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   > one's spiritual instincts can indeed be dangerous, thus the person   
   > must stay close to God and be clothed in His righteousness. The old   
   > testament and book of Acts states that the young men shall see visions   
   > and the old men shall dream dreams. In those days, an old man could be   
   > any man past the age of thirty because life expectancy was not very   
   > long in those days. I have experienced these visions and dreams in the   
   > past. The visions are basically learning experiences while the dreams   
   > are basically doing experiences.   
   > Adam lost any chance to gain access to the tree of life in the garden   
   > when he disobeyed God, thereby losing the opportunity for eternal life   
   > with God in heaven. As children of Adam, we also share that lost   
   > opportunity, but God in his great mercy has created another way for us   
   > to obtain eternal life with Him. God sent his Son, the Lord Jesus   
   > Christ, to die and shed his blood to free us from the first Adam's   
   > curse and our own sin. Through faith in the Lord Jesus we are born anew   
   > into God's family and receive the promise of the Father that we will   
   > stand faultless before the throne at the day of judgement. We are no   
   > longer children of disobedience, but we are now children of God fit for   
   > His kingdom. All that is required of us is simple faith in the Lord   
   > Jesus and His sacrificial death on the cross, and to open our hearts   
   > and minds to the working of the Holy Spirit of God.   
   > Man tries his own methods of attempting to tap into this latent   
   > angelic capability that some are vaguely aware of within themselves.   
   > Some gnostics, certain psychics, many new agers, kundalini yogis,   
   > certain mediums and supernaturalists of various kinds are trying in   
   > their own way to regain the power that Adam and Eve possessed, abused   
   > and subsequently lost during the fall. Little do they realize that they   
   > are playing with spiritual dynamite. A few people may try to regain   
   > this Adamic power with an intent of somehow attaining angelic status   
   > which they think might give them access to the tree of life. God has   
   > blocked this route with his cherubim and flaming sword. They would be   
   > far better off to seek the Lord Jesus Christ and His righteousness as   
   > the path to eternal life. Having experienced this Adamic power first   
   > hand, I am well acquainted with good and evil even as Adam was. I thank   
   > God that Christ is my refuge, that in Him I find forgiveness through   
   > faith in His shed blood and that He sets my feet on the path of   
   > righteousness for His name's sake. Truly He is the Way, the Truth and   
   > the Life. Praise be to God for His everlasting grace, love and mercy.   
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   > Under the Blood of Jesus,   
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   > Richard E. Franing   
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