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21 hours ago · The Testament of Solomon is a pseudepigraphical work, purportedly written by King Solomon, in which the author mostly describes particular demons who he enslaved to help build the temple, the questions he put to them about their deeds and how they could be thwarted, and their answers, which provide a kind of self-help manual against demonic activity.
2 days ago · Immediately after death, one enters the spirit world (in this case, meaning an intermediary state between heaven and hell) and awaits judgment of whether they will enter heaven or hell. [77] Since the evil try to appear good and the good retain false ideas, one remains in this intermediate state until they are examined. [78]
2 days ago · St. Faustina on Heaven. Less than a century ago, St. Faustina Kowalska recorded her vision of heaven in her Diary entry for Nov. 27, 1936: Today I was in heaven, in spirit, and I saw its unconceivable beauties and the happiness that awaits us after death. I saw how all creatures give ceaseless praise and glory to God.
4 days ago · In June, Northern Sky Theater premiered Hell’s Belgians, a prequel to its immensely popular Belgians in Heaven, a play that premiered in 1994 and followed the metaphysical adventures of two Southern Door farmers. It’s been 12 years since Belgians in Heaven was last performed at Northern Sky, formerly known as American Folklore Theatre (AFT ...
21 hours ago · Zoroastrianism (Persian: دین زرتشتی, romanized: Din-e Zartoshti), also known as Mazdayasna and Behdin, is an Iranian religion.Among the world's oldest organized faiths, it is based on the teachings of Iranian prophet Zarathustra—commonly known by his Greek name Zoroaster—as set forth in the primary religious text called the Avesta.
3 days ago · For all its complexities, it’s good to be reminded that one way Jesus described the kingdom is simply that it is good news. “Now Jesus began to go all over Galilee . . . preaching the good news of the kingdom.”. - Matthew 4:23. Trying to succinctly define the kingdom of heaven is like attempting to define wind or your favorite novel.
3 days ago · The Lake of Fire is a place of forever suffering. When an unbeliever dies, he goes immediately to this terrible place called Hades. The common experience in both the temporary location, Hades, and the ultimate place for the unsaved, the Lake of Fire, is physical pain. Notice in Luke 16:24, the rich man says he is in agony because of the flames.
