People will always see it as strange because its not scriptural.
Gary says,
1. The 2nd coming of Christ has already come.
2. Jesus was a mere man like you and i and was God incarnate in Matthew 3:16 just as you are now.
3. God's is not a place or paradise thus His nowhere to be found because it is in you.
The Word says,
1. For as the lightning cometh out of the east, and shineth even unto the west, so shall also the coming of the Son of man be. (Matthew 24:27)
Don’t let anyone deceive you in any way, for that day will not come until the rebellion occurs and the man of lawlessness is revealed, the man doomed to destruction. (2 Thessalonians 2:3)
But about that day or hour no one knows, not even the angels in heaven, nor the Son, but only the Father. (Matthew 24:36)
2. In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. He was with God in the beginning.(John 1:1-2)
The Word became flesh and made his dwelling among us. We have seen his glory, the glory of the one and only Son, who came from the Father, full of grace and truth. (John 1:14)
3. I knew a man in Christ above fourteen years ago, (whether in the body, I cannot tell; or whether out of the body, I cannot tell: God knoweth, such an one caught up to the third heaven. (2 Corinthians 12:2)
This, then, is how you should pray: Our Father in heaven,hallowed be your name. (Matthew 6:9)
And he said unto Jesus, Lord, remember me when thou comest into thy kingdom. And Jesus said unto him, Verily I say unto thee, Today shalt thou be with me in paradise.(Luke 23:42-43)
Gary says,
1. The 2nd coming of Christ has already come.
2. Jesus was a mere man like you and i and was God incarnate in Matthew 3:16 just as you are now.
3. God's is not a place or paradise thus His nowhere to be found because it is in you.
The Word says,
1. For as the lightning cometh out of the east, and shineth even unto the west, so shall also the coming of the Son of man be. (Matthew 24:27)
Don’t let anyone deceive you in any way, for that day will not come until the rebellion occurs and the man of lawlessness is revealed, the man doomed to destruction. (2 Thessalonians 2:3)
But about that day or hour no one knows, not even the angels in heaven, nor the Son, but only the Father. (Matthew 24:36)
2. In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. He was with God in the beginning.(John 1:1-2)
The Word became flesh and made his dwelling among us. We have seen his glory, the glory of the one and only Son, who came from the Father, full of grace and truth. (John 1:14)
3. I knew a man in Christ above fourteen years ago, (whether in the body, I cannot tell; or whether out of the body, I cannot tell: God knoweth, such an one caught up to the third heaven. (2 Corinthians 12:2)
This, then, is how you should pray: Our Father in heaven,hallowed be your name. (Matthew 6:9)
And he said unto Jesus, Lord, remember me when thou comest into thy kingdom. And Jesus said unto him, Verily I say unto thee, Today shalt thou be with me in paradise.(Luke 23:42-43)
Not scriptural to you because you follow a different path from the One who does come and makes His abode in you and shows you His way for you. He really is the way. The way you are suposed to be.