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Tackling Tradition 69: Doubting Thomas

24  Now Thomas (also known as Didymus, one of the Twelve, was not with the disciples when Jesus came.  25  So the other disciples told him, “We have seen the Lord!” But he said to them, “Unless I see the nail marks in his hands and put my finger where the nails were, and put my hand into his side, I will not believe.” 24  Now Thomas (also known as Didymus, one of the Twelve, was not with the disciples when Jesus came.  25  So the other disciples told him, “We have seen the Lord!” But he said to them, “Unless I see the nail marks in his hands and put my finger where the nails were, and put my hand into his side, I will not believe.” 26  A week later his disciples were in the house again, and Thomas was with them. Though the doors were locked, Jesus came and stood among them and said, “Peace be with you!” 27  Then he said to Thomas, “Put your finger here; see my hands. Reach out your hand and put it into my side. Stop doubting and believe.” 28 ...
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Tackling Tradition: Why Doesn’t God Save Everyone?

The question is better phrased, “Why does God save everyone before they cross over?”   The simplest straightforward answer is probably that God is writing the greatest story ever told & we are all characters in it.   We are created to have forever life, & the creation & humanity are all in our infancy compared to where we will be centuries upon centuries from now.   In order for that story to unfold correctly the way the LORD wants it to, certain things must happen in a particular order.   Each and every event has been meticulously timed.  Therefore, some of us are saved prior to crossing over & others after. Acts 24 clearly states that there is a resurrection of the Just and the Unjust.   Acts 24:14–15 (ESV): …I worship the God of our fathers, believing everything laid down by the Law and written in the Prophets, 15 having a hope in God, which these men themselves accept, that there will be a resurrection of both the just and the unjust....
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Tackling Tradition 67: Apotheosis & Proverbs 30:1 - 6

  The Words of Agur 30  The words of Agur son of Jakeh. The oracle. The man declares, I am weary, O God;      I am weary, O God, and worn out. 2  Surely I am too stupid to be a man.      I have not the understanding of a man. 3  I have not learned wisdom,      nor have I knowledge of the Holy One. 4  Who has ascended to heaven and come down?      Who has gathered the wind in his fists? Who has wrapped up the waters in a garment?      Who has established all the ends of the earth? What is his name, and what is his son's name?      Surely you know! Some people think that this text means that it is impossible for man to literally be taken up to heaven from the Earth, as if God is, through his mouthpiece, Agur (Gatherer of Wisdom)    ben Jakeh (Son of Obedience, Piety, Blameless),    precluding the possibility of Yeshua’s corpor...
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