Genesis 1:26 And God said, Let us make man in our image, after our likeness: and let them have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the fowl of the air, and over the cattle, and over all the earth, and over every creeping thing that creepeth upon the earth.
Genesis 1:28 And God blessed them, and God said unto them, Be fruitful, and multiply, and replenish the earth, and subdue it: and have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the fowl of the air, and over every living thing that moveth upon the earth.
Where is one word about leaving earth forever one day? Not there.
Matthew 6:9-10 After this manner therefore pray ye: Our Father which art in heaven, Hallowed be thy name. (10) Thy kingdom come. Thy will be done in earth, as it is in heaven.
While we are praying to get earth out of here into heaven, God is telling us to pray for Heaven to come to earth! How? His Kingdom is extended into the physical realm from the heavenly realm through mankind.
The principle all through the NT is that we must see that which is in heaven projected into the earth. We find this concept in our need to be led of the Spirit and not our flesh.
Romans 8:1 There is therefore now no condemnation to them which are in Christ Jesus, who walk not after the flesh, but after the Spirit.
His Spirit is meant to empower us.
Romans 6:13 Neither yield ye your members as instruments of unrighteousness unto sin: but yield yourselves unto God, as those that are alive from the dead, and your members as instruments of righteousness unto God.
Why? To see the will of God DONE IN EARTH in the physical realm.
Stop and think about it. Where does the bible explicitly state we are meant to go to heaven and leave this earth forever? It talks about entering Life and it talks about inheriting the Kingdom. But where? In Heaven? No! It's a tradition that is not there.
Yes we die today and go to heaven, but only temporarily.
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