That's good.  That's good.  Very well explained and
described.


--- Arthur the Humble Writer <Arthur@...>
wrote:
> Matthew Sims wrote:
> > 
> > David L. Milner wrote:
> > 
> > > Sorry, guys, but if you make it possible
> > > for dragons to get into the LL, you rather
> destroy the idea that the
> > > protection of the OLMN in the LL is absolute. 
> And if the dragon has no
> > > power while he is in the LL, what is the point
> of his being there?  It
> > > seems terribly out of character for him.
> > 
> > If this is true, then why should we bother going
> outside the LL?  The OLMN protects
> > you all over the realm of EdenAgain.
> > 
> > This goes back to an argument from long ago where
> I feel that the LL is trying too
> > hard to be "heaven on earth".  Are LightRaiders
> incapable of sin only in the LL?
> > No.  Sin has no boundaries, the dragons 'will'
> find a way to combat those in the LL.
> 
> LightRaiders leave the LL because the OLMN
> wants/commands them to do
> so.  Besides isn't the Church *supposed* to be
> "heaven on Earth"? 
> Heaven, really, is any place that the Lord dwells in
> an active manner. 
> While the Lord is everywhere-present, we can safely
> say that He only
> dwells in us Believers.
> 
> It's the same on EdenAgain; the OLMN is everywhere,
> however, it's only
> in the LL that the OverLord has an active presence. 
> By extension, since
> we carry the "Church" (the Body of Christ, since we
> *are* the Body of
> Christ) wherever we go, TwiceBorn carry a bit of the
> LL wherever they
> go.
> 
> If the Church (and individual Christians) were to
> ever be as I believe
> Jesus Christ envisioned it, we'd see an
> "organization" of people that
> resembles the LL: people would be unified, unafraid
> of the future, fully
> controlled by the Spirit and in the will of God. 
> People would still sin
> (we aren't perfect yet) but sin would have no
> "enchanting" power that it
> does in the world.  It would be harder to sin when
> you see and
> _understand_ the grace and blessings of God.  I
> think the LL is such an
> ideal church applied to a "country" -- if you
> subscribe to a literal
> Millennial Reign of Christ, it's easier to imagine. 
> (During the
> Millennial Reign, the influence of the devil is
> completely removed from
> the Earth, combined with the glorious direct rule of
> Christ, the
> workings of sin would be radically reduced but sin
> itself not yet
> removed from the human heart.  A similar situation
> exists in the LL:
> protection from external evil and a personal, albeit
> mystical, ruling
> OLMN.)
> 
> In the Liberated Lands, TwiceBorn can still sin, but
> it would be a
> repulsive thing, almost painful in a way, but still
> possible.  The
> majority of the time though, everyone would live
> submitting to the
> Spirit and obeying the OverLord's commands.  In my
> fanfiction (which I
> really need to start back writing on) some
> Christians from Earth end up
> in the Liberated Lands and become LightRaiders. 
> During their stay in
> the LL they are constantly aware of the Lord's
> Presence.  You know that
> sensation that the Lord is right there with you when
> you're deep in
> prayer, or in an intensely intimate worship service
> or any number of
> ways?  Well that's what a typical Christian or
> TwiceBorn would feel in
> the LL *all the time.*  (In the LL it's part of the
> geography, but
> LightRaiders often have to "get used" to the dead
> feeling of the
> DragonLands since the Presence is confined to their
> hearts and a few
> other circumstances, something they can't really
> train for.)
> 
> --Arthur
> 
> 
> We [who follow Jesus Christ] are Christ's
> ambassadors, and God is using
> us to speak to you.  We urge you, as though Christ
> himself were here
> pleading with you, "Be reconciled to God!"
> 
> 2 Corinthians 5.20  NLT
> 
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