the Holy Spirit. Also, the Holy Spirit guided lay people, scholars, commoners, and nobility. In the Old Testament, God inspired everything that Moses wrote. Ask a Rabbi who wrote the later chapters.
Various counsels have met to decide what goes into the New Testament section and what is left out.
After a few months back on Earth, Jesus charged His twelve Apostles with converting the world to Christianity. Most could barely read or write. Luke was a Doctor. Later, Saul, who was highly educated, became “Paul, the believer” on the road to Damascus.
This band of brothers said, “we got this.” Much of the Roman Empire was converted in record time. The killing floor was littered with Christian bodies and many dead lions. After that, Christianity was spread unevenly across the world. After 1492, the race was on when Western civilization stumbled onto the Americas. The Spanish Inquisition killed those who couldn’t be trusted to remain true Catholics. In the New World, there were many conversions and killings. The counter-reformation was the Catholic Church’s reaction to Luther’s Reformation and the corruption within the Church.
The Catholic’s response to Luther’s Reformation and the Church’s wide-ranging corruption was threefold.
The founding of the Jesuit teaching order. 2. The papacy’s reform. 3. The Council of Trent.
Lutherism’s beliefs were:
1. Salvation by faith alone. 2. Faith in God was the only way to salvation. (Justification through faith.) 3. The way, the truth, and the light are in the Bible.
After the apostles, the early Church was led by the Apostolic Triune Fathers Clement, Ignatius, and Polycarp.
