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This is the voice of an old dying American in the wilderness who does not seek money or power.
Hamas terrorists are despicable people who hide in schools and hospitals, behind children to get sympathy and protection. Palestinians are despicable Arabs who like to be called refugees in order to live free on international charity, they do not want to go to Arab lands to make a living on their own. As IDF eliminates terrorists Hamas in Gaza and Rafah, so IDF must eliminate terrorists Hezbollah in Lebanon and terrorists Houthis in Yemen without delay. It is strange and illegal that UN, WHO, ICJ, EU and all Arab-Islamic-Black nations recognize and support the terrorists.

Some believers are confused about the Kingdom of God, the second coming of Christ, and the Kingdom of Heaven. The words like stages or phases might help your understanding. In fact the three items are of the same nature, only they are different in stages and phases.
I. The Kingdom of God
began when God the Father sent His Son Jesus Christ into the world to save sinners. This is the first phase. Jhn 1:17
“For the Law was given through Moses; grace and truth were realized through Jesus Christ.”
The Law was given through Moses, there was no salvation in the Law. Grace and truth came through Jesus Christ. We now live in an age called the dispensation of grace. Jesus Christ proclaimed the Gospel (Good News) of God. As the angel said to the shepherds, Luk 2:10-11,
“And so the angel said to them, “Do not be afraid; for behold, I bring you good news of great joy which will be for all the people; for today in the city of David there has been born for you the Savior, who is
Christ the Lord.”
Any sinner who repents of his/her sins, and believes in Jesus Christ, the Son of God, as his/her Lord and Savior, can be saved by grace, for the forgiveness of sins and have the right to become children of God. The dispensation of the grace of God is for whoever as long as one is alive. There is no grace after the death. Jesus says, Mar 10:15,
“Truly I say to you, whoever does not receive the Kingdom of God like a child will not enter it at all.”
You need the simple faith of a child to enter the Kingdom of God.
Luk 4:43, “But He said to them, “I must also preach
the Kingdom of God to the other cities, because I was sent for this purpose.”
The Gospel of the Kingdom must be preached to all nations.
Luk 9:11, “But the crowds were aware of this and followed Him; and He welcomed them and began speaking to them about the Kingdom of God, and curing those who had need of healing.”
Luk 13:29, “And they will come from east and west, and from north and south, and will recline at the table in the Kingdom of God.”
Luk 16:16, “The Law and the Prophets were proclaimed until John came; since that time the Gospel of the Kingdom of God has been preached, and everyone is forcing his way into it.”
Jhn 3:3, “Jesus responded and said to him, “Truly, truly, I say to you, unless someone is born again he cannot see the Kingdom of God.”
Act 8:12, “But when they believed Philip as he was preaching the good news about the Kingdom of God and the name of Jesus Christ, both men and women were being baptized.”
1Co 6:9-10, “Or do you not know that the unrighteous
will not inherit the Kingdom of God? Do not be deceived; neither the sexually immoral, nor idolaters, nor adulterers, nor homosexuals,
nor thieves, nor the greedy, nor those habitually drunk, nor verbal abusers, nor swindlers, will inherit the Kingdom of God.”
1Co 15:50, “Now I say this, brothers and sisters, that flesh and blood cannot inherit the Kingdom of God; nor does the perishable
inherit the imperishable.”
Gal 5:21, “envy, drunkenness, carousing, and things like these, of which I forewarn you, just as I have forewarned you, that those who practice such
things will not inherit the Kingdom of God.”
2Ti 3:13, “But evil people and impostors will proceed from bad to worse, deceiving and being deceived.”
Luk 9:62, “But Jesus said to him, “No one, after putting his hand to the plow and looking back, is fit for the Kingdom of God.”
Rom 13:12, “The night is almost gone, and the day is near. Therefore let’s rid ourselves of the deeds of darkness and put on the armor of light.”
I used to worry a lot, worry about bad things to happen in the world. The truth sets me free, come what may. The final victory belongs to Christians. Now is the last days, children of God will not be surprised if the world is getting worse. Saints will not be surprised if there is coming a nuclear war. For the Scriptures predict:
2Ti 3:1-6, “But realize this, that in the last days dangerous times will come. For people will be lovers of self, lovers of money, boastful, arrogant, slanderers, disobedient to parents, ungrateful, unholy, unloving, irreconcilable, malicious gossips, without self-control, brutal, haters of
good, treacherous, reckless, conceited, lovers of pleasure rather than lovers of God, holding to a form of godliness although they have denied its power; avoid such people as these. For among them are those who slip into households and captivate weak women weighed down with sins, led on by various impulses, always learning and never able to come to the knowledge of the truth. Just as Jannes and Jambres opposed Moses, so these men also oppose the truth, men of depraved mind, worthless in regard to the faith.”
The major characteristic of the last days is the fact there is no truth. Greed is rampant. Having lived to be an old man by the grace of God, I discovered for one will do prompted by truth, a million will be motivated by money.
II. The Kingdom of God will close
as Jesus Christ comes the second time.
1Th 4:15-17, “For we say this to you by the Word of the Lord, that we who are alive and remain until the coming of the Lord will not precede those who have fallen asleep. For the Lord Himself will descend from Heaven with a shout, with the voice of the archangel and with the trumpet of
God, and the dead in Christ will rise first. Then we who are alive, who remain, will be caught up together with them in the clouds to meet the Lord in the space, and so we will always be with the Lord.”
This is known as the Rapture of the Church, preceding the second coming of the Lord.
2Co 3:18, “But we all, with unveiled faces, looking as in a mirror at the glory of the Lord, are being transformed into the same image from glory to glory, just as from the Lord, the Spirit.”
Now is the day of salvation, now is the accepted time. If you want to be saved, you can be saved while you are alive. The Lord returns to the earth the second time to begin His thousand years of peaceful reign with the saints. The Rapture will take place first, followed by the Great Tribulation. Then the Lord Jesus will appear in great power and glory.
Millennium 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica
(a pseudo-Latin word formed on the analogy of biennium, triennium, from Lat. mille, a thousand, and annus, year), literally a period of a thousand years. The term is specially used of the period of 1000 years during which Christ, as has been believed, would return to govern the earth in person. Hence it is used to describe a vague time in the future when all flaws in human existence will have vanished, and perfect goodness and happiness will prevail. The attribution of a mystic significance to the millennium-period, though perhaps not prominent in that theory of Christian eschatology to which the names Millenarianism and Chiliasm (from Gr. xtXcas, a thousand) are given, is quite common in non-Christian religions and cosmological systems.
Faith in the nearness of Christ's second advent and the establishing of his reign of glory on the earth was undoubtedly a strong point in the primitive Christian Church. In the anticipations of the future prevalent amongst the early Christians (c. 50-150) it is necessary to distinguish a fixed and a fluctuating element. The former includes (1) the notion that a last terrible battle with the enemies of God was impending; (2) the faith in the speedy return of Christ; (3) the conviction that Christ will judge all men, and (4) will set up a kingdom of glory on earth. ... Amongst these was the expectation that the future kingdom of Christ on earth should have a fixed duration - according to the most prevalent opinion, a duration of one thousand years. From this fact the whole ancient Christian eschatology was known in later times as "chiliasm" - a name which is not strictly accurate, since the doctrine of the millennium was only one feature in its scheme of the future.”
The good news of the world, all requires money to cash in. The good news of God is absolutely free because it is a gift. God wants to give you salvation which is free. If only you will repent of your sins and believe in Jesus Christ, the Son of God, your Lord and Savior, you will receive the forgiveness of sins and the right to become children of God. You will also inherit the Kingdom of Heaven. This is most serious, the alternative is the eternal suffering in Hell.
Rev 20:4-6, “Then I saw thrones, and they sat on them, and judgment was given to them. And I saw the souls of those who had been beheaded
because of their testimony of Jesus and because of the Word of God, and those who had not worshipped the beast or his image, and had not received the mark on their foreheads and on their hands; and they came to life and reigned with Christ for a thousand years. The rest of the dead did not come to life until the thousand years were completed. This is the first resurrection. Blessed and holy is the one who has a part in the first resurrection; over these the second death has no power, but they will be priests of God and of Christ, and will reign with Him for a thousand years.”
N.B. Do you know a radical false religion that practices beheading Christians even today?
Rev 20:1-3, “Then I saw an angel coming down from heaven, holding the key of the abyss and a great chain in his hand. And he took hold of the dragon, the serpent of old, who is the devil and Satan, and bound him for a thousand years; and he threw him into the abyss and shut it and sealed it over him, so that he would not deceive the nations any longer, until the thousand years were completed; after
these things he must be released for a short time.”
Millennium Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible
“MILLENNIUM. A period of a thousand years, during which, according to Revelation 20:2-7 , the Dragon ( i.e . the devil) is to be confined in the abyss, while the martyrs, having been raised from the dead, are to reign with Christ. The period begins with this first resurrection, and at its end, Satan, prior to his destruction, is to be released for a time to deceive the nations.”
This is the glorious preview of the Millennium:
Isa 65:20-25, “No longer will there be in it an infant who lives only a few days, Or an old person who does not live out his days; for the youth will die at the age of a hundred, and the one who does not reach the age of a hundred will be thought accursed. They will build houses and inhabit them; they will also plant vineyards and eat their fruit. They will not build and another inhabit, they will not plant and another eat; for as the
lifetime of a tree, so will be the days of My people, and My chosen
ones will fully enjoy the work of their hands.They will not labor in vain, or give birth to children for disaster; for they are the descendants of those blessed by the LORD, and their descendants with them. It will
also come to pass that before they call, I will answer; while they
are still speaking, I will listen. The wolf and the lamb will graze together, and the lion will eat straw like the ox; and dust will be the serpent’s food. They will do no evil or harm on all My holy mountain,” says the LORD.”
Isa 2:3-4, “And many peoples will come and say,
“Come, let’s go up to the mountain of the LORD,
To the house of the God of Jacob; so that He may teach us about His ways,
And that we may walk in His paths.”
For the law will go out from Zion and the Word of the LORD from Jerusalem. And He will judge between the nations, and will mediate
for many peoples; and they will beat their swords into plowshares, and their spears into pruning knives. Nation will not lift up a sword against nation, and never again will they learn war.”
Isa 11:5, “Also righteousness will be the belt around His hips, and faithfulness the belt around His waist.”
Isa 11:6-10, “And the wolf will dwell with the lamb,
And the leopard will lie down with the young goat,
And the calf and the young lion and the fattened
steer will be together; and a little boy will lead them. Also the cow and the bear will graze, their young will lie down together, and the lion
will eat straw like the ox. The nursing child will play by the hole of the cobra, and the weaned child will put his hand on the viper’s den. They will not hurt or destroy in all My holy mountain, for the earth will be full of the knowledge of the LORD as the waters cover the sea. Then on that day
the nations will resort to the root of Jesse, Who will stand as a
signal flag for the peoples; and His resting place will be glorious.”
You think those people who have tasted the peaceful and glorious Millennium will know and do better. But there are always bad people who follow the devil.
Armageddon
Rev 16:13-16, “And I saw three unclean spirits like frogs coming out of the mouth of the dragon, out of the mouth of the beast, and out of the mouth of the false prophet. For they are spirits of demons, performing signs, which go out to the kings of the earth and of the whole world, to gather them to the battle of that great day of God Almighty.
“Behold, I am coming as a thief. Blessed is he who watches, and keeps his garments, lest he walk naked and they see his shame.”
And they gathered them together to the place called in Hebrew, Armageddon.”
Rev 17:14, “These will wage war against the Lamb, and the Lamb will overcome them because He is Lord of lords and King of kings; and those who are with Him are the called and chosen and faithful.”
Rev 20:1-3, “Then I saw an angel coming down from Heaven, holding the key of the abyss and a great chain in his hand and he took hold of the dragon, the serpent of old, who is the devil and Satan, and bound him for a thousand years; and he threw him into the abyss and shut it and sealed it over him, so that he would not deceive the nations any longer, until the thousand years were
completed; after these things he must be released for a short time.”
A ancient culture says, “The way of God is one foot. The way of the devil is ten feet.” The culture is wrong, the Lord Jesus only sends one angel to capture the devil. Satan is never stronger than God.
Even having the blessed and glorious experience of Millennium,
there are always bad people who follow the devil.
Rev 16:13-16, “And I saw coming out of the mouth of the dragon, and out of the mouth of the beast, and out of the mouth of the false prophet, three unclean spirits like frogs; for they are spirits of demons, performing signs, which go out to the kings of the entire world, to gather them together for the war of the great day of God, the Almighty.
(“Behold, I am coming like a thief. Blessed is the one who stays awake and keeps his clothes, so that he will not walk about naked and people will not see his shame.”) And they gathered them together to the place which in Hebrew is called Armageddon.”
Rev 20:7-10, “Now when the thousand years have expired, Satan will be released from his prison and will go out to deceive the nations which are in the four corners of the earth, Gog and Magog, to gather them together to battle, whose number is as the sand of the sea. They went up on the breadth of the earth and surrounded the camp of the saints and the beloved City. And fire came down from God out of heaven and devoured them. The devil, who deceived them, was cast into the Lake of Fire and Brimstone where the beast and the false prophet are. And they will be tormented day and night forever and ever.”
The white throne judgment will cast the devil, his agents and followers to Hell for eternal suffering. Then US, EU, UN, G-7, JAPAN, NATO and QUAD, etc. will be no more. There will be no superpower with its alliance to threaten the Kingdom of Heaven.
When the devil (Satan) and the beast and the false prophet and all the wicked are cast into Hell (the Lake of Fire and Brimstone) to be tormented day and night forever and ever; then there is no security threat to the Kingdom of Heaven, the eternal Kingdom of God. No rival, no enemy, no threat…The devil and his army will be defeated in Armageddon.
III. THE KINGDOM OF HEAVEN BEGINS
Rev 21:1-8, “Now I saw a New Heaven and a New Earth, for the first heaven and the first earth had passed away. Also there was no more sea. Then I, John, saw the Holy City, New Jerusalem, coming down out of Heaven from God, prepared as a bride adorned for her husband. And I heard a loud voice from Heaven saying, “Behold, the tabernacle of God is with men, and He will dwell with them, and they shall be His people. God Himself will be with them and be their God. And God will wipe away every tear from their eyes; there shall be no more death, nor sorrow, nor crying. There shall be no more pain, for the former things have passed away.”
Then He who sat on the throne said, “Behold, I make all things new.” And He said to me, “Write, for these words are true and faithful.” And He said to me, “It is done! I am the Alpha and the Omega, the Beginning and the End. I will give of the fountain of the water of life freely to him who thirsts.
He who overcomes shall inherit all things, and I will be his God and he shall be My son. But the cowardly, unbelieving, abominable,
murderers, sexually immoral, sorcerers, idolaters, and all liars
shall have their part in the Lake which burns with fire and brimstone, which is the second death.”
All things in the past on earth were things of the past.
Rev 21:15-18 (MLT), “The angel who talked to me held in his hand a gold measuring stick to measure the city, its gates, and its wall. When he measured it, he found it was a square, as wide as it was long. In fact, its length and width and height were each 1,400 miles. Then he measured the walls and found them to be 216 feet thick (according to the human standard used by the angel). The wall was made of jasper, and the city was pure gold, as clear as glass.”
This Holy City, the New Jerusalem, a square of 1,400 miles long, 1,400 miles wide, and 1,400 miles height is the place the Lord Jesus had prepared, Jhn 14:3,
“And if I go and prepare a place for you, I am coming again and will take you to Myself, so that where I am, there you also will be.” Just as God has prepared for those who love Him, 1Co 2:9, “but just as it is written:
“THINGS WHICH EYE HAS NOT SEEN AND EAR HAS NOT HEARD, AND WHICH HAVE NOT ENTERED THE HUMAN HEART, ALL THAT GOD HAS PREPARED FOR THOSE WHO LOVE HIM.”
The Holy City is God’s masterpiece for eternity. My first priority is to get acquainted with the largest City in the universe and I will have eternity to do it. No one has the complete knowledge of the Kingdom of Heaven; I shall do as what is revealed in the Word of God. I attempt to put things under OLD and NEW. OLD THINGS which exist in the world shall be passed away. NEW THINGS are what God created, which do not exist in the present world will last for ever.
Revelation 21:3
https://bibleportal.com/commentary/section/albert-barnes-notes
“Behold, the tabernacle of God is with men - The tabernacle, as that word is commonly used in the Scriptures, referring to the sacred “tent” erected in the wilderness, was regarded as the unique dwelling-place of God among his people - as the temple was afterward, which was also called a “tabernacle.” See the notes on Hebrews 9:2. The meaning here is, that God would now dwell with the redeemed, as if in a tabernacle, or in a house specially prepared for his residence among them.”
And he will dwell with them - As in a tent, or tabernacle - σκηνώσει skēnōsei. This is a common idea in the Scriptures.
And they shall be His people - He will acknowledge them in this public way as His own, and will dwell with them as such. And God Himself shall be with them -Shall be permanently with them; shall never leave them. And be their God - Shall manifest Himself as such, in such a manner that there shall be no doubt.”
I wish my mansion in the Holy City, the New Jerusalem, will be close to the Tabernacle of God.
A. OLD THINGS
1. NO MORE THE KINGDOMS OF THE WORLD
Rev 11:15-17, “Then the seventh angel sounded; and there were loud voices in heaven, saying, “The kingdoms of the world has become the Kingdom of our Lord and of His Christ; and He will reign forever
and ever.” And the twenty-four elders, who sit on their thrones before God, fell on their faces and worshiped God, saying, “We give You thanks, Lord God, the Almighty, the One who is and who was, because You have taken Your great power and have begun to reign.”
I know what is wrong with many nations, but I do not tell about them. Because that would make me the target of many nations. I have exposed many wrongs and errors of America, because I am an American citizen. A citizen has responsibility to tell the truth about his country like it or not.
As history records, Japan is in fact the nation who has done most evil in the world and denied them all. I am sure Japan will not be able to escape the judgment of God. Even now, Japan has dumped radio-active waste waters into the Pacific to harm the world. Japan is a running dog of America, and under American protection. I am not at liberty to tell the nations I do not like.
According to Britannica,
“A nation is a group of people with a common language, history, culture, and (usually) geographic territory. A state is an association of people characterized by formal institutions of government, including laws; permanent territorial boundaries; and sovereignty (political independence).”
This definition is obsolete, for no state comprises one or more nations any more.
“The kingdoms of the world has become the Kingdom of our Lord and of His Christ; and He will reign forever and ever.”
This is the truth, in the future, in eternity there will be only the Kingdom of Christ, the Kingdom of Heaven. Why it is called kingdom and not nation? Because Jesus Christ is the King of kings and Lord of lords, He will be King Eternal.
Really and truly, America, UN, EU, NATO, G-7, Great Britain, France, Germany, QUAD, Russia, China, Japan, Canada, Australia, etc. will all vanish from the New World. There are no more corrupt and wicked leaders. No more human authorities. No more regimes of mankind.
A nation or state which has a defined territory, a fixed population, a sovereign government which can enter into relations with other nations or states will be no more for ever.
“ ... The kingdoms of this world are become the kingdoms of our Lord, and of his Christ; and he shall reign forever and ever. Ἐγένετο ἡ βασιλαία, in the singular, is found in א, A, B, C, P, and versions, and is adopted by the Revised Version. Ἐγένοντο αἱ βασιλεῖαι, the plural, is read in two cursives. We can understand the first part of this verse by referring to Revelation 12:10. God's power and authority is established by the final overthrow of Satan. .. With God the Father is associated Christ, by whose means the overthrow of the devil is effected, and by whom his servants overcome (cf. Revelation 1:6; Revelation 5:9; Revelation 7:14; Revelation 12:11). This is the final victory; henceforth "he shall reign forever and ever." Revelation 11:15.”
Zep 3:6, “I have eliminated nations; their corner
towers are deserted. I have laid waste their streets,
with no one passing by; their cities have been laid waste, without a person, without an inhabitant.”
Nah 3:6, “I will throw filth on you and declare you worthless, and set you up as a spectacle.”
In the kingdom of Heaven, there will be no economists, no accountants, no doctors, no dentists, no drug companies, no manufacturing, no warmongers, no politicians, no militarists, no lawyers, no judges, no scientists, no engineers, no news media, no football, no basketball, no volley ball, no boxing, no car racing, no horse racing, no famine, no hospitals, no pharmacies, no repair shops, no pimps and prostitutes, no meteorologists, no garbage collectors, no jewel dealers, no tailors, no barbers, no actors, no machinists, no technicians, no auditors, no astrologers, no assessors, no astronomers, no archivists, no artists, etc.
2. HEAVENS
2Pe 3:13, “But according to His promise we are looking for New Heavens and a New earth, in which righteousness dwells.”
IN the perspective of the Kingdom of Heaven, the present heavens (the universe) which are the old heavens. For thousands of years, scientists hardly know anything about the present universe.
According to https://www.britannica.com/science/universe
“Universe, the whole cosmic system of matter and energy of which Earth, and therefore the human race, is a part. Humanity has traveled a long road since societies imagined Earth, the Sun, and the Moon as the main objects of creation, with the rest of the universe being formed almost as an afterthought. Today it is known that Earth is only a small ball of rock in a space of unimaginable vastness and that the birth of the solar system was probably only one event among many that occurred against the backdrop of an already mature universe....
The “observable universe” is the region of space that humans can actually or theoretically observe with the aid of technology. It can be thought of as a bubble with Earth at its centre. It is differentiated from the entirety of the universe, which is the whole cosmic system of matter and energy, including the human race. Unlike the observable universe, the universe is possibly infinite and without spatial edges.”
Now scientists do not even know when they are going to die, how can any intelligent person trust scientists who theorize the universe 13.7 billion years ago when they were not there and the forging of the primal universe called “big bang”? Scientists so-called are full of baloney and guessworks.
Who is Prof. George P. Efstathiou Research
Professor Efstathiou has wide interests in theoretical and observational cosmology and has contributed to studies of large-scale structure in the Universe, galaxy formation, dark energy and the cosmic microwave background radiation. He is a member of the Science Team for the European Space Agency Planck Satellite, which launched in 2009. Efstathiou is Chair of the Cambridge Planck Analysis Centre, which is developing methods to analyze the data that has been collected by the Planck satellite. The satellite’s two-year mission succeeded in measuring the anisotropies of the cosmic microwave background (CMB) radiation with unprecedented accuracy.
Here is what a great scientist EFSTATHIOU says, : What do we know? Really, we’re still a long way from understanding dark matter. The leading candidate is a type of particle predicted by supersymmetry. That theory predicts a partner particle for each particle that we already know. But if that theory is true, supersymmetric particles should appear in collisions at the Large Hadron Collider. So far, they haven’t. So dark matter is still unknown.
Planck has detected no signal of dark matter. Supersymmetry predicts that dark matter particles should occasionally interact with other dark matter particles and produce a flash of energy – a process called annihilation. But we don’t see it. That’s really not all that surprising. It’s easy to hide. So that’s something that future cosmic microwave background experiments might be able to see. But we haven’t seen any signs of annihilating dark matter from Planck.
We have looked also very carefully at neutrinos – tiny, ubiquitous particles we know come in three types. As far as well can tell, there are no other types of neutrinos that could help account for some of the dark matter. People are also still trying to determine the mass of these three neutrinos. We know from other experiments the least mass that these three particles could have. Planck has now set a limit on the most mass that they could possibly have. We’re narrowing down the options, and will hopefully soon learn their exact mass. Neutrinos are some of the most mysterious particles in the universe, so this would be an important step toward understanding them.
Some theorists have also suggested that dark matter and dark energy could interact in some way. As far as we can tell, dark energy is completely constant – so there’s no evidence that it interacts with dark matter.”
I believe the New Heavens are made for the angels. The New Heavens (or the new Universe), no one knows anything about it yet. That is an agenda I would like to explore when I get to Heaven.
3. EARTH
Rev 21:1, “Then I saw a New Heaven and a New Earth; for the first heaven and the first earth passed away, and there is no longer any sea.”
In the perspective of the Kingdom of Heaven, the current earth is the old earth. For thousands of years scientists have studied the earth planet we live, they hardly know anything about it.
According to https://www.nationalgeographic.com/science/article/earth
“By Michael Greshko
Earth, our home planet, is a world unlike any other. The third planet from the sun, Earth is the only place in the known universe confirmed to host life. With a radius of 3,959 miles, Earth is the fifth largest planet in our solar system, and it's the only one known for sure to have liquid water on its surface. … but for at least a thousand years, some cultures have described our world using the Germanic word “earth,” which means simply “the ground.”
Earth orbits the sun once every 365.25 days. Since our calendar years have only 365 days, we add an extra leap day every four years to account for the difference. Earth rotates on its axis every 23.9 hours, defining
day and night for surface dwellers. This axis of rotation is tilted 23.4 degrees away from the plane of Earth's orbit around the sun, giving us seasons. Whichever hemisphere is tilted closer to the sun experiences summer, while the hemisphere tilted away gets winter. In the spring and fall, each hemisphere receives similar amounts of light. On two specific dates each year—called the equinoxes—both hemispheres get illuminated equally.”
Since there will be no sun and moon, no sea in the New Earth, there will be also no seasons. I believe on the New Earth, there will be no more seasons. No thunder or hail. No more natural disasters. Of course no man-made disasters either.
What kind of climate and weather we have in the Kingdom of Heaven?
According to https://english.news.cn/20240621/848e5aba79574cd393da61166ad8adb1/c.html
“ULAN BATOR, June 21 (Xinhua) -- Rare summer snow is falling in parts of Mongolia, including the national capital Ulan Bator here on Friday.”
God is able to provide constant climate and weather which is pleasant to the children of God who live in the Holy City, the New Jerusalem for eternity.
I believe there is no more agriculture or industry on New Earth; and no more weeds, thorns and prickly shrubs, etc. No climate change, no extreme weather. No tornadoes, hurricanes or typhoons.
There will be no causative agent of harm or death in the Kingdom of Heaven. When I was in Denmark in summer the beaches were swarmed with trillions of unwanted and undesirable lady bugs.
According to https://kids.nationalgeographic.com/animals/invertebrates/facts/ladybug
“There are about 5,000 different species of ladybugs in the world. These much loved critters are also known as lady beetles or ladybird beetles. They come in many different colors and patterns, but the most familiar in North America is the seven-spotted ladybug, with its shiny, red-and-black body. ..”
I believe in the Kingdom of Heaven, there will be no more insects of any kind, including mosquitoes, flies, parasites, bugs, worms, ants, germs, bacteria, viruses, etc.
I recall my hometown Orange County, after the rain, with blue skys and white clouds and fresh air, Orange County really looked beautiful. I am sure the Holy City, the New Jerusalem will be a thousand times more beautiful than Orange County.
According to https://education.nationalgeographic.org/resource/resource-library-human-impacts-environment/
“Humans impact the physical environment in many ways: overpopulation, pollution, burning fossil fuels, and deforestation. Changes like these have triggered climate change, soil erosion, poor air quality, and undrinkable water. These negative impacts can affect human behavior and can prompt mass migrations or battles over clean water.”
I do not know whether they will still be butterflies and little birds or not in the Kingdom of Heaven. Some smart aleck may say, If there are no insects and worms in the Kingdom of Heaven, what do little birds eat? If during the Millennium God is able to make the snakes to eat dust (Isa 65:25), God is able to make little birds to eat leaves or grass or anything.
1Co 7:29-31, “But this I say, brothers, the time has been shortened, so that from now on those who have wives should be as though they had none, and those who weep, as though they did not weep; and those who rejoice, as though they did not rejoice; and those who buy, as though they did not possess; and those who use the world, as though they did not make full use of it; for the present form of this world is passing away.”
Notice, not only this world is passing away, the present form of this world is passing away.
To those who believe science is the ultimate knowledge. They are to be remembered that science is the best human knowledge at a point in time. Science is never absolute, it is always tentative, always progressive, never complete and never ultimate.
4. NO LONGER ANY SEA OR OCEAN
Rev 21:1, “Then I saw a New Heaven and a New Earth; for the first heaven and the first earth passed away, and there is no longer any sea.”
Here we do not want to be technical or trying to make the difference between sea and ocean and also not making the differences between one sea and another. If you do not have the sea, naturally you do not have rivers and lakes and islands.
According to https://education.nationalgeographic.org/resource/all-about-the-ocean/
“The ocean covers 70 percent of Earth's surface.”
We do not know the present earth has the same size as of the New Earth. Be it what it may, will God make the about 70% of earth’s surface a green valley or a virgin forest? Or what? We do not know. We know for sure no sea will not affect human life. God will make life abundant without sea in the Kingdom of God. God knows His children need oxygen, good climate, etc. By the same token, there will no more tsunamis, hurricanes, tornadoes, typhoons, cyclones, snow storms, rain storms, earthquakes, landslides, drought, sea level change, and storm surges. By the same token, no more sea also means no more ships, no more shipping, no more war ships, no fishing, no aircraft careers, etc. No trade or commerce.
Because there is no more ocean or sea, there will be also no sea creatures like whales or sharks, etc. There are also no other sea creatures, no sea animals, no marine animals, no fish. There are no more crocodiles or alligators in rivers and lakes. There will be no rivers or lakes. There will be no islands. There will be no sea level to rise. There will be no more seas or oceans, lakes or rivers, I believe God will provide climate or weather control so that we do not have extreme weather, no snow storms, no rainstorms. No climate change. No more Sea Surface Temperature, Salinity and Density problems. No more Ocean Currents and Climate problems.
According to https://www.nationalgeographic.com/environment/article/ocean-threats
No more following threats:
- · “Global warming is causing sea levels to rise, threatening coastal population centers.
- · Many pesticides and nutrients used in agriculture end up in the coastal waters, resulting in oxygen depletion that kills marine plants and shellfish.
- · Factories and industrial plants discharge sewage and other runoff into the oceans.
- · Oil spills pollute the oceans, though U.S. water-sewage treatment plants discharge twice as much oil each year as tanker spills.
- · Air pollution is responsible for almost one-third of the toxic contaminants and nutrients that enter coastal areas and oceans.
- · Invasive species such as poisonous algae, cholera, and countless plants and animals have entered harbor waters and disrupted the ecological balance.
- · The United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization estimates that 31.4 percent of fish stocks are either fished to capacity or overfished.”
“According to the (link is external) World Health Organization, an estimated seven million people die each year from air pollution. More than 4,000 people died in just a few months due to a severe smog event that occurred in London in 1952. Ground-level ozone causes muscles in the lungs to contract, making it difficult to breathe. Exposure to high ozone levels can cause sore throat, coughing, lung inflammation, and permanent lung damage.”
Once I flew Air France, to my surprise the airplane air was scented with perfume. I do not know the Heavenly perfume. I can assure you there will be no air pollution in the Kingdom of Heaven, at least there will be fresh air all the time. There is nothing putrid or rotten in the Kingdom of Heaven.
5. NO LONGER ANY TEAR
Rev 21:4, “and He will wipe away every tear from their eyes; and there will no longer be any death; there will no longer be any mourning,
or crying, or pain; the first things have passed away.”
Psa 6:6, “I am weary with my sighing;
Every night I make my bed swim,
I flood my couch with my tears.”
This is surely a hyperbole.
Do you know which is more serious and significant, a baby’s tear and an old man’s tear?
6. NO MORE SUN AND MOON
Rev 21:23, “And the City has no need of the sun or of the moon to shine on it, for the glory of God has illuminated it, and its lamp is the Lamb.”
According to https://www.universetoday.com/26987/earth-sun-and-moon/#:~:text
“From our perspective, the three objects that have the greatest impact on our lives are the Earth, Sun, and Moon. The Earth, of course, is the planet beneath our feet. Without it, well, we wouldn’t have anything at all. The Sun warms our planet, and with the Moon, creates the tides.
Earth and in turn, the Earth orbits the Sun. We see the Universe from a platform that is both rotating on its axis, and traveling in an elliptical orbit around the Sun. The Earth’s rotation on its axis makes the Sun rise in the east and set in the west, and is a big part of why the Moon rises and sets too; although the Moon takes 29 days to complete an orbit around the Earth as well. The average distance from the Earth to the Moon is 384,403 km. And the average distance from the Earth to the Sun is 149,597,887 km. If you divide these two numbers, you get approximately 389. Now, if you divide the diameter of the Sun (1.4 million km) by the diameter of the Moon (3,474 km), you get 403. Those two numbers are pretty close. This is why the Moon and the Sun appear to be the same size in the sky; it’s a total coincidence.”
According to https://global.bing.com/search?q=health+problems+caused+by+the+sun&qs=RI&pq=the+problem
“Health problems caused by the sun include
- · Skin cancer (melanoma and non-melanoma)
- · Premature aging of the skin and other skin problems
- · Cataracts and other eye damage
- · Immune system suppression
- · Sunburn
- · Dehydration
- · Hyponatremia
- · Heat exhaustion
Those health problems caused by the sun will not exist in the Kingdom of Heaven. And also there will be no more lunar dust.
According to https://education.nationalgeographic.org/resource/seasons-4/
“Earth's position as it rotates around the sun determines the seasons.”
No sun, therefore no seasons.
According to https://science.nasa.gov/moon/facts/
“ The brightest and largest object in our night sky, the Moon makes Earth a more livable planet by moderating our home planet's wobble on its axis, leading to a relatively stable climate. It also causes tides, creating a rhythm that has guided humans for thousands of years.”
Since there is no moon, so it does not affect climate or tides anymore.
7. NO THIEVES
Luk 12:33, ““Sell your possessions and give to charity; make yourselves money belts that do not wear out, an inexhaustible treasure in Heaven, where no
thief comes near nor does a moth destroy.”
According to https://dealaid.org/data/walmart-theft/#:~:text=In%202022%2C%20Walmart
“In 2022, Walmart faced a staggering financial setback as their annual losses resulting from theft surpassed around $6.1 billion according to estimates. This estimate is based on retail theft accounting for around 1% of Walmart’s revenue which was $611.29 billion in fiscal year end of January 2023.”
“2018-2022 Data Show Federal Government Loses an Estimated $233 Billion to $521 Billion Annually to Fraud, Based on Various Risk Environments.”
According to https://moguldom.com/432622/fact-check-the-pentagon-has-21-trillion-i
“Fact Check: The Pentagon Has $21 Trillion In Unaccounted-For Audit Adjustments Over The Last 17 Years”
A white supervisor told me he quit Army because soldiers stole expensive boots, raincoats, etc. You can be sure no thieves are in the Kingdom of Heaven.
8. NOR SORROW
Life is full of troubles and tragedies, no one is exempt from sorrow, be it rich or powerful. Sin brings sorrow.
According to
https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/sorrow
SORROW Synonyms: 147 Similar and Opposite Words.
According to https://www.health.harvard.edu/mind-and-mood/how-to-overcome-griefs-health-damaging-effects
“Doctors classify grief into two types: acute and persistent. Most people experience acute grief, which occurs in the first six to 12 months after a loss and gradually resolves. Some, however, experience persistent grief, which is defined as grief that lasts longer than 12 months.
The death of someone you love can shake the foundation of your existence and affect both mind and body. During a period of grief, you can become preoccupied with thoughts, memories, and images of your friend or loved one, have difficulty accepting the finality of the loss, and experience waves of sadness and yearning.
"Many men suddenly feel vulnerable, since they lost a companion or friend they looked to for support," says Dr. Bui. "They also begin looking closer at their own mortality, often for the first time."
Chronic stress also is common during acute grief and can lead to a variety of physical and emotional issues, such as depression, trouble sleeping, feelings of anger and bitterness, anxiety, loss of appetite, and general aches and pains. "Men may try to resist grief, but it's important not to ignore these symptoms, as constant stress can put you at greater risk for a heart attack, stroke, and even death, especially in the first few months after losing someone," says Dr. Bui.”
On earthly life, no one can escape sorrow. How wonderful it is to have no sorrow in the Kingdom of Heaven.
9. Nor Crying
Every infant is born crying as if to say I do not want to come into this world! You have never seen an infant born laughing. Crying is human born natural instinct which does not need to be trained.
Have you known such heavy crying?
Psa 6:6, “I am weary with my sighing;
Every night I make my bed swim,
I flood my couch with my tears.”
It may be hyperbole.
According to https://www.health.harvard.edu/blog/is-crying-good-for-you-2021030122020#Not_All_Tears_Are_Created_Equal
“.Crying is an important safety valve, largely because keeping difficult feelings inside — what psychologists call repressive coping — can be bad for our health. Studies have linked repressive coping with a less resilient immune system, cardiovascular disease, and hypertension, as well as with mental health conditions, including stress, anxiety, and depression. Crying has also been shown to increase attachment behavior, encouraging closeness, empathy, and support from friends and families.”
13 Surprising Scientific Findings About Crying
“A new paper highlights what we know and don't know about crying.
Posted September 17, 2020 | Reviewed by Abigail Fagan
Crying is one of the most common emotional reactions in humans. Pretty much everyone has cried at one time or another in their life. Given the common occurrence of crying in all sorts of negative (and positive) situations, it is surprising how little attention psychological research has given this important behavior. A new paper, just published in the scientific journal Psychotherapy (Bylsma et al., 2020), summarizes the knowledge about emotional crying in order to identify important areas for future research. Here are some of the key insights that psychologists have learned about crying so far:
1. The five most common reasons for emotional crying are loss (e.g. when a relationship ends or a loved one dies), helplessness, physical pain and discomfort, empathic crying (e.g. crying because of the emotional reaction of someone else), and extraordinarily positive or moving situations (e.g. tears of joy).
2. Male and female infants do not show any differences in crying.
3. However, there is a big sex difference in adults: On average, women cry 2 to 5 times per month while men cry 0 to 1 times per month. This difference starts in late childhood and likely is due to differences in socialization (for example, boys often get told not to cry, potentially leading to an inability to cry as an adult).
4. Personality is related to crying. People with high empathy cry more easily in both positive and negative situations than people with less empathy. In contrast, highly neurotic people cry more easily in negative situations than less neurotic people, but they show no differences in positive situations.
5. Attachment style is related to crying, too. People with an avoidant attachment style in relationships cry less than people with a secure or anxious attachment style.
6. People in wealthy democratic countries cry more often than those in other countries.
7. Seeing somebody cry changes our perspective on that person. People who cry are perceived as more empathic, reliable, sincere, and less aggressive. However, seeing somebody cry also has negative effects as the person is seen as less emotionally stable.
8. The setting is an important factor here. Crying in the workplace is generally seen as more negative than crying in a private setting.
9. About 50% of people feel better after crying.
10. About 10% of people actually feel worse after crying.
11. Whether or not somebody benefits from crying depends a lot on the people surrounding them. If they provide support and comfort, the crying person is more likely to feel better afterward.
12. Crying occurs in about 15-30% of all psychotherapy sessions.
13. Crying in psychotherapy is likely associated with a better therapy outcome, as facilitation of emotional expression is an important step in successful therapy. Therefore, it should be seen in a positive light.”
The Bible records only once that Jesus Christ wept.
Jhn 11:33-36, “Therefore when Jesus saw her weeping, and the Jews who came with her also
weeping, He was deeply moved in spirit and was troubled, and He said, “Where have you laid him?”
They said to Him, “Lord, come and see.” Jesus wept.
So the Jews were saying, “See how He loved him!”
The Bible never explains why Jesus wept.
Be that as it may, there will be no crying in the Kingdom of Heaven.
10. NO MORE PAIN
Pain is the most dreadful and universal phenomena of human existence.
According to
https://www.webmd.com/pain-management/pain-types-and-classifications
“There are several ways to classify pain. One is to separate it into acute pain and chronic (long-term) pain. Acute pain usually comes on suddenly and lasts for a limited time. Some type of damage to tissue – such as bone, muscle, or organs – often causes it. When it happens, it can cause anxiety or other emotional issues.
Chronic pain lasts longer than acute pain. It generally can somewhat resist medical treatment. It's usually linked to a long-term illness, such as osteoarthritis. In some cases, such as with fibromyalgia, pain is one of the main traits of the condition. Chronic pain can be the result of damaged tissue. But very often, nerve damage is behind it.
Both acute and chronic pain can be overwhelming. And both can affect and be affected by a person's state of mind. But the nature of chronic pain – the fact that it's ongoing and in some cases seems almost constant – can make you more likely to get mental health issues such as depression and anxiety. At the same time, these issues can make the pain worse.
Other Ways Pain Is Classified
Pain is most often grouped by the kind of damage that causes it. The two main types are pain caused by tissue damage (also called nociceptive pain) and pain caused by nerve damage (also called neuropathic pain). A third category is psychogenic pain, which is pain that is affected by psychological factors. Psychogenic pain most often has a physical origin either in tissue damage or nerve damage. But the pain gets worse or lasts longer because of things like fear, depression, stress, or anxiety. In some cases, pain comes from a psychological condition. Certain types of pain are referred to as syndromes. For instance, myofascial pain syndrome refers to pain that starts in trigger points in the body's muscles. Fibromyalgia is an example.
Pain Caused by Tissue Damage
Most pain comes from tissue damage – when your body's tissues are injured. The injury can be to bone, soft tissue, or organs. It can come from a disease such as cancer. Or it can come from a physical injury, like a cut or a broken bone. The pain you feel may be an ache, a sharp stabbing, or a throbbing. It could come and go, or it could be constant. You may feel the pain get worse when you move or laugh. Sometimes, breathing deeply might make it feel especially strong. Both acute and chronic pain can be overwhelming. And both can affect and be affected by a person's state of mind. But the nature of chronic pain – the fact that it's ongoing and in some cases seems almost constant – can make you more likely to get mental health issues such as depression and anxiety. At the same time, these issues can make the pain worse.
Other Ways Pain Is Classified
Pain is most often grouped by the kind of damage that causes it. The two main types are pain caused by tissue damage (also called nociceptive pain) and pain caused by nerve damage (also called neuropathic pain). A third category is psychogenic pain, which is pain that is affected by psychological factors. Psychogenic pain most often has a physical origin either in tissue damage or nerve damage. But the pain gets worse or lasts longer because of things like fear, depression, stress, or anxiety. In some cases, pain comes from a psychological condition.
Certain types of pain are referred to as syndromes. For instance, myofascial pain syndrome refers to pain that starts in trigger points in the body's muscles. Fibromyalgia is an example.
Pain Caused by Nerve Damage
Nerves work like electric cables sending signals – including pain signals – to and from the brain. Damage to nerves can interfere with the way those signals are sent. That can cause pain signals that don’t work the way they are supposed to. For instance, you may feel like your hand or whatever is burning, even though there’s no heat.
- · RELATED:What Is Chronic Pain Syndrome?
Diseases such as diabetes can damage nerves. Or an injury can damage them. Certain chemotherapy drugs may cause nerve damage. Nerves can also be damaged by a stroke or an HIV infection, among other things. Pain could be from damage to the central nervous system (CNS), which is made up of the brain and spinal cord. Or it could come from damage to peripheral nerves, those nerves in the rest of the body that send signals to the CNS. Pain caused by nerve damage, neuropathic pain, is often described as burning or prickling. Some people describe it as an electrical shock. Others say it’s like pins and needles or a stabbing feeling. Some people with nerve damage are often very sensitive to temperature and to touch. Just a light touch, like brushing against a bed sheet, can set off the pain.
A lot of neuropathic pain is chronic. Examples of pain caused by damaged nerves include:
Central pain syndrome. This chronic pain starts with damage to the central nervous system. The damage can be from a stroke, multiple sclerosis, tumors, or several other conditions. The pain – which is usually constant and may be very bad – can affect a large part of the body or smaller areas, such as the hands or feet. Movement, touch, emotions, and temperature changes can often make the pain worse.
Complex regional pain syndrome. This is a chronic pain syndrome that can follow a serious injury. It's described as constant burning. And you might have unusual sweating, changes in skin color, or swelling where the pain is.
Diabetic peripheral neuropathic pain. Diabetes causes nerve damage that affects the feet, legs, hands, or arms. It might feel like burning, stabbing, or tingling.
Shingles and postherpetic neuralgia. The same virus that causes chickenpox causes shingles. It’s a localized infection with a rash and pain that can be very bad. It happens on one side of the body along the pathway of a nerve. Postherpetic neuralgia is a common problem that comes up, in which the pain from shingles lasts more than a month.
Trigeminal neuralgia. Inflammation of a nerve in the face causes pain described as very serious and lightning-like. It can happen in the lips, scalp, forehead, eye, nose, gums, cheek, and chin on one side of the face. Touching certain areas or even slight motion can set off the pain.”
According to https://www.verywellhealth.com/pain-assessment-1131968#:~:text
“Pain is a distressing sensation commonly experienced with injuries, infections, and disease. Pain is often difficult to assess, particularly in terms of its nature and intensity, because it is largely based on an individual's perception of how "bad" the pain is. Whether your pain is acute (sudden and severe) or chronic (persistent or recurrent), communicating your experience of pain can help your healthcare provider prescribe the best possible treatments for your type and level of pain. Pain is an unpleasant sensation telling you something in your body is wrong. When a part of the body is injured or affected by disease, nerve signals are sent to and from the brain creating sensations that we perceive as pain.
Pain can be categorized in different ways:
* Acute pain: Sudden onset of pain lasting less than 30 days
l Subacute pain: Pain that lasts from one to six months
Chronic pain: Persistent or recurring pain lasting more than six months
Localized pain; Pain felt in a specific part of the body
· Generalized pain; Pain felt all over (often described as "aching")
Diffuse pain: Pain felt all over but hard to attribute to any single part of the body
- · Somatic pain: Specific pain coming from an injury of tissues or a body structure
- · Visceral pain: Vague pain originating in the abdomen, chest, intestines, or pelvis
- · Neuropathic pain: Pain caused by a damaged or compressed ("pinched") nerve
- · Radicular pain: Nerve pain originating in one part of the body that is "referred" to another
- · Musculoskeletal pain: Pain related to muscles, bones, and supporting tissues
- · Epigastric pain: Upper abdominal pain
- · Pleuritic pain: Pain arising in the chest wall
- · Cephalalgia: Headache or migraine pain
- · Allodynia: Pain caused by things that usually do not cause pain
- · Hyperalgesia: An exaggerated response to pain stimuli
- · Nociceptive pain: Pain caused by damaged tissue
- · Nociplastic pain: Pain caused by injury or dysfunction of the central nervous system
- · Psychogenic pain: Physical pain that occurs during emotional or mental pain
- · Breakthrough pain: Pain once controlled by treatment that spontaneously re-emerges
- · Phantom pain: Pain felt on a part of the body that has been amputated
Many of these types of pain can co-occur or overlap, such as generalized hyperalgesia or chronic radicular pain.”
On earth there are acupuncture and venipuncture that causes pain. When people say that acupuncture does not cause pain, don’t you believe it. I told one Chinese acupuncturist, big cry for big pain, minor cry for minor pain, no cry for no pain. An unskilled nurse who does venipuncture can also give you big pain and swollen hand. I believe you cannot find a person who had never suffered headache, toothache and stomachache. Almost all women know about labor pains. Some people know about kidney stone pains and toothache. Some males encounter painful urination, constipation, and ejaculation. Some females experience painful urination, constipation and menstruation.
Ponder some famous and unknown people say about pain:
Marcus Tullius Cicero said, “There is no mortal whom pain and disease do not reach.”
Saint Augustine said, “The greatest evil is physical pain.”
Publilius Syrus said, “Pain of mind is worse than pain of body.”
Thomas Jefferson said, “Happiness is not being pained in body or troubled in mind.”
Aristotle said, “The aim of the wise is not to secure pleasure, but to avoid pain.”
Willie Wong says, “Life is bitter; pain is normal.”
Willie Wong says, “Pain makes men think; thought makes men wise; wisdom is to pay the price.”
Willie Wong says, “The only antidote to pain is hope in God.”
Willie Wong says, “No one has infinite capacity for taking pains. Only God is infinite in everything, infinite in all good things.”
Willie Wong says, “Pain proves humanity is subject to divine sovereignty.”
Willie Wong says, “Pain is the root of sin, sin is the root of death.”
Jer 30:15, “Why do you cry out over your injury?
Your pain is incurable. Because your wrongdoing is great and your sins are numerous, I have done these things to you.”
Wrongdoing and sins make pain in Hell incurable.
Mat 4:24, “And the news about Him spread
throughout Syria; and they brought to Him all who were ill, those suffering with various diseases and severe pain, demon-possessed, people with epilepsy, and people who were paralyzed; and He healed
them.”
Rev 16:10, “And the fifth angel poured out his bowl on the throne of the beast, and his kingdom became darkened; and they gnawed their tongues
because of pain.”
I believe this verse can describe pain in Hell realistically. How wonderful in the Kingdom of Heaven where pain will be no more for eternity.
11. NO MORE DEATH
No longer be any death. That is ultimately the greatest good news in the Kingdom of God. Since the saints will have spiritual bodies and immortal, that is why there will be no more death in the Kingdom of Heaven. This is most welcome. Furthermore, the causes of death also do not exist in the Kingdom of Heaven.
According to https://www.who.int/news-room/fact-sheets/detail/the-top-10-causes-of-death
“The world’s biggest killer is ischaemic heart disease, responsible for 16% of the world’s total deaths. Since 2000, the largest increase in deaths has been for this disease, rising by more than 2 million to 8.9 million deaths in 2019. Stroke and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease are the 2nd and 3rd leading causes of death, responsible for approximately 11% and 6% of total deaths respectively.
By the same token, there will be no bacteria or viruses, no causes of disease, and no epidemics or pandemics in the Kingdom of Heaven.
According to the Holy Scriptures:
Rom 2:12, “For all who have sinned without the
Law will also perish without the Law, and all who
have sinned under the Law will be judged by the Law.”
1Co 15:22, “For as in Adam all die, so also in
Christ all will be made alive.”
In the Kingdom of God, all children of God have been saved and received the eternal life and so they will never die. Because there is no more death in the Kingdom of Heave, so there are no causes of death. By the same
token, because there is no more death, there are also no more sicknesses and diseases, no more greedy doctors, dentists, drug companies, medical insurance executives, and no more hospitals. Besides, the people of the Kingdom of Heaven will never get sick. And there will be no high cost of dying like America on earth; no coffin, no funeral service, no cemetery, etc. No cemetery and no more cemetery plots.
According to https://www.cdc.gov/chronic-disease/data-research/facts-stats/index.html
“The impact of chronic diseases in America
Ninety percent of the nation's $4.5 trillion in annual health care expenditures are for people with chronic and mental health conditions.”
To the world, the cause of death is disease. In the sight of God, sin the true cause of death.
12. NO MORE SMOKING, DRINKING, GAMBLING, AND PROSTITUTION
People may ask how come the Bible never mentions smoking?
According to https://historycooperative.org/who-invented-the-cigarette/#:~:text
“James Albert Bonsack invented the modern rolled cigarette thanks to his development of the cigarette rolling machine in 1880. This machine automated the process of rolling cigarettes and greatly increased their production, making them more affordable and accessible to a broader population.”
The Bible was completed long before cigarette was invented.
According to https://www.cdc.gov/tobacco/data_statistics/
Cigarette smoking is the leading cause of preventable death in the United States.1
- · Cigarette smoking causes more than 480,000 deaths each year in the United States. This is nearly one in five deaths.1,2,3
- · Smoking causes more deaths each year than the following causes combined:4
- o Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV)
- o Illegal drug use
- o Alcohol use
- o Motor vehicle injuries
- o Firearm-related incidents
- · More than 10 times as many U.S. citizens have died prematurely from cigarette smoking than have died in all the wars fought by the United States.1
- · Smoking causes about 90% (or 9 out of 10) of all lung cancer deaths.1,2 More women die from lung cancer each year than from breast cancer.5
- · Smoking causes about 80% (or 8 out of 10) of all deaths from chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD).1
- · Cigarette smoking increases risk for death from all causes in men and women.1
- · The risk of dying from cigarette smoking has increased over the last 50 years in the U.S.1”
In the Kingdom of Heaven there will be no smokers. By the same token, there will be no tobacco plantation, no cigarette factories, machines or stores; and no air pollution. Do you know on earth I can smell the smell of cigarettes miles away. An asthmatic can not bear smoking.
However, drinking is as old as Noah.
According to https://www.mayoclinic.org/diseases-conditions/alcohol-poisoning/
“Alcohol poisoning is a serious — and sometimes deadly — result of drinking large amounts of alcohol in a short period of time. Drinking too much too quickly can affect breathing, heart rate, body temperature and gag reflex. In some cases, this can lead to a coma and death.
Alcohol poisoning also can occur when adults or children accidentally or intentionally drink household products that contain alcohol.” There will be no drinkers in the Kingdom of Heaven. On earth the most deadly effect is drink and drive and kill.
1Co 6:9-10, “Or do you not know that the unrighteous will not inherit the Kingdom of God? Do not be deceived; neither the sexually immoral, nor idolaters, nor adulterers, nor homosexuals, nor thieves, nor the greedy, nor those habitually drunk, nor verbal abusers, nor swindlers, will inherit the Kingdom of God.”
Many do not know that those habitually drunk will not inherit the Kingdom of God. No more brewing or bars. No more vineyards. No more liquor stores. No more drunkards. Many do not know in America swindlers include doctors, dentists, hospital owners, drug makers, insurance executives, lawyers and bankers will be cast into the eternal Hell.
Luk 22:18, “for I say to you, I will not drink of the fruit of the vine from now on until the Kingdom of God comes.”
What Jesus says of drinking the fruit of the wine may be like water turned into wine.
In my opinion pimping should be awarded with death penalty. A woman who is willing to sell her body not due to abject poverty is a social ill not easy to resolve.
13. NO MORE GARBAGE.
According to https://www.theworldcounts.com/challenges/planet-earth/state-of-the-planet/world-waste-facts
“Every year we dump a massive 2.12 billion tons of waste. If all this waste was put on trucks they would go around the world 24 times. This stunning amount of waste is partly because 99 percent of the stuff we buy is trashed within 6 months.
Waste in many different forms is dumped on the planet. Wikipedia lists over 50 different types of waste. The amount of electronic waste (or e-waste) has been exploding in recent years along with technological developments. Roughly 50 million tons of e-waste is produced a year and most of it is shipped to / dumped in poor countries in Asia and Africa.
Heavy metals and chemicals in e-waste include:
- · Arsenic
- · Lead
- · Cadmium
- · Chromium
- · Flame retardants
- · Vinyl chloride
- · Dioxins
- · Antimony
- · PCB, PCDD, PCDF, DDT… WTF!
These heavy metals and chemicals are are known to affect (not in a good way in case you doubted):
- · The central nervous system
- · The reproductive and endocrine system
- · The immune system
- · Our blood, skeleton, digestive and respiratory systems… basically everything in the human body.
Industrial chemical waste is often very toxic and difficult and costly to dispose of. Some choose to “solve” this problem by exporting the toxic waste to countries with little or no control where it is simply dumped without any treatment of safety measures. In one example, 4,000 tons of toxic waste was shipped to Nigeria and simply dumped. The waste included 150 tons of highly toxic polychlorinated biphenyls, or PCBs, that are known to cause hormone deficiencies and reduced cognitive development in children.
The chemicals leaked into the local river and caused the death of nineteen villagers. Persistent organic pollutants (POPs) are organic chemical substances that pose a serious, global threat to human health and to ecosystems. Because of their persistence, POPs bioaccumulate in people and nature. Even so, many POPs are still used as for example pesticides.”
According to https://www.cbsnews.com/news/great-pacific-garbage-patch-ocean-cleanup-helmsley-trust-grant/
"There are thousands of tons of plastic floating in the oceans. One group trying to collect it just got a boost. The accumulated floating plastic known as the Great Pacific Garbage Patch is 620,000 square miles — nearly twice the size of Texas. One group is trying to clean up the more than 100,000 tons of garbage, one football field of trash every five seconds. Since 2019, The Ocean Cleanup has been collecting the floating plastics for later recycling. And with a new $15 million grant from the Helmsley Charitable Trust — tied to World Ocean Day on June 8 — the group will continue its efforts to remove the garbage, a $189 million project that aims to ultimately remove 15 million pounds of plastic. Removing the plastics now helps prevent an "ecological time bomb" by not allowing these plastics to become microplastics, Matthias Egger, head of environmental and social affairs at the Ocean Cleanup, told CBS News. The marine life that consumes plastics can get eaten by larger prey which in turn can get eaten by humans who end up consuming those initial plastics at the beginning of the food web. Microplastics are found everywhere now – from people's lungs to mother's breast milk. "We are very concerned with the amount of plastics in the ocean and the health risks that are posed from the plastics breaking down and getting into our food chain and eventually getting into our bodies," Walter Panzirer, a trustee at Helmsley which focuses on access to health care, told CBS News. "There's been several scientific studies showing the negative health outcomes of microplastics in the human body."
Angels do not make waste or garbage. Saints will not make waste either. Clean is the Kingdom of Heaven, there is no garbage or filth. There is no sewage or pollution of any kind. All filthy things be gone! When I was a professor at a Chinese university, I thought going to the countryside would be fresh air. Not realizing, the smell of pig farms is worse than city polluted air. In the Kingdom of Heaven, not only there is no garbage, there is also no cause that produces pollution of any kind. Garbage heaps do not exist in the Kingdom of Heaven.
Rom 14:17, “for the kingdom of God is not eating and drinking, but righteousness and peace and joy in the Holy Spirit.”
There will be no TV garbage, computers, movies, mobile phones, etc. Saints who have righteousness, and peace and joy in the Holy Spirit will need entertainment? For that reason I want to attend any worship service, any concert conducted by angels. I also want to attend the new song service of 144,000 special saints.
Rev 14:3, “And they sang a new song before the throne and before the four living creatures and the elders; and no one was able to learn the song except the 144,000 who had been purchased from the earth. These are the ones who have not defiled themselves with women, for they are celibate. These are the ones who follow the Lamb wherever He goes. These have been purchased from mankind as first fruits to God and to the Lamb. And no lie was found in their mouths; they are blameless.”
I am to embrace any activity in the Kingdom of Heaven.
14. NO MORE BUSINESS, INDUSTRY OR TRADE
By the same token, there will be no manufacturing, no more shopping malls, no more hotels, no more shops or stores, no more restaurants, no more banks, no more stocks exchange, no foreign exchange, no selling and buying, etc. I believe there will be no use of money in the Kingdom of Heaven and there is no need.
According to
www.cbc.ca/news/business/tesla-musk-compensation-package
Tesla shareholders approve Elon Musk's $56B US pay package.
According to https://www.visualcapitalist.com/the-highest-paid-ceos/#
The 20 Highest Paid CEOs
The compensation packages of CEOs of S&P 500 companies comprise not just salaries, but bonuses, stock awards, and other incentives. Here are the CEOs of S&P 500 companies that were awarded the highest pay packages last year, and the sectors they belong to.
Search:
CEO | Company | Sector | Total Pay |
Sundar Pichai | Alphabet | Communication Services | $226M |
Michael Rapino | Live Nation Entertainment | Communication Services | $139M |
Tim Cook | Apple | Info Tech | $99M |
Peter Zaffino | American International Group | Financials | $75M |
I always hold that the top executives make so much that the regular employees make so little. This is what America, the West and the world is so proud of capitalism.
When people adamantly and shamelessly makes fraudulent commercials, I feel they should be cast into Hell right away.
15. NO MORE OLD MODES OF TRANSPORTATION
There will be no more bicycles, no more motor vehicles, no more boats and ships, no more airplanes. Also there will be no more pollutions of any kind.
In my opinion, the high speed car race is the most vulgar and useless sport in the world.
16. NO MORE OLD MODES OF ENTERTAINMENT
TVs, Computers, Movies, Mobilephones, etc. will be no more. I do not know whether saints who have righteousness and peace and joy in the Holy Spirit will need entertainment or not.
America makes more and more violent and trashy movies that has no redeeming value. I discover by turning on national TV, one can know all about a nation pretty much.
A nation’s leaders do not seem to know, the more violent and valueless programs that a nation has, the faster the nation becomes violent and corrupt.
Rev 4:5-11, “Out from the throne came flashes of lightning and sounds
and peals of thunder. And there were seven lamps of fire burning before the throne, which are the seven spirits of God; and before the throne there was something like a sea of glass, like crystal; and in the center and around the throne, four living creatures full of eyes in front and
behind. The first living creature was like a lion, the second creature
like a calf, the third creature had a face like that of a man,
and the fourth creature was like a flying eagle. And the four living creatures, each one of them having six wings, are full of eyes around and within; and day and night they do not cease to say,
“HOLY, HOLY, HOLY IS THE LORD GOD, THE ALMIGHTY, who was
and who is and who is to come.” And when the living creatures give glory, honor, and thanks to Him who sits on the throne, to Him who lives forever and ever, the twenty-four elders will fall down before Him
who sits on the throne, and they will worship Him who lives forever
and ever, and will cast their crowns before the throne, saying, “Worthy are You, our Lord and our God, to receive glory and honor and power; for You created all things, and because of Your will they existed, and were created.”
I want to attend all worship services, concerts conducted by angels. I also want to attend the new song service of 144,000 special saints.
Rev 14:3-5, “And they sang a new song before the throne and before the four living creatures and the elders; and no one was able to learn the song
except the 144,000 who had been purchased from
the earth. These are the ones who have not defiled
themselves with women, for they are celibate. These
are the ones who follow the Lamb wherever He goes. These have been purchased from mankind as first fruits to God and to the Lamb. And no lie was found in their mouths; they are blameless.”
Rev 19:4-6, “And the twenty-four elders and the four living creatures fell down and worshipped God who sits on the throne, saying,
“Amen. Hallelujah!” And a voice came from the throne, saying, “Give
praise to our God, all you His bond-servants, you who fear Him, the small and the great.”
Then I heard something like the voice of a great multitude and like
the sound of many waters, and like the sound of mighty peals of thunder, saying, “Hallelujah! For the Lord our God, the Almighty, reigns.”
In the Kingdom of Heaven, God the Almighty reigns. It is not democracy or autocracy, it is Theocracy. God does not rule by democracy, God rules by absolute power and glory.
I know in the Kingdom of Heaven, saints or children of God worship, praise and serve God.There are estimated 2 billion angels who are servants of God. I do not know the initial estimated more than 1 billion saints have what specific duties and responsibilities in the Holy City, the New Jerusalem. Saints do not need to work for a living. There is no labor union. There will be no enemies, no wicked people, no threat, etc. What will 2 billion angels do? What will more than 1 billion saints do?
17. NO UNIVERSITY, SPECIAL SCHOOLS OR SEMINARS
Hab 2:14, “For the earth will be filled with the
knowledge of the glory of the LORD, as the waters cover the sea.”
Rom 11:33, “Oh, the depth of the riches, both of the wisdom and knowledge of God! How unsearchable are His judgments and
unfathomable His ways!”
1Co 13:8, “Love never fails; but if there are gifts of prophecy, they will be done away with; if there are tongues, they will cease; if there is knowledge, it will be done away with.”
NASA's Cyclone Global Navigation Satellite System (CYGNSS), Supercomputers, Unlocking the Mysteries of Ocean Surface Currents and Winds, Ecosystems, medicine, dentistry, pharmacology, engineering, architecture, news media, stocks exchange, currency exchange, finance, nuclear weapons, defense, history, philosophy, languages, accounting, etc. will be useless and worthless knowledge.
I believe the saints do not need to go school to acquire knowledge or skills. The first thing is the language. The language of the angels is the language of the Kingdom of Heaven, not English or Chinese. The saints will be equipped and given the abilities to speak and know the language of angels naturally. The saints do not need to learn. The same thing like the ability to fly will be given naturally, the saints will not need to learn whatever the skills are required in Heaven. However, I do not believe we will have equal knowledge just as we do not have equal position and authority in Heaven. For example, Apostle Paul who is a member of the top Twelve will instinctively know more and have more power and authority than the lowly me. There is no democracy and equality in Heaven. There is a hierarchy set up by God where Jesus Christ is Chief or the Head of everyone and everything.
Col 1:15-19, “He is the image of the invisible God, the firstborn of all creation: for by Him all things were created, both in the Heavens and on earth, visible and invisible, whether thrones, or dominions, or rulers, or
authorities—all things have been created through Him and for Him.
He is before all things, and in Him all things hold together. He is also the Head of the body, the Church; and He is the beginning, the firstborn from the dead, so that He Himself will come to have first place in everything. For it was the Father’s good pleasure for all the fullness to dwell in Him.”
THE FORMER THINGS
I do not know “the former things” which pass away include what.
I know many pastors assure their members that they will recognize their spouses in the Kingdom of Heaven. Base on the Word of God, “Then He who sat on the throne said, “Behold, I make all things new.”
I do not know “all things new” include what. I have the hunch you would recognize and remember the persons you love most when on earth. So I advocate to love your mother while you can. In the Kingdom of Heaven, your mother will not need anything or any service. No more TVs, computers, movies, mobile phones, or any electronic gadgets. What will be the new communication system we do not know; it must be better, more effective, and can last for eternity.
B. NEW THINGS
1. THE TABERNACLE OF GOD
Rev 21:3, “And I heard a loud voice from the throne, saying, “Behold, the tabernacle of God is among the people, and He will dwell among them, and they shall be His people, and God Himself will be among them.”
Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges
“A Voice from Heaven of Blessing and Judgement, Revelation 21:3-83. out of heaven] Read, out of the Throne; cf. Revelation 19:5.
the tabernacle of God] i.e. the Shechinah, the divine Presence, see on Revelation 7:15. So in the next words,
he will dwell with them] Lit., have His tabernacle with them, the verb being the same as in St John’s Gospel John 1:14; though the prepositions “among” and “with” are different.
his people] The word is a plural: peoples, though used in modern English, at least as a Gallicism, is scarcely (see however Revelation 10:11, Revelation 17:15) admitted in the English of the A. V. It would not do to translate “His nations,” for in Hellenistic language, representing O. T. usage, “the nations” means Gentiles, and “the people” Israel. Here therefore the use of this word in the plural has a special significance: all nations shall be God’s people, in the sense that one nation only has been hitherto.
(and be) their God] There is considerable authority for the omission of this clause. If it be retained, it is a question of taste whether to insert the words in brackets, or to render “God Himself, their own God, shall be with them”—something like Psalm 67:6. There may be a reminiscence of the name Immanuel: there certainly is of Jeremiah 24:7 &c.; Ezekiel 11:20 &c.; Zechariah 8:8, whether on St John’s part or only on that of his copyists.”
I hope my mansion in the Holy City, the New Jerusalem, is near the Tabernacle of God. Perhaps distance then may have different perspective.
2. TWENTY-FOUR ELDERS
Rev 4:4, “Around the throne were twenty-four
thrones; and upon the thrones I saw twenty-four
elders sitting, clothed in white garments, and golden crowns on their heads.”
“Revelation 4:4. The twenty-four elders whom John sees sitting[1720] on the twenty-four thrones standing about the throne of God[1721] are, in like manner, the heavenly representatives of the entire people of God; as, in Isaiah 24:23, the elders are regarded the earthly heads and representatives of the entire Church.[1722] For, that these twenty-four elders are human, and not a “selection of the entire host of heaven,”[1723] nor angels,[1724] is decided by their designation, that which is ascribed to them (white robes and crowns), and the entire mode of their employment.[1725] …and according to intimations like Revelation 15:3 (the song of Moses and the Lamb), is more immediate, and because, by this mode of statement, the twenty-four elders appearing in personal definitiveness can the more appropriately represent the O. and N. T. Churches. ...’”
Nobody knows where the twenty-four elders come from. I believe God selected and appointed the twenty-four elders to be the administrative and executive authorities in the Kingdom of Heaven under the supreme Leader, the Lord Jesus Christ who is the King of kings and Lord of lords. It seems the twenty-four elders also do the priestly function.
Rev 4:8-11, “And the four living creatures, each one of them having six wings, are full of eyes around and within; and day and nigh they do not cease to say,
“HOLY, HOLY, HOLY IS THE LORD GOD, THE ALMIGHTY,
who was and who is and who is to come.” And when the living creatures give glory, honor, and thanks to Him who sits on the throne, to Him who lives forever and ever, the twenty-four
elders will fall down before Him who sits on the throne, and they will worship Him who lives forever and ever, and will cast their crowns before
the throne, saying,
“Worthy are You, our Lord and our God, to receive glory and honor
and power; for You created all things, and because of Your will they existed, and were created.”
Without doubt, the four living creatures were directly created by God.
Rev 5:8, “When He had taken the scroll, the four living creatures and
the twenty-four elders fell down before the Lamb, each one
holding a harp and golden bowls full of incense, which are the prayers of the saints.”
Rev 11:16, “And the twenty-four elders, who sit on their thrones before God, fell on their faces and worshiped God.”
Rev 19:4, “And the twenty-four elders and the four living creatures fell down and worshipped God who sits on the throne, saying, “Amen. Hallelujah!”
3. COMMUNICATION
Since God is Spirit and all His children have spiritual bodies, God can communicate will all His children in the Kingdom of Heaven, instantly and simultaneously, without any trouble. As to what kind of communication system, I do not know. I believe there will be no TVs, no computers or cell phones. How do I communicate with the Holy Father, Jesus Christ my Lord, and the holy community I do not know.
4. HEAVENLY CALENDAR
Although there will be no nights in the Kingdom of Heaven, there must be a Heavenly Calendar. We do not know whether like on the earth, 24 hours are counted a day, 7 days are counted a week, 30 days are counted a month, and 12 months are counted a year. What year is the Kingdom of Heaven? How do one keep the time in an eternal Kingdom? Of course God can make new things that we know nothing about. Calendar is necessary to keep the time even though the Kingdom of God is timeless and eternal. Calendar is also necessary for conducting activity. For example, If I were given a private audience with the Holy Father, I must know the time (year, month, day and hour), otherwise how do I keep the appointment?
5. FOOD AND DRINK
I know angels do not depend on food and drink to live. In other words, angels do not need food and drink to live. Angels will never die. Saints will be like angels, do not need food and drink to live. Saints will never die because they have been given eternal life.
Rev 22:2, “in the middle of its street. On either side of the river was
the tree of life, bearing twelve kinds of fruit, yielding its fruit every month; and the leaves of the tree were for the healing of the nations.”
According to https://bibleportal.com/commentary/section/adam-clarke/564733
“The tree of life - An allusion to Genesis 2:9 . As this tree of life is stated to be in the streets of the city, and on each side of the river, tree must here be an enallage of the singular for the plural number, trees of life, or trees which yielded fruit by which life was preserved. The account in Ezekiel is this: "And by the river, upon the bank thereof, on this side and on that side, shall grow all trees for meat, whose leaf shall not fade - it shall bring forth new fruit, according to his months - and the fruit thereof shall be for meat, and the leaf thereof for medicine;" Ezekiel 47:12 .
Twelve manner of fruits - Καρπους δωδεκα· Twelve fruits; that is, fruit twelve times in the year, as is immediately explained, yielded her fruit every month. As this was a great and spacious city, one fountain was not sufficient to provide water for it, therefore a river is mentioned; a great river, by which it was sufficiently watered. Some think that by this tree of life the Gospel is indicated; the twelve fruits are the twelve apostles; and the leaves are Gospel doctrines by which the nations - the Gentiles, are healed of the disease of sin. But this seems to be a fanciful interpretation.”
Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges
2. In the midst … of the river] The picture is, almost certainly, that the river runs along the broad high-street or piazza (see on Revelation 11:8, Revelation 21:21, and note that, if the mountain be pyramidal, the “street” is cruciform), and rows or plantations, all of the one tree, stand along the banks on either side. But the exact construction and punctuation is not quite certain: that assumed in the A. V. is not very likely. Either we may punctuate as the Revised Version, connecting “in the midst of the street thereof” with the preceding sentence, or else we should probably translate, “Midway between the street of it and the river, on this side and on that:” i.e. there is a “street” or boulevard on each side of the river, and parted from the river by a sort of quay, in the midst of which is a row of the trees. It can hardly be meant that there is a single plant of the tree, as in the old Paradise (Genesis 2:9), for how could one tree grow “on this side and on that of the river?” and the words would hardly bear the sense “in the midst of the street thereof and of the river, with them running on this side and on that of it.” It would be awkward to represent the tree as growing in the midst of the river: and though there is a difference between this Paradise and the old in the multiplication of the tree, it is all, as it should be, in favour of the new.
the tree of life] Genesis 2:9, cp. chap. Revelation 2:7; where the likeness, not the difference, between the arrangement of this Paradise and the old is brought out.
every month] Yet there can hardly be months and years when there is no moon nor sun. It is not, however, certain that this is the case here: see on Revelation 21:23. But the real meaning is, that the fruit is always in season, and never cloys.
and the leaves … healing] Ezekiel 47:12.
the nations] Those outside the city: see on Revelation 21:24. This is perhaps the only passage in Scripture which suggests that, even after the Day of Judgement, there may be a process of purification for those whom that Day finds in a state of salvation, but imperfectly sanctified. But though it cannot be denied that this passage suggests this, it would be very rash to say that it proves it. It is quite possible that it is only at their first admission to the new earth that “the nations” have any need of “healing.” Surely no one can doubt, that this need will be felt by almost all, perhaps by all, who are saved at the last. Even if they were what we rightly account to be saints on earth they need a “healing” of their surviving sins before they are fit for heaven. They may receive this at the moment of death, as most Protestants suppose, or between death and judgement, as (in different forms) was supposed by some of the fathers and by the modern Roman Church. But apparently the oldest belief was that the work would be done at the moment of Judgement; see Comm. on 1 Corinthians 3:13-15 : and this passage is quite in harmony with that view.”
“Verse 2. - In the midst of the street of it. This sentence appears to belong to the preceding verse, as in the Revised Version. For
(1) the καί, "and," which follows, seems the beginning of the fresh feature of the description (cf. ver. 1); and
(2) the account here given is evidently derived from Ezekiel 47, where the river is connected with trees, but no such mention is made of streets. And on either side of the river, was there the tree of life; and on this side of the river and on that was the tree of life. The beginning of the new sentence (vide supra). The singular "tree" seems intended to be understood generically of the whole of that class of trees. For this reason probably the LXX. renders the Hebrew of Ezekiel 47:7 by the plural "trees." We may see in this bountiful supply of the trees of life an image of the abundance of grace and life in store for the redeemed (cf. the description in Ezekiel 47.). Which bare twelve manner of fruits, and yielded her fruit every month; rather, twelve crops of fruit, yielding its fruit every month; i.e. one crop m each month. The number twelve signifies completeness (see on Revelation 4:9; 7:4-9, etc.). This fruit is yielded twelve times as often as ordinary fruit. The signification, therefore, is that there is an ever present supply. The fruit is not of twelve different kinds; the tree of life bears but one kind (cf. Ezekiel 47:12. "And by the river upon the bank thereof, on this side and on that side, shall grow all trees for meat, whose leaf shall not fade, neither shall the fruit thereof be consumed: it shall bring forth new fruit according to his months"). And the leaves of the tree were for the healing of the nations (cf. Ezekiel 47:12, quoted above, "And the fruit thereof shall be for meat, and the leaf thereof for medicine"). "The nations" are not the heathen, but the multitude of the redeemed, gathered out of every nation (see on Revelation 21:24). It is, of course, not implied that there is, in the new Jerusalem, any disease which needs healing, but the tree of life is put forward as the means by which the perpetual health and life and general well being of the inhabitants are sustained. Revelation 22:2.”
It is not clear whether the saints will eat twelve kinds of the fruit of life,
or eating the fruit every month.
Rev 22:17, “The Spirit and the bride say, “Come.” And let the one who hears say, “Come.” And let the one who is thirsty come; let the one who desires, take the water of life without cost.”
It is not clear whether the saints will become thirsty, or they must take the water of life.Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges
“The Spirit and the Bride, Revelation 22:1717. And the Spirit &c.] “The Bride” is, it is here implied, the Church on earth, imploring her Lord about to come to her. But the Bride throughout this book has been the perfect or heavenly Church; notice the identification of the Church in both states. Notice also the identity of St Paul’s doctrine, and in part of his imagery, Galatians 4:26 : Ephesians 5:25 sqq. “The Spirit” is, as in Romans 8:26, the Spirit dwelling in or inspiring the faithful: the Spirit says, “Come!” when He teaches the Bride to say it.
Come] The word is (in the true text) the same here as in Revelation 6:1; Revelation 6:3; Revelation 6:5; Revelation 6:7.
let him that heareth say, Come] The prayers of the Church are prayed, not preached; yet they do serve for instruction to those who only “hear” them: by hearing they are educated to join in them. Cf. Colossians 3:16.
let him that is athirst] Isaiah 55:1.
come] Correlative to the “coming” of Christ to us is our “coming” to Him. The invocation “Come!” in the earlier clauses is certainly addressed to Him, so that this does not express the answer to it. But it is evident (even more evident in the Greek than in the English) that the thought is present of the one coming being correlative to the other. We come to Christ, that we may learn to “love His appearing,” and be able to cry to Him “Come,” instead of fearing it.
and whosoever &c.] Omit “and”: the last clause of the verse is rather explanatory of the preceding one than coordinate with it.
freely] i.e. “without money and without price:” see on Revelation 21:6.”
The salvation of God is always without money and without price.
In the Kingdom of Heaven, there is no toilet or no need of toilet. There is no sewage. There is no stinking smell. Since Saints do not eat chicken, duck, geese, etc. anymore, for that reason they may not exist in the Kingdom of Heaven. The children of God will not eat beef, pork, mutton, etc. So those animals will not exist in the Kingdom of Heaven. On earth famines occurred in many times and many places. There will be no famine in the Kingdom of Heaven. Besides the fruits of life and the waters of life, I do not know what saints will eat.
6. ANGELS
Mat 22:30, “For in the resurrection they neither marry nor are given
in marriage, but are like angels in Heaven.”
Not only there is no procreation, no sexual intercourse. No sexual orientation. No gender.
Mark hath the same, Mark 12:24,25, only he propounds it as a question, Do ye not therefore err, because ye know, not the Scriptures? Luke saith, Luke 20:34,35, And Jesus answering said unto them, The children of this world marry, and are given in marriage: but they which shall be accounted worthy to obtain that world, and the resurrection from the dead, neither marry, nor are given in marriage: neither can they die any more: for they are equal unto the angels; and are the children of God, being the children of the resurrection. The discourse of the Sadducees was bottomed upon this mistake, that there should not only be a resurrection of bodies, but of relations too; and the state of the world to come should be like the state of this world, in, which, for the propagation and continuance of mankind, men and women marry, and are given in marriage. Now, saith our Saviour, your error is bottomed in your ignorance, because ye know not the Scriptures, ( which indeed is the foundation of all men’s errors in matter of faith),
nor the power of God. If you knew the power of God, you would know that God is able to raise the dead. To confirm our faith in the resurrection, the Scripture every where sendeth us to the consideration of the Divine power, Romans 8:11 Philippians 3:21. If you knew the Scriptures, you would know that God will raise the dead, and the state of men in the resurrection shall not be as in this life, where men and women die daily; and in case they did not marry and give in marriage, the generation of men would quickly be extinct. But (saith Luke) they who shall be accounted worthy to obtain that world, and the resurrection from the dead. It is manifest by the first words, that the latter words are not to be understood of the general resurrection, (to which all shall come, worthy or unworthy), but of the resurrection unto life; that resurrection which is not the mere effect of Divine providence, necessary in order to the last judgment, but that resurrection to life which is the effect of Christ’s purchase. And this is observable, that the resurrection from the dead will be of so little advantage, nay, of such miserable disadvantage, to wicked men, that the Scripture sometimes speaketh of the resurrection as if it were peculiar to saints, 1 Corinthians 15:22 Philippians 3:11; so in this text. Hence Luke calls them afterward, the children of the resurrection; not that others shall not rise, but the children of God alone shall be the favourites of the resurrection, those who shall rise as children to an eternal inheritance. Concerning the state of persons in the resurrection our Saviour thus describes it: that men and women there shall be
as the angels, not in all things, but in the things mentioned, which are two, one of them mentioned by Matthew, both by Luke:
1. They shall not die any more.
2. They shall not marry, nor be given in marriage.
The first showeth the needlessness of the latter, for one great reason of marriage was to supply the gaps which death maketh in the world; but men shall not die any more, therefore there will be no need of conjugal relations amongst men, more than among angels. The children of this world (saith Luke) marry, and are given in marriage. Marriage was only an institution for this world, and is to continue no longer than this world stands; for the state of men in another world will be such as needs it not, being a state of immortality, so not needing it for propagation; and a state for perfection, and so not needing it for mutual help in the affairs of man’s life, nor a remedy against extravagant lust.”
We hardly know about angels. We do not know the body structure or anatomy of an angel. We do not know the height of angels. Saints will have the same height like angels, neither tall nor short. We know angels have no sex. In the Kingdom of Heaven, there will be no sexual, no bisexual, so homosexual, no heterosexual. There is no such a thing called LGBTQ in the Kingdom of Heaven.
1Ki 22:19, “And Micaiah said, “Therefore, hear the Word of the LORD. I saw the LORD sitting on His throne, and all the angels of Heaven standing by Him on His right and on His left.”
Angels of Heaven are standing on the throne of the LORD on His right and on His left.
Psa 78:25, “Man ate the bread of angels; He sent them food in abundance.”
Was manna the bread of angels?
Psalm 78:25. Man did eat angels’ food — Such as was given by the ministry of angels, and, as the Chaldee reads it, descended from the dwelling of angels. Or, it may be so called because of its excellence, such food as might suit angels, if they needed or could eat food, and such as had some resemblance or relation to the nature of angels, in regard of its heavenly original, its pure and refined substance, its vigour and efficacy in preserving and nourishing those who used it according to God’s appointment. The Hebrew, לחם אבירים, lechem abirim, is literally, the bread of the mighty. So the margin reads it, Every one, even the least child in Israel, did eat the bread of the mighty. The common Israelites fed upon as palatable, wholesome, delicious, nourishing, strengthening, and invigorating food, as the greatest nobles and princes used to do. He sent them meat to the full — Which may refer either, 1st, To the flesh mentioned in the following verses, which God gave them even to satiety or glutting, as he threatened he would do, Numbers 11:18-20. Or rather, 2d, To the manna, of which he is here speaking, which he gave them in such plenty, that their desire of other food could not proceed from their necessity, but merely from wantonness and lust. We must not neglect to observe here, that this manna, which was given to Israel by a miracle from heaven, was typical of that spiritual or living bread, or bread of life, that doctrine and merits of Christ, which, in due time, was to “come down from heaven to give life unto the world:” see John 6:31-58. Hence it is termed by St. Paul spiritual meat, as the water out of the rock, emblematical of the Holy Spirit, is termed spiritual drink. Reader, see that thou apply for and partake of both, for both are necessary to thy salvation; and thus thou wilt be brought to feed on angels’ food, literally and indeed, and shalt be made a happy partaker of everlasting felicity.”
Psa 78:49, “He sent His burning anger upon them, fury and indignation and trouble, a band of destroying angels.”
God in His burning anger may send a band of destroying angels to punish and destroy the wicked. How comfortable a thought, in the Kingdom of Heaven there will be no wicked persons.
Psa 91:11, “For He will give His angels orders concerning you,
to protect you in all your ways.”
God may give His angels orders concerning His children to protect them in all their ways.
Psa 103:20-21, “Bless the LORD, you His angels, mighty in strength, who perform His Word, obeying the voice of His Word! Bless the LORD, all you His angels, you who serve Him, doing His will.”
The angels of the Lord are mighty in strength, who perform His Word, who serve Him, doing His will.
It is estimated there are two billion angels in Heaven, the mighty heavenly Armies of the Lord. The Kingdom of Heaven is safe and secure, because the devil and his angels and all the wicked have been thrown into Hell already.
Isa 24:21, “So it will happen on that day, that the LORD will punish the rebellious angels of Heaven on high, and the kings of the earth on earth.”
One of the unthinkable and mystery of evil was why the angels of Heaven on high rebel?
Rev 12:7-9, “And there was war in Heaven, Michael and his angels waging war with the dragon. The dragon and his angels waged war, and they did not prevail, and there was no longer a place found for them in Heaven. And the great dragon was thrown
down, the serpent of old who is called the devil and Satan, who deceives the whole world; he was thrown down to the earth, and his angels were thrown down with him.”
Verses 7, 8. - And there was war in heaven. The passage vers. 7-13 is an interruption of the narrative of the persecution of the woman by Satan. It is caused, apparently, by a desire to account in some degree for the relentless hostility of the devil towards God and his Church. Two explanations of the passage may be referred to.
(1) Vers. 7-13 relate to the period anterior to the Creation, concerning which we have a slight hint in Jude 1:6. This, on the whole, seems to agree best with the general sense of the chapter, and to present fewest difficulties. Thus:
(a) It accounts for the insertion of the passage (see above).
(b) The war is directly between the devil and Michael, not between the devil and Christ, as at the Incarnation and Resurrection.
(c) Vers. 8 and 9 seem to require a more literal interpretation than that which makes them refer to the effects of Christ's resurrection.
(d) It was not at the period of the Incarnation that the scene of Satan's opposition was transferred to the earth, as described in ver. 12.
(e) The song of the heavenly voice may be intended to end with the word Christ (ver. 10), and the following passages may be the words of the writer of the Apocalypse, and may refer to the earthly martyrs (see on ver. 10).
(f) This attempt of the devil in heaven may be alluded to in John 1:5, "The darkness overcame it not" (see also John 12:35).
(2) The passage may refer to the incarnation and resurrection of Christ, and the victory then won over the devil. This interpretation renders the whole passage much more figurative.
(a) Michael is the type of mankind, which in the Person of Jesus Christ vanquishes the devil.
(b) Subsequent to the Resurrection Satan is no more allowed to accuse men before God in heaven, as he has done previously (see Job 1; Zechariah 3:1; 1 Kings 22:19-22); he is thus the accuser cast down (ver. 10), and his place is no more found in heaven (ver. 8).
(c) The earth and sea represent the worldly and tumultuous nations. Perhaps the strongest argument in favour of the second view is found in Luke 10:18 and John 12:31. Michael and his angels fought against the dragon; Michael and his angels [going forth] to war with the dragon (Revised Version). Alford explains the infinitive phrase as compounded of the genitive τοῦ and depending upon ἐγένετο. Michael (מָי־כאֵל) signifies, "Who is like to God?" We may compare this with the cry of the worldly in Revelation 13:4, "Who is like unto the beast?" In Daniel, Michael is the prince who stands up for the people of Israel (Daniel 12:1; Daniel 10:13, 21). Michael, "the archangel," is alluded to in Jude 1:9 as the great opposer of Satan. St. John, perhaps borrowing the name from Daniel, puts forward Michael as the chief of those who remained faithful to the cause of God in the rebellion of Satan and his angels. The angels of the dragon are the stars of ver. 4, which he drew with him to the earth, and possibly the reference to this event in ver. 4 gives rise to the account in vers. 7-13. Some commentators interpret the war here described as that between the Church and the world. Michael is thus made to be symbolical of Christ, and some have no difficulty in indicating a particular man (such as Licinius) as the antitype of the dragon. And the dragon fought and his angels, and prevailed not; neither was their place found any more in heaven. The Greek is stronger, not even their place, etc. Οὐδέ is read in א, A, B, C, Andreas, Arethas; οὔτε is found in P, 1, 17, and others. So complete was the defeat of Satan that he was no longer permitted to remain in heaven in any capacity. Revelation 12:7.”
Many do not know, the devil is the present ruler of the world, all dictators and oppressors are agents of the devil.
Isa 14:12-15, “How you are fallen from Heaven,
O Lucifer, son of the morning! How you are cut down to the ground, you who weakened the nations!
For you have said in your heart: ‘I will ascend into Heaven, I will exalt my throne above the stars of God; I will also sit on the mount of the congregation on the farthest sides of the north; I will ascend above the heights of the clouds, I will be like the Most High.’ Yet you shall be brought down to Sheol, to the lowest depths of the Pit.”
“How art thou fallen from heaven - A new image is presented here. It is that of the bright morning star; and a comparison of the once magnificent monarch with that beautiful star. He is now exhibited as having fallen from his place in the east to the earth. His glory is dimmed; his brightness quenched. Nothing can be more poetic and beautiful than a comparison of a magnificent monarch with the bright morning star! Nothing more striking in representing his death, than the idea of that star falling to the earth! Lucifer - Margin, 'Day-star' (הילל hēylēl, from הלל hâlal, "to shine"). The word in Hebrew occurs as a noun nowhere else. In two other places Ezekiel 21:12; Zechariah 11:2, it is used as a verb in the imperative mood of Hiphil, and is translated 'howl' from the verb ילל yālal, "to howl" or "cry." Gesenius and Rosenmuller suppose that it should be so rendered here. So Noyes renders it, 'Howl, son of the morning!' But the common translation seems to be preferable. The Septuagint renders it, Ἑωσφόρος Heōsphoros, and the Vulgate, 'Lucifer, the morning star.' The Chaldee, 'How art thou fallen from high, who wert splendid among the sons of men.' There can be no doubt that the object in the eve of the prophet was the bright morning star; and his design was to compare this magnificent oriental monarch with that. The comparison of a monarch with the sun, or the other heavenly bodies, is common in the Scriptures. Son of the morning - This is a Hebraism (see the note at Matthew 1:1), and signifies that that bright star is, as it were, the production, or the offspring of morning; or that it belongs to the morning. The word 'son' often thus denotes possession, or that one thing belongs to another. The same star in one place represents the Son of God himself; Revelation 21:16 : 'I am - the bright and morning star.'Which didst weaken the nations - By thy oppressions and exactions, rendering once mighty nations feeble.”
The funny part was Lucifer attempted to use force to rebel against the Most High. Didn’t rebellious angels know that all powers were given by God? There is no power that can match the power of God. Well, unholy ambition not only blinds mankind, it also blinds angels.
Luk 10:18, “And He said to them, “I watched Satan fall from Heaven
like lightning.”
I beheld (ἐθεώρουν)
The verb denotes calm, intent, continuous contemplation of an object which remains before the spectator. So John 1:14, we beheld, implying that Jesus' stay upon earth, though brief, was such that his followers could calmly and leisurely contemplate his glory. Compare John 2:23 :" they beheld his miracles," thoughtfully and attentively. Here it denotes the rapt contemplation of a vision. The imperfect, was beholding, refers either to the time when the seventy were sent forth, or to the time of the triumphs which they are here relating. "While you were expelling the sub-ordinates, I was beholding the Master fall" (Godet). The Revisers do not seem to have had any settled principle in their rendering of this word throughout the New Testament. See my article on the Revised New Testament, Presbyterian Review, October, 1881, p. 646 sq.
Satan
A transcription of the Hebrew word, derived from a verb to lie in wait or oppose. Hence an adversary. In this sense, of David, 1 Samuel 29:4, and of the angel who met Balaam, Numbers 22:22. Compare Zechariah 3:1, Zechariah 3:2; Job 1, Job 2:1-13. Διάβλος, devil, is the more common term in the New Testament. In Revelation 12:9, both terms are applied to him.
As lightning
Describing vividly a dazzling brilliance suddenly quenched.
Fall (πεσόντα)
Lit., having fallen. The aorist marks the instantaneous fall, like lightning.”
Satan or devil was once a high-ranking angel who wanted to be like the Most High and fell from Heaven.
Mat 24:36, “But about that day and hour no one
knows, not even the angels of Heaven, nor the Son, but the Father alone.”
This Scripture has often been misinterpreted. It is important to remind the readers that the statement made by Jesus before He was glorified. After Jesus rose from the dead by the power of God, He said,
Mat 28:18-20, “And Jesus came up and spoke to them, saying, “All authority in Heaven and on earth has been given to Me. Go, therefore, and make disciples of all the nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and the Son and the Holy Spirit, teaching them to follow all that I commanded you; and behold, I am with you always, to the end of the world.”
By this time Jesus knows “that day and hour” He is coming back to earth. As it is written, Rev 22:20, “He who testifies to these things says, “Yes, I AM coming quickly.” Amen. Come, Lord Jesus.”
“He which testifieth these things - The Lord Jesus; for he it was that had, through the instrumentality of the angel, borne this solemn witness to the truth of these things, and this book was to be regarded as his revelation to mankind. See the notes on Revelation 1:1; Revelation 22:16. He here speaks of himself, and vouches for the truth and reality of these things by saying that he "testifies" of them, or bears witness to them. Compare John 18:37. The fact that Jesus himself vouches for the truth of what is here revealed, shows the propriety of what John had said in the previous verses about adding to it, or taking from it.
Saith, Surely I come quickly - That is, the development of these events will soon begin - though their consummation may extend into far distant ages, or into eternity. See the notes on Revelation 1:1, Revelation 1:3; Revelation 22:7, Revelation 22:10.
Amen - A word of solemn affirmation or assent. See the notes on Matthew 6:13. Here it is to be regarded as the expression of John, signifying his solemn and cheerful assent to what the Saviour had said, that he would come quickly. It is the utterance of a strong desire that it might be so. He longed for his appearing.
Even so - These, too, are the words of John, and are a response to what the Saviour had just said. In the original, it is a response in the same language which the Saviour had used, and the beauty of the passage is marred by the translation "Even so." The original is, "He which testifieth to these things saith, Yea - ναὶ nai - I come quickly. Amen. Yea - ναὶ nai - come, Lord Jesus." It is the utterance of desire in the precise language which the Saviour had used - heart responding to heart.
Come, Lord Jesus - That is, as here intended, "Come in the manner and for the objects referred to in this book." The language, however, is expressive of the feeling of piety in a more extended sense, and may be used to denote a desire that the Lord Jesus would come in any and every manner; that he would come to impart to us the tokens of his presence; that he would come to bless his truth and to revive his work in the churches; that he would come to convert sinners, and to build up his people in holiness; that he would come to sustain us in affliction, and to defend us in temptation; that he would come to put a period to idolatry, superstition, and error, and to extend the knowledge of his truth in the world; that he would come to set up his kingdom on the earth, and to rule in the hearts of people; that he would come to receive us to his presence, and to gather his redeemed people into his everlasting kingdom. It was appropriate to the aged John, suffering exile in a lonely island, to pray that the Lord Jesus would speedily come to take him to himself; and there could have been no more suitable close of this marvelous book than the utterance of such a desire. And it is appropriate for us as we finish its contemplation, disclosing so much of the glories of the heavenly world, and the blessedness of the redeemed in their final state, when we think of the earth, with its sorrows, trials, and cares, to respond to the prayer, and to say, "Come, Lord Jesus, come quickly." For that glorious coming of the Son of God, when he shall gather his redeemed people to himself, may all who read these notes be finally prepared. Amen.”
All these Scriptures testify that Jesus Christ knows when HE is coming again and indirectly it also proves that the Lord can notify the angels instantaneously even without any electronic gadgets.
Mat 13:39, “and the enemy who sowed them is the devil, and the harvest is the end of the WORLD; and the reapers are angels.”
The world will come to an end, and the reapers are angels.
Mat 13:41, “The Son of Man will send forth His angels, and they will gather out of His Kingdom all stumbling blocks, and those who commit
lawlessness.”
There will be no stumbling blocks and those who commit lawlessness in the Kingdom of Heaven.
Mat 13:49, “So it will be at the end of the world: the angels will come forth and remove the wicked from among the righteous.”
In America crimes and frauds are rampant, there are so many bad people: bad employer, bad supervisor, bad employee, bad business,
bad banker, bad landlord, bad cop, bad official, bad crook… Whatever is ill in this world, for sure it will not exist in the Kingdom of Heaven.
Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible
“So shall it be at the end of the world,.... As the fisherman, when he has drawn his net to shore, picks out the good fish, and puts them into proper vessels, and casts the dead, putrid, and useless fish away; so, at the close of time, in the last day, the angels shall come forth out of heaven, from the presence of God and Christ, and by his orders, as the judge of all the earth, and sever the wicked from the just; with whom they have had not only civil conversation, but have been joined in a Gospel church state; but now these ungodly shall not stand in judgment with them; nor these sinners, these hypocrites, in the congregation of the righteous: the one will be set at Christ's right hand, the other at his left; the one will go into life eternal, and the other into everlasting punishment; and their separation from one another will be for ever.”
Angels will remove the wicked from the Kingdom of Heaven so that there will be no more enemies and no threat. This will be the greatest triumph of justice.
By the grace of God I live to be an old man. I have discovered the problems of the world are not the world but the wicked. 1Sa 24:13, “As the proverb of the ancients says, ‘Out of the wicked comes wickedness'; but my hand
shall not be against you.”
This is the best explanation of the origin of wickedness. As for me, mankind is the most greedy, most fraudulent, most deceptive, most self-centered, most self-seeking, most arrogant, most disgusting, most dishonest, most undependable, most evil, and most wicked. Today the world is ruled and run by the wicked in all areas and they are agents of the devil. You cannot have a good world filled with bad people. Wicked people make a wicked world. It is simple as that. When angels “remove the wicked from among the righteous”, it is better than to have guns control or complete nuclear disarmament.
The once famous and unrighteous American and world politicians and high-ranking officials will all be removed from among the righteous by the angels. Not one of them escapes.
Mat 16:27, “For the Son of Man is going to come in the glory of His Father with His angels, and WILL THEN REPAY EVERY PERSON
ACCORDING TO HIS DEEDS.”
The Judge of the living and dead will repay every person according to his/her deeds. The Scripture clearly says his deeds, because there will be no more genders in eternity.
Mat 18:10, “See that you do not look down on one of these little ones; for I say to you that their angels in Heaven continually see the face of My Father who is in Heaven.”
Every little one has his angel, their angels in Heaven continually see the face of our Father who is in Heaven.
Mat 24:31, “And He will send forth His angels with A GREAT TRUMPET
BLAST, and THEY WILL GATHER TOGETHER His elect from the four winds, from one end of the sky to the other.”
When Jesus comes again, the children of God will hear A GREAT TRUMPET BLAST, and His angels will GATHER TOGETHER His elect from the four winds. Four winds mean from the from the uttermost part of the earth.
Mat 25:31, “But when the Son of Man comes in His glory, and all the angels with Him, then He will sit on His glorious throne.”
When Jesus comes again in His glory, only God knows the number of the angels with Him. I know it will be a glorious scene. NO political gathering on earth can compare to it.
Mat 25:41, “Then He will also say to those on His left, ‘Depart from Me, you accursed people, into the eternal Fire which has been prepared for the devil and his angels.”
Hell, the eternal Fire, WHICH was originally prepared by God for the devil and his angels (rebellious angels). But the unbelievers and the wicked are accursed people who will join the devil and rebellious angels in eternal Fire.
Luk 9:26, “For whoever is ashamed of Me and My Words, the Son of Man will be ashamed of him when He comes in His glory and the glory of the Father and the holy angels.”
Luk 12:8, “Now I say to you, everyone who confesses
Me before people, the Son of Man will also confess
him before the angels of God.”
Luk 12:9, “but the one who denies Me before people
will be denied before the angels of God.”
Luk 15:10, “In the same way, I tell you, there is joy in the presence of the angels of God over one sinner who repents.”
The angels of God rejoice over one sinner who repents. Will you repent to save yourself?
Luk 16:22, ““Now it happened that the poor man died and was carried
away by the angels to Abraham's arms; and the rich man also died and was buried.”
Lazarus was so important that when he died he was carried away by the angels to Abraham’ s arms. When I die I hope the Heavenly Father sends one angel to carry me to Heaven.
Luk 20:36, “for they cannot even die anymore, for they are like angels, and are sons of God, being sons of the resurrection.”
The sons of God cannot die anymore, for they are like angels. We do not know how much yet the sons of God will be like angels.
Jhn 1:51, “And He said to him, “Truly, truly, I say to you, you will see Heaven opened and the angels of God ascending and descending on the Son of Man.”
Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges
“51. Verily, verily] The double ‘verily’ occurs 25 times in this Gospel, and nowhere else, always in the mouth of Christ. It introduces a truth of special solemnity and importance. The single ‘verily’ occurs about 30 times in Matthew 14 in Mark , , 7 in Luke. The word represents the Hebrew ‘Amen,’ which in the LXX. never means ‘verily.’ In the Gospels it has no other meaning. The ‘Amen’ at the end of sentences (Matthew 6:13; Matthew 28:20; Mark 16:20; Luke 24:53; John 21:25) is in every case of doubtful authority.
unto you] Plural; all present are addressed, Andrew, John, Peter (James), and Philip, as well as Nathanael.
Hereafter] Better, from henceforth; from this point onwards Christ’s Messianic work of linking earth to heaven, and re-establishing free intercourse between man and God, goes on. But the word is wanting in the best MSS.
heaven open] Better, the heaven opened; made open and remaining so.
the angels of God] Like John 1:47, an apparent reference to the life of Jacob, perhaps suggested by the scene, which may have been near to Bethel. This does not refer to the angels which appeared after the Temptation, at the Agony, and at the Ascension: rather to the perpetual intercourse between God and the Messiah during His ministry.
the Son of man] This phrase in all four Gospels is invariably used by Christ Himself of Himself as the Messiah, upwards of 80 times in all. None of the Evangelists direct our attention to this strict limitation in the use of the expression: their agreement on this striking point is evidently undesigned, and therefore a strong mark of their veracity. See notes on Matthew 8:20; Mark 2:10. In O.T. the phrase ‘Son of Man’ has three distinct uses; (1) in the Psalms, for the ideal man; Psalm 8:4-8; Psalm 80:17; Psalm 144:3; Psalm 146:3 : (2) in Ezekiel, as the name by which the Prophet is addressed by God; Ezekiel 2:1; Ezekiel 2:3; Ezekiel 2:6; Ezekiel 2:8; Ezekiel 3:1; Ezekiel 3:3-4, &c., &c., more than 80 times in all; probably to remind Ezekiel, that in spite of the favour shewn to him, and the wrath denounced against the children of Israel, he, no less than they, had a mortal’s frailty: (3) in the ‘night visions’ of Daniel 7:13-14, where ‘One like a son of man came with the clouds of heaven, and came to the Ancient of Days … and there was given Him dominion, and glory, and a kingdom, that all people, nations, and languages should serve Him, &c.’ That ‘Son of man henceforth became one of the titles of the looked-for Messiah’ may be doubted. Rather, the title was a new one assumed by Christ, and as yet only dimly understood (comp. Matthew 16:13).
This first chapter alone is enough to shew that the Gospel is the work of a Jew of Palestine, well acquainted with the Messianic hopes, and traditions, and phraseology current in Palestine at the time of Christ’s ministry, and able to give a lifelike picture of the Baptist and of Christ’s first disciples.”
Act 7:53, “you who received the Law as ordained by angels, and yet did not keep it.”
Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges
“53. who have received] Better, ye who received the Law from Sinai.
by the disposition of angels] Better, at the ministration of angels. St Paul (Galatians 3:19) has the same expression concerning the Law, that it was “ministered by angels.” The LXX. have in Deuteronomy 33:2, speaking of the giving of the Law, “On his right hand were angels,” and Josephus (Antiq. xv. 5. 3) represents the same tradition, “We have learned from God the most excellent of our doctrines and the most holy part of our Law by angels.” So Pesikta Rabbathi, par. 21, “There came down with the Holy One to Sinai twenty-two thousand ministering angels like the camp of the Levites.”
and have not kept it] Read, and kept it not. Stephen here points back along the whole history of the Jews, and shews how the Law, which was intended to lead men to Christ, had not been guarded in its best sense, the spirit having been sacrificed to the letter, and so the result had been that they rejected and slew Him of whom the whole Law was speaking. The Law, given by angels, was the glory of Israel, the perverse use of it had turned to their shame and destruction.”
Rom 8:38-39, “For I am convinced that neither death, nor life, nor angels, nor principalities, nor things present, nor things to come, nor powers, nor height, nor depth, nor any other created thing will be able to separate us from the love of God that is in Christ Jesus our Lord.”
This is the eternal assurance in Christ Jesus our Lord: Nothing, not even the holy and mighty angels will be able to separate the sons of God from the love of God.
I believe all saints may have identity and individuality of his own although there will be no more gender (female). Saints may have new names. For example, there are many Willie Wongs in the world, there are even more who falsely claim to be Willie Wongs. https://cn.bing.com/search?q=images+of+Willie+Wong&form
Bing.com for the sake of making money would put any race or gender or anyone under the image of Willie Wong. There are peoples who will do anything for fame or fortune without shame.
I believe God will give me a new name, new identity and new individuality that I will recognize I am who I am, and other saints and angels will also recognize who I am.
7. SAINTS
Mat 22:30, “For in the resurrection they neither
marry nor are given in marriage, but are like angels in Heaven.”
Saints are like angels who do not procreate, do not have sexual intercourse, and do not have gender.
The Holy City, the New Jerusalem, is probably the mansions of more than 1 billion saints. In the Kingdom of Heaven, saints will be like angels in Heaven who neither marry nor are given in marriage. There will be no sex at all. Many American pastors assure their members that in the Kingdom of Heaven they will recognize their spouses. I do not agree. Based on the following Scripture, I do not agree.
Isa 43:18, “Do not call to mind the former things, or consider things of the past.”
Man-woman relationships are the former things of earth and they are things of the past, they will not call to mind and remember things of the past in the Kingdom of Heaven.
8. WILD ANIMALS
I believe in the Kingdom of Heaven, there will be no wild animals including fierce predators like lions and tigers, elephants, whales, sharks, snakes, alligators, crocodiles also no large winged animals like vultures, etc. No one knows whether in the Kingdom of Heaven there still be little birds and butterflies or not. If there were no insects, what would little birds eat leaves or grass?
Psa 84:3, “The little birds have places for themselves, where they may put their young, even your altars, O Lord of armies, my King and my God.”
Lev 11:23, “But all other winged insects which are four-footed are detestable to you.”
Deu 14:19, “And all the swarming insects with wings are unclean to you; they shall not be eaten.”
I believe all unclean animals identified in Leviticus will be no more in the Kingdom of Heaven.
1Ti 1:8-11, “But we know that the Law is good, if one uses it lawfully, realizing the fact that law is not made for a righteous person but for those who are lawless and rebellious, for the ungodly and sinners, for the unholy and worldly, for those who kill their fathers or mothers,
for murderers, for the sexually immoral, homosexuals, slave
traders, liars, perjurers, and whatever else is contrary to sound teaching, according to the glorious Gospel of the blessed God, with which I have been entrusted.”
2Ti 3:1-8, “But realize this, that in the last days dangerous times will
come. For people will be lovers of self, lovers of money, boastful, arrogant, slanderers, disobedient to parents, ungrateful, unholy, unloving, irreconcilable, malicious gossips, without self-control, brutal,
haters of good, treacherous, reckless, conceited, lovers of pleasure
rather than lovers of God, holding to a form of godliness although
they have denied its power; avoid such people as these. For among them are those who slip into households and captivate weak women weighed
down with sins, led on by various impulses, always learning and
never able to come to the knowledge of the truth. Just as Jannes and Jambres opposed Moses, so these men also oppose the truth,
men of depraved mind, worthless in regard to the faith.”
9. THE HIDDEN MANNA
Rev 2:17, “The one who has an ear, let him hear what the Spirit says to the churches. To the one who overcomes, I will give some of the hidden
manna, and I will give him a white stone, and a new name written on the stone which no one knows except the one who receives it.”
We do not know what the hidden manna, a white stone, and a new name are for.
10. A GREAT MULTITUDE
Rev 7:9-10, “After these things I looked, and behold, a great multitude
which no one could count, from every nation and all the tribes, peoples, and languages, standing before the throne and before the Lamb, clothed in white robes, and palm branches were in their hands; and they
cried out with a loud voice, saying,“Salvation belongs to our God who sits on the throne, and to the Lamb.”
My initial estimate of more than 1 billion saints or the children of God will dwell in the Holy City. Now the Word of God says, a great multitude which no one could count. You had better believe the Word of God who is faithful and true. It seems to be no one knows how many are the redeemed saints or children of God.
11. NO LONGER HUNGER NOR THIRST
Rev 7:16-17, “They will no longer hunger nor thirst, nor will the sun beat down on them, nor any scorching heat; for the Lamb in the center
of the throne will be their shepherd, and will guide them to springs of the water of life; and God will wipe every tear from their eyes.”
Over the years there have been many famines and droughts in many places on earth. In the Kingdom of Heaven, something new, there will no longer hunger nor thirst.
IV. MY AGENDA
1. THE HOLY CITY
My first priority is to get acquainted with the Holy City, the New Jerusalem. I do not know where my mansion will be located in the Holy City. It is a very large city which is a square with 1,400 miles long, 1,400 miles wide and 1,400 miles high. With 500 miles high already one will have a tremendous magnificent view of the Universe.
After the Holy City, I want to get acquainted with the New Earth. I only knew a little about the present earth. But I had seen the beauty of Norwegian fjords and Kanas Lake and green valleys (the Private Garden of God).
Somehow in the Kingdom of Heaven, I believe we would be able to recognize the persons and individualities of the following well-known figures whom I also request private audiences:
Abraham, Enoch, Methuselah, Joseph, Moses, Elijah, Isaiah, Ruth, Daniel, Shadrach, Meshach, and Abed-nego, Mary the mother of Jesus, Mary Magdalene, Mary of Bethany, John the Baptist, Apostle Paul, Apostle John, Stephen, etc.
Angels belong to a different category. I wish to have private audiences with the archangel Michael and Gabriel also the angel who the Bible describes in
Rev 20:1-3, “Then I saw an angel coming down from Heaven, holding the key of the abyss and a great chain in his hand. And he took hold of
the dragon, the serpent of old, who is the devil and Satan, and bound him for a thousand years; and he threw him into the abyss and shut it
and sealed it over him, so that he would not deceive the nations any longer, until the thousand years were completed; after these
things he must be released for a short time.”
I also want to have private audiences and fellowship with Martin Luther, Augustine, John Bunyan, Arthur Mouw, Edmond Hiebert, John Ruskin, Helen Keller, Abraham Lincoln, Blaise Pascal, Isaac Newton, Johaan Wolgang von Goether, Immanuel Kant, John Wycliffe, etc. I know there is brotherhood in the Kingdom of Heaven. I do not know if friendship is possible. If there is friendship, I want to make friends with people cited above. Arthur Mouw and Edmond Hiebert were already my friends on earth.
Rev 22:15, “Outside are the dogs, the sorcerers, the sexually immoral persons, the murderers, the idolaters, and everyone who loves and practices lying.”
I am glad there will be no dogs (animals) and dogs (homosexuals) in the Kingdom of Heaven.
What Does the Bible Say?
Rev 16:13-16, “And I saw three unclean spirits like frogs coming out of the mouth of the dragon, out of the mouth of the beast, and out of the mouth of the false prophet. For they are spirits of demons, performing signs, which go out to the kings of the earth and of the whole world, to gather them to the battle of that great day of God Almighty.
“Behold, I am coming as a thief. Blessed is he who watches, and keeps his garments, lest he walk naked and they see his shame.” And they gathered them together to the place called in Hebrew, Armageddon.”
Rev 17:14, “These will wage war against the Lamb, and the Lamb will overcome them because He is Lord of lords and King of kings; and those who are with Him are the called and chosen and faithful.”
III.THE KINGDOM OF HEAVEN
At the end of the Millennium,
Rev 20:7-10, “When the thousand years are completed, Satan will be released from his prison, and will come out to deceive the nations which are at the four corners of the earth, Gog and Magog, to gather them together for the war; the number of them is like the sand of the seashore. And they came up on the broad plain of the earth and
surrounded the camp of the saints and the beloved City, and fire
came down from Heaven and devoured them. And the devil who deceived them was thrown into the Lake of Fire and Brimstone, where the beast and the False Prophet are also; and they will be tormented day and night forever and ever.”
After the devil (Satan), the beast, and the False Prophet AND all wicked people are thrown into Hell, the Lake of Fire and Brimstone, where they will be tormented day and night forever and ever; then it will begin the Kingdom of Heaven which in the eternal Kingdom of God.
According to the Revelation (knowledge revealed in the Bible) we can know something about the Kingdom of Heaven. We know roughly in two parts.
Part One: Things are no more or no longer.
Part Two: New things, things we have never known before.
This is the glorious preview of the Kingdom of Heaven:
Jesus says,
Jhn 14:2-3, “In My Father’s home are many mansions; if that were not so, I would have told you, because I AM going there to prepare a place for you. And if I go and prepare a place for you, I AM coming again
and will take you to Myself, so that where I AM, there
you also will be.”
1Co 2:9, “but just as it is written:
“THINGS WHICH EYE HAS NOT SEEN AND EAR HAS NOT HEARD, AND WHICH HAVE NOT ENTERED THE HUMAN HEART, ALL THAT GOD HAS PREPARED FOR THOSE WHO LOVE HIM.”
I believe with all my heart and soul the “place” that Jesus has prepared for His followers and God has prepared for those who love Him is the Holy City, New Jerusalem, New Heavens and a New Earth.
Isa 65:17-24, “For behold, I create New Heavens and a New Earth; and the former things will not be remembered or come to mind. But be glad and rejoice forever in what I create; for behold, I create
Jerusalem for rejoicing and her people for gladness. I will also rejoice in Jerusalem and be glad in My people; and there will no longer be heard in her the voice of weeping and the sound of crying.”
There are many pastors who assure their church members that in Heaven they will recognize and remember their spouses. I for one have different opinion based on the Revealed Word of God.
The Scripture quoted above says, “The former things will not be remembered or come to mind.” I will not remember or come to mind what my enemies on earth have done to me. I will not remember the troubles and tragedies that I had on earth. Equally, I believe I will not be able to recognize the person or individuality of my mother whom I love more than anyone in the universe. In the Kingdom of Heaven, my mother will not lack anything, and there is no favor or service I may serve her. For this reason, I recommend all those who love their mothers, do good to them while they are alive on earth now.
This is a glorious preview of the Holy City, the New Jerusalem:
Rev 21:1-27, “Then I saw a New Heaven and a New Earth, for the old heaven and the old earth had disappeared. And the sea was also gone. And I saw the Holy city, the new Jerusalem, coming down from God out of Heaven like a bride beautifully dressed for her husband. I heard a loud shout from the throne, saying, “Look, God’s home is now among his people! He will live with them, and they will be his people. God himself will be with them. He will wipe every tear from their eyes, and there will be no more death or sorrow or crying or pain. All these things are gone forever.” And the one sitting on the throne said, “Look, I am making everything new!” And then he said to me, “Write this down, for what I tell you is trustworthy and true.”
A. Old things
1. ) Sea
Sea was also gone.
According to
https://education.nationalgeographic.org/resource/all-about-the-ocean/
“The ocean covers 70 percent of Earth's surface. It contains about 1.35 billion cubic kilometers (324 million cubic miles) of water, which is about 97 percent of all the water on Earth. The ocean makes all life on Earth possible, and makes the planet appear blue when viewed from space. Earth is the only planet in our solar system that is definitely known to contain liquid water.
Although the ocean is one continuous body of water, oceanographers have divided it into five principal areas: the Pacific, Atlantic, Indian, Arctic, and Southern Oceans. The Atlantic, Indian, and Pacific Oceans merge into icy waters around Antarctica.”
2. ) TEMPLE
No Temple
Rev 21:22, “I saw no temple in the city, for the Lord God Almighty and the Lamb are its temple.”
“And I saw no temple therein - No structure reared expressly for the worship of God; no particular place where he was adored. It was all temple - nothing but a temple. It was not like Jerusalem, where there was but one house reared expressly for divine worship, and to which the inhabitants repaired to praise God; it was all one great temple reared in honor of his name, and where worship ascended from every part of it. With this explanation, this passage harmonizes with what is said in Revelation 2:12; Revelation 7:15.
For the Lord God Almighty and the Lamb are the temple of it - They are present in all parts of it in their glory; they fill it with light; and the splendor of their presence may be said to be the temple. The idea here is, that it would be a holy world - all holy. No particular portion would be set apart for purposes of public worship, but in all places God would be adored, and every portion of it devoted to the purposes of religion.”
2. ) NO SUN and MOON
No Sun and Moon
Rev 21:23, “And the City has no need of sun or moon, for the glory of God illuminates the City, and the Lamb is its light.”
Jesus plainly says, Rev 21:5, “And He who sits on the throne said, “Behold, I am making all things new.” And He said, “Write, for these words are faithful and true.”
I hold nobody really knows and understands what Jesus says, “Behold, I Am making all things new.” We do not what “all things” mean. In all our lives on earth we know only “few things.” All things must mean all the things that have already existed in the world. The brightest and smartest scientists and scholars do not know all things in the world, much less in the universe. For example,
According to https://news.mongabay.com/2016/05/many-plants-world-scientists-may-now
“There are about 391,000 species of vascular plants currently known to science, of which about 369,000 species (or 94 percent) are flowering plants, according to a report by the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, in the United Kingdom.
About 2,000 new plant species are discovered or described every year, many of which are already on the verge of extinction.
Based on the best available estimate, scientists say that 21 percent of all plant species – or one in every five plant species – is likely threatened with extinction.”
I must admit that I am not a botanist, I hardly know a few plants.
IV. MY AGENDA
1. THE HOLY CITY
The initial estimate is that the Holy City, the New Jerusalem will house a population of more than 1 billion saints or the children of God. I do not know where my mansion will be located. I believe on 500 miles high will have a magnanimous view of the whole Universe. To get acquainted with such a large city of 1,400 miles long, 1,400 miles wide, and 1,400 miles high would take a long time, but I have eternity.
2. PRIVATE AUDIENCES
For a billion saints to wish to have private audiences with the Holy Father, the Lord Jesus, Abraham, Paul, Michael, Gabriel, Ruth, Mary the mother of Jesus, etc. just to take turns will take a long time, but I have eternity.
When I have private audience with the Holy Father, I shall prostrate myself and bow three times saying, Holy, Holy, Holy. I am eternally grateful to my Heavenly Father.
When it is my turn to have private audience with the Lord Jesus, I shall prostrate myself and bow three time saying, Holy, Holy Holy. My Lord, God Almighty.
If I had received a crown, I will lay it at the feet of Jesus Christ and say with humility and sincerity, Lord Jesus, how much I love Thee.
These are the peoples I wish to have private audiences.
3. THE NEW EARTH
Besides the Holy City, I must get acquainted with the New Earth, and I have no idea how large is the New Earth.
4. NEW HEAVENS (THE NEW UNIVERSE)
No one is intelligent to know “all new things” in the Kingdom of Heaven. This can be sure, whatever ill that exists in this present world will not exist in the world to come. Whatever good things this present world does not have, may have in the Kingdom of Heaven. For example, this present world (the earth) is so bad we do not have righteousness, peace, joy and justice. You can be sure dwells righteousness, pace, joy and justice in the Kingdom of Heaven. The beauty of the Kingdom of Heaven is “Rev 21:5, “And He who sits on the throne said, “Behold, I am making all things new.”
No one know the “all things new”!
Saints can hardly wait. We pray, Amen, Come, Lord Jesus!
You can repent of your sins and believe in the Son of God, Jesus Christ, your Lord and Savior, to inherit the Kingdom of Heaven.
WILLIE WONG THOUGHT
WILLIE WONG
JUNE 17, 2025
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They were not “immigration raids” in Los Angeles, they were and they are ”unlawful migration raids.” You see there are evil forces conspiring to destroy America from within. Some are flying Mexican flags. It may be good idea not to imprison protesters but deport them to Mexico! California governor and Los Angeles mayor are on the wrong side of history. I have lived through two most horrible Los Angeles black riots. Unlawful migrants are not immigrants. It is mentally retarded who cannot distinguish between an immigrant and unlawful migrant. Children born to illegal aliens although in America are not American citizens. Latino, Mexican, Black illegal aliens must be deported without further delay. Protesters and labor unions are not patriotic Americans. Enforecement of the law is neither repression nor authoritarianism. Unlawful migrants are criminals who do not have any right, do not deserve any humanitarian aid. The only right is to deport 45 million illegal aliens already in America right away. To hire or hide illegal aliens are felony. Most of them are on welfare; their names and addresses can be checked on the Welfare Department.There is no hope for the world because what should be done is not done:
1.For all war crimes and terrorist acts, Putin failed to annihilate Ukraine and execute its nincompoop and left Ukraine desolate and never be rebuilt. NATO & EU be aslo abolished.
2.The chiefs of UN & WHO and all high-paid officials must be replaced, be reformed in a year.
3.Terrorists Hamas, Hezbollah and Houthis must be destroyed FOR GOOD.
4.The nuclear facilities of Iran must be demolished for good. Do not give a breathing space. Aim at total annihilation so that Iran cannot retaliate.
5.Palestinians must be evacuated from Jewish lands and resettle in Arab lands to build a Palestinian state and make living on their own.
6. Undeveloped nations and peoples who do nothing to help themselves must be left to gut and rot.
7.The USA must give up its empire, world domination.
World media portrays Palestinians as victims in struggle. The world believes in a lie! The truth is the fact Palestinians were Arabs who surreptitiously moved into Palestine without pay during the British colonial rule. They bred like rabbits and occupied the Jewish lands. The Palestinian authority is not a state, and misleads the Palestinians to a path of destruction. Palestinians are irrational, bad, irresponsible, unmotivated and useless people. They would rather be classified as refugees so that they can get everything free through international aid, they would not go to Arab lands to build its own Palestinian state and make a life of their own.
Any country who shares destiny with corrupt countries will certainly come to RUIN!!!
https://theexchange.africa/countries/most-corrupt-countries-africa/
https://historycollection.com/ten-corrupt-african-dictators-modern-history/
https://tradingeconomics.com/country-list/corruption-rank?continent=africa
https://tradingeconomics.com/country-list/corruption-index
https://www.vanguardngr.com/2024/07/10-most-corrupt-countries-in-africa-in-2024/
bscholarly.com/most-corrupt-countries-in-africa/
talkafricana.com/top-20-most-and-least-corrupt-countries-in-africa-2025/
If terrorists Hamas, Hezbollah and Houthis are destroyed, and Palestinians expatriated and resettled in Arab lands, the conflict of Palestine and Israel will be no more. If Iran nuclear facilities are destroyed, Iran will be no more threat to the world. If the Ukrainian nincompoop is executed for his war crime, corruption and abuse of power, the Ukraine and Russia conflict will be gone. If the traitorous leaders of People Progressive Party are executed, Taiwan will reunify with China at once.
What the heck, won’t it wonderful if all nations and peoples seek peace and justice? The Bible gives one reason why not, 1Jo 5:19, “We know that we are of God, and that the whole world lies
in the power of the evil one.”
Evil is like fire will destroy the nation and peoples. When preferential treatment is given to a certain race, all races suffer discrimination. Rejection of unqualified and undisciplined black employees and discharge because poor performance are not racial discrimination. Affirmative Action is illegal and unconstitutional, it must be completely eliminated. Diversify has gone too far, it must be abandoned. Harvard is the richest university in the world; universities are not for education, they are for money and ideology. Student loans cannot default or be forgiven, they must get jobs to pay back. Universities can have academic freedom, and freedom of speech but no federal funding. There are too many parasites who live on government funds; no subsidy of any business or contracts. Illegal aliens are unlawful criminals, they have no civil right, human right and do not deserve humanitarian aid. They cannot be on welfare. They deserve only to be deported without payment. All races must compete on an equal footing. How is there any hope for the ugliest, darkest, laziest and useless people who only eat and drink and produce many children they cannot support? Why EU and NATO support the evil and corrupt Ukraine nincompoop and prolong the war? America aids support evil.
1Jo 2:17-18, “The world is passing away and also its lusts; but the one who does the will of God continues to live forever. Children, it is the last hour; and just as you heard that antichrist is coming, even now many antichrists have appeared; from this we know that it is the last hour.”
I agree with Arnold J. Toynbee who said, “ Civilizations die from suicide, not by murder.”
“As an American by nationality” I have to do my best to warn my fellow Americans:
1. America is committing suicide by failing to deport 45 million illegal aliens already residing in America, most of them are on welfare; failing to deter and prevent hordes of unlawful migrants to enter the United States. America needs to punish Mexico who is the conduit for illegal migrants to enter America. Unlawful migrants are criminals who do not have any right, civil or humanitarian.
2. America is committing suicide WITH large budget deficits of 1.9 trillion (2025) and national debt of 36.2 trillion (2025). Wealth and power are in the hands of leaders and politicians, the two parties, courts, the military, bureaucrats, and vested interests. Watch out the global demonstrators who oppose federal cuts, but endorse debt and deficits, waste and fraud in the government.
3. America is committing suicide by media promoting the wrong cultural values, lewdness, violence and unwholesome behavior; over representing and over employing blacks. Jobs must be earned, they cannot be given. If a journalist by accident received classified information, he should not and would not publish it because he/she is patriotic. If classified information is published, the journalist is a traitor.
4. America is committing suicide by not making the American English the only official language in America.
5. America is committing suicide by unnecessarily making Russia and China enemies and rivals.
6. America is committing suicide by failing to disregard pathetic EU (including Britain, Australia, Canada); dismiss NATO & QUAD; and discard Ukraine, Phillippines, Türkiye, Japan, South Korea, South Africa and Taiwan.
7. America is committing suicide by being an empire to dominate the world instead of seeking a just and lasting peace for the world as President Richard Nixon did.
8. America is committing suicide by letting the U.S. Health Care the most costly in the world, by letting doctors, dentists, hospital owners, drug and insurance companies, hospital and medical suppliers to defraud and overcharge patients with indemnity.
9. America is committing suicide by having a diet which produces an increasing large population of overweight people.
10. IRS can cut its employees 2/3 by simple change of policy and procedure. Henceforth, there will be no deductions, exemptions, expenses, number of dependents for individual taxpayers or business corporations. They will not have to pay for CPA or tax consultant.
$50,000 income and Under $50,000 is tax free.
$60,000 to $1 million pay 5%.
$1 million $100,000 to $10 million pay 10%.
$10 million $100,000 to $20 million pay 20%.
$20 million $100,000 to $40 million pay 40%.
$40 million $100,000 to $50 million pay 50%.
$50 million $100,000 to $1 billion pay 80%.
$1 billion $100,000 and above pay 90%.
11. America is committing suicide by using tariffs as weapons.
12. It is in the self-interest of America to help Israel to destroy terrorists Hamas, Hezbollah, and Houthis. All Palestinians must be evacuated from Gaza, etc. the Jewish land and relocate permanently in Arab lands to build their Palestinian state. The aim of Israel is not to defeat Hamas, but to destroy Hamas, Hezbollah, and Houthis. Hamas should never be allowed to return to Gaza; all Palestinians must be instructed by Palestinian Authority, UN, WHO, ALL ARAB-ISLAMIC-BLACK nations to evacuate from Jewish land and settle in Arab lands to build their Palestinian state.
If China space program can create space vehicles loaded with nuclear weapons, on earth by a press of button, can target and annihilate any hostile nations and peoples in less than half an hour -- then China is free indeed -- no nation can threaten China anymore. Then China can deal with corruption, organized crime, abuse of power, fraud, fake news, and dirty toilets effectively. There are dark and evil forces inside China who want to destroy China. They are the organized criminals who must be executed. China must beware of all foreign countries who pay lip service to “one China” policy, actually they are coy about seeking “financial support” from China on everything so that their leaders can practice “official corruption”; and their peoples can sing and dance, play games and golf, eat and drink beer, enjoy sex and produce many children they cannot support. Any nation who shares destiny with these useless countries will come to ruin!!!
“As a Chinese by race”, I am doing my best in sincerity to suggest strategy to the land of my ancestors:
1. China’s modernization can succeed by demanding manufacturers to produce only quality products; by protecting the environment and by increasing the standard of living for the people including people on wheel chair. China construction machinery is a good example of China’s modernization. The stupidity is to program robots to engage in fighting like boxing.
2. China’s modernization can succeed by stopping all foreign aid to help the China’s poor first, by reducing debt and deficits to do the following strategic projects:
3. China needs to use AI in all technologies including manufacturing, industry, transportation, navigation, logistics, agriculture, and modernizing toilet facilities.
4. China needs to train 5 million doctors, dentists, nurses, teachers, professors, scientists, and technicians in the next 5 years.
5. China needs to eliminate corruption, organized crime, harmful fake news, counterfeit money, fraud by execution of the culprits.
6. China needs to repair the Great Wall, conquer the deserts, dust storms, natural and man-made disasters.
7. Chinese TV and movies need to promote cultural values, morality, responsibility and integrity.
8. China's troops should never be sent under UN's peace-keeping force to countries habitually having conflicts and civil wars --to die for nothing.
9. Talking is useless: China needs to liberate Taiwan now by force, and execute traitorous leaders of People’s Progressive Party in public.
10. China needs to rebuild Yuan Ming Garden which was burned down and looted by the allied 8-nation troops. They must pay compensation through diplomacy now or by military force later.
11. Pay for all costs and reward financially women who give births.
Why many advocate a boderless world? Because their countries are so bad, corrupt, poor, and violent that they suffer shortages of even basic necessities. They are beset and infected with natural disasters and man-made disasters. For that reason millions of unlawful and useless migrants using Mexico as a free conduit to invade America. There are already 54 million illegal aliens already residing in America, mostly on welfare. Sadly, most administrations and the Congress have not fulfilled their responsibilities.
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