John 14:2
“In my Father’s house, there are many dwelling places. If there were not, would I have told you that I am going to prepare a place for you?”
Many other Christian Bibles instead of using dwelling places use the word, mansions, rooms, lodging, or resting places.
These same Christian Bibles also mention the “New Heavens and a New Earth”. Based on our spiritual pilgrimages to Medjugorje and other spiritual experiences we prefer to believe that the present earth will soon pass away as the new earth and the new Heavens merge.
Those who have ‘new’ eyes to see and ‘new’ ears to hear are aware and preparing for this to occur sooner than later.
Isaiah 65:17-19 – “See, I will create new heavens and a new earth. The former things will not be remembered, nor will they come to mind. But be glad and rejoice forever in what I will create, for I will create Jerusalem to be a delight and its people a joy. I will rejoice over Jerusalem and take delight in my people; the sound of weeping and, of crying will be heard in it no more.”
Isaiah 66:22 – “‘As the new heavens and the new earth that I make will endure before me,’ declares the Lord, ‘so will your name and descendants endure.’”
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COMMENTARY- In The Prayer, THE GOLDEN ARROW, “May The Most Holy, Most Sacred, Most Adorable, Most Incomprehensible, and Unutterable Name Of God, Be Always Praised, Blessed, Loved, Adored, And Glorified in Heaven, on Earth, and Under The Earth, by all The Creatures of GOD and by the …” In a recent scientific study that appeared in Nature Magazine, using the process of extrapolation, it is now estimated that about a billion life forms live under the earth.
A Total Stillness
Jolene and I are having a late Sunday morning breakfast in Medjugorje. How do you tell a young child that she needs to hurry to eat her last slice of pizza so we can get to Sunday Mass? Jolene is especially enjoying this pizza and tells me how much she likes it. She is smiling and HAPPY. So I patiently watch and wait. We finally get there but the church is packed so we remain outside listening to the Mass from speakers. We are standing under a tree. Suddenly the sparrows flock to this tree chirping loudly. As the priest reaches the Consecration of the Host the Sparrows stop chirping, the bees stop buzzing, the wind stops, the leaves stop moving, the animals outside the church stop moving, and everything comes to a total standstill. The animal in front of us, a sheep drops its two front paws and bows. We are still standing silently waiting for the Consecration of the Host to be completed. Suddenly Jolene says, “Dad, look at my hand.” I look down and see a small sparrow that has landed on her hand and is now flying from her hand. As we wait further, I notice that the Sun is spinning and there appears a very large Host that is inside and in front of the spinning sun. So I can look directly at the Sun and see the Host and also numerous colors that are spinning around the rim of the sun. Jolene and I received Holy Communion. …
Why would a Loving God, destroy any of His Creatures? He loves all His Creatures, including your favorite Pets. I believe that in the Heavens there is one for the Animals, another Heaven for the Aquatic World, another for the Plants, and many more Heavens. So yes, your Special Pets will continue living in their Heavens and perhaps you will be able to visit with them. In Heaven, there is no need for Earthly Food, but only Spiritual Food. There are No Wars in any of the Heavens, no Hunger, no need for Bathrooms, only Endless Joy, Peace, Harmony, Ecstasy, and much more.
Psalm 135:16–18 — The New International Version (NIV)
16 “They have mouths, but cannot speak,
eyes, but cannot see.
17 They have ears, but cannot hear,
nor is there breath in their mouths.
18 Those who make them will be like them,
and so will all who trust in them.”
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In Medjugorje, Our Lady Queen of Peace said:
1 Peter 1:13-19 “Therefore, gird up the loins of your mind, live soberly, and set your hopes completely on the grace to be brought to you at the revelation of Jesus Christ. Like, obedient children, do not act in compliance with the desires of your former ignorance but, as he who called you is holy, be holy yourselves in every aspect of your conduct, for it is written, “Be holy because I [am] holy.” Now if you invoke as Father him who judges impartially according to each one’s works, conduct yourselves with reverence during the time of your sojourning, realizing that you were ransomed from your futile conduct, handed on by your ancestors, not with perishable things like silver or gold, but with the precious blood of Christ as of a spotless unblemished lamb.”
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THE BREASTPLATE OF RIGHTEOUSNESS
Isaiah 59:17 “He put on justice as his breastplate, victory as a helmet on his head; He clothed himself with garments of vengeance, wrapped himself in a mantle of zeal.” Jeremiah 46:3-4: “Prepare buckler and shield! move forward to battle! Harness the horses, charioteers, mount up! Fall in, with helmets on; polish your spears, put on your armor.”
SHIELD OF FAITH
Romans 10:17 assures us “Thus faith comes from what is heard, and what is heard comes through the word of Christ.”
THE SWORD OF THE SPIRIT “THE WORD OF GOD”
Hebrews 4:12-13 “Indeed, the word of God is living and effective, sharper than any two-edged sword, penetrating even between soul and spirit, joints and marrow, and able to discern reflections and thoughts of the heart. No creature is concealed from him, but everything is naked and exposed to the eyes of him to whom we must render an account.”
THE BELT OF TRUTH
Ephesians 4:25-27 ” Therefore, putting away falsehood, speak the truth, each one to his neighbor, for we are members one of another. Be angry but do not sin; do not let the sun, set on your anger, and do not leave room for the devil.”
WISDOM OF SACRED SCRIPTURE FOUND WITHIN THE HOLY BIBLE
Proverbs 4:26-27 “Survey the path for your feet, and all your ways will be sure. Turn neither to right nor to left, keep your foot far from evil.”