He wanted to throw the book out because he thought dead
meant eternal death and save meant eternal life, and therefore that the passage itself contradicted the clear and thematic message.
Not exact matches
«God told Adam and Eve that they «would surely die» he
meant that they would die an
eternal death from the consequences of sin and disobeying God.»
Brigitte: to me, the narrative of the
death and resurrection of Jesus
means that there is hope of
eternal life.
You then say «God told Adam and Eve that they «would surely die» he
meant that they would die an
eternal death from the consequences of sin and disobeying God.»
That
means immortality is just overcoming physical
death and live forever, but
eternal life is where an immortal gets to have a life; a life with God.
When one does a comparative analysis of various Bible translations, hell, sheol, pit, and grave, all
mean the very same thing, mankind's common grave, ergo, «the wages sin pays is
death» not
eternal torment, similar to our own justice system.
Certainly
death is now seen as something which lls us with dread (together with the expectation of «bodily pains») rather than, as it was
meant to be, the gateway to
eternal life.
«Jesus Christ, our Lord and God, when he was about to offer himself once on the altar of the Cross to God the Father, making intercession by
means of his
death, so that he might gain there an
eternal redemption, since his priesthood was not to be extinguished by
death, at the last Supper, «on the night that he was handed over», left to his beloved Spouse the Church a visible sacrifice, such as the nature of man requires, by which the bloody sacrifice achieved once upon the Cross might be represented and its memory endure until the end of the age, and its saving power be applied to the remission of those sins which are daily committed by us.»
Indeed, what would the experience of the passing of time or
death mean for an
eternal (e-ternal being?
And when I write «the complete chain of events» I
mean the complete chain, beginning with God
eternal love for humanity, including the creation of mankind and their subsequent fall, and going through God's calling of Israel, His work through them during their checkered history, the birth, life, ministry,
death, resurrection, and ascension of Jesus, and looking forward to the return of Jesus and the new heavens, the new earth, and our
eternal existence with God.
Christ manifests the divine will by his obedience unto
death, which
means by denouncing human passions and strivings, revealing in this way God's
eternal thought concerning the salvation of humankind.
But Christianly understood
death is by no
means the last thing of all, hence it is only a little event within that which is all, an
eternal life; and Christianly understood there is in
death infinitely much more hope than merely humanly speaking there is when there not only is life but this life exhibits the fullest health and vigor.
In verses 52 - 53, they misunderstand his reference to
eternal life, thinking he
means that it involves freedom from natural
death.
the wages of sin is
DEATH but the gift of God is
ETERNAL LIFE thru Jesus Christ our LORD... no matter what schemes or plans man comes up with to avoid the TRUTH, TRUTH will always will be TRUTH, you can't change TRUTH and because JESUS is true and his word is true and is a God that can't lie nor is he the son of man to repent then that
means unless you repent you shall all likewise perish Luke 13:5..
For
eternal life does not
mean the endless prolongation of a conscious self but a life of such quality that, having no further concern for self - interest, can transcend
death and rise to a fresh mode of manifestation in the lives of men who follow.
«14 He adds,»... we must break once for all with the idea of
death as simple destruction of an individual... individuals are eternal realities... «15 Using the illustration of a book he says, «Death is the last page of the last chapter of the book of one's life... «16 And he comments,»... death, like «finis» at the end of a book, no more means the destruction of our earthly reality than the last chapter of a book means the destruction of the
death as simple destruction of an individual... individuals are
eternal realities... «15 Using the illustration of a book he says, «
Death is the last page of the last chapter of the book of one's life... «16 And he comments,»... death, like «finis» at the end of a book, no more means the destruction of our earthly reality than the last chapter of a book means the destruction of the
Death is the last page of the last chapter of the book of one's life... «16 And he comments,»...
death, like «finis» at the end of a book, no more means the destruction of our earthly reality than the last chapter of a book means the destruction of the
death, like «finis» at the end of a book, no more
means the destruction of our earthly reality than the last chapter of a book
means the destruction of the book.
«3 The term «
eternal life» seems to point rather more unambiguously to the fulfillment of the good in life beyond
death, yet in the fourth gospel, for which this is the central symbol,
eternal life
means a relationship to God in which man participates in this world.
Temporary
meaning in life is insufficient, for our accomplishments die with the
death of the universe — there is no ultimate purpose in a universe void of God - What are these
eternal, unchanging truths that you refer to?
It is the complete reversal of the «natural» order of things a METANOIA — the Greek word for repentance,
meaning precisely a turning around of the mind, so that it no longer faces into the past, the land of the shadow of
death, but into the
Eternal Present.
In my own evangelism, I nearly always refer to the
death and resurrection of Jesus as the
means by which Jesus secured
eternal life for those who believe in Him.
They often use, sometimes heatedly, phrases and symbols, words like «resurrection» and «life
eternal,» but all too often they have changed the
meaning so that these symbolic phrases do not stand for life after
death.
He is the Master Key to the
meaning of the universe, possessing power to lay down his life and to take it up again so as to effect an
eternal preservation from
death for all humanity.
I
mean, honestly, what kind of bovine excrement omniscient being designs a universe that obeys a set of rules (physics), but designs a sentient being that He will then cast into
eternal torment at
death — no matter how good the being was during its life — unless that being has faith in His son?
This message, however, does not
mean, as it has often been interpreted, that the Judgment no longer
means anything to him who believes in Christ, but rather that he alone survives the Judgment who has become a new man through faith in Christ, who has «passed from
death to life» and hence belongs among those who «by patient continuance in well - doing seek for
eternal life.»
These photos are from two months back so I barely remember which stone has what
meaning but Mr. Sunaryo emphasizes a lot about how life is temporary and
death is
eternal so we must live our lives well and in tune with nature; and to always remember that there is a sky above this sky that we can see (
meaning to always stay humble because there is always someone that is better than you).
With help from her only two allies,
death dealer Selene embarks on a quest to end the
eternal war between vampires and Lycans, even if it
means making the ultimate sacrifice.
Stay Tuned takes that fantasy and turns it into a nightmare, with protagonists that don't want to live in this fantasy world, especially when it will most likely
mean certain
eternal imprisonment or
death.