I am doing jail time

[Elysian]

Since we're here because of A and E's sin - and will get to heaven once we die - doesn't it seem to anyone that living in this world is not unlike doing time? We just wait, that's all.

 

[Jethro Bodine]

Since we're here because of A and E's sin - and will get to heaven once we die - doesn't it seem to anyone that living in this world is not unlike doing time? We just wait, that's all.

I share that observation.

Many of us suffer through the situations and consequences caused by our sin even though we are completely and totally forgiven and at peace with God. It is indeed like being in prison, put there through the ignorance and foolishness of something we did in our youth perhaps. Like the 18 year old kid who gets a long sentence for robbing a liquor store, the consequences of his folly keep him bound in the inevitable circumstances of time behind bars. The hope of all this is we will indeed one day be liberated from the costs of our sin and will go home to be with Jesus. That is the hope of the suffering saint, and it gets stronger and stronger everyday closer we come to it.

 

[Igloo]

Jesus said to pray 'On Earth as it is in Heaven.' Our life doesn't have to be like a jail experience; it can be like a heavenly experience. It's just a matter of changing the world into that better place that we want to live in. A lot of generations have failed before us, and so we have a lot of junk in our lives, but it doesn't mean our goal isn't accomplishable.

Remember, God wanted to dwell among mankind all throughout history- with Adam and Eve, with the tabernacle and Moses, with the temple and David, Jesus came down, and God wants to walk and dwell among us right now. It's just a matter of pressing in and cleaning up the atmosphere enough so that God has a landing place and can dwell here more freely.

 

[Danus]

Jesus said to pray 'On Earth as it is in Heaven.' Our life doesn't have to be like a jail experience; it can be like a heavenly experience. It's just a matter of changing the world into that better place that we want to live in. A lot of generations have failed before us, and so we have a lot of junk in our lives, but it doesn't mean our goal isn't accomplishable.

Remember, God wanted to dwell among mankind all throughout history- with Adam and Eve, with the tabernacle and Moses, with the temple and David, Jesus came down, and God wants to walk and dwell among us right now. It's just a matter of pressing in and cleaning up the atmosphere enough so that God has a landing place and can dwell here more freely.

I follow your path here Igloo, however I'd adjust the idea of making the world like we want to live in and say that our purpose here is to reflect the love of God in as he would have it, rather than place any emphasis on us.

Never the less, I agree with your primes.

 

[theLords]

Since we're here because of A and E's sin - and will get to heaven once we die - doesn't it seem to anyone that living in this world is not unlike doing time? We just wait, that's all.

John 10:10
The thief cometh not, but for to steal, and to kill, and to destroy: I am come that they might have life, and that they might have it more abundantly.

If you feel like a prisoner in this world, you need to have that heart/mentality healed by the Lord. It's not Biblical. You need the eyes of Christ to make you see with new life.