The Church will endure the rage of this world, and of the tyrants who rule her, sheltered in the wounds of him who holds the keys
of death and hell.
Because this was a rescue, this was redemption, this was the death that made death die, this was the moment when all of creation was redeemed as Jesus swept into the domain
of death and hell, suffering and sickness, sin and horror, to cure us and then rise again victorious, Christus Victor.
But in Jerusalem this epiphany is consummated in Jesus» triumphantly breaking through the central zones
of death and Hell and opening eternity in time and space (Jerusalem 75:21).
Not exact matches
Since God is infinitely Holy
and Sovereign,
and since we have rebelled against Him so that we infinitely deserve
death, He has created a holding place (
Hell)
and a place
of infinite
death (The Lake
of Fire).
Before the «Dispensation
of Grace»
of God, by which we are saved through «Faith in Jesus Christ» as Lord
and our personal Savior, Jesus Christ fulfilled the «Law
of God» on our behalf during His ministry on earth, died on the «Holy Cross» for the «Remission
of Our Sins» once
and for all, descended to
hell and defeated
death, then rose from the dead on the third day bringing us «Eternal Life»
and «Reconciliation» with God the Father!
The fear
of the great nothing is too much for my mind to bear,
and I can sleep at night by convincing myself that the absolute nothing we all face one day will instead be full
of happy choirs
of angels, reward for any suffering I've endured, punishment
of the wicked
and evil (it pains me to think those who cause so much evil will not suffer for eternity, so
hell is a great comfort too),
and that I'll get to see all those I currently miss since the
death of friends
and family are so painful.
She'ol is a concept that predates the Christian
and Muslim ideas
of judgment after
death and also predates,
and is different from, Heaven
and Hell.
Less regrets
and peace not to mention assurance
of where we will spend the rest
of eternity... an important detail that chaplains should not leave out especially in nonbelievers
death beds where they have the last chance
of experiencing true love that will keep them out
of hell.
The Lord Jesus Christ fulfilled the Law on our behalf, died on the Holy Cross for the remission
of our sins (became sin
and curse for us) descended to
hell and defeated
death (keys
of which were held by Satan,) rose from the dead on the third day bringing us eternal life
and reconciliation with God the Father, then ascended to Heaven promising us the Holy Spirit
and preparing the place for us.
The woman claims to be Catholic yet condones fornication, contraception,
and probably other things like abortion which the Catholic Church clearly states are against the faith (
and teaches that they are, serious, mortal sins that unrepeated
of before
death, will put one to
hell).
«O how great the goodness
of our God, who prepareth a way for our escape from the grasp
of this awful monster; yeah, that monster,
death and hell, which I call the
death of the body,
and also the
death of the spirit.»
The criminals graffitied Dormition Abbey with the words «Christians go to
Hell», «
Death to the heathen Christians the enemies
of Israel»
and «The revenge
of the people
of Israel is yet to come».
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.
I had just lost my father to cancer a few months earlier, so needless to say the whole
death -
and -
hell scenario shared the shit out
of me.
''...
hell delivered up the dead which were in them...
And death and hell were cast into the lake of fi
And death and hell were cast into the lake of fi
and hell were cast into the lake
of fire.
It has got away for so long with the kind
of lunatic word - games that allow
death - by - torture to be presented as an act
of love,
and eternal torment in the flames
of hell to be seen as a necessary act
of justice, that we should perhaps not be surprised that it has also managed to dupe its followers into seeing the systematic suppression
and silencing
of women as an act
of liberation
and equality.
Most importantly, note this: I am a Christian, I'm gay, I'm a recovering alcoholic, I believe in Evolution, I believe the universe is 13 billion years old
and that the Earth is 4.5 or so billion years old, I believe man evolved from lower primates
and that Adam was the first man who God gave a soul
and sentience, I do not believe in
hell but I do believe in Satan, I do not believe the Bible is a book
of rules meant to imprison man or condemn him but that it is rather a «Human Existence for Dummies» guide, I believe Christ was the son
of God but I do not believe Christianity is the only «valid» religion, I do not believe atheists will go to
hell, while the English Bible says God should be feared, the Hebrew word used for fear, «yara», such as that used in the Book
of Job, actually means respect / reverence, not fear as one would fear
death or a spider.
If you read the details, despite belonging less to churches
and praying less «young adults» beliefs about life after
death and the existence
of heaven,
hell and miracles closely resemble the beliefs
of older people today».
And for the majority of Christians, who hold to the traditional Christian view of hell, these matters really are about (eternal) life and dea
And for the majority
of Christians, who hold to the traditional Christian view
of hell, these matters really are about (eternal) life
and dea
and death.
While that is not desirable, which is worse: to occasionally fall into sin ourselves, knowing that such sin is covered by the grace
of the cross, OR telling the whole world that although we've been rescued from sin
and death and the devil, they can just go to
hell because all we care about is our own eternal life?
So we all need the grace
of Jesus given to us through the Church if we are to be saved from the spiritual
death of Hell and reach final happiness with God in Heaven.
The boys» paternal grandparents have both died in the last 18 months,
and, as a result, I've fielded dozens
of questions about illness, dying,
death, God, Heaven
and Hell — most
of which I can't answer.
Jesus is the savior
of the world, He is the son
of God, He lived to set an example
of how we should live, He defeated
death to overcome sin
and hell, so we may be forgiven for our sins
and live on after this mortal experience.
There is complete separation from love
and kindness
and family
and friendship
and companionship, it is an abomination
of an existence — this is
death and this is
hell.
As I have always said, the worse side
of religion is its hold on the taboo switch — its ability to turn on guilt using sanctimonious triggers with threats
of exclusion,
death and hell.
The modern - day «near -
death experience» phenomenon, where people from all over the world are reporting visions
of heaven
and hell, often occurring «after
death» when there is no brain activity.
All gays (sinners) will be judged after
death by god (if they don't repent)
and go to
hell (if you believe this sort
of thing) so
death in this life is really no big deal.
Hell means the walling off
of the self which results in impoverishment
and death.
In this way, Altizer seeks to claim as an epiphany
of Christ even the
hell and death to which the modern spirit is drawn in fascinated horror.
Far more pervasive, however, than this apparent reconciliation with Buddhism, are the principal themes
of eternal
death and Christ's descent into
hell.
I'd much rather spend my life believing, living my life as if there IS a heaven as a reward, having the comfort
of thinking that God will be there when I draw my last breath,
and being comforted with the thought as I watch the world go to
hell in a hand - basket...
and not be aware after
death that I was wrong because, as Hawking says..
The chatter around a poll released Wednesday by the Public Religion Research Institute
and the Religion News Service will likely focus on the findings highlighted in their news release: 82 %
of Americans surveyed believe that bin Laden distorted the teachings
of Islam to suit his own purposes; 65 % believe the al Qaeda leader is rotting in
hell;
and 62 % think it is wrong to celebrate the
death of another human being.
So Christ «descends into
hell» to carry us out
of degradation
and spiritual, as well as physical,
death and back into Life.
Did Jesus descend to
Hell and retrieve the keys
of Death, Did Jesus not witness to all the lost souls in hades, do u think that one soul in Death would stay in d
Death, Did Jesus not witness to all the lost souls in hades, do u think that one soul in
Death would stay in d
Death would stay in
deathdeath?
For you too, as for all lands, the struggle, the traitor, the wily person in office, scrofulous wealth, the surfeit
of prosperity, the demonism
of greed, the
hell of passion, the decay
of faith, the long postponement, the fossil - like lethargy, the ceaseless need
of revolutions, prophets, thunderstorms,
deaths, births, new projections
and invigorations
of ideas
and men.1
When a gentile convert stood in the baptistery on Easter's eve
and, before descending naked into the waters, turned to the West to renounce the devil
and the devil's ministers, he was rejecting,
and in fact reviling, the gods in bondage to whom he had languished all his life;
and when he turned to the East to confess Christ, he was entrusting himself to the invincible hero who had plundered
hell of its captives, overthrown
death, subdued the powers
of the air,
and been raised the Lord
of history.
Up to now our attention has been focused on the last things in the lives
of individuals: personal
death, particular judgment, immortality, an interim state, heaven /
hell,
and bodily resurrection.
Commentators
and theologians from all major views
of hell are agreed that this refers to the disappearance
of death forever
and to the everlasting cessation
of hades.
Because he is a religious authority figure, people spontaneously project on him a rich variety
of associations from their early life, including powerful feelings about such matters as God, heaven,
hell, sex, parents, Sunday school,
death, sin,
and guilt.
The appeal
of Behold a Pale Horse, for example, certainly lies in part in its title, a quote from Revelation 6:8: «
And I looked, and behold a pale horse: and his name that sat on him was Death, and Hell followed with him.&raq
And I looked,
and behold a pale horse: and his name that sat on him was Death, and Hell followed with him.&raq
and behold a pale horse:
and his name that sat on him was Death, and Hell followed with him.&raq
and his name that sat on him was
Death,
and Hell followed with him.&raq
and Hell followed with him.»
Jesus condemns entire cities to dreadful
deaths and to the eternal torment
of hell because they didn't care for his preaching.
kermit4jc If through my «spirit» is how I experience all the joys
and pain
of this world, then a spiritual
death implies that there is no pain to
hell.
It is because sin is so serious
and divine judgment is so real that
hell (alienation
and separation from God by persistent rejection
of him) is a reality upon earth
and may well be after
death.
@WASP Ok first off I am not scared
of death If I died right now I would be happy to die
and go meet GOD face to face
and if you do nt believe in GOD thats fine you will burn in
hell but i will pray for you that you will come into the light ad see that HE is real
and that you can be saved from an eternal fire that is absolutely real
1 Corinthians 11:14 (Men should not have long hair) 1 Corinthians 14:34 - 35 (Women should remain silent in church) Deuteronomy 13:6 - 16 (
Death penalty for Apostasy) Deuteronomy 20:10 - 14 (Attack city, kill all men, keep women, children as spoils
of war) Deuteronomy 21:18 - 21 (
Death penalty for a rebellious son) Deuteronomy 22:19 - 25 (Kill non - virgin / kill adulterers / rapists) Ecclesiastes 1:18 (Knowledge is bad) Exodus 21:1 - 7 (Rules for buying slaves) Exodus 35:2 (
Death for working on the Sabbath) Ezekiel 9:5 - 6 (Murder women / children) Genesis 1:3,4,5,11,12,16 (God creates light, night
and day, plants grow, before creating sun) Genesis 3:16 (Man shall rule over woman) Jeremiah 19:9 (Cannibalism) John 3:18 (He who believes in Jesus is saved, he that doesn't is condemned) John 5:46 - 47 (Jesus references Old Testament) Leviticus 3:1 - 17 (Procedure for animal sacrifice) Leviticus 19:19 (No mixed fabrics in clothing) Leviticus 19:27 (Don't trim hair or beard) Leviticus 19:28 (No tattoos) Leviticus 20:9 (
Death for cursing father or mother) Leviticus 20:10 (
Death for adultery) Leviticus 20:13 (
Death for gay men) Leviticus 21:17 - 23 (Ugly people, lame, dwarfs, not welcome on altar) Leviticus 25:45 (Strangers can be bought as slaves) Luke 12:33 (Sell your possessions,
and give to the poor) Luke 14:26 (You must hate your family
and yourself to follow Jesus) Mark 10:11 - 12 (Leaving your spouse for another is adultery) Mark 10:21 - 22 (Sell your possessions
and give to the poor) Mark 10:24 - 25 (Next to impossible for rich to get into heaven) Mark 16:15 - 16 (Those who hear the gospel
and don't believe go to
hell) Matthew 5:17 - 19 (Jesus says he has come to enforce the laws
of the Old Testament) Matthew 6:5 - 6 (Pray in secret) Matthew 6:18 (Fast for Lent in secret) Matthew 9:12 (The healthy don't need a doctor, the sick do) Matthew 10:34 - 37 (Jesus comes with sword, turns families against each other, those that love family more than him are not worthy) Matthew 12:30 (If you're not with Jesus, you're against him) Matthew 15:4 (
Death for not honouring your father
and mother) Matthew 22:29 (Jesus references Old Testament) Matthew 24:37 (Jesus references Old Testament) Numbers 14:18 (Following generations blamed for the sins
of previous ones) Psalms 137:9 (Violence against children) Revelation 6:13 (The stars fell to earth like figs) Revelation 21:8 (Unbelievers, among others, go to
hell) 1 Timothy 2:11 - 12 (Women subordinate
and must remain silent) 1 Timothy 5:8 (If you don't provide for your family, you are an infidel)
So deeply imbedded is this concept that, as was noted earlier, many people have trouble in thinking
of salvation in any other terms than those
of escaping
hell and reaching heaven after
death.
The Court
of Rome, «more corrupt than any Babylon or Sodom,» has led «the Church
of Rome, formerly the most holy
of all churches,» to «become the most lawless den
of thieves, the most shameless
of all brothels, the very kingdom
of sin,
death,
and hell.»
They said she confided in them three secrets - foretelling apocalyptic visions
of hell, war, communism
and the
death of a pope -
and urged them to pray for peace
and a conversion away from sin.
By the way by no means does this mean that I am particularly against Islam, I am also against Judaism, Christianity,
and any unproven dark age manifestation
of a all knowing, creator, If there was a god he sure does «nt need help enforcing his edicts
and morals, remember that if there is a god then as many religions state, people will be judged upon there beliefs
and sins after
death and spend eternity in heaven or
hell, so why is it so important for people to butt in
and start trying to control each other
and force people to believe in something that many think is absurd
and insane.
For we shall then be all too likely to dismiss
death as a mere incident, to think
of judgment without due seriousness,
and to regard heaven
and hell (our possible human destiny, for good or for ill) as nothing more than «fairy - tale» talk.