[BenLurkin]

God’s creation is very real, and we are all in it both physically as well as spiritually.

[cuban leaf]

God’s creation is very real, and we are all in it both physically as well as spiritually.

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I absolutely agree. My point is that, though we see it as lots of solid stuff, in reality there is almost nothing there. My personal belief is that God is efficient. He created it out of “nothing”, it really is “nothing”, and can be smooshed up to create a whole new “nothing”.

But he gave us biological machines (called the natural man) to occupy while we are here. It is designed to perceive this world very much as “something”.

IOW, I’m not denying God. Rather, I’m applauding His creativity!

[cuban leaf]

God’s creation is very real, and we are all in it both physically as well as spiritually.

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Yes. That is why we are both “natural man” and “spiritual man”. But the natural man is the “tent” our spirit occupies. It is a biological machine into which we have been injected for our brief time on this planet.

[cuban leaf]

God’s creation is very real, and we are all in it both physically as well as spiritually.

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Yes. That is why we are both “natural man” and “spiritual man”. But the natural man is the “tent” our spirit occupies. It is a biological machine into which we have been injected for our brief time on this planet.

When it dies, we all go on. At the white throne judgement, some of the “spiritual men” go on to eternal life in Christ, and the rest are finally destroyed for good.