God is LOVE!!!!!!!!!!

As I was sitting in my quit family room this morning drinking my coffee, I was thinking about “God is Love” and how His great love fits what we read in the Bible and with what is going on in our world today. It is difficult to piece this together but I believe I understand how it does fit.

I thought about Adam and Eve.

I don’t know if there was actually a fruit they ate that opened there eyes to know what is good and evil or if it is just a way to show our downfall. What happened was that man began to judge. This judgment was putting self at the top. It didn’t care about others; it only cared about self and what was good for self and believing that what is good for self is good for others.

I guess this wanting to judge, or wanting to be god or be like God started with Satan or Lucifer as he was once called.

Isaiah 14:12-14

New International Version (NIV)

¹² How you have fallen from heaven,
morning star, son of the dawn!
You have been cast down to the earth,
you who once laid low the nations!
¹³ You said in your heart,
“I will ascend to the heavens;
I will raise my throne
above the stars of God;
I will sit enthroned on the mount of assembly,
on the utmost heights of Mount Zaphon.^[a]
14 I will ascend above the tops of the clouds;
I will make myself like the Most High.”

I thought about the great flood and what was going on then.

Genesis 6:2-5

New International Version (NIV)

² the sons of God (fallen angels …..) saw that the daughters of humans were beautiful, and they married any of them they chose. ³ Then the Lord said, “My Spirit will not contend with^[a] humans forever, for they are mortal^[b]; their days will be a hundred and twenty years.”

⁴ The Nephilim were on the earth in those days—and also afterward—when the sons of God went to the daughters of humans and had children by them. They were the heroes of old, men of renown. (the Greek gods maybe)

 

⁵ The Lord saw how great the wickedness of the human race had become on the earth, and that every inclination of the thoughts of the human heart was only evil all the time.

I thought about Israel and what happened with them.

God chose Israel out of all the nations to show everyone about Himself and that His ways and His judgments are the ONLY way to have peace; but Israel lost site of what God is saying. At first, they wanted judges and kings to rule over them; they could see these humans but they couldn’t see God. They misunderstood the purpose of God’s teachings; the “Christians” call them laws. God's purpose is to show man's depraved state.

 

They started dissecting each law and tried to fit every possible thing that one might do into one of the teachings/laws so they would know how to live and what should happen with disobedience. What they have ended up with, is someone’s interpretations of the teachings/laws; I believe they call it the “Talmud”.

 

I thought about the “Christians”.

 

Since the time that Jesus the Messiah came into this world, the Christians have had their problems too. Looking back on some things of the past, I am almost ashamed to be in that group called Christians. There were such terrible things done by the Christians during the Crusades and other periods.

Today we have many different Christian faiths. It's because we interpret the Bible differently.

Islam and most likely all other religions are the same. Someone judges what is the truth and others jump onto that band wagon, so to speak. Depending on how powerful or how correct an individual or group deem themselves to be, it leads to bad things happening even into wars.

 

There are rumors of a great collapse of our monetary system that will soon take place. Personally, I believe this to be true. I believe that this is the destruction of Babylon talked about in the Bible.

Many people are doing things that they judge will save them, such as having gold or silver stored up to buy what they will need when our money becomes worthless. Have they thought about what the people who have nothing are going to do when they see those who have silver and gold? A good example is what’s happening today with the “hidden money” People are going into a frenzy trying to get it.

Some people believe that building their mighty fortress will save them. Have those people thought about what will happen when the ones on the outside see something inside the compound/fortress that they want or if they just want to get rid of it? Desperate people will do anything to get what they want and governing bodies will use great power to get rid of what they judge to be a problem.

My words to you are trust Father God during this; I know I will have to remind myself to do this too. Ask Father God to help us to do what is good and honorable in His sight in our dealings with others during this. Give God the praise for what He will do and what He has done.

Can you see what is going on here? I am the judge and not God.

 

So, where is God is Love in all of this?

The Day of Judgment --- the Righteous Judgment!

This is when Father God shows each one of us what our judging has done. You and I will grieve bitterly when we see this and wonder why in the world did Father God put up with us, with me, and not just get rid of us all. And God will say, “Because I LOVE you. The punishment you deserve, my SON, my beloved SON, paid for all of it; in full.”

AND THIS IS LOVE!.

 

 

What did Father God say when He looked upon His creation?

Genesis 1:31

New International Version (NIV)

³¹ God saw all that he had made, and it was very good.

 

Some of you are going to ask, “Then what is “the Book of Life” all about?” These are the ones Father God chose at the beginning, for ever ago, to shed light on this wonderful plan of His. They will have already born their cross and will not be judged. They will have already gone through much, as Christ Jesus the messiah has done.

Shame is hell ------- Hell is shame

We have had this idea of hell being a place of unending torment for so long it has become ingrained in us; it will be difficult to think of it in any other way. I know I have struggled with this for several years now and even today I ask myself sometimes, “Am I wrong? Am I not seeing this correctly?” I know that in my heart I believe that this hell talked about in the Bible is SHAME; shame that will come to most all of us when God judges justly. Because Father God knows me perfectly, whatever shame I must endure will be my just reward. I trust Him to judge me fairly.

I know that there are many Christians who will disagree with me venomously and adhere to traditional teaching. I have a great burden in this and wish we could all see this in the same way but in my small faith, I don’t see that happening.

God is bigger than my small faith and I know that whatever I do or say does not change His truths. I know He WILL accomplish His wonderful plan.

When you study the scriptures, open your mind to the possibility that hell just might be the shame I’ve been talking about. I believe that the scriptures that you have struggled with in the past will fall into place and start making sense.  

News of great joy to all people

I want to ask you something. By your present beliefs and knowledge of the Bible, are any of your close family members going to hell? .................... Does it appear that just a few people in the world today are going to hell or a great number? .................. Do you have the traditional belief that all who go to hell will never get out and live in torment for eternity? Does this give you great joy knowing this?

So, where is this great joy told by the angle to the shepherds when Jesus was born?

Luke 2:8-10

New International Version (NIV)

⁸ And there were shepherds living out in the fields nearby, keeping watch over their flocks at night. ⁹ An angel of the Lord appeared to them, and the glory of the Lord shone around them, and they were terrified. ¹⁰ But the angel said to them, “Do not be afraid. I bring you good news that will cause great joy for all the people.

Do you actually believe that our Loving Father God would hinge everything on your accepting Jesus Christ to be your “Lord and Savior?” and if you don't, you will go to that place traditionally said to be hell?

Do you ever make wrong choices? I know I have; many. Well, according to traditional belief, you better make the right one on this because if you don't, you are going to a place to be tormented or live in torment for ever and ever, never a possibility of ever getting out. Does God leave this critical choice to us when we don’t know our right hand from our left (Jonah 4:11) or know what we are doing (Luke 23:34) or understand or even seek for God (Romans 3:11).

We’ve all heard about the concentration camps during our wars. I would say that the ones put in those concentration camps went through great torment, wouldn’t you? Well, every one of them had their torment ended, either by death or release. You want to say that God has something worse than these concentration camps? It is absolutely ludicrous to think so.

The Bible teaches that it’s Father God’s will to save us all.

1 Timothy 2:4

King James Version (KJV)

⁴ Who will have all men to be saved, and to come unto the knowledge of the truth.

That Father God delights in exercising loving-kindness, justice, and righteousness on earth.

Jeremiah 9:24

New American Standard Bible (NASB)

²⁴ but let him who boasts boast of this, that he understands and knows Me, that I am the Lord who exercises lovingkindness, justice and righteousness on earth; for I delight in these things,” declares the Lord.

 

That Father God takes no pleasure in our death.

Ezekiel 18:32

New Living Translation (NLT)

³² I don’t want you to die, says the Sovereign Lord. Turn back and live!

That Father God is slow to anger, abounding in love and faithfulness, maintains love to thousands, and forgiving wickedness, rebellion, and sin.

Exodus 34:6-7

New International Version (NIV)

⁶ And he passed in front of Moses, proclaiming, “The Lord, the Lord, the compassionate and gracious God, slow to anger, abounding in love and faithfulness, ⁷ maintaining love to thousands, and forgiving wickedness, rebellion and sin. Yet he does not leave the guilty unpunished…….

I've chosen but a few scriptures that shows that God is LOVE. Does the “Christian” traditional belief of hell being a place of unending torment match the God in these passages I’ve quoted? I say, “NO”, it can’t be. How can you possibly match “God is Love” to a place of unending torment? It makes no sense!

The God who created all things is bigger than our traditional belief of hell, much bigger.

I would like to bring to mind something Jesus said. Jesus had just finished talking to a rich man who went away from Him sad because he could not find it in himself to sell all that he had so that he might enter the kingdom of heaven. (Matthew19:16-22) Jesus talked to His deciples after the man left and told them how difficult it is for a rich man to enter the kingdom of heaven. He said that it is easier for a camel to go through the eye of a needle than for a rich man to enter the kingdom of heaven. The disciples, hearing this, were very astonished and asked, “Then who can be saved?” Here is Jesus' response:

Matthew 19:26

New International Version (NIV)

²⁶ Jesus looked at them and said, “With man this is impossible, but with God all things are possible.”

This is the God I believe in. He will not allow ANYONE to go into a place of unending torment!

We have accepted this traditional belief of hell being a place of unending torment far too long. It is time to find out what hell really is. We have to go back to the original Hebrew and Greek for this.

This is what I have done and I now believe that this hell talked about in the Bible is the shame I will have when I see my true self.

1 Corinthians 13:12

New King James Version (NKJV)

¹² For now we see in a mirror, dimly, but then face to face. Now I know in part, but then I shall know just as I also am known.

James 1:23-25

New King James Version (NKJV)

²³ For if anyone is a hearer of the word and not a doer, he is like a man observing his natural face in a mirror; ²⁴ for he observes himself, goes away, and immediately forgets what kind of man he was. ²⁵ But he who looks into the perfect law of liberty and continues in it, and is not a forgetful hearer but a doer of the work, this one will be blessed in what he does.

Yeshua (Jesus) IS THE messiah, the anointed mediator, who restored us to Father God, but He is also our teacher (our ONLY teacher). The Holy Spirit is like the conduit between Yeshua and us, so that Father God’s truths, His teachings which will restore peace, can enter into our hearts.

There are so many warnings in the New Testement for us to stay in Jesus Christ or keep the faith. This is so we won’t feel ashamed when that day comes. Shame is the hell talked about in the Bible.(1Peter 4:12-19).

What more can our loving Father God do? He provided the payment for all our sins (THANKS BE TO YESHUA), He teaches us His truths so we can know Him, through Jesus, and he provides a helper to stay on the right path, the Holy Spirit. This is the “good news that will cause great joy for all the people.”