Truth pursued
Psalm 25:5 – guide me in your truth and teach me, for you are God
my Savior and my hope is in you all day long.
My thoughts; book notes – I think I’m just getting
used to the change. The transformation is huge. So big that I can do this this
by leaning on my faith and belief in Christ and stay in prayer with the Holy
Spirit. Keep your eyes on me He said, stay focused / keep my eye on the prize
and I will get there – where ever “there” is. (yes, younger me, I still say
this today but now I’m convinced there is Abraham’s bosom aka paradise aka ‘heaven’
or hollow earth below this one in sheol/hades separated from torments by the
great gulf chasm. Then out of there off to New Jerusalem then from there to new
earth. I believe it because I read it for myself. –
Step one:
The term “Abraham’s bosom” is found only once
in the New Testament, in the story of the rich man and Lazarus (Luke 16:19-31), in which Jesus was teaching about the reality
of heaven and hell. “Abraham’s bosom” in this story is also translated
“Abraham’s side” (NIV, ESV), “next to Abraham” (CEV), “with Abraham” (NLT), and
“the arms of Abraham” (NCV). These various translations speak to the enigmatic
nature of the Greek word kolpos.
All these translations are attempting to convey
the sense that Lazarus went to a place of rest, contentment, and peace, almost
as though Abraham (a highly revered person in Jewish history) was the protector
or patron. In a sad contrast, the rich man finds himself in torment with no one
to help, assist, or console him. https://www.gotquestions.org/Abrahams-bosom.html
Step Two:
1 Thessalonians 4:16 For the Lord himself will come down from heaven, with a loud
command, with the voice of the archangel and with the trumpet call of God, and
the dead in Christ will rise first. 17-After that, we who are still alive and
are left will be caught up together with them in the clouds to meet the Lord in
the air. And so we will be with the Lord forever.
Step Three:
Revelation 21: Then I
saw “a new heaven and a new earth,”[a] for
the first heaven and the first earth had passed away, and there was no
longer any sea. 2 I saw the Holy City, the
new Jerusalem, coming down out of heaven from God, prepared as a
bride beautifully dressed for her husband. 3 And I heard a loud voice from the throne
saying, “Look! God’s dwelling place is now among the people, and he will dwell
with them. They will be his people, and God himself will be with them and
be their God. 4 ‘He will wipe every tear
from their eyes. There will be no more death’[b] or
mourning or crying or pain, for the old order of things has passed away.”)
