Marilyn Jean

Marilyn Jean

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Judges 14: Samson kills a lion

Sun, 31 Mar 2024 16:48:30 +0200

Marilyn Jean

alohapilgrim@hub.hubzilla.de

An Easter postcard for you.

Judges 14: Samson kills a lion and eats honey from the carcass. Or, how I envision Christ defeating death.

Illustration by F. Monzio Compagnoni; La Biblia Ilustrada by Marcelino Lago (Ediciones Paulinas, 1972). Madrid, Spain.

Theology Biblical Illustration

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Sun, 31 Mar 2024 16:49:55 +0200 zuletzt bearbeitet: Sun, 31 Mar 2024 16:50:11 +0200

_jayrope

jrp@hub.kliklak.net

Okay, now i get it :) Gracias.

Sun, 31 Mar 2024 16:54:31 +0200

Marilyn Jean

alohapilgrim@hub.hubzilla.de

Ha ha! I'm tinkering around as you can see.

Sun, 31 Mar 2024 17:19:09 +0200

_jayrope

jrp@hub.kliklak.net

@Marilyn Jean We had a longer Easter-related discussion among amateurs (agnostic, ex-Christian etc. ) here two days ago, and that was very fruitful, in terms of insights. Although i kind of bent the discussion at an early stage, when i remembered a - possibly French - movie i saw many years ago, where visitors can enter into a kind of middle/underworld only to find a big waiting room with all the known icons of humanity waiting to be forgotten, so they could finally go to hell or heaven or simply further. I should find the movie. Anyhow, my partner called this room a purgatory, so wi translated that to German (= Fegefeuer), which then actually literally translates to "cleaning fire." At last my father told me today, that the purgatory is supposed to be sthg. like a check, if you were good enough to go back to life (or further to heaven) or will be sent to hell instead. However, that waiting room i saw in that movie relates to the connection between collective memory and the further fate of a person, after they've left this world. All of this took the whole evening and now i wonder, if there is a particular section in the bible, which relates to the idea of a purgatory a lot. I did enjoy to read about the plagues a lot before. Have a recommendation there?

Sun, 31 Mar 2024 19:36:28 +0200

Marilyn Jean

alohapilgrim@hub.hubzilla.de

@jayrope This is very moving testimony. I was Roman Catholic for 20 years before I pulled a "Martin Luther" and read the Bible -cover to cover - January 2018. New Living Translation.

Purgatory does not exist. Through the Grace and Will of God, I was called to Him; I didn't call God to me. I learned to confess my sins to Him alone, I ask for forgiveness and repent - no matter how horrible my sins, God listens. I learned that here is no fear or worry through God alone. This study transcends my heart from remote scholar into humble servant with true Faith.

Where can I begin...? If you study the history of Indulgences you'll find that it was economic/political strategy for the RC Church. RC dogma is mystical and ambiguous; it relies on unnecessary traditions and customs with a heavy emphasis on fear. But folk don't want to read - the Old Testament with New Testament. Not even from an anthropological point of view...meaning you pick up the texts to study objectively.

The Good news is that when we die believing in Christ and His resurrection we go Home. No hell fire, no purgatory. God has no time for this; show Him ask Him and Live with Him while you breath on this earth.

I studied Tibetan Buddhism for 10 years and was even baptized. Life after Death exists but through God's design. In fact Buddhism was a bloody waste of time.

You still want Scripture?

Sun, 31 Mar 2024 19:40:06 +0200

Marilyn Jean

alohapilgrim@hub.hubzilla.de

@!jayrope The German edition of the New Living Translation (NLT) of the Bible is called Neues Leben. The NLT is a contemporary English translation of the Bible that was published in 1996 by Tyndale House Foundation. It was created by 90 leading Bible scholars and is based on recent critical editions of the original Greek, Aramaic, and Hebrew texts. The NLT is intended to be easily accessible to readers of modern English.

https://www.amazon.com/Neues-Leben-Die-Bibel-deutsch-englisch/dp/3417252717

Sun, 31 Mar 2024 19:57:35 +0200

Marilyn Jean

alohapilgrim@hub.hubzilla.de

Luke 16:19-31 - This Scripture highlights the chasm between the living and the dead.

The Rich Man and Lazarus
19 “There was a rich man who was dressed in purple and fine linen and lived in luxury every day. 20 At his gate was laid a beggar named Lazarus, covered with sores 21 and longing to eat what fell from the rich man’s table. Even the dogs came and licked his sores.

22 “The time came when the beggar died and the angels carried him to Abraham’s side. The rich man also died and was buried. 23 In Hades, where he was in torment, he looked up and saw Abraham far away, with Lazarus by his side. 24 So he called to him, ‘Father Abraham, have pity on me and send Lazarus to dip the tip of his finger in water and cool my tongue, because I am in agony in this fire.’

25 “But Abraham replied, ‘Son, remember that in your lifetime you received your good things, while Lazarus received bad things, but now he is comforted here and you are in agony. 26 And besides all this, between us and you a great chasm has been set in place, so that those who want to go from here to you cannot, nor can anyone cross over from there to us.’

27 “He answered, ‘Then I beg you, father, send Lazarus to my family, 28 for I have five brothers. Let him warn them, so that they will not also come to this place of torment.’

29 “Abraham replied, ‘They have Moses and the Prophets; let them listen to them.’

30 “‘No, father Abraham,’ he said, ‘but if someone from the dead goes to them, they will repent.’

31 “He said to him, ‘If they do not listen to Moses and the Prophets, they will not be convinced even if someone rises from the dead.’”

Source: https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Luke+16%3A19-31&version=NIV#:~:text=The%20Rich%20Man,from%20the%20dead.%E2%80%99%E2%80%9D

John !7 - Scripture which reveals predestination. How some are chosen for salvation and others for death. Meaning that only the Grace and Will of God calls us to Him. there is no earthly mediation after we pass.

Jesus Prays to Be Glorified
1 After Jesus said this, he looked toward heaven and prayed:

“Father, the hour has come. Glorify your Son, that your Son may glorify you. 2 For you granted him authority over all people that he might give eternal life to all those you have given him. 3 Now this is eternal life: that they know you, the only true God, and Jesus Christ, whom you have sent. 4 I have brought you glory on earth by finishing the work you gave me to do. 5 And now, Father, glorify me in your presence with the glory I had with you before the world began.

Jesus Prays for His Disciples
6 “I have revealed you[a] to those whom you gave me out of the world. T[b]hey were yours; you gave them to me and they have obeyed your word. 7 Now they know that everything you have given me comes from you. 8 For I gave them the words you gave me and they accepted them. They knew with certainty that I came from you, and they believed that you sent me. 9 I pray for them. I am not praying for the world, but for those you have given me, for they are yours. 10 All I have is yours, and all you have is mine. And glory has come to me through them. 11 I will remain in the world no longer, but they are still in the world, and I am coming to you. Holy Father, protect them by the power of[b] your name, the name you gave me, so that they may be one as we are one. 12 While I was with them, I protected them and kept them safe by[c] that name you gave me. None has been lost except the one doomed to destruction so that Scripture would be fulfilled.

13 “I am coming to you now, but I say these things while I am still in the world, so that they may have the full measure of my joy within them. 14 I have given them your word and the world has hated them, for they are not of the world any more than I am of the world. 15 My prayer is not that you take them out of the world but that you protect them from the evil one. 16 They are not of the world, even as I am not of it. 17 Sanctify them by[d] the truth; your word is truth. 18 As you sent me into the world, I have sent them into the world. 19 For them I sanctify myself, that they too may be truly sanctified.
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Jesus Prays for All Believers
20 “My prayer is not for them alone. I pray also for those who will believe in me through their message, 21 that all of them may be one, Father, just as you are in me and I am in you. May they also be in us so that the world may believe that you have sent me. 22 I have given them the glory that you gave me, that they may be one as we are one— 23 I in them and you in me—so that they may be brought to complete unity. Then the world will know that you sent me and have loved them even as you have loved me.

24 “Father, I want those you have given me to be with me where I am, and to see my glory, the glory you have given me because you loved me before the creation of the world.

25 “Righteous Father, though the world does not know you, I know you, and they know that you have sent me. 26 I have made you[e] known to them, and will continue to make you known in order that the love you have for me may be in them and that I myself may be in them.”

Tue, 02 Apr 2024 10:02:41 +0200

tallship

tallship@zotum.net

@Marilyn Jean

Yeah, it's all good I guess, but it just sounds weird to me if it isn't KJV.

I guess it's partly how one was raised, but moreso, even though it's Elizabethan English, it's the familiar text around which I was exposed to. It makes sense to me, no problem.

Now, raised in a Baptist household is one thing, but when it became time in school to read Shakespeare, "um.... Cliff notes time - I don't understand any of this, lolz" was my intital reaction.

Thanks for the Luke 16:26 :)

My favorite scripture throughout the entirety of the Holy Bible is Leviticus 19:10, but if you take the time, it's (IMNSHO) much more elegant in the authorized KJV than NIV, etc. ;) LEVITICUS 19:10 KJV "And thou shalt not glean thy vineyard, neither shalt thou gather every grape of thy vineyard; thou shalt..."

Leviticus 19:10 KJV: And thou shalt not glean thy vineyard, neither shalt thou gather every grape of thy vineyard; thou shalt leave them for the poor and stranger: I am the LORD your God.

Tue, 23 Apr 2024 02:29:27 +0200

Marilyn Jean

alohapilgrim@hub.hubzilla.de

@tallship Hello ! I apologize for the delay in response. Quoting Leviticus is impressive. Most folks don’t read this book .. they find it daunting.

I don’t have a verse but here’s the Bible passage that changed my life in 2018 (English Standard Translation, ESV):

Joshua 1:5-9

[5] No man shall be able to stand before you all the days of your life. Just as I was with Moses, so I will be with you. I will not leave you or forsake you. [6] Be strong and courageous, for you shall cause this people to inherit the land that I swore to their fathers to give them. [7] Only be strong and very courageous, being careful to do according to all the law that Moses my servant commanded you. Do not turn from it to the right hand or to the left, that you may have good success wherever you go. [8] This Book of the Law shall not depart from your mouth, but you shall meditate on it day and night, so that you may be careful to do according to all that is written in it. For then you will make your way prosperous, and then you will have good success. [9] Have I not commanded you? Be strong and courageous. Do not be frightened, and do not be dismayed, for the LORD your God is with you wherever you go.”

Sun, 28 Apr 2024 15:06:56 +0200

tallship

tallship@zotum.net

@Marilyn Jean Marilyn,

Thank you for getting back to me. I'm not the quickest either, when it comes to getting back to my Hubzilla account, but I do, I do, eventually :)

And thank you for sharing that passage with me. I"m privileged to be a part of that circle you've shared your salvation with.

As for me, I guess it is a bit obscure for many, but always really revererated within me - and then I lived in Napa for a while, amongst actual hectares of vineyards, where it just felt so.... like making the point for me.

Anyway, you have a lovely week. Summer will soon be upon us.

Kindest regards,

Bradley

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