How Does the Bible Describe the World
The physical world at its largest extent includes the whole universe the cosmos John 19. And it will be 1500 miles wide with four sides and 1500 miles high Ezek 412-4.
James 44 The people who make up that world will undergo the judicial punishment of everlasting destruction 2 Thessalonians 17-9 On the other hand people who remain no.
. Modern science agrees that the universe had a beginning. Paul equates worldliness with spiritual immaturity in 1 Corinthians 31-3 where he addresses. The world operates on the basis of ungodly thoughts attitudes motives values and goals.
Jesus spoke of the world hating both Him and those who follow Him John 77. 2 Everyone has only one life in which to determine their destiny Hebrews 927. KJVER King James Bible Easy Reader The straightforward interpretation from the context is God created the starry heavens and put them up like you might erect a canopy or a tent.
In addition to war in general during the end times Ezekiel 38 speaks of a gathering of nations that will come together in war against Israel. 314 self-determination Job 2313 intelligence Gen. American King James Version New American Standard Bible.
Love involves other attributes of God including grace kindness and mercy. Because Eve questioned God she ate the forbidden fruit and gave it to Adam to eat. For God did not send the Son into the world to judge the world but that the world might be saved through Him.
In the world of the Bible water was very precious. Eve used that free will when she ate the apple from the Tree of Knowledge of Good and Evil Genesis 36 NIV. Key Facts About Eternity.
Because many false prophets have gone out into the world. Human sinfulness is in the world because God granted humans free will. First John 41-3 says.
Then the New Jerusalem or actually heaven itself descends out of the sky and rests where Jerusalem is at the present time Rev 21. Paint a picture of how the Bible came to be and how it has been passed down through the centuries to us. WHAT THE BIBLE SAYS.
The beast will make war Revelation 117. The Bible says that God is love. We have come to know and have believed the love which God has for us.
God created the universe including the earth in the indefinite past in the beginning as Genesis 11 says. The resurrection of Jesus marks the beginning of new creation entering the world. By this you know the Spirit of God.
The Bible describes believers as living in a state of expectancy in a state of tension between two worlds. Because the world in question has desires that merit Gods disapproval it is obviously not the literal earth. A recent scientific model suggests it to be almost 14 billion years old.
Worldliness then is the condition of being concerned with worldly affairs especially to the neglect of spiritual things. The biblical concept of world falls into five categories. 1 Everyone will exist eternally either in heaven or hell Daniel 1223.
The physical world the human world the moral world the temporal world and the coming world. The Bible has a great deal to say about worldliness none of it good. Every spirit that confesses that Jesus Christ has come in the flesh is of God and every spirit that does not confess that Jesus Christ has come in the flesh is not of God.
Clearly the Bible does not teach that the earth is flat. Its in this sense that we must not love the world. Here the Hebrew word נטה natah is rendered in English as stretches out meaning to stretch out or incline.
When biblical writers refer to the world however they. The biblical authors use the phrase end times to describe the period of the New Testament. The Bible describes God as a person although most of the worlds religions tend to portray God as an impersonal being or force.
This is the culmination of a series of events called the day of the Lord the time when God will intervene in human history for the purpose of judgment. However the frequency of use of those passages is far less than the verses I discussed here. The elements will be destroyed by fire and the earth and everything in it will be laid bare.
I love that passage of Scripture in Romans 154 where it says For whatever was written in former days was written for our instruction that through endurance and through the encouragement of the Scriptures we might have hope The story of. God Is A Consuming Fire The Bible also describes God as a consuming fire. For example in Exodus 1022 the same Hebrew word is.
The hot dry climate created the need for saving water in every possible way. Gold and Honey According to the psalmist the Scriptures are more to be desired than gold or sweeter than the drippings of the honeycomb. There are other passages flat-earthers occasionally use.
Living in a world where there are pandemics and death and so on is a sign of a world that is slowly being put to death so that it can be raised from the dead. Rather it is the world of mankind who disregard God making themselves his enemy. Acts 1724 or the creation Rom 820.
The serpent manipulated Eve into questioning God. God is love and the one who abides in love abides in God and God abides in him 1 John 416. So we can say that heaven will be on earth because heaven is any place where God is.
37-8 and volition or will John 434. Psalms 1042. The dictionary definition of worldly is relating to or devoted to the temporal world.
It does not seek to promote Gods glory or to submit to His lordship. God is described in Scripture as having the characteristics of personality including self-awareness Ex. The Bible also describes six days of creation.
In the same manner Gods Word is both necessary and precious. We live in the present world which we know will end while we look for the world to come with the return of Christ. Beloved do not believe every spirit but test the spirits whether they are of God.
The heavens will disappear with a roar. Here I have examined the biblical passages flat-earthers generally use to claim the Bible teaches the earth is flat. The event usually referred to as the end of the world eschaton is described in 2 Peter 310.
Here in Jesus prayer we learn that. 137 war is referred to in heaven Revelation 127 the dragon makes war with a woman and her offspring Revelation 1217. Principalities And Powers The Devil Satan As The Prince Of This World Satan Kingdom Of Impotence Of Satan defeat Suffering Of Jesus Christ Christ Being Silent.
3 Heaven or hell is determined by whether a person believes puts their trust in Christ alone to save them John 316 36 etc.
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