Pillar 02 · 14 published answers
It's How He Knew You
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Do we possess both a flesh body and a spiritual body?
Paul explicitly distinguishes a natural body from a spiritual body. Call My G concludes that the spiritual body carries the individual through the first age, the intermediate condition outside flesh, and the third age, while the flesh body temporarily permits the soul to experience this age’s limitations and test. Where Scripture supports it: 1 Corinthians 15 explicitly contrasts natural and spiritual bodies. 2 Corinthians 5 contrasts the earthly house with a building from God, and Ecclesiastes says dust returns to Earth while spirit returns to God. Why it matters: The distinction holds intermediate presence, resurrection transformation, and continuous identity together without expecting decayed flesh to inhabit heaven.
If we existed before birth, why don’t we remember it?
This perspective understands birth into flesh as a fair beginning: the same individual enters this age innocently, without conscious access to the former conflict. Family, culture, and circumstance influence us, but eventually our freely chosen conduct reveals what is genuinely within us. Where Scripture supports it: Romans 9 emphasizes that Jacob and Esau had done neither good nor evil in this flesh age before birth. Ecclesiastes says the spirit returns to God, suggesting an origin with Him, while the repeated call to choose requires a meaningful present decision. Why it matters: Former memory would turn this life into a continuation made under visible certainty. Innocence allows present choices to belong to the individual rather than merely to remembered sides.
What does Katabole mean in this teaching?
Katabole names the overthrow or disruption associated with Satan’s rebellion and the ending of the former order. The teaching connects that event to the Earth’s desolate condition and to God’s decision to provide a flesh age in which every soul receives an uncoerced opportunity to choose. Where Scripture supports it: Ezekiel 28 describes perfection followed by iniquity; Isaiah 14 describes the attempted ascent; Revelation 12 supplies the dragon and the third of the stars. Genesis 1:2 and Jeremiah 4 provide the desolation pattern associated with judgment. Why it matters: Katabole names the rupture that connects Satan’s first rebellion to the condition requiring this flesh age and to the same adversary’s final appearance.
Does election eliminate free will?
Not for humanity as a whole. Call My G understands the justified from the former age as people God may directly use to ensure prophecy is fulfilled. Their calling carries responsibility and may limit particular choices, while the broader flesh age still gives every soul a meaningful opportunity to choose. Where Scripture supports it: Romans 8 links foreknowledge, predestination, calling, justification, and glorification. Romans 11 distinguishes an election and a blinded remainder, while Scripture continues to command choice and accountability. Why it matters: The distinction explains how God can guarantee prophecy through particular servants without scripting every soul’s response in the flesh test.
All pillar questions
- Q-0028What does being made in our image mean?Yellow — Caution, there is a difference
- Q-0031How could souls and dinosaurs occupy the Earth together?Violet — Other
- Q-0042Were the Nephilim the giants or the fallen angels?Yellow — Caution, there is a difference
- Q-0043Why do angels appear as young men without wings?Green — Relatively safe differences
- Q-0045Are people conscious immediately after physical death?Orange — Important point
- Q-0046Where did Christ go while His flesh body was in the tomb?Yellow — Caution, there is a difference
- Q-0047How could God love Jacob and hate Esau before they were born?Orange — Important point
- Q-0049Did Judas betray Christ entirely by his own unaided choice?Yellow — Caution, there is a difference
- Q-0050What is the central danger represented by Job’s friends?Orange — Important point
- Q-0051Does Job’s behemoth describe a dinosaur?Violet — Other