Is The Physical Realm Analogous To A Simulated Reality?

VladtheDestroyer

VladtheDestroyer

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ttruscott said:
I'm curious about the angels singing to the Shepherds the night Jesus was born, and the 3 Lords outside of Sodom...Do you think that they manifested real bodies and really sang and talked or did they manifest a mental vision of singing, talking people in the minds of their audience?

I think they were really there, not just mental impressions in the people's minds. Therefore I accept that the pure and holy spirits can manifest bodies for themselves and that is how we will be able to use the vast universe as our playground, adjusting our physicality to the particular planet etc, a thought that was quietly resisted a few posts back.
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That's an interesting question.
 
ttruscott

ttruscott

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VladtheDestroyer said:
That's an interesting question.
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In the Bible, when God "opened his eyes," it typically refers to a moment of divine revelation. Most famously, in the Book of Numbers, God opened the eyes of the prophet Balaam, allowing him to see the angel of the Lord blocking his path with a drawn sword. Seems to imply that the angel was really really there but invisible to Balaam, yes?

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2 Kings 6:17, where the prophet Elisha prays for his terrified servant. The servant was overwhelmed by an enemy army, but God answered Elisha's prayer and opened his eyes to see the unseen spiritual realm—a mountain full of horses and chariots of fire. Was the fire real flames or just bright lights?
 
Derf

Derf

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VladtheDestroyer said:
Maybe they like to hang out there.
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Seems like "under the altar" would have significance.

The phrase is used in the sacrificial system thusly:
And the sons of Aaron brought the blood unto him: and he dipped his finger in the blood, and put [it] upon the horns of the altar, and poured out the blood at the bottom of the altar: [Lev 9:9 KJV]
And thou shalt offer thy burnt offerings, the flesh and the blood, upon the altar of the LORD thy God: and the blood of thy sacrifices shall be poured out upon the altar of the LORD thy God, and thou shalt eat the flesh. [Deu 12:27 KJV]

And here are two verses referring to Christ being poured out, as a sacrifice for us:
I am poured out like water, and all my bones are out of joint: my heart is like wax; it is melted in the midst of my bowels. [Psa 22:14 KJV]
Therefore will I divide him [a portion] with the great, and he shall divide the spoil with the strong; because he hath poured out his soul unto death: and he was numbered with the transgressors; and he bare the sin of many, and made intercession for the transgressors. [Isa 53:12 KJV]

So it would appear that the souls "under the alter" were "poured out" like Christ was, suffering like He did, as Christ expected of His disciples:
Remember the word that I said unto you, The servant is not greater than his lord. If they have persecuted me, they will also persecute you; if they have kept my saying, they will keep yours also. [Jhn 15:20 KJV]
 
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