I would call him Religious Man.
Afghan Women in 1950 vs. 2013
Mass hysteria or pure fakery...take your pick...
Ever wonder what heaven is really like?
Well, I looked it up in the only reference book that has a say in the matter.
(I normally hate posting long reads, but the subject demanded it)
There are actually three heavens described in the Bible. The first heaven is what is called the
firmament or sky that covers the earth.
This is the realm of birds and clouds that surrounds the entire earth.
The second heaven is where the stars, the sun, and the moon reside. This is the space beyond the earth and
it covers the entire universe. It
is as far as the human eye can see with the help of gigantic telescopes such as
the Hubble Space Telescope.
The third heaven is unseen and is the residence of God,
including Jesus Christ. This is where the dead martyrs and saints are
today. This is the location of the
throne of God and where the holy angels surrounding His throne sing day and
night, Holy, Holy, Holy is the Lord our God.
There is a
constant chant of holy angels that are continually proclaiming Holy, Holy, Holy
over the throne of God. The Mercy
Seat in heaven where God sits is surrounded by magnificent angels full of glory
and power that proclaim and bless the holy name of God without ceasing. Some of these are described as beasts,
full of eyes, with six wings and neither rest day or night in their proclaiming
the holiness of God
It had a great, high wall with twelve gates, and with twelve
angels at the gates. On the gates were written the names of the twelve tribes
of Israel.
The angel who talked with me had a measuring rod of gold to
measure the city, its gates and its walls. 16 The city was laid out like a
square, as long as it was wide. He measured the city with the rod and found it
to be 12,000 stadia [or 1,400 miles!] in length, and as wide and high as it is
long [1,400 miles wide and tall!].
The wall was made of jasper, and the city of pure gold, as pure
as glass.
The foundations of the city walls were decorated with every kind
of precious stone. The first foundation was jasper, the second sapphire, the
third agate, the fourth emerald, 20 the fifth onyx, the sixth ruby, the seventh
chrysolite, the eighth beryl, the ninth topaz, the tenth turquoise, the
eleventh jacinth, and the twelfth amethyst [these last two stones are unknown
or only exist in heaven today].
Nothing impure will ever enter it, nor will anyone who does what
is shameful or deceitful, but only those whose names are written in the Lamb’s
book of life.
“Those who are victorious will inherit all this, and I will be
their God and they will be my children. But the cowardly, the unbelieving, the
vile, the murderers, the sexually immoral, those who practice magic arts, the
idolaters and all liars—they will be consigned to the fiery lake of burning
sulfur. This is the second death.”
So now let's see who amoung us has a shred of critical thinking skills left. RH
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