DEATH

Hebrews 9:27, “And just as it is appointed for [all] men once to die, 

1 Corinthians 15:20-22,   “But Christ has indeed been raised from the dead, the firstfruits of those who have fallen asleep (died.)   For since death came through a man, (Adam) the resurrection of the dead comes also through a man, (Jesus.) For as in Adam all die, so in Christ Jesus all will be made alive.”   1 Corinthians 15:55-57,  “Where, O death, is your victory? Where, O death, is your sting?” The sting of death is sin, and the power of sin is the law. But thanks be to God! He gives us the victory through our Lord Jesus Christ.”  Christian death is God’s rest, death for all others is hell.

Before the beginning: a kingdom was prepared for you!  Matthew 25:34  Then the King shall say to those on His right hand, Come, blessed of My Father, inherit the kingdom prepared for you from the foundation of the world.  Before creation, before man, before the fall — there was already a plan. Long before the foundations of the earth were laid, before light pierced the darkness, before time itself began to unfold, there existed a Kingdom — prepared, established, and purposed in the heart of God. This is the revelation that shifts everything: the Kingdom is not God’s reaction to sin — it is His original intention. Sin did not create the need for the Kingdom; it interrupted and facilitated the expression of what was already prepared.  Our Creator God, has absolute, perfect foreknowledge.

When Yeshua (Jesus) declared, “inherit the kingdom prepared for you from the foundation of the world,” He unveiled a mystery hidden in eternity — that what we are stepping into was not formed in response to the fall, but designed before it ever occurred. The Kingdom was established in eternity past, and humanity was created to enter into something already set in place. From the very beginning, man was not created to wander aimlessly or define his own purpose — he was created to walk in a divine intention that pre-existed him.  This means you are not an afterthought. Your life is not accidental, and your calling is not something that developed over time. You were always part of the plan. Before your first breath, before your first step, before your awareness of Him — there was already a Kingdom prepared with you in mind. God did not create you and then search for a purpose to assign to you; He created you with purpose already established. You were formed to step into a reality that existed before you were born.  But God also gave you a absolutely free will to choose.

This truth restores identity at its core. So many live as though their life is defined by the present moment — by circumstances, by past failures, or by uncertain futures. But when you see the Kingdom as eternal, everything changes. Your life is no longer anchored to what is temporary — it is rooted in what is eternal. You begin to realize that you are not moving randomly through time; you are stepping into something that was prepared long before time began.   You were created for a Kingdom that existed before you — and understanding that can radically transform you. Your life is not bound to the temporary — it is tethered to eternity. The confusion begins to break when you see that your purpose did not originate here — it originated in Him. And as this revelation takes hold, identity is restored, direction becomes clear, and your life begins to align with something far greater than the moment you are living in. You are not trying to find your place — you have been invited to step into what was already prepared for you, if by faith, you can and will receive it.   George Baltimore  
 

1 John 2:15-17,   “Do not love or cherish the world or the things that are in the world. If anyone loves the world, love for the Father is not in him.  For all that is in the world—the lust of the flesh [craving for sensual gratification] and the lust of the eyes [greedy longings of the mind] and the pride of life [assurance in one’s own resources or in the stability of earthly things]—these do not come from the Father but are from the world [itself].  And the world passes away and disappears, and with it the forbidden cravings (the passionate desires, the lust) of it; but he who does the will of God and carries out His purposes in his life abides (remains) forever.  Rom.8:13,    For if you live according to [the dictates of] the flesh, you will surely die (go to hell.) But if through the power of the [Holy] Spirit you are [habitually] putting to death (making extinct, deadening) the [evil] deeds prompted by the body, you shall [really and genuinely] live forever, with God.)”

So we have a life time to decide to decide in which Kingdom we would like to live for eternity.  If we allow our flesh to rule over us we will live with it in hell for eternity. Jude 13 tell it in this way,  “Wild waves of the sea, flinging up the foam of their own shame and disgrace; wandering stars, for whom the gloom of eternal darkness has been reserved forever.”  So it would appear that those in hell will be a soul in total darkness, without a body, but retain all their memories of every thing that they had ever experienced when alive with recall of all of the opportunities in which they rejected God’s Light.   Luke 12:48, “He who did not know and did things worthy of a beating shall be beaten with few [lashes]. But everyone to whom much is given, of him shall much be required;”

We now live in a temporary time zone, world & body to give us an opportunity, in & by God’s Grace to complete the original vision of God in Gen. 1:26, “ God said, “Let Us [Father, Word, and Holy Spirit] make mankind in Our image, after Our likeness, and let them have complete authority over the fish of the sea, the birds of the air, the [tame] beasts, and over all of the earth, and over everything that creeps upon the earth.”  As God does not have a physical body, though included, was not part of the original God image.  So we were created soul and Spirit & given a temporary body.  Jesus was the first to complete that vision and we also have been invited to fulfill that same vision that Jesus did, if we want to.  But as Jesus had to die to this world to open that door, we also are now required to die to this world in order to access that same open door.  Our Eternal Creator has made an open door for us to become His eternal family if we want to.  This is true so we need to follow His teaching and commandments and not only know them but to do them.  Rom.6:16, “ Do you not know that if you continually surrender yourselves to anyone to do his will, you are the slaves of him whom you obey, whether that be sin, which leads to death (hell), or to obedience which leads to righteousness & heaven in right doing and right standing with God.”  (This goes for borrowing as well.  We are living in a slave culture of borrowed money to have today and pay for tomorrow.)

Do you see it?  We now have the option, each of us, to continue to walk in the carnal nature of pride and rebellion or to change our citizenship to the Kingdom of God and learn how to live in loving humility, truth & obedience eternally with our Creator.  Jesus came and unlocked the door that lucifer had forged shut, by LAW, to take us all to hell.  BUT Now, we have the assistance of God’s Grace to make the change.   Rom. 10:9-10, John 3:16 & to enjoy living in John 3:8, 1 Jn.4:16-17.