Keep The Faith

I was re-reading my last post “ More about God's new kingdom ” in the Romans chapter 2 part when something caught my eye. It was verse 7 which read, “On the one hand, he will give eternal life to those who look for glory, honor, and immortality based on their patient good work.” The word “ immortality ” just doesn't seem right to me; does a Christian seek immortality? I read this passage in “biblegateway.com” in a number of translations and most do have “immortality”. I looked at this passage in my “Ultimate Bible Study Suite; KJV Bible” on my Kindle and here is how it reads; “To them who by patient continuance in well doing seek for glory and honour and immortality , eternal life”. I found that the Greek word translated “immortality” is ““aphtharsia {af-thar-see'-ah}” Definitions: incorruptibility; genitive unending existence; (figurative) genuineness: -immortality, incorruption, sincerity.” You know, I think there is a great misconception with what eternal li...

I want to expound more about my post “God Will Be All in All” . I believe we will all be there in God's new kingdom, the new heaven and earth, but fixed. I say fixed but it is that we will have been perfectly judged by God. We will now know that true self and be put in our rightful place; some inside the new city Jerusalem (the place of honor and respect) and the rest outside the city (the place of obscurity). Knowing that true self will grieve so many of us and is the scriptures saying “weeping and gnashing of teeth” ( Matthew 8:12 ; Matthew 13:50 ; ; Matthew 25:30 ). These scriptures also say that they will be thrown into “outer darkness.” The Greek word translated as darkness is “skotos {skot'-os}” which means shadiness, i.e. obscurity. Obscurity means the state of being unknown, inconspicuous, or unimportant. Can you see that this is describing those outside the city? I believe that “weeping and gnashing of teeth” is another way of saying to grieve bitterly just like...