I hear that it isn't so much a blue print, but rather it provides the Christian perspective as to how you should live your life through stories and lessons. By implementing the practices, good and bad, a harmonious society would be created, and the reward would be a place in Heaven.
I also get that many things that start as something good can be turned into something else. If you take the messages in the Bible in the purest form, there is a lot of good information. Anything that extends beyond that (fear of a fiery hell or the concept of "all forgiving beings" that damn people to eternity for doing, or not doing certain things) are scare tactics used by some humans to encourage people to believe in a specific faith (and was exacerbated by the need / desire of wanting people to donate to their church and by early establishing PTW / Powers That Were).
Information comes to people in all different ways. If you are open and seeking it, it will find you. Everyone is ready at different times, so it isn't something that can be forced (and can be frustrating for those that "know" and want to share it). There is no magic website or book someone can read, but it is something within you that starts to wake up.
As you wake up, things will be put in your path. You will have opportunities presented, and it is your job at that point to take advantage of those situations. It is also important to know that if you don't take a chance when you have one, another will be put in it's place (if you truly are ready). Just like in the Law of Attraction, "what you seek you will find." Don't obsess that if your opportunity passes it is lost forever, things return to you (if you want them too).
Another way to help the ascension process is to determine patterns in your life (relationships, money, motivation, etc) that cause distress, and take action to break the cycle. This is one of the biggest ways to promote personal growth, which leads to a bigger expansion of experience (and prevents you from re-living another life with the same or similar obstacles).
There will be beings that chose not to ascend, or want to stay in the 3D. I am reminded that it is important to realize these "good people" as you described aren't being punished. The Universe doesn't see good or bad, it just "is." Everything is in balance, and most times balance requires a contrast of some kind. When these beings are ready, mentally, physically and emotionally, to graduate to the next level, they will.
Nothing is an absolute rule. The Bible shouldn't be viewed as a book of fear, but rather a perspective on life (a "guidebook" of sorts). (Some) Humans turned it into a tool of fear, but that was not the intention of the Bible in it's infancy. There are some things that are destined fate, and also an element of free will. There are also events and situations that occur in cycles, that is why it is always said "history repeats itself." We are in a cleansing mode and the Reptilian race (the PTW) are at the end of their cycle, and are fated to lose control by the people and situations that the Universe has aligned. Through their (the PTW) own free will, they are putting up a fight, but ultimately they are just prolonging the inevitable. 2018 will be a big year. Lots of power struggles and shifting are coming...
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