[soc.religion.christian] SEEDLESS FRUIT IN HEAVEN

jhaynes@ohstpy.mps.ohio-state.edu (06/03/91)

                                  SEEDLESS FRUIT

    When studying the scriptures I found it joyful of thinking of HOME SWEET
    HOME.  Heaven of coarse not the home of my parent (MOM) or the home I
    have with my wife and two children.  I was think one day after reading and
    meditating on the scriptures and started thinking about what Heaven would
    be like.

    Have you ever eaten grapes and had to spit out the seeds or the pit from a
    peach that seems to rob you of one more bit.  Well what got me think was
    this verse in revelation:

    Rev 22:2 down the middle of the great street of the city. On each side of
             the river stood the tree of life, bearing twelve crops of fruit,
             yielding its fruit every month. And the leaves of the tree are
             for the healing of the nations. (NIV)

    This is the verse that I was thinking over about the tree of life bearing
    twelve crops of fruit every month of the year.  Well this started my
    scriptural journey.  Thinking God all knowing knew that when Eve and Adam
    ate of the tree of good and evil that everything would be set in its
    bondage of decay.

    Rom 8:20-21 20 For the creation was subjected to frustration, not by its
                own choice, but by the will of the one who subjected it, in
                hope
                21 that the creation itself will be liberated from its bondage
                to decay and brought into the glorious freedom of the children
                of God. (NIV)

    For this reason I conclude God when creating all of this fruits and
    animals and yes even us that we could reproduce.  For nothing that is in
    the list of creation that can reproduce is in existance only an image of
    what was.  Yes its all real I know but on the line of thought of seedless
    fruit everything from the moment it comes in to existance is going to
    decay and I thought if the tree of life will bear its fruit twelve times a
    year and not decay why would there be a need for a seed.

    I know that Jesus says that we will not marry at the resurrection i.e.
    have sex to reproduce.

    Matt 22:29-31 29 Jesus replied, "You are in error because you do not know
                  the Scriptures or the power of God.
                  30 At the resurrection people will neither marry nor be
                  given in marriage; they will be like the angels in heaven.
                  31 But about the resurrection of the dead-- have you not
                  read what God said to you, (NIV)

    I thought I would share one of my quiet time thought with you.

    In His Hands,

    Joel

    Prov 27:17 As iron sharpens iron, so one man sharpens another. (NIV)

    1 Thes 5:21 Test everything. Hold on to the good. (NIV)