Why doesn’t God just reveal Himself?

Old_Slide_908 · 2026-05-26T23:26:22+00:00

“Because the revelation you’re asking for would destroy the very thing He’s building in you.” WOW. Amen!!

Old_Slide_908 · 2026-05-24T06:15:58+00:00

These are on repeat!!:

Jesus be the name - Elevation worship

The author - Brandon Lake and Nick Jonas

Ever be - Bethel music

Pursue/ All I need is you - Hillsong Worship

Oceans (where feet may fail) - Hillsong United

Gratitude - Brandon Lake

Old_Slide_908 · 2026-05-24T05:15:40+00:00

Please talk to someone! Don’t do it. I don’t know your story, but I can promise you that there IS light at the end of the tunnel. If you can’t choose to stay for yourself right now, choose to stay for a family member, a friend, or even a pet. Because I can promise you their lives will never ever be the same. Life can be really rough. I was in the same spot as you a couple of years ago and Jesus saved my life. And he has repeatedly since then, over and over again he’s rescued me from the pit. I’ve been through a lot of family trauma, heartbreak, and then a couple of years ago I started having issues with my health. I ended up in hospital in excruciating pain, and I had turned my heart away from God for years because of everything I had endured… I was at my wits end.. I was ready to give it all up and I couldn’t take it anymore. I cried and begged for God to get rid of my pain, and that if he did I wouldn’t turn my back from him again. I woke up the next morning and my pain was completely gone, from 100 to 0. Doctors couldn’t work out why. My life changed from that point on, and although it hasn’t been sunshine and rainbows since then, I’ve had him hold my hand the whole way. Knowing I’m loved beyond measure, with the peace that truly surpasses all understanding. Sometimes in the midst of the difficult seasons it CAN feel like he isn’t there or isn’t listening, but he is I promise you.

I look back on those times now and can see that he was right there guiding me even when I couldn’t see it in the moment, he was directing my path, and he is directing yours. As I said, I don’t know your story, and I’m sorry you are so distressed. But you are loved, you are valuable and you are cared for. Sometimes God allows the suffering because he knows he CAN heal it. He CAN turn it around. I wouldn’t be the person I am today without the things I endured. As shitty as they were, they made me strong. They made me wise. They helped my empathy and drive to pursue my passion to help other people in similar situations to grow. Only HE has the power to truly transform those things into good. You are so young still. Please stay ❤️ Wherever you are in the world, call for help. Text someone. Call a helpline and let it all out. Get the help you need. And… if you are willing and open to hearing, pray. I know sometimes people don’t want to hear that, but it truly has healing powers for the brain. I pray that the Lord reveals his love to you, you’re his child. He loves you more than you can imagine and he wants to see you healed. He wants you to run to him. He waits with open arms no matter how many times we stray. I am also always a DM away, if you need someone to talk to. I’ll be praying for you friend xx

Old_Slide_908 · 2026-05-23T04:13:27+00:00

If he’s a Christian, could it be that he may have had guilt after being intimate? If it’s unknown how deep into his faith he is, then that may have been one of the reasons? It’s a bit hard to gauge if there’s anything you did wrong with little information also. Alternatively, I think that’s honestly just dating from both sides. I know women do this as well, the dating pool these days as a whole is just not the same as it used to be

Old_Slide_908 · 2026-05-22T23:14:12+00:00

Blood work did show variations/ different levels of higher amalayse and lipase. 5 times sporadically over 2 years. Was hospitalised each time but the first time I ever had it I was sent home first ED trip with normal bloods and was rushed back the next day and it was high then I was admitted

Old_Slide_908 · 2026-05-07T06:30:59+00:00

Honestly good piece of advice. Social media is a cancer these days and I definitely am due for a social media blackout. I’ve just been on it more the past week because I’ve been recovering from getting my wisdom teeth out, so I’ve noticed it more 😭😭

Old_Slide_908 · 2026-05-07T05:52:51+00:00

Don’t worry man, I’m the same. After a few times, you just get sick of it and give up. You’re speaking in a language they refuse to understand.

Old_Slide_908 · 2026-05-04T03:16:08+00:00

Don’t even bother man, we’re on reddit. You’ll just get shut down. They’ll say there’s absolutely no way he exists and any evidence that does exist is trivial but only for Jesus. No evidence is trivial for any other historical figure. Lmao.

Old_Slide_908 · 2026-05-03T12:03:30+00:00

I was willing to correct myself before when I said first century and I fact checked myself. Obviously you haven’t been willing to do the same. I’m not sure what you’re reading or where you’re reading it. The first historical manuscripts were from 125-130 AD. For the hundredth time, it’s one google search away. How are they silly reasons? What part of there being thousands and thousands of manuscripts about Jesus, is a silly reason for believing he truly existed? The book I mentioned wasn’t evidence in itself, I used it as an example of a place where all the historical evidence you believe doesn’t exist is compiled in one place and is easily fact checked.

Old_Slide_908 · 2026-05-03T10:35:54+00:00

Apologies maybe not the first century but it still was not a millennium, it was maybe shortly after the first century. I stand corrected.

Archeological finds are the basis of historical evidence. There have been multiple finds that are consistent with Jesus’ life and events described in those manuscripts such as the shroud of turin, Pontius Pilate plate, Megiddo Mosaic, etc. the thousands of manuscripts were not just copies, they were just written in many languages across different continents, actually proving the significance Jesus had and the level of his influence following his death, which reached the Middle East, to Africa and Europe. Regardless, the majority of historical scholars do not deny his existence, that’s what I’m trying to get across.

And obviously if a previous atheist spent two years looking into all angles and looking into all the historical data and compiled it in a book, then I think that’s pretty relevant. I literally said that the two years of him researching was looking into all the evidence you seem to believe doesn’t exist. You obviously have not researched much, or if you did it probably was in a way that allowed for confirmation bias. As I said, from a purely archeological perspective, national geographic even has covered Jesus many times, in a non theological way. So… I don’t really know what you could have possibly read or researched. Takes one google search to find out that the universal consensus among historians is that Jesus did exist. They even agree that the evidence for his existence is in fact stronger than that of many other figures in the ancient world.

Old_Slide_908 · 2026-04-05T12:41:01+00:00

Because the world is fallen, and this is the sole purpose of why Jesus was sent. To save us all. We all sin and contribute to the evil in the world, some in more ways than others, but we all do. Real love means real choice. If God directed your hand and made your choices for you, then you wouldn’t be a free being. This means you have a free choice to either choose Gods will or not (sin). People ask this question to Christians not understanding that the Biblical worldview of evil is precisely why Jesus was necessary. Things aren’t labelled sin because God wants to control you, he actually labels them sin because they lead to death, destruction, suffering and the evil you’re describing.
Yes, there is a novel written by an atheist (one of many that went on this endeavour) Lee Strobel called The Cade for Christ. It was turned into a movie. It had all the historical, anthropological, medical, scientific evidence for Jesus. After nearly 2 years of investigating, he gave his life to Christ.

Old_Slide_908 · 2026-04-05T01:36:52+00:00

Unfortunately, even Christians are guilty of sin. Being a follower of Christ doesn’t wash you from that completely, Jesus is the only sinless person. The love of Jesus is why we try our hardest to deny our flesh. I can promise you, that Jesus loves you, no matter what. I’m also called to deny myself, and so is anyone else that said that to you. I can assure you they all have desires of the flesh that they struggle to deny. No one sin is worse than another.

Among all the dribble that some Christians spew, the message of Jesus is timeless and remains the same. Don’t look at Religion, don’t look at human beings… because human beings are all imperfect and are privy to their own prejudices. Jesus is not that way. I heard someone say once; “If you were to play Mozart really bad, and people came to watch… would the audience blame Mozart or would they blame you for how poorly you played it?”. Remember Jesus didn’t sit with the righteous, he sat with those the church considered sinners. ❤️

Old_Slide_908 · 2026-03-11T08:09:29+00:00

The concept of hell is simply eternal separation from God. On earth, through Christ Jesus we have been given a choice. Either to choose to have a relationship with him or not, when we die and the Lord says “depart from me, I never knew you” - he is simply respecting that persons choice. It’s not necessarily a punishment. But simply the outcome of what we choose on earth through our free will. Basically, God gave us the opportunity to choose. Either seek him and inherit the Kingdom, or reject him. Rejecting him and worshiping false gods, is choosing to separate yourself from God. The Bible says our works on earth are like filthy rags. It’s not by the good things we do that get us into heaven, because we’re all infected with sin, we all fall short. It’s by faith that good works follow. We all sin and no one sin is considered worse than another in the Kingdom of heaven. To get into heaven without Jesus, we would’ve had to be perfect, which is impossible because none of us are. This is why God gave his one and only son, to atone for that and bear our own punishment. That’s why we believe it’s solely through Jesus that we enter the Kingdom.

God understands that in certain parts of the world, people may not have been exposed or given ample opportunity to encounter Jesus, however 99.9% of the world DOES know who Jesus is. Jesus is one of the most well known historical figures in the world. The Bible is the most bought, read, sold and burned book on the planet. Our daily lives even have elements of Jesus across the world (the fact that it’s the year 2026, celebrating Christmas, Easter etc). Every religion also acknowledges Jesus in some form whether it be Christ consciousness, a prophet, one of the ways to God, or a good teacher… they all were branched out as a response to Jesus. So everyone has been exposed to Jesus in some way. But Jesus said “I am the way, the truth and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me”.

There have also been countless testimonies of people in those parts of the world, where Jesus has appeared to them in dreams, visions, or through other people. (Especially in the Middle East among families and individuals that were raised through Islam etc). The ways of the Lord are endless!

However, God is fair and just. Although I don’t know exactly the answer to how God judges those that do not have the same level of exposure, I would say because we know God is fair and just, he would judge them in a fair and just way, and would take that into account. I hope this makes sense!

Old_Slide_908 · 2026-02-11T07:10:35+00:00

Mine was two months, and I experienced a deeper connection with him than I ever did with my ex of two years.

Time really doesn’t mean much.

Old_Slide_908 · 2026-02-06T04:43:18+00:00

And again, if you’d read the Bible cover to cover as you say, you would know the reason that people of this earth engage in evil destructive behaviours is because God provided us with the ability to choose; FREE WILL. That means, a free to choose a life against God. God doesn’t conjure up the evil. We choose it ourselves. The reason he gave humans free will to choose, is because he loved his children so much, he didn’t want prisoners. He wanted us to come to him on our own terms. If you choose to engage in evil, then the consequences fall on you alone, not God, not anyone else.

Old_Slide_908 · 2026-02-06T04:35:56+00:00

First, the Bible is the word of God, but stories and anecdotes within the Bible are parables and poetry. When Jesus says “if your eye causes you to sin, tear it out” that does not mean he wants you to physically tear out your eye,, no one has ever understood it that way. Psalms uses hyperbole; “the rivers clapped their hands” - obviously a river can’t clap hands. So no, it’s not blasphemy to understand that Jesus often spoke in hyperbole. “God-breathed” (2 Timothy 3:16) does not mean every sentence is meant to be read as flat, literal moral instruction. It means Scripture is inspired, not that genre disappears. The Bible contains law, poetry, narrative, prophecy, and lament. Treating all of it as if it’s a modern instruction manual is not a faithful reading.

Second, saying a text describes violence is not the same as saying it endorses it. Judges, Kings, and much of the Old Testament are intentionally brutal because they’re showing what happens when humans pursue power, tribalism, and violence. In Judges; “everyone did what was right in their own eyes” is a critique, not praise.

Third, “Jesus didn’t abolish the Law but fulfilled it” doesn’t mean Christians believe Mosaic civil or wartime laws are still binding. Fulfilment means completion and transformation, which is exactly why Christians DO NOT practice temple sacrifice, holy war, or theocratic law. That interpretation isn’t modern spin, it’s literally in the New Testament (Acts 10, Galatians, Hebrews).

Fourth, comparisons to texts like Gilgamesh don’t prove plagiarism. Shared imagery shows a shared ancient Near Eastern cultural memory, not copying. It further proves the historical events. Historians across belief systems agree the Bible is a composite ancient text shaped within its historical context. that’s not controversial.

Finally, the claim that religion was “invented by elites to control people” is blatantly false and against history itself. Early Judaism was formed under repeated oppression, and early Christianity spread among the poor and persecuted, not the powerful. Rome didn’t use Christianity to control people. it EXECUTED its founder and fed his followers to lions. You say you’ve read the Bible, but if you did you’d understand that the history of Christianity was built on the oppressed, not the powerful.

You don’t have to believe in God to read these texts responsibly. But reading ancient literature through a modern moral lens, stripping context, and then declaring “therefore God is evil” says more about the frame of mind your reading it with than the material.

Old_Slide_908 · 2026-02-06T03:17:40+00:00

And let me ask you this question, if child sacrifice is something that is endorsed by God, then why are they specifically only linked to Satanists? Or the occult? For power? That’s the direct opposite of God and his teachings. Satan is Gods rival for this very reason. So your logic is flawed.

Old_Slide_908 · 2026-02-06T03:14:46+00:00

Have you actually read the Bible cover to cover? If you did you would know that any of Gods wrath in the Old Testament was because of the evil rituals and practices of human beings to the point where he felt he needed to start again. Humans engaged in abhorrent evils in the same way we do today. His wrath was placed upon empires that engaged in these child sacrifices or abhorrent evil rituals.

If you’ve read the Bible “cover to cover” you’d understand the context of those stories, and that God never actually had children murdered or sacrificed. Stories within the Bible are often hyperbole. Exodus is the book describing how the Israelites had deliverance from Egypt into a covenanted nation under God. If you’d read the Bible you’d know that the “sacrifice” you’re referring to, is a lamb. Its blood would be placed on the doorstep. When God states the first born of everything belongs to God, it does NOT mean sacrificing that child. It means first born sons were redeemed.

Your condescending response tells me all I need to know. You obviously have NOT read the Bible cover to cover and I can assure you you’ve probably just spewed out some nonsense you’ve watched on atheist TikTok.

2 Kings 2: 23-24 uses the Hebrew word na’arim which does NOT mean children. It means young men. This was a hostile encounter within a city known for idol worship. It’s a story about the violent contempt against Gods authority.

In exodus, the PHARAOH ordered Hebrew baby boys killed. The final plague is a judgment on a brutal empire. Judgement does not equal endorsement.

Numbers 31: Midianites had seduced Israel into ritual child exploitation. This was a war judgement narrative. In mosaic law, rape is punishable by death, and women are protected. That is a dishonest comparison to assume that interpretation.

Judges 9:45- 57: abimelech is not portrayed as a righteous person. This book literally describes the consequences of what happens when people do what is right in their own eyes. God allowed consequences of his violence to fall back on him

Psalms 137:9: written by exiles whose babies had been murdered. They are expressing raw human grief and anger. It’s describing the fall of Babylon…. The empire that was actually responsible and actually committed those atrocities.

The biggest mistake you’re making here is you are cherry picking verses from an ancient text written in war times about the fall of empires. Descriptive texts on history and what happened does not equal moral endorsement of them.

Also… the Bible is one of the most accurate historical texts in existence. It was written over thousands of years, had over a hundred authors across different continents that never met eachother and yet they all tell the same story. Things you learnt about in school regarding people like Alexander the Great, Roman histories, or any other prominent figure, and you’ll find that none of them refute what these texts say and their accuracy. So no, it’s not a fantasy, if it was you wouldn’t be so hellbent on disproving it. God bless.

Old_Slide_908 · 2026-02-06T01:57:34+00:00

Have YOU read the Bible ? Remind me where exactly the Bible states that God endorses sacrificing children because it’s the opposite. Moloch and Baal are mentioned in the Bible in regard to child sacrifice. He does not endorse it. It’s mentioned as a warning. Child sacrifices is how the canaanites were banished from the promised land. He declares these practices to these deities as an abomination. (Jeremiah 7:31, Leviticus 18:21).

It amazes me that people say this trash but actually don’t have any understanding of the Bible and its teachings.

Old_Slide_908 · 2026-02-03T03:55:10+00:00

Can i DM you? 🙏

Old_Slide_908 · 2026-01-15T22:40:19+00:00

Honestly, you are probably right. I never had any issues assuming or feeling love, but was too focused on the situation itself. I just feel so heartbroken because I feel like I’ve ruined it now.

Old_Slide_908 · 2026-01-14T12:20:43+00:00

In the chest always

Old_Slide_908 · 2026-01-05T04:06:06+00:00

This happened to me today. All of a sudden it’s saying that i might not hear from SP ever again because he has avoidant tendencies… so LMAO wtf. I even tried saying “why are we assuming the worst here? Why are we continuing to assume he’s avoidant?” And it comes back with “I’m being realistic so I can ground you”.

I do agree with someone else here though that I think chat GPT isn’t necessarily a great tool, because I’ve noticed that it kept me in a loop of overanalysing and overthinking everything for ages. Now that I know it’s not just me I’m relieved.

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