Mysteries and more - Part 2

In our last post, we came across an "alienologist" named "YourMama" at an online poker table. (No, that person did NOT use a weird green head as an icon.) A chat that began with our "PTL" turned into a discussion of mysteries. Let's pick it up from there....

vegasmon: ever wonder what the u in the other dimensions is like....
Me: I've read a book which says we can be changed into that other dimension.
vegasmon: they say its possible to visit there
bsbpenn78: so is that other side ur exact opposite
yourmama: crasy paople oohhoo oohh et phone home
vegasmon: no just different experiences

What is that book about the "other dimension?" Regular readers should know we're talking about the Bible.

"Listen, I tell you a mystery," writes the apostle Paul; "We will not all sleep, but we will all be changed -- in a flash, in the twinkling of an eye, at the last trumpet. For the trumpet shall sound, the dead shall be raised imperishable, and we shall be changed." (I Cor. 15:51-53)

That "last trumpet" refers to the second coming of Jesus (Rev. 11:15). So we explained....

Me: No. This book says we can become spirit beings.
Me: Changed when Jesus comes back to earth.

"Dear friends, now we are children of God," says I John 3:2; "and what we will be has not yet been made known. But we know that when he appears, we will be like him, for we shall see him as he is."

Those who lived for Christ will be raised with new bodies. Exactly what kind of body that will be.... well, that's a mystery, too. But that didn't impress everyone at the table:

yourmama: dude wake up its just a very good story
yourmama: key word is story
Me: Very good, yes. A story? Depends on whether you believe the Bible.
yourmama: like i said its a story....
Me: We'll all find out someday, won't we?
yourmama: yep

This sort of understanding admittedly takes faith -- faith in God, and the Bible as His Word. Paul wrote elsewhere, "We live by faith, not by sight." {II Cor. 5:7) So we brought up the alternatives....

Me: If I'm right, Jesus will change me so I can live forever.
Me: If I'm wrong - nothing lost.

Our thanks to several ministers we've heard on Christian radio for that. We didn't go all the way with this line of thinking, though. What if you think it's "just a very good story" -- and you're wrong?

"And as it is appointed unto men once to die, but after this the judgment...." (Heb. 9:27, KJV) The Bible says all must face Christ's judgment seat, whether you believed in Him or not.

The Bible chat didn't end there. More in a future post....