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 Letter Answering Department Survey:  Return of Christ  ...does a person about to become a spirit being need special training?        
                                                                                                                                                                           
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SUBJECT:   Humans becoming Spirit Beings at the Return of Christ

 

QUESTIONS:  Will we not need some sort of training prior to becoming spirit beings.

 

ANSWERS:

 

Other than what we learn in the Salvation Process…NO.

 

Spirit beings are give power and knowledge the moment they are changed.  How do we know this?  Can God give someone knowledge instantly?  We have a lot to indicate this.

 

1) Tower of Babel Read Genesis 11:1-9. Verse 7 says...

 Genesis 11:7
Go to, let us go down, and there confound their language, that they may not understand one another's speech.

 

But they knew THEIRS as if it were their language from birth.  Clearly God gave hundreds of thousands of people absolute knowledge of language instantly.

 

2) After Jesus returns we will all get a new language:

 Zephaniah 3:9
For then will I turn to the people a pure language, that they may all call upon the name of the LORD, to serve him with one consent.

 

This language will be spoken by all spirit beings (just changed) and all humans from many nations and languages on earth.  Clearly Jesus will not set up language schools all over the world to teach all these people this language.  It will be given instantly.

 

3) The knowledge and wisdom God instantly gave to craftsmen making the tabernacle and other instances:

 Exodus 31:1-5

1 And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying,

2 See, I have called by name Bezaleel the son of Uri, the son of Hur, of the tribe of Judah:

3 And I have filled him with the spirit of God, in wisdom, and in understanding, and in knowledge, and in all manner of workmanship,

4 To devise cunning works, to work in gold, and in silver, and in brass,

5 And in cutting of stones, to set them, and in carving of timber, to work in all manner of workmanship.

 

Exodus 35:31-35
31 And he hath filled him with the spirit of God, in wisdom, in understanding, and in knowledge, and in all manner of workmanship;

32 And to devise curious works, to work in gold, and in silver, and in brass,

33 And in the cutting of stones, to set them, and in carving of wood, to make any manner of cunning work.

34 And he hath put in his heart that he may teach, both he, and Aholiab, the son of Ahisamach, of the tribe of Dan.

35 Them hath he filled with wisdom of heart, to work all manner of work, of the engraver, and of the cunning workman, and of the embroiderer, in blue, and in purple, in scarlet, and in fine linen, and of the weaver, even of them that do any work, and of those that devise cunning work.

 

1 Kings 7:14
He was a widow's son of the tribe of Naphtali, and his father was a man of Tyre, a worker in brass: and he was filled with wisdom, and understanding, and cunning to work all works in brass. And he came to king Solomon, and wrought all his work.

 

These people were not sent away to a trade school.

 

4) Wisdom He gave Solomon instantly: 

1 Kings 3:7-13
7 And now, O LORD my God, thou hast made thy servant king instead of David my father: and I am but a little child: I know not how to go out or come in.

8 And thy servant is in the midst of thy people which thou hast chosen, a great people, that cannot be numbered nor counted for multitude.

9 Give therefore thy servant an understanding heart to judge thy people, that I may discern between good and bad: for who is able to judge this thy so great a people?

10 And the speech pleased the Lord, that Solomon had asked this thing.

11 And God said unto him, Because thou hast asked this thing, and hast not asked for thyself long life; neither hast asked riches for thyself, nor hast asked the life of thine enemies; but hast asked for thyself understanding to discern judgment;

12 Behold, I have done according to thy words: lo, I have given thee a wise and an understanding heart; so that there was none like thee before thee, neither after thee shall any arise like unto thee.

13 And I have also given thee that which thou hast not asked, both riches, and honour: so that there shall not be any among the kings like unto thee all thy days.

 

He instantly gave him this deep wisdom.

 

5)  Gifts of the Holy Spirit

1 Corinthians 12:1-11
1 Now concerning spiritual gifts, brethren, I would not have you ignorant.

2 Ye know that ye were Gentiles, carried away unto these dumb idols, even as ye were led.

3 Wherefore I give you to understand, that no man speaking by the Spirit of God calleth Jesus accursed: and that no man can say that Jesus is the Lord, but by the Holy Ghost.

4 Now there are diversities of gifts, but the same Spirit.

5 And there are differences of administrations, but the same Lord.

6 And there are diversities of operations, but it is the same God which worketh all in all.

7 But the manifestation of the Spirit is given to every man to profit withal.

8 For to one is given by the Spirit the word of wisdom; to another the word of knowledge by the same Spirit;

9 To another faith by the same Spirit; to another the gifts of healing by the same Spirit;

10 To another the working of miracles; to another prophecy; to another discerning of spirits; to another divers kinds of tongues; to another the interpretation of tongues:

11 But all these worketh that one and the selfsame Spirit, dividing to every man severally as he will.

 

God gives mankind natural talent and He gives these gives.  There is no training for these gifts.  Where does one go to learn how to heal?

 

6) Angels

Angels are created spirit beings.  Were they created as babes like human children or did God give them the knowledge and know-how to do what they do including transporting themselves between earth and heaven, throughout the Universe and the ability to change into human form at will.  Clearly He gave these billions of angels this power immediately at their creation.

 

7) The Two Witnesses

Revelation 11:3-7
3 And I will give power unto my two witnesses, and they shall prophesy a thousand two hundred and threescore days, clothed in sackcloth.

4 These are the two olive trees, and the two candlesticks standing before the God of the earth.

5 And if any man will hurt them, fire proceedeth out of their mouth, and devoureth their enemies: and if any man will hurt them, he must in this manner be killed.

6 These have power to shut heaven, that it rain not in the days of their prophecy: and have power over waters to turn them to blood, and to smite the earth with all plagues, as often as they will.

7 And when they shall have finished their testimony, the beast that ascendeth out of the bottomless pit shall make war against them, and shall overcome them, and kill them

 

These two men will be the most powerful prophets ever to walk the Earth besides Christ and will do greater works and miracles than He did.  Their miracles will affect whole countries and the World.  Where will they get the training to have fire proceed out of their mouth or to devour their enemies or to prevent from being killed or to shut heaven so it rains not?  Is there a two-witnesses school somewhere?  No, they will have this power and knowledge instantly.

 

8) The dead who rise to meet Christ in the air:

1 Thessalonians 4:16-17
16 For the Lord himself shall descend from heaven with a shout, with the voice of the archangel, and with the trump of God: and the dead in Christ shall rise first:

17 Then we which are alive and remain shall be caught up together with them in the clouds, to meet the Lord in the air: and so shall we ever be with the Lord.

How will these new spirit beings immediately rise up in the air?  Even as spirit beings how will they know how to implement this power so fast?

 

I could go on with more Biblical examples, but I believe we get the point.  God can impart knowledge and know-how immediately.

 
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