Showing posts with label STORY AND MESSAGES. Show all posts
Showing posts with label STORY AND MESSAGES. Show all posts

Wednesday, August 31, 2011

UNPARDONABLE SIN

The act of sin is the transgression will include the Law of God. Every sin is recognized, it will be forgiven by God what hope do we repent.
In the Bible there is the sense of sin that can not be forgiven, and it became two major parts.
1. someone who already knows the doctrine and law of God, then in his life precisely contrary to what is known (to do evil / sin). Even advice of the Holy Spirit is not ignored anymore, and consider the sins committed are common. So at one time committed the sin is not considered sinful anymore. This is what is meant by sin that can not be forgiven/unpardonable sin.
2. a blatant blasphemy in public, even to leave the God / apostate and not feel the sin again. This is also called a sin that can not be forgiven/unpardonable sin.
Be careful in what we do sin, do not let it’s too late and can not be tolerated anymore by God to be forgiven. Repent now.

"TRINITY" IN THE "KAABAH" OF MECCAH

The term Trinity / Trinity is the term usually Christians, who consider that God is three persons but one trait and the character and purpose. What about the term Trinity in the temple in Mecca?
Some Indonesian scholars who could look or call to see directly the temple contents of the opinion that there is Trinity / Trinity in it. People interviewed and has a title Habib or have lineage to the Prophet Muhammad, given the right and opportunity to see first hand the contents of the temple. And inside the temple before there are three pillars that support the temple before, form a triangle. That means this is a three-pole one, and if only one part is taken or removed from any angle, it will fell down temple. This is what is meant by the Trinity / Trinity in the temple.
It turned out that each religion has a term of synonyms and acronyms

THE FACT OF TIME TUNNEL

time tunnel we usually listen to or watch a movie or fairy tale in other sciences. But now, actual knowledge and according to scriptural religions in the world, has indicated the existence of tunnel time.
Basically meaning the hall is a place or container that can connect two or more time or era. In the few fictional films typically use tool that can fly at high speed. Another through a secret place in the world, which became the gateway to the time / another time.
In the example for the Christian Bible, the passage of time can be seen from the stories and the writing of the history of the Bible itself, among others:
1. prophecy revealed by the prophets about a thing / events that will happen in the future, is to show that our world is going on and living history. That is what is seen of the prophets through the vision of the future in fact everything is happening. Only those who live in the past who see the future as one that has not happened.
2. The existence of the resurrection of certain people, is proof that people personally who have died and then raised it back into its past to life (which returned time personal time ago when still alive)
A Japanese experience
A Japanese soldier while carrying a small aircraft in the second world war in 1945 over their own country. When one day he saw a collection of thick clouds in front of her, she broke through and a few seconds later he felt a strangeness. He saw that the atmosphere is different, many high-rise buildings and no war and marks. Then he was looking for a landing and short stories, he was surprised that the place where he stayed, has become a major road. Then family and friends are old and some are already dead. Age when the war was 45 years old. But she’s been in the 1990s. This means that in a few seconds only, he had entered the coming year or 45 years difference, but still remain with the physical condition in 1945.
This is proof that there is a passage of time in this world.

The fact of nature which states the existence of the Trinity.

Trinity until this becomes a debate not only among the world says of not Christians, but also among Christians themselves. Trinity term was not found in the Bible, but the concept or the view is indeed contained in the Bible itself.
Very difficult to explain the existence of the Three Person Godhead, but it turns out in this world or in the wild has been stated that it is true that the Trinity exists and correct.
This is the evidence / facts in nature and the world of Sciences of the Trinity which states that:
1. Day
Today is proof of the existence of the Trinity. Day consists of three parts but can not be separated, the day before, the day now and days to come. Three but one, that’s Day.
2. Object
There are three things in this world form, ie solid, liquid and gas.
3. Space
a space consisting of the length, width and height.
4. One Day
A matter of days is the hours, minutes and seconds.
5. Human
Human beings can live because there are elements of the body / physical, spirit and soul.
6. Government
The scope of governance that is normally found in the seal position, the power, Names.
7. Celestial bodies as a torch
Luminaries in the sky is the sun, moon and stars.
8. Day
There are 3 in one day ie morning, noon and night.
9. Universe
There are three elements in nature that is the earth / ground, sky / air and water.
10. Human
Three things that experienced by humans are born, live and die.

JESUS IN KORAN

Jesus in the Koran is very different from the Jesus of the Gospels.
First of all, the Jesus of the Koran was not the son of God. The Koran says that God breathed into Mary, through the agency of Gabriel, and Jesus was conceived (21.90). Every Muslim believes firmly in Isa’s (Jesus’s) virgin birth. They believe that Jesus’s birth is miraculous. But they are taught that this does not constitute a father-son relationship. In Psalm 2.7 suggests that God says to His Messiah (Jesus) “I shall proclaim the decree, thou hast said unto me: Thou are my son, this day have I begotten thee.” Well, Christians interpret this to mean that Jesus is God’s begotten son. Muslim’s suggest that such a thing would be blashphemous, suggesting intercourse with a human, Mary.
Muslims also believe that Jesus was a mortal human and not God (4.171). This means that he was not divine, but it also means that Jesus was not pre-existent with God. The Gospel of John begins with these words: “In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God.” John goes on to say that “The Word was made flesh, and dwelt with us.” To the Christian, this means that Jesus was pre-existent with God, but also that Jesus was God.
The Koran teaches that there is no trinity, and that Jesus is not God (4.171). There may be some denominations that do not accept the trinity, but Christianity is based on the divinity of Jesus.
The Koran tells many tales of Jesus that are not mentioned in the Gospels, but, conveniently enough, are mentioned in some of the gnostic gospels, which were written AFTER the Koran. One such tale is that the young Jesus made a bird out of clay and brought it to life.
The Koran teaches that Jesus did not die on the cross (4.157). Now, this is a keystone of all four Gospels and all the epistles, and those Old Testament prophesies which Christians relate to Jesus, especially from Isaiah. The Koran suggests that another was crucified in his place and made to appear like Jesus.
The Koran teaches that in many ways, Jesus is superior to Muhammad, but that Muhammad was the final prophet, and his message succeeds that of Jesus’ message. Jesus was born miraculously. Muhammad was not. Jesus was proclaimed as a prophet by events and others independent of him (for instance, John the Baptist and Zechariah). Muhammad had followers who believed him, as any successful teacher would, but no one proclaimed his advent, no event signaled his arrival, no one noted anything special about him until he received his first message in a cave. Jesus was strengthened by the Holy Spirit (2.253). Muhammad was not so strengthened. In fact, no one in the Koran ever receives such a blessing. Jesus was sinless and holy (2.19), whereas Muhammad required forgiveness for his sins in the past AND IN THE FUTURE (48.2). Jesus performed many miracles, including raising the dead to life. Muhammad performed no miracles during his life, except, by some traditions, he was allowed to fly through the air to Jerusalem. The Koran tells us that Jesus died and was raised to life (19.3). Muhammad died and was buried and was not raised.The Koran also teaches that Jesus was raised into heaven alive and resides with God there, again ALIVE (4.158). Again, Muhammad is dead and buried, and even he was unsure of his place after the judgment. The Koran teaches that Jesus is alive with God in paradise right now (3.55), but also that he is alive with his followers on earth, right now (4.158-159).
the Jesus of the Koran was remarkable and miraculous, special beyond anyone before or since. But he is not the Jesus of the Gospels.

Tuesday, August 30, 2011

A FOLK TALE FROM BURMA


The Frog Maiden
A folk tale from Burma

An old couple was without children, and the husband and the wife longed for a child. So when the wife found that she was pregnant, they were overjoyed; but to their great disappointment, the wife gave birth not to a human child, but to a little she-frog. However, as the little frog spoke and behaved as a human child, not only the parents but also the neighbors came to love her and called her affectionately "Little Miss Frog."

Some years later the woman died, and the man decided to marry again. The woman he chose was a widow with two ugly daughters, and they were very jealous of Little Miss Frog's popularity with the neighbors. All three took a delight in treating Little Miss Frog badly.

One day the youngest of the king's four sons announced that he would perform the hair-washing ceremony on a certain date, and he invited all young ladies to join in the ceremony, as he would choose at the end of the ceremony one of them to be his princess.

On the morning of the appointed day the two ugly sisters dressed themselves in fine clothing, and with great hopes of being chosen by the prince they started for the palace.

Little Miss Frog ran after them, and pleaded, "Sisters, please let me come with you."

The sisters laughed and said mockingly, "What, the little frog wants to come? The invitation is to young ladies and not to young frogs."

Little Miss Frog walked along with them towards the palace, pleading for permission to come. But the sisters were adamant, and so at the palace gates she was left behind. However, she spoke so sweetly to the guards that they allowed her to go in. Little Miss Frog found hundreds of young ladies gathered around the pool full of lilies in the palace lawn. And she took her place among them and waited for the prince.

The prince now appeared, and washed his hair in the pool. The ladies also let down their hair and joined in the ceremony. At the end of the ceremony, the prince declared that as the ladies were all beautiful, he did not know whom to choose and so he would throw a bundle of jasmines into the air; and the lady on whose head the bundle fell would be his princess. The prince then threw the bundle into the air, and all the ladies present looked up with anticipation.

The flowers, however, fell on Little Miss Frog's head, to the great annoyance of the ladies, especially the two stepsisters. The prince also was disappointed, but he felt that he should keep his promise. So Little Miss Frog was married to the prince, and she became Little Princess Frog.

Some time later, the old king called his four sons to him and said, "My sons, I am now too old to rule the country, and I want to retire to the forest and become a hermit. So I must appoint one of you as my successor. As I love you all alike, I will give you a task to perform, and he who performs it successfully shall be king in my place. The task is, bring me a golden deer at sunrise on the seventh day from now."

The youngest prince went home to Little Princess Frog and told her about the task.

"What, only a golden deer!" exclaimed Princess Frog. "Eat as usual my prince, and on the appointed day I will give you the golden deer."

So the youngest prince stayed at home, while the three elder princes went into the forest in search of the deer.

On the seventh day before sunrise, Little Princess Frog woke up her husband and said, "Go to the palace, prince, and here is your golden deer."

The young prince looked, then rubbed his eyes, and looked again. There was no mistake about it; the deer which Little Princess Frog was holding by a harness was really of pure gold. So he went to the palace, and to the great annoyance of the elder princes who brought ordinary deers, he was declared to be the heir by the king.

The elder princes, however, pleaded for a second chance, and the king reluctantly agreed.

"Then perform this second task," said the king. "On the seventh day from now at sunrise, you must bring me the rice that never becomes stale, and meat that is ever fresh."

The youngest prince went home and told Princess Frog about the new task.

"Don't you worry, sweet prince," said Princess Frog. "Eat as usual, sleep as usual, and on the appointed day I will give you the rice and meat."

So the youngest prince stayed at home, while the three elder princes went in search of the rice and meat.

On the seventh day at sunrise, Little Princess Frog woke up her husband and said, "My lord, go to the palace now, and here is your rice and meat."

The youngest prince took the rice and meat, and went to the palace, and to the great annoyance of the elder princes who brought only well-cooked rice and meat, he was again declared to be the heir.

But the two elder princes again pleaded for one more chance, and the king said, "This is positively the last task. On the seventh day from now at sunrise, bring me the most beautiful woman on this earth."

"Excellent!" said the three elder princes to themselves in great joy. "Our wives are very beautiful, and we will bring them. One of us is sure to be declared heir, and our good-for-nothing brother will be nowhere this time."

The youngest prince overheard their remark, and felt sad, because his wife was a frog and ugly.

When he reached home, he said to his wife, "Dear princess, I must go and look for the most beautiful woman on this earth. My brothers will bring their wives, for they are really beautiful, but I will find someone who is more beautiful."

"Don't you worry, my prince," replied Princess Frog. "Eat as usual, sleep as usual, and you can take me to the palace on the appointed day. Surely I shall be declared to be the most beautiful woman."

The youngest prince looked at the princess in surprise; but he did not want to hurt her feelings, and he said gently, "All right, princess, I will take you with me on the appointed day."

On the seventh day at dawn, Little Princess Frog woke up the prince and said, "My lord, I must make myself beautiful. So please wait outside and call me when it is nearly time to go."

The prince left the room as requested. After some moments, the prince shouted from outside, "Princess, we must go now."

"All right, my lord," replied the princess. "Please open the door for me."

The prince thought to himself, "Perhaps, just as she was able to obtain the golden deer and the wonderful rice and meat, she is able to make herself beautiful," and he expectantly opened the door. But he was disappointed to see Little Princess Frog still a frog and as ugly as ever.

However, so as not to hurt her feelings, the prince said nothing and took her along to the palace. When the prince entered the audience chamber with his frog princess the three elder princes with their wives were already there.

The king looked at the prince in surprise and said, "Where is your beautiful maiden?"

"I will answer for the prince, my king," said the frog princess. "I am his beautiful maiden."

She then took off her frog skin and stood a beautiful maiden dressed in silk and satin. The king declared her to be the most beautiful maiden in the world, and selected the prince as his successor on the throne. The prince asked his princess never to put on the ugly frog skin again, and the frog princess, to accede to his request, threw the frog skin in the fire.

A KOREAN FOLK STORY


The Magic Money bag
A Korean folk tale

A long time ago there was a young couple who lived in a small thatched hut in a gully. They were so poor that every day they had to cut two bundles of firewood and carry them to market on their backs.

One day, the young couple came back from the mountain carrying the firewood. They put one bundle in the courtyard and planned to sell it at the market the next day to buy rice. The other bundle they kept in the kitchen for their own use. When they woke up the following morning, the bundle in the courtyard had mysteriously disappeared. There was nothing to do but to sell the bundle which they had kept for themselves.

That same day, they cut another two bundles of firewood as usual. They put one bundle in the courtyard for market and kept the other bundle for their own use. But the following morning, the bundle in the courtyard had vanished again. The same thing happened on the third and fourth day as well, and the husband began to think there was something strange going on.

On the fifth day, he made a hollow in the bundle of firewood in the courtyard and hid himself inside it. From the outside it looked just the same as before. At midnight an enormous rope descended from the sky, attached itself to the bundle and lifted it up into the sky, with the woodcutter still inside it.

On his arrival in heaven, he saw a kindly looking, white-haired old man coming in his direction. The old man untied the bundle and when he found the man inside it, he asked, "Other people only cut one bundle of firewood a day. Why do you cut two?"

The woodcutter made a bow and replied, "We are penniless. That's why my wife and I cut two bundles of firewood a day. One bundle is for our own use and the other we carry to the market. With it we can buy rice to make porridge."

The old man chuckled and said to the woodcutter in a kind  voice, "I've known for a long time that you are a decent couple and lead a frugal and hard-working life. I shall give you a piece of treasure. Take it back with you and it will provide you with your livelihood."

As soon as he had finished speaking, there came seven fairies who led the young man into a magnificent palace. Its golden eaves and gleaming roof tiles shone so brightly that the moment he entered, he could no longer open his eyes. Inside the palace there were many kinds of rare objects on display that he had never seen before. Money bags of all shapes and sizes hung in one room. The fairies asked him, "Which one do you like best? Choose whichever you want, and take it home."

The woodcutter was beside himself with joy, "I'd like that money bag, the one full of precious things. Give me that round, bulging one." He chose the biggest one and took it down.

Just at this moment, the white-haired old man came in and, with a stern expression on his face, said to the young man, "You cannot take that one. I'll give you an empty one. Every day you can take one piece of silver out of it, and no more." The woodcutter reluctantly agreed. He took the empty bag and, clinging onto the enormous rope, he was lowered to the ground.

Once home, he gave the money bag to his wife and told her the whole story. She was very excited. In the daytime they went as usual to cut firewood. But from then on, whenever they returned home after dark, they would close the door and open the money bag. Instantly, a piece of silver would roll jingling out. When they weighed it on the palm of their hands, they found it to be exactly one dollar. Every day one dollar of silver and no more came rolling out of the bag. The wife saved them up one by one.

Time went slowly by. One day the husband suggested, "Let's buy an ox."

The wife didn't agree. A few days later, the husband suggested again, "How about buying a few acres of land?"

His wife didn't agree with that either. A few more days elapsed, and the wife herself proposed, "Let's build a little thatched cottage."

The husband was anxious to spend all the money they had saved and said, "Since we have so much money, why don't we build a big brick house?"

The wife could not dissuade her husband and reluctantly went along with his idea.

The husband spent the money on bricks, tiles and timber and on hiring carpenters and masons. From that time on, neither of them went into the mountain to cut firewood any more. The day came when their pile of silver was almost finished, but the new house was still unfinished. It had long been in the back of the husband's mind to ask the money bag to produce more silver. So without his wife's knowledge, he opened the bag for a second time that day. Instantly, another piece of  silver rolled jingling out of the bag onto the ground. He opened it a third time and received a third piece.

He thought to himself, "If I go on like this, I can get the house finished in no time!" He quite forgot the old man's warning. But when he opened the bag for the fourth time, it was absolutely empty. This time not a scrap of silver came out of it. It was just an old cloth bag. When he turned to look at his unfinished brick house, that was gone also. There before him was his old thatched hut.

The woodcutter felt very sad. His wife came over and consoled him, "We can't depend on the magic money bag from heaven. Let's go back to the mountain to cut firewood like we did before. That is a more dependable way of earning a living."

From that day on, the young couple once again went up to the mountain to cut firewood and led their old, hard-working life.

THE ASS AND THE LOAD OF SALT


THE ASS AND THE LOAD OF SALT

A MERCHANT, driving his Ass towards home from the seashore with a heavy load of salt, came to a river. They had crossed this river many times before without accident, but this time the Ass slipped and fell  into the river. When the Merchant at last got the Ass on his feet, much of the salt had dissolved away. Delighted to find how much lighter his burden had become, the Ass finished the journey very happily.

The next day the Merchant and the Ass went to get another load of salt. On the way home the Ass, remembering what had happened at the river the previous day, purposely let himself fall into the water, and again got rid of most of his burden.

The angry Merchant immediately turned around and drove the Ass back to the seashore, where he loaded him with two big baskets of sponges. At the river, the Ass again tumbled over; but when he had scrambled to his feet, he was very disappointed to discover that he had to walk all the way home with a load that was ten times heavier than before.

Moral:  Some actions will not be right for all circumstances.

A RAVEN AND A SAWN


A RAVEN AND A SWAN

A RAVEN, which you know is as black as coal, was envious of the Swan, because her feathers were as white as the purest snow. The foolish bird got the idea that if he lived like the Swan, swimming and diving all day long and eating the weeds and plants that grow in the water, his feathers would turn white like the Swan's.

So he left his home in the woods and fields and flew down to live on the lakes and in the marshes. But athough he washed and washed all day long, almost drowning himself  in the water, his feathers remained as black as before. And because he did not like to eat the water weeds, he got thinner and thinner, and at last he died.

Moral:  A change of habits will not alter nature.