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Apr 22, 2020 · God has so designed us that death is unnatural to us. We were meant to live and the human body fights death all the way. The final breath on earth seems so final, yet for the Christian it’s just the beginning! For those of us who are left, we feel the pang of death, and real emptiness.
- Why Do People Die?
- Two Christian Views of Death
- Is Death Spiritual, Physical, Or Both?
- What We Should Expect in The Afterlife
- Were Humans Created Immortal?
- Exiled from The Garden: Gift Or Punishment?
- Why The Theology of Death Matters
Simply put, people die because of sin. Our first human parents, Adam and Eve, disobeyed God. The result? Well, their sinful choice had many ramifications, but the immediate result was their ousting from the Garden of Eden. If they had not sinned, they would have remained in the Garden, where they could have been able to avoid death. When we examine...
There are two distinct ways that Christians should view death, but they are not necessarily mutually exclusive. Both of these ways to view death are important and valuable.
Earlier in this article I cited Rom. 6:23, wherein the apostle Paul says “the wages of sin is death.” This has led some people to argue that the only punishment for sin is physical death, and that there is no punishment in the afterlife. Unfortunately, proponents of that view seem to have misunderstood what the apostle Paul means. Certainly, physic...
This is a very important question, and the answer totally depends on your faith in Jesus… or lack thereof.
Inevitably, when the topic of death is discussed, the questions related to immortality come up. There are a few caveats that sometimes make me feel like this line of questioning is impossible to answer. But I’ll give it my best shot. Were Adam and Eve created mortal or immortal? If Adam and Eve had never sinned, they would have never physically die...
God is so gracious, he did not want humans to live forever in this wicked broken sinful state. Therefore, God exiled Adam and Eve from the Garden of Eden, to keep them from eating from the tree of life. This act would ensure their physical death and give them the opportunity to be rescued from this sinful state. God did not want humans living forev...
Understanding what God and the Bible teach us about death impacts the life of a believer in 3 specific ways:
Sep 20, 2021 · In every century until our own, Christians saw this life as preparation for eternity. Why has modern Protestantism so largely lost its grip on this biblical otherworldliness? Several factors have combined to produce the effect. First, death is no longer our constant companion. Until the twentieth century most children died before they were ten ...
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Jan 22, 2020 · For Christians, death is not a wall but a doorway. Death is not a last good-bye but a “See you later.”. We grieve differently, yet honestly and openly, precisely because we look forward to our reunion and to a New Heaven and a New Earth (see 2 Peter 3:13).
Jan 3, 2017 · God is sovereign over our loved ones’ deaths, and he has purposes we may never understand (Deuteronomy 32:39; James 4:15), but we can cling to the truth that Jesus has prayed for his Father to bring his people home. When a Christian dies, the Father is granting to his Son a request that he first prayed nearly two thousand years ago on the ...
Jan 4, 2022 · Why is the resurrection of Jesus Christ important? It proves who Jesus is. It demonstrates that God accepted Jesus’ sacrifice on our behalf. It shows that God has the power to raise us from the dead. It guarantees that the bodies of those who believe in Christ will not remain dead but will be resurrected unto eternal life.
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Jan 23, 2006 · The historic Christian view has always been that God will one day raise our bodies from the dead. For example, the Apostles Creed, accepted by all branches of Christianity for over fifteen-hundred years, states, "I believe . . . in the resurrection of the body."
