What Is the Second Death in Revelation 20?
September 23rd, 2009 | Eschatology | 2 Comments
Job asked, If a man die shall he live again? John says if a man dies, he shall die again. Both men had the same subject in mind from two different angles. Job focused on the second life. John focused on the second death. Adam's transgression gives us some insight on both questions.
In Genesis, Adam transgressed and died the day he ate. However, after he sinned, he yet had an opportunity to live forever. This is expressed in God's statement to him that "Now, lest he put forth his hand and take of the tree of life and live for ...
Can You Help Me Understand the Death of Death?
May 1st, 2009 | Eschatology | No Comment
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Can you help me understand the
death of death?
It’s always interesting to talk with
people about their concepts of death
and resurrection.
Most of their questions however are
focused on biological death and how
they believe the end time addresses and resolves the termination of
our humanity.
Given this paradigm, it is easy to see how difficult attempting to explain how death is destroyed in Christ could be one of those ideas that would provoke questions on how death comes to an end?
People are Always Dying and Always Will Die
When we speak about fulfilled eschatology, people always ask questions about why we continue to die. ...
Eschatology and the Tabernacle – Why CanR...
April 2nd, 2009 | Eschatology | No Comment
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Adam and Eve were God’s “newborn”
babies. They were newborn in that
they were “born” of God.
As babies, they came into this world
naked and unashamed. This time
represented the period of their innocence.
But, something significant happened in their lives which caused them to lose their child-like innocence. Adam and Eve help us to understand “Eschatology and the Tabernacle – Why Can’t
Naked People Go to Heaven?”
To Adam, God had commanded that he eat of every tree in the garden which God had made. In the garden, all trees desirable for food were found. Also, there was the tree of life and ...