In a place of existence is a place whereby existence is 'made' as such there is a Creation for existence to happen. And upon the existence of Man there seems to be a Creator term as God. For He the Creator of things, the One and Only Divine Being; The everlasting existence both within and outside the boundary of time as in the beginning there was only 'Nothing'.
Where is the Kingdom of God? Will it be Heaven or will it be Hell? To know the answer there must be a faith for only in Faith will One believe that existence is due to creation and not be base by chance for existence to happen which is as suggested by those unbeliever. To a believer, God created all things, ie. the night and the day; for all things was created by Him. Out of 'Nothingness' there is 'Something' that leads to creation where in the beginning it Be!!! 'Let there be Light, And there was Light!!!'
If there is a Beginning, will there be an End? If in the beginning it was Nothing, will the end be an Emptiness? According to a believer the end is what is also known as the Kingdom Of the After Life. For in the after life is a place term as Heaven and Hell.
Heaven is a place of Goodness, a place or a Kingdom of God; where 'Good Man' shall be back with its Creator to be in glory and joy whereby Hell is a place of Evil in which 'Bad Man' are supposedly punish and to be together with the Curse or Fallen Angel a.k.a Satan or the Devil.
To understand such a concept one must be a believer and to be a believer there must be Faith. Only in Faith will the Kingdom of God or in other words the Kingdom in the Afterlife, is a place we go to after we die.
This is what Paul teaches us, of course. James, the brother of Jesus, however, teaches us that the Kingdom of God means a theocratic state here in this world (similar to the Islamic State that some Muslims talk about). Between faith there seems to be diversity in nature for all Man shall has the freedom and rights of thoughts that suggested on how the world is to be as such a place in this world must be in par with the Kingdom of the Afterlife.
HEAVEN IS A PLACE ON EARTH
The Kingdom of God shall be here on Earth
James was a Nazarene. Paul, however, was a Roman citizen. Hence James would not accept Roman rule while Paul felt that they needed to “Render unto Caesar the things that are Caesar’s, and unto God the things that are God’s” (Mathew 22:21). Luke and Mark also report Jesus as having said this.
There is a dispute as to what this quotation really means. Some say Jesus is confirming that the Jews need to accept Roman authority and pay taxes to Rome. Others say this means they need to set up a Kingdom of God or theocratic state (here on earth) and reject Roman authority. The fact that at that time to reject Roman authority was an act of sedition punishable by death (meaning crucifixion, the punishment for rebellion), Jesus was forced to speak in parables.
Nevertheless, parables can mean whatever you wish it to mean. And Paul, being a Roman citizen, chose to interpret that statement meaning the Jews must kowtow to Rome. But James disagreed with this. And this was one of the issues that created the conflict between James and Paul.
Paul eventually left Jerusalem and went to Rome to preach his brand of Christianity, where he then went into conflict with Peter, who agreed with James and disagreed with Paul. Paul then announced his ‘independence’ from the Jerusalem community. And it was Paul who propagated the doctrine of Jesus the Son of God, a doctrine that was rejected by the Jerusalem Judeo-Christians.
Fourteen of the twenty-seven books of the New Testament are attributed to Paul. And in Paul’s books it refers to Jesus the Son of God. In those not written by Paul, it refers to Jesus the Son of Man. And this is the position that Islam has taken — the position of James and not the position of Paul.
Nevertheless, since Paul was Roman, the Romans took Paul’s position and not James’ position. And, in 325, Emperor Constantine officially accepted the doctrine of Paul as the doctrine of the religion of Rome, thus creating a split in Christianity similar to the Sunni-Shia split in Islam 300 years later.
The religion of the Christians is the religion of Judaism. The religion of the Muslims is also the religion of Judaism. Both Christianity and Islam were born from Judaism. You could say that Christianity and Islam were in a way Siamese twins. And these Siamese twins were eventually separated by surgery. And this surgery was the crucifixion and resurrection of Christ. That is what separates Christianity from Islam.
Putting aside the ritualistic and iconic aspects of Christianity and Islam, both these religions share the same doctrine of the one God, the Afterlife, and so on. It begins to separate on the issue of the crucifixion and resurrection of Christ. Hence the story of the crucifixion and resurrection of Christ is very important to Christianity. Without this Christianity would not exist. Hence Christians insist that the crucifixion and resurrection of Christ did happen while the Muslims insist it did not.
If Christians agree it did not happen then they would become Muslims. And if Muslims agree that it did happen then they would become Christians. The only way Christians can remain Christians and Muslims can remain Muslims is to disagree on the crucifixion and resurrection of Christ.
Hence is Jesus the Son of Man or is Jesus the Son of God? If Jesus is the Son of Man then the Muslims are the true believers and if Jesus is the Son of God then the Christians are the true believers. And this is why the Christians insist on using Allah while the Muslims insist they should not use Allah — because if the word ‘God’ were to be replaced with the word ‘Allah’ then Jesus would become Jesus the Son of Allah. And this will demolish the Islamic doctrine that Allah does not have children.
FEELS LIKE HEAVEN
It all has to start with the crucifixion and resurrection of Christ. If Jesus was not crucified and resurrected then Islam wins. If Jesus was crucified and resurrected then Christianity wins. If Jesus was the Son of Allah then Christianity wins again. But if Jesus was not the Son of Allah then Islam wins.
It is all about winning and losing. And it has been so for 1,400 years — about who wins and who loses. So forget about the law, the Federal Constitution of Malaysia, human rights, civil liberties, freedom of religion, and whatnot. This is not about all those things. This is about whose religion is the true religion, Christianity or Islam? And both Christians and Muslims will not give in and admit that the other side is right.
This is a family squabble. Two siblings are quarrelling over who is right and who is wrong. Two siblings are fighting over the right to be the true religion. The non-Christians and non-Muslims who are so kaypoh and who are taking one side over the other do not really know what the fight is all about.
And one golden rule you should live by is when families fight and two siblings are at each other’s throat do not get involved or pour fuel onto the fire. After all, as far as Christians and Muslims are concerned, non-Christians and non-Muslims are infidels who are going to end up in hell anyway. The Christians and Muslims will say, “Thank you for supporting us. Now go to hell.” Yes, that is the belief of Christianity and Islam.
Stupid Roman!
Do you know who is to blame for all this? Yes, that’s right, the Romans. If in 63 BCE the Romans had finished off the Jews once and for all instead of just subduing Judea and turning it into a client kingdom, there would not be any Jews left alive. And if there were no Jews there would be no Christians and hence also no Muslims around today.
The patriarchal Abrahamic faith, Judaism, would not exist and the two offspring of this faith, Christianity and Islam, would also not exist. And the world, today, would be a very peaceful place.
Is it not ironical that one tactical blunder by Pompey 2,077 years ago has caused so much problems for the world? Pompey made his move on the troublesome Jews but he went only halfway. He did not complete his job. And today the world is plagued with problems perpetuated by the Jews, Christians and Muslims.
One man’s blunder, Pompey, turned this world into a miserable place. Stupid Roman! And because of his stupidity we have to suffer for 2,077 years and maybe for thousands of years more.
ET (Extra Terrestrial) Calling Earth!!!
ET calling Earth! ET calling Earth!
Earth here. Who am I speaking to?
We are ambassadors from the nation called Alfa-Gama. Who am I speaking to?
This is the Apeman aka. Beast speaking.
Are you the leader of the nation called Earth?
No, I am just the United Nation’s ambassador to coordinate responses to ET communications.
Are you authorised to speak on behalf of your nation Earth?
Well, actually we don’t have a nation called Earth. Earth is our planet and we have many nations on Earth, hundreds, in fact.
Hundreds? You mean Earth is not one nation like Alfa-Gama?
No, Earth comprises of many nations. And that is why we have an organisation called the United Nations. And I am representing this organisation called the United Nations.
Oh, I see, and what does your organisation do?
We unite the many nations so that there is peace here on Earth and the hundreds of nations do not go to war with each other.
That makes sense. So that means Earth is a peaceful planet and there are no wars on Earth. That is just the type of planet we are seeking to establish diplomatic relations with.
Well, not exactly. We still have wars. In fact, even as we speak there are wars being fought all over Earth.
Oh, so your organisation, the United Nations, has failed then?
Well, sort of.
So why do you still have an organisation called the United Nations then?
So that we can continue talking on how to prevent wars.
Why not just merge the hundreds of nations into one nation? Would that not be a good way to prevent wars among nations since you have only one nation instead of hundreds of nations?
That may not work?
Why? If you all live on one planet then can’t you all become one nation?
That will not work because even within nations we have wars. This is called civil wars, ethnic wars and religious wars. So, if we can’t live with each other even as a nation how can we unite so many nations into one nation?
Earth is very strange. What are religious wars?
It’s like this. We could be one nation, one race, or one ethnicity, but we are still divided by many religions. So we have wars between religions?
Religion? What is religion?
Heaven
Religion is…how shall I describe it? Religion is the belief in God.
God? What is God?
God is our creator.
Creator? You mean people on Earth are created, like machines or robots? So Earth people are not living things?
Not quite like that. Earth people are living things. But many of us believe that there is an invisible creator and that we are all created by this creator that no one has ever seen.
And everyone on earth believes this?
Well, almost everyone. The thing is Earth people believe in God in different ways so we fight wars to kill each other because of these differences in how we believe in God.
You all believe in God yet you fight wars because you believe in God in different ways?
That sort of sums it up.
So Earth is a very hostile planet then. You fight wars for all sorts of reasons and you have hundreds of nations that are not at peace with each other and you have an organisation called the United Nations that was set up to prevent wars and all you do is talk about how to prevent wars but you still have wars and kill each other.
I suppose that describes perfectly what Earth is.
I don’t think Alfa-Gama would like to establish diplomatic relations with Earth. Good luck. We might come back in another few thousand years when you have all killed each other off and then we will colonise what is left of your planet.
IN A PLACE OF ONCE IN A LIFETIME