{"id":5031,"date":"2022-09-10T12:41:30","date_gmt":"2022-09-10T17:41:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.awordforthought.com\/?p=5031"},"modified":"2022-09-10T13:03:58","modified_gmt":"2022-09-10T18:03:58","slug":"creation-to-cremation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.awordforthought.com\/?p=5031","title":{"rendered":"CREATION &#8211; &#8211; &#8211; to &#8211; &#8211; &#8211; CREMATION"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>CREATION to CREMATION &#8211; &#8211; &#8211; with INUNDATION in between, one time.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>That&#8217;s the history and the future of this world and the universe.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8211; &#8211; &#8211;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>CREATION&#8212;&#8220;In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>INUNDATION&#8212;&#8220;Now the earth was corrupt in God\u2019s sight and was full of violence.  I am going to bring floodwaters on the earth to destroy all life under the heavens, every creature that has the breath of life in it. Everything on earth will perish.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>CREMATION&#8212;&#8220;But the day of the Lord will come like a thief. The heavens will disappear with a roar; the elements will be destroyed by fire, and the earth and everything done in it will be laid bare.&#8221;*<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8211; &#8211; &#8211;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>What about you, and me?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Not quite as simple, but very clear.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8211; &#8211; &#8211;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>+CREATED at conception<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>+INUNDATED at times by life<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>+DEAD at appointed time<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>+CREMATED (optional, changes nothing)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8211; &#8211; &#8211;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>then<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8211; &#8211; &#8211;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>+JUDGMENT at the throne of God !<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8211; &#8211; &#8211;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;It is appointed unto man once to die, and thereafter the judgment.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8211; &#8211; &#8211;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>No reason to dance around reality.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;I wish we&#8217;d all been ready.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>There&#8217;s no time to change your mind;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Son has come, and you&#8217;ve been left behind.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8211; &#8211; &#8211;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;Have you been to Jesus for the cleansing flood?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Are you washed in the blood of the Lamb?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Are your garments spotless, are they white as snow?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Are you washed in the blood of the Lamb?&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8211; &#8211; &#8211;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;Do you know that you&#8217;ve been born again?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Does the Spirit dwell within<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Bearing witness that you&#8217;ve been<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Cleansed from every sin and shame?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Are you ready if the Lord should come<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Or today your soul should claim?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8211; &#8211; &#8211;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;Behold, now is the accepted time (to accept Jesus); behold, now is the day of salvation.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>*&#8221;Since everything will be destroyed in this way, what kind of people ought you to be? 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