what I believe...............

I believe in Jesus Christ the son of the living God, that He was born of a virgin, that He came to this world to die for my sins to save my soul. I believe that He rose from the dead and returned to Heaven to make ready for the "believers" when they die.
The rest is gravy.
Was Mary a virgin? Yes she was, she was very young and God impregnated her. After Jesus birth I believe she was fully married to Joseph who raised her son Jesus as his own. They had other children.

I believe that God created the Heavens and the earth and everything out there, that space and time are limitless. That it is possible that other worlds exist but that at this time that is not our concern. We are here now to live and learn and find our way back to God. Nothing else matters. I believe in the big bang, yes. God used natural elements in creation. Maybe He has always been creating things for His pleasure. He is a Spirit but has made us in His image and so we too have a spirit/soul that is eternal. We were created for the earth and it is our home. We were never intended for "heaven". Man was made to live forever.
Why was it OK for the sons and daughters of Adam to marry each other? Because they were perfect, no illness or bad that could be transmitted by marrying each other. Restrictions came later when the race was no longer pure.

Before God created man He had already created a different world the spirit world. He created the Angels and other creatures that had different purposes. The Angels could later put on the guise of man and walk among them. When Lucifer the most beautiful of Gods creation wanted to be worshiped like God he rebelled and initiated a war in heaven. In the end the rebels were thrown out of heaven and incarcerated. Before that happened though they saw what God had created and wanted the women that they found beautiful and so they bred with them. Hybrids do not breed and so by doing this Lucifer thought to avoid the coming of Christ and mankind dying out. His fellow rebels mated with animals as well as humans and so "all flesh" was corrupted. This one can see in the Myths of the ancient races. Greek and Roman mythology. The 1/2 human half gods, the mythical beasts. All of that was a part of Lucifer's plan. God destroyed it all by the Universal flood. Most of the DNA was damaged by then though and most likely even Noah's family were infected because they no longer lived forever, God limited the life spans of man and beast. Giants were still born and existed after the flood as seen in David and Goliath and The Anglo Saxon Chronicles.

Did it take 7 days to create the world? Not exactly. There was no time then, time is a man made event. God created the basic world much as science predicts and He set the sun and moon and stars for a basic reason, to heat the earth (Sun), to set the seasons and to give light (moon) and guidance (stars).Each has a purpose.

Did dinosaurs and man walk the planet together? maybe, maybe not. The order of appearance works just as science believes. First life in the oceans and then the birds of the air and then the appearance of beasts on the earth. Each according to it's own kind. One did not ever become another species but those originals did change and adapt. A dog never became a cat and so on, but they did change and a lion and a tabby cat are one and the same.
The dinosaurs were large and when they died they fertilized the earth, I believe the earth was still changing at that time and maybe during the great flood the continents drifted apart. Did all the dino's die off at that time? Maybe not, maybe some of the smaller ones found refuge on the Arc, it was big enough. Was All creation destroyed? maybe not, maybe by the whole earth God meant the whole inhabited world we do not know. It does not matter but I am happy either way and curious.

God gave us a record of creation in order to follow the line of Christ who was to be mans salvation, not to answer every question we have. I know this much, that God does not change. Science is changeable as we learn more and yet nothing has never come up yet that makes any of what the Bible says untrue. Quite the opposite. When man went to the moon they found that the material there was great at reflecting light, and that was why the moon was set in the sky "The lesser light to rule the night".
When Adam sinned, disobeyed God, the rest of mankind would be effected by Adams decision. He chose Eve over what he knew God had told him. He not only tasted the fruit, he ate it and more. He was ashamed because he was naked. Before that man was a vegetarian, flesh was not eaten and it was God who shed the first blood to clothe Adam. God then restrict his life span. He also gave Adam hope, that some day God would send a redeemer. Also before the flood it had not yet rained upon the earth, a mist came down at night to water the land. Animals lived in peace with man and were companions to mankind. After the "fall" of Adam God had changed things, man had to work to keep the soil tilled, where there were no weeds, now thorns grew. I am pretty sure they kept to caves and began to build soon after that as the climate was not so agreeable. They wore skins. Death had entered the garden. The garden of Eden was closed off and man was no longer invited in.

Why could God not just start over? Because the Angels and other beings were watching Gods new creatures and with Lucifer they knew that if God did that then there would be no consequences for disobedience. Man was not a robot but free thinking, and God wanted obedience out of love. Adam messed up. The angels saw that and saw that God is just and gave Adams offspring hope. They were given time to find another way if that was what they wanted and through the years, centuries, they tried every form of government that man could imagine to replace God. So far we have had no success. We learn from our lives that we need God, that we can not govern ourselves. Now with Satan lose on the earth it gets worse and worse but God will not always wait. The day will come as He promised us that He will send His son back, not as a baby this time. No, as a warrior and He will win and reclaim the earth for God. Man will be saved. Not all but those who want to take God's side against evil and corruption. It won't be long now.................there may be many questions left unanswered but as I said in the beginning, all this is just gravy. If you simply believe that Christ is who He says He is and that He is the way back to God then you are saved.

Is there a heaven and hell?
Yes and no. Hell was created for the disobedient Angels, not for man. It was a place of detention and God says hell will be destroyed in the Lake of Fire. I do not believe people go there, I believe that if they finally reject God then they are destroyed eternally after they see their mistakes. Will good people go that route? Probably because good and bad do not enter into the equation really, its the acceptance of God or the rejection of God. Adam was not a bad person, he disobeyed God and was punished. When we do bad things we are punished that does not mean we deserve everlasting pain and suffering. If we are sorry we are forgiven, once we learn our errors and want to fix them God forgives us. Our salvation depends on one thing, accepting God, accepting Jesus. Adam did not go to hell. God gave him hope for his future and the future of his descendants. When we do bad things it effects our families and sometimes for generations to come. We create our own punishment here and now.

Will good people go to heaven are our loved ones in heaven? I do not believe so. They are simply dead awaiting the resurrection. For them though I am sure that has already happened because it is said that everything changes in a twinkling of the eye. If you have ever had anesthetic? you know that when you conk out and then wake up its as though no time has passed even though it could have been 8 hours. Well maybe death is like that, you may have been in the ground a thousand years but you open your eyes and it seems like seconds or the blink of your eye. Yet............and here is the good part, you are now whole again, whether in a physical or spiritual body I don't know. All I know is that we are made whole again. If you are not "saved" then you awake to judgement and you will know why and without a doubt that you missed the boat so to speak and that your punishment is just. That will simply be the end of you. The rest go on to eternity. Where? who knows, who knows what would have happened had Adam never "sinned" what was God's original plan for us? Yes to fill the earth and subdue it, and then what? would we explore new worlds beyond ours. Would we interact with the Angels? go on to other galaxy's be with God Himself? So much to explore and look forwards to if we have forever. I am sure God has a plan for us.

What IS heaven? Well it is described somewhat but is it a different dimension? Is it physical or is it spiritual? Maybe it's both. Apparently 144,000 Jewish people will go there and rule from there but what about the rest of us? I believe it will depend upon our life skills and desires and what God's plan for us is. I see it as the base where God is and people will have access to it and go back and forth like it's a capital city for the universe. Maybe we visit there when we want/need to and then go off on our journey elsewhere. Man needs a purpose to his life and so I can not see us just sitting around doing nothing. There will be a new heaven and new earth God says. The lion will lie down with the lamb and there will be no more wars, God will never again tolerate rebellion. He has nothing left to prove to anyone. Satan will never be able to say that man follows God because he has no choice, not ever again. All disagreements will be solved fair and square. One God, one ruler forever.

This is just what I believe at this moment in time, there will always be questions and my next attempt is going to be on what Jesus teaches us.
End of part one.