The Catholics believe that if a man dies and isn’t ready for heaven or hell, he is put in Limbo until he is ready for a destination.
But I say that Earth itself is that Limbo.
You see if you analyze it, we are already not good enough for heaven, and not evil enough for hell, so we are stuck here until death. They choices we made here on Earth will determine where we go. The only way to get to heaven is to know Jesus, and declare Him as your personal savior. However, we cannot weasel our way into heaven, and live a life of wickedness (Hitler is not in heaven).
Heaven is like a house that needs a key to enter. Jesus is the key.
You can talk in front of your house for 15 hours, talking about all kinds of different ideologies, different religions, giving debates, listing all sorts of philosophies and texts. And you may list some very good points.
But it doesn’t matter. You’re not getting into heaven, unless you have the key.
Like a password: The password is Jesus. If you know it, then you’re able to enter through heaven’s gates. If you don’t know it, then you can never enter.
What happens when a person smashed out the window of somebody’s house and tries to break inside? The cops get called, and they send the squatter out. He or she never gets to stay.
Whether it’s fair or not, that’s how it works. You’re only allowed inside the house you the key for, and without Jesus as your savior, you don’t have the key. And anybody standing outside of heaven without the key, goes to hell.
We need to stay true to God’s word, the best we are able.
Some people die young, some people die old. A man can live 80 years, have a beautiful wife and kids—-over 10 kids, a beautiful house with a nice car and family…But when he dies, he can’t take any of those things with him.
You know, this reminds me of my dreams.
I’ve had dreams where I went to sleep, and would have a beautiful girlfriend. I even had one dream where I had a girlfriend, who was beautiful, that I had a son by. I was very happy in that dream.
But when I woke up, I had to leave those things behind. That world was only temporary.
It’s the same for this world.
Earth is a dream, within a dream.
All my art, all my writing, everything that I have done, my friends, family, clothes, nice watches, and all these things that I built up, as soon as I die, I can’t take those with me into the afterlife.
For me at least, these were painful dreams, because my waking life is very lonely and unfullfilled.
These type of dreams always feel real, like they transcend reality themselves. But when I wake up, all those nice things are gone.
Sometimes, I dream nightmares that I swear are real, but am relived upon waking up to know that they were not.
I believe that the Earth is like this. It feels real, we can swear it’s real, but after we die, there’s something out there that is pulling us toward it, into judgement. A reality realer than what is present.
In other words, we are spiritual beings living in a materialistic existence.
I assume the afterlife feels realer than reality itself; colors more colorful, and my consciousness more conscious than what it is now.
And the funny thing is, is that many people believe that we are living in a simulation.
And if all of God’s Word is true, then that is exactly what this is; just not in the complete sense that people mean.
Earth is that simulation, and when we die, we leave this world (Or in other words, leave the Matrix) and enter the afterlife, where God judges us.
Very fascinating stuff, when I put this all into perspective.
I know all of what I said might sound like I’m some religious nutjob from Heaven’s Gate or something. XD
But really, I have been pondering my existence and where I fit in this world lately, and these things interest me.
Any hoo, I guess people can take with that what they will. Happy Trails!
~Sincerely, Your Favorite Uncle, Gregory Thomas