Kingdom Come

“And I saw the dead, small and great, stand / so resurrected before God; and the books / journals of our behaviors during our lifetime were opened:

and another book was opened, which is the book of life: and the dead were judged out of those things which were written in the books, according to their works.

And the sea [of outerspace] gave up the [hyperdimensional] dead [disconnected from the Singularity] which were in it; and death [the process] and hell / Sheol underground holding cell delivered up the dead which were in them: and they were judged every man according to their works.

and the books were opened…and the dead were judged out of those things which were written in the books, according to their works…they were judged every man according to their works.

But but but!!! Isn’t that against “for by grace are ye saved, through faith…not of works?!” (Ephesians 2:8-9)

No. Don’t take that one verse out of context. The point being made by Paul in that passage is that “Not by works of righteousness which we have done, but according to his mercy he saved us.” (Titus 3:5)

We do have to exert effort, i.e. do work, when we exercise our will and make a choice to accept God’s gift of life in him –  or not.

“I call heaven and earth to record this day against you, that I have set before you life and death, blessing and cursing: therefore choose life, that both thou and thy seed may live:” (Deuteronomy 30:19)

• “a certain lawyer stood up, and tempted him, saying, what shall I do to inherit eternal life? 
  • He said unto him, What is written in the law? how readest thou? 
• And he answering said, Thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy strength, and with all thy mind; and thy neighbour as thyself. 
  • And he said unto him, Thou hast answered right: this do, and thou shalt live.” (Luke 10:25-28)

This is so simple. The LORD is the only source of infinite energy / infinite life. This is just logical.

“Then they that feared the LORD / YHVH / Creator spake often one to another: and the LORD / YHVH hearkened, and heard it, and a book of remembrance was written before him for them that feared the LORD / YHVH, and that thought upon his name. And they shall be mine, saith the LORD / YHVH of hosts / armies, in that day when I make up my jewels; and I will spare them, as a man spareth his own son that serveth him. Then shall ye return, and discern between the righteous and the wicked, between him that serveth God / Elohim and him that serveth him not.” (Malachi 3:16-18)

If we stick with a hermeneutical analysis of the Bible we see that there has always been just one way of being saved from sin and its consequences from the time of the first generation of humans – putting faith in the word of the LORD / YHVH.

However, Christianity irrationally applies the message in the documents that we call the New Testament to all people throughout the world of space time despite the clear statements that they apply to the hearers/readers of these documents.

Take the Apostle John’s letter – written in time, in a particular context, to a particular group of people experiencing doubts because “many false prophets are gone out into the world.” (I John 4:1)

• “we know that the Son of God is come,
• and hath given us an understanding,
• that we may know him that is true,
• and we are in him that is true, even in his Son Jesus Christ. This is the true God, and eternal life. (I John 5:20)

When we apply the different Greek tenses, which the English translation simplifies into uniformity as one present tense, we get a better grasp of the objective of the letter.

• “These things have I written unto you [who have completed the action of] believing / pisteu-ousin / πιστεύ-ουσιν on the name of the Son of God;
• that ye may know that ye have eternal life,
• and that ye may continue to in [future] believe / pisteu-ēte on the name of the Son of God.” (I John 5:13)
• “That which was from the beginning – the Singularity Creator,
• which we bear witness, and shew unto you that eternal life, which was with the Father, and was manifested unto us…
  • we have heard,
  • which we have seen with our eyes,
  • which we have looked upon,
  • and our hands have handled, of the Word of life… 
• declare we unto you, that ye also may have fellowship / unity / be connected with us: and truly our fellowship is with the Father, and with his Son Jesus Christ.” (I John 1:1-3)

That doesn’t mean that anyone who doesn’t learn about Jesus the Christ from missionaries to third world countries automatically goes to hell.

This is hard to grasp for Christians raised either on Catholic rituals or Protestant reactionary ultra-simplistic “Jesus paid it all, just ask him to come into your heart.” Check out the rational in the post “The Father Determines Sonship.” It’s not up to us, it’s his call. He writes the names of his sons in a book of life.

“the righteous judgment of God…will render to every man according to his deeds…In the day when God shall judge the secrets of men by Jesus Christ according to my [Paul’s] gospel…For there is no respect of persons with God.

• • 1. eternal life and immortality…glory, honour, and peace, to every man that worketh good…To them who
       • seek for glory – fighting on behalf of others
       • and honour – respected and emulated by others 
       • by patient continuance in well doing – despite the cost, see II Corinthians 11:24-28 above)
    2. But…tribulation and anguish, indignation and wrath.. upon every soul of man that doeth evil, unto them that
       • are contentious – fighting against others
       • and do not obey the truth – of  righteousness being to self-sacrificially love others who don’t deserve it
       • but obey unrighteousness – harm and destroy God’s creation which he entrusted to humans, most of all, the people who come under our sphere of influence 

1. For as many as have sinned without law / God’s written word shall also perish without law: For when the Gentiles, which have not the law, do by nature the things contained in the law, these, having not the law, are a law unto themselves: Which shew the work of the law written in their hearts, their conscience also bearing witness, and their thoughts the mean while accusing or else excusing one another;)
2. and as many as have sinned in the law / conscious of God’s written word shall be judged by the law; 
3. For not the hearers of the law are just before God, but the doers of the law shall be justified.” (Romans 2)

This brings in so many non-Christians, AND leaves out sooooo many Christians, especially Protestants, evangelicals and fundamentalists who have prayed the Sinner’s Prayer and are captivated by “For by grace are ye saved, through faith, and that not of yourselves. It is the gift of God, not of works…” (Ephesians 2:8-9).

That’s the problem with memorizing snippets of scripture in Sunday School. Complete strangers don’t give valuable gifts, they give worthless trinkets designed to lure the greedy into exploitation. The gift of God of salvation is through faith in God’s word, our acceptance of his offer to engage in relationship with him, not our decision to recite a ritual! Those who are saved are DOERS OF THE LAW.

Actions speak louder than words, as anyone who has attended a court hearing can attest. The person being judged can protest his innocence all he wants, but his actions provide the evidence required to make a determination as to his destiny – imprisonment or freedom.