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To me that interaction states that if we exclusively cling to something that may or may not be true light - putting on blinders to all other possibilities, - we may block from ourselves the source of a more accurate detailed light we claim to be seeking. Those of us seeking the truth should never close our minds. If I had closed my mind 45 years ago, I would still be proclaiming the Catholic "truth".

Well then it's decided then. Top Hat and Tails coming right up! By dandy! You have a beautiful appreciation of God's splendor, hobie! ..... The thing is ..God already provided us with everything to be able to come to Him at His royal wedding. And to to use your analogy.. The top hats and tails are already provided along with cummerbund and tie and spats. And a cane to look more dapper. And of course the pretty ladies will be wearing beaded gowns and furs and a hat I myself prefer a large turban wrap with a green gem fastened above the forehead with a single ostrich feather reaching the ceiling. and a parasol to look more ...uhh .. dapper. But of course I am taking your thoughts and applying my glam/ritzy sensibilities of what to wear to an event. He is already here with you and me no matter where we are or what we have on or dont have on. Going by your lovely spiritual allegory and previous posts.... You have already been wearing the desired fashionable nifty lil number every moment so you can come to God? Where on earth did you get such beautiful attire, hobie?

that's baloney... it's been happening for decades and decades and decades. It happened to my great grandfather. He was a physician, circuit rider (preacher for the Methodist-Episcopal church) in the Washington Territory, and a farmer. He married his first wife in 1875. He was verbally, emotionally, and physically abused by that awful woman for over 5 years. He filed for divorce in 1881, on the grounds of adultery and abuse. The judge granted the divorce. I have copies of the divorce papers. Some of the descriptions of what happened are horrendous. Thank God he finally married again in 1890 to my great grandmother. Their son, my grandfather, told us there was never a more compassionate, caring, individual than his father. He passed away suddenly in 1918 from a heatstroke at age 64.

Be like Him

Hate the evil

And it doesn't matter whether it started in 1844 or not.

Rachel has raised a very important point. God does not need to investigate in order to figure out who is saved and eligible to spend eternity with God, and who is not saved. God knows. The so-called Investigative Judgment (IJ), is not focused on God in that sense. The plan of salvation, in its beginning was focused on the false charge that if God actually gave His creation freedom of choice. The Investigative Judgment is an examination of the record of the candidates that assures the created, intelligent, beings in the Universe that they have freely chosen to spend eternity with God and that if they are allowed to do so, sin has been so eliminated that they will never choose to sin. In it the Universe that needs to have this assurance. God does not. God knows. We who it is commonly stated are being judged, do not need to fear for our salvation. It is fixed and certain. With the end of the IJ, the Universe will also have that assurance.