2007-10-13 22:32:51 · 24 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
Matthew 4:8
Again, the devil taketh him, Jesus, up into an exceeding high mountain, and sheweth him all the kingdoms of the world, and the glory of them;
9: And saith unto him, All these things will I give thee, if thou wilt fall down and worship me.
10: Then saith Jesus unto him, Get thee hence, Satan: for it is written, Thou shalt worship the Lord thy God, and him only shalt thou serve.
Why did the devil offer Jesus all the kingdoms of this world & all their glory? If they were not his to give why didn't Jesus rebuke the devil by telling him?
Satan tempted Jesus with worldly things because Satan has the power & authority to do so. Satan has the same ability with us all. Jesus came in the flesh to live a perfect life because no man could do so, thus we would die with no hope of salvation. Satan knew he had to get Jesus to sin, his live depended on it.
Adam & Eve brought all of us under death by their fall to temptation, which is our inheritance, gift, from them. Satan was thrown out of Eden with Adam & Eve where they live, & now all their seed, together due to Eve & Adam's choice to follow his word & not God's.
When things go wrong in this world it is not God doing or allowing these things to happen, it was man's choice to disobey God & follow a deceiver, tempter & liar.
Due to Jesus’ life without sin, He fulfilling the law. He also had to be a sacrifice which He accomplished as well. God accepted Jesus’ life & sacrifice & raised Him from the dead thus also winning the victory of death.
1 Corinthians 15:26
The last enemy that shall be destroyed is death.
54: So when this corruptible shall have put on incorruption, and this mortal shall have put on immortality, then shall be brought to pass the saying that is written, Death is swallowed up in victory.
55: O death, where is thy sting? O grave, where is thy victory?
56: The sting of death is sin; and the strength of sin is the law.
2007-10-14 00:09:41 · answer #1 · answered by Innerman 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I look at the history like a story. God put Adam and Eve on the earth at the beginning, and they messed up the plan so God has allowed us to go our own way for many years, but he won't let it go on forever. Soon the author will walk back onto the stage, and the story of this earth will end, and a new story will be started. God intends to stop suffering, and nobody really knows why he hasn't yet.....I just know that I must choose him during my life, to be sure of being with him when the new story starts.
2007-10-15 02:02:35 · answer #2 · answered by good tree 6 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Religion have always been a topic that has so many angles and things to be considered. God is caring and yes, He does have the power to do anything - even stop death if He wanted to but he doesn't. Why?
Death is not the end but the beginning of an eternal life. He also doesn't stop death maybe for the reason that we need to be reminded that the life we are enjoying now is only short lived - that we need to be preparing for something eternal bound
2007-10-13 22:43:20 · answer #3 · answered by Water Boy 1 · 3⤊ 3⤋
That is a tough question. Remember the other side of the coin;
Satan.
I look at it like this in John 10:10 it says "The thief (Satan) comes to steal, to kill and to destroy:I (Jesus) am come that they might have life, and that they might have it more abundantly.
Two things from this;
Satan is bad (kill, steal & destroy)
God is good (abundant life)
Now that does not answer this question. We see a nature of God in the Bible that shows us that He does not go against the will of man, he does not override our choices. Also God seems to not go against spiritual laws that He has set in place too.
In Deuteronomy 29:29 The secret things belong unto the LORD our God: but those things which are revealed belong unto us and to our children forever, that we may do all the words of this law.
Sometimes the answers are secret and God holds them from us, we need to have faith in Him that he knows better than we do.
Isaiah 55:9 For as the heavens are higher than the earth, so are my ways higher, than your ways, and my thoughts than your thoughts.
2007-10-13 23:16:20 · answer #4 · answered by Andrew 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
the bible says in hebrews 9 and 27 that it is appointed unto men once to die but after this the judjment. many of the healing scriptures talked about in the bible are speaking of a spiritual healing. isaih 53 says buy his strips we are healed. the strips that christ endured brought man back to god and did not promise eternal live in this flesh. you see hebrews and isaih would then conflict with eachother. the spirit filled believer can still have faith and be healed but when god calls us home we should be glad for the love of this world and the evils in it are enmity toward god
2007-10-13 22:57:09 · answer #5 · answered by angel 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
It's human arrogance that leads to the belief that there should be no more death... here we are 6 billion people on the earth.. and saying we have over population problems.. what would we do with the ones being born? Earth has a law and that law is called Nature... and humans ignorance and arrogance of understanding this is why it was so easy for evil to create all these religions for the evil one promises eternal life although nature says no... everything lives and dies... that is life... nothing else qualifies.. So those seeking to go beyond nature's laws... the laws of life itself... seek to deny the ultimate truth of earth itself...
2007-10-13 22:40:55 · answer #6 · answered by Gypsy 2 · 2⤊ 1⤋
(Revelation 21:4) And he will wipe out every tear from their eyes, and death will be no more, neither will mourning nor outcry nor pain be anymore. The former things have passed away.”
But only for the obedient.
(Psalm 37:9) For evildoers themselves will be cut off, But those hoping in Jehovah are the ones that will possess the earth.
(Psalm 37:11) But the meek ones themselves will possess the earth, And they will indeed find their exquisite delight in the abundance of peace.
(Psalm 37:29) The righteous themselves will possess the earth, And they will reside forever upon it.
(Psalm 37:34) Hope in Jehovah and keep his way, And he will exalt you to take possession of the earth. When the wicked ones are cut off, you will see [it].
2007-10-13 23:17:52 · answer #7 · answered by pugjw9896 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Isiah 45:7- "I form the light, and create darkness: I make peace, and create evil: I the LORD do all these things"
I am an atheist- but if God did exist it would be similar to the Bible God. The God of the Bible does good and evil- He is the ultimate good AND evil. He creates all; including evil.
2007-10-14 03:56:00 · answer #8 · answered by cchaos01 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
There are three kinds of death.
The Aged death.
The accidental death.
The criminal death.
The aged death is conditioned by our environment and epigenetic factors of the past generations. And by the blessings of God as well.
The accidental death is conditioned by our ability to create perfect things and perfect sets. As it is for example our transportation system, our thoughts.
Criminal death is materialistic, psychologically and spiritually driven.
Some people are destroyed by social and spiritual conditioning factors.
One way or the other it all lies within ourselves. We must connect everything back to God to create perfect things and have Angelical forces watching over us.
I think animals can give us today great lessons of humility and survival.
"One thing bad about saying we come from the monkeys is that we might be offending the monkeys".
2007-10-14 00:21:50 · answer #9 · answered by Davinci22 3 · 2⤊ 1⤋
Basic theology. God did not bring illness, pain, or death into the world. It is the result of sin--- that which separates us from God. God did send His Son to heal and to have victory over death through His Ressurrection.
2007-10-13 22:50:21 · answer #10 · answered by detailgirl 4 · 1⤊ 2⤋