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    #121

    Aug 12, 2022, 12:35 PM
    WG: Do you want to know how much time will be spent singing in the heavenly choir? In heaven, it will be always Now. No measurement of time passing.

    JL: So frequently it's the conditional, "answerless" answer.

    The answer? We dont know how much time will be spent singing in the heavenly choir. I hate to sing, so I will joyfully volunteer for something else on Cloud 9.
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    Aug 12, 2022, 12:40 PM
    The answer? We dont know how much time will be spent singing in the heavenly choir.
    Fair enough. I'd even agree with that. It's why, however, I asked, "So how much singing do you think will take place?"

    I hate to sing, so I will joyfully volunteer for something else on Cloud 9.
    No one will hate singing in heaven. It will be a supreme joy above joys.
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    Aug 12, 2022, 01:04 PM
    Quote Originally Posted by jlisenbe View Post
    Fair enough. I'd even agree with that. It's why, however, I asked, "So how much singing do you think will take place?"
    My understanding of heaven is that it will be a perfect Earth with life much as we know it now.
    No one will hate singing in heaven. It will be a supreme joy above joys.
    My singing will be done privately in my spiritual shower.
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    #124

    Aug 12, 2022, 02:43 PM
    My understanding of heaven is that it will be a perfect Earth with life much as we know it now.
    Life will not be like it is now. It will be far, far better and far more glorious, and the great difference maker will be to be in God's presence unhindered. As Paul said, "For to me, to live is Christ, and to die is gain. 22 But if I live on in the flesh, this will mean fruit from my labor; yet what I shall choose I [d]cannot tell. 23 [e]For I am hard-pressed between the two, having a desire to depart and be with Christ, which is far better."
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    #125

    Aug 12, 2022, 02:54 PM
    Quote Originally Posted by jlisenbe View Post
    Life will not be like it is now. It will be far, far better and far more glorious
    By a perfect Earth, I mean the landscapes -- lakes, oceans, mountains, prairies, forests -- that we enjoy now plus the wild animals that will all be tame. No disease, death, trash thrown around. AND we humans will all enjoy each other's company.
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    Aug 12, 2022, 03:09 PM
    My only concern is the complete absence in your description of what will make heaven truly glorious.
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    Aug 12, 2022, 03:22 PM
    Quote Originally Posted by jlisenbe View Post
    My only concern is the complete absence in your description of what will make heaven truly glorious.
    The presence of our glorious God among us, making our new home far more wonderful than anything we can ever imagine! Heaven will be the MOST Glorious, MOST wonderful, most COMPLETELY perfect, and MOST beautiful place beyond our most vivid imagination.
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    #128

    Aug 12, 2022, 03:23 PM
    Amen, Wondergirl.
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    Aug 12, 2022, 03:46 PM
    By a perfect Earth, I mean the landscapes -- lakes, oceans, mountains, prairies, forests -- that we enjoy now plus the wild animals that will all be tame.
    We know that there will be no Oceans. Some Scholars understand it as there being no animals Either. I'm not sure we will even notice or think about the Earth. it will be a new heaven and new Earth. we will not remember anything of the old. Nothing will even resemble anything similar (except Jesus).

    To throw something at you; might have something to do with this perfection bit. - Will Jesus be Judged and who will be his Judge?

    Something I want to ask WG; Why was the tree in the Garden? Does it have anything to do with free will? Before you start - you know what tree I'm talking about.

    With life much as we know it now.
    This is true, but it is not true in the way that you think. In other words; you are saying it but you don't understand what you are actually saying. I can tell you my take on it. I'd like to hear it (if you could kindly elaborate) from you, first. I see you as a pretender...that's why I don't want to try and explain...telling you before I know what it is you don't know before you now know what I already know. That which you should already know, but you don't know.
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    #130

    Aug 12, 2022, 04:09 PM
    Quote Originally Posted by waltero View Post
    Something I want to ask WG; Why was the tree in the Garden? Does it have anything to do with free will? Before you start - you know what tree I'm talking about.
    The Christmas tree? Oh, you mean the tree that Adam and Eve picked the fruit from and ate? Please tell me its name. The apple tree? Granny Smith or maybe Red Delicious?
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    #131

    Aug 12, 2022, 04:19 PM
    The Christmas tree? Oh, you mean the tree that Adam and Eve picked the fruit from and ate? Please tell me its name.
    Okay, just shut it. you're on my ignore list.
    That's what you do, there is nothing straight about you. you are off kilter!

    I try to listen and understand. I believe JL makes an effort. You have it already figured out. That being the case, there is no use in speaking with you.

    With life much as we know it now.
    Like I said earlier - The Church doesn't know who God is and we don't know who we are...But WG knows all. You go ahead and believe you can live the life that you are living now the same as if you were living in heaven.
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    #132

    Aug 12, 2022, 04:31 PM
    Quote Originally Posted by waltero View Post
    Okay, just shut it. you're on my ignore list.
    That's what you do, there is nothing straight about you. you are off kilter!
    Bible stories don't have it be as dry as dust; they can be fun too. Lighten up, waltero!

    Do you really know the correct name of that tree? You called it something else in Post #80. It makes a big difference if a certain two words are missing from the name.

    By the way, that story is an allegory.
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    Aug 12, 2022, 09:14 PM
    By the way, that story is an allegory.
    Pure speculation masquerading as fact.
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    #134

    Aug 12, 2022, 09:35 PM
    The Christmas tree? Oh, you mean the tree that Adam and Eve picked the fruit from and ate? Please tell me its name. The apple tree? Granny Smith or maybe Red Delicious?
    It is very difficult to ever get a simple, straight answer from WG. Not real sure why, but it does seem to be the case.
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    Aug 13, 2022, 09:16 AM
    By the way, that story is an allegory.

    Pure speculation masquerading as fact.

    Oh, c'mon! The Hebrew OT writers were excellent storytellers and poets. Allegories, proverbs, psalms (aka songs) were their unique ways of expressing God's truths.

    Quote Originally Posted by jlisenbe View Post
    It is very difficult to ever get a simple, straight answer from WG. Not real sure why, but it does seem to be the case.
    Because I am not a pedant.
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    Aug 13, 2022, 09:28 AM
    Oh, c'mon! The Hebrew OT writers were excellent storytellers and poets. Allegories, proverbs, psalms (aka songs) were their unique ways of expressing God's truths.
    That's true, but it certainly does not render the entire OT as a giant allegory.

    What is your standard for deciding when a passage should be considered non-literal? Note to reader. This question will almost certainly not be answered.

    Because I am not a pedant.
    "Dodger" describes you well, I think.
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    #137

    Aug 13, 2022, 09:53 AM
    Quote Originally Posted by waltero View Post
    Something I want to ask WG; Why was the tree in the Garden? Does it have anything to do with free will? Before you start - you know what tree I'm talking about.
    According to the allegory, God created a beautiful Garden, then created Adam and Eve to live there and enjoy it. There was no need for free will; there was nothing negative, no evil.

    As a test for Adam and Eve, God placed the Tree of Knowledge of Good and Evil in the middle of the Garden and told Adam and Eve, "Don't touch this particular tree! If you do, you'll die" -- whatever THAT means since death didn't exist yet! (This is a test sort of like Mom putting a pan of freshly-baked and still hot brownies on the kitchen table to cool and telling her kids, "Don't touch! If I see any missing, I will punish you severely.")
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    #138

    Aug 13, 2022, 10:08 AM
    Quote Originally Posted by jlisenbe View Post
    That's true, but it certainly does not render the entire OT as a giant allegory.
    Did I say the OT is "a giant allegory"? No! I said, "Allegories, proverbs, psalms (aka songs) were their unique ways of expressing God's truths."
    They also recorded their own history in very visual language.
    What is your standard for deciding when a passage should be considered non-literal? Note to reader. This question will almost certainly not be answered.
    What is an allegory: A story is constructed in such a way as to convey a central theme or moral lesson. Characters' names decipher their literary purpose: Adam = man from the earth ; Eve = mother of all the living. Thus, an allegory is a symbolic literary device to explain abstract ideas beyond the story itself.

    Here's an OT poem, Psalm 114 (KJV). Do you understand it as literal?

    1When Israel went out of Egypt, the house of Jacob from a people of strange language;2Judah was his sanctuary, and Israel his dominion.3The sea saw it, and fled: Jordan was driven back.4The mountains skipped like rams, and the little hills like lambs.5What ailed thee, O thou sea, that thou fleddest? thou Jordan, that thou wast driven back?6Ye mountains, that ye skipped like rams; and ye little hills, like lambs?7Tremble, thou earth, at the presence of the Lord, at the presence of the God of Jacob;8Which turned the rock into a standing water, the flint into a fountain of waters.
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    #139

    Aug 13, 2022, 10:33 AM
    Yep. A dodger for sure. When asked, "What is your standard for deciding when a passage should be considered non-literal?", you respond with a long definition of what an allegory is. But that was not the question, was it?

    To decide that Genesis 3 is an allegory, you must employ a standard for deciding when a passage should be taken as an allegory as opposed to being strictly literal. I'd still like to know what your standard is. I know that will not be forthcoming, and perhaps you don't know that yourself, but I'd still like to know.

    To complicate matters, a passage can be BOTH literal AND allegorical. Perhaps you are appealing to that interpretation.
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    #140

    Aug 13, 2022, 10:50 AM
    Quote Originally Posted by jlisenbe View Post
    Yep. A dodger for sure. When asked, "What is your standard for deciding when a passage should be considered non-literal?", you respond with a long definition of what an allegory is. But that was not the question, was it?

    To decide that Genesis 3 is an allegory, you must employ a standard for deciding when a passage should be taken as an allegory as opposed to being strictly literal. I'd still like to know what your standard is. I know that will not be forthcoming, and perhaps you don't know that yourself, but I'd still like to know.

    To complicate matters, a passage can be BOTH literal AND allegorical. Perhaps you are appealing to that interpretation.
    No dodge. The description of an allegory matches the elements in Genesis 3. Otherwise, I have no idea what you mean by "standard".

    We'll find out in heaven if it was literal. Meanwhile, I'll learn a moral lesson from the allegory.

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