{"id":15,"date":"2007-03-22T22:20:49","date_gmt":"2007-03-23T03:20:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/skygov.com\/blog\/2007\/03\/22\/where-we-came-from-where-we-are-going-and-how-to-get-there\/"},"modified":"2022-01-18T22:01:03","modified_gmt":"2022-01-19T04:01:03","slug":"where-we-came-from-where-we-are-going-and-how-to-get-there","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hj.kingdomfromheaven.com\/?p=15","title":{"rendered":"Where We Came From, Where We Are Going, and How to Get There"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&quot;<a href=\"http:\/\/heavenlyjerusalem.com\/node\/45\" onclick=\"window.open(this.href, '', 'resizable=yes,status=yes,location=yes,toolbar=yes,menubar=yes,fullscreen=no,scrollbars=yes,dependent=no,width=650,left=650,height=600,top=0'); return false;\">Damned Man-Eating Savages<\/a>&quot; is a graphic recollection our origins<br \/>\n\t&#8211;<b>where we came from<\/b>.<\/p>\n<div>\n\t&quot;<a href=\"http:\/\/skycolony.org\/node\/32\" onclick=\"window.open(this.href, '', 'resizable=yes,status=yes,location=yes,toolbar=yes,menubar=yes,fullscreen=no,scrollbars=yes,dependent=no,width=650,left=650,height=600,top=0'); return false;\">The Empire of Skies<\/a>&quot; (aka &quot;The Kingdom of the Heavens&quot;) explores&nbsp;the Promised Land set before us, the Heavens<br \/>\n\t&#8211;<b>where we are going<\/b>.&nbsp;<\/div>\n<div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/prophecyhistory.com\/?q=node\/108\" onclick=\"window.open(this.href,'','resizable=yes,location=yes,menubar=yes,scrollbars=yes,status=yes,toolbar=yes,fullscreen=no,dependent=no,width=650,height=600,left=650,top=0,status'); return false\">Return of Christ Brings the Kingdom of God WITH MIRACULOUS POWER, not without<\/a>&nbsp;speaks of<br \/>\n\t\t&#8211;<b>what powers that journey<\/b>.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p>One might well ask: &quot;So how do we get there from here?&quot;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#000000\">Prov 21:5<br \/>\n\t\t<strong>The plans of the diligent lead surely to plenty<\/strong>,<br \/>\n\t\tBut those of everyone who is hasty, surely to poverty.<br \/>\n\t\tNKJV <\/font><\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#000000\">Those who diligently make plans are those who:<\/font><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<ul>\n<li>\n\t\t<font color=\"#000000\">Know somewhat about how things work (The Word of God is the single, best explanation of what is really going on here in life).<\/font><\/li>\n<li>\n\t\t<font color=\"#000000\">Know that there is reasonable expectation that those plans can be fulfilled. (That God does not oppose the plans).<\/font><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<div>\n\t&nbsp;<\/div>\n<div>\n\t<font color=\"#000000\">If anyone should be diligently making plans, it should be those who know God&#39;s ways and believe that there remain no Bible-mandated cataclysms to prevent those plans; that God is for us, not against us, He is for our success, and not working to overthrow &amp; replace all our best efforts to serve Him on behalf of humanity. Our Bible-inspired efforts to make the world a better place are not in vain. We can leave the people around us a legacy that blesses in life and guides to Salvation in Christ for generations. Long after his unjust death, the stirring legacy of Martin Luther King played a part in convincing me that only Christianity taught in a major-league way a loving concern for the peace of ALL people, not just those inside the chosen group &#8211; this, to me, was evident token of divine involvement. <\/font><\/div>\n<div>\n\t&nbsp;<\/div>\n<div>\n\t<font color=\"#000000\">So who will diligently make plans?<\/font><\/div>\n<div>\n\t<font color=\"#000000\">Who will be leaders, guides?<\/font><\/div>\n<div>\n\t&nbsp;<\/div>\n<div>\n\t<font color=\"#000000\">A qualified guide must know something more about the path ahead than those who follow his lead. Otherwise, there is no benefit.<\/font><\/div>\n<ul>\n<li>\n\t\t<font color=\"#000000\">Those who guide into next week must know something more about next week than those who follow.<\/font><\/li>\n<li>\n\t\t<font color=\"#000000\">Those who guide into next month, next year with their 5-years&#39; plans, must know something more about the future than those who follow.<\/font><\/li>\n<li>\n\t\t<font color=\"#000000\">Those who have more accrurate insight into the future are the best suited to lead others there.<\/font><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<div>\n\t&nbsp;<\/div>\n<div>\n\t<font color=\"#000000\">Preterist Christianity should offer a better insight into the future than any other. Preterist Christians, like Israel&#39;s tribe of Asher who &quot;had wisdom regarding the times and the seasons&quot; should be the natural choice for advising the leadership role regarding the future.<\/font><\/div>\n<div>\n\t&nbsp;<\/div>\n<div>\n\t<font color=\"#000000\">Why?<\/font><\/div>\n<div>\n\t&nbsp;<\/div>\n<div>\n\t<font color=\"#000000\">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;By better understanding where we have been in the past,<\/font><\/div>\n<div>\n\t<font color=\"#000000\">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;we offer a better&nbsp;insight of where we are now.<\/font><\/div>\n<div>\n\t&nbsp;<\/div>\n<div>\n\t<font color=\"#000000\">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;By better understanding where we are now,<\/font><\/div>\n<div>\n\t<font color=\"#000000\">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;we offer a better&nbsp;vision of where we are going.<\/font><\/div>\n<div>\n\t&nbsp;<\/div>\n<div>\n\t&nbsp;<\/div>\n<div>\n\t<font color=\"#000000\">Again:<\/font>&nbsp; <font color=\"#000000\">So how do we get there from here?<\/font><\/div>\n<div>\n\t&nbsp;<\/div>\n<div>\n\t<font color=\"#000000\">I am persuaded that Jesus of Nazareth, the Son of God, knows better than anyone else knows how things really work &#8211; how to cooperate with God and successfully &quot;work the system&quot; in which the Father has set us.&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/font><font color=\"#000000\">The personal teachings of Jesus are recorded in Matthew, Mark, Luke &amp; John. &nbsp;Among which are these: <\/font><\/div>\n<div>\n\t&nbsp;<\/div>\n<div>\n\t<font color=\"#000000\">John 13:20<\/font><\/div>\n<div>\n\t<span style=\"color: rgb(255, 0, 0);\">&quot;I tell you the truth, <span style=\"background-color: rgb(255, 255, 153);\"><strong>whoever accepts anyone I send accepts me<\/strong><\/span><strong>; and whoever accepts me accepts the one who sent me,<\/strong>.&quot;<\/span><\/div>\n<div>\n\t&nbsp;<\/div>\n<div>\n\t<font color=\"#000000\">John 20:21-22<\/font><\/div>\n<div>\n\t<span style=\"color: rgb(255, 0, 0);\">Again Jesus said, &quot;Peace be with you! <span style=\"background-color: rgb(255, 255, 153);\"><strong>As the Father has sent me, I am sending you<\/strong><\/span>.&quot; <\/span><\/div>\n<div>\n\t<font color=\"#000000\">NIV<\/font><\/div>\n<div>\n\t&nbsp;<\/div>\n<div>\n\t<font color=\"#000000\">And so, by receiving the instruction of those sent by Jesus we are receiving further instruction by Jesus, the Son of God about how to get with the program and successfully &quot;work the system&quot; in which our Heavenly Father has placed us. <span style=\"background-color: rgb(255, 255, 153);\">Among those sent by Jesus was Peter. And Peter had this to say of Paul&#39;s instruction<\/span>:<\/font><\/div>\n<div>\n\t&nbsp;<\/div>\n<div>\n\t<font color=\"#000000\">Peter 3:15-16<\/font><\/div>\n<div>\n\t<font color=\"#000000\">our dear brother <span style=\"background-color: rgb(255, 255, 153);\"><strong>Paul also wrote<\/strong> <\/span>you with the wisdom that God gave him. 16 He writes the same way in all his letters, speaking in them of these matters. His letters contain some things that are hard to understand , which ignorant and unstable people distort, as they do the other<span style=\"background-color: rgb(255, 255, 153);\"> <strong>Scriptures<\/strong><\/span>, <\/font><\/div>\n<div>\n\t<font color=\"#000000\">NIV<\/font><\/div>\n<div>\n\t&nbsp;<\/div>\n<div>\n\t<span style=\"background-color: rgb(255, 255, 153);\"><font color=\"#000000\">So we now have Jesus claiming as His own all the instruction of His immediate disciples and Paul&#39;s, i.e. the New Testament.<\/font><\/span><\/div>\n<div>\n\t<font color=\"#000000\">The New Testament communicates the principles by which we can apply the wisdom and the power of God to the situation in which we find ourselves and successfully guide our own lives into God&#39;s exceedingly great &amp; precious Promises. The New Testament principles are timeless. Being faithful in this, we can become examples to many, successfully guide many, even humanity itself, into God&#39;s best future for all.<\/font><\/div>\n<div>\n\t&nbsp;<\/div>\n<div>\n\t<font color=\"#000000\">Further, since Preterist Christian teaching effectively draws the connections between God&#39;s prophesied judgments\/promises and God&#39;s historical fulfillments, we can learn how God intends to respond to certain human behaviors &#8211; avoiding the consequences of repeating history&#39;s errors while actively emulating its successes. We can more safely guide into the future. We can prove to be the better choice for leadership into God&#39;s blessings for Humanity. We can &amp; should lay the theological groundwork for the diligent plans that lead to plenty for everybody to the glory of God in Christ, the Savior of all men, especially of those who believe.<\/font><\/div>\n<div>\n\t&nbsp;<\/div>\n<div>\n\t<font color=\"#000000\">1 Timothy 4:9-12<\/font><\/div>\n<div>\n\t<font color=\"#000000\">9 This is a trustworthy saying that deserves full acceptance 10(and for this we labor and strive), that <\/font><span style=\"background-color: rgb(255, 255, 153);\"><font color=\"#000000\">we have put our hope in the living God, who is the Savior of all men , and especially of those who believe. <\/font><\/span><\/div>\n<div>\n\t<font color=\"#000000\">11 Command and teach these things.<br \/>\n\tNIV<\/font><\/div>\n<div>\n\t&nbsp;<\/div>\n<div>\n\t<font color=\"#000000\">Hebrews 10:38<br \/>\n\t<span style=\"background-color: rgb(255, 255, 153);\"><strong>Now the just shall live by faith<\/strong><\/span><br \/>\n\tNKJV<\/font><\/div>\n<div>\n\t&nbsp;<\/div>\n<div>\n\t&nbsp;<\/div>\n<div>\n<div align=\"center\">\n\t\t&nbsp;<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n\t<font color=\"#000000\">The plans of the diligent lead surely to plenty.<\/font><\/div>\n<div>\n\t<br \/>\n\t<object height=\"355\" width=\"425\"><param name=\"movie\" value=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/v\/g25G1M4EXrQ\" \/><param name=\"wmode\" value=\"transparent\" \/><embed height=\"355\" src=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/v\/g25G1M4EXrQ\" type=\"application\/x-shockwave-flash\" width=\"425\" wmode=\"transparent\"><\/embed><\/object>,<br \/>\n\t<object height=\"355\" width=\"425\"><param name=\"movie\" value=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/v\/a3jlFqwSC6Q&amp;hl=en\" \/><param name=\"wmode\" value=\"transparent\" \/><embed height=\"355\" src=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/v\/a3jlFqwSC6Q&amp;hl=en\" type=\"application\/x-shockwave-flash\" width=\"425\" wmode=\"transparent\"><\/embed><\/object><br \/>\n\t&nbsp;<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/prophecyhistory.com\/?q=node\/85\" onclick=\"window.open(this.href,'','resizable=yes,location=yes,menubar=yes,scrollbars=yes,status=yes,toolbar=yes,fullscreen=no,dependent=no,width=650,height=600,left=650,top=0,status'); return false\">There is No &quot;Glass Ceiling&quot; Blocking Mankind<\/a><\/p>\n<p><u><a href=\"http:\/\/prophecyhistory.com\/?q=node\/84\" onclick=\"window.open(this.href,'','resizable=yes,location=yes,menubar=yes,scrollbars=yes,status=yes,toolbar=yes,fullscreen=no,dependent=no,width=650,height=600,left=650,top=0,status'); return false\">God tells Mankind: &quot;There is Water Out There in Outer Space&quot;<\/a><\/u><\/p>\n<p><u><a class=\"active\" href=\"http:\/\/prophecyhistory.com\/?q=node\/337\">We Choose to Go to the Moon and do the Other Things<\/a><\/u><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&quot;<a href=\"http:\/\/prophecyhistory.com\/?q=node\/63\" onclick=\"window.open(this.href,'','resizable=yes,location=yes,menubar=yes,scrollbars=yes,status=yes,toolbar=yes,fullscreen=no,dependent=no,width=650,height=600,left=650,top=0,status'); return false\">Damned Man-Eating Savages<\/a>&quot; is a graphic recollection our origins<br \/>\n\t&#8211;<b>where we came from<\/b>.<\/p>\n<div>\n\t&quot;<a href=\"http:\/\/skycolony.org\/node\/32\" onclick=\"window.open(this.href, '', 'resizable=yes,status=yes,location=yes,toolbar=yes,menubar=yes,fullscreen=no,scrollbars=yes,dependent=no,width=650,left=650,height=600,top=0'); 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