Answer 1
(Someone has asked me about Creation, God and the Soul. The following is the answer:)
There are many misteries that are only understood if we find the answers in the Bible. Perhaps, you may not believe it, but the Bible can only be understood if we read it with a spiritual heart. I can prove to you that the Bible is the Word of God. If you wish I can transmit you what I know about it. There are many things that can be prove it. Instead, God do not need to prove anything, because salvation can only be reached by faith. If you have faith in the Son of God, Jesus Christ, you are saved; if not, you aren't. (John 3.16-18)
You have said in your email that you do not believe God will destroy everything he created. I agree, because the Bible says He won't. I will transmit you what the Bible says. I usually use to explain everything and show it by versicles. But it takes much time, and I do not want to spend your time. But, if you want a detailed explanation on it, ask me and I will transmit you very happy.
In the beggining God creates the heavens and the earth. Everything was created by Him and nothing of what was created could be created if God didn't create it. Scientists explain everything was created because of na explosion. (Genesis 1.1) But if there was an explosion, who made this explosion? Why could not be God? How everything was made in a such perfect way? The Bible says that God made heavens and earth by nothing: "In the beginning God created the heaven and the earth." The verb "create" here comes from the hebrew verb BARA, which means "create the matter from nothing". Only God could create such a perfect thing.
About man, God had a so huge love for men that he didn't make us like he did nature and the animals, just speaking: let there be man. No, before, he formed man with the dust of earth. A proof: scientists analysed man's anatomy and have found
some elements of the periodic table, in the band of 18 elements:72 % of oxygen
14 % of carbon
09 % of hydrogen
05 % of nitrogen
3,5% composed at least more in 15 elements, as calcium, match, potassium, sulphur, sodium, chlorine and vestiges of iodine, have covered, zinc, etc. However, all these elements cannot be separated of the human body, such were the perfection with which God formed men! (Source: OHETT, T. of the G. pp. 40-41)
Another proof: the Bible says:
"Then shall the dust return to the earth as it was: and the spirit shall return unto God who gave it."(Ec 12.7, qv Gn 3.19)
"The burden of the word of the LORD for Israel, saith the LORD, which stretcheth forth the heavens, and layeth the foundation of the earth, and formeth the spirit of man within him." (Zc 12.1)
"But there is a spirit in man: and the inspiration of the Almighty giveth them understanding." (Jó 32.8)
And the practice shows that when man dies he really returns to the earth as it was: the dust.
Human being is formed of body, soul and spirit. The body was formed by God's own hands with the dust. The soul and the spirit was given to man in orther to make him be alive. And how he did it? The soul and the spirit are gifts given by God: "And the LORD God formed man of the dust of the ground, and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life; and man became a living soul."(Gn 2.7)
And with God's Love, They made us their image and likeness:
"And God said, Let us make man in our image, after our likeness: and let them have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the fowl of the air, and over the cattle, and over all the earth, and over every creeping thing that creepeth upon the earth." (Gn 1.26)
The Holy Trinity: The Father, the Son and the Spirit made us their image and likeness.
"In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God.
The same was in the beginning with God.
All things were made by him; and without him was not any thing made that was made.
In him was life; and the life was the light of men.
And the light shineth in darkness; and the darkness comprehended it not." (John 1.1-3)
According to the Bible, when man dies, the soul and the spirit do not be transformed into a simple energy, on the contrary, man become pass to another life: eternal life to whom believe Christ and eternal death to whom do not.. In the beggining, Adan and Eve was innocent before they disobbeyed God. After, they became guilty. The law is: the salary of sin is death. Before, man didn't die, after, he began to die, and after death comes judgement.. God will not destroy his creation, before, He will transform the bad into the good things. The Bible says that now we see as looking at a mirror, but when The Day of the Lord come we will see as it is. It is written, although, that will come seven years of Great Tribulation, because of the anger of God which is separeted for those who do not love Him. But after these seven years will come a thousand years with Jesus's Kingdom and after it will come the final judgement. And therefore the eternal kingdom of Jesus and his servers. Therefore our hopeness is much better than yours. And the Word of God is the truth. If you cannot trust the Bible, I can help you transmitting why the Bible is the Truth. Ask me!
Missionary Márcio Santos
Email:
gospel@openlink.com.br,