Has Anyone Gone To Heaven?

 Yes, Jesus said no man has ever ascended to heaven. But please, what "heaven"? There is the "Heaven of heavens". This is the literal dwelling place of God, our heavenly Father, our spiritual Father. This is actually what Paradise is. This is the HIGHEST heaven. It is the "heaven" of other "heavens". The highest Heaven of all other heavens or heavenly spheres. The Jewish Bible captures this concept of the Heaven of heavens. Please see Deuteronomy 10:14, Nehemiah 9:6, 1 Kings 8:27, and Psalm 148:4.

It takes time to get to the highest heaven after resurrection. You have to go through other heavens - other heavenly realms first. Some of us know of the first seven heavens people go through after they resurrect. Paul, while on earth, had a revelational experience of the third of these seven heavens. It is this set of seven heavens that Enoch and Elijah were translated to; NOT Paradise or the Heaven of heavens. This explains why Jesus said no man has been to "heaven" - to Paradise. 

When you understand these things, you shall see that the repentant thief did not go to Paradise on that same day of the Crucifixion. It is literally impossible to ascend to Paradise, the literal dwelling place of the Paradise Trinity, within a day. You cannot even get there within 100,000 years. 

There is a human error in the NT Bible's rendition of what Master Jesus said to the salvaged thief. The comma:, should be after the word "today", NOT before. Luke 23:43 is supposed to be: "Truly, I say to you today, you will be with me in Paradise." Some theologians have discovered this human error. 

Besides, the Father's presence there has light no human soul can approach (1 Timothy 6:16). You have to learn, grow, evolve, and be prepared for it. You have to become perfect as the heavenly Father is perfect. If not, you will shatter to pieces if taken to the literal presence of the Father immediately you resurrect.

Enoch and Elijah were translated in chariots of fire to heaven (or the heavenly mansion worlds). This spiritual fire  literally consumes the body of flesh and blood to dust, ashes... 

You and I can have a similar experience if we meet the requirements. We have to attain a very high level of combined intellectual and spiritual growth. This is why the Jewish records indicate and rightly so: that Enoch walked with God in a very, very deep way. This led to his translation, for God took him. (Reference: Genesis 5:24) This, my dear, is also what happened to Elijah. 

Some people say Elijah was taken to another part of the earth in a windstorm. A windstorm do NOT take people from one part of the earth to another. That's a myth, beloved. Some folks may point to 2 Chronicles 21 to show that Elijah was still on earth after his translation experience. Please, just stop to consider the human errors in the writing of the Bible and also mistakes people make in interpreting what was written. Then, you'll understand... 

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Urantia Book 11:0.1

"PARADISE is the eternal center of the universe of universes and the abiding place of the Universal Father, the Eternal Son, the Infinite Spirit, and their divine co-ordinates and associates. This central Isle is the most gigantic organized body of cosmic reality in all the master universe. Paradise is a material sphere as well as a spiritual abode. All of the intelligent creation of the Universal Father is domiciled on material abodes; hence must the absolute controlling center also be material, literal. And again it should be reiterated that spirit things and spiritual beings are real." 

Urantia Book 48:6.23 

"You should consider the statement about “heaven” and the “heaven of heavens.” The heaven conceived by most of your prophets was the first of the mansion worlds of the local system. When the apostle spoke of being “caught up to the third heaven,” he referred to that experience in which his Adjuster was detached during sleep and in this unusual state made a projection to the third of the seven mansion worlds. Some of your wise men saw the vision of the greater heaven, “the heaven of heavens,” of which the sevenfold mansion world experience was but the first; the second being Jerusem; the third, Edentia and its satellites; the fourth, Salvington and the surrounding educational spheres; the fifth, Uversa; the sixth, Havona; and the seventh, Paradise." 

Sincerely, 

Love. Light. Life. 

- Brother Karo Akamune 

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John Chapter 3 Verse 16

John 3:16, J.N. Darby Translation "For God so loved the world, that he gave his only-begotten Son, that whosoever believes on him may not perish, but have life eternal."

The world needs some more clarity on John 3:16. To BELIEVE IN JESUS is simply to believe or accept his message. This is a belief or faith in his message that leads to the spiritual transformation of your heart, mind, and soul. God gave his only begotten Son DOES NOT mean God sent him to die, without which sins cannot be forgiven.

Jesus himself proved that sins can be forgiven and salvation can occur without him having to die. For example:

• The man sick of palsy: Luke 5:17–26

• The confirmation of the salvation of the seventy evangelists: Luke 10:18-20

• The repentance and salvation of Zacchaeus: Luke 19:1-10

Christ incarnated as Jesus to deliver a message from God the Father to us. He came to provide a perfect revelation of who our heavenly Father really is. He also came to have the full human experience of birth, living, death, resurrection, and ascension. This was a requirement by the heavenly Father, our First Source, that enabled him - Christ (Jesus) to be more just, fairer, more compassionate, more empathetic, more understanding, more merciful, more faithful, etc, of and towards his mortal lowly creatures, in a very, very deep EXPERIENCIAL way. This yields so, so many, many blessings or advantages.

People receive salvation at the cross, NOT really because of Jesus' death, in and of itself. No, please. It is because of the personal, revelational, life transforming encounter they have with God and his love at the cross of Christ. Without this encounter, salvation will not occur, even if you shout a million times, "Blood of Jesus, wash my sins away!" Yes, this encounter can happen at the cross. It can also happen outside the cross.

Please understand that God, our spiritual Father, does NOT input sin or transfer sin from one person to another. Doing so is INJUSTICE. God forgives sin and destroys sin. He does not transfer it. Now, if you say your sins were transferred to Jesus, then some questions arise: How was Jesus cleansed from the sins he took? If he became sin, then how was he delivered from the sin that he became? You see, beloved, the Spirit of Truth speaks clearly: God does not transfer sins.

Ezekiel 18:20 "The soul who sins shall die. The son shall not bear the guilt of the father, nor the father bear the guilt of the son. The righteousness of the righteous shall be upon himself, and the wickedness of the wicked shall be upon himself."

All grace!

• Pastor Karo Akamune

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Impossible to Sin

There must be some valuable reasons why God did not create us such that it is impossible for us to sin. Surely, he could have done that. So please, why did he not do that? It CANNOT be because he does not want us to be robots, without free will. After all, when we shall be spending eternity with him, we shall not be robots; we shall have free will AND we shall not be sinning. So, why not make us that way from the beginning? 

There must be some reasons in line with God's eternal divine plan and purpose. In the heavenly realms, there are beings that God created in total, complete perfection. These beings cannot fall; cannot sin; cannot rebel against God. At the same time, they have free will. They are not robots. So please, why is our case different? 

Clearly, there must be some EXPERIENCES that can only be had by beings with free will, who can fall into sin. Beings like you and I. Beings with strengths and weaknesses. Beings with frailties. Beings who are so grossly imperfect. Beings who, from the very beginning have the tendency to rebel against God. These beings, as they climb, evolve, or ascend from gross imperfection to divine perfection, go through EXPERIENCES that CANNOT be had through any other means. 

This is for their own benefit and the benefit of all existences, including the benefit of those created in total, infallible divine perfection. Meanings, values, lessons, discoveries, growth, development, truths, beauty, goodness, etc, etc, are realized that CANNOT be realized through any other means. And they are needed for some grand plan and purpose both now and in the long, long, long distant future, plus all through eternity. 🌷🎇🤍🌺🌼🌎🦋🌌💎💗🙏🏽✨️💖🙏🏻 

Sincerely!
- Karo E.K.D. Akamune
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Reincarnation and Incarnation

Reincarnation In The Urantia Book Paper 46:7.4-5 (Spornagia are in the heavenly realms) "Although spornagia neither possess nor evolve survival souls, though they do not have personality, nevertheless, they do evolve an individuality which can experience reincarnation. When, with the passing of time, the physical bodies of these unique creatures deteriorate from usage and age, their creators, in collaboration with the Life Carriers, fabricate new bodies in which the old spornagia re-establish their residences."

"Spornagia are the only creatures in all the universe of Nebadon who experience this or any other sort of reincarnation. They are only reactive to the first five of the adjutant mind-spirits; they are not responsive to the spirits of worship and wisdom. But the five-adjutant mind equivalates to a totality or sixth reality level, and it is this factor which persists as an experiential identity." Paper 164:3.4 "There was, throughout all these regions, a lingering belief in reincarnation. The older Jewish teachers, together with Plato, Philo, and many of the Essenes, tolerated the theory that men may reap in one incarnation what they have sown in a previous existence; thus in one life they were believed to be expiating the sins committed in preceding lives. The Master found it difficult to make men believe that their souls had not had previous existences." So, according to the Urantia Book, "Spornagia are the only creatures in all the universe of Nebadon who experience this or any other sort of reincarnation." Nevertheless, the Revelators of the Urantia Book did not say reincarnation does not happen in other universes. So, my thinking is that if mortals in another universe can experience reincarnation, then it may be very possible for them to come to our universe and live as mortals on a planet like ours and reincarnate several times. Incarnation In The Urantia Book The Urantia Book teaches that some celestial personalities can and actually do incarnate several times on different worlds: angelic worlds, mortal evolutionary worlds (like ours), etc. It is possible for them to incarnate more than once on a particular planet. This is a case of multiple incarnations. But the authors of the Urantia Book do not use the term, "reincarnation" to describe such experiences. Please see this: Urantia Book Paper 7:5.10 "...The co-ordinate Creator Sons and the associate Magisterial Sons, together with other unrevealed orders of sonship, all partake of this wonderful willingness to bestow themselves upon the varied orders of creature life and as the creatures themselves..." The UB teaches that there are "UNREVEALED ORDERS OF SONSHIP" in the celestial realms who incarnate as other creatures. For example, they incarnate as human beings. The UB does not say they cannot return to the same planet multiple times. My personal understanding is that they can surely return to the same planet and live in the flesh many times. It's possible. The Revelators of the Urantia Book did not go in details with regards to these "unrevealed orders of sonship". However, concerning the Avonal Sons of God, the UB provides more information. It says they come to planets like ours. On Magisterial Missions, they may take on flesh. Sometimes, but not all the time. On Bestowal Missions, they have to incarnate or take on flesh, starting off as babies or adults... "There is no limit to the number of times the Avonal Sons may serve on magisterial and on bestowal missions, but usually, when the experience has been seven times traversed, there is suspension in favor of those who have had less of such service. These Sons of multiple bestowal experience are then assigned to the high personal council of a Creator Son, thus becoming participants in the administration of universe affairs." - Urantia Book 20:2.8 The thing is, if there is no limit to the number of times the Avonal Sons can incarnate on planets like ours, then, there may also be no limit to the number of times other unrevealed orders of sonship can incarnate. This may very well be the explanation of some cases that some people call "reincarnation." There are some books that talk about angels like seraphim angels coming to live in the flesh several times on a particular planet. However, I cannot point to any verse in the Urantia Book that confirms this. One thing is certain, a lot, and I mean a lot is going on. But Jesus, in the Urantia Book says clearly that his mortal children that he created "as mortals" do not reincarnate. (Please see UB 164:3.4) Another Interesting Piece Of The Puzzle: Please study the Thought Adjuster papers: Paper 107 to 112. You shall discover that if a mortal makes an eternally binding decision never to follow God, his Thought Adjuster can go to another planet to indwell another mortal. As a result, a Thought Adjuster can live in several mortals. In addition, there are mortals in some planets who are not destined to fuse with their Adjusters. They are destined to fuse with another type of spirit fragment after they die. A Thought Adjuster can serve in the life of two or more such mortals at different times. So, if you have a Thought Adjuster who has lived in different mortals, it is possible for you to tap into the lives of those mortals because some information about them is kept by the Adjuster. When this happens, you may misinterpret the experience, and you may start to think you have lived in the past... ...Hahaha... Cheers! One love! Peace. - Karo E.K.D. Akamune The Christ Michael Center https://christmichaelcenter.org/videos

Why Did God Allow Animal Blood Sacrifices?

Please, why did God allow blood sacrifices? You have to understand that salvation, divine favor, divine blessings, etc, come by grace through faith and faith alone. Faith in God that he is your spiritual Father and that he loves you. But primitive man found it extremely difficult to grasp unto faith, a spiritual substance, without going through something that is physically tangible to him. He strongly felt he needed to bring in some "works." 

God, our heavenly Father ministers to us directly. He also ministers to us through his angels: sanobim angels, cherubim angels, seraphim angels, etc. These angels, working with religious leaders worldwide succeeded in prevailing on some of them to replace human blood sacrifices with animal blood sacrifices. 

If man could not immerse himself in faith and faith alone and in sacrifices of a broken heart, a contrite heart, a repentant heart alone BUT INSISTS ON offering his costliest possession - children as sacrifices; if he cannot make that leap from human blood sacrifice to faith and faith alone, then he could be met halfway. At least, it would be better to get him to replace the humans with his choicest animals. The senseless killings of fellow human beings had to stop! 

Sincerely! 🎇🌱💗
Love, Light, and Life!
- Karo E.K.D. Akamune
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Jesus Presented the Full Gospel Message

Jesus declared the full gospel message. He taught the good news of God's kingdom, which included the requirements for salvation and spiritual growth. We see the proof of these in the very lives of his disciples (believers). They repented. Their sins were completely forgiven. Their souls were cleansed and uplifted. They experienced "the new birth" - salvation, born again, born from above, born of the spirit. All these happened WITHOUT Jesus shedding a single drop of blood. 

Zacchaeus is a very good example (Luke 19:1-10). He sincerely repented. And God forgave him all his sins. This is why Jesus said to him that SALVATION had come to him. It is not proper for some people to twist this and say Jesus did not mean that Zacchaeus had received the free gift of salvation. Please, why are you twisting or misinterpreting Jesus' words all because you stubbornly insist on justifying the man-made blood atonement doctrine of our ancestors and of Paul? 

The seventy (70) evangelists of Luke 10 present another example of believers who were already saved or born again as a result of the Master’s gospel ministry. Our Master, Jesus, himself declared that their names were already written in heaven because they had already received the heavenly Father's (our spiritual Father's) free gift of salvation (Luke 10:18-20). Now please, do people receive salvation at the cross of Christ? Yes, they do. People receive salvation, cross or no cross: by having a personal, life transforming, soul rejuvenating encounter with God and his love. 

You cannot understand the gospel of the kingdom: the gospel of salvation and spiritual growth by using our ancestors and individuals like Peter and Paul as the standard teachers. No, please! Jesus is the standard teacher! All teachings must be brought under the radar of Jesus' teachings. That's how you do it. When you understand these things, you will easily see how people from other cultures and religions here on earth, and also those in other planets (a.k.a. aliens) receive salvation and grow spiritually. And you will not misunderstand the statements Jesus made concerning his death and resurrection. 

Luke 10, NKJV
18 And He said to them, “I saw Satan fall like lightning from heaven. 19 Behold, I give you the authority to trample on serpents and scorpions, and over all the power of the enemy, and nothing shall by any means hurt you. 20 Nevertheless do not rejoice in this, that the spirits are subject to you, but rather rejoice because your names are written in heaven.” 

A Salvation Prayer  
To receive our heavenly Father's life transforming gift of salvation, please, you may say this prayer in faith:  

Oh God! My heavenly Father, with all my heart, I accept you as my spiritual Father. Thank you for your infinite love towards me. I embrace your love with all of my heart, mind, and soul. I yearn to have a personal revelational encounter with you. I seek a Father-son relationship with you. God, my spiritual Father, I accept your divine forgiveness of any and all of my sins. May I walk in your divine love and spiritual power in my dealings with others. I make a wholehearted commitment to do your will. In faith, I ask all these under your great grace, in the name above all other names. Amen. Thank you, God, my SOURCE! I adore and worship you! ❤🙏💜 

Love, Light, and Life!
- Karo E. Akamune
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🕊️🌱 The Tithing Technique 🕊️🌱

Tithing, in and of itself, is NOT under any religious law. Long, long, long before our tribes or nations began implementing religious, socio-cultural LAWS, tithing was already being practiced in this our universe. Tithing is a great principle that helps a group of people plan, budget, and execute projects. Plain and simple. 

Tithe is NOT by force. But religious, socio-cultural laws (like the Law of Moses) may force people to pay tithes and attach penalties against defaulters. You, as an individual, have to decide whether or not to subject yourself to such laws. If you understand the teachings of Jesus, you will know that it is NOT in your best interest to enslave yourself to man-made religious, socio-cultural laws. 

At the same time, wisdom may admonish you to practice tithing - NOT under "the law" but under grace. Generally speaking, if you are truly intelligent, wise, and spiritually minded, you will always set money aside, for example, 3%, 10%, 20%, etc. 

This is money we may call "charity money" or "gift money". From this money, you may allocate a portion towards the work of a religious group; another portion towards assisting family members, friends, strangers, etc. And you do so cheerfully, according to what you can afford, NOT foolishly beyond your means. Some people give foolishly in the name of "Dangerous or Violent Giving" and then turn around later to beg others for financial assistance. Please, with all due respect, that's just being stupid. 

Melchizedek lived on earth, in Salem, before there was anything like the Jewish religious, socio-cultural laws, a.k.a. "the Law of Moses." He had a church and sent out missionaries around the world. His members gave tithes to his work. Abraham was one of them. 

We have a Biblical record, "Melchizedek Blesses Abram", Genesis 14:20, https://biblehub.com/genesis/14-20.htm, that makes mention of Abraham giving a tenth to Melchizedek. Please, understand this: What Abraham did was NOT a one-off thing. No, please. The record in the Bible does NOT say that was the first and only time Abraham gave tithes to Melchizedek. 

It simply shows an example, or an incidence of Abraham giving a tenth to Melchizedek, the Sheik, Leader, or King of Salem, who also functioned as a Priest. And there is so, so much more to be said about this amazing Melchizedek Son of God! Think. Listen to the Spirit of Truth. Receive insight. Abraham was a student of Melchizedek, and he regularly gave tithes to his work. 

In short, the Salem colony, at its height, carried over one hundred thousand (over 100,000) regular tithe payers on the rolls of the Melchizedek brotherhood. You will see this revelation in the Urantia Book Paper 93, "Machiventa Melchizedek", 93:6.8, https://www.urantia.org/urantia-book-standardized/paper-93-machiventa-melchizedek  

An Example of the Tithing Technique on another Planet
Source: The Urantia Book Paper 55, Section 3, "The Golden Ages" 

55:3.2-6
Human government in the conduct of material affairs continues to function throughout this age of relative progress and perfection. The public activities of a world in the first stage of light and life which I recently visited were financed by the tithing technique. Every adult worker—and all able-bodied citizens worked at something—paid ten per cent of his income or increase to the public treasury, and it was disbursed as follows:

1. Three per cent was expended in the promotion of truth—science, education, and philosophy.
2. Three per cent was devoted to beauty—play, social leisure, and art.
3. Three per cent was dedicated to goodness—social service, altruism, and religion.
4. One per cent was assigned to the insurance reserves against the risk of incapacity for labor resultant from accident, disease, old age, or unpreventable disasters. 

Source Links:
Text: https://urantiabook.org/055-The-Spheres-of-Light-and-Life/#55_3
Audio: https://assetrepository.urantiabook.org/AssetRepository/Audio/eng01/055-The-Spheres-of-Light-and-Life/P055_03.mp3 

Blessed Be! 
- Karo E.K.D. Akamune 
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