The Aorist Subjunctive In 1 Corinthians 15:49

December 6th, 2017 | Resurrection | No Comment  
Does Paul Use The Aorist Subjunctive In A Didactic Context? While most of the attention has been on 1 Corinthians 15:49 (See the previous article, nicknamed the Obituary). The best MSS all carry the “Omega” (long o) in phoresomen (?????????) versus (?????????) making it aorist subjunctive, and thus to be rendered as hortatory. According to Ray Summers, “The hortatory subjunctive is the use of the first person plural to exhort others to join us in an action. "elthomen eis ton ikon," “Let us go into the house”. This is exactly the form found in 1 Corinthians 15:49. It is aor. 1, subj. ...
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Heavenly Body Definition of 1 Corinthians 15:49

November 29th, 2017 | Resurrection | No Comment  
Heavenly Body Definition of 1 Corinthians 15:49 There is some discussion on the rendering of the heavenly body definition of 1 Corinthians 15:49 in the Greek. The discussion arises out of the rendering of one letter in the Greek. It’s the letter “o”. The difference between the Greek and the English is that the Greek has two letters which are rendered “o”. One is the letter “Omicron” (short o) and the other is the final letter of the Alphabet, Omega (long o). These two letters can significantly change the meaning of a word, particularly in this case, the tense. In the case ...
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Baptism and Eschatology in Romans 6

Baptism and Eschatology
July 14th, 2011 | Eschatology | No Comment  
Baptism and Eschatology Young Adults Study Baptism and Eschatology The connection between baptism and eschatology is significant, especially during the pre-parousia reign of Christ. It is assumed some, especially those who teach that baptism in the New Testament suggested the idea of a burial and resurrection. However, that is not accurate. It is clear from the texts in both Romans 6 and Colossians 2 that the emphasis of baptism is "burial" as implying immersion into Christ. However, the rising up from the waters of baptism is not what is indicated as the resurrection. This is a significant point on the discussion of baptism and ...
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