Hebrews 9:27
And as it is appointed unto men once to die, but after this the judgment:
There are many instances in the bible where men have died twice. Lazarus is the prime example. This text is referring to a man dying once spiritually and being born again and after that sin will beget judgement as sons.
Let us consider scripture.
And his disciples asked him, saying, Master, who did sin, this man, or his parents, that he was born blind? John 9:2
One can see that the disciples had knowledge of something we do not recognize. How can a man sin before he was born? Jesus did not rebuke them for saying this He just said in this instance neither did this man sin or his parents.
The conclusion can only be that to have sinned before he was born the man must have lived before.
We are faced constantly with the problem of what is seen as an unjust God. Children being born blind deaf with all manner of disabilities. Good people being struck down in accidents etc.
God is just. Galatians 6:7 Be not deceived; God is not mocked: for whatsoever a man soweth, that shall he also reap.
8 For he that soweth to his flesh shall of the flesh reap corruption; but he that soweth to the Spirit shall of the Spirit reap life everlasting.
I have often thought how can I ever get to be like Jesus by the end of my life.
But we all, with open face beholding as in a glass the glory of the Lord, are changed into the same image from glory to glory, even as by the Spirit of the Lord. 2 Corinthians 3:18
Beloved, now we are children of God; and it has not yet been revealed what we shall be, but we know that when He is revealed, we shall be like Him, for we shall see Him as He is. (1 John 3:2)
At the end of ones life we enter into to the presence of God, the refining fire Hebrews 12:29. All the dross within us is burned and only that which is born of Christ remains.
Jesus said: John 14:2 In my Father's house are many mansions: if it were not so, I would have told you. I go to prepare a place for you.
King David said: Psalm 23:6 Surely goodness and mercy shall follow me all the days of my life: and I will dwell in the house of the Lord for ever.
Where is the house of the Lord? 1 Corinthians 6:19 What? know ye not that your body is the temple of the Holy Ghost which is in you, which ye have of God, and ye are not your own?
Job testifies: Job 19:25-26
25 For I know that my redeemer liveth, and that he shall stand at the latter day upon the earth:
26 And though after my skin worms destroy this body, yet in my flesh shall I see God:
Jesus said: Matthew 11:14 And if ye will receive it, this is Elias, which was for to come.
There is only ONE Spirit which gives life to all. Without it, there is no life as no one lives apart from God since God is THE ALL. He is the Universe itself and beyond and all life within it. He is you and me too. For in Him we live and move and have our being Acts 17:28. Jesus is the WORD that came forth from God. They were ONE in the beginning. God gave the word and the word created everything that is. You and me are part of that word. Time itself is an illusion to facilitate learning. Where you were once one (with God in spirit) you became two (spirit and soul) and ALL souls are older than the Universe itself. What parts of time you manifest in body doesn’t change that fact. In the end (your end), you become one again with God (Ecclesiastes 12:7 and the spirit will return to God who gave it.) and your experiences and his become one again. So it is with all creation. There is only ONE being in the Universe. ONE Holy Spirit. Individuality is an illusion of experience of Creation. God simply creates. God is LOVE. God is ALL. God is ONE. Matter is an illusion and so is body and time. Mind is your consciousness and free will. Soul is the collection of your individual experiences (multifaceted over many potential lifetimes) and some might say “personality”. Spirit is your life force and is always ONE with God. So we begin as ONE, so we end as ONE and so the cycles continue. If you are merely “created” at some point, you will be destroyed at another point because in the end there is only ONE who stands, the Omega. God is the Alpha and the Omega. There are NO OTHERS. So either you are destroyed or your are one with God. There are no other possibilities or else what is ascribed to God is a lie. Thus, you either were always alive WITH God or you never were alive. Why is there something rather than nothing? It’s a misnomer. There is both something AND nothing. The Something is GOD and the NOTHING is what is not God. The light shines in the darkness and the darkness perceives it not. Let he who has ears to hear and eyes to see, do so (the very statement so often uttered by Jesus speaks of spiritual growth; until you are advanced enough to comprehend what is said for what it is, you will not see or hear what is meant, only what is said on the surface. You cannot accept that which you are not ready to see).
Hell is what you create in your heart and where you’ll judge yourself to be if that is where you belong and it will be you that pardons yourself to move on from there as well since you are your own judge. For Jesus said the Kingdom is inside of you and whether that kingdom is heaven or hell is up to you. Those that need to come back to grow further do so in fact you desire to do so.. It is no great mystery. God compels no one. You choose to grow yourself and you plan the life ahead of you with God. You choose the course with God and you are free to move within that course here, but you are stuck with that course throughout this lifetime. If you fail to complete the course, you desire to repeat a similar course until you pass or else you would not progress.
John 1:4 In Him was life; and the life was the light of men. 9 That was the true Light, which lighteth every man that cometh into the world.
All are born with that light of Jesus whether it is acknowledged or not. Those that do not accept the light live in darkness will chose the life they desire. Never the less they still live according to the cosmic laws e.g Galatians 6:7 Be not deceived; God is not mocked: for whatsoever a man soweth, that shall he also reap.
8 For he that soweth to his flesh shall of the flesh reap corruption; but he that soweth to the Spirit shall of the Spirit reap life everlasting.
In many instances we see people flaunting God’s laws and seemingly getting away with it.
We see the meaning of the disciples question “has this man sinned that he was born bind?” They clearly understood that the disability in the man's life had to be the result of disobedience to cosmic laws and Jesus didn’t contradict. For an individual that has not acknowledged Jesus in his lifetime is subject to cosmic law when entering into the presence of God all that is sometimes left is that light he received when he entered the world he has to start to rebuild on that foundation. He will again be faced with the question what will you do with Jesus?
For those of us that have received Jesus and have been born again any wrong doing against our fellow man is written in the cosmic records and as children of God have access to these records about ourselves we are our own Judge and are able to choose how we make amends and what circumstances we need to grow and change from glory into glory to become more like Him who died for us.
Romans 8: 28 And we know that God works all things together for the good of those who love Him, who are called according to His purpose. 29 For those God foreknew, He also predestined to be conformed to the image of His Son, so that He would be the firstborn among many brothers. 30 And those He predestined, He also called; those He called, He also justified; those He justified, He also glorified.…