2007-12-02 12:04:36 · 12 answers · asked by ~Smirk~ Resurrected 6 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
the day of grace wont last forever ...
2007-12-02 12:08:03 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
It's such a shame that religions continue to teach the complete opposite of what the Bible does. The Biblical truth is that there is no such thing as a burning hell, the Greek words She'ol and Ha'des) refer to the common grave of mankind.
Jesus affirmed that the dead “are conscious of nothing at all,” that they are asleep, as it were. (Ecclesiastes 9:5; John 11:11-13) Life would be restored by means of a resurrection—‘a standing up again’ from the sleep of death. (John 5:28, 29) An immortal soul, if it existed, would need no resurrection, since immortality precludes death.
Jesus even demonstrated the Biblical teaching of the resurrection by raising people from the dead. Take the example of Lazarus, who was dead for four days. When Jesus resurrected him, Lazarus came out from the tomb a living, breathing human. No immortal soul slipped back from heavenly bliss into his body when Lazarus awoke from the dead. If that were the case, Jesus would hardly have done him a favor by resurrecting him!—John 11:39, 43, 44.
What is the source of the immortal-soul theory? The Westminster Dictionary of Christian Theology says that the concept “owes more to Greek philosophy than to biblical revelation.” The Jewish Encyclopedia explains: “The belief that the soul continues its existence after the dissolution of the body is a matter of philosophical or theological speculation rather than of simple faith, and is accordingly nowhere expressly taught in Holy Scripture.”
The New Catholic Encyclopedia, in its article “Soul, Human, Immortality Of,” says that early Church Fathers found support for belief in an immortal soul, not in the Bible, but in “the poets and philosophers and general tradition of Greek thought . . . Later, the scholastics preferred to make use of Plato or principles from Aristotle.” It states that “the influence of Platonic and Neoplatonic thought”—including belief in the immortal soul—eventually was inserted “into the very core of Christian theology
2007-12-02 12:13:36 · answer #2 · answered by ldybugg93 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
God does not send you to Hell. You choose to go there through your actions and sins. God loves all of his children.
Im sure your asking this because you want to challenge some one. But im telling you right now. Once you are submersed in the full presence of God you'll want nothing else.
2007-12-02 12:09:34 · answer #3 · answered by daretodream1920 2 · 2⤊ 0⤋
God is NOT sending you to Hell. You choose it. Because you see, God acts according to YOUR faith, If YOU have no faith, YOU get no actions. He doesn`t even see YOU.. He takes care of HIS kids.. You are pretty much on your own.. He hears you, But he won`t act for you, because you don`t have any faith. Why would he?
He is coming to take his kids to Heaven and you all will be left here. Hell is going to be what you all make it.. I really am sorry..
Peace & God bless from Texas <><
2007-12-02 12:15:08 · answer #4 · answered by jaantoo1 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Unconditional love means that there are no conditions to one's love. If "God" will send you to Hell for choosing not to worship it, that is a condition of its love. Therefore, "God" doesn't love anyone "unconditionally."
2007-12-02 12:11:45 · answer #5 · answered by eris 4 · 3⤊ 0⤋
precisely. curiously god has the means to maintain us yet as a substitute he doesnt for each guy or woman? i don't understand approximately u yet there does not be something my son could desire to ever do (even kill one hundred ppl) to reason me to lock him up in my basement and torture him continuously. i could be pleased with a existence sentence or maybe dying penalty if this is the justice gadget, yet in no way torture continuously.
2016-12-10 10:38:30 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Wouldn't you rather choose eternal life with God instead? I did.
2007-12-02 12:08:01 · answer #7 · answered by Uncle Remus 54 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Do you still love your children after you ground them for a week?
2007-12-02 12:07:41 · answer #8 · answered by Tbone 5 · 4⤊ 1⤋
Yes, but He wouldn't send you. You would choose it.
If you choose to love Him, you won't regret it :)
2007-12-02 12:10:45 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Yes, He loves you and not your sins. Peace
2007-12-02 12:08:26 · answer #10 · answered by PARVFAN 7 · 2⤊ 1⤋