Blood Lines

My wife and I took a long train ride and car ride this weekend.  At one point she asked what I thought would happen to people who don’t believe in God.  I did not have an immediate answer but assured her the answer was in the Bible.  That was Saturday morning and the question stuck with me, because the obvious answer of hell and damnation is too convenient for me to accept.  The more complex answer lies in which period of time you are referring to.

Throughout history we have been given choice.  It is one of the most fundamental and cherished gifts God has granted us.  Throughout history we are given chance after chance, choice after choice to learn and accept the teachings of God.  But eventually we will run out of time, and have to make a final call.

For context and the real answer to what will happen when our world runs out of time to learn all the lessons offered to us, simply turn to Isaiah 65:11-19.  His true believers will prosper, and those who defile His name and Holy sites will suffer.  We live in a complex world.  The forces of satan and the forces of the righteous battle constantly…but one day, or night, it will all stop.  No more the hatred and gnashing of teeth.  No more the pain and suffering.  We can have that world today, if only we allow His teachings to deliver us the answers.

Now for a little more truth on this Palm Sunday.  Ready…it’s a little deep, but open your mind and hearts and it will be as clear as freshly melted snow on a Spring Day.

There are twelve chosen tribes of the original nations that are mentioned throughout the Bible.  In Revelations 7 these tribes are called and sealed.  The number 12 and 12,000 are mentioned which totals 144,000.  I have always thought that 144,000 seemed like a low number when looked at from the verse just after the tribes are called.  In 7:9 John sees a "great multitude that no one could count."  and goes on to say these people were from "every nation, tribe, people and language."  The Bible is full of mysteries, in part because so much of the Bible is history and prophecy and determining where we stand in this history or prophecy is often hard to determine.  Personally I feel the number 144,000 in Revelations represents the various blood lines of these tribes.  Our world is full of the decedents of Abraham and Noah.  Do not ask me how I know this, find the answers for yourself all through the Bible, from the First Book of Genesis to the Last Book of Revelations and numerous other documents not included in the formal Bible.
 

The original table of nations as detailed in Genesis leads us to the 144,000 in the twelve tribes of Revelations.  144,000 is not a great multitude….but multiply this by the people on this planet that share in some small way a piece of those original blood lines, and you will have a great multitude of all kinds of men and women from all walks of life and all places on this earth.

As dust we were scattered to the winds, as rain we were cast to the mercy of the oceans, only to settle where we are today.  I am convinced the blood lines established by God course through our veins today.  Be us ashes settling at the bottom of the fire, or embers drifting in the wind, we have found the truth that makes this world make a little more sense.  God gives us choice, what you do with it becomes your chance to live and prosper, or dwindle and die. 

My research in His Word has found that there is one unforgivable sin.  Committing the devils work in God’s name.  Such as beheading innocent lives as you glorify Allah.  Some in this world will eventually be devoured in a lake of fire, while others are uplifted to the pinnacle of life, love, understanding and wisdom.  We are all in a state of decision.  Do not take my words alone in this matter.  Please on this Palm Sunday read Isaiah chapters 61-65 and you will see a glimpse of what the Lord promises His followers, and what he brings to those that forsake Him.  You have a choice; you are not here by chance alone.  Recognize the goodness you have in your veins, before your evils cause you to bleed.  For as complex as our world is, God provides a simple answer…find it and live in His Glory.  The covenant we seek is already inside and all around us…and one day it will shine as an everlasting covenant of Peace.