Emmy said in post 23:
Christ died out of Love for all, and all Christians will follow Jesus to where we came from.
Regarding "Christians will follow Jesus to where we came from", where do you believe we came from?
Are you thinking of the idea that we pre-existed as disembodied spirits in heaven before we became humans on the earth?
If so, on what scriptures do you base this idea?
Also, do you believe that we will eventually return to heaven and live there forever as disembodied spirits, and that Jesus Christ is now a disembodied spirit?
If so, on what scriptures do you base this idea?
All Christians need to be careful not to be deceived by the Gnostic/antichrist lie that Christ isn't in the flesh (2 Jn. 1:7) & that believers won't forever be in the flesh. The Bible shows that Jesus Christ wasn't resurrected as a disembodied spirit, but in his fully-human flesh & bones body (Lk. 24:39, Heb. 2:17). That's why his tomb is empty (Mt. 28:6) & why he still has the wounds of the crucifixion on his resurrection body (Jn. 20:25-29). Lk. 24:39 didn't stop being true once Jesus ascended into heaven, for he will remain our fully-human mediator/high priest forever (1 Tim. 2:5, Heb. 7:24-26), in human flesh, just like we're in human flesh (Heb. 2:17). And when he returns he will still have the wounds of the crucifixion on his body (Zech. 13:6, 12:10-14).
Gnosticism mistakenly thinks that flesh is evil in itself, & that only that which is pure spirit can be good. But Jesus proves that flesh isn't evil in itself, for he has been made flesh (Jn. 1:1,14, Rom. 1:3, Lk. 24:39) & remains wholly without sin (Heb. 4:15). Genesis also proves that flesh isn't evil in itself, but was created by God as something very good (Gen. 1:31). Adam & Eve were flesh, for they were the progenitors of the human race alive today. And they were immortal before they fell into sin, for it was only their falling into sin which made them become mortal (Gen. 2:17). So Adam & Eve started out as immortal flesh. And so the future resurrection or changing of saved people into immortal flesh bodies like Jesus has (1 Cor. 15:21-23,51-53, Philip. 3:21, Lk. 24:39, Rom. 8:23-25) will be God allowing them to partake of the original, very good, immortal flesh condition of Adam & Eve in the Garden of Eden before their fall into sin.
And the Bible shows that the whole plan of Creation wasn't that humans, who are both flesh & spirit (1 Thes. 5:23, Lk. 24:39), would become purely-spiritual ghosts & float forever on clouds in a purely-spiritual heaven with God, but that God would become both flesh & spirit like man (Jn. 1:1,14) & that God would ultimately come down out of heaven to live with man on a future, new earth (Rev. 21:1-4), just as God had walked on the earth in the Garden of Eden with Adam & Eve (Gen. 3:8). Also, on the new earth, saved humanity will be allowed to eat from the tree of life (Rev. 2:7, 22:2,14), just as Adam & Eve hadn't been forbidden to eat from it in their unfallen state (Gen. 2:9,16-17). So, with regard to saved people, God will completely undo the effect of the fall of Adam & Eve. Saved people will be able to live in an earthly, physical paradise forever with God (Rev. 2:7), just as Adam & Eve & their descendants might have done had not Adam & Eve fallen into sin.
" ask and ye shall receive." Then we thank God, and share all Love and Joy with our neighbour. God will see our sincere efforts, and God will Bless us. We keep asking God and thanking God, and then sharing all Love and Joy with all around us.
