Observing Holy Days at home with/without family/friends is listed below.  Church groups or other large groups would most likely be more involved with singing, chorus, pageant, sermons, fellowship banquets, etc.

Passover
Observe it by having wine [or grape juice] and unleavened bread.
Meaning of Passover pictures Jesus Christ shedding his blood for the sins of human beings.

Feast of Unleavened Bread
Observe it by keeping leavening [ex: yeast-like] out of your home or apt and not eating leavened items.
Meaning of the Feast of Unleavened Bread pictures the Christian’s duty to “put sin out” from one’s life that is yielded to Jesus Christ.

Day of Pentecost
Observe it by not — drinking, smoking, or participating in anything that would alter our conscience. Do Pray. Protestants and Catholics alike will often receive the Holy Communion. White foods would be a great way to symbolize the Holy Spirit, often associated with a white dove.
Meaning of it Pictures the Christian’s receiving God’s Holy Spirit.

Feast of Trumpet
Observe it by reading the story of Isaac and God’s provision of a ram. And reading the story of Joshua and the Battle of Jericho. Worship God and Praise Him.
Meaning of it pictures war and plague concluding in Jesus Christ’s Second Coming.

Day of Atonement
Observe it by fasting and repenting. Abstain from applying oils or perfumes to the body, bathing, wearing leather or any animal products, engaging in sexual activities, and eating and drinking.
Meaning of it pictures the binding of Satan at the beginning of the Millennium and the World becoming “one with God”.

Feast of Tabernacles
Observe it by reading out loud Exodus 23:16, 34:22; Leviticus 23:34-43; Numbers 29:12-40; Deuteronomy 16:13-15; Ezra 3:4; and Nehemiah 8:13-18, John 7:37-39 – Prayer for Feast of Tabernacles: “Father, the Tabernacle shows me the sequence of entering Your presence and effectively activating Your anointing for me! I desire more today. I thank You for the Tabernacle model through Moses, in Jesus, and in Heaven. I thank You for the Courtyard with the Brazen Altar and the Laver.”
“You shall rejoice before the Lord your God for seven days” (Leviticus 23:40).
Meaning of it pictures the Millennium when the Earth will be ruled by Jesus Christ and his saints.

Feast of Last Great Day
Observe it by reading “You shall rejoice before the Lord your God for seven days” (Leviticus 23:40), Leviticus 23:34-36, 39; Numbers 29:35; John 7:37.
Meaning of it – The Last Great Day, which occurs eight days after the Feast of Tabernacles begins, looks forward to the day when God will make all things new. It depicts the final steps in God’s plan – preparation for the White Throne Judgement. Those who accept Jesus and salvation receive their glorified bodies and membership in God’s Family/Kingdom, but those who do not choose God’s way of life will be punished and mercifully put to death. After that eternity! After a careful and thorough search of scripture, IF YOU ARE UNSAVED at the White Throne Judgement, it is too late to be saved. Also, you will only be at the White Throne Judgement if you are unsaved.

A Christian does not obey the Law on his own, but through the power of Christ living in him. Paul goes on to emphasize that law keeping comes through grace of God and that law keeping does NOT earn grace. With God’s grace, the converted Christian will keep the law — but without that grace no amount of effort will bring righteousness and salvation.

A saved person [in Christ] will want and be able to keep the law and do good works. A Christian is not saved by doing the law and good works, but a Christian does the law and good works BECAUSE they are saved and through God’s power.
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Spiritual Laws:
⦁ Obey God moment by moment (John 14:21).
⦁ Witness for Christ by your life and words (Matthew 4:19; John 15:8).
⦁ Trust God for every detail of your life (1 Peter 5:7).
⦁ Holy Spirit – allow Him to control & empower your daily life and witness (Galatians 5:16,17; Acts 1:8).
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Statutes are divided into categories: (1) laws, (2) testimonies, and (3) decrees.

Each of the commandments is a statute [laws].
⦁ You shall have no other gods before Me.
⦁ You shall not make idols.
⦁ You shall not take the name of the LORD your God in vain.
⦁ Remember the Sabbath day, to keep it holy.
     1. Pick a weekly day and time.
     2. Prepare beforehand to clear out the day’s schedule.
     3. Compile a Not-To-Do List. [work, etc.]
     4. Engage in spiritual practices that help you draw close to God.  Devote time to worshipping God.
     5. Plan soul-restorative activities that help you rest and delight in God.
     6. Celebrate together with your family, friends, or community.
⦁ Honor your father and your mother.
⦁ You shall not murder. [refers only to deliberate homicide, not to accidental killing, slaying in war, executing a criminal, or slaughtering an animal]
⦁ You shall not commit adultery. [not even in your heart/mind]
⦁ You shall not steal.
⦁ You shall not bear false witness against your neighbor.
⦁ You shall not covet.

The Last Great Day, which occurs eight days after the Feast of Tabernacles begins, looks forward to the day when God will make all things new. It depicts the final steps in God’s plan – preparation for the Great White Throne Judgement . Those who accepted Jesus and salvation receive their glorified bodies and membership in God’s Family/Kingdom, but those who do not choose God’s way of life will be punished and mercifully put to death. After that—eternity! (Lev 23:36, 39)

After careful & thorough search of scripture — IF you are unsaved at the White Throne Judgement, it is too late then to be saved.

Here is a brief description of each of the seven deadly sins:

Pride — An inflated, unrealistic sense of your self-worth.

Envy — The feeling that you deserve the possessions, success, virtues, or talents of another person.

Gluttony — An excessive desire for the pleasure of eating and drinking.

Lust — A selfish focus on sex or a desire to have sexual pleasure with someone other than your spouse.

Anger — An excessive, improper desire to exact revenge.

Greed — A strong desire for possessions, especially for possessions belonging to another.

Sloth — Lack of effort in the face of a necessary task, causing it to go undone (or done badly).

reprint:  GotQuestions.org      Whole article should be read for full explanation.

For the traits of God Almighty, read the “traits of Jesus” topic as he and God have the same traits and character.

God Almighty is a “spirit being” and not flesh and blood.  What “spirit being” means no one knows specifically.  However, God’s physical form exhibits intense bright light and high “energy” levels.  He has substance, mass, and form.  He is immortal under ALL circumstances.  He always was, always is, and always will be.

He thinks, evaluates, considers, decides, leads, knows everything, and has great powers.  He has compassion and mercy.  He loves, cares, forgives, and understands.

In the Trinity He Officiates = GOD THE FATHER/GOD ALMIGHTY
presides, commands, directs, governs, controls, compels, guides, reigns, has authority, supervises, leads, authorizes, appoints, imposes, grants, instructs, requires, manages, oversees, approves/disapproves, and has ultimate control/power. All worship, prayer, glory, praise, and thanks goes to God the Father and “HE” gives glory and praise to whom he chooses.

There are FOUR resurrections:

1.  1st resurrection:  saved through Christ before death but who have died before the rapture occurs.  Saved [are upon their Earthly death] in Paradise which was moved from inside Earth to Heaven upon Jesus Christ death at Calvary and His resurrection.
2. 2nd resurrection:  saved through Christ alive at His coming to gather those who are alive at his coming in the clouds.  Those who are already dead in Paradise receive their “glorified bodies and immorality” first and then those saved who are gathered alive from Earth receive their “glorified bodies and immorality”.]  All return to Paradise in Heaven for the “marriage feast” of Christ and the Church Bride.
3.  3rd resurrection:  saved during Tribulation [upon their death] and those saved during 1000 year reign of Christ on Earth.  They receive their “glorified bodies and immorality” upon Tribulation death or st end of the 1000 yrs. [Saved are those who are saved through Jesus Christ and did not worship the beast or his image AND had not received his mark on their foreheads or on their hands. — “don’t think his way or do his works”.]
4. 4th resurrection:  UNSAVED dead in Hell and those UNSAVED alive on Earth at end of 1000 year reign Jesus Christ.  Those who died unsaved during the Tribulation or during 1000 yr reign of Jesus Christ go to Hell before this resurrection.  All unsaved in Hell will go to the White Throne Judgement, Stripes punishment, and disposal in Lake of Fire, thus, to be no more — ever.  UNSAVED do not get a “glorified body or immortality”.  UNSAVED join with their spiritual body [which has substance] en-route to White Throne Judgement. Try not to be in this one.

— II Corinthians 5:6-8 states that upon death, saved will be with the Lord in Heaven, upon death our bodies go into the grave.  Saved receive their glorified immortal bodies later.

—- 1 Thessalonians 4:13-18 states that glorified bodies and immortality are obtained [for those dead & in Heaven and those alive and gathered at the rapture] at the time of the rapture with those dead & in Heaven receiving such first and then those alive & gathered thereafter………..It should be noted that at this time our Spirit is joined with our Spirit body for a glorified body and given immortality. How, only God knows.]

—- It should be noted that those saved dead in Tribulation and those who are saved in 1000 yr reign receive their glorified bodies at a separate time than those gathered in rapture.

God’s timeline is linear [One year after the other]!

If you read the Bible, you will find that God’s timeline of events is linear.  God can, if he chooses, jump around in time [as in time travel], but he chooses to do things in linear time.

• Heaven exists
• Earth is created with people [6th day creation]
• Satan Rebels with many Angels and gets thrown out of Heaven
• Present Heaven exists
• Adam and Eve created, fall, and thrown out of Eden
• Angels take human women for brides and Giants created
• Noah and Flood
• Jewish Exodus from Egypt
• and so on until Tribulation
• Million Year Reign under Christ
• and so on until Eternal Heaven Exists
• Eternity under God the Father with Jesus as King of Kings, Head of Church, and Head of Family under God

Per History:  [Starts with pre-Adam and Eve Creations — 6th day creations in Gen. 1]

Prior to about 3.5 million years ago, early humans dined almost exclusively on leaves and fruits from trees, shrubs, and herbs—similar to modern-day gorillas and chimpanzees.

By about two and a half million years ago, early humans started to occasionally eat meat. By about 2 million years ago, this happened more regularly. By probably about a million and a half years ago, humans started to get the better parts of animals.

It’s not a coincidence that the earliest evidence of widespread human meat-eating coincides in the archaeological record with Homo habilis, the “handyman” of early humans.

Per Scripture [Starts with Adam and Eve — 8th day creations in Gen. 2]

[Note:  Adam and Eve were the first Jewish people created and were to bring people to Gods way of life, but they failed to do so.]

Yes! — Gen. 9:3 Before the “Flood”, people [Jewish] were vegetarians.  After the “Flood” God gave animals for all people to eat as well. In Eternal [New Earth] Heaven, all people will be vegetarians again as all existent people will be doing things God’s way.

[Note:  the “Flood” killed off all people and animals except Noah and his family as well as the animals that were on the Ark.]

• in the beginning – God started creation
• the first day – light was created
• the second day – the sky was created
• the third day – dry land, seas, plants and trees were created
• the fourth day – the Sun, Moon and stars were created
• the fifth day – creatures that live in the sea and creatures that fly were created
• the sixth day – animals that live on the land and finally humans, made in the image of God were created
• by day seven – God finished his work of creation and rested, making the seventh day a special holy day.
• the eighth day – God created Adam and Eve [Gen. 2]

Note: God’s Day can be very long.  The creation day might be millions of years in length and “day” might mean “a unit period of time”.

Note:  Human Science dating of objects [even bones] may or may not be absolutely correct as much of science is a hypothesis [a supposition or proposed explanation made on the basis of limited evidence as a starting point for further investigation].

Dictionary.com definitions:

What does it mean to “overcome”?
1.  to gain the victory; win; conquer
2.  to prevail over (opposition, a debility, temptations, etc.);surmount

What does it mean to be an “overcomer”?
1.  a person who prevails in spite of opposition, difficulties, weakness, etc.[The situation is very frustrating, but I’ve decided to become an overcomer;I am pressing on.]
2.  a person who defeats someone or something in a conflict or struggle [The saints   are the overcomers of the Evil One.]

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Overcoming is through Faith in Jesus Christ as your Saviour. 
AND Put on the whole armor of God, that ye may be able to stand against the wiles of the devil.
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Ephesians 6:10-18

Although the New Earth will be renewed, it will not have many of the things of the old Earth. It will be configured geographically in a different manner. The old Jerusalem will be gone and the new Jerusalem will replace it. The sea will be gone. There will be new rivers, new plant growth, new mountains/valleys, etc. Former things will not be remembered.

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Revelation 3:12 KJV

Him that overcometh will I make a pillar in the temple of my God, and he shall go no more out: and I will write upon him the name of my God, and the name of the city of my God, which is new Jerusalem, which cometh down out of heaven from my God: and I will write upon him my new name.

Revelation 21:2 KJV

And I John saw the holy city, new Jerusalem, coming down from God out of heaven, prepared as a bride adorned for her husband.

Isaiah 65:17 NIV & KJV

New Heavens and a New Earth

“See, I will create new heavens and a new earth. The former things will not be remembered, nor will they come to mind.

Revelation 21:1 NIV & KJV

A New Heaven and a New Earth

Then I saw “a new heaven and a new earth,” for the first heaven and the first earth had passed away, and there was no longer any sea.

Matthew 4:10

Jesus said to him, “Away from me, Satan! For it is written: ‘Worship the Lord your God, and serve him only.’”

Luke 4:8

Jesus answered, “It is written: ‘Worship the Lord your God and serve him only.’”

Becoming a member of God’s Kingdom, Family, Church, etc,
is to — join / reconcil / fit or relate harmoniously — saved people with God
[through the sacrifice of Jesus paying the sin penalty].

Scripture uses words like marriage, bridegroom, bride, etc.  However, in 2023, the wording should be translated into our language as “joined / reconciled / fitted or related harmoniously” instead —  with God as the ultimate head of the Kingdom, Family, Church, and Cosmos.

The “marriage feast” is actually an event that Christians should want to attend, but not as a bride, but as a wanted and welcome member.  The “Church” is made up of Christian members.  However, the Church is the whole group as one [an organization or group]. The “marriage feast” would be better translated as a celebration of welcoming members into God’s Kingdom and that Jesus “is” the Head of the Church.

The same is true of the “Bridesmaids” presentation.  Christians should want to NOT miss being members of the Kingdom of God, Family of God, or Church of God due to not being constantly ready.

No Earthly person knows.  It is unknown. The Scriptures do not state either way.

However, Angels were able to come to Earth and have sex with human females, therefore, it is possible for beings in Heaven to have [participate] in sex.  It will be possible for the saved [in Glorified Bodies] to have sex, it is unknown if they will desire to do so or actually do so either in Heaven or on the New Earth Heaven.

It is also known that sex was to go with marriage, not outside of marriage, and there will be no marriage in Heaven.  We will [as a Church member] be in the family of God with Jesus as the HEAD OF THE CHURCH and the KING OF KINGS.

The word “marriage” is used by Jesus in the Bible [Marriage Feast, the Church will be married to Jesus, and God is married to Jerusalem as well as there will be no marriage in Heaven with woman given or received by man].  However, in the sense that God or Jesus use the word marry [Marriage Feast, the Church will be married to Jesus, and God is married to Jerusalem] marriage means “to join with” and does not have the same connotation as marriage on Earth now or in the past has.  Those in Heaven are under God’s authority and, under God – Jesus’ authority. Those in Heaven have a close relationship with God and Jesus as well as the Holy Spirit.

dictionary meaning: marry:

• to combine suitably or agreeably; blend
• to unite closely or intimately
• to fit together or align (two things); join

It is unknown if a sinner is thrown into the Lake of Fire alive or dead, but once there they will quickly die and dissipate into nothingness and be no more.  They will never re-constituent and get out of Hell and be anywhere.  They will forever be gone. Therefore, the sinner is punished forever.  They will never be in God’s presence again or live again.

After judgement at the White Throne Judgement, a sinner receives “stripes” [whipped] and is then thrown into the Lake of Fire.  Even Hell itself is thrown into the Lake of Fire.

Fallen Angels and Satan, himself, are forever punished.  They never have influence, presence, or the ability to affect humans [glorified] or be in God’s presence again.  The books of Enoch, states they are confined in chains in special unpleasant locations [pillars of fire] forever.

1. From the beginning mankind was ordained to have dominion, to rule, to be in charge of the physical creation here on Earth. [Ps 8]
2. Mankind was given the capacity and responsibility to help direct and judge his fellow man under God. [Ex 18]
3. Christian life is to reconcile man to God. [2 Peter 3 and Luke 4]
4. Christian is to become a member of God’s Family and God’s Kingdom [for eternity].
5. Christian is to become full fledged Sons of God and help rule the entire universe under the direction of Jesus Christ.
6. Christian is to become more like Jesus in character, focus, goals, and essence. [overcoming himself, the world, and assaults of Satan through faith — via reading the bible, prayer, help of Holy Spirit, learn to live by every word of God, and grow in spiritual maturity.] Although we will have unique personalities, we are added to God’s Family in spiritual rebirth because Jesus paid our sin penalty. Christians will never be equal to Jesus or God [in character or power] but the Christian is to progress closer to the character of Jesus.

Parable of the Rich Man and Lazarus shows that those in Hell are not tortured or treated in any negative manner other than not getting amenities as they would if they were in Paradise [Heaven].  Abraham and Lazarus kindly explained to the Rich Man why he had to exist as he did while they were in Paradise [at the time near Hell but with an impassible gulf between].

The fact that it was allowed was a kindness to the Rich Man in Hell.  He was treated respectfully as well – both by Angels who set it all up, God who allowed it, and Abraham/Lazarus who met with him [so to speak].

The Rich Man basically tormented himself by wanting the amenities of Paradise and to be there instead of Hell.  He most likely remembered being rich with all the amenities of being such and missed them all.  He also, most likely tormented himself with the knowledge that it would not change and he was headed to Judgement Day, stripes, and the Lake of Fire with no reprieve.  He was tormented by not being in Paradise where he wanted to be instead of where he was and he could not do anything about it ever.

So…….. even though a sinner is in Hell, he is not tortured.  He is there with his own feelings on the situation and his memories and regrets.  He is in Hell not Paradise where he wants to be.  He has the knowledge “It is TOO LATE.”

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Hell is not going to be pleasant, but no one is tortured.  Those there may torture themselves with their own desires, memories, and lack of amenities.  Those who want drugs, to kill others, rape others, and other horrid acts will not be able to do such and may find that they cannot do what they want to do to be a torment.  Such torment is of their own making. [Hell has an absence of good, community, friendships, and camaraderie.  A sinner is there in solitary confinement. There are no amenities. Those in Hell know that non-sinners are in Paradise with amenities and happy.]

Paradise was originally in the Earth adjacent to Hell, with a gulf between. [Old [Testament]
Jesus spoke about it when He told the Parable of the Rich Man and Lazarus. “So it was that the beggar died and was carried by the angels to Abraham’s bosom. The rich man also died and was buried. And being in torments in Hades, he lifted up his eyes and saw Abraham afar off, and Lazarus in his bosom.” (Luke 16:22-23)

Paradise moved to Heaven after the Jesus arose from the dead. [New Testament]
Therefore, today, Paradise and saved believers [saints] are in Heaven in Paradise.

• Philippians 1: 23
• Acts 7:55
• Ephesians 4:9
• II Corinthians 12:2-4

Present or Intermediate Heaven vs Eternal Heaven:  read the book “Heaven” by Randy Alcorn.  The book clearly explains Heaven now vs Heaven that is Eternal.  Remember that God [the Father] is omnipresent and can be in more than one location at a time. God will not be confined to the Earth in Eternal Heaven, but his main residence will be the New Earth Heaven with the glorified bodied beings.

Link to Book Purchase on Amazon.com:  “Heaven”
Link to Website:  Eternal Perspective Ministries Website – Bookstore

Excerpts from Tomorrow’s World News and Prophecy:

Ezekiel warned that end-time leaders, even in the Israelite-descended nations, will be in it for themselves (Ezekiel 34:2–4). They will clothe and feed themselves and neglect everyone else for whom they are responsible. This world needs compassionate leaders who will take care of their people. This world needs Christ’s return and His reign of peace!

Bible prophecy warns that as the end of the age approaches, men will be displaced as leaders of society: “As for My people, children are their oppressors, and women rule over them” (Isaiah 3:12).

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My opinion:

Note:  Our USA country is an Israelite-descended nation.  As as we can see in current news [both online, newspapers, and TV news], our countries leaders are mostly out for their own greed, influence, and control issues.

Even though the end-times started with Jesus’ coming to Earth [existence & teachings], death on the cross, resurrection, and ascension, — NOW we are closer to the end of the end-times.  We do not have much time left to be saved, become more Christ-like, and walk-in-the-spirit.

Our country might end in the “goat-group” but we as Christians should become and stay in the “sheep-group”.

2 Corinthians 6:1-2 [1] We then, as workers together with him, beseech you also that you receive not the grace of God in vain. [2] (For he said, I have heard you in a time accepted, and in the day of salvation have I succored you: behold, now is the accepted time; behold, now is the day of salvation.)

While you are alive [your now] is the only time for you to be able to be saved.  You cannot wait until the “White Throne Judgement” and expect to be reprieved from eternal death and separation from God as it will be too late.

For those who have not heard of Jesus and salvation, the answer is the same.  While one is alive if the only time that one can be saved through Jesus’s payment of the sin penalty.  Unsaved humans have God’s creation that screams his existence and power also, humans are created with a conscious an in bread knowledge of God, but most often ignore such.  If a human desires to be saved even without hearing about Jesus, they can pray to God and repent of their sins.  God has the power to then let them know of Jesus either via the Holy Spirit or sending someone to let them know about Jesus.  ALSO, although God wants everyone to be saved through Jesus, he has the right [fair or not] to save whom he chooses and not save whom he chooses.  He can make pottery for good or bad.

Romans 6:16
KJV — Know ye not, that to whom ye yield yourselves servants to obey, his servants ye are to whom ye obey; whether of sin unto death, or of obedience unto righteousness?
NKJV — Do you not know that to whom you present yourselves slaves to obey, you are that one’s slaves whom you obey, whether of sin leading to death, or of obedience leading to righteousness?
NIV — Don’t you know that when you offer yourselves to someone as obedient slaves, you are slaves of the one you obey—whether you are slaves to sin, which leads to death, or to obedience, which leads to righteousness?

Notice in the above that you willing with complete knowledge yield, present, or offer to follow and obey. Thus, you willingly become servants.

If you are in a prison [example: abused], under captivity [example: kidnapped, war captive, etc], and/or physically or mentally abused [example: a minor]– you are not willingly yielding or offering to obey. The evil [sin] done is theirs.

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Romans 10 9 — 9 That if thou shalt confess with thy mouth the Lord Jesus, and shalt believe in thine heart that God hath raised him from the dead, thou shalt be saved.

Proverbs 24:16 — is an encouraging verse that says, “For a just man falleth seven times, and riseth up again: but the wicked shall fall into mischief.”

Romans 8:16, KJV: — The Spirit itself beareth witness with our spirit, that we are the children of God: Romans 8:16, NASB: The Spirit Himself testifies with our spirit that we are children of God, Romans 8:16, NLT: For his Spirit joins with our spirit to affirm that we are God’s children.

Romans 8:1, ESV: — There is therefore now no condemnation for those who are in Christ Jesus. Romans 8:1, KJV: There is therefore now no condemnation to them which are in Christ Jesus, who walk not after the flesh, but after the Spirit.

Galatians 3 26 — 26 For ye are all the ^achildren of God by ^bfaith in Christ Jesus. 27 For as many of you as have been ^abaptized into Christ have put on Christ. 28 There is neither Jew nor ^aGreek, there is neither bond nor free, there is neither male nor female: for ye are all ^bone in Christ Jesus.

Ephesians 4:24, NLT: — Put on your new nature, created to be like God–truly righteous and holy. Ephesians 4:24, CSB: and to put on the new self, the one created according to God’s likeness in righteousness and purity of the truth.

Proverbs 16 3 — Commit to the LORD whatever you do, and your plans will succeed. In his heart a man plans his course, but the LORD determines his steps.

Exodus 14 14 — 14 The LORD shall fight for you, and ye shall hold your peace. 14 The LORD will fight for you, and you have only to be silent.” 14 The LORD himself will fight for you. Just stay calm.”

Ephesians 5:11, NASB: — Do not participate in the useless deeds of darkness, but instead even expose them; Ephesians 5:11, NLT: Take no part in the worthless deeds of evil and darkness; instead, expose them. Ephesians 5:11, CSB: Don’t participate in the fruitless works of darkness, but instead expose them.

Galatians 2 20 — “I have been crucified with Christ; it is no longer I who live, but Christ lives in me; and the life which I now live in the flesh I live by faith in the Son of God who loved me and gave Himself for me.”

Romans 6 23 — “For the wages of sin is death, but the gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord” (verse 23). If we serve sin, we get wages — something we deserve: shame and death. But if we serve God, we get eternal life as a gift, something we didn’t deserve.

Micah 7:7 In-Context — 7 But as for me, I watch in hope for the LORD, I wait for God my Savior; my God will hear me. 8 Do not gloat over me, my enemy! Though I have fallen, I will rise. Though I sit in darkness, the LORD will be my light.

Jeremiah 29 11 — Christians facing difficult situations today can take comfort in Jeremiah 29:11 knowing that it is not a promise to immediately rescue us from hardship or suffering, but rather a promise that God has a plan for our lives and regardless of our current situation, He can work through it to prosper us and give us a hope.

Proverbs 23 12 — This means that true wisdom requires intentional choices; a person can “know” what is right, but the heart must apply that knowledge to real-life situations.

1 Corinthians 10 21 — You cannot drink the cup of the Lord, and the cup of demons: you cannot be partakers of the Lord’s table, and of the table of demons.

Crisis in mental health: 

[“As our nations turn away from God and reject His laws, our nations are reaping the fruit of the secular seeds that have been sown in our modern world.”]

“This crisis [mental health crisis] has been aggravated by nearly two years of lockdowns and loneliness due the COVID pandemic, trauma and anxiety related to school shootings, fears generated by news reports about the “climate crisis” and growing violence in cities and communities, and terrorist activities and wars around the world. The solution many propose to this crisis is more money to place more psychologists and mental health counselors in schools and communities.”  ……”have a greater sense of purpose, which is an important element in dealing with depression”. (Medical News Today, November 21, 2022)

“Today, few realize that Jesus Christ foretold that just before He returns, human civilization will come to the point where the future of all life on earth would be in jeopardy, teaching that “unless those days were shortened, no flesh would be saved” (Matthew 24:22). Christ’s return is the good news about our future that world leaders do not understand.” (Today’s World Magazine, January, 27, 2022

It is easier to deal with life if you keep yourself as physically healthy as possible.  It is harder to handle life or endure it if you are high on drugs, addicted to alcohol, or focused on partying alone.  Give yourself the best chance of good mental health by having as good physical health as possible.

On this year’s {2023} list, North Korea is followed by Somalia, Yemen, Eritrea, Libya, Nigeria, Pakistan, Iran, Afghanistan and Sudan. Sudan, at No. 13 last year, is new to the Top 10.

The organization also noted a troubling trend: an “alarming” increase in violence against Christians by Islamic extremists in sub-Saharan Africa. In Nigeria, the number of religiously motivated killings jumped from 4,650 last year to 5,014 in 2022.

…… an increase of persecution, but also an increase in the size and the strength of the body of Christ {church growth}.

The United States, notably, is not on the list, though some U.S. Christians have expressed concern about discrimination.

…… American Christians that {is} relative to many, many, many places in the world, {has} extraordinary freedom.

Excerpts from:  Visit Christian persecution higher than ever as Open Doors’ World Watch List marks 30 years (msn.com) to read whole article.

Christian Nationalism is not Biblical.  This is Saton’s World, and you and I will not change that “by getting out the vote” or resorting to violence.  Don’t just believe me – open your Bible and look up John 14:30, 2 Corinthians 4: 3-4 and Ephesians 2: 2-3.

What is? ….. Jesus’ return and God’s Kingdom

We have entered a time when God is going to deal with the World in the only terms it can understand.

Quote from Tomorrow’s World Jan 2023 pages 2 & 3.

What will our Heavenly [Glorified] Bodies Be Like?

• Earthly Human [is current body that we have on Earth] {Flesh/Blood Body}
• Transitional Spiritual Human [non-eternal pre-glorified body – before Rapture while in Heaven]  {is Spirit Body – able to talk, think, etc – not like the Angels or Jesus yet}
• Post Spiritual Human [is eternal glorified body – at/after Rapture] {Spirit Body – actual eternal substance – similar to what Jesus has except we will not be God}

Reasoning:

So you don’t get confused if you watch the Discovery Channel or if you listen to experimental scientist who are now talking of Trans-Humans [machine/human mix] and Genetic-Altered Humans.

In current Heave saved will have Transitional Spirit Human bodies that have substance.} {Ecclesiastes 9:5 refers to second death in Lake of Fire where sinners will be no more ever again. Jesus said  that those in Heaven and Hell have substance and are alive [aware and function].  The reference to “not know” refers to — unsaved do not know because they have rejected God through Jesus and do not believe what God/Jesus says about anything and they do not care to know.]

— II Corinthians 5:6-8 states that upon death, saved will be with the Lord in Heaven, upon death our bodies go into the grave.  Saved receive their glorified immortal bodies later.

—- 1 Thessalonians 4:13-18 states that glorified bodies and immortality are obtained [for those dead & in Heaven and those alive and gathered at the rapture] at the time of the rapture with those dead & in Heaven receiving such first and then those alive & gathered thereafter………..It should be noted that at this time our Spirit is joined with our Spirit body for a glorified body and given immortality. How, only God knows.]

—- It should be noted that those saved dead in Tribulation and those who are saved in 1000 yr reign receive their glorified bodies at a separate time than those gathered in rapture.

Conclusion:

From "rich man" in pre-Hell parable:  Luke 16:20-25 [ rich man {unsaved}/ Lazarus{saved}]
- both can talk, see, hear, think, feel, remember, understand
- both can walk, move, function physically
- both have substance and essence of some kind
- both are NOT immortal or free of corruption
- believer/saint has divine nature and those is pre-Hell still have the “Worldly” sin nature

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"Rapture/Resurrection Event" [receiving incorruption & immortality glorified body]: Luke 20:35-38

- Believer/Saint DO NOT have immortality yet but receives it at the Rapture/Resurrection Event
- Believer/Saint does have divine nature
- Believer/Saint does NOT have the "glorified" body yet but receives it at the Rapture/Resurrection Event

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Saints/Martyrs physically go to/from before God to receive robes of righteousness" Rev 6:9-11
- Saints/Martyrs have movement, understanding, a physical body of some kind, hear, see, think
- Saints/Martyrs exist in substance
- Saints/Martyrs have divine nature, but not immortal

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Believers/Saints "in" Paradise [Heaven] after their death: Luke 16:20-25 [ rich man/ Lazarus] and Rev 6:11 [rest a little longer until their other brothers, fellow servants of Jesus, had been martyred on the earth and joined them.]

- aware of believers/saints still suffering on Earth
- enjoy nice environment and surroundings
- move about, hear, see, think, feel, understand, evaluate, speak/sing
- awaiting the Rapture/Resurrection knowingly [wanting it to take place]
- can ask questions and understand answers to/from God and understand where they are, the circumstances of Paradise [Heaven] and those on Earth at least to general/overall condition

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 God is the God of the Living: Matthew 20:2 
- living Being

Conclusions: Our resurrected glorified body will be:

• Of divine nature [Heavenly] rather than the sin nature [Worldly].
• Spiritual [Heavenly] rather than natural [Earthly].
• Not flesh and blood [Earthly made]. It will be Heaven made.
• Of substance that can be touched, felt, and will be solid. It will be able to eat and drink and function [touching and handling items of Earth or anywhere] — [stand, sit, move].
• Incorruptible and immortal.
• Individualized and unique. [“given a body as it hath pleased him {God}”]
• Given Heavenly glory and Heavenly power. [not sickly, will not die, and will not grow old.
• Changed — [We will no longer be human as we now know it, but will be an eternal spiritual post-human being.]

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Living Bible

1 Corinthians 15:35-57
35 But someone may ask, “How will the dead be brought back to life again? What kind of bodies will they have?”
36 What a foolish question! You will find the answer in your own garden! When you put a seed into the ground it doesn’t grow into a plant unless it “dies” first.
37 And when the green shoot comes up out of the seed, it is very different from the seed you first planted. For all you put into the ground is a dry little seed of wheat or whatever it is you are planting,
38 then God gives it a beautiful new body—just the kind he wants it to have; a different kind of plant grows from each kind of seed.
39 And just as there are different kinds of seeds and plants, so also there are different kinds of flesh. Humans, animals, fish, and birds are all different.
40 The angels[d] in heaven have bodies far different from ours, and the beauty and the glory of their bodies is different from the beauty and the glory of ours.
41 The sun has one kind of glory while the moon and stars have another kind. And the stars differ from each other in their beauty and brightness.
42 In the same way, our earthly bodies which die and decay are different from the bodies we shall have when we come back to life again, for they will never die.
43 The bodies we have now embarrass us, for they become sick and die; but they will be full of glory when we come back to life again. Yes, they are weak, dying bodies now, but when we live again they will be full of strength.
44 They are just human bodies at death, but when they come back to life they will be superhuman bodies. For just as there are natural, human bodies, there are also supernatural, spiritual bodies.
45 The Scriptures tell us that the first man, Adam, was given a natural, human body[e] but Christ* is more* than that, for he was life-giving Spirit.
46 First, then, we have these human bodies, and later on God gives us spiritual, heavenly bodies.
47 Adam was made from the dust of the earth, but Christ came from heaven above.
48 Every human being has a body just like Adam’s, made of dust, but all who become Christ’s will have the same kind of body as his—a body from heaven.
49 Just as each of us now has a body like Adam’s, so we shall some day have a body like Christ’s.
50 I tell you this, my brothers: an earthly body made of flesh and blood cannot get into God’s Kingdom. These perishable bodies of ours are not the right kind to live forever.
51 But I am telling you this strange and wonderful secret: we shall not all die, but we shall all be given new bodies!
52 It will all happen in a moment, in the twinkling of an eye, when the last trumpet is blown. For there will be a trumpet blast from the sky,[f] and all the Christians who have died will suddenly become alive, with new bodies that will never, never die; and then we who are still alive shall suddenly have new bodies too.
53 For our earthly bodies, the ones we have now that can die, must be transformed into heavenly bodies that cannot perish but will live forever.
54 When this happens, then at last this Scripture will come true—“Death is swallowed up in victory.”
55-56 O death, where then your victory? Where then your sting? For sin—the sting that causes death—will all be gone; and the law, which reveals our sins, will no longer be our judge.
57 How we thank God for all of this! It is he who makes us victorious through Jesus Christ our Lord!

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KJV
1 Corinthians 15:35-57
35 But some man will say, How are the dead raised up? and with what body do they come?
36 Thou fool, that which thou sowest is not quickened, except it die:
37 And that which thou sowest, thou sowest not that body that shall be, but bare grain, it may chance of wheat, or of some other grain:
38 But God giveth it a body as it hath pleased him, and to every seed his own body.
39 All flesh is not the same flesh: but there is one kind of flesh of men, another flesh of beasts, another of fishes, and another of birds.
40 There are also celestial bodies, and bodies terrestrial: but the glory of the celestial is one, and the glory of the terrestrial is another.
41 There is one glory of the sun, and another glory of the moon, and another glory of the stars: for one star differeth from another star in glory.
42 So also is the resurrection of the dead. It is sown in corruption; it is raised in incorruption:
43 It is sown in dishonour; it is raised in glory: it is sown in weakness; it is raised in power:
44 It is sown a natural body; it is raised a spiritual body. There is a natural body, and there is a spiritual body.
45 And so it is written, The first man Adam was made a living soul; the last Adam was made a quickening spirit.
46 Howbeit that was not first which is spiritual, but that which is natural; and afterward that which is spiritual.
47 The first man is of the earth, earthy; the second man is the Lord from heaven.
48 As is the earthy, such are they also that are earthy: and as is the heavenly, such are they also that are heavenly.
49 And as we have borne the image of the earthy, we shall also bear the image of the heavenly.
50 Now this I say, brethren, that flesh and blood cannot inherit the kingdom of God; neither doth corruption inherit incorruption.
51 Behold, I shew you a mystery; We shall not all sleep, but we shall all be changed,
52 In a moment, in the twinkling of an eye, at the last trump: for the trumpet shall sound, and the dead shall be raised incorruptible, and we shall be changed.
53 For this corruptible must put on incorruption, and this mortal must put on immortality.
54 So when this corruptible shall have put on incorruption, and this mortal shall have put on immortality, then shall be brought to pass the saying that is written, Death is swallowed up in victory.
55 O death, where is thy sting? O grave, where is thy victory?
56 The sting of death is sin; and the strength of sin is the law.
57 But thanks be to God, which giveth us the victory through our Lord Jesus Christ.

John 20:26-27
26 And after eight days again his disciples were within, and Thomas with them: then came Jesus, the doors being shut, and stood in the midst, and said, Peace be unto you.
27 Then saith he to Thomas, Reach hither thy finger, and behold my hands; and reach hither thy hand, and thrust it into my side: and be not faithless, but believing.

John 21:12-14
12 Jesus saith unto them, Come and dine. And none of the disciples durst ask him, Who art thou? knowing that it was the Lord.
13 Jesus then cometh, and taketh bread, and giveth them, and fish likewise.
14 This is now the third time that Jesus shewed himself to his disciples, after that he was risen from the dead.

Matthew 26:64
“Yes,” Jesus said, “I am. And in the future you will see me, the Messiah, sitting at the right hand of God and returning on the clouds of heaven.”

Acts 7:55
But Stephen, full of the Holy Spirit, gazed steadily upward into heaven and saw the glory of God and Jesus standing at God’s right hand.

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