“Believe in the Lord Jesus Christ, and you will be saved” (Acts 16:31).
This is so often tossed out there without any help to solving the core problem, “How do I begin to believe?” However I wanted you to begin from the beginning. With you seeking Yashua, a.k.a. Jesus there is no possibility of you being saved. On the other hand, just the knowledge you have, should scare you to death.
I do not know of a single person in the Industrialized Nations that does not know of the Mythical Hell and does not want to spend a moment there. The truth is much worse and fearful than any of the myths I have learned during the 76 ½ years of this journey of mine.
The truth of the matter is found in Luke 16:
19 “Now there was a rich man, and he habitually dressed in purple and fine linen, enjoying himself in splendor every day. 20 And a poor man named Lazarus was laid at his gate, covered with sores, 21 and longing to be fed from the scraps which fell from the rich man’s table; not only that, the dogs also were coming and licking his sores. 22 Now it happened that the poor man died and was carried away by the angels to Abraham’s arms; and the rich man also died and was buried. 23 And in Hades he raised his eyes, being in torment, and *saw Abraham far away and Lazarus in his arms. 24 And he cried out and said, ‘Father Abraham, have mercy on me and send Lazarus, so that he may dip the tip of his finger in water and cool off my tongue, for I am in agony in this flame.’ 25 But Abraham said, ‘Child, remember that during your life you received your good things, and likewise Lazarus bad things; but now he is being comforted here, and you are in agony. 26 And besides all this, between us and you a great chasm has been set, so that those who want to go over from here to you will not be able, nor will any people cross over from there to us.’ 27 And he said, ‘Then I request of you, father, that you send him to my father’s house— 28 for I have five brothers—in order that he may warn them, so that they will not come to this place of torment as well.’ 29 But Abraham said, ‘They have Moses and the Prophets; let them hear them.’ 30 But he said, ‘No, father Abraham, but if someone goes to them from the dead, they will repent!’ 31 But he said to him, ‘If they do not listen to Moses and the Prophets, they will not be persuaded even if someone rises from the dead.’”
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As nearly as I can reckon it the opposite of Abraham’s Buxom {Arms in the NASB} has been twisted by untaught folks into Hell and I see, from time to time where those same people believe Abraham’s Arms, Paradise, is Heaven and the place of torment would then be Hell. However a Read-thru of the Holy Scriptures will cross this Luke 16 passage as well as to the passage found in Matthew 27:
50 And Jesus cried out again with a loud voice, and gave up His spirit. 51 And behold, the veil of the temple was torn in two from top to bottom; and the earth shook and the rocks were split. 52 Also the tombs were opened, and many bodies of the saints who had fallen asleep were raised; 53 and coming out of the tombs after His resurrection, they entered the holy city and appeared to many. 54 Now as for the centurion and those who were with him keeping guard over Jesus, when they saw the earthquake and the other things that were happening, they became extremely frightened and said, “Truly this was the Son of God!”
In Verse 52 and through 53 we see the Old Testament Saints, as they are mistakenly known as, have left Paradise, rising up from the grave and marching through the Holy City, on their way to Heaven and I propose, following Yashua.
I hope all of this helps.
I kept it real! I never taught them to be good little christians. or good little boys and girls.
