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NASB | 2 Corinthians 5:8 we are of good courage, I say, and prefer rather to be absent from the body and to be at home with the Lord. |
AMPLIFIED 2015 | 2 Corinthians 5:8 we are [as I was saying] of good courage and confident hope, and prefer rather to be absent from the body and to be at home with the Lord. |
Bible Question:
Such wonderful answers, you all have given, but what about the earth? Is it possible that only the martyrs will reign in heaven? Who will live on earth? Below are just a few scriptures that lead me to this question: Mat 5:10 Blessed [are] they which are persecuted for righteousness' sake: for theirs is the kingdom of heaven. Mat 5:5 Blessed [are] the meek: for they shall inherit the earth. Jer 23:5 Behold, the days come, saith the LORD, that I will raise unto David a righteous Branch, and a King shall reign and prosper, and shall execute judgment and justice in the earth Isa 11:8 And the sucking child shall play on the hole of the asp, and the weaned child shall put his hand on the cockatrice' den |
Bible Answer: I'll probably be called bizarre and wierd for this answer, but I don't care the Father still loves me. Any how Gal. 1:10 (NIV) Am I now trying to win the approval of men, or of God? Or am I trying to please men? If I were still trying to please men, I would not be a servant of Christ. God created us for one purpose, to rule the earth. At the end of the first five days of creation God saw that it was good. At the end of the sixth day . . . The Holy Bible, New International Version Gen. 1:26 through Gen. 1:29 (NIV) 26Then God said, “Let us make man in our image, in our likeness, and let them RULE OVER (emph mine) the fish of the sea and the birds of the air, over the livestock, over all the earth, and over all the creatures that move along the ground.” 27 So God created man in his own image, in the image of God he created him; male and female he created them. 28God blessed them and said to them, “Be fruitful and increase in number; fill the earth and subdue it. RULE OVER (emph. mine)the fish of the sea and the birds of the air and over every living creature that moves on the ground.” 29Then God said, “I give you every seed-bearing plant on the face of the whole earth and every tree that has fruit with seed in it. They will be yours for food. Gen. 1:31 (NIV) 31God saw all that he had made, and it was very good. And there was evening, and there was morning—the sixth day. It was VERY GOOD after man was created. We can see very plainly that man was created for rulership of the earth. In fact we can see by reading Genesis 1 and 2 that there is no strife and no sin in the earth. From chapter 3 on the purpose of God's plan is to get us back into Genesis chapter 1 and 2. Jesus is the last Adam. He restored our relationship with God to that of the first Adam only better. Man is supposed to rule the earth and God has sent His Son to restore His kingdom on earth as it is in heaven. Col. 1:13 through Col. 1:14 (NIV) 13For he has rescued us from the dominion of darkness and brought us into the kingdom of the Son he loves, 14in whom we have redemption, the forgiveness of sins. Jesus will return as the triumphal King and rule the earth with us at His side. Rev. 21:1 through Rev. 21:4 (NIV) 1Then I saw a new heaven and a new earth, for the first heaven and the first earth had passed away, and there was no longer any sea. 2I saw the Holy City, the new Jerusalem, coming down out of heaven from God, prepared as a bride beautifully dressed for her husband. 3And I heard a loud voice from the throne saying, “Now the dwelling of God is with men, and he will live with them. They will be his people, and God himself will be with them and be their God. 4He will wipe every tear from their eyes. There will be no more death or mourning or crying or pain, for the old order of things has passed away.” The city where we will dwell will come down from heaven. We will live on the new earth in our new bodies. Rom. 8:22 through Rom. 8:25 (NIV) 22We know that the whole creation has been groaning as in the pains of childbirth right up to the present time. 23Not only so, but we ourselves, who have the firstfruits of the Spirit, groan inwardly as we wait eagerly for our adoption as sons, the redemption of our bodies. 24For in this hope we were saved. But hope that is seen is no hope at all. Who hopes for what he already has? 25But if we hope for what we do not yet have, we wait for it patiently. The earth waits as we wait for that glorious day when we will spend eternity with Jesus in the new Jerusalem. It was corrupted when we were corrupted (Genesis 3). If I die before Jesus returns I will go to heaven. But when Jesus returns and I still live I will meet him in the clouds as He returns and I will return with Him. . . to earth. |