If you ponder … deeply … the kingdom of God and the fact that it’s spreading unchecked (it’s doing so by virtue of the fact that it’s already here) filling every nook and every cranny in every country and nation, then nothing else will matter.
Many, many dimensions
SEEING FROM A NEW PERSPECTIVE : A REAL GOD–PERSPECTIVE !!
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Physicists have uncovered strong evidence that extra dimensions do indeed exist. Yet predating these physics discoveries by more than nineteen hundred years are the words of the prophets and apostles who penned the sixty-six books of the Bible. These ancient authors, under the inspiration of One who exists both in and beyond the universe and the universe’s ten space-time dimensions, described phenomena—such as the creation event, miracles, Jesus’ post-resurrection capacities, as well as paradoxical doctrines—that require the existence of extra dimensions, or the functional equivalent of extra dimensions. These writers assured their readers that God’s ways and thoughts are beyond our human limits, but that “eternity,” some unknown reality beyond this universe, is somehow inscribed within us. Now we have the opportunity and the privilege to see from a new perspective—and to integrate—what yesterday’s Bible authors and today’s physicists affirm about reality beyond the cosmos.
Beyond the Cosmos
Dr. Hugh Ross, Ph.D.
I believe that everyone can have a personal measuring rod of his own personal discovery that will reveal whether he is a little bit “off” center or not.
We want to be in the center of God’s will, right? Being slightly off means there is some confusion, a tad bit of distress, neatly camouflaged as ‘normal’ and a proclivity toward a touch of mental laziness.
On target, or at the center, however, has me loving every person I can possibly think of with the sweetest, most compassionate understanding imaginable. This sweetness, this compassion, this understanding has precious little to do with human emotions and the like. It’s all about Jesus whose incredible works superceded the natural laws of this present dimension.
Jesus, the social misfit!
See me, see the Father. Those were his words. Okay, so:
Healing the son of his birth nation’s enemy;
Freeing the captive, death row adulterous woman and Sabbath breaking man;
Breaking the Sabbath;
Breaking the Kosher table laws;
Breaking the laws about touching the unclean, after not sacrificing for his sin;
Turning water into wine and being blamed for being a drunk while drinking with sinners at their homes;
Telling off the Religious elite;
Messing up the Temple;
Denying the Temple as being God’s Temple;
Disagreeing with sacrifice;
Upsetting the religious elite and government officials;
Refusing to pledge allegiance to his birth nation and it’s king;
Refusing violence and retaliation;
Doing good, blessing and loving all, to include those who deemed him enemy, tortured and killed him, in doing so refusing a Holy, Religious or Just War;
Being Merciful;
Forgiving;
Dying;
Defeating Death, Hades and the Grave;
Emptying Hades;
Resurrecting.
That’s how Father does life, not like Cain, but more like Abel, with his own change in reaction: forgiveness, not vengeance.
Dominic Moes
Jesus took what you deserve … Really??
When people say “Jesus took what you deserve.” Really? At what age does a person deserve to be flogged and nailed to a cross? 7 years old? 10? No? How about the dreadful “age of accountability”? 12? So a 12 year old kid deserves to be flogged and nailed to a cross? No? How about 90? Does a kindly old lady deserve to be flogged and nailed to a cross? At what age do you deserve this? This is not how the atonement works nor is it what the early church believed about the cross. Also, people who say “Jesus took what you deserve” usually say you deserve eternal conscious torment, but being flogged and crucified is not eternal conscious torment, so there’s another wrench thrown in the spokes of that whole paradigm. At some point when you start actually thinking about this stuff, you start realizing none of it makes sense and you go running back to the early church fathers for a dose of some better news about the gospel.
~ Jacob M. Wright
Where healing is found
WHERE HEALING IS FOUND
I ran into a friend the other day. There was no collateral damage, lol. I started this article with a spot of levity as a contrast to the deeply serious topic I want to discuss: UNHEALED BODIES & UNANSWERED PRAYERS.
I just took a deep gulp and asked if we must write about this, to which Jesus responded, “Oh yes, there are some who need it.”
● To bake a cake, you’ve got to collect the right ingredients and put the correct amounts in, in the right order, stir appropriately and cook for the right amount of time. Otherwise you’ll encounter failure. Even a man can follow these simple instructions, if he wants to!
● My friend, whom I alluded to above, unloaded his life’s concerns, and they were pretty scary. He carries a lot of anger and sadness around wherever he goes. He prays, he praises and he reads his Good Book. He’s glad he has a nice job but feels the boss should be tarred and feathered. His marriage is okay but his wife is a problem. And he can’t understand why Jesus won’t heal his long-standing illness. He goes to church and he’s even reading a book about more effective praying. He’s at the end of his rope and fit to be tied!
● How in the world does he believe he has made himself receptive to healing? He has sabotaged his every attempt! He’s ignored every directive, if he’s even read them at all. Maybe now he would like to put a little paint thinner into the mix, to make it smoother!
● To make a cake or pursue a healing, you need to read the instructions carefully and follow them to a tee. Nothing less is indicated. Especially the one about cooking on low heat, for a full hour.
● When you’ve obeyed all the instructions, then DO NOT DISTURB your healing-in-progress. Don’t talk about it or otherwise sabotage your former declarations of perfection over it. It’s critical to understand that you have the power to nullify all the good that you previously accomplished.
● HEALING IS DECEPTIVELY SIMPLE. It is ourselves who make it seem otherwise.
● All that is needed is for us to take our feeble grasp of the things of God to the next realm – the place where healing is the norm and all prayers are answered.
“Jesus, help!”
is a good prayer
A quick fix, or
For an emergency.
It never fails, but
Has a limited scope.
“Jesus, help!”
Implies that He
Should assist us
In our little lives.
I’ve used it often,
I confess, but now
It’s not so much that
I want or need Him
To help me with
My little plan(s)
But more that
I quit all that, and
Just want to know
What We —
Him and me
Will do now and
Always, as ONE !!
I need to tell you what I’m about to try to prepare you for. With the right preparation and a whole lot of trust, you will be receptive to a healing realm that is astronomical! You’ll be able to count on it anytime, anyplace, anywhere!
String theory: the elegant universe
STRING THEORY: THE ELEGANT UNIVERSE
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Just as the different vibrational patterns of a violin string give rise to different musical notes, the different vibrational patterns of a fundamental string give rise to different masses and force charges. More frantic vibrational patterns have more energy, while less frantic ones have less energy. Thus, according to string theory, the mass of an elementary particle is determined by the energy of the vibrational pattern of its internal string. Heavier particles have internal strings that vibrate more energetically, while lighter particles have internal strings that vibrate less energetically. So we see that, according to string theory, the observed properties of each elementary particle arise because its internal string undergoes a particular resonant vibrational pattern. The “stuff”of all matter and all forces is the same. Each elementary particle is composed of a different string –that is, each particle is a different string –and all strings are absolutely identical. Differences between the particles arise because their respective strings undergo different vibrational patterns. What appears to be different elementary particles are actually different “notes”on a fundamental string. The universe –being composed of an enormous number of these vibrating strings –is akin to a cosmic symphony.
Brian Greene
The Elegant Universe
They’re very connected.
“Why does she concern herself so much with the origin and underpinnings of the UNI-VERSE?” you may rightfully ask.
In fact, I care very deeply about the rift that has emerged – and is spreading – between different Christian factions. If all Christians would look up – way, way up – they’d dis-cover that eternal, immortal, omnipotent God has the absolutely perfect spiritual answer to every possible question, and infinitely more.
God is, after all, entirely spiritual, perfect and eternal. Issues being debated, on the other hand, aren’t. As a matter of fact, anything less than eternal is as fleeting as a gossamer web.
Redemption is one example of an attribute of the eternal: it cannot be messed with by our multifarious reinterpretations. Given freely to mankind by God, setting up a new covenant, redemption simply is. Salvation can be argued about til the cows come home, but nothing we might do or conclude can contribute one jot or one tittle in the infinite scheme of things.
Jesus acted in a dimension beyond our meager comprehension when he calmed the storm, fed the multitudes, transported himself through locked doors and healed untold millions. Thank God he could and did!
God’s love for us supercedes any victory that may be gleaned by quarreling over scriptures. We treat other ‘Christians’ like pariah because they’re following a different track (albeit temporarily) than ours. But God, in his multi-dimensional existence can smooth everything out in the blink of an eye. We just need to lift our sights high enough.
rjs
COSMIC SYMPHONY
WELCOME TO THE COSMIC PARTY !!
A cosmic symphony! In exquisite harmony! With vibrations pulsating at a perfect frequency – and pitch! It’s pretty hard to wrap our brains around, isn’t it? And yet right where we see a blob of matter, the subatomic music plays on and on and on. This phenomenon is taking place right here with no help from our comprehension or participation! Dr. Ross describes it thus:
“Given what we know from the Scriptures, it is not farfetched to imagine that God continuously sustains each unique vibration of all the various strings that constitute the building blocks of matter. Perhaps there is a different set of “frequencies”that are continuously released from the invisible realm of heaven that sustain each individual note on every string simultaneously? As we have already established, these are not ordinary sound waves as we are accustomed to on earth, because sound waves do not travel outside of earth’s atmosphere. These are supernatural sounds that flow forth from the Spirit of God. Whilst it is purely speculative, it is possible that there indeed is a “cosmic symphony,”(to borrow Brian Greene’s terminology), of musical notes that continuously flow out of the throne of God in order to sustain the entire material universe. When this musical expression of the “song of the Lord”is ultimately withdrawn from creation the elementary particles will literally “melt with intense heat.”
Dr.Hugh Ross, Ph.D.
Beyond the Cosmos