Search results
Feb 15, 2024 · The resurrection of Jesus is a powerful symbol of hope and new life, offering comfort and assurance to believers that death is not the end, but a gateway to eternal life in the presence of God. It is a reminder that through Jesus, we can triumph over the darkness of sin and find victory over death.
Jan 4, 2022 · The phrase “heavenly places” or “heavenly realms” is used several times in the book of Ephesians (1:3, 20; 2:6; 3:10; 6:12). This phrase is translated from the Greek word epouranios, meaning “the sphere of spiritual activities.” “Heavenly realms” can refer to both angelic and demonic activity.
- The Gospel
- A Biblical Exposition
- Conclusion
The “Gospel” is a term that is used for a number of things in Christianity; it means “good news” essentially. The word is used for one or more of the four books of the Bible, Matthew, Mark, Luke, and John. These are the four “gospels.” But the word is also used very precisely for the central doctrines of the Christian faith concerning Jesus, namely...
Isaiah 52:15--53:12 is the fourth of the so-called Servant Songs in the book, and the most powerful of them all. The prophet Isaiah does not always identify the servant in the oracles; at times it seems it could be referring to the righteous remnant in Israel, at times to the prophet, at times to other servants that God might use. But in this passa...
Isaiah, then, presents a picture of the ideal sufferer. He does not identify him, but his language parallels so many other prophecies about the coming Messiah that we know it had a future fulfillment in his mind. And then when the Son of God came into the world and fulfilled this passage to the letter (so far), we know that it was a prophecy of Jes...
May 16, 2011 · In the pre-modern meanings of “spiritual” and “mystical,” the resurrection of Jesus was both: the spiritual is about “the really real” and the mystical is about knowing, experiencing, “the really real.”. The central meaning of Easter is not about whether something happened to the corpse of Jesus.
- Marcus Borg
More than any other Gospel writer, Matthew emphasizes the earth-shattering implications of the death and resurrection of Jesus Christ, and brings us back to the central motif of the kingdoms of heaven and earth.
With the coming of Jesus, the promises, prophecies, and hopes of eschatological resurrection begin to unfold. Unapologetically, Jesus proclaims he is the source of resurrection life. The one who believes in Jesus “has eternal life” and has already “crossed over from death to life” (John 5:24).
People also ask
What is the significance of Jesus' resurrection?
What if the Resurrection was a real death?
What does Jesus say about eschatological resurrection?
What does the Resurrection symbolize?
Is Jesus the source of resurrection life?
What is the hope of resurrection in the New Testament?
Mar 30, 2023 · Christmas speaks of a new life [the infant Jesus] that brought joy. Easter brings thoughts of death [His gruesome death], yet there is the new life found in resurrection, which is curious. What does the Bible verse mean when it says that death is swallowed up in victory?”
