2 Thess 1:8

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    :thumbsup:   Its   so true  Marie !

  I was  terrified  of UR , thinking this  cannot be true .  My first concerns  was to tread lightly  , and of course question everything  !

 
Because carnally  applied  [death mode ]  it did not seem logical , true .
   
But it came to me  eventually after   much prayer and much reading   and  seeking   the Lords  face   and these discussions   on Tentmaker  as well as the old Kingdomtalk  forum     before the owner passed over     to ask the elders  seasoned in  much Word  and Spirit   and the Comforter come  and blessed us all ,many times over ..

  That   this carnal mind was an enemy   against the Spirit of Life   , no wonder the battle was so  difficult  :eek:

  But   LOVE / GOD wins     though Jesus Christ  victory   and His cross . :HeartThrob:

  Blessings sister  :HeartThrob:

[marie glen]

THE PRODIGAL SON

The prodigal son repented. He humbled himself and returned as a servant on bended knee. The self-righteous son FAILED TO ACCEPT THE FATHER'S decision- but the Father recieved the son back because he had been "dead"(in rebellion and selfishness) but was now "alive"(in the humility of repentence).

There is no reconciliation without repentence.

The method of that humility may be disputable. The fact of it is not.

"Men and brethren what must we do?" Let everyone of you repent....."

Repenting is not coming under law, it is coming into the love of the Lord Jesus. Coming into one's right mind- as the prodigal did, and returning home, to serve, to wash one another's feet, to live in a community within the love of God.

The crystal sea before the throne is peace(reconciliation) the canopy over it is love(union and communion) the Door to the sheepfold is the cross(death to self) and the resurrection comes through the burial of the old man, so we must throw a couple shovels full of dirt on ourselves- "If anyone will be my disciple".....

I think the judgment to come will be more like birthpangs that stripes of a whip. Even as we presently hav these birthpangs as His image is formed in us, so will the adversaries of Christ in the ages to come- because it is all about transformation, not arbitrary punishment or leveling acounts.

Transformation can be painful and of varying duration according to the characteristics of individuals.

IMO that is what we ought to teach about judgment in the age to come(because that is what I see in the scriptures).

Not that it doesnt exist- but that whatever it is, it transforms.

Transformation.....a key word.       :iagree:

D.

Amen!!!