Nowhere in the Bible are we told that the dearly departed saved ones are given wings. The saints in heaven do not become angels, they will rule over the angelic host according to the apostle Paul. But, it’s certainly a fascinating and emotional story for those uneducated in the Word of Truth; those who are looking toward experience and the tweaking of their emotions rather than studying for themselves rightly-divided doctrine. In each instance, somebody went and somebody saw in direct contradiction to the Paul’s very clear statement that “we walk by faith not by sight.” Why do books based on so called experiences of going to heaven become best sellers? Could it be because the time will come as Paul states so clearly in 2 Timothy 4:3. We might call them “emotional cravings, abandon sound doctrine preferring instead to have their ears tickled. The reason they sell so well is because in the minds of the vast majority of so-called Christendom today emotion trumps doctrine. Take note of which churches grow the fastest and where the multitudes want to congregate in your city and you’ll see meetings designed with emotion in mind. We walk by faith not by sight. We can rely upon nothing we see because the enemy is able to provide miraculous manifestations and we can rely only upon what we hear from others to the extent that what others say aligns itself with the Word of God rightly divided.
Given Wings
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The conscious survival of the soul and its reattachment to the body at the resurrection. Cheating people out of being caught to meet the Savior in the air, when the Age of Grace is over. Paul never alluded to the conscious survival of the soul and its reattachment to the body at the resurrection, that is a notion totally foreign to Paul and to Scripture as a whole.
seekeroftruth
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And you're bringing this up, why?
Who cares about us getting wings? We do care about the crowns.... and aren't angels the ones with wings.... is that where this whole controversy stems from?
I remember the seraphim [I think it was Seraphim] having six wings on the Arc of the Covenant.... but I don't think I ever heard we earn wings until the movie It's a Wonderful Life.
Who cares about us getting wings? We do care about the crowns.... and aren't angels the ones with wings.... is that where this whole controversy stems from?
I remember the seraphim [I think it was Seraphim] having six wings on the Arc of the Covenant.... but I don't think I ever heard we earn wings until the movie It's a Wonderful Life.
