[Ezekiel Bathfire]

Originally Posted by joe707

That’s a very interesting question. I believe there are things we will never fully understand. But we have been created in God’s image, and many things have been offered as gifts to us, but they are known not by the mind but through other means.

Other means? Really? You have an example? (I bet you don't)

Everyone worries about their insurance policies. It is there, even when they are not sitting around. Everyone wants insurance, and wants to be reassured that they can put something down now as payment for what might come to pass.

I don’t see your problem. On the financial level, just buy insurance to the right coverage – perhaps a little more than you think you will ever need. On a spiritual level, merely obey the Word of The Lord.

This is fear, and also hope. Everyone worries about the future, where they will go, and whether they will be saved or the opposite. It is a real fear.

No they do not. I do not worry. You really are filled with fear, you keep going on and on about it - relax. I worry about you, I sometimes think you are abnormal with this fear and worry you keep banging on about. I simply cannot understand why this should be the case for you. Hope, what is the point of hope? God has a Plan – if we are in it, we need neither fear nor hope. If we are not in it, then fear and hope are pointless for we are lost whatever happens. Accept and put your trust in The Lord!
Do you think any reasonably Almighty Being would want His creations to go around in fear and trembling when He has given them a set of instructions by way of The Bible?

Why, it is like your being taught a skill by the very finest Craftsman, eventually he will judge you but He has given you all you need to know and you have paid attention – what examination could there be that would be difficult for a diligent student? None.