JenT
God lead our troops
What makes you think snakes couldn't talk before the fall? What makes you think they can't now if they chose to?
People put too many limitations on things. Not criticizing you personally here. I think I probably act the same.
Interestingly enough, that could possibly be true.
The main reason for the Flood was that the Sons of God had mated with the daughters of mankind, and they created the Nephilim.
God saw what was going on and decided He needed to start over again.
There are alot of things that can be true if we just open our minds to the possibility.
Take Unicorns. Many presume them to be mythological creatures because they picture them as they are always depicted in media. Essentially to be horses with a horn. People accept this as fact. But they don't consider the possibility that the picture we associate with Unicorns is different from what our ancestors thought.
I commonly accepted this as fact, until I read an obscure account of an ancient writer describing a unicorn. (I wish I could remember the source). When I read it, it just clicked, this writer isn't describing what we consider a unicorn. He's describing a Rhinocerous.
I wonder how many other things we attribute to myth and think our ancestors were foolish simply because we don't understand what they were actually talking about. How many people are closed to ideas because they just cant broaden their view to see alittle more widely then they currently are?
I think it's human nature to resist this. And it's difficult to find balance between opening your mind to possibilities and denial of clear and convincing truth sometimes.
I know, I'm long winded. I just think about this stuff from time to time and I don't get to talk about it often.
That sounds like what most people think about heaven. Many assume it will be boring with nothing but songs on clouds being repeated over and over again until you want to scream. I don't think anything could be further from the truth. I think we'll be so full of joy it will be hard to stop singing, we'll be praising because we'll be so genuinely grateful once we see what Christ did for us, the enormity of it all...try to imagine all insecurity being gone, replaced by unbelievable confidence because you feel centered in God, because His presence is felt so close and it's overflowing loving. It's hard to imagine, and if you experience it even for a micro second, you realize you have a ton more insecurity and defenses than you ever imagined, weighing you down.
People will accuse Christians of being closed minded but in reality, it's hard for us to try to comprehend the vastness of the glory of God