To: Forest Keeper; kosta50; Kolokotronis
I wrote "A place suggests a physical location. Where would you suggest heaven be located? Is God there but not somewhere else?"
I was suggesting that it could be right in front of us, but imperceivable. Such might be the case for us as compared to a 2-dimensional man "living" on a plane. Carrying out the idea, God could be (is) all around us, but not perceivable physically.
There is probably more truth to that than you think. From what I have read (and my Eastern friends can verify this) about the Transfiguration, the Greek implies that Moses and Elijah were already there, but made visible - not that they were called away from somewhere else. The letter to the Hebrews also makes that implication when it says we are surrounded by a cloud of witnesses.
So be careful. You are being watched!
Regards
14,041 posted on
05/06/2007 8:05:44 AM PDT by
jo kus
(Humility is present when one debases oneself without being obliged to do so- St.Chrysostom; Phil 2:8)
To: jo kus; Forest Keeper; Kolokotronis
From what I have read (and my Eastern friends can verify this) about the Transfiguration, the Greek implies that Moses and Elijah were already there, but made visible - not that they were called away from somewhere else The appearance of both is problematic in my opinion. Elijah didn't die, yet his body would have to be spiritual for him to appear. And Moss would have been in Hades until Christ rescued him along with other OT righteous.
14,073 posted on
05/06/2007 8:54:55 PM PDT by
kosta50
(Eastern Orthodoxy is pure Christianity)
To: jo kus; kosta50; Kolokotronis
So be careful. You are being watched!Good advice, no matter what the specifics are. :)
14,537 posted on
05/12/2007 6:18:51 AM PDT by
Forest Keeper
(It is a joy to me to know that God had my number, before He created numbers.)
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