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Marakesh 𓅦
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Christ Follower • Truth Seeker • Freedom Lover The US #GovtIsTheProblem

I don't know, LBJ was pretty bad. Then I thought about other dictators like Lincoln and Wilson who were also pretty terrible...

Hi, nostr:nprofile1qyghwumn8ghj7mn0wd68ytnhd9hx2tcprfmhxue69uhkymmnw3ezumr9vd682unfveujumn9wshsz9thwden5te0wfjkccte9ehx7um5wghxyee0qyt8wumn8ghj7mn0wd68ytnyv96xztngv96hxtcpz4mhxue69uhkummnw3ezummcw3ezuer9wchsz9mhwden5te0wpshgetj9ehx7um5wgcjucm0d5hsz9rhwden5te0wfjkcctev93xcefwdaexwtcppemhxue69uhkummn9ekx7mp0qywhwumn8ghj7mn0wd68ytnzd96xxmmfdejhytnnda3kjctv9uq3qamnwvaz7tmwdaehgu3wd4hk6tcpr3mhxue69uhkx6rjd9ehgurfd3kzumn0wd68yvfwvdhk6tcpzemhxue69uhks6tnwshxummnw3ezumrpdejz7qgewaehxw309aex2mrp0yh8xmn0wf6zuum0vd5kzmp0qywhwumn8ghj7mn0wd68ytndw46xjmnewaskcmr9wshxxmmd9uq3jamnwvaz7tmjv4kxz7fwdehhxarjv96xjtnrdakj7qgkwaehxw309ahx7um5wghxjmn0wd6xztnrvvhsz9nhwden5te0wfjkccte9ekk7um5wgh8qatz9uq3jamnwvaz7tmjv4kxz7fwdehhxamgv4ex2tnrdakj7qg7waehxw309ahx7um5wgkhqatz9emk2mrvdaexgetj9ehx2ap0qyt8wumn8ghj7mn0wd68ytndd9kx7afwd3hkctcpr9mhxue69uhhyetvv9ujumn0wd68ytnrdakjuct49uqzpkkwvwcqcshxuqtaqrw3jz5n9quxqqhlt9acg844a7gauncuapy3f0vfmd , I appreciate your note.

I hesitated to respond before I had a chance to check it out in context, but as it turns out that does not change my reply. While my default assumption is to respect Heiser's opinions, I can't go with him here. He starts by questioning the "traditional" assumption that the heart of the issue in this passage from Matthew is sex:

> ““Appeal is usually made to Matthew 22:23–33 in this regard, under the assumption that verse 30 teaches that angels cannot engage in sexual intercourse:”

I'm with him so far. This is *clearly* an *assumption.* But he then immediately follows that with an assumption of his own:

> “The text does not say angels cannot have sexual intercourse; it says they don’t.”

Nowhere in the Matthew text or context does it say anything of the kind; this is pure extrapolation on Heiser's part. He then carries this assumption further, applying an incomplete and unwarranted logic:

> “In like manner, life in the perfected Edenic world also does not require maintaining the human species by having children—everyone has an immortal resurrection body.”

While this is a "true" statement in and of itself (i.e., by the incredible kindness of Jesus our God and King, we WILL have immortal resurrection bodies), and while it is true that "maintaining the human species" would consequently be a given WITHOUT reproduction, it absolutely does not follow that expanding the human population and presence in the universe is uncontemplated or in any way illogical or forbidden.

As I make the case in the fictionalized article I cited to begin this thread, NOWHERE in scripture do we ever find God rescinding the creation mandate for humanity to "be fruitful and multiply and fill *the earth* (Hebrew "eh'-rets" which Paul renders in Greek as "cosmos" in Romans 4:13)."

Good response, and I thought you might say that. 😉

It had occurred to me after reading Heiser as well that why would the human population that enters the resurrection simply be maintained rather than expanding? When you look at how vast the universe is, it seems to me that it might be God's intent that we go and fill it, and that probably requires more than those redeemed humans from this life who enter the resurrection.

It just seems odd to contemplate sex without marriage (as a Christian; I know unbelievers and adulterers do it all the time, in this life). Heiser accepts the idea that "the sons of God" in Scripture are angels and that they can and have in the past reproduced with human women, so if that's true, why wouldn't there be sex in the next world?

Thanks for responding and I hope you are well.

“Now, as nearly as I can make out, those fellows in the CIA don’t just report on wars and the like, they go out and make their own, and there’s nobody to keep track of what they’re up to. They spend billions of dollars on stirring up trouble so they’ll have something to report on. They’ve become … it’s become a government all of its own and all secret. They don’t have to account to anybody.”

–President Harry S. Truman (who created the CIA)

#AmazingQuotesFromAmericanHistory

If you can receive it, this is part of the real reason the CIA was created...

Slavery never ended, you know. It was just extended to include everyone...

“You are blessed when they insult you and persecute you and falsely say every kind of evil against you because of Me."

–Yeshua Ha Maschiach

Has anyone else heard of Project 2025, a blueprint for Trump's first 180 days back as President?

Some of the stuff actually sounds great to me!

Dismantling:

- Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI)

- Department of Homeland Security (DHS)

- Department of Commerce

- Department of Education

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Project_2025

Afuera!