Knowledge of God
From Eco-Bible 1
These are notes for an incomplete "Concept" page.
- Information is being added as the Bible Pages are added. In the end, everything will be compiled, further information added (as necessary), broken links connected, etc.
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People have a knowledge of God - a knowledge they normally don't want, because it judges them. So they suppress that knowledge or distort it into something more comfortable.
This page focuses on the knowledge people have. For suppressing that knowledge, see: Suppression of Truth.
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- They will deliberately ignore the historical facts of the creation and the flood. Both occurred simply because God spoke.
- God's glory is constantly declared by creation. The sky provides an ongoing testimony of what God can do.
- This communication (about God's glory) has gone forth; and even though it is not verbally expressed, it is understood everywhere (no matter what language the people may speak).
- Judgment and death (or captivity) would be the end for those who had a pleasure-oriented (prodigal) lifestyle. This is the end result; but it all began with a "lack of knowledge" - knowledge of the ways of God. (As used here, "knowledge" implies a willingness to obey what is known.)
- When the King (Jesus) comes in the future, "the earth will be full of the knowledge of Yahweh, as the waters cover the sea" (Isa 11:9b). THE RESULTS OF THIS?
- Isa 11:6-9a - The wolf will live with the lamb, and the leopard will lie down with the young goat; The calf, the young lion, and the fattened calf together; and a little child will lead them. The cow and the bear will graze. Their young ones will lie down together. The lion will eat straw like the ox. The nursing child will play near a cobra's hole, and the weaned child will put his hand on the viper's den. They will not hurt nor destroy in all my holy mountain; ...
- This describes some of the conditions that will exist during the Fourth World Ecosystem. This knowledge will influence actions. For non-human entities, this will be an instinctive knowledge.
Unless otherwise noted, all notes and comments are © by Dennis Hinks.
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