300 Foxes and a Donkey's Jawbone
A gravitational singularity stops time. If time isn't passing at the singularity, but all around it time passes at a rate proportional to the square of the distance from it, then time is both not passing, and all of it has passed.
The rich man, in hell, lifts up his eyes and speaks of his torment in flame. Here's the thing: Abraham and Lazarus are also in hell, but they're not in flame. This may be confusing, but it's compatible with our model.
We're putting the gospel in terms and symbols and relating it to physical concepts because we believe that it's a step of faith which is leading us somewhere. We don't know where. We don't need to. That's what faith is.
It may seen random or coincidental that the two meanings of the word reins: a bridle for a horse; or the kidneys, can be both be part of a physiological process which can guide and influence us.
If the Lord can try our hearts to find out, or really show us, whether our motivations are pure or not, then this applies to the kidneys which regulate the blood that can potentially influence the heart.
The Hebrew word sometimes translated as reins is elsewhere translated as kidneys. This is another usage of the word in modern language, and it's the origin of the word renal.
The universe was created as a way to purify all of the corruption out of the world, and this is being brought about through the action of gravity. No one wants you to know this. Why? Because their thoughts are evil.
It's not enough to tell people that they need to be saved. Most people will ask: saved from what? We need to show people why they need to be saved, and from what. Hell is expanding, it's the cause of global warming.
Preparing our hearts doesn't involve special diets or exercise, it comes down to taking two simple steps: believing in Jesus Christ, and confessing our sins.
When we get saved we're indwelt by the Holy Spirit, and that cleanses us of whatever other spiritual problems we may have been facing. That's when we're ready to stand before the Lord because we're in Christ Jesus.