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2. Spiritual Sight The Eternal Purpose of God Part II .

3. The Physical and Spiritual Worlds Are Parallel

4. 18While we look not at the things which are seen, but at the things which are not seen: for the things which are seenaretemporal; but the things which are not seenareeternal. 2 Corinthians 4

5. The spiritual world • For instance: • Spiritual beings, like God and angels, can see spiritual things. • Can only be seen by spiritual eyes.

6. There Are Spiritual Principalities

7. 11Put on the whole armour of God, that ye may be able to stand against the wiles of the devil. 12For we wrestle not against flesh and blood, but against principalities, against powers, against the rulersof the darkness of this world, against spiritual wickedness in high places. Ephesians 6

8. 12Then said he unto me, Fear not, Daniel: for from the first day that thou didst set thine heart to understand, and to chasten thyself before thy God, thy words were heard, and I am come for thy words. 13But the prince of the kingdom of Persia withstood me one and twenty days: but, lo, Michael, one of the chief princes, came to help me; and I remained there with the kings of Persia. Daniel 10

9. 20Then said he, Knowest thou wherefore I come unto thee? and now will I return to fight with the prince of Persia: and when I am gone forth, lo, the prince of Grecia shall come. 21But I will show thee that which is noted in the scripture of truth: and there is none that holdeth with me in these things, but Michael your prince. Daniel 10

10. Possibly Gabriel. See chapter’s 8 and 9.

11. 7And there was war in heaven: Michael and his angels fought against the dragon; and the dragon fought and his angels, 8And prevailed not; neither was their place found any more in heaven. 9And the great dragon was cast out, that old serpent, called the Devil, and Satan, which deceiveth the whole world: he was cast out into the earth, and his angels were cast out with him. Revelation 12

12. There Are Spiritual Places and Things

13. Remember that eternal things are unseen.

14. 10And the devil that deceived them was cast into the lake of fire and brimstone, where the beast and the false prophet are, and shall be tormented day and night for ever and ever. Revelation 20

15. Brimstone or magma is typically associated with volcanos. This is a real lake, but not a physical lake.

16. 7Even as Sodom and Gomorrha, and the cities about them in like manner, giving themselves over to fornication, and going after strange flesh, are set forth for an example, suffering the vengeance of eternal fire. Jude 1

17. Hell will have real fire, but not physical fire.

18. 43And if thy hand offend thee, cut it off: it is better for thee to enter into life maimed, than having two hands to go into hell, into the fire that never shall be quenched: 44Where their worm dieth not, and the fire is not quenched. Mark 9

19. The “worm” (skwlhx is literally a grub or maggot) This worm is a real thing, but it is not a physical worm.

20. Abraham, Lazarus, And the Rich Man

21. 19There WAS a certain rich man, which was clothed in purple and fine linen, and fared sumptuously every day: 20And there WAS a certain beggar namedLazarus, which was laid at his gate, full of sores, 21And desiring to be fed with the crumbs which fell from the rich man’s table: moreover the dogs came and licked his sores. 22And it came to pass, that the beggar died, and was carried by the angels into Abraham’s bosom: the rich man also died, and was buried; 23And in hell he lift up his eyes, being in torments, and seethAbraham afar off, and Lazarus in his bosom. 24And he cried and said, Father Abraham, have mercy on me, and send Lazarus, that he may dip the tip of his finger in water, and cool my tongue; for I am tormented in this flame. 25But Abraham said, Son, remember Luke 16

22. that thou in thy lifetime receivedst thy good things, and likewise Lazarus evil things: but now he is comforted, and thou art tormented. 26And beside all this, between us and you there is a great gulf fixed: so that they which would pass from hence to you cannot; neither can they pass to us, that would come from thence. 27Then he said, I pray thee therefore, father, that thou wouldest send him to my father’s house: 28For I have five brethren; that he may testify unto them, lest they also come into this place of torment. 29Abraham saith unto him, They have Moses and the prophets; let them hear them. 30And he said, Nay, father Abraham: but if one went unto them from the dead, they will repent. 31And he said unto him, If they hear not Moses and the prophets, neither will they be persuaded, though one Luke 16

23. rose from the dead. Luke 16

24. 5And there shall be no night there; and they need no candle, neither light of the sun; for the Lord God giveth them light: and they shall reign for ever and ever. Revelation 22

25. Heaven is a real place, too.

26. Spiritual Things Existed Before Anything Physical

27. 1In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. 2The same was in the beginning with God. 3All things were made by him; and without him was not any thing made that was made. John 1

28. 15Who is the image of the invisible God, the firstborn of every creature: 16For by him were all things created, that are in heaven, and that are in earth, visible and invisible, whether they be thrones, or dominions, or principalities, or powers: all things were created by him, and FOR him: 17And he is before all things, and by him all things CONSIST. Colossians 1

29. The Spiritual Will Exist After the Physical Is Gone

30. 10And, Thou, Lord, in the beginning hast laid the foundation of the earth; and the heavens are the works of thine hands: 11They shall perish; but thou remainest; and they all shall wax old as doth a garment; 12And as a vesture shalt thou fold them up, and they shall be changed: but thou art the same, and thy years shall not fail. Hebrews 1

31. The Physical Universe Will Be Destroyed

32. 7But the heavens and the earth, which are now, by the same word are kept in store, reserved unto fire against the day of judgment and perdition of ungodly men. 8But, beloved, be not ignorant of this one thing, that one day is with the Lord as a thousand years, and a thousand years as one day. 9The Lord is not slack concerning his promise, as some men count slackness; but is longsuffering to us-ward, not willing that any should perish, but that all should come to repentance. 10the day of the Lord will come as a thief in the night; in the which the heavens shall pass away with a great noise, and the elements shall melt with fervent heat, the earth also and the works that are therein shall be burned up. 11Seeing then thatall these things shall be dissolved, what manner of persons ought ye 2 Peter 3

33. to be in all holy conversation and godliness. 12Looking for and hasting unto the coming of the day of God, wherein the heavens being on fire shall be dissolved, and the elements shall melt with fervent heat? 13Nevertheless we, according to his promise, look for new heavens and a new earth, wherein dwellethrighteousness. 2 Peter 3

34. When that time comes: • Elements dissolved • Stars fall • Planets and galaxies disappear

35. 26Whose voice then shook the earth: but now he hath promised, saying, Yet once more I shake not the earth only, but also heaven. 27And this word, “Yet once more,” signifieth the removing of those things that are shaken, as of things that are made, that those things which cannot be shaken may remain. Hebrews 12

36. When that time comes: • Elements dissolved • Stars fall • Planets and galaxies disappear • Earth removed

37. The Spiritual World Is the Only Thing That Matters

38. Ecclesiastes: This life is pointless if there is nothing else!

39. Ecclesiastes This book is designed • To help people, who think that this life is all there is. • among other things

40. Case by case, • it establishes that this world is pointless, if there is no next life. • detail by detail,

41. If we don’t understand this about Ecclesiastes, We will misunderstand most of its teaching!

42. The following scriptures prove that Solomon believed in an afterlife.

43. 9Rejoice, O young man, in thy youth; and let thy heart cheer thee in the days of thy youth, and walk in the ways of thine heart, and in the sight of thine eyes: but know thou, that for ALL these thingsGod will bring thee into judgment. Ecclesiastes 11

44. 14For God shall bring every work into judgment, with every secret thing, whether it be good, or whether it be evil. Ecclesiastes 12

45. Solomon believed in the Judgment.

46. 7Then shall the dust return to the earth as it was: and the spirit shall return unto God who gave it. Ecclesiastes 12

47. Solomon believed in an eternal soul.

48. All Is Vanity

49. This is the point of Ecclesiastes, From the first chapter to the last chapter.

50. 2Vanity of vanities, saith the Preacher, vanity of vanities; all is vanity. Ecclesiastes 1