From Creation to Corruption
Genesis 2-3
Skip Heitzig
Genesis 2 (NKJV™) | |
1 | Thus the heavens and the earth, and all the host of them, were finished. |
2 | And on the seventh day God ended His work which He had done, and He rested on the seventh day from all His work which He had done. |
3 | Then God blessed the seventh day and sanctified it, because in it He rested from all His work which God had created and made. |
4 | This is the history of the heavens and the earth when they were created, in the day that the LORD God made the earth and the heavens, |
5 | before any plant of the field was in the earth and before any herb of the field had grown. For the LORD God had not caused it to rain on the earth, and there was no man to till the ground; |
6 | but a mist went up from the earth and watered the whole face of the ground. |
7 | And the LORD God formed man of the dust of the ground, and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life; and man became a living being. |
8 | The LORD God planted a garden eastward in Eden, and there He put the man whom He had formed. |
9 | And out of the ground the LORD God made every tree grow that is pleasant to the sight and good for food. The tree of life was also in the midst of the garden, and the tree of the knowledge of good and evil. |
10 | Now a river went out of Eden to water the garden, and from there it parted and became four riverheads. |
11 | The name of the first is Pishon; it is the one which skirts the whole land of Havilah, where there is gold. |
12 | And the gold of that land is good. Bdellium and the onyx stone are there. |
13 | The name of the second river is Gihon; it is the one which goes around the whole land of Cush. |
14 | The name of the third river is Hiddekel; it is the one which goes toward the east of Assyria. The fourth river is the Euphrates. |
15 | Then the LORD God took the man and put him in the garden of Eden to tend and keep it. |
16 | And the LORD God commanded the man, saying, "Of every tree of the garden you may freely eat; |
17 | "but of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil you shall not eat, for in the day that you eat of it you shall surely die." |
18 | And the LORD God said, "It is not good that man should be alone; I will make him a helper comparable to him." |
19 | Out of the ground the LORD God formed every beast of the field and every bird of the air, and brought them to Adam to see what he would call them. And whatever Adam called each living creature, that was its name. |
20 | So Adam gave names to all cattle, to the birds of the air, and to every beast of the field. But for Adam there was not found a helper comparable to him. |
21 | And the LORD God caused a deep sleep to fall on Adam, and he slept; and He took one of his ribs, and closed up the flesh in its place. |
22 | Then the rib which the LORD God had taken from man He made into a woman, and He brought her to the man. |
23 | And Adam said: "This is now bone of my bones And flesh of my flesh; She shall be called Woman, Because she was taken out of Man." |
24 | Therefore a man shall leave his father and mother and be joined to his wife, and they shall become one flesh. |
25 | And they were both naked, the man and his wife, and were not ashamed. |
Genesis 3 (NKJV™) | |
1 | Now the serpent was more cunning than any beast of the field which the LORD God had made. And he said to the woman, "Has God indeed said, 'You shall not eat of every tree of the garden'?" |
2 | And the woman said to the serpent, "We may eat the fruit of the trees of the garden; |
3 | "but of the fruit of the tree which is in the midst of the garden, God has said, 'You shall not eat it, nor shall you touch it, lest you die.'" |
4 | Then the serpent said to the woman, "You will not surely die. |
5 | "For God knows that in the day you eat of it your eyes will be opened, and you will be like God, knowing good and evil." |
6 | So when the woman saw that the tree was good for food, that it was pleasant to the eyes, and a tree desirable to make one wise, she took of its fruit and ate. She also gave to her husband with her, and he ate. |
7 | Then the eyes of both of them were opened, and they knew that they were naked; and they sewed fig leaves together and made themselves coverings. |
8 | And they heard the sound of the LORD God walking in the garden in the cool of the day, and Adam and his wife hid themselves from the presence of the LORD God among the trees of the garden. |
9 | Then the LORD God called to Adam and said to him, "Where are you?" |
10 | So he said, "I heard Your voice in the garden, and I was afraid because I was naked; and I hid myself." |
11 | And He said, "Who told you that you were naked? Have you eaten from the tree of which I commanded you that you should not eat?" |
12 | Then the man said, "The woman whom You gave to be with me, she gave me of the tree, and I ate." |
13 | And the LORD God said to the woman, "What is this you have done?" The woman said, "The serpent deceived me, and I ate." |
14 | So the LORD God said to the serpent: "Because you have done this, You are cursed more than all cattle, And more than every beast of the field; On your belly you shall go, And you shall eat dust All the days of your life. |
15 | And I will put enmity Between you and the woman, And between your seed and her Seed; He shall bruise your head, And you shall bruise His heel." |
16 | To the woman He said: "I will greatly multiply your sorrow and your conception; In pain you shall bring forth children; Your desire shall be for your husband, And he shall rule over you." |
17 | Then to Adam He said, "Because you have heeded the voice of your wife, and have eaten from the tree of which I commanded you, saying, 'You shall not eat of it': "Cursed is the ground for your sake; In toil you shall eat of it All the days of your life. |
18 | Both thorns and thistles it shall bring forth for you, And you shall eat the herb of the field. |
19 | In the sweat of your face you shall eat bread Till you return to the ground, For out of it you were taken; For dust you are, And to dust you shall return." |
20 | And Adam called his wife's name Eve, because she was the mother of all living. |
21 | Also for Adam and his wife the LORD God made tunics of skin, and clothed them. |
22 | Then the LORD God said, "Behold, the man has become like one of Us, to know good and evil. And now, lest he put out his hand and take also of the tree of life, and eat, and live forever"-- |
23 | therefore the LORD God sent him out of the garden of Eden to till the ground from which he was taken. |
24 | So He drove out the man; and He placed cherubim at the east of the garden of Eden, and a flaming sword which turned every way, to guard the way to the tree of life. |
New King James Version®, Copyright © 1982, Thomas Nelson, Inc. All rights reserved.
How did we, as the human race, get into the colossal mess we find ourselves in? Was it always this way? And what do Adam's actions, acted out so long ago, have to do with us in this modern technologically advanced age? Am I at all responsible? Can the effects ever be undone? Let's look at these issues in the opening chapters of Genesis.
We live in an age where truth has become a relative term. But the Bible leaves no room for doubt when it comes to the absolute nature of truth. Unfortunately, our culture is vastly biblically illiterate. In this series, Pastor Skip Heitzig gets back to the roots of our faith, looking at what the Bible has to say about God, Christ, the Trinity, mankind, the church, heaven, and hell. Learn to stand on a firm foundation in the midst of an unstable culture.
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9/15/2002 completed
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Does the Truth Really Matter? 2 Timothy 4 Skip Heitzig |
Info Message Summary Today I begin a new series I am calling Rediscovering Our Foundations. I am concerned about the vast biblical illiteracy that exists in our country in general and in our churches in particular. Truth is commonly seen by our culture as relative and not fixed. Often sentiments such as, "Well, that is your truth, but it's not my truth," are expressed by many. But if truth is absolute, then why not stand up for it? Why be embarrassed about it? What do you really believe about God, the Trinity, Christ, mankind, the church, heaven, and hell? |
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9/22/2002 completed
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Is Anybody Up There? Hebrews 11:1-40;Romans 2:1-29 Skip Heitzig |
Info Message Summary We all remember the scene in The Wizard of Oz when Dorothy and her three friends come to approach the Great Oz. Out of the corner of their eye they notice a man pulling levers behind a curtain, working the mechanical, smoke-breathing Oz. The man then reacts by announcing, "Pay no attention to the man behind the curtain!" But how can they not? The man is the explanation for everything to them. They discovered that Oz didn't really exist! So how do we know that God exists and isn't a fabrication or projection of our own imaginations? |
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9/29/2002 completed
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The Bible - From God or From Men? - Part 1 2 Timothy 3:15-17 Skip Heitzig |
Info Message Summary In this series, Rediscovering Our Foundations, it's time to consider your own personal foundation. What is the final resting place for your cares, concerns, griefs, surprises and sorrows? Where do you turn for answers to life's deepest questions? What is your authority? How sure are you that the Bible is the inerrant and inspired Word of God? Can you articulate to others the difference between the Bible and other "sacred" religious works? |
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10/6/2002 completed
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The Bible - From God or From Men? - Part 2 2 Timothy 3:15-17 Skip Heitzig |
Info Message Summary Last week, we discovered exactly what the designation "Scripture" referred to and how books of the Bible were considered as part of the inspired text. We also learned what inspiration means and how God used humans in His process of having exactly what He wanted written down. But anyone can claim inspiration for their work. Yet how do we know that the Bible is the authentic Word of God? Moreover, how can we share with others its uniqueness so they, too, may listen to its message and apply it? |
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10/13/2002 completed
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The God Who Knows It All! Psalm 139:1-6 Skip Heitzig |
Info Message Summary A little boy climbed his neighbor's apple tree when he saw their car leave. He didn't realize that while he was stuffing his pockets full of apples, another neighbor was watching through a pair of binoculars and saw the whole thing! God isn't spying on people, trying to catch them doing something wrong; but God is aware of everything. Such a truth has a profound effect on us: it can either be very comforting or else extremely unsettling. |
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10/20/2002 completed
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Are You a Big-Godder or a Little Godder? Psalm 139:7-24 Skip Heitzig |
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11/10/2002 completed
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Wholly Holy! Skip Heitzig |
Info Message Summary In this current series, Rediscovering Our Foundations, we've considered some key attributes of the God we know and love. He is omniscient (knows everything); He is omnipresent (everywhere present); He is omnipotent (operates at full power). But there is another key attribute that is seldom considered, yet is fundamentally key in understanding the Bible—God's holiness. Let's observe one man's encounter with this holy God and what it means to us. |
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11/17/2002 completed
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Good Man, Mad Man, Con Man, or God-Man? Matthew 16:13-17 Skip Heitzig |
Info Message Summary No other person from history has generated so much controversy and speculation, as well as written literature, as Jesus Christ. Theologians, philosophers, poets and pundits have all weighed in concerning who Jesus is. What is often forgotten is that Jesus can never be overestimated! John said that the, "world itself could not contain the books that should be written" (John 21:25) about His accomplishments. |
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12/1/2002 completed
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A King Among the Critters Luke 2:1-7 Skip Heitzig |
Info Message Summary In our current series, Rediscovering Our Foundations, we've come to the person of Christ. Last time, we considered His identity; today, we contemplate His nativity. For the next few weeks, we'll look closely at Jesus' birth, His early years, ministry, and death on the cross, which was the very purpose of His birth. It's my hope that we'll all emerge with a fuller understanding of Jesus and a deeper desire to worship and serve Him. Today, let's look at the strange circumstances of His birth. |
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12/8/2002 completed
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Jesus - The Boy With a Purpose - Part 1 Luke 2:1-52; Matthew 2:1-23 Skip Heitzig |
Info Message Summary Jesus' upbringing and boyhood has been the subject of much speculation and endless controversy throughout the centuries. Myths have developed about Jesus based (interestingly enough) on what isn't written. The Bible gives us five cameo glimpses of Jesus from early boyhood to age 30. We'll look at three of these today and then two more next week. We discover that Jesus' whole life was marked with purpose. |
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12/15/2002 completed
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Jesus - The Boy With a Purpose - Part 2 Luke 2-3 Skip Heitzig |
Info Message Summary We don't give much thought to Jesus growing up, developing into adolescence and then into manhood. But of course He did. Luke is really the only New Testament author who gives us information about these early years. He speaks generally about Jesus' growth as well as specifically about Jesus' capacity as a young boy of 12. At each stage of His life, Jesus demonstrated He knew His purpose for His life on earth. |
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12/22/2002 completed
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A Lamb at the River Matthew 3:1-17; John 1:1-51 Skip Heitzig |
Info Message Summary When Jesus turned 30, He presented Himself to the nation of Israel in public ministry. His first appearance, however, seemed so out of character for the kind of Messiah that people were anticipating. What was He doing getting baptized in a river with everyone else? John was about to find out—and so was everyone else. |
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1/12/2003 completed
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The Holy Spirit: Invisible, Personal, Powerful John 14-16 Skip Heitzig |
Info Message Summary Today in our series Rediscovering Our Foundations, we consider the Holy Spirit. Most of us have heard of Him, but who is He exactly? What does He do? How important is the Holy Spirit to your personal life, your family life, your work or your leisure time? Perhaps A.W. Tozer was right when he said, "For multitudes of Christians profess today the Holy Spirit is not a necessity. They have learned to cheer their hearts and warm their hands at other fires." It is my sincere prayer that will change for us in the few weeks ahead. |
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1/19/2003 completed
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The Gracious and Holy Hound of Heaven John 16:5-11 Skip Heitzig |
Info Message Summary Having understood Who the Holy Spirit is (Person, not just power; Deity, not just dignitary), we now find out what He does, specifically what He does in the world of unbelievers. Since the greatest gift God ever gave to the world was His only Son (John 3:16), it stands to reason that the greatest sin one can commit is to reject the Son (John 16:9). How does the Holy Spirit both sentence the world as prosecutor and yet lead people away from judgment? And what role do we play in all of this? |
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1/26/2003 completed
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I Need Somebody, Help! Not Just Anybody John 14-16 Skip Heitzig |
Info Message Summary To live one's life for God in an ungodly world sounds like mission impossible, right? It would be as if we had to do it without help. But be strengthened by this thought: God never intended for us to do it alone! That's why He has provided His people a Helper, the Holy Spirit. This ever-present divine Person is very busy helping God's people become all He wants them to be. |
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2/2/2003 completed
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Brand-Spankin' New Apostles! Acts 1:1-8 Skip Heitzig |
Info Message Summary The legendary missionary to India, William Carey, didn't see obstacles; he saw opportunities. He was the "Let's go for it!" kind of guy. In fact, one of his most famous sayings was, "Attempt great things for God; expect great things from God." Carey did both and saw results! The Holy Spirit can take ordinary men and women and do extraordinary things with them. He is the God who "makes all things new" (Revelation 21:5). Such a truth can only create a sense of wonder and excitement in the heart of a child of God. After all, what new thing could God do through you? |
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2/9/2003 completed
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Unholy Responses to the Holy Spirit Ephesians 4:30 Skip Heitzig |
Info Message Summary You might say that we live in the "Age of the Holy Spirit." Jesus promised Him to us after He was done with His own earthly ministry. We have seen that He is very active both in the world among the unconverted and in the church among God's own people. But He has one overriding goal-to bring glory to Jesus Christ in every life. What does that mean to us? It means a total surrendering to Him. As Oswald Chambers said, "The Holy Spirit cannot be located as a guest in a house. He invades everything." But what happens when people don't respond to Him rightly? Then what? |
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2/16/2003 completed
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How Can Three Be One? Matthew 28:16-20 Skip Heitzig |
Info Message Summary 1+1+1=1. Is this new math? No, it's the doctrine of the Trinity. The Father is God, the Son is God, and the Holy Spirit is God. At the very heart of the Judeo-Christian faith is the belief that there is only One God. Yet the Bible clearly teaches the plurality within the Godhead—three persons who are distinct from one another yet perfectly One in essence. What are we to make of all this? Why is it important? And more fundamentally, how should it affect us personally? |
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2/23/2003 completed
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The Exceedingly Un-Holy Spirit 1 John 5:19 Skip Heitzig |
Info Message Summary Satan, the prince of darkness, has been around a long time. He has studied mankind for thousands of years, marking his strategies according to what he sees in us and what God's plan for the world is. He hates what God loves; he fights what God establishes. And let's remember, he's got help! Other spirit beings have joined his rebellion and control the system known in Scripture as the world. John even said, "the whole world lies under the sway of the wicked one" (1 John 5:19). What should we know about this arch-nemesis of God in order to stand against him? |
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3/2/2003 completed
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Touched by an Angel Luke 1-2 Skip Heitzig |
Info Message Summary As even the title suggests, angels have become popular in modern culture. But whether we know it or not, we've all been "touched an angel." Martin Luther helped us to understand their role by remarking, "An angel is a spiritual creature created by God without a body, for the service of Christendom and of the church." He was partially correct, but angels serve an even greater role than being strictly for the church. Their ministry goes beyond us and is principally concerned with the glory and majesty of God. |
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3/9/2003 completed
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Man, Has God Got a Plan For You! Genesis 1-3 Skip Heitzig |
Info Message Summary Alexander Pope once remarked that, "the chief study of man is man himself." That may be true, especially in our culture, but this could also be the reason why mankind is so desperate and spiritually thirsty. Looking only to ourselves rather than beyond ourselves can get pretty lonely! But why are we here? What is the purpose of mankind inhabiting this planet? How can I fulfill the God-given destiny that He originally designed for me? |
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4/27/2003 completed
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Church-Building 101 Matthew 16:13-20 Skip Heitzig |
Info Message Summary The church was God's idea; it was never man's notion. Jesus Christ is the founder, director, architect, owner and builder of the church. But there is an awful lot of confusion about what a church is supposed to look and function like. Today, we look at the first New Testament mention of the church and look at our spiritual origins. As we are Rediscovering Our Foundations, let's also rediscover our spiritual roots as the people of God. |
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5/4/2003 completed
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What Jesus Wants His Church to Be - Part 1 John 17 Skip Heitzig |
Info Message Summary The church is not a place, but a people (a called-out assembly of people who gather together and whose heartfelt conviction is that Jesus is Lord). Jesus laid claim on the church—it belongs to Him ("I will build My church"). So then, what does He want His church to be like? What should mark us overall? In Jesus' longest recorded prayer before His crucifixion, He prays for four characteristics that are to mark the people of God. Today we look at the first two. |
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What Jesus Wants His Church to Be - Part 2 John 17 Skip Heitzig |
Info Message Summary Church shopping and church hopping have become one of American Christians’ favorite pastimes. We want a church that suits us, helps us, and pleases us. But since Jesus paid for it, it’s His church (Acts 20:28). So what does He want from us? What should the people of God be like? What ingredients and activities ought to be part of our makeup? In this series, Rediscovering our Foundations, we must rediscover the foundational purpose for our existence as His church. |
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6/1/2003 completed
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How to Build a Beautiful Body 1 Corinthians 12:3-22 Skip Heitzig |
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The Last Days 2 Peter 1-3 Skip Heitzig |
Info Message Summary On October 30, 1938, the day before Halloween, the novel War of the Worlds was made into a radio broadcast featuring Orson Welles. As millions of Americans were listening, the play was performed so it would sound like a news broadcast about an invasion from Mars. Many thought they were hearing an actual news account of an invasion from Mars and concluded this was the end. Some even committed suicide as their final fatal act! In Rediscovering Our Foundations, what can we know about the last days of this world and what can we do to prepare? |
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6/29/2003 completed
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I'll Be Back John 13:31-14:6 Skip Heitzig |
Info Message Summary A little boy was trying desperately to tell his friends about what Jesus' return would be like. He described Jesus' coming in glory as being "greater than Superman, Batman, and the Power Rangers put together!" Of course even that would be an understatement. Jesus came here 2000 years ago and then left; but He promised to return. What will it be like? What difference should it make to us right here, right now? |
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7/6/2003 completed
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The Burning Question Revelation 20:11-15 Skip Heitzig |
Info Message Summary Hell is an eternal and biblical reality that has been relegated to the junk pile of modern myths. Woody Allen once said that hell is the abode of all people who annoy him. The word hell is used on a daily basis in people's dicey language patterns—usually as a fill-in expletive. Of all the Christian doctrines unfolded in Scripture, hell is the toughest one to handle. Most love the notion of a blissful heaven awaiting them; few cling to the idea of a literal hell to punish the lost. |
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7/13/2003 completed
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Heaven: Our Final Frontier Revelation 21:1-27 Skip Heitzig |
Info Message Summary Captain Kirk and his starship Enterprise weekly traversed the galaxies on the famed Star Trek episodes. That was fiction! But one day you will inhabit the recreated millennial earth in a glorified body and then explore the vast kingdoms of heaven in the eternal state. That is reality! It will be so different than what you're used to that it's linguistically impossible to convey its vastness. But there's enough here to whet the appetite for heaven! |
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