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Category Archives: heaven
5 Great Things: (#1) The Great Salvation
The key word in the book of 1 Peter is “suffering.” It appears in some form 16 times [suffer (2:20; 3:14; 3:17; 4:15; 4:16; 4:19); suffered (2:21; 2:23; 3:18; 4:1(x2); 5:10); suffering(s) (1:11; 2:19; 4:13; 5:1)]. It was not easy … Continue reading
Posted in God, heaven, Hope, salvation, Suffering, Textual study, Word Study
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Western Religions: The Latter-Day Saints (Mormonism) Part 3
Beliefs and Practices 1. God. Joseph Smith wrote, “We believe in God, the Eternal Father, and in His Son, Jesus Christ, and in the Holy Ghost” (The Articles of Faith 1). The Father and the Son have a body of … Continue reading
Posted in Apologetics, heaven, Judgment, mormon, Mormons, Premillennialism, Stats, World Religions
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Rejoicing
Emotions have a place in the lives of the godly. Let’s consider some things which should bring us joy. 1. David worshipped with joy. He wrote, “I will praise You, O LORD with my whole heart; I will tell of … Continue reading
Posted in emotions, heaven, Mental Health, Parables, psalms, Suffering, worship
Tagged 1 thessalonians 2:19-20, 2 corinthians 1:14, 2 john 4, 3 john 3-4, David, david's joy, guy woods, heaven, hebrews 12:2, henry van dyke, james 1:2-3, Jesus, Jesus' joy, john, john's joy, joy, joy in trials, matthew 13:44-46, matthew 5:11-12, parables on joy, paul, paul's joy, philippians 4:10 and 17, Psalm 40, psalm 9, psalm 95, rejoicing, rubel shelly, song joyful joyful we adore thee, the hidden treasure, the pearl of great price, worship
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Revelation: The 144,000 and a Great Multitude
The Jehovah Witnesses have built an entire system of eschatology (end time doctrine) based upon a distinction between the 144,000 and the Great Multitude (Revelation 7; 14). (1) They believe that a literal 144,000 will inherit heaven. These are the … Continue reading
Posted in end times, heaven, Hope, Jehovah Witnesses, Revelation, Textual study
Tagged book let God be true, book reasoning from scriptures, book what does the Bible really teach, book you can live forever in paradise on earth, eschatology, gentiles, hades, how many wil be saved, if literal only virgin men, Jehovah Witnesses, literal or figurative, New World Translaion, no women in heaven?, other sheep, paradise, redeemed from the earth, Revelation 14, Revelation 7, the 144 thousand, the faithful who died before Jesus, the great multitude, the little flock, the Lord's Supper, throne of God, tribe of dan, tribe of ephraim, tribe of joseph, tribe of levi, two destinies or one
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Hades, Heaven and Hell
What awaits on the other side? What do we know about the hereafter? What does the Bible say? Hades When Jesus died, He went to Paradise (Luke 23:43). Yet, He had not gone to the Father (John 20:17-18). He had … Continue reading
Heaven Assured
2 Peter 1:10-11 assures, “if ye do these things ye shall never fall: for so an entrance shall be ministered unto you abundantly into the everlasting kingdom of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ.” If ye do what things? The … Continue reading
Posted in christian growth, heaven, Textual study, Word Study
Tagged 2 Peter 1, faith, godliness, kindness, knowledge, love, perserverance, self control, virtue
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Bryan Hodge 
It Does Not Fade!
“Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who according to His abundant mercy had begotten us again to a living hope through the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead, to an inheritance incorruptible and undefiled … Continue reading →