Pray for all LOST, not only our Loved Ones

Our Lord JESUS is telling is to intercede for the lost, not only for our loved ones. He loves all His  children.Pray hard!

Below is the testimony of Hollie L. Moody when he was shown his friends, relatives, being condemned to hell.
He was admonished to pray harder for the lost while still on earth.

I saw the Lord sitting on a large white throne.  A long long line of people were gathered before Him.  I was bewildered by the fact that all of these people had no face.  Where their face should have been, there was just a blank. 

Each time a person came before the Lord, He would open up a book and read out of it all the things this person had done.  Everything was recorded; and the Lord read the whole book from beginning to end.  Every person in this particular line was being judged, and condemned to Hell.  Each time the Lord would tell each person they were condemned, the person would begin to scream, and cry, and beg the Lord for just one more chance.  The Lord had tears rolling down His own cheeks, but would shake His head, telling each person they had had plenty of opportunities to repent and live for Him.  This went on for quite some time. 

Finally, the Lord looked over at me, and asked me, "Why aren't you doing anything?" I was confused.  "What would you have me to do, Lord?" I replied.  "Pray," the Lord replied.  So, I began to pray, but not fervently.  After a short time of this, the Lord turned to me with concern and said, "Look at these people.  Really look at them." As I did so, their faces came into focus.  They became people I knew vaguely.  They were acquaintances.  I began to pray a bit more fervently for them.  After a time, the Lord turned to me again with stronger sternness, and said, "Look at these people once again." Now the people became friends.  "You must pray harder, " the Lord admonished me.  I began to pray a bit harder.  But still, the long line of people would come before the Lord, He would read them their life's story from their own personal book, and then be condemned.

Once again the Lord turned to me, this time in anger.  He was still weeping over the souls who were being condemned.  "Do you really understand and comprehend what is happening here?" the Lord asked me.  "Behold !!" Then, a hole opened up behind the long line of people.  I glanced towards the hole.  There was an awful darkness coming from it.  I heard screams, and shouts, and wails, and moans coming from the hole.  "Go and look," the Lord commanded me.  I didn't want to.  I was scared, but it was as if a hand were at my back forcing me to the edge of this black hole. 

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Back to Earth from Journey to Heaven

After 50 days in heaven, Seneca Sodi is from his journey to heaven. His body was uncorrupted for  50 days.

It was midnight and the watchers were sound asleep.  Gabriel now joined us and laying his hand upon the faces of those who slept, there followed the deep sleep which came over Adam while Eve was being formed from his rib.  So no one of the sleepers knew of our presence.  Gabriel now passed his hand over the lifeless body and instantly it sprang into life with a mighty change from mortality to immortality.  In a moment it was my own again.  I shouted: "Oh, glorious body!  Oh, redemption of the purchased possession!  Mighty change — from death to immortality!" Oh, how quickly I thought of the words of Paul: "For our conversation is in heaven, from whence also we look for the Saviour, the Lord Jesus Christ, who shall change our vile body, that it may be fashioned like unto His glorious body." I stood a moment in wonder, not knowing what to say.  I was so overcome with the glory of God, but body and soul became as one.

I now said to the angel: "Who will assist in this work committed to me?" Go to Chap 36, Seneca' Return to Earth for more

Jesus, the Bridegroom of All the Redeemed

Angels are superior to man while the latter is on earth, but once man is redeemed..he becomes superior to angels.The redeemed souls will be bride of Jesus, not the angels.

Genevive now stood to her feet in the chariot and leaning forward clasped her arms to my neck and said; "Oh, Gabriel, this man was my husband on earth and most sweetly were our earthly lives spent together.  But here we are joined in an eternal union."

At this the angel laughed and said; "Are you married again?"

"Oh, no, we are not married, for saints do not marry in heaven, nor do they wish to; but these bonds of highest friendship will be eternal, will they not?"

"Sure," said the angel.  "Your love and oneness will be far sweeter than ever it was on earth."

"But I would like to know," said Genevive, "and I know thou canst tell me, if the angels themselves were ever in love among themselves with a love similar to that of husband and wife?"

At that question, Gabriel slacked the speed of his chariot and turning his head to glance over his shoulder at Genevive, who stood with her arms still about my neck, he said; "Thou hast almost put me to blush for we are inferior to you, who have descendants and creations of your own.  We have no bride neither bridegroom.  But marriage was such a leading passion with the inhabitants of the earth that our Lord intends perpetuating it in eternity, only changed.  He is now and ever will be the bridegroom and all the saints, you, not us, will be His bride.  We were the working bees of the great family of man on earth and in heaven, neither drones nor queens, but we are all content with our sphere of action.  We know no sorrow nor any unfulfilled desire which cannot be fully met here in heaven or on earth.  We are your servants, and this trip to the gate of Benjamin and to paradise is my joyful service."  more on Chap 35, The Last Visit

No Toil, no Sweat in Heaven, but Joyful Employment

Whatever work you do on earth, whether agriculturist, teacher, mechanic,etc, you will enjoy  similar work in heaven for the benefit of all!


He continued, "Man has been created in the likeness and image of the Triune God.  In his creation he was lower than the angels, but in his redemption and glorification he is their equal and in some respects their superior.  All these great hosts of the redeemed are the bride of our Lord and He is complete only in them; which is His fulness and very precious to Him.  Have you not noticed how completely in His image we are?"

"Indeed," I replied, "and who could have believed when we were children playing in the dirt and dusk of the earth, that all this exaltation and glory was in store for us.  We were taught about heaven, but how little we conceived of its glory and grandeur."

"Sure enough," said the elder, "you have seen but little of our Father’s house and the many mansions it contains.  Tell me where you have been.  Maybe I can help you still further in the unfoldings and knowledge of this great kingdom of God."

"Well," said Daniel, "you have only seen the threshold of your inheritance when compared to the vastness and greatness of the provisions for you.  But as to what is before you, eternity is short enough to show it all.  But be assured that your enlarging cup of enjoyment will always be full.  You have noticed how completely free you are from unrest and without aches or pains of any kind and that no distress or trouble burdens or haunts you here, such as we all experienced so much while in the earth, but these things are all passed away, and your appreciation of heaven is greatly increased by the bitter cups of your earthly life."

"You will have such needed employment here as will make life the most real.  The government and business of your earthly life was but a preparation for and a little reflex of heaven.  There is no toil here, like the sweat of our brow of which we used to know so much, but a joyful employment of all the powers of the soul to further the interest of all about us."

"Whatever you were most accustomed to do on earth will aid in your busy life in heaven.  Were you in the agricultural departments of the earth, then you will often enjoy your visits to the plains, valleys, hills and mountains of paradise.  These with their abounding fruitfulness and scenery will be of great delight to you and with the increasing multitudes gathering here from the earth, enlarged provisions are constantly being made for them in which you will delight to share."

"Have you been a teacher, then you will greatly relish the service of instructing those who have just come from terrestrial shores to this eternal kingdom...more at Chap 34, Last Visit with Daniel

The Great Convocation in Heaven

The sermon at the great convocation in heaven  was delivered by our Lord Jesus himself.


As our Lord arose to speak, all heads were deeply bowed for a few moments and then most earnest attention was given.  We all hung on His words as when He spoke the sermon on the mount on earth.  The theme was: "The coming dispensation, now about to be ushered in, when He shall once more descend to the earth taking with Him all this mighty host of saints and angels, when will occur the resurrection of the bodies of all His saints."

The great host listened with profound attention and received the word with great gladness, for everyone was deeply interested personally in the matter.  Thousands of saints shouted aloud with joy at the thought that so soon would occur the "redemption of the purchased possession."

The angels themselves were dancing for joy, for our Lord had said that they should take a most prominent part in the great event.  Very many, indeed, of the unnumbered and countless host had been waiting for this even for thousands of years, and waiting for their spiritual bodies which we knew would be given us at that time.  Then we should be equal to the angels themselves, which the elders now are, and are preferred before them, for the place of the elders indicated this, being near the throne.

The pathos and feeling which our Lord manifested during this sermon was beyond anything we were accustomed to on earth...more at Chap 33, The Great Convocation Concluded

Warnings from our Lady and Jesus which were Unnoticed

Warnings have gone by unnoticed...
Our Lady - "My child, many exhortations and warnings have been given to mankind. You must go forward and refresh their memories. Many have forgotten the warnings from Heaven, for they go about saying, 'Where is the promise of His coming, and where are the warnings that you speak of and write of?'
    "O My children, you are truly blind! These warnings have been given for time, and an extension of time to mankind before the major catastrophe shall be sent upon you, the baptism of fire. You have received these warnings that have gone by unnoticed: floods, hurricanes, fires, disasters, accidents that are not accidents, earthquakes in places that have never experienced such terror before. How many warnings must the Eternal Father send upon mankind before they will awaken and do penance?" (9-28-76)
Great earthquake coming to New York and California...    Our Lady - "My child, the earthquakes will increase now. There will be one in New York. Now, My child, I tell you this to prepare. You are allowed, My child, to experience all that mankind can suffer. How well you listened to Us when We told you to place on your shelves cans of food, jars of water, blankets. You found it very cold, My child, without heat and without light, and without any form of recreation other then to pray. And that was God's way of letting the world know that they will be on their knees; and one of these days they will be prayer, for many the first time in many years. But why, My children, must We allow all these disasters to happen to you, and have to bring you to your knees in prayer? Can you not listen, and can you not seek for the truth, all who call themselves atheists, and those who have half - hearted interest in religion at all? They call it a thing of the past. It is not a thing of the past, but it is a means for your salvation: accept it and you will be saved; reject it and you will be lost.
    "I repeat again, the earthquakes will increase in volume. California shall be struck. New York shall be struck. As I told you once before, there will be earthquakes in places that have never known a quake. It will startle them and frighten them, but will they come to their knees? Few will, My child, because I can tell you this: they will not have the time to make amends; that is the sad part, My child and My children." (10-5-85)
Great earthquakes coming to Los Angles and New York...
    Jesus - "There will be pestilence anew. There will be earthquakes in many places. The present ones have been nothing compared to what will happen next. There will be a great earthquake in the Los Angeles area, and also New York. I told you this before, My children and My child, but I must repeat to you: Many prayers are needed now, for the balance is most uneasy." (6-17-89)
There is a great split in the earth (U.S.) that is widening...
"There will be a great earthquake in the area of New York.... There is only one thing that you can do with an errant child when they do not listen, and that is to shake them up, My child.  I realize this is not something for jest; it is but a reality that is coming upon mankind. Another area that shall be shaken will be California, My child.  There is a great split in the earth that is widening. This is not generally being given to you in your news tabloids. They are trying to lull you to complacency.  We have given you the road away from these disasters; and that road is only guided by prayers, penance, and atonement." - Our Lady, March 18, 1989
Tragedies and disasters shall increase . . .
Jesus - "Great elemental tragedies, disasters, manmade and God - sent upon mankind, shall increase in volume, shall increase in intensity and numbers. Remember, My children, you do not understand that supernatural, for there will be accidents that are not accidents." (5-26-79)
The world shall be seized by tremors . . .
     Michael - "Listen well, all mankind of earth.  You have received fair warning from the Queen of Heaven.  You will listen, or you will receive a just punishment.
     "The world shall be seized by tremors, the firmament shall be aflame in explosion, and all that is rotten shall fall!" (5-14-77)

 Work to accelerate when tremors come . . .
    Jesus - "I assure you, My children, the work for Heaven will accelerate when the tremors come to the earth.  Be ye warned that houses will blow in the wind.  And if this does not bring man back to his senses, then skin shall dry up on the bones and blow away as if it had never been!  Many will see this, My children, and still not believe that it is the hand of God upon man, because the hearts of man have been hardened by sin; because sin has become a way of life among you.” (6-18-77)

Hunger in America . . .    Our Lady - "My children in the United States of America, must you go hungry? Many parts of your country shall suffer from want of food, for the winter will be cold. Many shall die in the coming year, My children. There will be accidents that are not accidents. Hunger shall be in the homes of many." 12-7-78)
Store canned goods, water and blankets . . .
    Our Lady - "My children, I caution you now, and I wish that you remember these instructions from several years ago in earth's time that I gave to you, to keep in your homes a good supply of canned good. They have shelf value, My children, they will not spoil. But better that you keep them and they spoil than to have come upon you the great Chastisement. It will be a ball of fire which will ignite many of the chemicals that are being stored up for the destruction of the nations.
    "My children, not only with the canned foods will you store just food, but you must also make known to your families and your friends that they had best keep blankets and water in tight containers; for there will be on the onset of the Chastisement, there will be nothing that you can buy due to contamination." (7-1-85)
Earthquakes, famine, starvation. . .    Our Lady - "Earthquakes in your country, the United States, extending up through Canada, earthquakes in placed never before known to exist, or the possibility of. And they will know it comes but from the hand of God. Famine, starvation, your crops will rot. The heat will burn, the cattle will starve. And why? Because you refuse to turn back, complacent in your arrogance." (5-30-81)
US - another tremendous earthquake...
    Our Lady - "You cannot count your earth - years as being long any longer. If only I could show you, the prideful and boastful United States and Canada - if I could show you what the enemy has in store for you now, you would grovel on your knees to make restitution to the Eternal Father. But now this must be taught to you in a most sorrowful way.
    "Your country, My child, the United States, shall know of another tremendous earthquake. I know this grips your heart with fear, My child, but you will see and understand." (3-18-89)

The earthquake in Guatemala . . .
     Our Lady - "You must not, My child, concern yourself with questioning the ways of the Eternal Father.  I assure you, the majority of the dead, My child, were prepared.  In their poorness of material in this world, they nourished their souls with grace in faith.
     "The huge earth tremors and the destruction thereof was given for reason.  Accept and learn by these warnings from Heaven.  Your country, the United States of America, and other countries of your earth have been consecrated to My Heart, My children.  It is for this reason that many have been spared in those areas the grievous trials that are now starting for mankind.
     "There will be accidents that are not accidents, tremors in areas never before experiencing these terrors!
     "As in the past, My child, I made it known through you and others that many shall be removed from your world.
     "We in Heaven, My children, are not concerned of your body.  It is the destruction of your eternal souls, or its salvation, that is of major importance.” (2-10-76)

How can we protect our homes, families and loved ones from an earthquake?
    We will be spared of earthquakes if we keep crucifixes on all our outside doors.
    Jesus - "Pray and wear your sacramentals. And, also, My children, I ask you again to place a crucifix upon your door. Both front and back doors must have a crucifix. I say this to you because there will be carnage within your areas, and this will pass you by if you keep your crucifix upon your doors." (6-30-84)

Go to Earthquakes for more

Virgnity vs Fornication

Virginity is defined as the state of being pure, unsullied, or untouched
Fornication  is defined as sexual intercourse between partners who are not married to each other (Both definition comes from answers.com )


Below is the conversation of  Sandra and our Lord Jesus when she was shown hell:

It was so terrible seeing this woman and hearing her cries as the worms voraciously ate her flesh.  There was a metal plate embedded in her chest that could not be destroyed by the flames.  It read, "I am here for fornication."  In the same manner of her sin, this woman was forced to fornicate in hell with a very disgusting and fat snake.  The snake had huge thorns around its body, about 6-8 inches long.  The snake penetrated her private parts and traveled up her body to her throat.  When the snake entered her, she started to scream. 

She begged the Lord more intensely to take her out of that place, "Lord, I am here for fornication, I have been here for 7 years, since I died from AIDS.  I had six lovers, and I am here for fornication."  In hell she had to repeat her sin over and over.  She had no rest day or night, suffering the same way all the time.  She tried to extend her hands toward the Lord, but the Lord just told her, "Blanca, it is too late for you.  Worms shall be your bed, and worms shall cover you." (Isaiah 14:11)  When the Lord said those words, a blanket of fire covered her, and I could no longer see her.

The Word of  God has not changed. Jesus is the same yesterday, today, and tomorr

Messages from our Lord JESUS

"My child, I do not wish to burden you any longer with the miseries upon earth. I wish to talk only a while, a little bit, about the children of earth, the young children. The parents must be very careful, My children, who you send your children to be taught from. Much evil is being developed in the schools in the name of sexuality. Why cannot we have our children pure of thought and mind? How can we, My children, when the teachers there are being taught to bring in sex education to your children? This belongs not in the schools, but in the homes. This is an obligation of the parents. It will only lead to much greater disaster by having this sex education in the school system." – Jesus, October 2, 1987

"As parents you must treasure your children's souls. Keep them shining in goodness and holiness and purity. Many children of tender age have been robbed of this purity. Woe to the man who scandalizes the young!” – Jesus, August 5, 1978

NO SEX EDUCATION IN SCHOOLS
"My child, I know much of this discourse distresses your heart, but you can imagine well—and I know you do, My child Veronica—the sorrow My Mother feels now that sex education has entered upon the school system. We say unto you, and I say to you, as your God, My children: Mothers and fathers of the world, you will not give over your children to be taught by demons! Satan has many loosed upon earth now. They enter into the bodies of any man, woman or child who has fallen out of grace; and they enter into the bodies of those who teach your children error.
     "It is the place and the will of the Eternal Father that the home shall be the safeguard for the children's souls—the mother, the father. But what can We expect, My children, when even the state of marriage, the sacrament of Marriage, is being destroyed slowly? We know all that is going on upon earth—living together without unions under God. No, My children, that shall also be destroyed in time; if not by sickness and death of the body, it will also be by sickness and death of the soul!
     "My children, it was never deemed by Heaven, nor the Eternal Father—as written in the good Book of life and love, your Bible, that man shall not cohort with man; man shall not cohabit with man, and man shall not seek diversion from his home by setting out to seduce another.
     "My child, and My children, are there many strong homes left in the United States, Canada, and many homes of the world? No, My children, the standards have been lowered. And when the standards are lowered, satan takes over." - Jesus, June 6, 1987

Virginity Making A Comeback, Government Data Says...

Baptist Press reported on March 7, 2011:
A growing number of teenagers and young adults are virgins, according to a study by the Centers For Disease Control and Prevention's National Center for Health Statistics described as "the largest and most in-depth federal report to date on sexual behavior" in the United States.
What's more, the mainstream media is recognizing that the trend may be attributable in part to abstinence education. An Associated Press article stated, "... perhaps emphasis on abstinence in the past decade has had some influence."

Go to tldm for more

see also The Sin of Fornication

Multitude of Saved Souls Gather Before God's Throne

Multitudes  of saved souls gather before God's throne for the convocation. There thousands of choristers
by the blessed bishop of all souls,
Our Lord Jesus, accompanied by Moses and Paul, took  His place beside the Father.

We widened the circle of our vision and behold we saw a vast number of seats both at the back and also at the right and left of the throne.  They rose in terrace form like a great am phi- theater.  These, we soon found, were filling up with the great chorister of heaven.  They filed in with beautiful order, each having a golden harp.  At last the seats were all filled with those who had been the most devoted leaders in the choirs of earth, with very many also who never sang in an earthly concert, but because of heavenly musical voices trained in the praises of God on earth, they were chosen by the blessed Bishop of all souls in heaven for these great occasions.the throne,

I looked again.  The elders had mostly taken their places, many of whom we had met.  They gave a lovely bow of welcome.  When all our anxieties were gone and we felt much at home.

I looked again, with adoring wonder, and lo, our blessed Lord Jesus Himself accompanied by Moses and Paul came to the throne.  Our Lord took His place beside His Father; Moses and Paul beside the elders.

Countless throngs were pouring in from all directions.  Chariots were bringing tens of thousands.  The robes of the high priest of ancient times could not compare to the beautiful flowing draperies of these millions of the blood-washed.  All seemed so happy and joyous.  Many of our friends whom we had known on earth so well, and who had come from remote parts of the city or paradise now came to greet us.  My own mother, Genevive and Mary were among them.  Dear old grandfather, now so young and beautiful, also stood with us.  Several comrades of my youth, who had passed on many years ago also came.  Among them was one whom I never expected to see in heaven, but who, like the thief on the cross, was saved in last days of his life, and although he had spent a long time in the remoter regions of paradise as he afterward told me, yet now he was here.  We had many congratulations and joyful unions, while the great concourse was filing in.

Go to Chap 32,  Fifteenth Visit for more

Uniting the People into one Heart

In her effort to unite the people into one heart, Vassula Ryden faces a lot of persecution.
Below is an excerpt of her locution with God.


I have, in My Own treasury many more; I will give My prodigies according to the measure you will receive from your oppressors: My Son will appear in your place, revealing Himself to your society; can anyone say I am depriving them of signs? can anyone say I am not the Author of My saving and healing acts? can anyone complain I am keeping My right Hand hidden? who could be but Me who gives a king's banquet in this wilderness?  who could split the rocks in the wilderness, quenching your thirst with unlimited water,  if it is not done by Me? open your eyes, generation, and concentrate on My marvels; and you, daughter, since I have set you free, guide My people into My House;


beloved, pray so that those who are dying will have time to redress themselves; every drop of love is used for their salvation; many who are beneath the rubble are still breathing, 10 so pray for them that I refresh their soul; remember, you are freed to free those from the rubble;
GO TO  Let No One  Oppress You for more

The Splendor of the Father's Throne

"That God is light and in Him is no darkness at all" (I John 1:5)

 "After this I beheld and lo, a great multitude which no man could number of all nations and kindreds and peoples and tongues stood before the throne and before the Lamb, clothed with white robes and palms in their hands." (Revelation 7:9)

The above is descriptive of the throne of God.

Meet Enoch  (Hebrews 11:5 By faith Enoch was taken away so that he did not see death, "and was not found, because God had taken him"; for before he was taken he had this testimony, that he pleased God.)
and a glimpse of the Father and Jesus Christ. (Excerpt only)

The vastness of the various compartments of the throne is beyond all earthly comparison.  For many furlongs it was spread out in all directions before us.  Bohemond came close to my side and said in a low voice: "Whoever could have thought of such glory!" Light, all filled with glory, heightened beyond all human conception of earthly things revealed the splendors of the throne beyond the powers of a man to describe, so that I kept thinking of the word which I had so long heard: "That God is light and in Him is no darkness at all" (I John 1:5) We stood long in wonder and admiration.  Our guide now came to us and said: "‘We will now go forward and see more of the greatness of this, our Father’s throne.  You need have no fears, for we are all children of God and He delights in our highest enjoyment and is pleased for us to know of these treasures of His love; so come with me, and I will show you at a glance a little of what God had in mind when He laid the foundations of the earth and made man in His own image."

We found that our guide was none other than Enoch of ancient birth, whom we had met in the chariot and also at our first entrance into paradise and again at one of the great praise services in this city.  But we had met so many hundreds and even thousands in such a short time and then the bewilderment that came over us at the great sight, we were slow in distinguishing him from so many ancient men.  His body shone like the light itself and he was the picture of health and youth and the man of all others, who never tasted death.  "Oh, Enoch, thou blest of God!"

Enoch now led us to the throne itself.  It was encircled by wonderful majestic bands of light with all the colors of the rainbow, which signified the attributes of the Almighty God and Father of us all.  We seemed now to comprehend God as we never had before.  I thought of the band of light that encircles the planet Saturn, the gold tinged clouds of an earthly sunset; but no comparison could describe its glory.  Beneath the circle of this rainbow was the seat of the Almighty Father.  For beauty, grandeur, glory and majesty, it cannot be described.  It was simply upholstered glory, with all the colors of the rainbow tinging everything.

Now it will not do to think of the Almighty in His greatness and power as consisting in bulk.  Every attribute of the Father was in His Son, Jesus Christ.  All power was His, both in heaven and earth, and while He is everywhere present at the same time, yet His omnipresence does suggest that He is a person and that person has a seat on His throne and from this throne issues the governing power of the universe.  His spirit and power are operating in all worlds and His throne is likewise in all celestial kingdomsGo to Chap 31, The Throne for more


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Trees Bearing 12 Kinds of Fruits in HEAVEN

The trees of life bear 12 kinds of delicious fruits which are  beyond compare  to earthly fruits. If you eat it, you will not grow old, nor get weary nor die.

Testimony of Rev Elwood Scott:

The elder again said to me, "Let us gather some of the fruit of these trees and then we will join that company yonder." I replied, "I would be quite glad to do so, for I have eaten nothing since leaving the body," and yet I felt no great sense of need.  My hunger seemed more like what I had often realized while in the flesh when I felt a longing to hear a good gospel sermon.  My guide now said, "What kind of fruit would you prefer?  You can have your choice of things here just as you used to in the earth.  If you feel faint or weary from your long abstinence from food, this kind (pointing to a certain pear- shaped and beautifully colored fruit) is what you need, for the tree has twelve kinds, as you see, upon it." I said with feelings of deepest praise, "Oh, how wonderfully God has provided for us!  Twelve kinds of fruit on each tree, ripening their fruit every month, and the leaves never withering!  Wonderful!"

"Here," said he, "pluck from the boughs on this side of the tree and eat." I did so, and much refreshing and enlightening grace as they imparted to me, it is beyond the comprehension of mortal man to know; it must be eaten to be understood.  The taste of the fruit was delicious indeed.  The earth never furnished anything like unto it for taste, not the orange, peach, nor melon.  Nor would the fragrance of the rose compare with it.  "When anyone eats of these trees," said the elder, "he can never die again, grow older nor feel weary; death hath no more dominion over him.  One of these trees grew in the Garden of Eden.  After our first parents had sinned against God, they thought to eat of the fruit of it also; but God said, "No," for had they eaten of it they would always have lived in that sinful, dying state.  So a flaming angel was sent to guard it, and so man never eats of it until he has passed the boundaries of his earthly life."  

Go to Chap 3, Further Introduction into Paradise for more

No Language Barrier in Spiritual Realm

You will read thoughts and understand it as it is spoken.Moreover, there is no language barrier in heaven.

It seemed most wonderful to me upon finding that I could converse with perfect ease and freedom with anyone I met, although we had been accustomed to different languages and tongues while on earth, and often had to speak through interpreters; but now I found, since I had laid aside the material for the spiritual, I could easily understand the thoughts of anyone.  As rapidly as he could think I could read his thoughts.  Matters of detailed explanation were not needed or required as I had been accustomed to while in the flesh, for if a subject was plain to any one with whom I was conversing, it seemed that at once it was just as clear to my own mind, so I was quite surprised to find how rapidly I could take in a knowledge of the spiritual realm, and yet a second surprise constantly met me: that of the great depth of divine truth.

For instance, many things I had learned from the Holy Scriptures, while in my flesh, were now opened with a depth of meaning I had never seen before.  I could compare it to nothing better than to great layer after layer and strata upon strata of precious mineral rock, so that the deeper down and the further on one went, the more precious became the ore and the finer the metal.  I said to the elder by my side, "How is this?" He quickly and smilingly replied, "God never gives the best He has to give; you will find later on, that truth is unfathomable." I now felt myself like a little fish just launching out from the mouth of a great river into a great and boundless ocean without a shore to be seen or depth that could be sounded.

Go to Chap 3, Further Introduction to Paradise for more

Even Sinners who Repented at the Time DEATH, will Merit HEAVEN.

Sinners who repented at the time death is forgiven by our merciful God.The sinner though has to be prepared before she could partake of the blessings in heaven.

Just at this moment I saw a woman step from a chariot.  She seemed to be so bewildered that she sank down as one of the attendants approached her.  She threw up her hands and cried out in amazement, "Oh, my God!  I am not worthy nor fit for this glory.  Oh, can I ever be made right with God?" She closed her eyes almost unconscious with bewilderment and it seemed she could not speak as her attendant kindly addressed her with most loving words.  At last she opened her eyes and looked about in wonder and amazement exclaiming, "Oh, these white garments, these golden goblets, trees of life and blooming flowers!  I am not worthy of them.  Have I really a right to be here and to all these beautiful trees loaded with such lovely fruit?  Oh, the mercy of God!  I was such a great sinner."

"Yes, indeed," replied her guide, "but your sins have all been forgiven.  The angels make no mistakes.  You have a right to these trees, for they are His on whom you have believed; yea they are yours, for you are His."

At this she arose to her feet and said: "But have I the wedding garment on?  I was earnestly trying when the chariot came for me.  I was in such deep distress and confusion of soul, knowing I had not been prepared for so great a change."

"You have been saved, my child." said her attendant, "so as by fire, you were not a faithful servant of God, you did not build with gold, silver and precious stones, but with wood, hay and stubble, which have been burnt.  God cannot reward you largely now.  These infinite blessings spread out before you in all directions may be obtained by and by, when you are prepared for them.  Be faithful to your present opportunities, for much is before you to be done.  Advancements which ought to have been made in the world will have to be made here, ere you can go on to the city gates, or see the shining glory of the Jasper wall.  Come with me and I will assist you in a further knowledge of Christ and His eternal salvation and kingdom."

I now said to the elder by my side, "Will you explain to me her great mistake?"

"Surely," he replied.  "She represents a very large class in the world who have not made good use of earthly opportunities, she was never deeply interested in her salvation till near the time of her death.  Do you not see how slim and lean she looks, and how little clothing she has, only a gown!  Her repentance has been genuine and her faith accepted the promises of eternal life in her Lord, and her forgiveness has been complete.  She has added but little grace and almost no growth to her soul.  She feels now, as all such souls do and must feel, her great loss.  She has no treasure laid up in heaven.  Paradise itself seems too good for her; but God in His great mercy will bring her on.  These trees are for her.  Their leaves are full of healing virtue.  No one who has not received the gift of eternal life and been born again will ever be carried by the angels to this glory.  Many, alas, perish from the earth in sight of the Redeemer’s outstretched arms of love and mercy, because they will not accept His gracious help; they love the pleasures of sin more than God or these everlasting joys and pleasures at His right hand here forevermore."

"Oh, blessed Christ," I cried, "filled with everlasting love and mercy for thy people, that even in the last moments of life, like the dying thief, may be snatched from the jaws of death!  But, oh, her great loss, how sad!"

GO to Chap 2, First Visit for more

Meet Adam and Eve, our First Parents

Adan and Eve were forgiven by God for their transgression. Hear their account of their life in paradise, and when they were driven out of paradise.

We were soon introduced to Adam and Eve, the first parents of the chosen race.  It seemed passingly strange for us to think we were side by side with those of such early date.  Abel, Enoch and Methuselah were also in the chariot.  Turning to Abel, I addressed him and said: "Oh, thou first-born son, born of those who never were born!"

"True," said Adam, who overheard the conversation, "we never were born, but created.  I remember so distinctly when first I opened my eyes to behold the creations about me.  I knew nothing, absolutely nothing at all.  I felt the breezes and saw the waving of the branches of the trees and heard the sweet voice of birds and the lowing of cattle.  God spoke intelligently to me about the fruit of the trees for food.  I quickly learned how to satisfy my hunger and thirst.  But I longed for a mate, for I found none among all the creations of the garden.  God gave me this woman as a helpmeet for me, so I found she was "bone of my bone and flesh of my flesh," and I have loved her ever since."

At this Eve blushingly smiled and said: "You can guess our courtship was brief.  It was me or none.  But we soon learned life’s lesson stow, which all the world has repeated after us."

"Oh, Adam and Eve, tell us of your early experience in the world."

"Certainly," said Adam, "with pleasure," and Eve made a lovely bow of assent.

"Well to begin: The garden where we were first placed was a lovely home indeed.  No grander place could ever be found upon the earth.  I have had descriptions of all kinds of earthly gardens, but nothing equaled paradise.  Everything was perfectly delightful.  Fruits of all kinds were ripening and hanging ready to our hand.  Nothing forbidden to us but one tree.  But, oh, that sin I never can forget it!  What penalties followed our disobedience!  The shame, disgrace and alienation from God!

It was a sad day when God sent us out to till the ground and dig for ourselves.  After we heard our sentence, we were very reluctant to leave, so there came two of the angels with scourges in their hands and without parleying they drove us out.  Oh, the sorrow and tears of that day!  The angels had already told us of the tree of life, and its marvelous imparting virtues.  The whole garden was charged and filled with the aroma of this tree.  The very breezes and atmosphere were surcharged with life, but death was creeping upon us.  We felt the chill and pall of a terrible stroke.  We were simply out of harmony with our environments.  The curse of death was upon us, and God sent us out to till the ground which He had likewise cursed."

"Did not God show you mercy and kindness and give the promise of a Redeemer for you?"

"Surely, He did, and gave us proofs of His love toward us in the garments He gave us to cover our shame."

"Did this signify anything to you then as an offering made by blood for sin?"

"Indeed, it did," said Adam, "for God fully explained to us the conditions of pardon.  This we taught to our children and Cain knew it full well as did Abel, but Cain did not believe the details concerning the sin offering and this will explain to you why Abel brought a better sacrifice than Cain and by it though dead, yet he speaketh."

"How was it, Abel?" I said.

"Just as father has told you," replied Abel.

"What about Cain?" I asked.

"He was self-willed and despised God’s way.  Poor boy, he sowed his seeds of unbelief and reaped his harvest among the lost."

"Will you tell me more about the results of your early sin when God drove you from the garden?"

"A thousand times I have told the story, but will cheerfully tell it again to you.  Little did I comprehend before our sin the great depth and meaning of transgression.  I know all that Moses wrote concerning it, and much beside, and his words were true; so also were the words of the Apostle Paul, all of which I know, for they have been repeated to me many times over.  We had unbounded liberties in the garden and should have been content, but there stood the tree of knowledge very near the tree of life.  God has said, "Of every tree thou mayest freely eat except one." He threatened us with death should we disobey.  Why we did disobey has been the awful problem of our lives.  God let the penalty fall upon us.  We became mortal and subject to death.  The grant of immortality was withdrawn.  We were depraved, and alienated from God.  We lost His image and were without hope and without God.  Only through His infinite mercy were we saved, and have the privilege of these mansions of bliss."Go to this link
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The Elders' Creed in Brief

The Sacred Scroll with its clear statements of divine truth. However, it should not replace scripture, nullify it, nor change nor add to scripture.

1.  There is but one living and true God.

His Attributes

2.  The attributes of God are the qualities, elements and perfections which belong to Him.  They belong to Him and are parts of His divine nature — not that His whole being consists of a combination of the same, but because they are the forms and expressions of His being which He has revealed to man.

3.  These attributes are natural and moral.  The natural attributes reveal His existence as an infinite and rational spirit; that is self-existence, freedom, omnipotence, omnipresence, omniscience, wisdom.  The moral attributes are holiness, righteousness, justice, goodness, love, grace, mercy and truth.

4.  As known to men on earth God is an invisible spirit, whom no man hath seen nor can see.  He is eternal and self- existent.  He creates beings with immortality, but God alone possesses eternity.  He is infinite, filling all space in the entire universe, embracing all worlds.  He is omnipresent, i.e., infinite in power; shown by all His creations from the infinitely great to the infinitely small.  All His acts are done by the exercise of His volition, and are seen by man in the universality, variety and multitude of His works.  God’s omnipotence is limited only by His moral perfections.  God cannot lie nor do any bad act, although He has the power.

5.  God is omnipresent.  The creator, upholder, and governor of all things.  He is also omniscient, all things being open and naked before His eyes.  God’s wisdom is infinite, embracing all knowledge and is independent of all His creatures.  We can tell Him nothing which He does not know, but His intelligent, infinite intuition comprehends all things past, present or future.  This intelligence is perfect and absolute.  Man analyzes things to find out their nature.  God knows the nature without the analysis.

6.  The foreknowledge of God is also absolute.  How the foreknowledge of God is to be reconciled with man’s free agency and moral accountability is indeed to men in the world a dark problem, but in the Scriptures both are clearly taught, and faith accepts what reason cannot reconcile.  Some of the churches on earth have denied man’s moral freedom.  Others maintain that God in the exercise of His omniscience, like His omnipotence, abstains from knowing what His creatures will do under certain given circumstances, But the foreknowledge of God itself, unrevealed to men, does not impose nor even hint to me any course of conduct whatever; it in no degree affects His liberty of action.  Man neither sins nor follows holiness, as the result of God’s foreknowledge; so notwithstanding God’s foreknowledge, He has made man in His image, a free moral being.

7.  God is infinitely wise, always knows what is best, always adopts means which will best accomplish His purposes.  That is wisdom; for wisdom is the art of turning to best account our knowledge.  Both in creation and providence God’s wisdom is seen.  His wisdom and His works everywhere confirm each other as being of God.  No higher wisdom has ever been seen or known than God’s wisdom in the plan of human redemption.  It solves the problem of God’s justice in justifying the believer in Jesus Christ.

8.  The perfect goodness of God is seen in the benevolence which embraces all mankind and provides for their welfare.  His merciful dealings with men declare His goodness; it is also seen in His unmerited favor, drawing man to salvation and in the use of so many means to this end, also in the abundant provision which He has made for man’s present and eternal happiness.

Moral Evil

9.  How sin can exist in the world with all its terrible consequences in connection with God’s righteous government, is an awful and difficult problem, the complete solution of which is not possible to man in his earthly life.  But sin does exist, and God permits it for reasons of His own, not fully revealed to men.  In heaven it could not be so.  No taint of sin can ever enter the gates of this city.  If an angel should again sin God would instantly cast him down to hell.

10.  Righteousness and justice are divine perfections.  It is holiness exhibited in government.  Truth or faithfulness of God is much the same as His righteousness.  All He says and does is true.  His veracity is an element of His character.  God cannot lie.  As God is eternal His truth remains the same.  Whatever is out of harmony with His revealed truth, the same is a lie.  To the question, "What is truth?" this answer which we repeat in heaven is true: "To know God as He has revealed Himself to man is truth of the highest order." Our Lord declared: "I am the way, the truth and the life." All things taught or believed that are out of harmony with His clear revelations are both false and misleading.

The Triune God

11.  The eternal God has revealed Himself to men as Father, Son and Holy Ghost.  The Son of God is and always was divine.  He is the express image of the Father.  There have been many errors and heresies in the church in past ages.  But we worship one Triune God neither confounding the persons, nor dividing the substances of the same.  For there is one person of the Father, another of the Son, and another of the Holy Ghost; but the Godhead of the Father, Son and Holy Ghost is one God.

The Divinity of Jesus Christ

12.  He was the word of God from eternity.  In the beginning was the word and the word was with God, and the word was God.  While on earth we always held Him to be divine and worshipped Him as God; and in heaven He is confessed by all, both saints and angels, to be God and equal to the Father.  All the hosts of heaven worship Him, He was God manifest in the flesh.

The Holy Spirit

13.  The Holy Ghost is one with the Father and with the Son.  Equal in eternity, power and glory.  In creation He moved upon the face of the waters and developed form and beauty out of disorder and confusion.  He proceeded from the Father and from the Son, and took up His abode with His church on earth.  He has ever been with them since His coming on Pentecost.  He is the comforter, guide and sanctifier of His people.  Man’s Original State and Fall

14.  God made man upright.  He was both material and spiritual and possessed of a divine life, and made in the image of God.  He could hold communion with God, with all that is divine, as well as with the material universe.  He was made but a little lower than the angels, and was crowned with glory and honor and had dominion over the works of God’s hands in the earth.  He was a companion of his Father and Creator, capable admiring, adoring and enjoying God.  While he was material and possessed an animal nature, as he came from the hands of God, yet he was an intellectual, moral, pure and holy being.  He was placed under law with life and death before him.  Adam rebelled; sin was born on earth.  The glory of the Lord departed from him.  Man fell, and felt his guilt and was alienated from God.  The stream of humanity was contaminated at its source.  The first pair became sinful.  Their descendants of necessity were in their image fallen and depraved.  So by one man sin entered into the world and death by sin; and so death passed upon all men, for that all have sinned.  Our nature sinned in Adam and the stream became polluted at the fountain head.  This depravity became universal for all the faculties and powers of the soul and body were brought under the power of evil.

The Atonement

15.  We universally believe that the death of Christ was vicarious and propitiatory and that by it divine justice is satisfied, and God can be just and the justifier of all who believe in Christ Jesus, and that pardon and salvation is freely offered to all men, upon repentance and faith.

Election and Foreordination

16.  We believe God did foreordain and devise a plan from the foundation of the world by which He would save man, and further, He did foreordain from the beginning, all men throughout the ages who would accept and be willing to conform to this plan, should be saved; so that everyone in harmony with His power and liberty of choice who shall choose eternal life though God’s plan was foreordained to eternal salvation.

Repentance

17.  True repentance is a condition of soul before God wrought by the operations of the Spirit of God upon the heart and soul of man whereby he is made to see and feel the sinfulness of his sins, and also to forsake them utterly and with full purpose of heart to yield obedience to God in the future.

Justification

18.  Justification can only follow true repentance and is an act of God’s free grace wherein He pardoneth the sins of man, and accepteth him as righteous in His sight, only for the sake of Christ.

Faith

19.  True unfeigned faith in God believes all that God has said, commanded, promised or threatened.  It is dependent upon testimony, and is valuable to us as the truth itself.  We can believe in men.  We are responsible for our faith, for one may believe a lie as he does the truth.  The truth only can make him free.  True saving faith leads the soul to trust itself to the all- atoning merits of the sacrificial death and resurrection of Jesus Christ.

Adoption

20.  Adoption is an act of God whereby the believing sinner is received into the family of God, with all the rights and privileges of His children in which he becomes an heir of God with a right and title to eternal life.

The New Birth

1.  The new birth of which our Lord spoke is that mighty change wrought of God in the soul of man when He imparts to him eternal life and renews him in the image of God.  This change is the work of the Holy Spirit wrought in man, convincing him of sin, and leading him to repentance and faith whereby he is born from above with eternal life as a gift from God.

Go chap 28, The Elders' Creed

Religion and Theology as Defined by Moses and Abraham

Moses and Abraham spoke about the differences between religion and theology.

You will find that the Blessed Virgin Mary is held in esteem in heaven.


Then Abraham spoke and said: "the theology which treats of the existence, character, and attributes of God, His laws and government, the doctrines men are to believe, and the duties they are to practice, have been much neglected in recent years; and we are informed that in many branches of the church grave errors have crept in."

"Religion," said he, "is the life of man in personal communication with God.  It is the recognition of God in all of our duties.  It is the bond which unites man to God.  That faith that comprehends His presence, and invites Him into all the affairs of man’s life.  It is the life of God in the soul of man manifesting itself daily in practical morality."

"What then," I asked, "is the difference between religion and theology?"

"Religion," said Abraham, "has reference to God in the heart and life of man, which sows itself in obedience to all the divine will."

"Theology," said Moses, "is a scientific system, which treats of God and the laws by which man is saved.  Yet a man may be a theologian, as were many of the Scribes and Pharisees, without experimental religion.  The source of all true theology is God Himself in the revelations He has given to man."

Paul then spoke and said: "These revelations are both natural and supernatural.  Natural theology treats of God and His attributes as taught by nature.  Nearly nineteen hundred years ago I wrote: "For the invisible things of Him from the creation of the world are clearly seen, being understood by the things that are made, even His eternal Godhead," (Romans 1:20) so they are without excuse.  But the Scriptures," said he, "are the true source of correct theological teachings among men on the earth.  They are a divinely inspired revelation to men.  The careful interpretation of them reveals God to men as we have found Him after hundreds of years’ acquaintance with Him here.  They discover His true nature, attributes, relations to and dealings with man.  True theology treats also of man, his relations and duties to God and his fellowmen; of the future state, which we are all now enjoying, with its rewards, and also the punishments which are meted out to the impenitent."
At this, I spoke and said: "There has been much caviling and critical fault-finding of the Scriptures in the last few decades of time, so that I am glad of the privilege of asking you, who wrote so much of them, further concerning them, as to their authenticity, genuineness and authority as coming from God to man."

Moses was first to speak.  He said: "Many cavilers and fault-finders were in my own time.  No proof could satisfy them.  There are mysteries of revelation as well as in the outward creation.  I knew I was called and directly commissioned of God, and the books of the law were written by His express commandment.  Joshua was my successor and went forth to his responsible task by appointment of our divine Lord, and his messages and writings were prefaced by such words as, "Thus saith the Lord God of Israel." Samuel, the prophet and seer of Israel, was early called of God and spake the word with authority from heaven.  All the books of the prophets are composed of direct messages from God.  Our Lord who sent us forth, fully recognized the whole body of our writings, included in the Old Testament Scriptures.  He paid the highest honors to those ancient records, as He has fully told me.  His seal being set to them they will stand forever.  You need have no fears of the Scriptures ever falling beneath the feet of the church, on account of the efforts of skeptical men.  God reserves to Himself the power to cause the earth to open its mouth again and swallow up the combinations of evil men, as in the days of Korah, Dathan and Abiram."

"Indeed," said Paul, "Our Lord put His full sanction to every jot and tittle of the law and the prophets; enforced the precepts written by Moses as binding upon all the Jewish people.  He quoted the writings of nearly every prophet, from Moses to Malachi, recognizing their full authority, as the word of God, and giving them the distinctive title of the Scriptures, as different from all other writings.  As the apostles and evangelists of our Lord, we always fully recognized their divine origin and quoted and wrote and preached from them appealing to them as authority on all questions of faith.  We ever declared they were the "oracles of God, and given as the Holy Ghost spake by the mouth of His ancient servants." This is expressly declared of David, of Isaiah, and of all the holy prophets."

Peter now spoke and said, "You will remember in one of my epistles I spoke of our Lord’s transfiguration on the holy mount and the voice that then spake from heaven attesting that this Jesus was the Son of God.  Our combined testimony should have been received by every Jew.  (I Peter 1:17-21) Yet, I then declared that the Scriptures were to them a more sure word of prophecy; and urged them to take heed to their revelations, for they fully spoke of Christ our Lord."

"Now," said Peter, "there are the positive assertions of inspiration and authority for all the writings of the New Testament.  What the four evangelists wrote was under the eye and inspection of our Lord, although not coming to public notice for years after His ascension to heaven.  A special promise of the presence and help of the Holy Spirit was given to all the apostles.  The spirit of truth thus promised was to bring to our remembrance whatever the Lord had taught us, and to teach us all things.  Old truths brought back to mind, and new truths brought from the fountains above, were His special delight.  On account of this endowment, our Lord placed an authority on our word as upon His own and the earlier prophets’.  The writers of the New Testament always identify their words as the words of the Holy Ghost, announcing their messages as in truth the word of God: the word of the Lord that should endure forever.  So from God they all came.  They breathe the pure spirit of His goodness and carry the stamp of His authority, and will stand forever."

The place seemed to contain a space somewhat equal to a ten or twelve acre field in the earth.  Circular seats ran the whole course round the spacious place of worship.  The orchestra occupied an elevated position in the center, and a thousand harps and voices were thrilling the vast audiences with the melodies of heaven.  David’s harp and voice never seemed so sweet as at that service.  Many fathers of the church of an early date were there, many who had suffered persecution and martyrdom were also there.  Their faces glowed with a peculiar joy as their words fell like fragrant oil upon that wonderful host.  At the suggestion of St. Bartholomew we all fell on our knees and faces and with one heart and voice gave God all the glory.  Many short sermonettes were preached to the thousands, many of whom like ourselves were newcomers into the city.  This seemed to be a preparatory service for the great coming convocation at the throne.  Isaiah, with his long flowing beard, spoke as with a silver trumpet, announcing the general order newly arranged for the great occasion.  Enoch’s face shone equal to the angels’ as he shouted the glory of his Lord.  John the Baptist also with his piercing voice stirred the congregation as to a flame of fire.  The blessed Virgin was also there and her sweet voice was like waves of light over all the people.  We found she was held in great esteem in heaven.  Priscilla and Aquilla both gave public utterances of great helpfulness.  Many others witnessed to the great goodness of God.  At last we all stood and sang a doxology and with one voice and as one  soul shouted the praises of Him who had redeemed us to God by His own blood.

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Jonah's Account of his Experiene with the Whale

There are skeptics about the Prophet Jonah's three-day stay in the stomach of the whale. Here is Jonah's  account from heaven:

"The story is all true," said Jonah.  "How I lived in the midst of the great fish I cannot tell.  I only know I did live the three days within the fish.  But he was fully as sick of the job as I was myself.  I have been asked these same questions thousands of times.  It is an old story to me, yet ever new and ever true because God’s hand was present both to punish and to save.  My continued disobedience would have meant Nineveh’s destruction, but my repentance and faithfulness meant their salvation.  Yes, the story is true, whatever scoffers may say miracle indeed it was — but it was followed by the greatest revival any city ever knew.  My punishment and repentance was a sign to the Ninevites.  They repented God had mercy and I was angry, oh, sinful Jonah that I was, but He had mercy on me also, and many of the Ninevites were saved and are now in heaven."

"Oh, Jonah," I cried, "I wish you could only go back and repeat your story on earth again.  Many cavilers are ridiculing the word of God over your experience."

"Yes," said Jonah, "and they will do it to their own destruction.  Many great and strange things have occurred and will yet occur — some of them so strange that men will still doubt and cavil as they always have; nevertheless they are true."

"True indeed," I replied, "we have known children and animals born with two heads on opposite ends of one body, a peculiar working of some law of God producing what we called monstrosities.  When other things strange occur in the physical realm, we say a miracle has occurred, and then men cavil and deny.  But we are glad indeed to have met you and heard your story from your own lips.  We have always believed God’s word was true.  Our Lord made reference to you eight hundred years after your time on earth, making you a sign of His own death and resurrection."

Go to Chap 26, On with Throne-- Jonah, the Prophet for more 
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Preachers Lorenzo Dow, Roland Hill, Adam Clark and others are in Heaven

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You'll meet noted preachers like Lorenzo Dow, Adam Clark and others when you are saved and go to heaven.

At this there came a group of happy men, precious souls, passing near us.  I said, "Who are they?" and they were quickly invited to tarry a moment for an introduction.  My friends, Edwin Ransome and Peter Fuggele, knew them well, and said:
"They are a group of ministers who were noted and well-known in the world, greatly beloved on earth and so they are in heaven."

I was soon introduced to Christmas Evans and Rowland Hill of England, Dr. Guthrie also. Robert Flockhart and John Wesley stood side by side.  Dr. Adam Clark and George Fox were also introduced, then there came Peter Cartwright and Lorenzo Dow, with many others.

"Oh," I cried and said, "I have heard and read of all you good men.  Glad indeed, very glad I am to meet you all here.  This must be the ‘preachers’ picnic party.’" I beckoned to mother, Genevive and Mary, who also came and were introduced, A number of seats were brought and placed beneath the broad, spreading branches of the tree and we all sat down, when we saw David coming toward us carrying his harp.  When he had come near, all these brethren arose and greeted him with a most heavenly welcome.  David made a most courteous bow and with a pleasant smile was seated with us.  Then standing and taking in the situation, he quickly introduced his chariot group again when they arose and gave us another welcome.  At this I arose and said: "Dear brethren, my soul is so overcome with the joy and gladness of heaven, I cannot Longer restrain my feelings."

GO to chap 24, The Return to the City for more

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Young People and Chlldren with Little Instruction about the True God

Young people, children, with little instruction about our true God,  and heathen children who have not reached accountability are saved. They are taken to a place for their enlightenment.

All the heathen infants are saved as well as those in civilized and Christian lands.  Their accountability is not reached in as early years as they are in more enlightened nations, hence a larger number die in childhood and youth, who have never known the law of God to bring them under condemnation; and being under the free gift with eternal life, they are gathered here in very great ignorance.  While heathen nations are responsible to God, yet their responsibility is not so great as those of Christian lands."

"But, mother," said Mary, "how is it that so many of the heathen children are saved and gathered here when so many of their parents are lost?"

"Their parents," said Genevive, "have reached an age of accountability through the measure of light they have.  They have likewise sinned and fallen under condemnation and following their superstitions have died in their sins, while their children have not reached the place of enlightenment to bring them under such responsibility."


 Go to Chap 23, Seneca's further visit with his Wife, Mother and Daughter for more

Phils' RH Bill:After Contraceptive, Next Comes Abortion, Euthanasia, Divorce

With the appointment of Bishop Chito Tagle of Imus to Archbishop of Manila, many Filipinos are hopeful that through his initiatives, legislators would see the light to stop RH Bill on its tracks.
Bishop Tagle who is only in his 50s, is expected to get the support of Filipinos, particularly, the youth.

Contraceptive which is  a known abortifacient, and puts the health of mothers in danger because of its side effects:

dizziness, headache, lightheadedness, stomach upset, bloating, or nausea, severe depression, groin or calf pain, sudden severe headache, chest pain, shortness of breath, lumps in the breast, weakness or tingling in the arms or legs, yellowing of the eyes or skin. (source:medicinenet.com .)

So what follows next is we lose our moral ascendancy. Abortion, killing of the fetus, will no longer be a crime (earth laws but not heaven's laws); euthanasia, the act or practice of ending the life of an individual suffering from a terminal illness or an incurable condition, as by lethal injection or the suspension of extraordinary medical treatment.(definition from answers.comeuthanasia); and divorce,  the destruction of  family, the pillar of a strong government! So, help us God!

Mama Mary  and our Lord Jesus had warned us of the evils of abortion, euthanasia:


UN Proposes Euthanasia as Right to Health...
"No man shall murder—and it is murder, My children, when he shall give the excuse of saying an individual is no longer living or a part of the world because he has become emaciated, because he lives only with prayers and the help of all scientific means." -  Our Lady of the Roses, June 5, 1976
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EUTHANASIA
“The time will come, My child, when those who are upon the earth will envy those have passed beyond the veil. Insanity, sin. Sin is insanity. The aged will be put to death, the crippled will be put to death, the mentally ill will be eliminated. The value of life will be gone. The value for life will be destroyed. Murderers! Sanctioned among those with the power to destroy the souls!” –  Jesus, March 18, 1974
TEMPLE OF THE HOLY SPIRIT
"No man shall murder--and it is murder, My children, when he shall give the excuse of saying an individual is no longer living or a part of the world because he has become emaciated, because he lives only with prayers and the help of all scientific means. The Eternal Father has placed a soul in that body. That body is the temple of the Holy Spirit! No man can know when that soul must return to the Eternal Father. No man shall hasten its exit from a body by murder! Euthanasia is murder! Shall you become a judge over the living and the dead?" - Our Lady, June 5, 1976
CONDEMNS TO HELL
"And I repeat again to all clergy in My Son's House: you shall not rationalize sin. Abortion is murder, and murder condemns you to hell without repentance! Euthanasia is murder, and murder condemns you to hell without repentance! The Commandments of your God must be followed, and no changes will be made upon them to suit the basic fallen nature of mankind.
     "The road to Heaven, My children, is a narrow one; too few stay upon it. For they are often carried away with the cares of the world, and the pleasures of the materialistic pursuits, and their gathering of money and prestige and power. For what? For the few short years allotted to each human upon earth. I ask you to ask yourself: is it worth it to lose your soul? Many will sell their souls to get to the head." - Our Lady, November 20, 1979
START AND EXPIRATION OF LIFE
"The Eternal Father is much distressed by mankind's actions. They must not try to control the start and expiration of a life. Abortion is murder, My children, for you bring to an untimely end a mission of a soul. The Eternal Father breathes the spirit of life into the body at the moment of conception. No man shall destroy this body until it has completed its mission as directed by the Eternal Father, for any man who destroys the mission and the body is guilty of murder. Euthanasia, untimely death, My children, man has transgressed into a form of evil far worse than in the time of Noe or Sodom. Therefore, how great shall be the punishment to mankind!" - Our Lady, June 12, 1976
GREAT CHASTISEMENT
"My child and My children, the murders of the unborn will bring great chastisement upon the United States, Canada, and the nations of the world, that are now contributing not only to the delinquency of your children and the world's children, but are condoning murder and euthanasia. Euthanasia, My child and My children, is murder!
     "We have been very patient. The Eternal Father has voiced His decision within My hearing, and I tell you, My children, your chastisement is just at hand." - Jesus, July 1, 1985
DOCTORS OF THE EARTH
"I have, O woe to man, this saddest of stories: one of man against man, brother against brother, mother against daughter, father against son, in the battle of the spirits. Now, O poor aged and helpless, poor on earth, you will now be victims of your own. Doctors of the earth, what have you done to yourselves in your practices? You do not seek to preserve life, but to destroy.” – Our Lady, March 18, 1973

No Distinction of Races in HEAVEN

If you are black, brown, or yellow skinned on earth,  there is no distinction of races in heaven!

It makes no difference here as to the kind of body we had on earth.  All souls have a spotless whiteness here and their robes, the same.  Whatever the physical condition may have been on earth, we are all one family here.  Children of one Father.  Do you notice that group of singers yonder?"

"I do, mother."

"They were all colored people of America," she said "some of them suffered much, as slaves, by their old masters.  Let us go and speak to them a moment."

We did so, when to my great surprise I quickly recognized one of them.  We stood face to face, but for a moment I hesitated, and then said: "In the name of paradise, is this you, Rastus?"

"Oh," he said, "It’s me; but who be you?"

I said, "Look again."

He did so and began to smile.  "I do know you, Mr. Sodi, you preached to us colored folks once on board the vessel on de North Sea," and with that he gave me his hand.

I knew him in my earlier years having business with his old master in the South.  He was very black and very ignorant, but his face now shone with the brightness of heaven itself, and his garments were perfect whiteness.

"Well, I am glad to meet you," he said.

"Indeed, it is mutual," I replied; "but you are so changed.

Are there no black faces in heaven?" I inquired.

 
GO to Chap 21, No Race Prejudice in Heaven  for more

Martyred Saints

During the time of Herod, Christians were persecuted, killing with the sword, stoning, making the human bodies into torches. There were martyrs in England under the reign of "Bloody Mary".

Among them we saw James whom Herod killed with the sword; and Stephen whom they stoned; in fact, nearly all the apostles were there.  We saw also Latimer and Thomas Hawks and a hundred beside who had suffered in England as martyrs under the reign of her who was called "Bloody Mary." But they with the thousands of others who had sealed their testimony with their own blood, were the most joyful of all men whom I had met in all the heavenly domain.  During the course of the exercises of the occasion and the joyful and exultant praises from this great army of saints over whom neither fire, sword, nor prison could avail to turn them aside from the holy confession of Jesus, I kept thinking of that Scripture where in the Revelation of St. John he says: "I saw the souls of them who were beheaded for the witness of Jesus and for the word of God, and which had not worshipped the beast neither his image, neither had received his mark upon their foreheads, nor in their hands; and they lived and reigned with Christ a thousand years." (Revelation 20:4)

GO to Chap 20, Martyred Saints in Heaven for more

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