Part Of A Christian Catechism:

Questions And The Answers:

Where did the earth and the heaven come from?

Genesis 1:1: This is the simple form which is taught in Sunday School:
1) “In the beginning God (the ‘Godhead’, ‘Elohim’) created the heaven and the earth.”

And that should be enough for most of us. But in today's society, as Daniel said in chapter twelve of his prophecy, 'and knowledge shall be increased.' Therefore, I want to write the whole story in detail, both scientifically, and demonstratively.

This writing, when used in conjunction, and coordinated, with other of my blogs which deal somewhat with the same subject, will be more fully detailed, in various ways.

‘God’ (as translated from the original Hebrew word ‘Elohim‘), here, is used in the plural sense, for it was God, the Father, God, the Son (Word), and God, the Holy Ghost, Who were in the Creation.

Note: The earth and the heaven, being created, is what is represented in that scripture, and not the beginning of time, which was implemented and placed in the universe at God’s chosen point in, or after, its creation. And no doubt, other forces and affectations of all of the components within the universe had not been in place until God’s appointed time, for creation was still in Infinite science. And all of the laws of natural science were implemented by God, as, and at what point, He determined to activate them. Until those two instants of implementation, all things consisted solely as God willed it, whether in, or after, it was created in the Infinite science region wherein all things of the creation of God were made.

While I could be more specific and concise in the previous evaluation of how the earth and the heaven was created by Jehovah God Almighty, I think it is more important to move on, since the basics are set in place in the previous note above, sufficiently, so that we may now know, at least in generality, God‘s great work, how it came to be.

I John 5:7: God, the Godhead:
7) “For there are Three that bear record in heaven, the Father, the Word (Jesus, the Son of God), and the Holy Ghost: and These Three are One.”

Colossians 2:9: Was this Godhead also on the earth?:
9) “For in Him dwelleth all the fulness of the Godhead bodily.”

II Corinthians 5:14-21: This whole passage is good to read:
14) “For the love of Christ constraineth (strongly compels) us; because we thus judge, that ‘If One (Jesus) died for all (on the cross), then were all dead.’
15) “And ‘That He died for all, that they which live should not henceforth live unto themselves (the flesh, with its affections and lusts: Galatians 5:24), but unto Him (Jesus) Which died for them, and rose again.’
16) “Wherefore henceforth know we no man after the (dead and sinful) flesh: yea, though we have known Christ after the (sinless) flesh (of His body), yet now henceforth know we Him no more (after His flesh, for He is now glorified with the Father: Ref: I John 3:1-3).
17) “Therefore if any man be in Christ, he is a new creature (creation of God‘s workmanship: Ref: Ephesians 2:10): old things (our old sinful nature because of our sinful flesh of Adam) are passed away (dead and gone); behold, all things are become new.
18) “And all things are of God, Who hath reconciled us to Himself by Jesus Christ, and hath given to us the ministry of reconciliation (of others to God by Christ, through the gospel);
19) “To wit, that God was in Christ, reconciling the world unto Himself, not imputing their trespasses unto them; and hath committed unto us (believers) the word (message, gospel) of reconciliation.
20) “Now then (since we have the message of reconciliation), we are ambassadors for Christ, as though God did beseech you by us: we pray you in Christ’ stead (and in His place), be ye reconciled to God.
21) “For He (God) hath made Him (Jesus) to be(come) sin for us, Who knew no sin; that we might be made the righteousness of God in Him (Jesus).”

Hebrews 11:3: How can we know and be assured of the things of God?:
3) “Through faith we understand (all things which are available to us to understand, by the will of God, and one main things is this:) that the worlds (all bodies, and space, and forces, and all things of natural science) were framed by the Word of God (or, God, the Word: the Son: see John 1:1-3, 10, 14), so that the things which are seen (perceived or detectable in any way by any means of natural man, or by any scientific instrumentation) were not made of things which do appear (things that are detectable in any way, by any means available to mankind; but are made of the invisible ‘things‘ from the highest scientific realm, the region of the ‘real and eternal’ science: Infinite science)”

Only by faith, believing God and His word of truth, by Christ Jesus, shall any man be qualified to look into the things of Infinite science, God's habitat.

Yes, the earth and the heaven are but a 'shadow' (of the ‘real‘, the ‘eternal‘), which is, by comparison to the spiritual eternal realm, but a temporary illusion, which shall pass away, at the last judgment (Revelation 20:19; II Peter 3:10-13), never again to reappear, for the use of the natural universe will have served its purpose, that it produced the family of God. And that was always the reason the universe, with all its contents, and man, were made: so that God (Who is ‘love’) would have an eternal family, upon whom He could bestow His great love.

And God made this big universe to accomplish His big plan.

And I praise Him with all honor, because He made me a part of that, saving me from my past sins, and making me one of His sons, as He does, and will, anyone who believes in His only begotten Son, the Lord Jesus Christ, Who is the Seed of God, the Holy Ghost, and not the seed of the sinful flesh of Adam.

Matthew 1:18:
18) “Now the birth of (the flesh and body of) Christ was on this wise: ‘When as His mother Mary was espoused (engaged to be married) to Joseph (a son of the lineage of Abraham who was a Hebrew Gentile, (and became the first Jew, by covenant with God, the sign of that covenant being ’circumcision’) by Isaac, the son of God’s promise to Abraham: Genesis 17:1-13), before they came together (in marriage, which is the consummation of the marriage by intimacy), she was found (to be) with Child of the Holy Ghost.’.”
　

Galatians 4:4-5:
4) “But when the fulness of time was come, God sent forth His Son, made of a woman, made under the law,
5) “To redeem them that were under the law, that we (Jews) might receive the adoption of sons.”

Hebrews 10:5:
5) “Wherefore when He (Jesus) cometh into the world, He saith (to the Father), ‘Sacrifice and offering (for sins of men) Thou woudest not (accept to take away sins), but a body (of sinless flesh, which is the only acceptable sacrifice for the sins of men, which I will give for a sacrifice) hast Thou prepared for me.’.”

So, in that sinless body, which was not of a sinful nature, because it did not come by the bloodline of Adam, Jesus kept the law of Moses, without error, thus fulfilling the law, thereby obtaining righteousness by the law, which sinful flesh cannot do; then Jesus would offer His sinless body, which contained the righteousness of the law, thereby not being worthy of death; for death comes by sin, and Jesus’ body was free from sin, for He did no sin. Therefore, God would accept that sacrifice, whereas no other sacrifice would ever take away sin.
(Ref: Hebrews 10:1-4)

John 1:1-3, 10, 14:
1) “In the beginning (of all things created) was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God (the Son).
2) “The Same was in the beginning with God.
3) “All things were made by Him (the Word); and without Him was not any thing made that was made.”
10) “He (the Word, Jesus) was in the world, and the world was made by Him, and the world knew Him not.
11) “He came unto His own (the Jews: Deuteronomy 18:18), and His own (Israel, the Jews, the ‘circumcision’) received Him not.”
14) “And the Word was made flesh, and dwelt among us, (and we beheld His glory, the glory as of the only Begotten of the Father,) full of grace and truth.”

God, the Son, Jesus Christ the Lord, was in the beginning with God, for He was God before the beginning:

John 17:5: Jesus (God within the sinless body of flesh) prays to the Father:
5) “ ‘And now, O Father, glorify Thou Me with Thine own Self with the glory I had with Thee before the world was (created).’.”

Hebrews 1:1-2:
1) “God, Who at sundry times and in divers manners spake in time past unto the fathers by the prophets,
2) “Hath in these last days spoken unto us by His Son, Whom He hath appointed heir of all things, by Whom also He made the worlds (things of the universe, and the times of its existence);

Who is God?
God is often referring to the ‘Godhead’, which is God, the Father, and God, the Son (Word), and God, the Holy Ghost.

In context, ‘God’ may refer to the Father, the Son or the Holy Ghost.

Genesis 1:26a:
26a) “And God (the Father) said (to the Son, and to the Holy Ghost), Let Us make man in Our image, after Our likeness:”

What is man?
Man is the most important creation of God, in that, the only purpose of God in the making of the entire universe, with its scientific laws, and ‘time’, which is only relevant to the universe, man was made to become the family of God, and the earth is the environment in which man was placed by Jehovah God, and the exclusive location of any and every living creature that God made, exactly and precisely as it is recorded by Moses, at the command of God to be written.

Note: There would be, in the light of God’s purpose for the earth and the heaven (the universe), no reason by which we may assume that there would be any life (form) anywhere else in the universe, either before, or after Adam, the first man, was made. And from the flesh and bone of Adam, God formed Eve, the first woman, who would be ‘the mother of all living’. Therefore, there is no natural life anywhere, or at any time prior to Adam and Eve, except on the earth. For when Jesus came, He came only to the earth, and died for the sins of (only) man, which He made upon the earth.

There are angels of God, and there are devils, which are those angels of God which fell from heaven, to be imprisoned by the atmosphere of the earth until the final ‘white throne’ judgment of God, when all wicked, both sinners and devils, will be cast into the eternal and everlasting lake of fire. (Revelation 20:11-15)

And God, the Son, came into a body of flesh, which the Father (by God, the Holy Ghost, through a selected virgin, Mary) prepared for Him to occupy, that Christ might fulfill the law of Moses, and then offer His body of flesh as the only sacrifice that would take away the sins of those who would believe in Jesus, the only Savior at any time, who could take those sins away.

And Jesus was only sent (by the Father) to the Jews (Israel, the seed of Abram/Abraham, by his wife, Sarai/Sarah).

Deuteronomy 18:18-19: God speaks to the prophet Moses:
18) “I will raise them (the Jews of Israel) a Prophet (Jesus) from among (not of the sinful flesh of) their brethren, like unto thee, and will put My words in His mouth; and He shall speak unto them all that I shall command Him.
19) “And it shall come to pass, that whosoever will not hearken (hear, listen, and give honor) unto My words which He shall speak in My name, I will require it (unfavorably respond to it) of him (that does not properly hearken).”

Matthew 10:5-6: Jesus sends His apostles to minister to the Jews:
5) “These twelve Jesus sent forth, and commanded them, saying, ‘Go not into the way of the Gentiles (all nations that are not Israel), and into any city of the Samaritans (part Jew and part Gentile, by birth) enter ye not:
6) “But go rather (specifically, and only) to the lost sheep of the house of Israel (Jews).

Matthew 15:24: Jesus states His purpose toward Jews:
24) “But He (Jesus) answered and said, ‘I am not sent but unto the lost sheep of the house of Israel.’.”

John 10:15-16: Jesus states His purpose toward Gentiles:
15) “As the Father knoweth Me, even so know I the Father: and I lay down My life for the sheep.
16) “And other sheep I have, which are not of this fold (not of Israel): them also I must bring (by the apostles and other disciples, after His death, burial, resurrection, ascension, and glorification with the Father).

Because of the promise of God to Jesus (the Seed of Abraham), which promise came by Abraham, Jesus assigned His apostles and other disciples to go to the Gentiles (all nations that were not of the direct lineage of Abraham), though Jesus‘ personal contact with any Gentiles was very limited, for the law said that a Jew was not to come unto, or to have company with, one of another nation (one who was ‘uncircumcised‘).

Acts 10:28a: Peter defines his reason for not going to Gentiles:
28a) “And he (Peter) said unto them, ‘Ye know how that it is an unlawful thing for a man that is a Jew to keep company, or come unto one of another nation (a Gentile);

And the Jerusalem council of Jews, who had believed in Jesus unto salvation, also came down on Peter for going to the Gentiles:

Acts 11:1-3: The council of believing Jews call Peter to a hearing:
1) “And the apostles and (believing Jewish) brethren that were in Judaea heard that the Gentiles had also received the word of God.
2) “And when Peter was come up to Jerusalem, they that were of the circumcision (Jews) contended with him,
3) “Saying, ‘Thou wentest in to men uncircumcised, and didst eat with them.’.”

Obviously, the born-again Jewish believers forgot the promise which God gave to Abraham, as well as the commandment Jesus gave them just before He was taken up by the Father into heaven, where He was before (John 17:5).

Genesis 17:1-7: The promise of God to Abraham:
1) “And when Abram (the Gentile Hebrew, who became a Jew after he received God’s promise, and was circumcised, to seal the covenant of God with Abraham for Israel: verses 9 through 13) was ninety years old and nine, the Lord appeared to Abram, and said unto him, ‘I am the Almighty God; walk before Me, and be thou perfect.
2) “ ‘And I will make My covenant between Me and thee, and will multiply thee exceedingly.’
3) “And Abram fell on his face: and God talked with him, saying,
4) “ ‘As for Me, behold, My covenant is with thee, and thou shalt be a father of many nations.
5) “ ‘Neither shall thy name any more be called ‘Abram’, but thy name shall be ‘Abraham’; for a father of many nations have I made thee.
6) “ ‘And I will make thee exceeding fruitful, and i will make nations of thee, and kings shall come out of thee.
7) “ ‘And I will establish My covenant between Me and thee and thy seed after thee in their generations for an everlasting covenant, to be a God unto thee, and to thy Seed after thee.’.”

Matthew 28:18-20: Jesus commands the apostle and all disciples:
18) “And Jesus came and spake unto them, saying, ‘All power is given unto Me in heaven and in earth.
19) “ ‘Go ye therefore, and teach all nations, baptizing them (that believe) in the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Ghost:
20) “ ‘Teaching them to observe (keep, do, and teach) all things whatsoever I have commanded you: and, lo, I am with you always, even unto the (beginning of the) end of the world.’.”

And the apostles, with the prophets? The Church is founded on them:

Ephesians 2:19-20: Paul speaks to the Gentile Church at Ephesus:
19) “Now therefore ye are no more strangers and foreigners (to the commonwealth of Israel), but fellowcitizens with the saints, and of the household of God;
20) "And (as the Church of believers in Jesus Christ) are built upon the foundation of the apostles and prophets, Jesus Christ Himself being the Chief Corner Stone."

Do we, ‘modern’ believers, the Church that Jesus built, ever forget, or misunderstand, the doctrines, and truths and the commandments of our Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ, and/or of God our heavenly Father?

Let me sidestep for a moment: How many ‘divisions’ (denominations) among believers, the Church, can you count on your fingers and toes, and on all of the fingers and toes of a great multitude of other believers in Jesus?

Well, we do have at least that many divisions in the Church; as well as multiple divisions of those divisions (denominations).

Is that the will, or the ‘pattern’ of God for the Church of Jesus Christ?

What did Paul say about the ‘pattern’, which God specifically stated by the apostle, Paul, in a New Testament epistle to the church at Corinth? Take a look
at this commandment of the Lord through Paul:

I Corinthians 1:10: The ‘pattern’ of God for the body of Christ:
10) “Now I beseech you, brethren, by the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, that ye all speak the same thing (doctrine, truth), and that there be no divisions among you; but that ye be perfectly joined together in one mind and in one judgment.”

How close to we come to that ‘pattern’?

Beloved sisters and brothers in Christ, we do not even fulfill any of that commandment of the Lord.

When God gave Moses commandment regarding ‘all things after their pattern’, the Lord would not accept any thing that fell short of that pattern, and it would be rejected by God, until it did conform to that specific pattern which was shown to Moses:

Exodus 25:40: God commands Moses, the master craftsman:
40) “And look that thou make them (all things pertaining to the temple of God) after the pattern, which was showed thee (for forty days) in the mount (Sinai).”

Now, here is the question that needs to be asked:

‘Men and brethren, what shall we do?’ (from Acts 2:37)

We must indeed humble ourselves, and keep the commandments of Christ in love, by charity, without contention or debate, or any of the works of the flesh, neither by any display of the nature of the flesh. Put aside our 'doctrinal beliefs' for the gospel sake:

I Corinthians 2:2: Here is Paul's resolve where contention is the topic:
 2) "For (in the light of our first priority, which is to preach and teach the gospel of salvation through Jesus Christ) I determined not to know any thing among you, save Jesus Christ, and Him crucified (that He might take away the sins of all who will believe in Him unto their own salvation from the sins of their past)."

“God is a Spirit: and they that worship Him must worship Him in spirit, and in truth.” (John 4:24)

Your flesh cannot, and will not, worship God, for it is the enmity of God, in that it is governed by its affections and lusts that are in it, and because it is sinful, heir of the nature of Adam, who sinned, it is condemned to death:

Romans 5:12: Adam sinned, and became the gateway for sin to inhabit all flesh:
12) "Wherefore, as by one man (Adam) sin entered into the world, and death by sin; and so death passed upon all men (by inheritance of the same flesh of Adam), for that all have sinned."

Hebrews 9:27: The sentence of death of the flesh because of its sin:
27) "And as it is appointed unto men once to die, but after this the judgment:"

This will continue, and will be edited as time permits. Generally, the first part of this topic is ready to be coupled with other similar or more complete topics of this nature through my blogs.

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