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PFRB:
Why did it take him so long to remove his cap? Besides, have you ever seen him without a cap?

zlantanfan:
People believed though, when buhari removed his cap it changed the story plus when kanu actually started going against atiku, the believers of the jubril story who are actually iPod supporters realized how dumb they were to swallow anything from a lunatic

McCoy662:
Atiku has said it before that the invalid votes are counted for Buhari and the same figure is deducted from his(Atiku)'s votes. so if the sum of Buhari and Atiku's votes equals the total number of accredited voters, then it means Atiku has a point there. so let the court decide. Atiku is not that dumb in maths; he has his own reasons.

keenn:
@perfectbeing came at an angle that was humane and peaceful. The christ as portriad in the new testament is quite astonishing in benevolencê, that good was christ that agnostic nor atheist rarely attack is personality.

Infact, i got goose pimples while u were relaying to us who christ is.

However, the OP also came at an angle that depict the God as portrayed in the old testament as a consuming fire, the attribute he acknowledged to him were not wrong, at least that was what where desribed of Him.

Incomclusion, if the features of christ is différent from that of God of old testament, is it safe to say, the both are of different God.

Kenneth4u205:
Mathew 16:23
Jesus rebuked apostle peter.calling him satan. GET BEHIND ME SATAN,FOR YOU ARE A STUMBLING BLOCK TO ME .YOU DO NOT HAVE THE CONCERN OF GOD AT HEART BUT RATHER T HAT OF FLESH AND BLOOD.


Peter was possessed by demons AT that point in time .this demons want to discourage jesus from dying ,using Peters body as vessel. But jesus saw the demons speaking through Peter.this shows that a christian can be possessed by demons if he is not alert in prayer and holiness always.So a christian can be possessed by demons.man is made up of spirit ,body and soul.it's possible for the holy spirit to be in your spirit while demons residing in your body .

Neurotika:
‘Revelations’ like this only re-emphasizes the decay in our medical system. He was declared dead by which doctor and hospital?. Where are their license to practice? Are these license provisional or permanent? Where is the Death Certificate? Which signatures are on it?

I give no hoot about the religious hallucinations of anyone but issues like this needs to be addressed. There are some certain sectors of society incompetence cannot be allowed and in saner climes, heads would have rolled by now.

MuttleyLaff:
"This is what the LORD says:
"Heaven is my throne, and the earth is my footstool.
Where is the house you will build for me? Where will my resting place be?"
- Isaiah 66:1

"The LORD has established His throne in the heavens,
And His sovereignty rules over all."
- Psalm 103:19

Heaven, is a celestial, unable to be seen with ordinary physical eyes HQ or command post of God,
whose extent of power, control, jurisdiction, authority and influence extends all the way to earth
The Isaiah 66:1b "... the earth is my footstool" & Psalm 103:19 "... And His sovereignty rules over all." remarks testify to this.

I think it right and appropriate to quickly and fully, first, apprise you about paradise Perfectbeing.

Well, until Jesus' parable in the NT, sheol, in general,
without necessarily distinguishing between righteous or unrighteous souls, has been the realm of the dead or abode of the dead.

We have verses in OT (e.g. Psalm 9:17 etcetera) suggesting that the wicked go to sheol
but it was Jesus in the NT that brought things into perspective when he shared the hyperbolic illustration of sheol with the story of the Rich Man being elsewhere and Abraham with the Poor Man being on a different side to where the Rich Man is

From Jesus' parable, we got to know, that Sheol, actually has two sections with a dividing gulf (i.e. the dividing gulf is a demarcation)
The two sections were the Rich Man section and Abraham's bosom section

"Truly, I say to you, today you will be with me in paradise."
- Luke 23:43

Most people' last words are very profound, and Jesus' is no exception to this.
Jesus as a dying man, hung on a cross, uttered seven famous dying last words
Jesus' second famous dying last word was the Luke 23:43 remark to the thief and promising to be with the thief later that day in paradise

Those, initially and who would have been, in the good side of Sheol, (i.e. Abraham's bosom) are now in paradise, just where the thief too is

Paradise is an intermediate state
It is like being in an airport terminal's departure area
The area where you (i.e. think of the Rich man here) hold your ticket, boarding pass and wait with your luggages before taking a flight to your final destination

Some airlines, as a service to premium or selected passengers, operate airline lounges,
providing the premium or selected passengers with comforts in these lounges,
that are better than and beyond, those available in the airport terminal's departure area for regular or economy passengers

These premium or selected choice passengers (e.g. think of Father Abraham and the Poor man here),
enjoy plush and more comfortable seating, quieter environments, advantage perks are provided.
Other privileges may include private meeting rooms, telephones, wireless internet access and other business services, along with provision of free drinks and snacks to enhance passenger comfort.
- looks and sounds like a place of bliss, doesnt it?

1/ Do you know what happened, what Jesus did, a few weeks after He narrated that parable of the Rich Man and Poor Man named lazarus?
2/ Most of the verisimilitude characters in Jesus' parables, hardly have names, but the name of the poor man was given.
Do you know why Jesus, on purpose, gave Lazarus, as the name of the poor man, in that parable Perfectbeing?

"The devil led him up to a high place and showed him in an instant all the kingdoms of the world"
- Luke 4:5

"Yours, LORD, is the greatness and the power
and the glory and the majesty and the splendor,
for everything in heaven and earth is yours.
Yours, LORD, is the kingdom; you are exalted as head over all."
- 1 Chronicles 29:11

Though you werent specific about the kingdom
the kingdom, nonetheless, is any form of king dominion,
as in, to control, direct, influence, exercise authority over etcetera a territory and people

"But if I cast out devils by the Spirit of God, then the kingdom of God is come upon you"
- Matthew 12:28

"But if I with the finger of God cast out devils, no doubt the kingdom of God is come upon you."
- Luke 11:20

"But I tell you of a truth, there be some standing here, which shall not taste of death, till they see the kingdom of God".
- Luke 9:27

"Jesus answered and said unto him,
Verily, verily, I say unto thee, Except a man be born again, he cannot see the kingdom of God."
- John 3:3

"For the kingdom of God is not in word, but in power."
- 1 Corinthians 4:20

²⁰And when he was demanded of the Pharisees, when the kingdom of God should come, he answered them and said,
The kingdom of God cometh not with observation:
²¹Neither shall they say, Lo here! or, lo there! for, behold, the kingdom of God is within you
- Luke 17:20-21

It's a known fact & truth that Jesus, sometimes, interchangeably uses "Kingdom of God" and "Kingdom of Heaven"

Jesus in Luke 13:18-30, gave an illustration of what the "Kingdom of God" is like and what He can resemble it with
The "Kingdom of God" phrase, depending on the context used, has multiple meanings and/or interpretations.

However, fundamentally and without mincing words, it just means the rule, control, influence, exercising authority, power and government of God

In this context, it is the rule of God, God's rule over something, anything, someone, somebody, your heart for instance etcetera
which is why Jesus, in Luke 17:20-21 above, said the kingdom of God is within you or us

"²³Then Jesus said to His disciples,
“Truly I tell you, it is difficult for a rich man to enter the kingdom of heaven.
²⁴Again I tell you, it is easier for a camel to pass through the eye of a needle than for a rich man to enter the kingdom of God."
- Matthew 19:23-24
I earlier mentioned that Jesus, sometimes, interchangeably uses "Kingdom of God" and "Kingdom of Heaven"
Matthew 19:23-24 is one of the instances of Jesus, interchangeably using "Kingdom of God" and "Kingdom of Heaven" in a remark.

¹In those days John the Baptist came to the Judean wilderness and began preaching. His message was,
²“Repent of your sins and turn to God, for the kingdom of Heaven is near.
- Matthew 3:1-2

From that time Jesus began to proclaim and to say,
"Repent, for the kingdom of the heavens has drawn near!"
- Matthew 4:17

Without knowing for sure what context you have in your mind with the questions, I am hard-pressed doing justice answering this.
so it's suffice to say, fundamentally, the phrase "Kingdom of heaven" extends or stretches beyond Heaven itself.

The kingdom of Heaven is territorial, extending from Heaven to the end of designated points
(i.e. John the Baptist announcing it's near, to Jesus announcing it's drawn near)

"²⁸Then Jesus said,
"Come to me, all of you who are weary and carry heavy burdens, and I will give you rest.
²⁹Take my yoke upon you. Let me teach you, because I am humble and gentle at heart, and you will find rest for your souls.
³⁰For my yoke is easy to bear, and the burden I give you is light.”"
- Matthew 11:28-30

This last one is very beautiful and comforting.
Mere seeing and reading "To enter His rest." puts one at ease

"To enter His rest." is nirvana, utopia, paradise, Eden revisited, all rolled into one

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To be honest Perfectbeing, without acknowledging and recognising the fact that context is king,
I really dont see the relevance of the five then later changed to six questions
but still obliged you anyway.

10mobile:
Where please?

PastorDavidAwuj:
Is this for me? Well, let me give it a go.

Heaven, Paradise, “enter into his rest”, all mean the same thing- that’s God’s abode, also this is the final abode for every saved spirit. You know the texts.

The kingdom, kingdom of God, kingdom of heaven, these can be used interchangeably as they mean the same thing. Anybody that has accepted Jesus as Lord and saviour is said to be in the kingdom of God already, and all the entitlements of the kingdom belong to him. You know the Bible texts for these as well

dominique:
To be honest, the only person that I know that lost his job is not because of the economy but because he was unprofessional and was cutting down on work hours. He's a real estate agent now and not doing too badly. Makes me wonder where they're getting all these figures from.

bercu:
when they came with the Christian doctrine of marry only one wife, women jumped up in jubilation, today women have turn to sadist because husbands are rarely available, because in every society there there are 2 times the number of women than men, and men are prone to death than women, in all ramification,

1. the gene chromosome in spermatozoa which is the Y chromosome that is to produce a male offspring have only 30% chances of survival before it could fertilize the ovary

2. at infant they are more prone to diseases that leads to infant mortality than the females

3. the immune system of an average male adult is weaker than that of the average female

4. the number of men that die at early stage of their life, either by natural cause or accident are 4x more than female

5. men join army and are mostly deployed as combat troop and alot of them die,

6. population of male continually decrease at higher percentage while that of the females usually increases.

i am a female and a medical doctor

Perfectbeing:
Please give us the difference between 1. Heaven. 2. Paradise. 3. The kingdom. 4. Kingdom of God. 5. Kingdom of heaven. 6. "To enter his rest."
And back it up with scriptures..

paxonel:
No,
The difference between us and the disciples who followed christ is that, they had to go through all that tribulation or stress of walking with Jesus from city to city through the wilderness to Jerusalem before they could be saved.
But here we are getting salvation in a platter of Gold for free by simply believing.
So we are far better than them.

Thats why i keep saying it is far better to be a christian than to be born again.

We are claiming born again today but we never understand what people who were born again in the bible went through before they eventually became christians

paxonel:
Except a man is born again he can never see the kingdom.

That simply means a man must be born again first, before he can see the kingdom.
And truly, the disciples had to follow Jesus to Jerusalem first before they were able to see and experience the crucifixion.
If they had not followed him to Jerusalem to see, there was no way they would have saw it and fully believe that Jesus was the Christ and be saved, therefore born again was the only way to the kingdom of God.

MuttleyLaff:
1/ PastorDavidAwuj, what was the meat in Nicodemus' opening remark?
2/ What did Jesus say, "Truly, truly, I tell you, no one can see..." in reaction to what Nicodemus said with his opening remark?

donnie, please, can you in one sentence, describe from Nicodemus' opening remark, what was bugging him?

Jesus was talking about seeing or sight of the kingdom in verse 3,
was talking about entering or entry to the kingdom in verse 5,
was talking about salvation in verse 5,
and was talking about the love of God and the gift of salvation in verse 16.

Verses 3,5,15 and 16 are exactly the same thing.
They are related to each other but they certainly arent exactly same things

"born again" and "born of water" are different to each other
In order to see as in spiritually discern, one needs to be born again
In order to enter the kingdom, man needs to be born of water and of the Spirit (i.e. born again)

Whose fault is it then, if Pharisees have always thought that God's kingdom was a physical kingdom?
No wonder, Nicodemus was doubtful,
and Jesus wasnt impressed that Nicodemus, out of everyone, was slow on the uptake.

Jesus upped the ante "entering" whilst Nicodemus was still struggling and wrestling with "seeing"

Born again is synonymous with born of the Spirit, both mean the same thing, as in being born from above

"born again" was used by Jesus in the context of seeing
whilst "born of water and the Spirit" was used by Jesus in the context of entering

As I earlier typed, born again precedes and preceded salvation
In order to receive and get the gift of salvation, you'll first, have to be born again, be regenerated, be born from above or be born of the Spirit
The disciples, Nicodemus and a lot others were already born again before getting the gift of salvation

It is highly unlikely, anyone will be born again and not have or get the gift of salvation
Anyone truly born again, receives the gift of salvation

The thief was earlier regenerated and received salvation under a different condition that we now receive the gift of salvation under

I dont agree with me that "paradise" used in that context and "God's kingdom" are one and the same thing because they arent

The thief had the privilege of entering paradise, not yet, God's kingdom by itself.
Anyway, you can see how different the thief was compared to Nicodemus,
who was wrestling and struggling with the thought of who Jesus really is

MuttleyLaff:
I will, after you Perfectbeing.

MuttleyLaff:
1/ PastorDavidAwuj, what was the meat in Nicodemus' opening remark?
2/ What did Jesus say, "Truly, truly, I tell you, no one can see..." in reaction to what Nicodemus said with his opening remark?

donnie, please, can you in one sentence, describe from Nicodemus' opening remark, what was bugging him?

Jesus was talking about seeing or sight of the kingdom in verse 3,
was talking about entering or entry to the kingdom in verse 5,
was talking about salvation in verse 5,
and was talking about the love of God and the gift of salvation in verse 16.

Verses 3,5,15 and 16 are exactly the same thing.
They are related to each other but they certainly arent exactly same things

"born again" and "born of water" are different to each other
In order to see as in spiritually discern, one needs to be born again
In order to enter the kingdom, man needs to be born of water and of the Spirit (i.e. born again)

Whose fault is it then, if Pharisees have always thought that God's kingdom was a physical kingdom?
No wonder, Nicodemus was doubtful,
and Jesus wasnt impressed that Nicodemus, out of everyone, was slow on the uptake.

Jesus upped the ante "entering" whilst Nicodemus was still struggling and wrestling with "seeing"

Born again is synonymous with born of the Spirit, both mean the same thing, as in being born from above

"born again" was used by Jesus in the context of seeing
whilst "born of water and the Spirit" was used by Jesus in the context of entering

As I earlier typed, born again precedes and preceded salvation
In order to receive and get the gift of salvation, you'll first, have to be born again, be regenerated, be born from above or be born of the Spirit
The disciples, Nicodemus and a lot others were already born again before getting the gift of salvation

It is highly unlikely, anyone will be born again and not have or get the gift of salvation
Anyone truly born again, receives the gift of salvation

The thief was earlier regenerated and received salvation under a different condition that we now receive the gift of salvation under

I dont agree with me that "paradise" used in that context and "God's kingdom" are one and the same thing because they arent

The thief had the privilege of entering paradise, not yet, God's kingdom by itself.
Anyway, you can see how different the thief was compared to Nicodemus,
who was wrestling and struggling with the thought of who Jesus really is

humandroid:
As a sequel to the previous thread (check it out), which I confirmed my true life experience that our reality is hosted on a Cosmic Computer (I have experienced this computer and received downloads/upgrades), I could confirm that we are living in a Simulation which is hosted from another Universe far more glamorous than this One ( I have had a peek of that Universe and seen the System Admin during the upgrade, which I could say is the Higher Self, the real me - Earth body being an Avatar).

That is bizarre but true life story.

I did a little youtube search and I found a Video from a Scientist, a pretty lady I will contact today to share my findings).

I will like only people who are interested on the subject matter to watch this video. Who ever has not not watched this video should not comment negatively until he/she watches the video of the Scientific Analysis.

Again, when you get to the point that the Scientist explains the Shape of the Simulation, She is absolutely correct, in my drive to find out the shape of Earth, I conducted a simple common sense experiment using Frequency of Earth, the Resonance Frequency of course which is 7.83Hz, the smart thing is use the Optoacoustic instruments to generate sound wave at 7.83Hz and see the shape it forms with salt or water or powder since the Universe is pixilated.

You can easily also find this out without experiment, find an image of the shape that a vibration at 7.83Hz sound can produce, that shape can be resolved to 3D, and it is the shape of Earth and the surrounding Landmass across cycling around the Earth, Antarctica is not just a continent, it sorrounds the entire Earth, such landmass and few smart trillionaire elites are living on that paradise alongside the contacts of the Aliens that designed the matrix of control.

Anyway, watch the video and if you do not understand, I have some time for charity work, I could explain further.

As for those egg heads that are busy making noise on the other threads out of their silly degree of ignorance, I presume your stupidity is hereby revealed.

The objective is to raise a hive-mind of smart persons, and that will focus zero attention on the misconceptions of religions and ready to focus more on designing concepts and modules to kick-start a project that could transform a people, when they have 100% faith in themselves and not the Annunaki and the yahweh Solid State Entity, I have nothing against the All-Seeing Eye. I just detest their worship programs, but they can worship me though.

Please enjoy by watching via this Youtube link below:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=97FhauH1J58

paxonel:
Amen!
you are absolutely correct
but John the baptist was born again, he was never privileged to have the gift of salvation. He was killed before salvation was fully established when Christ resurrected.
The same thing applies to Judas Iscariot, he was born again too infact he was closer to Jesus than any other disciple yet he lost salvation and killed himself.
the kingdom of God was seen
that is very correct
it is true that those disciples who followed Jesus were born from above or spiritually rebirthed due to the fact that not everyone who heard about Jesus in those days decided to follow him.
Those who choosed not to follow him were not spiritually rebirthed just like the scoffers, mockers, cynics and pagans of today.
But that notwithstanding, not all who were spiritually rebirthed or born from above and followed jesus in those days ended up seeing Gods kingdom.
Jesus even confirmed that not all who called him lord lord will see the kingdom and that was what happened.
its very possible!
One can be a teacher of the bible yet he knows very little about it.