The Helmet of Salvation's Importance (The state of the Saints in Heaven)

Grip Docility said:

2 Thessalonians 2:13,14 But we ought always to give thanks to God for you, brothers beloved by the Lord, because God chose you as the firstfruits to be saved, through sanctification by the Spirit and belief in the truth. To this he called you through our gospel, so that you may obtain the glory of our Lord Jesus Christ.

1 Corinthians 15:20 But Christ has indeed been raised from the dead, the firstfruits of those who have fallen asleep.

1 Corinthians 15:23 But each in his own order: Christ the firstfruits, (then at his coming those who belong to Christ)

Romans 8:11 If the Spirit of him who raised Jesus from the dead dwells in you, he who raised Christ Jesus from the dead will also give life to your mortal bodies through his Spirit who dwells in you.

Colossians 1:18 And He is the head of the body, the church. He is the beginning, the firstborn from the dead, that in everything he might be preeminent.

Ephesians 6:17 Take the helmet of salvation and the sword of the Spirit, which is the word of God.

Something most people forget to consider is that from Jesus Christ's Resurrection to Constantine (Ruled from 306AD - 337AD) Christians were slaughtered in many fashions, in droves!​

​

Hebrews 11:36 Some faced jeers and flogging, and even chains and imprisonment. 37 They were put to death by stoning; they were sawed in two; they were killed by the sword. They went about in sheepskins and goatskins, destitute, persecuted and mistreated— 38 the world was not worthy of them. They wandered in deserts and mountains, living in caves and in holes in the ground.​

​

Hebrews 11 is in past tense. It leads up to the Revelation that all of those that are mentioned in the Chapter didn't receive Heaven, until Jesus was Resurrected.​

​

Matthew 27:53 They came out of the tombs after Jesus’ resurrection...​

​

So, here comes the genuine question. God equipped the Sainted Sinners on this earth with HOPE so strong that it was promised to prevail against the very Gates of Hell. (The system of death and the realm of the dead.) Do you believe that the Saints believed that they would be "asleep" in the earth, bodies dead and decayed to dust, their souls completely unconscious, OR that they would never die, but merely transcend their Mortal coils upon death, to be with Jesus, that very day? How strong do you believe their HELMET OF SALVATION had to be, to face being sawn in two? Most Western doctrine is written from the perspective of complacency. Do you believe that Christians are Death Defers or captive by death?

Click to expand...

Grip Docility said:

2 Thessalonians 2:13,14 But we ought always to give thanks to God for you, brothers beloved by the Lord, because God chose you as the firstfruits to be saved, through sanctification by the Spirit and belief in the truth. To this he called you through our gospel, so that you may obtain the glory of our Lord Jesus Christ.

1 Corinthians 15:20 But Christ has indeed been raised from the dead, the firstfruits of those who have fallen asleep.

1 Corinthians 15:23 But each in his own order: Christ the firstfruits, (then at his coming those who belong to Christ)

Romans 8:11 If the Spirit of him who raised Jesus from the dead dwells in you, he who raised Christ Jesus from the dead will also give life to your mortal bodies through his Spirit who dwells in you.

Colossians 1:18 And He is the head of the body, the church. He is the beginning, the firstborn from the dead, that in everything he might be preeminent.

Ephesians 6:17 Take the helmet of salvation and the sword of the Spirit, which is the word of God.

Something most people forget to consider is that from Jesus Christ's Resurrection to Constantine (Ruled from 306AD - 337AD) Christians were slaughtered in many fashions, in droves!​

​

Hebrews 11:36 Some faced jeers and flogging, and even chains and imprisonment. 37 They were put to death by stoning; they were sawed in two; they were killed by the sword. They went about in sheepskins and goatskins, destitute, persecuted and mistreated— 38 the world was not worthy of them. They wandered in deserts and mountains, living in caves and in holes in the ground.​

​

Hebrews 11 is in past tense. It leads up to the Revelation that all of those that are mentioned in the Chapter didn't receive Heaven, until Jesus was Resurrected.​

​

Matthew 27:53 They came out of the tombs after Jesus’ resurrection...​

​

So, here comes the genuine question. God equipped the Sainted Sinners on this earth with HOPE so strong that it was promised to prevail against the very Gates of Hell. (The system of death and the realm of the dead.) Do you believe that the Saints believed that they would be "asleep" in the earth, bodies dead and decayed to dust, their souls completely unconscious, OR that they would never die, but merely transcend their Mortal coils upon death, to be with Jesus, that very day? How strong do you believe their HELMET OF SALVATION had to be, to face being sawn in two? Most Western doctrine is written from the perspective of complacency. Do you believe that Christians are Death Defers or captive by death?

Click to expand...

Grip Docility said:

Very informative, thorough and faith encouraging! Thank you for taking the time to generate this!

All Love in the Name of our Precious Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ, to you, my Friend and Brother in Him.

Click to expand...