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PAGE 4 THE BYRON BUZZ SECTION of The GEORGIA POST Thursday, March 28,2013 Is Heaven For Real ? The question often comes to the mind of many people - Is Heaven Real? The answer is a resounding YES! No, I have never been there, nor have I ever seen heaven. I have, however, studied the Bible sufficiently to come to the knowledge that heaven duly is REAL! As we read the Bible to study God’s message to us, we begin to leam that heaven is described in 1 Kings 8:30 as being the dwell ing place of God, “And may You hear the supplication of Your servant and of Your people Israel, when they pray toward this place. Hear in heaven Your dwelling place; and when You hear, forgive.” Jesus spoke of God being in heaven when He gave an example of how to pray to the disciples in Matthew 6:9, “In this maimer, therefore, pray: Our Father in heaven, Hallowed be Your name...” Jesus assures us that as our prayers go up to God that He is in heaven to receive them. From this we can be assured that heaven is as real as God is real, notice Hebrews 11:6, “But without faith it is impossible to please Him, for he who comes to God must believe that He is, and that He is a rewarder of those who diligently seek Him.” The Bible makes it abun dantly clear that God cre ated heaven. For example, the psalmist declared in Psalm 19:1, “The heavens, declare the glory of God; And the firmament shows His handiwork.” Notice the psalmist said “heavens” which is plural. The plural here is in agreement with the Hebrew people’s belief of three heavens, which is referred to by Paul in 2 Cor. 12:2, “I know a man in Christ who fourteen years ago - whether in the body I do not know, or whether out of the body I do not know, God knows - such a one was caught up to the third heaven.” The Hebrews believed the heavens consisted of the heaven or sky you can see, the heaven or space you cannot see, and the third heaven which is the dwelling place of God. This is what Paul had in mind when he spoke of “being caught up to the third heaven”. Then in 2 Cor. 2:4, Paul Huffier describes the place he was caught up to as “paradise”. In other words, Paul had been transported to heaven fourteen years earlier. The apostle John, by his own admission in Rev. 1:10 & 11 a was privileged to be hold the glory of heaven, “I was in the Spirit on the Lord’s Day, and I heard behind me a loud voice, as of a trumpet, saying, I am the Alpha and the Omega, the First and the Last....” In chapters 21 and 22 of Revela tion John shared his remarkable experience with us. Heaven is really REAL! Heaven has been created by God for His glory! The Bible describes a man who came to the earth and lived among men. He gave His life for us on the cross. He was bur ied and God brought Him forth triumphantly from the grave on the third day. In Hebrews 4:14 the writer described His ascension as “Seeing then that we have a great High Priest who has passed through the heavens; Jesus the son of God, let us hold fast our confession.” In other words, Jesus “entered into heaven itself’ (Heb. 9:24). To day Jesus is seated “at the right hand of the Majesty (God) on high.” (Heb. 1:3). He is living in heaven right now “to make intercession” to God for us.” (Heb. 7:25). Jesus left His apostles with this promise recorded in John 14:1-6, “Let not your heart be troubled; you believe in God, believe also in Me. In My Father’s house are many man sions; if it were not so, I would have told you. I go to prepare a place for you. And if I go and prepare a place for you, I will come again and receive you to Myself; that where I am, there you may be also. And where I go you know and the way you know.” Another reason for the evi dence of heaven is that of death. There is more to this life than just living and dying - there is life beyond this existence. In Hebrews 9:27 it is recorded, “And as it is appointed for men Bible Say About... James Earnhardt Evangelist Church of Christ to die once, but after this the judgment.” Job pondered “If a man dies, shall he live again? All the days of my hard service I will wait, Till my change comes.” (Job 14:14). It would appear that Job answered Inis own question a bit later in Job 19:25-26, “For I know that my Redeemer lives, And He shall stand at last on the earth; And after my skin is destroyed, this I know, that in my flesh I shall see God,” As sure as a death may come to us in this life, an afterlife, including heaven or hell exists. Death is not the last word for those “who die in the Lord”, (Rev. 14:13). By loving God and obeying the gospel of Christ, we have the promise of living in heaven forever. All Bible quotes are from the New King James Version unless otherwise noted. 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They would have you think that ’’Millie had a meltdown”, and that most would be in a soup line before the next frost melted! It would make little difference which symbol, analogy, or hyperbolic illustration I chose to present, in explanation of the fiscal an tics which have become law in the past few days—for I could not possibly be anymore ’’out to lunch” than they who rule the ’’roost and rooster”. The very personality who introduced the idea of’’seques tration” really did not anticipate such a chorus would be ’’put to music”~and now spends precious hours ’’cursing the course” which has taken place! The GOP called the bluff of the ”big chair” (even with liabili ties); with pride building at the reduction (of sorts) of the”far flung field” surrounding the ultra liberal persuasion! Many will insist that sequestration was not the smartest idea-and it may not be—but it has the Chief Executive scrambling for answers to questions that have yet to be posed. I consider myself blessed that I live far enough away from the ’’oval Team”, to escape their influence upon my daily pursuits, and the machin ery which I operate-in my house and on the road!! If the same professional traits were expended in the field or factory, that is carried forth continu ally in our Nation’s Capitol— progress would be noticeably absent! And as the new rules are beginning to ’’rock the boat”, all orchestration of the sequestration is as confused as ”a termite in a yo-yo”. We are now hearing that The ’G’ Factor Daniel W. Gatlyn, USN Ret., Minister/ Journalist Readiness of the Military must be minimized—White Hours tours put on hold— Scholarships trimmed—coffee weakened-construction on nine bridges suspended (I jest- but barely)—and vacations for the President is reduced from twenty four annually to twenty three! No one really believes that programs have been seriously damaged; but scare tactics are in the air by sun up each morning. All this has done one thing-changed the question of News Credibility from ’’perhaps” to ’’don’t bet your lunch”! Obviously the new rules have confused all citizens to the extent that they really don’t know whether to ’’fish, cut bait, or settle on chitlins”! The process for determining who qualifies for what—lies somewhere between 0-Care and O-kay; with fine tuning set in place by MSNBC, as negotiated through the ’’Fac tor Force”! What that really means is that, the voice with the most to lose at any given moment, sets the policy for the ’’work day agenda”! Do strap yourself in, for the lid may fly off on the next change of course! Brown Is New FVSU Dean Fort Valley State University’s largest college is now under new direction and leadership. This week, Dr. Canter Brown Jr., executive vice presi dent and interim vice president for academic af fairs, announced that Dr. Victor M. D. Brown will be the dean for the College of Arts and Sciences. 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