All you need to know about the eternal life

[Genesis 2:9] And out of the earth the Lord made every tree to come, delighting the eye and good for food; and in the middle of the garden, the tree of life and the tree of the knowledge of good and evil. [Genesis 2:15]And the Lord God took the man and put him in the garden of Eden to do work in it and take care of it. [Genesis 2:16] And the Lord God gave the man orders, saying, You may freely take of the fruit of every tree of the garden:[Genesis 2:17] But of the fruit of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil you may not take; for on the day when you take of it, death will certainly come to you. Evidently that the time in paradise somehow passes in a different way than in the rest of the world, because after Adam disobeyed and ate of the tree of the knowledge, he lived for about a thousand years. There is another version: for God one day is a thousand years.

After the man ate the fruit of the tree of the knowledge, he was thrown out of Eden and became mortal. Why? Apostle Paul speaks of an interesting hypothesis: [Romans 5:12] For this reason, as through one man sin came into the world, and death because of sin, and so death came to all men, because all have done evil. It means that mortality is the result of “sin” or the “fall of man”. If so, to get free from sin would be a cure for death. And so on, till the death on the cross for the sins of mankind. [Romans 6:23] For the reward of sin is death; but what God freely gives is eternal life in Jesus Christ our Lord.

Although the hypothesis of Apostle Paul does not withstand a simple arithmetic check since 2 persons “have sinned” (Adam and Eve), not one. That’s for starters. And secondly, Adam and Eve could not commit a sin for a simple reason: they started to be aware of good and evil after they have tried the fruits of the tree of the knowledge, i.e. at the moment of committing the sin they did not know what they were doing and were innocent like children.

Well, maybe the knowledge of good and evil itself makes a man sinful and hence mortal? Then it seems like a man should be brought back to the unconsciousness in which he was before he knew good and evil.

Alas, the Bible says otherwise– the knowledge of good and evil not only does not make a man mortal, but on the contrary, in combination with the fruit of the tree of life gives immortality: [Genesis 3:22] And the Lord God said, Now the man has become like one of us, having knowledge of good and evil; and now if he puts out his hand and takes of the fruit of the tree of life, he will go on living for ever.

Thus, Apostle Paul’s discourse does not have a foundation. A man did not become mortal because “sin entered him”. This phrase does not make any sense at all. A man became sinful because God kept him out of the tree of life. And He did so because there was no other way. Otherwise a man would go on living forever.

So why did God stand in the way of eternal life? There are two explications here. First, immortality and reproduction are incompatible: [Mark 12:25] When they come back from the dead, they do not get married, but are like the angels in heaven.

Thus the eternal life for a man would be against God’s behest: [Genesis 1:28] And God gave them his blessing and said to them, Be fertile and have increase.

There is another reason. A man knew about good and evil too early and at that moment he was not ready to live forever. Obviously, with time God was going to give him the knowledge which would make them like gods: [Genesis 3:5] For God sees that on the day when you take of its fruit, your eyes will be open, and you will be as gods, having knowledge of good and evil. But then this moment did not yet come.

Unfortunately, the knowledge of good and evil took place much earlier than it was planned, and after Adam and Eve ate the fruits of the tree of knowledge they became as gods: [Genesis 3:22] And the Lord God said, Now the man has become like one of us;

And it was terrifying since a man did not yet become mature for eternal life which gives this knowledge in combination with the fruits of the tree of life. That is why God was forced to throw him of Eden to prevent the irreparable.

I’d like to highlight that casting out of paradise was not a punishment. A punishment for Adam, Eve and the snake was indicated in all the details [Genesis.3:14-19]. On the contrary, throwing out of Eden was a necessary measure, and a man became mortal not because he was punished, but because he has lost the access to the tree of life. Essentially, it was an accident, not a crime.

On the basis of the information that has already been reviewed, we could make a plan regarding man. A man was created in the image of God. He has access to paradise and the fruits of the tree of life that almost eternally endure his life. He is fertile and has the opportunity to meet God in paradise. Man was not meant to die at all and to kill too, of course. God created man for life, not for death and murder. Had it been Adam and Eve did not disobey God, fathers, children, grandfathers and grand grandfathers would live together till the end of time.

         The end of time is the earth overwhelmed with people. Meanwhile people are obedient and live together with God who would test them. Especially tempting are the fruits of the tree of the knowledge. But man undergoes tests. Yes, he fights with desire for it is the way to improve himself. Those who support duality will of course blame the devil. But how do you like this: [Genesis 22:1] Now after these things, God put Abraham to the test, and said to him, Abraham; and he said, Here am I.

[Deuteronomy 13:3] Then give no attention to the words of that prophet or that dreamer of dreams: for the Lord your God is testing you, to see if all the love of your heart and soul is given to him.

[Judges 2:21]From now on I will not go on driving out from before them any of the nations which at the death of Joshua were still living in this land;

[Judges 2:22] In order to put Israel to the test, and see if they will keep the way of the Lord, walking in it as their fathers did, or not.  

However, this plan was not meant to happen. After man had knowledge of good and evil he did not resist sin:

[Genesis 6:5] And the Lord saw that the sin of man was great on the earth, and that all the thoughts of his heart were evil.

This is no surprise, in youth people are capable of doing something even sillier, but that does not mean they are incorrigible, does it? Essentially, the knowledge of good and evil is becoming mature. It was too early to taste the fruit of knowledge, but it does not signify that man won’t become mature one day and take full responsibility for his actions.[Genesis 8:21] the thoughts of man's heart are evil from his earliest days;

In due time it was bound to happen. Perhaps, the Almighty tried to postpone that moment and give man the opportunity to become wisdom through the contact with Himself. Look at what Adam and his wife say: [Genesis.3:12] And the man said, The woman whom you gave to be with me, she gave me the fruit of the tree and I took it. [Genesis 3:13] And the Lord God said to the woman, What have you done? And the woman said, I was tricked by the deceit of the snake and I took it.

Innocent, infantile children, who do not want to take responsibility for what they did. It was too early for them to become mature, they were just not ready for this, so much for the Fall.

After man understood what is good and evil, the fruits were embedded with a different meaning. The fruits that could endure the life of Adam and Eve when they remained in an unconscious state, now, after knowing good and evil, could give them eternity. Obviously, man was not ready for eternal life and that is why he was banished from Eden. Apart from this, as I mentioned before, eternal life prevents giving birth.

Thus, knowledge of good and evil is the highest honor man can get. Only through this knowledge people can reach eternity, of course, on the assumption they will become mature and responsible enough for this. This blessing was envisaged by God in advance to give us the chance to obtain the eternal life and become like gods. This is exactly why the tree of good and evil was planted along with the tree of life, for they bring eternity only being together. We just need to become mature, learn how to be responsible and overcome temptation. [Genesis 4:7] If you do well, will you not have honour? and if you do wrong, sin is waiting at the door, desiring to have you, but do not let it be your master.

Speaking out against God that He maliciously intended to tempt the innocent man when He planted the tree of life, we show our ignorance and incomprehension of the actual reasons of the availability of this greatest gift. There is no ‘fall’ that man has to be cured from. Knowledge of good and evil impose additional responsibility and gives auxiliary chances, and, if we use it in a right way, it gives us the eternal life.

Essentially, the eternal life is the responsibility that is taken by the mature – gods.

How does everything mentioned above relate to our present?

First, the earth is already overwhelmed with people. We are on the finish line. There is only one thing left – for God to come down to earth and start preparing us personally to the eternal life. In fact, the paradise is empty as of this moment, so don’t flatter yourself: [Genesis 3:24] So he sent the man out; and at the east of the garden of Eden he put winged ones and a flaming sword turning every way to keep the way to the tree of life.

Later I will tell you what to do to accelerate the Advent of God.

Changing God's plan

          It is believed that God planned everything in advance so we just have to await till it all comes true. Indeed, if so, for what purpose He created us? Let’s have a look at how His plans were changing as the biblical narrative developed. 

         We will start from the very beginning. After Adam and Eve violated God’s covenant, He had to banish them from Eden. Why? Is it because they disobeyed the Lord and became sinners? Far from it, the Bible says that God banished them from the garden of Eden so they do not live forever: [Gen.3:22] And the Lord God said, Now the man has become like one of us, having knowledge of good and evil; and now if he puts out his hand and takes of the fruit of the tree of life, he will go on living for ever. [Gen.3:23] So the Lord God sent him out of the garden of Eden to be a worker on the earth from which he was taken. [Gen.3:24] So he sent the man out; and at the east of the garden of Eden he put winged ones and a flaming sword turning every way to keep the way to the tree of life.

           Please note that ‘God put winged ones to keep the way to the tree of life’. Whom did He did keep the way from? Obviously from us, people.

As we can see, the God’s plans were changed because Adam and Eve’s eyes were open now and they could find the eternal life despite the Fall. Soon I will provide insight concerning this matter.

Once in a while God has to correct His project and interfere in it. That’s the way it is, a fledgling mankind does not always grow the right way. We can call the Great Flood a global reformatting of the project ‘Human being’: [Gen.6:5] And the Lord saw that the sin of man was great on the earth, and that all the thoughts of his heart were evil. [Gen.6:6] And the Lord had sorrow because he had made man on the earth, and grief was in his heart. [Gen.6:7] And the Lord said, I will take away man, whom I have made, from the face of the earth, even man and beast and that which goes on the earth and every bird of the air; for I have sorrow for having made them.

Now pay attention to this: “I have sorrow for having made them.” It is about changing the plan and God actually decides to create a new mankind of Noah and his descendants.

At the same time He makes His first covenant with human: [Genesis 9:11] And I will make my agreement with you; never again will all flesh be cut off by the waters; never again will the waters come over all the earth for its destruction.

By the way, further than that God makes a decision to radically reduce a human lifespan:[Genesis 6:3] And the Lord said, My spirit will not be in man for ever, for he is only flesh; so the days of his life will be a hundred and twenty years. Again, we can see that the original plan was amended.

And here’s a reference to the new plan: [Genesis 18:17] And the Lord said, Am I to keep back from Abraham the knowledge of what I do; [Genesis 18:18] Seeing that Abraham will certainly become a great and strong nation, and his name will be used by all the nations of the earth as a blessing? And just a little down the page we witness the argument between God and Abraham concerning Sodom and Gomorrah and God was ready spare those cities for the sake of the righteous, but there were none. Then God gives Abraham a vision that his seed will be living in a foreign land as servants to a people who will be cruel to them for four hundred years, but they will come out from among those people with great wealth: [Genesis 15:13] And he said to Abram, Truly, your seed will be living in a land which is not theirs, as servants to a people who will be cruel to them for four hundred years; [Genesis 15:14] But I will be the judge of that nation whose servants they are, and they will come out from among them with great wealth. This is also the part of the plan.

What is the idea of this great plan? The divine intent will be revealed soon and I will also gradually reveal it to you. And for now I would only mention that God liked Abraham for his obedience: [Genesis 22:18] And your seed will be a blessing to all the nations of the earth, because you have done what I gave you orders to do.

So what does “your seed will be a blessing to all the nations of the earth” mean? The point of this is that a human, thrown out of Edem, cannot change himself. He needs a Lord’s guidance. Yet, in order for God to come down to earth and start providing this guidance He needs a place. Abraham’s seed had to become this place. God should haunt among people for we are the place He needs to live in.   

However, after this plan was already launched, God nearly destroyed the whole nation of Israel except for Moses: [Exodus 32:9] And the Lord said to Moses, I have been watching this people, and I see that they are a stiff-necked people. [Exodus 32:10] Now do not get in my way, for my wrath is burning against them; I will send destruction on them, but of you I will make a great nation.[Exodus 32:11] But Moses made prayer to God, saying, Lord, why is your wrath burning against your people whom you took out of the land of Egypt, with great power and with the strength of your hand? [Exodus 32:13] Have in mind Abraham, Isaac, and Israel, your servants, to whom you gave your oath, saying, I will make your seed like the stars of heaven in number, and all this land will I give to your seed, as I said, to be their heritage for ever. [Exodus 32:14] So the Lord let himself be turned from his purpose of sending punishment on his people.

So we can see that the Lord changes His opinion, His plans and that it is even possible to make God change His mind about the decision that He is going to make. What “predetermination” are we talking about then? In view of the Bible quote mentioned above, a few questions arise. Firstly, we can see the way that God follows if it goes not the way that He designed. What I mean is the holocaust reckoned by head except for the one chosen individual. Secondly, this quote clashes with another later statement: [Deuteronomy 32:8] When the Most High gave the nations their heritage, separating into groups the children of men, he had the limits of the peoples marked out, keeping in mind the number of the children of Israel. [Deuteronomy 32:9] For the Lord's wealth is his people; Jacob is the land of his heritage. [Deuteronomy 32:10] He found him in a desert land, and in the waste howling wilderness; he led him about, he instructed him, he kept him as the apple of his eye. What is “He found him”? He didn’t found, but created him with great miracles that start from miraculous conception, but yet He nearly destroyed Israel except for Moses. However, the authorship of Moses concerning the whole text of Pentateuch has long been in serious doubt.

         According to the original plan Israel should have been guided by the High One Himself through the prophets. It was a necessary measurement because God couldn’t be there personally: [Exodus 33:2] And I will send an angel before you, driving out the Canaanite and the Amorite and the Hittite and the Perizzite and the Hivite and the Jebusite: [Exodus 33:3] Go up to that land flowing with milk and honey; but I will not go up among you, for you are a stiff-necked people, for fear that I send destruction on you while you are on the way. I draw a particular attention to “I will not go up among you…for fear that I send destruction on you while you are on the way”. These words mean a lot in order to understand the relationship between God and man. Later I will explain what it means.

         However, Israelis needed a king: [I Samuel 8:6 ] But Samuel was not pleased when they said to him, Give us a king to be our judge. And Samuel made prayer to the Lord. [I Samuel 8:7] And the Lord said to Samuel, Give ear to the voice of the people and what they say to you: they have not been turned away from you, but they have been turned away from me, not desiring me to be king over them.[I Samuel 8:8] As they have done from the first, from the day when I took them out of Egypt till this day, turning away from me and worshipping other gods, so now they are acting in the same way to you. As the result, Israelis were given what they wanted and started to live just like other nations. The direct government collapsed and even though the plan still existed, its realization was postponed on an indefinite period of time. I’d remind you of this plan one more time. The Lord confirmed that the people He created of Abraham are stiff-necked, mischievous and headstrong. That is why He could not directly guide them the way it was originally planned. But the plan still existed. It is very important to understand this in order to get involved into what I will write later.

         The seeds of the future plan are scattered in different places of the Bible. For example, there is an outline here: [Jeremiah 32:37] See, I will get them together from all the countries where I have sent them in my wrath and in the heat of my passion and in my bitter feeling; and I will let them come back into this place where they may take their rest safely.[Jeremiah 32:38] And they will be my people, and I will be their God: [Jeremiah 32:39] And I will give them one heart and one way, so that they may go on in the worship of me for ever, for their good and the good of their children after them: [Jeremiah 32:40] And I will make an eternal agreement with them, that I will never give them up, but ever do them good; and I will put the fear of me in their hearts, so that they will not go away from me.

         Do focus on the action plan: “I will get them together, I will let them come back, they will be my people, I will give them one heart and one way, I will make an eternal agreement with them and I will put fear of me in their hearts so that they will not go away from me”, - step by step till the eternal agreement.

         This plan should have come to life just in the days of Jesus. Remember “The Lord’s Prayer”:[Matthew 6:10] Let your kingdom come. Let your pleasure be done, as in heaven, so on earth. The Kingdom was supposed to come within the bounds of Israel, which was frequently mentioned by God through the prophets. [Matthew 10:5] These twelve Jesus sent out and gave them orders, saying, Do not go among the Gentiles, or into any town of Samaria, [Matthew 10:6] But go to the wandering sheep of the house of Israel,

         That’s right, that is exactly why Jesus was sent to people. I will take the situation concerning him to pieces in the later chapters.

However, at that time this plan was not meant to come true due to the number of reasons. And we have witnessed the birth of the new plan – the emission of light on the gentiles [Acts 15:13]And after they had held their peace, James answered, saying, Men and brethren, hearken unto me: [Acts 15:14] Simeon hath declared how God at the first did visit the Gentiles, to take out of them a people for his name. [Acts 15:15] And to this agree the words of the prophets; as it is written, [Acts 15:16] After this I will return, and will build again the tabernacle of David, which is fallen down; and I will build again the ruins thereof, and I will set it up: [Acts 15:17] That the residue of men might seek after the Lord, and all the Gentiles, upon whom my name is called, saith the Lord, who doeth all these things.

 That’s just the point: “the words of the prophets” do not agree to this! This quote from the New Testament has been corrupted like many others. There was no initial plan to develop the nation from gentiles. But de facto this was exactly what happened; the gentiles accepted the God of Israel and the winners can’t be judged, as they speak. Upon that we shan’t forget that the God’s Light was spread without involving Israelis. Hundreds of millions of people accept the God of Israel as their own. The tale is complete – fundamental change of the plan and thorough reformatting of faith in God, earlier available only to one remote nation. The Lord is worn out with placing all the eggs in one basket and the plan of worshiping Him encountered a fierce competition.

Christianity which appeared as a compulsory decision on account of betrayal of Jesus and backsliding of Israel was a “lame horse” from day one. The worship of a Jew as a god, binding to the Bible, the major part of which was addressed to Israel, made it impossible to reformat this religion without pain. That is why God takes another decision – plan “B”. He creates Islam. Islam is void of the disadvantages that are incidental in Christianity like polytheism, worship of idols etc. whilst Islam, unlike Christianity, does not relate to Judaism. It has its own Holy Scripture, its prophet and even its own name of God. Islam professes pure monotheism just as Israel. That is why it doesn’t need Israel and its Bible. Islam is all-sufficient; it has got everything. In the place where Islam appears everything becomes Islamic. 

Does it mean that the God’s plans were changed and He is ok with Islam? Of course, not. The God’s plan is to become the king on earth, among people. And Islam is bloodthirsty, bursting with hatred and murder. In its current state Islam is no good for the kingdom of God and its maturation will last at least for several centuries. However, plan “B” may be supported by those who were born on its basis or the basis of dying Christianity. But this question is of distant future.

Knowledge of God

The simplest and the surest way to know God is to study the Bible. Those, who believe that the Bible is not enough, can of course refer to numerous biblical scholars. However, in this case you have to take into account that you will receive the information of the third kind, namely revised in accordance with the author’s view. Well, there is nothing you can do – either you find the answers yourself or someone else will do it for you, naturally, not without his own benefit.

It goes without saying that you’d like to see and verify it firsthand. But is it possible? In the old days and some of them even presently, believers lurked in caves, fasted, prayed and then were given visions and revelations. Well, I don’t know. In the Bible it is only the "Revelation to John" was received this way. We could also recall the “Third book of Ezra” which is considered apocryphal. In all other cases there was no need for caves. For instance, Moses did not believe in anything and yet here we are.

A direct experience of knowledge of God is an exceptional phenomenon and it is not the kind of experience that is to be shared with others except for prophecy, of course. The truth is, God appears only when He chooses to. It is not the kind of event that happens in everyone’s life, but rather the opposite. It has its own negative consequences: at first, the person can become proud and feel that he’s better than others. And this is the last thing God wants. And secondly, the manifestation of this wonderful phenomenon can make others change their attitude towards this person – they should either exalt him (see p. 1), listen to him, honor him, or they should drag him down, announce lunatic, that happens most often. There is a good proverb: “If you talk to God, you are praying; if God talks to you, you have schizophrenia”. There is quite a lot of truth in this vulgar joke, much more than we’d want to. Nevertheless, the chance to know God personally actually exists. It doesn’t make a person taller nor does it make him better than others. Read the Bible. You can’t say the prophets were exceptionally just men, but quite the contrary. Remember David. Or Moses? It was prohibited for him to enter the Promised Land.

The closeness to God does not always mean “holiness” in its general meaning. It is a general practice to endow such a person with all the thinkable and unthinkable advantages. Such a person has to be sinless, perfect and even better if he died long ago and there is no single witness to prove what he was like for real. Alas, as a rule, everything is quite the opposite. Remember Solomon.

Giving the intermediate findings, I’d say that the knowledge of God is possible but at this stage of human development it is absolutely unnecessary and even when it occurs it is better left covert. Just look at all these churches, persuasions, religious and pseudo-religious doctrines! Once there is a new character in this area, charismatic and strong, wait for the new revelation, division, sectarianism and so on. Any deviation from the primary source (the Bible) always means the birth of a new delusion. These delusions accumulate, constitute scriptures, moralizing books and others. So why is there no single true faith?

The answer is plain simple – because God distanced from us. Soon I will sort out why that happened. But for now it is suffice to say that the knowledge of God is the question of the future, when something the prophet said about will take place: [Jeremiah 31:34] And no longer will they be teaching every man his neighbor and every man his brother, saying, Get knowledge of the Lord: for they will all have knowledge of me, from the least of them to the greatest of them, says the Lord: for they will have my forgiveness for their evil-doing, and their sin will go from my memory for ever.

 And presently we must admit that this time has not yet come and we must do our best for this to happen. Soon I will write in details about what needs to be done and how.

Why does God allow suffering?

         Why does fair God, full of pity and grace allow suffering, evil and injustice? 
         Take, for instance the story of Sodom and Gomorrah. What happened there evokes a sense of disgust, yet God tolerated this somehow and did not punish the citizens of these cities. Why? The answer is simple: He was not aware of it. But is it possible that God didn’t know something? Yes, it is. The thing is, God is a spirit and as a spiritual creature, He is not bound by flesh. That is why the anguish of body is unknown to Him, but the anguish of spirit always finds a response. The citizens of Sodom and Gomorrah fell so low that their connection with spirit was almost gone and God only knew about what was going on from the third parties. [Genesis 18:20] And the Lord said, Because the outcry against Sodom and Gomorrah is very great, and their sin is very evil, [Genesis 18:21] I will go down now, and see if their acts are as bad as they seem from the outcry which has come to me; and if they are not, I will see.
         Ergo we discovered that omniscient God is not omniscient, that He has to “go down and see if their acts are as bad as they seem from outcry which has come to Him”. Concerning the “outcry” the Bible has another confirmation: [Exodus 22:26] If ever you take your neighbour's clothing in exchange for the use of your money, let him have it back before the sun goes down: [Exodus 22:27 ] For it is the only thing he has for covering his skin; what is he to go to sleep in? and when his cry comes up to me, I will give ear, for my mercy is great.
         It appears that if a man wants justice or punishment of his offender he must holler? And what if there is an emergency? Is there no other way but suffer beyond measure, sicken, perish and God will only know about this after our death? Why are we so isolated from God and what do we have to do to get closer to Him?
         Before embarking on answering these questions, I will give you another confirmation of our isolation from God: [Exodus 34:6] And the Lord went past before his eyes, saying, The Lord, the Lord, a God full of pity and grace, slow to wrath and great in mercy and faith; [Exodus 34:7] Having mercy on thousands, overlooking evil and wrongdoing and sin; he will not let wrongdoers go free, but will send punishment on children for the sins of their fathers, and on their children's children to the third and fourth generation.
         Punishment on children for the sins of their fathers is a necessary measure for the wrongdoings of men are only known to the fullest extent after they die. However, God gives a promise through the prophet that this rule will be changed after He makes a new covenant with Israel: [Jeremiah 31:29] In those days they will no longer say, The fathers have been tasting bitter grapes and the children's teeth are put on edge. [Jeremiah 31:30 ] But everyone will be put to death for the evil which he himself has done: whoever has taken bitter grapes will himself have his teeth put on edge.
         But the new covenant is in the distant future. Strictly speaking, this blog is dedicated to this topic. I am going to prove that a human being is able to bring closer the time of making a new agreement for it is only up to us when this will take place. [Jeremiah 31:34] And no longer will they be teaching every man his neighbour and every man his brother, saying, Get knowledge of the Lord: for they will all have knowledge of me, from the least of them to the greatest of them, says the Lord: for they will have my forgiveness for their evil-doing, and their sin will go from my memory for ever.
         Suffering, pain and death – this is not right, this is not what God have in store for us. It is not to be at all. Notwithstanding it will be there till the words of the prophet come true: [Isaiah 25:8] He has put an end to death for ever; and the Lord God will take away all weeping; and he will put an end to the shame of his people in all the earth: for the Lord has said it.

         So what do we have to do to bring this moment closer? How do we have to live so during our lifetime the suffering and pain would be forsaken forever? To find the answer, read my next works.

Purpose of this blog

The purpose of this blog is to create a new world religion, the only religion in the world, that will substitute all the superstitions and beliefs invented by people previously