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What if the land of the living is actually the land of the dying

The older I get the more I’m wondering if earth is really just the land of the dying, and those who have passed on in the Lord are the ones who are actually living right now.

It’s real hard to have true peace and contentment when those you love are constantly dying or getting ready to die all around you.

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Christianity

3 weeks ago

Is there direct evidence of a near death experience in the New Testament of the Bible?

The Bible is so interesting when you really read it - there is so much there that the church rarely touches on.

Why would Paul write about the below, and then also assert his own visions and revelations of the Lord? Does the story below about a man caught up into the third heaven mean it is possible for someone to experience points of the afterlife even while here on earth? It certainly seems this man did?

“I know a man in Christ who fourteen years ago was caught up to the third heaven—whether in the body or out of the body I do not know, God knows. And I know that this man was caught up into paradise—whether in the body or out of the body I do not know, God knows— and he heard things that cannot be told, which man may not utter.”
‭‭2 Corinthians‬ ‭12‬:‭2‬-‭4‬ ‭ESV‬‬
bible.com/bible/59/2co.12.2-4.ESV

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Christianity

2 months ago

One of the major deterrents to Christianity today believe it or not is the church. If you watch many of the de-conversion videos on you tube and social media you come away with similar themes - I had questions the church never provided an answer for, they said they and God loved me but all I experienced was a canned sermon, none of the people who went to the church actually knew or spoke about the Bible (or lived it), the few church leaders barely gave me the time of day when I needed help, where was God when I was in need, where was God when a family member was sick and dying, where is God now with all the starvation around the world, why is there all this pointless suffering and on and on.
What has been your experience?

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JA

2 months ago

Like Jesus said, “Truly, I say to you, only with difficulty will a rich person enter the kingdom of heaven.”
Since they’re so self-sufficient, it’s difficult for rich people to acknowledge God, to acknowledge that they’re sinners and actually need help. That they need a Savior like everyone else.
And make no mistake, we are an exceedingly rich nation. Even at poverty levels, people in the U.S. live a quality of life that would have been considered rich in this country a 100+ years ago, and are considered rich today by many global standards.
That’s what I see in the church. A whole lotta self-sufficient rich people that do everything on their own (seemingly without God—even though everything is His and comes from Him—or help from the body), and who expect everyone else to do the same. They spend all their time and effort on remaining self-sufficient, and have little or no time leftover to know God better or help others.
I’m probably over-generalizing, and not a little projecting, but yeah, that has been my experience and observations.

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Chris Cagle

2 months ago

Thanks for sharing your perspective :)

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