From Newsgroup: alt.tv.star-trek.tos   
   From Address: noahdove7@lightspeed.ca   
   Subject: The Messianic Future better than Star Trek   
      
      
      
      
      
      
      
   Will it be possible for people to explore the wonders of the heavens   
   beyond our Milky way galaxy to the outer limits of this universe?  I   
   have to admit it, I like some of the ideas presented in the Startrek   
   tv series and moves... like the idea of boldly going   
   where no one has gone before...among the stars.   
      
    But presently, there are no starships available with warp   
   capability.   
   Maybe some day in the future if mankind does not destroy itself with   
   war there will be,   
      
   but with our present mortal bodies and our limited life-spans, we   
   would not likely be able to go too far out of own galaxy. It is   
   more likely God will have to provided another way to get us there.   
   After all it says in the Bible   
   that God made the heavens, the earth and the stars. And if nothing is   
   impossible for God then everything good is possible.   
      
      
   So it is unlikely that in the future when there is a new heaven and   
   new earth as God has promised that He would   
      
   keep His children confined to just one little corner of it.   
      
      
   Some Biblical References :   
      
      
   Gen.1   
      
   [1] In the beginning God created the heaven and the earth.   
   [16] And God made two great lights; the greater light to rule the day,   
   and the lesser light to rule the night: he made the stars also.   
      
      
      
   Pss.8   
      
      
   [1] O LORD our Lord, how excellent is thy name in all the earth! who   
   hast set thy glory above the heavens.   
   [[3] When I consider thy heavens, the work of thy fingers, the moon   
   and the stars, which thou hast ordained;   
   [4] What is man, that thou art mindful of him? and the son of man,   
   that thou visitest him?   
   [5] For thou hast made him a little lower than the angels, and hast   
   crowned him with glory and honour.   
   [6] Thou madest him to have dominion over the works of thy hands;   
   thou hast put all things under his feet:   
   [9] O LORD our Lord, how excellent is thy name in all the earth!   
      
      
      
   Pss.19   
      
   [1] The heavens declare the glory of God; and the firmament sheweth   
   his handywork.   
   [2] Day unto day uttereth speech, and night unto night sheweth   
   knowledge.   
   [3] There is no speech nor language, where their voice is not heard.   
   [4] Their line is gone out through all the earth, and their words to   
   the end of the world. In them hath he set a tabernacle for the sun,   
   [5] Which is as a bridegroom coming out of his chamber, and rejoiceth   
   as a strong man to run a race.   
   [6] His going forth is from the end of the heaven, and his circuit   
   unto the ends of it: and there is nothing hid from the heat thereof.   
   [7] The law of the LORD is perfect, converting the soul: the testimony   
   of the LORD is sure, making wise the simple.   
      
      
   Pss.136   
      
   [1] O give thanks unto the LORD; for he is good: for his mercy   
   endureth for ever.   
   [2] O give thanks unto the God of gods: for his mercy endureth for   
   ever.   
   [3] O give thanks to the Lord of lords: for his mercy endureth for   
   ever.   
   [4] To him who alone doeth great wonders: for his mercy endureth for   
   ever.   
   [5] To him that by wisdom made the heavens: for his mercy endureth for   
   ever.   
   [6] To him that stretched out the earth above the waters: for his   
   mercy endureth for ever.   
   [7] To him that made great lights: for his mercy endureth for ever:   
   [8] The sun to rule by day: for his mercy endureth for ever:   
   [9] The moon and stars to rule by night: for his mercy endureth for   
   ever.   
      
      
      
   Pss.147   
      
   [1] Praise ye the LORD: for it is good to sing praises unto our God;   
   for it is pleasant; and praise is comely.   
   [2] The LORD doth build up Jerusalem: he gathereth together the   
   outcasts of Israel.   
   [3] He healeth the broken in heart, and bindeth up their wounds.   
   [4] He telleth the number of the stars; he calleth them all by their   
   names.   
   [5] Great is our Lord, and of great power: his understanding is   
   infinite.   
   [6] The LORD lifteth up the meek: he casteth the wicked down to the   
   ground.   
      
   Pss.148   
      
   [1] Praise ye the LORD. Praise ye the LORD from the heavens: praise   
   him in the heights.   
   [2] Praise ye him, all his angels: praise ye him, all his hosts.   
   [3] Praise ye him, sun and moon: praise him, all ye stars of light.   
   [4] Praise him, ye heavens of heavens, and ye waters that be above the   
   heavens.   
   [5] Let them praise the name of the LORD: for he commanded, and they   
   were created.   
   [6] He hath also stablished them for ever and ever: he hath made a   
   decree which shall not pass.   
      
      
   Amos.5   
      
   [8] Seek him that maketh the seven stars and Orion, and turneth the   
   shadow of death into the morning, and maketh the day dark with night:   
   that calleth for the waters of the sea, and poureth them out upon the   
   face of the earth: The LORD is his name:   
      
      
   John.14   
      
   [2] In my Father's house are many mansions: if it were not so, I   
   would have told you. I go to prepare a place for you.   
   [3] And if I go and prepare a place for you, I will come again, and   
   receive you unto myself; that where I am, there ye may be also.   
      
   Rev.7   
      
   [17] For the Lamb which is in the midst of the throne shall feed   
   them, and shall lead them unto living fountains of waters: and God   
   shall   
   wipe away all tears from their eyes.   
      
   Rev.21   
      
   [1] And I saw a new heaven and a new earth: for the first heaven and   
   the first earth were passed away; and there was no more sea.   
   [2] And I John saw the holy city, new Jerusalem, coming down from God   
   out of heaven, prepared as a bride adorned for her husband.   
   [3] And I heard a great voice out of heaven saying, Behold, the   
   tabernacle of God is with men, and he will dwell with them, and they   
   shall be his people, and God himself shall be with them, and be their   
   God.   
   [4] And God shall wipe away all tears from their eyes; and there   
   shall   
   be no more death, neither sorrow, nor crying, neither shall there be   
   any more pain: for the former things are passed away.   
   [5] And he that sat upon the throne said, Behold, I make all things   
   new. And he said unto me, Write: for these words are true and   
   faithful.   
   [6] And he said unto me, It is done. I am Alpha and Omega, the   
   beginning and the end. I will give unto him that is athirst of the   
   fountain of the water of life freely.   
   [7] He that overcometh shall inherit all things; and I will be his   
   God, and he shall be my son...   
      
   Rev.22   
      
   [1] And he shewed me a pure river of water of life, clear as crystal,   
   proceeding out of the throne of God and of the Lamb.   
   [2] In the midst of the street of it, and on either side of the   
   river,   
   was there the tree of life, which bare twelve manner of fruits, and   
   yielded her fruit every month: and the leaves of the tree were for   
   the healing of the nations.   
   [3] And there shall be no more curse: but the throne of God and of   
   the Lamb shall be in it; and his servants shall serve him:   
   [4] And they shall see his face; and his name shall be in their   
   foreheads.   
   [5] And there shall be no night there; and they need no candle,   
   neither light of the sun; for the Lord God giveth them light: and   
   they shall reign for ever and ever.   
      
   1Cor.2   
      
   [9] But as it is written, Eye hath not seen, nor ear heard, neither   
   have entered into the heart of man, the things which God hath   
   prepared for them that love him.   
      
   John.3   
      
   [16] For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son,   
   that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have   
   everlasting life.   
      
   Dan.12   
      
   [3] And they that be wise shall shine as the brightness of the   
   firmament; and they that turn many to righteousness as the stars   
   forever and ever   
      
      
      
      
   Eph.2   
   [8] For by grace are ye saved through faith; and that not of   
   yourselves: it is the gift of God:   
   [9] Not of works, lest any man should boast.   
      
   2Cor.4   
   [17] For our light affliction, which is but for a moment, worketh for   
   us a far more exceeding and eternal weight of glory;   
   [18] While we look not at the things which are seen, but at the   
   things   
   which are not seen: for the things which are seen are temporal; but   
   the things which are not seen are eternal.   
   Rom.2   
   [7] To them who by patient continuance in well doing seek for glory   
   and honour and immortality, eternal life:   
   1Cor.15   
   [53] For this corruptible must put on incorruption, and this mortal   
   must put on immortality.   
   [54] So when this corruptible shall have put on incorruption, and   
   this   
   mortal shall have put on immortality, then shall be brought to pass   
   the saying that is written, Death is swallowed up in victory.   
      
      
   Luke.1   
      
   [37] For with God nothing shall be impossible.   
      
      
      
   Is there good reason to have this hope?  Yes, much assurance can be   
   found in the Bible and Messianic Prophecies:   
      
   Messianic Prophecy: Review the incredible evidence that Jesus of   
   Nazareth is the promised Messiah   
      
   Be assured that these prophecies were not conspired after-the-fact.   
   www.messianic-prophecy.net/ - 21k -   
      
      
   Messianic Prophecy: Investigate the statistical odds that one man   
   would fulfill every single one of them in this sample of just seven.   
   www.messianic-prophecy.net/messianic-prophecy.htm - 25k -   
      
   Some Messianic prophecies that promise a new heaven and a new earth:   
      
   Isa.65   
      
   [17] For, behold, I create new heavens and a new earth: and the   
   former   
   shall not be remembered, nor come into mind.   
      
   Isa.66   
      
   [22] For as the new heavens and the new earth, which I will make,   
   shall remain before me, saith the LORD, so shall your seed and your   
   name remain.   
      
   2Pet.3   
      
   [13] Nevertheless we, according to his promise, look for new heavens   
   and a new earth, wherein dwelleth righteousness.   
      
      
      
      
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