Whose Reality?

Reality: The state of things as they actually exist, as opposed to an idealistic or notional idea of them.

To this definition I would ask: the state of things as they actually exist for whom? There are as many different realities as there are people on earth, and that reality changes from minute to minute, second to second. I would say rather than "reality" a more fitting word would be "perception".

5 people can be in the same room when a fight breaks out. When questioned about what happened, each one will have an entirely different perception about that reality. The reality: a fight broke out... but the perception of that reality is where it differs greatly. So which one is true? All of them. From each person's perspective what they experienced is the truth. 

Someone may say to you that life sucks...there's nothing but hate, violence, and dishonest people everywhere you look. For them, that is their reality and perception of life, but for you, life is not like that at all. You see life as a pleasant, beautiful, optimistic, wonderful thing. They are both true and coexist at the same time. Even two married people living under the same roof and experiencing pretty much the same thing can feel very differently about their lives. 

In my own life there are different realities. If I were to focus on the news, and what I read online and on Youtube, I might believe that Joe Biden is our President, or President Trump is coming back, that there's a plan, The White Hats are in control, or the Military. There is child trafficking, rioting, murders, rapes, and homelessness, and people in our own government are child eating, Satan worshipping traitors...but, when I turn all of that off, and relax with a cup of tea in my favorite place (my enclosed back porch), none of that exists. All is well with the world and life is good. 

I would have to conclude that there is no such thing as reality only perception or interpretation of circumstances as experienced through the eyes and mind of the person experiencing them.

Is reality the same thing as truth? While there can be many realities or perceptions, there can only be one truth. In the above example of the fight, there exists only one truth of what actually happened. That is where arguing and divisiveness would come into play as each person would try to convince the other that their account of what happened is the truth. That is why it is sometimes hard to come to any concise conclusion as to what the actual truth of a situation is.

I don't envy the person whose job it is to determine the outcome of a murder, accident or other incident that calls for a judgement and sentence on the alleged perpetrator. 

I don't know if it is possible in this world to know what the truth is of our reality, but there is one who knows the truth of all things, and that is Jesus. 

Isaiah 59:4 No one sues righteously and no one pleads honestly. They trust in confusion and speak lies; They conceive mischief and bring forth iniquity.

John 1:17  For the law was given through Moses; grace and truth came through Jesus Christ.

John 14:6  Jesus answered, “I am the way and the truth and the life. 

John 8:32 Then you will know the truth, and the truth will set you free.”

Psalms 5:1-6 Behold, You desire truth in the innermost being, And in the hidden part You will make me know wisdom.

Psalms 25:5 Guide me in your truth and teach me, for you are God my Savior, and my hope is in you all day long.

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The Truth Shall Set You Free

 

One day soon we will all know the truth of everything. It is not going to make a lot of people happy...to suddenly find out that the "Conspiracy Theorists" were right about everything...that we have been lied to our entire lives about everything from the "Big Bang" to "Evolution" to Aliens, Government, Secret Societies, Hollywood; and just who and what is behind everything. The people they revere, trust, and look up to are the very ones behind the lies and deception. The truth of our reality is nothing we have been told or grown up believing to be true. 

There is no other way to address this topic without referring to the Bible. We have to go back to the very beginning of time to unravel the mess of present day and how we got to where we now find ourselves. We have reached the pinnacle and culmination of all the evil that has ever been committed coming to a head and being exposed for what it is and who it is. Exciting time to be alive. We can see it unfolding right before our eyes...but some people do not see it. How can that be?

2 Corinthians 4:4 The god of this age has blinded the minds of unbelievers so they cannot see the light of the gospel of the glory of Christ. Satan is the god of this age, an evil angel who chose to rebel against God, taking with him an army of angels and demons. He uses deception to keep us from seeing the Bible as the Word of God. We are in the midst of a battle between the forces of good and evil. This war is being fought on a spiritual plane for control of the human race.

All of the things we see happening in our Country, the world, and all around us were foretold long ago in the Bible. In the Old and New Testaments. John 8:44 Satan is the father of all lies. 2 Timothy 3:1, 13 The Bible warns in the last days a generation of evil men will rise. Lying and deceiving, and being deceived. Isaiah 5:20 Woe to those who call evil good, and good evil; who put darkness for light, and light for darkness.

Man will never solve the problems that plague mankind. God's Kingdom on earth is the only solution. How much longer will we have to suffer under the tyrannical rule of evil, deceptive men?  Only God knows, not the angels, or even Jesus knows...but the signs are all there that it is imminent, even at the door. 

Isaiah 55:6,7 Seek ye the Lord while he may be found, call ye upon him while he is near: …

Zephaniah 2: 1-3 Gather yourselves together, yes, gather together, O undesirable nation, Before the decree is issued, Or the day passes like chaff, Before the Lord's fierce anger comes upon you, Before the day of the Lord's anger comes upon you! Seek the Lord, all you meek of the earth, Who have upheld His justice. Seek righteousness, seek humility. It may be that you will be hidden In the day of the Lord's anger.

Luke 21:36 Be always on the watch, and pray that you may be able to escape all that is about to happen, and that you may be able to stand before the Son of Man.

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Are We Living in the Time of the End?

Are we living in the Biblical end times Jesus and other prophets like Daniel prophesied about in the New Testament and Old Testament Book of Daniel? 

Not sure I can definitively answer this question in one blog post. A question volumes have been written about and discussed at length by scholars, theologians, and philosophers since Jesus first spoke these words to his disciples who came to him on the Mount of Olives (“The Olivet Discourse”) and asked: "What will be the sign of your coming and of the end of the age?" Mathew 24: 1-14

Jesus answered and said to them:

“See to it that no one misleads you. For many will come in My name, saying, ‘I am the Christ,’ and will mislead many. You will hear of wars and rumors of wars. See that you are not frightened, for those things must take place, but that is not yet the end.  For nation will rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom, and in various places there will be famines and earthquakes. But all these things are merely the beginning of birth pangs.

“Then they will deliver you to tribulation, and will kill you, and you will be hated by all nations because of My name. At that time many will fall away and will betray one another and hate one another. Many false prophets will arise and will mislead many. Because lawlessness is increased, most people’s love will grow cold. But the one who endures to the end, he will be saved. This gospel of the kingdom shall be preached in the whole world as a testimony to all the nations, and then the end will come.

From now on I am telling you before it comes to pass, so that when it does occur, you may believe that I am He. John 13:19

Matthew 24:33 when you see all these things, recognize that He is near, right at the door.

So how can we know if we are living in the time Jesus was talking about? People say there have always been wars, famine and pestilence. But when these things come upon you like birth pangs, increasing in severity and intensity you will know it is near. We can't know the exact day or hour, but we can discern when it is near by the signs given to us in the Bible. 

No one knows about that day or hour, not even the angels in heaven, nor the Son, but only the Father. As it was in the days of noah, so it will be at the coming of the Son of Man. For in the days before the flood, people were eating and drinking, marrying and giving in marriage, up to the day Noah entered the ark.

2 Peter 3:3-4 Knowing this first of all, that scoffers will come in the last days with scoffing, following their own sinful desires. They will say, “Where is the promise of his coming? For ever since the fathers fell asleep, all things are continuing as they were from the beginning of creation.

Although we can not know the day or hour of Jesus return, we can know the season. Jesus gave many signs pointing to his return as in the parable of the fig tree:

Matthew 24: 32-35 “Now learn a lesson from the fig tree. When its branches bud and its leaves begin to sprout, you know that summer is near. In the same way, when you see all these things, you can know his return is very near, right at the door. I tell you the truth, this generation will not by no means pass away until all these things take place. Heaven and earth will pass away, but my words will never pass away. 

The fig tree in the Bible represents the Nation of Israel. Jesus used the parable of a fig tree many times when speaking of Israel.

Luke 13: 6-9, Mark 11: 12-17, Matthew 21:19, Hosea 9:10

May 14,1948 Israel became a sovereign nation thus the fig tree come back to life and started shooting forth. The fig tree (Israel) that seemed dead sprung back to life, putting forth tender branches and leaves. We are the fig tree generation, those who were alive and saw Israel become a nation in 1948 will not pass away until all these things Jesus spoke about in Matthew 24 take place.

1 Thessalonians 5:3 For when they shall say, Peace and safety; then sudden destruction cometh upon them, as travail upon a woman with child; and they shall not escape. 

2 Peter 3:11 Since everything will be destroyed in this way, what kind of people ought you to be? You ought to live holy and godly lives.

We all must examine our own hearts and live every day like it's our last, mindful that Jesus could return anytime, *like a thief in the night when we think not.

Matthew 24:13-14 – But he who endures to the end shall be saved. And this gospel of the kingdom will be preached in all the world as a witness to all the nations, and then the end will come.”

Luke 21: 28 But when these things begin to come to pass, look up, and lift up your heads; because your redemption draws nigh.

*not to confuse the rapture with Jesus second coming, they are two separate events.

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