Page 157 - THE REVELATION OF THE THIRD HEAVEN and THE MEAT OF THE WORD

A vision can be a dream (Num 12:6) or an actual vision (Num 12:8) in which God
can talk ‘mouth to mouth’ (Num 12:8). Hebrews 11:27 establishes the mysterious
antinomy perfectly with the statement which is that the invisible has been seen.

Science

God is truth so there is no intrinsic conflict between the scientific method as such
and Christianity (1 Tim 6:20) once the initial revelation of God is believed (Rom
1:20, 1 Tim 6:20).

Christians

Christians are the spiritual descendants or ‘seed’ of Abraham via Sarah both for the
Earth (Gen 28: 14) and the Universe ( Gen 13:16, 15:5-6, 16:10, Heb 11:12). This
is by faith for all time and space not sequential time and ancestry as we understand
it, it is a spiritual ‘descent’ sired by faith (Rom 4:16) and circumcision involving
the vicarious fulfilment of the Law, not precluding the possibility of Christians
before or after Abraham whether on earth or elsewhere (Gen 1:27, 15:6, 17:10, 1
Chron 1:1, Rom 1:20, 4:9-13, Phil 3:3, Col 1:20, 2:11, Heb 1:2). Man can not
calculate the all time and space number of Christians (Gen 13:16, Heb 11:12).

SUFFERING & THE LAW

There are two Creation Phases (forming one Creation as one emerges out of the
other), a first Heaven and Earth and a second Heaven and Earth (Gen 1:1, Rev
21:1). In the first the purpose of Creation and of all suffering and joy is designed
for the sole purpose of converting recalcitrant sinful beings to Christ's way of
Salvation and keeping them saved thereafter (2 Sam 14:14, Eccl 9:2, Acts 14:22,
Rom 8:28). Everything a being experiences, animal, human or spirit represents the
best chance for that entity or being of accepting Christ and staying in that state
whilst in the flesh until death (2 Sam 14:14, 1 Kings 8:39-40, Psalm 25:8, 26:1-2,
Eccl 3:18-21, 9:2, Acts 14:22, Rom 3:5, 8:28, Rom 11:32, 2 Cor 1:4-7, 7:10, 2 Cor
7:10, Eph 1:3-11, 3:20, Phil 1:19, 28-29, 2:12, 3:11, Col 1:11, 23, 1 Thes 3:4, 5:18
the will of God is Salvation - 2 Pet 3:9, 2 Thes 1:5, 1 Tim 2:4, 2 Tim 2:12, Tit
2:11, Heb 2:10, 12: 10-11, Jam 1:2-3, 12, 1 Pet 1:6-7, 2:19-20, 4:12, 19, 2 Pet 3:9,