what do angels do for fun?

@sonship said
@Ghost-of-a-Duke

What did Rumi mean by this?

@ghost-of-a-duke said
I can only give you my interpretation, which sees the light in the heart as 'love', which is the force that guides us to where we need to be. Theists don't have a monopoly on love.

@rajk999 said
Last time the angels decided to have some fun God ended up destroying the earth with the flood

[i]And it came to pass, when men began to multiply on the face of the earth, and daughters were born unto them, That the sons of God saw the daughters of men that they were fair; and they took them wives of all which they chose. And the LORD said, My spirit shall not always striv ...[text shortened]... ping thing, and the fowls of the air; for it repenteth me that I have made them. (Genesis 6:1-7 KJV)

@yo-its-me said
J. R. R. Tolkien's inspiration right there for elves, dwarves, hobbits, ents, orcs and Trolls!

@rajk999 said
Maybe you might want to write for all to understand.

@Ghost-of-a-Duke

I can only give you my interpretation, which sees the light in the heart as 'love', which is the force that guides us to where we need to be. Theists don't have a monopoly on love.

Now when you love your enemies - THAT requires another life within you, I think. Jesus said what have you done special if you love those who love you?
But it requires a divine nature imparted into you to love your enemies.

"You have heard that it was said, You shall love your neighbor and hate your enemy. But I say to you, Love your enemies, and pray for those who persecute you,

So that you may become sons of your Father who is in the heavens, because He causes His sun to rise on the evil and the good and sends rain on the just and he unjust. (Matt. 5:43-35)

This requires another Person to be imparted into your being through being born again. Christ lives this way. Christ must be put into your innermost being for this kind of love. That is for it to be real and not like a dog walking on its hind legs to imitate a man.

He goes on:

"For if you love those who love you, what reward do you have? Do not even the tax collectors do the same? And if you greet only your brothers, what better thing are you doing? Do not even the Gentiles do the same?

You therefore shall be perfect as your heavenly Father is perfect." (vs. 46-48)

This requires the divine life and nature of the Father to be supernaturally imparted into our beings via Christ's salvation. There is no other way.

@yo-its-me said
Thankyou for quoting my words to me, it's flattering.
I'm not at work. You either 'get it' or you don't, sorry.

If you haven't heard of the wonderful stories he wrote, google them. There's films of them too. Before your time maybe, but still fantastic imaginative stories.

@rajk999 said
Thanks, but no thanks.

[Is that kind enough? My first reaction was to say Go to Hell Moron, but since your back is so soft I changed my mind. See ... Im being kind 😀]

@yo-its-me said
You don't enjoy fiction Rajk?

@rajk999 said
Nah. In movies yes. Epic historical drams is my favourite. Then science fiction like Star Wars, Star Trek The ordinary fiction like Lord of the Rings. Reading these big long books .. no thanks. I read the bible. I dont even read commentaries on the bible, because most of that is fiction. .. lol. Look at where it got sonship. His eternal life got derailed by Witness Lee.

@yo-its-me said
Fair enough.
I think you're missing out, his work is brilliant.

What is really going on in this universe I find much more interesting then any fiction.

The Bible explains what is really going on.

@sonship said
What is really going on in this universe I find much more interesting then any fiction.

The Bible explains what is really going on.

@lemondrop said
anything?
is it an eternity of blah?