Posted by april on July 19, 1999 at 07:59:34:
In Reply to: Re: God in all... posted by Anne Ward on July 14, 1999 at 14:22:14:
: April: we are always serious....but seriously speaking. I have read and re-read your post and it seems that in some way Bede is talking about the end time. Go to I Cor. 15:24-28 to get the context {and read the whole chapter as well}
Anne,
Thanks for reading my post even once! :)
I will read Cor and get back to you about it.
However, for now, I think the end time is also
now. I think it happens to each of us individually as our perceptions change
and grow. Thus, there is the end time at the
end of time but there is also the end time that is happening now. What do you think? Am I being clear?
: :v24 "then comes the end, when he hands over the kingdom to God the Father, after he [Jesus] has destroyed every ruler and every authority and power. 25. For he must reign until he has put all his enemies under his feet. 26. The last enemy to be destroyed is death. 27For God has put all things in subjection under his feet....28 When all things are subjected to him, the the Son himslef will also be subjected to the one who put all things in subjection under him, so that God may be all in all."
: To me, this means that all rule and power in the world will come to an end [and we should live each day as if that is right around the corner]...
Anne, I tend to think that it all starts now...the end times, the heavens, the hells etc. I think it has a lot to do with our states of consciousness
and the realization of our own divinity....
...not places. What do you think?
: IMVHO, Jesus will come, bring everything into captivity under his feet--the final victory-- and then will give it all up to God, the Creator and sustainer of all. He was in the beginning, he will be the ending. Jesus, ourselves, and all of creation will be put into subjection unto God. God will be All.
Isn't God already All?
: This is a tough reading, and I am anxious to hear what someone else has to say. For me, it has to do with bringing, at the end time, all things back unto the Father when everything will return to the original harmony! Can't hardly wait!!!
Anne, I love hearing what you think.
: April, I would also be interested in how you interpret this as well....
Thanks for asking. If you read the above post I sent to jboy, it contains most of my thinking about this. No need to repeat it twice. Feel free to jump in and comment. I'm interested in
hearing what you have to say about my
theories. :)
: Thanks for making the grey cells work!
Thank you!
Love you,
april