.
A certain denomination insists that when a human being dies, it goes
completely out of conscious existence. Their resurrection doctrine therefore
is not a resurrection according to the traditional meaning of the word, but
rather; a re-creation: which essentially implies that when Christ died on the
cross, he ceased to exist; viz: for three days and three nights, there was no
Christ— neither in this life nor in the next. So in order to "raise" Christ from
the dead, it was necessary for God to create his previoius existence back to
existence. In other words: according to the beliefs of some religions; the
current Christ is a second Christ; viz: a redux.
That belief of course assumes that the Lord's soul died on the cross right
along with his body; which of course it didn't because assassins can't kill
souls.
†. Mtt 10:28 . . Do not be afraid of those who kill the body but cannot kill
the soul.
In other words: the soul doesn't perish along with the demise of one's body.
Not that it's impossible; it's just that only God can pull off something like
that.
†. Mtt 10:28 . . but rather fear him which is able to destroy both soul and
body in hell.
But let's assume for a moment that one's soul does pass away along with
the passing of one's body. Well; even if that were true it wouldn't apply to
Christ because he has eternal life.
†. John 5:26 . . As the Father has life in Himself, so He has granted the Son
to have life in Himself.
What kind of life does the Father have in Himself? Answer: eternal life, of
course; what else?
†. 1John 1:2 . .The life was manifested, and we have seen, and bear
witness, and declare to you that eternal life which was with the Father and
was manifested to us.
The koine Greek word for "eternal" is aionios (ahee-o'-nee-os) which means:
perpetual. In other words: eternal life is continuous; viz: without either
interruption or intermission.
Eternal life is very interesting. The Father had no beginning, nor will He ever
have an ending; viz: from the vanishing point in the past to the vanishing
point in the future, the Father has always been and He will always be; ergo:
eternal life is impervious to death.
So then, when Christ's body expired on the cross, he didn't go out of
existence because eternal life cannot be terminated by the mere passing of a
frail organism; otherwise eternal life wouldn't really be eternal; and God
himself would be in constant peril of extinction.
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A certain denomination insists that when a human being dies, it goes
completely out of conscious existence. Their resurrection doctrine therefore
is not a resurrection according to the traditional meaning of the word, but
rather; a re-creation: which essentially implies that when Christ died on the
cross, he ceased to exist; viz: for three days and three nights, there was no
Christ— neither in this life nor in the next. So in order to "raise" Christ from
the dead, it was necessary for God to create his previoius existence back to
existence. In other words: according to the beliefs of some religions; the
current Christ is a second Christ; viz: a redux.
That belief of course assumes that the Lord's soul died on the cross right
along with his body; which of course it didn't because assassins can't kill
souls.
†. Mtt 10:28 . . Do not be afraid of those who kill the body but cannot kill
the soul.
In other words: the soul doesn't perish along with the demise of one's body.
Not that it's impossible; it's just that only God can pull off something like
that.
†. Mtt 10:28 . . but rather fear him which is able to destroy both soul and
body in hell.
But let's assume for a moment that one's soul does pass away along with
the passing of one's body. Well; even if that were true it wouldn't apply to
Christ because he has eternal life.
†. John 5:26 . . As the Father has life in Himself, so He has granted the Son
to have life in Himself.
What kind of life does the Father have in Himself? Answer: eternal life, of
course; what else?
†. 1John 1:2 . .The life was manifested, and we have seen, and bear
witness, and declare to you that eternal life which was with the Father and
was manifested to us.
The koine Greek word for "eternal" is aionios (ahee-o'-nee-os) which means:
perpetual. In other words: eternal life is continuous; viz: without either
interruption or intermission.
Eternal life is very interesting. The Father had no beginning, nor will He ever
have an ending; viz: from the vanishing point in the past to the vanishing
point in the future, the Father has always been and He will always be; ergo:
eternal life is impervious to death.
So then, when Christ's body expired on the cross, he didn't go out of
existence because eternal life cannot be terminated by the mere passing of a
frail organism; otherwise eternal life wouldn't really be eternal; and God
himself would be in constant peril of extinction.
Cliff
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