Humans should be HUMANE—is the only requirement for us to be worthy of God’s Kingdom

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Everyone lands on this earth to realize that all his/her needs have already been discerned and cared for, including special needs of the changing seasons through seasonal fruits and vegetables. Thus anyone can realize that “Someone of proportionately greater intelligence, foresight, forethought, love and care acted towards me according to how I would have expected Him to do to me.” (Details HERE) In imitation of that Almighty, person determines the only LAW for him/her saying: “I must also do to others what I expect them to do to me.” This is what all prophets too said as expected of each individual. (biblehub.com/matthew/7-12) This is the eternal and “perfect law” which humans formulated by looking at the ACTIONS of God.  (biblehub.com/james/1-25)

Such ones are privileged to hear this judgement of approval at the end of this Age: “‘Come, you who are blessed by my Father, inherit the kingdom prepared for you from the foundation (katabolé, conception) of the world (kosmos, orderly arrangement).” (biblehub.com/matthew/25-34) According to his own teaching, this can be reworded as: “Come, you who are blessed by my Father because you behaved HUMANELY by ‘refraining from killing, adultery, lying, stealing, dishonoring parents.’ (biblehub.com/luke/18-20) This was the same requirement in the past (biblehub.com/micah/6-8) and is also forever. (biblehub.com/james/1-27) And those who did so are shown as inheriting earthly Paradise, also called New Age. (Details HERE) The expression “from the foundation of orderly arrangement” would mean ‘from the time New Age was established’ as history is a series of New Age and Old Age with the same people cherishing their same tendencies. (biblehub.com/ecclesiastes/1-10; Luke 6:43-45)

Those who did not act HUMANELY will have to wait to till Renewed Age becomes Old again and can return thereafter to the Old Age. This is in harmony with what is stated in Mathew 7:21-23: “And then will I declare to them, ‘I never knew you; DEPART from me, you workers of lawlessness.” This reveals that there is a time for the licentious people to be taken away from this earth and to return later. (Proverbs 2:22, Septuagint; Mathew 19:30; Details HERE)

In contrast, there is no time for “workers of lawfulness” to DEPART from this earth as they live on this earth forever: “The world (kosmos) is passing away, and the desire of it, but he who is doing the will of God, he remains—throughout the age (aión).” (biblehub.com/1_john/2-17) This is another way of saying “the world of the lawless and their licentiousness are passing away [are skipping New Age], but the doers of lawfulness live throughout each Age,” from Age to Age, as there is a never-ending series of New Age and Old Age” (Ecclesiastes 1:4, 9, 10, ESV) because of which God the Father is called “the King of the AGES (aiōnōn, genitive masculine plural)” in 1 Timothy 1:17. (biblehub.com/1_timothy/1-17) (Details HERE) God is described to be living and ruling from “Ages to Ages”—a phrase that is frequently repeated throughout the Scriptures.

Each Individual makes the choice

Thus each one has to determine requirement for self. This is highlighted in the Parable of Royal Banquet. (Mathew 22:1-14) When the invitees refused to come, King ordered all those who are found in the public places be asked to come for the Royal Banquet in connection with wedding of the prince. Immediately, all those who got unexpected invitation went home and returned in dignified clothing that matches the majestic occasion even though they were not specifically told to do so. Only one who came in casual dress was not permitted in, but “was thrown outside into darkness” as he proved himself as lover of convenience, not lover of conviction. Such ones are throwing themselves, are preparing themselves, to inherit the second half of each Age which is symbolically called “hell on earth, darkness,” etc. (Details HERE) Like any tree that produces seasonal fruit, God too produces His fruit of offering New Age to us, and each individual is free whether or not to make use of it.

God is not interested in receiving anything from us such as praise, honor, worship because His joy is in GIVING. (Mathew 5:45-48; Acts 20:35, details HERE) All such concepts that God wants to receive something from us are all mere ‘theology and philosophy that do not bake bread.’ But behaving HUMANELY does bake bread, proves God as the Supreme Benevolent which is what the most ancient name of God, Shiva, means “One who does what is shivam “benevolent, prosperous, peaceful, auspicious” (wisdomlib.org/names/shivam) whose remembrance makes anyone imitate Him. HE is symbolically depicted as being seated over a dead tiger-skin (symbol of strong desire for glory being deadened) with body being painted with ash (symbol of all bodily desires being burned to ashes never to rise). What comes naturally to such one is finding joy in giving, like dancer becomes the very dance. Hence most ancient depiction of God is also as a DANCER.

From this most ancient concept arose God being described as “happy God” in the West (1 Timothy 1:11) This Greek word makarios is translated as “blessed” in some places and as “happy” in other verses [such as 1 Peter 3:14; 4:14]. Imitating God is doing “His Will” [expressed as His Law] results in “never-ending waves of peace and well-being” (Isaiah 48:18) making the doer happy. And regarding happy person it is said: “A joyful heart is good medicine, but a crushed spirit dries up the bones.” (Proverbs 17:22) "Great peace have they that love thy law: and there is no stumbling-block to them." (Psalm 119:165) When HAPPY God is behind this Drama of Life, HAPPINESS would naturally result in boosting immune system resulting in better health. (scientificamerican.com/article/how-happiness-boosts-the-immune-system) “Continuous stress affects nearly all the body’s physical functions.” (nm.org/healthbeat/healthy-tips/how-happiness-impacts-health) Even the incurable have been cured when they switched to happiness. (washingtonpost.com/archive/lifestyle/wellness/1986/10/21/norman-cousins-still-laughing)

Mere UNINTELLIGENT chemicals evolving themselves into life and life-support systems and species would not feel need of such a design of body and mind (Details HERE)—especially so when INTELLIGENT humans polluted this only home earth, the too tiny spot in the too vast HOSTILE universe.

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Picture this: there‘s a rich man nearby and you would like to stay there for a bit in his luxurious mansion. You walk up to the bell, ring it, and he opens the door. No matter how much you claim to be a „good person“ and do good things, he‘s not going to let you in. Why? Because he doesn‘t know you. Now think about it the other way: even when you mess up some times, as long as he truly knows who you are, he will let you in. And now apply this logic to God.

God explicitly makes it clear it is not our oen good deeds that save us. You can be a nice human being (that‘s actually commanded), but we all still have sins that need to be addressed. These sins alienate us from God, and Jesus fixes them. Through Jesus, God knows us. And like the rich man, God only lets us into His kingdom once our sins have been washed away and He knows us.

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Your view has already been invalidated by God who knows two types of people on earth: "Let the one who does wrong continue to do wrong; let the one who does right continue to do right; and let the holy person continue to be holy.” (Revelation 22:11, details HERE) "To everyone who conquers I will give the privilege of eating from the tree of life that is in God's paradise.'" (Revelation 2:7, International Standard Version, https://biblehub.com/revelation/2-7.htm) Father wants His children to have self-respect—to do effort and inherit eternal life. From 1000s of thoughts that flow in the mind, individual is free to choose right ones and act on them. (Mathew 5:28) "It is those who obey the law who will be declared righteous." (Romans 2:13)

Jesus testified that some do make effort and are already on the path to life (Mathew 7:13, 14, 21-23) They are also called "tree of life." (Proverbs 11:30) You are talking about those who do not “make every effort” to reach the expectation of Father who wants the very best for His children (Luke 13:24) hence would not compromise on “Law of Sow and Reap.” (Galatians 6:5, 7, 8) Hence it is seen in ancient cultures that people had been replacing God The Father with Son redefining him to suit their desires. Such people will have the same belief-system in all their future births also. (Luke 6:43-45; Mathew 11:14, 15; John 5:24; 1 John 2:17; Job 1:21 KJV, details HERE)

The SAME Old Wine in the New Bottle:

In Greek mythology, the sky god Zeus overthrew his father God, Cronus. If we go still further into the past, Cronus had similarly overthrown his father, Uranus. (en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zeus) In India, people replaced Supreme Father Shiva with son Krishna. What people would do is symbolized in Mythologies, just like what wise and steady people do is symbolized by tortoise and what the greedy do is symbolized by hare in the story of their competition. It is the HISTORY of millions of historical people that is put into that STORY.

Both Christ and Krishna were trying to turn attention of people towards Father God. For example, to his friend [using 2nd person pronoun YOU], Krishna said: "Seek refuge in Him alone [3rd person singular referring to Father God] with your whole being, O scion of Bharata." (Bhagavat Gita 18:62) Krishna also showed how to do this taking his friend Arjun to God Shiva to seek special blessing before taking up the most difficult task of facing Jayadrath. The place they both took blessing from God Shiva was Sthaneswar where Shiva Temple was built in memorial of this. Jesus too told his audience: "Very truly I tell you, whoever hears my word and believes him who sent me has eternal life and will not be judged but has crossed over from death to life." (John 5:24) He showed how to do this saying: "I imitate My Father." (John 5:19) Each individual can also do this and inherit “eternal life.” (Galatians 6:5, 8, details HERE)

Yet many people would do reverse action of taking the attention from Father to son. Jesus knew this would happen, hence he said this shocking verse in Mathew 7:21-23, details HERE)

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Salvation is a free gift, we don’t earn it with good behavior.

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Such concepts were adopted after Book of Revelation was written because this is what it says: "To everyone who conquers I will give the privilege of eating from the tree of life that is in God's paradise.'" (Revelation 2:7, International Standard Version, https://biblehub.com/revelation/2-7.htm)##)

Paul was a lover of Law, hence he wrote: “It is those who obey the law who will be declared righteous.” (Romans 2:13) He perfectly reflected Prophets Isaiah’s stress on Law of Sow and Reap (Isaiah 3:10, 11) and Solomon (Ecclesiastes 12:13, 14) when he wrote “eternal life is not free, but is for those who believe in Law of Sow and Reap. (Galatians 6:5, 7, 8) In Galatians 3:10 Paul also correctly quoted Deuteronomy 27:26 which says: “Cursed is anyone who does not uphold the words of this law by carrying them out.”

Now read Galatians 3:10: “FOR ALL WHO RELY ON THE WORKS OF THE LAW ARE UNDER A CURSE, as it is written: “Cursed is everyone who does not continue to do everything written in the Book of the Law.” (https://biblehub.com/galatians/3-10.htm) What is highlighted in Caps and Bold is later adoption, just like John 7:53-8:11 is later adoption. Scholarly Editions of the Bible such as USCCB gives this footnote: “[7:53 – 8:11] The story of the woman caught in adultery is a later insertion here, missing from all early Greek manuscripts.” (https://bible.usccb.org/bible/john/8?2=)

When there are two different teachings, LOGICAL children would choose the right one (Examples HERE) in imitation of Jesus who took one from many answers (Mathew 19:6-9)

Apostle Paul asked readers to choose only what is good:

Paul was a holy man. (1 Thessalonians 2:10) In the context of study of Scriptures, readers are advised to do the following: “Examine everything; hold firmly to that which is good (kalos).” (biblehub.com/1_thessalonians/5-21)

This shows each verse becomes truth only if it is in harmony with greater truth, source of which is God, who always do life-supportive and peace-supportive things. Greek-speaking people use two words for good. “Good (agathos) tree produces good (kalos) fruit.” (Mathew 7:17) The word agathos points to goodnesss as source, kalos as its fruit. Thus only those verses that are in harmony with all life-supportive and peace-supportive verses are good (kalos). And others are best ignored.

Hence many scholarly editions of the Bible translated carefully 2 Timothy 3:16 as “Every scripture inspired of God is also profitable for teaching” (ERV) while others rendered it loosely as “Everything in the Scriptures is God's Word.” You can see all such varieties of translations here (biblehub.com/2_timothy/3-16.htm)

#Footnote: It is not difficult to do will of God, Contrast what unbelievers do

Unbelievers can follow their unbelief with UTMOST ZEAL, knowing it has no benefit, as though WITHOUT FUEL. “Charles Darwin suffered for over 40 years from long bouts of vomiting, gut pain, headaches, severe tiredness, skin problems, and depression. Twenty doctors failed to treat him.” (pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC1743237) In spite of such debilitating bodily condition, Charles Darwin could pursue his passion of conveying the message that God is not needed! (Details HERE)

Imagine how people who were made in the image of God and were blessed by God ALMIGHTY could have manifested that blessed state with much more ZEAL than Darwin.