Children in the Kingdom
Emails & Questions
Children in the now and in Kingdom
Q: Good
morning Dan, Question about your answer to the question about children after
the resurrection, so in Isaiah 11:6, 11:8 talking about the child playing by
the cobra's hole and putting his hand in a vipers den -- if there will be any
children after the resurrection ? As always your brother in YaHshua.
Elliott
A:
First answer to the last part – “Will there be any children after the
resurrection?”
The answer is yes.
The Resurrection at the return of YaHshua will not be the end of all
human life and activity. The way some
teach it may seem that way but is it is not, there will be children and they
will grow into adults and have the unobstructed chance to receive YaHshua as
their Savior. At the return of YaHshua
it is the armies of the world that will be abolished. War among humans will cease, He will
personally put an end to those serving the “god of war”. But after that the real Exodus of YaHshua’s
people will begin back to the land of Israel and around Jerusalem, which will
be called by its proper name, YaH u shalom, or Peace of YaH. It will truly, then, be the City of
Peace. Of those returning there will be
children.
The Christians, being misled by so much pagan theology,
teach something different from the Biblical teaching. Some have claimed to have gone to Heaven and
seen innocent children playing in gardens of flower – Really, children
forever? Not so, we are to grow into spiritual
adults in our journey on earth and so it will be in the Kingdom. While we are called children of God we are
not to remain as children in our thinking.
Paul give this instruction – Keep in mind, Paul is instructing a people
that were introduced the Word of God from birth, Hebrews, and this is instructions for us too, those of
us still learning, some having never been exposed to the Word of God until
called by Him.
(Heb 5:11)
We have a
lot to explain about this. But since you have become too lazy to pay attention,
explaining it to you is hard.
(Heb 5:12-14) By now you should be teachers. Instead, you still need someone to teach you the elementary truths of God's word. You need milk, not solid food. All those who live on milk lack the experience to talk about what is right. They are still babies. However, solid food is for mature people, whose minds are trained by practice to know the difference between good and evil.
This instruction points to our growth from infants
needing care and feeding to growing into adults that care for and feed. A spiritual adult could actually be younger,
physically, than a babe in the Christ.
So, will there be infants in the Kingdom, yes, both spiritual and
physical. Remember, in the resurrection,
the whole world is not raised and for a 1,000 years thereafter life will be of
a physical nature, as today, for those not changed at that time. The judgment of the whole world and everyone
that has ever lived upon its face will not be until after the 1,000 years.
(Rev 20:5) The rest of the dead did not live until the 1,000 years ended. This is the first time that people come back to life.(Rev 20:6) Blessed and holy are those who are included the first time that people come back to life.The second death has no power over them. They will continue to be priests of God and Christ. They will rule with him for 1,000 years.GW
Reading these
verses and the surrounding verse in context you will see there is a “resurrection”
into the Spirit at the return of our Lord, and another resurrection of, or into
the flesh from which there can be a “second death” if judgment calls for
it. Those suffering the “second death” are
finished, from that there is not return.
But, this happens only after the 1,000 years – concerning the whole of
mankind that has ever lived. If you find
yourself in the “resurrection” at the return of our Lord you then do not have
to fear the “second death” because you will have already received “life eternal”
by the power of our Savior YaHshua and as a “child” of the living God and
Father”.
Children playing safely around
wild animals and serpents?
The first part of
your question, is partly answered by the answer above, but when in the Kingdom
on earth we see that the 1,000 rule of our Savior is out of Jerusalem --
(Mic
4:1-2) In the last days the mountain of the LORD'S(YaHWeH’s) house will be established as the
highest of the mountains and raised above the hills. People will stream to it. Then many nations will come and say,
"Let's go to the mountain of the LORD (YHWH), to the house of the God of
Jacob. He will teach us His ways so that we may live by them." The
teachings will go out from Zion. The word of the LORD (YHWH) will go out from
Jerusalem.
It will be after our Savior has returned and established
His rule from Jerusalem and also having, Himself, restore the House of Israel.
The world at large will be at peace and will remain at peace, country to
country until at the end of the 1,000 rule.
(Rev
20:7) When 1,000 years are over, Satan
will be freed from his prison.
(Rev
20:8) He will go out to deceive Gog and
Magog, the nations in the four corners of the earth, and gather them for war.
They will be as numerous as the grains of sand on the seashore.
(Rev
20:9) I saw that they spread over the
broad expanse of the earth and surrounded the camp of God's holy people and the
beloved city. Fire came from heaven and burned them up.
When is it Gog and Magog are to attack
Israel? According to the Word, it is not
until after the 1,000 years of our Savior’s rule. This, essentially, tells us that not all of
the World is on the program and have some kind of resentment toward the rule of
YaHshua, otherwise Satan would not have such an evil influence. Satan is again being used as a hoe in the
garden to weed out the weeds, pile them up and burn them up.
What this 1,000 years under the rule of God and Savior it
will be proven that to accept Him is to bring peace. Israel was offered
this under Samuel but they refused and wanted a King like the other nations,
so, He gave them what they wanted and that did not work out so well. They
had their ups and downs, mostly downs and because of their rejection then and
then rejecting YaHshua as Savior we are told they have reaped, then, what they
have sown themselves. BUT, our Creator and God did not call Israel
to fail and then be swept away forever. If that had been the plan
Israel/Jews would not exist today, as other nations have faded away, Israel
still hangs on. He has a plan for them. All Israel will be
resurrected back to life, the Whole House of Israel will be raised back to the
flesh, not the spirit. The fabled "second chance", but with God
it is His purpose to put them under their Creator's rule as originally intended
and when all will see how that works out.
During this period, after YaHshua returns and the Saints are changed to Spirit then Physical Israel will be raised to live again the “whole house” of Israel is to be raised back to life in the Flesh (Ezek 37:7-12).
During this period, after YaHshua returns and the Saints are changed to Spirit then Physical Israel will be raised to live again the “whole house” of Israel is to be raised back to life in the Flesh (Ezek 37:7-12).
We are not told how long they will live in the flesh,
long enough to accept YaHshua as Messiah and repent of their past. Read
also Zech 12 and 14. This is not the
whole earth, only Israel, what is destroyed is the armies of the world, the
capability to make war is removed by YaHshua at His return. After this, during
the time of peace in Israel, then what?
(Isa 11:6) Wolves will live with lambs. Leopards will
lie down with goats. Calves, young lions, and year-old lambs will be together,
and little children will lead them.
(Isa
11:7) Cows and bears will eat together.
Their young will lie down together. Lions will eat straw like oxen.
(Isa
11:8) Infants will play near cobras'
holes. Toddlers will put their hands into vipers' nests.
(Isa
11:9) They will not hurt or destroy
anyone anywhere on my holy mountain. The world will be filled with the
knowledge of the LORD (YHWH) like water covering the sea.
In the establishment of the 1,000 year rule, the literal
Kingdom on Earth, everyone and every animal will be at peace. This is contrary to the nature of wild beasts
we see today and will be another proof of our Lord, YaHshua being exactly who
He claims to be. No other religion can
and dares make such claims, but our Creator can because He made us all, He made
everything and it is in His power to change the nature of wild beasts. It is interesting to note that men quote
these verse and right away twist them, not a big twist but still, why try to
improve on the clear word of God. How do
they do this? Reading verse 6, we read
that it is Wolves that will live a peace with lambs. Men make placards and bumper stickers and
some even Icon representing their word showing a Lion laying down with the
Lamb. If we look at this from Satan’s
point of view it misdirects us away from the warning about “wolves” in the
Church, among the Lambs of God (Acts 20:29, Luke 10:3, Mt 7:15), you see, even
in this simple change the wolves are hiding, we need to remember there are
wolves among men and among the wild animals.
See how the word is changed? Ask
anyone and nearly all will say it is the Lion with the Lamb but scripture
clearly says it is the “Wolf”.
(Act
20:29-30) I know that fierce wolves will
come to you after I leave, and they won't spare the flock. Some of your own men will come forward and say
things that distort the truth. They will do this to lure disciples into following
them.
All of that said, we are then told that even creatures we
consider dangerous and violent toward us will not harm so much as a small
child. Children will grow into adults in this Kingdom being fearful of
nothing, being taught the word and learning the way of God, not the way of
men. We are told that the lion will eat grass. Some object to this,
being swayed by evolutionist that the Lion and dangerous animals like him have
fangs made for ripping and tearing, not for eating grass. But, they
neglect to see the Bear, big bears and small bears all have fangs like the lion
and while they do eat meat a great portion of their diet is grasses, berries
and branches. Panda bear eats only Bamboo, a plant. Our Creator is
going to remove the violent nature of wild beasts, and the beasts will even be
at peace with one another.
Children will play safely in the streets, old men will sit safely outside and even very small children will crawl around in the yard and the parents do not have to fear the child will come to any harm. Talk about freedom, freedom from fear -- this will not be so with the whole world, with all countries. As we see at the end of the 1,000 nations rise up in rebellion, Satan is released to head them in a final last attempt to destroy those people that have accept YaHshua as Savior.
You and I and many, many others are looking forward to our Resurrection to a new body a new existence to be with YaHshua as Kings and Priests, our salvation assured.
(Rev 1:6) and has made us to be a kingdom and priests to serve his God and Father--to him be glory and power for ever and ever! Amen.
Children will play safely in the streets, old men will sit safely outside and even very small children will crawl around in the yard and the parents do not have to fear the child will come to any harm. Talk about freedom, freedom from fear -- this will not be so with the whole world, with all countries. As we see at the end of the 1,000 nations rise up in rebellion, Satan is released to head them in a final last attempt to destroy those people that have accept YaHshua as Savior.
You and I and many, many others are looking forward to our Resurrection to a new body a new existence to be with YaHshua as Kings and Priests, our salvation assured.
(Rev 1:6) and has made us to be a kingdom and priests to serve his God and Father--to him be glory and power for ever and ever! Amen.
(Rev 5:10) You have made them (that would be us) to be a kingdom
and priests to serve our God, and they will reign on the earth."
(1Pe 2:9) But you are a chosen people, a royal priesthood, a holy nation,
a people belonging to God, that you may declare the praises of him who called
you out of darkness into his wonderful light.
Our current condition is only temporary and we will be in the Kingdom restore there after we are quickened and changed to be Like YaHshua. To be kings and priests suggests we are rulers over others, right? There will be populations around the world, and then there will be the resurrected and restored Israel. We will have plenty to do in our own renewal and change.
Our current condition is only temporary and we will be in the Kingdom restore there after we are quickened and changed to be Like YaHshua. To be kings and priests suggests we are rulers over others, right? There will be populations around the world, and then there will be the resurrected and restored Israel. We will have plenty to do in our own renewal and change.
(1Co 15:52) It will happen in an instant, in a split
second at the sound of the last trumpet. Indeed, that trumpet will sound, and
then the dead will come back to life. They will be changed so that they can
live forever
.
(1Jn 3:2) Dear friends, now we are God's children. What
we will be isn't completely clear yet. We do know that when Christ appears
we will be like Him because we will see Him
as He is.
HalleluYaH – which is to say, “Praise you YaH”
Peace, Dan
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