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"EARTH" BIBLE
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EARTH: Christians teach the resurrection hope but some hope to live forever or to time indefinite upon Earth while others hope for resurrection to Heaven. For example at Matthew 5:5 Christ says "blessed are the meek for they will inherit the earth" and “earth” could mean either the Promised Land or else the planet Earth. On Earth is definitely where Christ resurrected Lazarus (John 11), the widow's son (Luke 7), Jairus’ daughter (Mark 5) and some others. Many people came back to life on Earth when Christ died. (Mt 27) Paul resurrected Eutychus on Earth after he fell. (Ac 20:9-12) Peter brought back Tabitha upon Earth. (Ac 9:36-43) Elijah (1 Ki 17) and Elisha (2Ki 4) had also performed resurrections upon the Earth.   Christ says at John 5:28 that all will come forth from the tombs. He himself was also a Jewish rabbi and throughout history and the Bible those among the Jewish people who have looked forward to resurrection have foreseen it to be upon the Earth.

On the other hand, as alluded to, history and the Bible clearly show that for some 2000 years the main hope and emphasis for Christians has been to go to heaven to serve with Christ although we can note that Revelation 21:2, 3 says that Christ and his bride, meaning those with him in heaven at some point return to rule at length upon Earth. For example please read John 14:2, 3; 1 Corinthians 15:20, 2 Corinthians 5:1, 2; Galatians 1:8, Philippians 3:20, James 1:17. Ecclesiastes 1:4 says of planet Earth that it will never end; but Christ and the Bible say that both heaven and Earth will pass away although a new heaven and Earth will come. Please read Matthew 24:35; Luke 21:33, and Revelation 21:1.

Supportive of the Bible, scientists also teach that the starry universe and planet Earth will pass away and some scientists believe that later a new Big Bang explosion will trigger a new creation of the universe and Earth so that in this way Earth comes and goes thus remaining forever. The Bible does not say but given the good of God, one speculation is that before God has the Earth and starry heavens pass away He will have humans on Earth go elsewhere for at least a period of time in flesh or in spirit. Scientists have theorized other universes that humans might get to visit.

The Good News is that God’s main characteristic is Love, and Christ gave himself as a ransom sacrifice so that God will save us despite the fact that as the apostle Paul noted we all sin and so first must die. (1 Corinthians 15:22) Resurrection is our one hope but it is reasonable that its location for many will be on Earth and for others in Heaven. God has many mansions. We rest assured that our Father in heaven shall do what is best. He has invited many to strive for Heaven but He will choose who actually go there or dwell upon the Earth. We die but are resurrected, judged and disciplined in perfect fairness, given another chance, experience the many blessings that He will give to ALL of us (Acts 24:15, John 3:16) during His Kingdom. God shall bring true peace and joy upon Earth as it is in Heaven. This is truly amazing, Good News.

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"MARRY ONLY IN THE LORD"
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Paul said a widow could marry someone "only in the Lord" (1Cor 7:39) which some think means you MUST not marry a person of different beliefs while others say it means usually we SHOULD but there are exceptions. God did not oppose Joseph's marrying Asenath (Ge 41:45), daughter of Potiphar the priest of On or Beth Shemesh (House of the Sun), Egypt, (Jer. 43:13) so-called because of sun worship. Asenath bore Mannaseh and Ephraim (Ge 41:50-52, 46:20) who founded Israelite tribes. Moses married Zipporah who bore Gershom and Eliezer (Ex 2:16-12, 18:2-4). Her father was Jethro also called Reul, an Arabic priest in Midian. Jehtro was not originally a worshipper of the true God because after Moses returned over the Red Sea only then did he say Moses' God was greater than all other gods. (Ex 18:10)

Esther's marriage to King Ahasuerus of Persia was approved of by God who guided her to save the Jews from genocide. Some may say Moses and Joseph's wives likely converted to being worshippers of their husbands' God, but this cannot be argued with Esther. In ancient Israel God said to not marry members of seven idol-worshipping nations, at least on their entering the Promised Land, so as not to be turned to worshipping false gods. (Deu 7:1-3) Those nations no longer exist and besides at Deuteronomy 21:19-14 God says an Israelite could marry a captured foreigner after letting her mourn a month for her lost parents. Isaac and Rebecca's being bothered by Esau's Hittite wives is assumed to mean it was due to their being Hittite non-worshippers but we can as easily assume it was simply because they were annoying.

Paul said there is only "one faith," meaning the general Christian faith, not some branch such as at Jerusalem or Corinth. Today its branches still form but one faith. In fact at 1 Timothy 4:1-5 Paul calls it anti-God to tell persons they MUST not be marrying, and this would apply with inter-church marriages today. Though usually best for a Christian to marry another Christian, Solomon said there is a time and a place for everything. The Bible allows reasonable exceptions. Christians naturally consider much about potential mates, but the choice stays theirs, not pressuring busybodies standing between them and God.

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ANSWERING THE BIBLE SKEPTICS
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"If God exists why does God permit evils, and even if God does exist and is good then He must be too weak to do punish wrongdoers and help the good people!" is a common charge counterbalanced by "Although God is all-powerful and good, if He forced all humans to only be good and caused only good things to always happen, that would make Him a dictator not allowing free-will, causing humans to be no more than robots.   His plan is that after allowing things to mostly freely happen, He will then bring the wrongdoers to justice, reward those who are good, bring back to life the innocents who suffered to heal them and more than fairly reward them so that all will see His perfect justice, love and fairness."

"Why can't we see God if He exists?" is a another common question by many sincere and curious people. One answer as to why we can't see the energy source for this universe is because to see the source of all the fiery, radiation-filled stars would blind us, could give us radiation poisoning and cause us to die.  So not being able to directly see God is kind and merciful. We can however see God's existence through the things He has created, like the stars, vast oceans, lovely flowers. We also can't see the wind or gravity, but we can see what those invisible things do. Likewise, although, we can't see God directly, we can see what God has done and is doing. Too, the source of all space, energy and matter has provided us with our planet, Earth, tasty food, water, life, and intelligence. Since a good father is a good provider it really is not illogical to call such a Source our Father. The word God can be used as an abbreviation for "the source of this universe that provides for us in a fatherly manner."

Early Earth may have had an atmosphere screening out much of the radiation which now ages humans, and there may have been plants, even a Tree of Life providing antioxidant richer fruits etc for prolonging life. The creative Days could have been billions of years as Hebrew yohm (day) like in English can mean a long time as in "in Rome's day." Eve made from a rib is no stranger than cloning creatures from individual cells. We now "resurrect" movie stars via TV, so why is it an impossible idea that the Source of all the universe and living creatures in it can cause resurrection? Why call it impossible that God could float an axe on water, since even we humans can float million ton sea-going vessels in water and space vessels in the nothingness of space. Why make fun of the idea that Christ could walk on water when insects can do so and via devices modern humans may do so, too? Some say the sun could not have "stood still" for Joshua, yet clouds with ice have sometimes reflected light from vast miles over the horizon. Some say that if Bible censuses of the same tribe differ that proves the whole Bible is false, but they don't note that verses can vary due to children or elderly people being listed in one census but not listed in other censuses that are just for able-bodied men. A verse may say a certain city was destroyed in one chapter but in another chapter say it was still existing, yet there could have easily been two cities with the same name.
One verse says Christ baptized while another says disciples did. Does this mean the Bible contradicts itself and so is telling lies? Actually, even today we may say a man built a skyscraper when not himself directly but workers acting on his behalf did the building. Is God cruel because humans die? Does God make us die? In fact, God wanted humans to live forever and warned the very first humans how to avoid death, but they themselves ignored the warning, causing themselves and all humans since to die. True, God has permitted slaves but He gave laws that they were to not be mistreated but regarded as servants with legal rights and protections.   Slave overseers and owners didn't want slaves to read the Bible. For example Deuteronomy 23:15 says "Don't return a runaway slave to his master; he's come to you for refuge. Let him live wherever he wishes within the protective gates of your city. Don't take advantage of him."

Some see the idea of a snake talking in the Garden of Eden as impossible although readily admit the earth is filled with amazing creatures including extremophiles that live in water 7,000 degrees Fahrenheit. No can say for sure what creatures lived on earth in the past, perhaps even intelligent serpents or serpent-like creatures. Also, if God exists as the Good Spirit, then a Bad Spirit called Satan can also exist and be powerful enough to at least make a snake seem to talk. Skeptics ask why would a loving God punish Adam and Eve so severely with death, but they forget that God didn't want them to die, told them which tree to not eat, and they themselves chose to sentence themselves and their descendants to death. Skeptics can just as easily blame the actual sources of death such as accidents, wars of nationalism etc. Christ pointed out that God permitted men to divorce women not because God wanted divorces for He doesn't and opposes divorces. However, God also knew that if He did not allow divorces, it would lead to far more cruelty. Those who believe in a source for all that exists do believe in God although that is not in the sense of a personally caring God. Possibly by reading this thoughtfully, some of those will now understand why so many do believe in God in not only a personal way but also in a more objective, logical way. Understanding the views of others helps us all.

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BIRTHDAYS, WHY MOST CHRISTIANS CELEBRATE THEM

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Luke 2:6 says that angels celebrated Christ's day of birth, many who read first Job 1:3 and then Job 3:1, 3 believe it is clear the banquet days Job's children celebrated were birthdays, and Jude 12 says the earliest Christians enjoyed balanced merriment at "love feasts." Those against birthdays ignore the preceding positive verses and say that in the Bible the only birthdays that are mentioned are in negative contexts, namely at the birthday of King Herod when he had John the Baptizer's head chopped off, and when an ancient Egyptian was slain. They are also wrong to say "mature" Christians don't celebrate birthdays.

In fact most Christians view a birthday as a time for honoring the One who caused such happiness, the Creator of Life Himself, and it is also a way of showing the person who receives a birthday that they are loved, not "worshipped" as those against birthdays have sometimes said. The detractors also claim that cakes, candles and making a wish are ungodly. Although non-Christian groups do also use cakes, candles and make wishes, the majority of Christians, being for birthdays, note that the parallel use of those do not make the usages wrong any more than it is wrong for a Christian to use a hammer since non-Christians also use hammers or a pagan may have made the first hammer.

How something is used is more important than that it is used. For example, if a person used a hammer as an idol, say, with the head of a god and with praying to it, then how it was being used would not be Christian, but if a person uses a hammer to simply build a house for a homeless family, then how it is used is Christian. Consider too that Galatians 5:22 says that one of the fruits of God's Holy Spirit is "joy," and so there is every reason to ignore misinformation about birthdays and continue in joyful celebration. Christian parents should definitely feel free to keep the eyes of their children lit up with happiness whenever their days of birth come.

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http://en.wikipedia .org/wiki/ Birthdays
http://en.wikipedia .org/wiki/ Happy_Birthday_ to_You
http://en.wikipedia .org/wiki/ Birthday_ cake

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E
P
A
G
A
N
F
O
N
S
O
O
S
E
Y
E
L
Y
H
O
Y
C
A
R
B
S
E
L
O
K
H
B
O
C
P
J
O
B
S
C
H
I
L
D
R
E
N
X
H
E
M
V
P
H

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