Tag: immortality

The Purpose Of Life

This one Greek word says it all.
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1 Corinthians 15:47-55 (Good News Translation)
47 The first Adam, made of earth, came from the earth; the second Adam came from heaven. 48 Those who belong to the earth are like the one who was made of earth; those who are of heaven are like the one who came from heaven. 49 Just as we wear the likeness of the man made of earth, so we will wear the likeness of the Man from heaven.
50 What I mean, friends, is that what is made of flesh and blood cannot share in God’s Kingdom, and what is mortal cannot possess immortality.
51-52 Listen to this secret truth: we shall not all die, but when the last trumpet sounds, we shall all be changed in an instant, as quickly as the blinking of an eye. For when the trumpet sounds, the dead will be raised, never to die again, and we shall all be changed. 53 For what is mortal, must be changed into what is immortal; what will die must be changed into what cannot die. 54 So when this takes place, and the mortal has been changed into the immortal, then the scripture will come true: “Death is destroyed; victory is complete!”
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“Where, Death, is your victory?
Where, Death, is your power to hurt?”
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Seven All’s
24 …The end will come; Christ will overcome ALL spiritual rulers, authorities, and powers, and will hand over the Kingdom to God the Father. 25 For Christ must rule until God defeats ALL enemies and puts them under his feet. 26 The last enemy to be defeated will be death. 27 For the scripture says, “God put ALL things under his feet.” It is clear, of course, that the words “all things” do not include God himself, who puts ALL things under Christ. 28 But when ALL things have been placed under Christ’s rule, then he himself, the Son, will place himself under God, who placed ALL things under him; and God will rule completely over ALL. [Then God will mean everything to everyone – Contemporary English Version.]

John 17:1-3 After Jesus had finished speaking to his disciples, he looked up toward heaven and prayed, “Father, the time has come for you to bring glory to your Son, in order that he may bring glory to you. 2 And you gave him power over ALL people, so that he would give eternal life to everyone you give him. 3 Eternal life is to know you, the only true God, and to know Jesus Christ, the one you sent.”

 

Is Cast Into Hell Accurate?

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⁃ The verse: “But I will show you whom you should fear: Fear the One who, after you have been killed, has authority to throw you into hell. Yes, I tell you, fear Him!”

See word #3326, translated “after” but can just as well be “with”.

And the statement otherwise quoted as :
⁃ Matthew 10:28 – “And be not afraid of those who kill the body, but cannot kill the soul; but fear rather He who is able to destroy both soul and body in hell.” – Actually Gehenna / fiery death, or was a literal fiery grave of criminals in the city dump.

#1. Who CAN do so.. but Jesus said He would draw ALL, John 12:32 (and see Ps.22:27!)

#2. Then there’s this, “fear rather the One who with the killing can destroy the soul”.

By never resurrecting that one! The body remains “in the dust” and the life and psyche is not resurrected. Thus “with” the killing, is body and soul expired. It’s only the deeply ingrained pagan belief in human inherent immortality/everlasting life without the Lord, that keeps us seeing this as an afterlife thing. There were two things said about death, after Adam and Eve’s disobedience, and descent into imperfection. “Surely you won’t.. die?” And “dust you are and to dust shall you return”. Which voice spoke the truth?

Shadows And Corners

If a doctrine or teaching casts a shadow upon God’s character, it cannot be true. We are told to “be perfect, as our Father in heaven is perfect”. And, we know He is love, and He is light with no darkness nor shadow of turning.

God’s pristine character of love, life and light (and perfection) is the measuring rod we can use to test every interpretation of scripture. No doctrine is too sacred to be examined in the light of God’s complete Word.

And should we let go of His Word(s) we become fools. Logos, Logic. The opposite of, is fool.

False doctrine or belief in us is a corner and shadow where the light is not shining. And when He comes, doesn’t He want to find us without spot or wrinkle? Praise God when He comes we put on immortality and incorruption!

With What Body Shall They Rise?

The verse “with what body shall they rise?” makes me envision folks rising up from sleep.. and that’s what the apostle Paul said, that believers are “asleep in Christ”. – A sister named Rose finally was able to help me see that.

That it’s different for the saved and the not yet saved.

But how amazing! That all the persons who have ever lived all through time and earth ages, He will raise. He is perfectly able to raise. Not a problem for Him.. Those of the second resurrection will rise still in their infirmities? Seen and unseen.. physical and spiritual?

But followers, “with what sort of bodies shall they rise? ..having borne the earthly, they shall now reflect the heavenly.. different bodies.. celestial..” ..Will we, like Him, be more fiery? Hope not more spacey, I don’t really need that..

The idea that the lost are inherently immortal seems to me not to jive with the scriptures of “dust to dust” and “we shall put on immortality”.

But Jesus told followers they “would never die”.

Yet the idea that in the Kingdom, we will be like ‘ghosts’.. I’m surely hoping not. I’d much rather be able to walk and run, dance and fly.. Run without tiring.. Dance every step I could ever envision.. mentally, but also physically. I believe our heavenly Father is creating a truly awesome paradise, and He deserves much glory on account of it.

The idea that we must somehow transcend the physical – though there surely is a big need for it, in a certain sense.. But the whole dilemma that man is in, is a state of character (surely?) not what sort of body we now have!