I cannot say precisely where that line is. Nevertheless, we know that God can perceive it precisely. God knows. And we must simply trust that God will decide these things according to His justice and righteousness. He was expressing the agony of His soul in that moment. This is a paradox of the cross. Number one: Jesus genuinely bore within Himself the punishment, the wrath, and the judgment that we deserved.
He drank a cup of judgment that we should drink. He was crucified in our place. He was judged for our sins.
The payment of our sins was put upon Him. We know that. Jesus endured the wrath of God the Father so that we would not have to endure that wrath.
He paid the price. He was the substitute. One of the Scriptures that they dealt a glancing blow was concerning Jesus in the Garden of Gethsemane, when He spoke about the cup of judgment that He was about to drink.
It is the cup of His judgment, His wrath. Jesus drank the cup that we deserve to drink. He bore the wrath that we deserved to bear. The moment Jesus did that, He was performing the most holy, glorious act of love that has ever been performed on this earth. Jesus was treated by God the Father as if He was a sinner, and not just a sinner, but every sinner, the ultimate sinner, and yet He was not a sinner. He was being treated as if He were, but He was not.
He became the embodiment of sin, and that was judged on the cross. That was the most holy act of sacrificial love the world has ever seen.
So, we have this strange paradox of the cross. God the Father treated the Son as if He were the ultimate sin, the collection of sin universally among humanity, and judged that sin in Jesus Christ, God-made-man. At the same time, the Father and the Son were working together to accomplish the redemption of the world. Both of these things are true. How did they eat the fish that Jesus multiplied? What were the logistics? Did they eat it raw or cooked on the spot?
What are some of the customs of the day that can help us imagine how it went? At the dividing of the loaves and fishes, it was not fresh fish. This was not a sushi lunch that Jesus provided for the people at the feeding of the , or the feeding of the This was a particular kind of fish that was prepared by smoking or pickling. They prepared it that way because it stored well.
These were normally small fish, something like our modern sardines. People would pack some bread, and a few of these fish for daily lunch; some carbohydrates in the bread and some protein with the fish made a good little lunch. Those were the loaves and fishes that were divided. Logistically, the disciples broke it up and distributed it. They came back to Jesus to get a new basket full of loaves and fish, and they went out and they distributed it to the crowd. Obviously would have taken some time, but people were happy to wait for it because they got a free meal out of it.
Yes, we should understand the word of God and claim it for ourselves, which means believing the promises of God. But we need to understand this: not every promise of God is made unto us. God does not make the general promise to all His children that the walls of a city will fall down, if you march around it seven times over seven days, and on seventh day march around it seven times and then blow trumpets.
That was a specific promise that He made to specific people for a specific purpose. It is possible for us to take a promise out of context. But if a promise is made to you, you may claim it. There are other promises that are not universal, which apply to general principles, but are not absolute. You can bring that promise before God and ask Him to fulfill it.
Maybe God will deliver us by ultimately delivering us from hell and allowing us to go to heaven. If a promise is properly applied, we may take that promise, and we may stand upon it. Esther Visser. Passage from Revelation The passage from Revelation talks about death and Hades, or hell. Places that exist So both heaven and hell are places that exist until Jesus returns. Share post. Share on facebook. Share on twitter. Share on telegram. Share on whatsapp. Share on email.
Click here to enroll. The phrase is used in five verses of the Book of Revelation. In the biblical context, the concept seems analogous to the Jewish Gehenna, or the more common concept of Hell. Hades, also called Pluto is the God of death according to the Greeks. He was the eldest son of Cronus and Rhea. When he and his brothers divided the cosmos, he got the underworld.
He is always portrayed with his three-headed dog, Cerberus. She is also referred to as Izanami no kami. In Buddhism, there is the Mara that is concerned with death, the Mrtyu-mara. In Western Europe, Death has commonly been personified as an animated skeleton since the Middle Ages. This character, which is often depicted wielding a scythe, is said to collect the souls of the dying or recently dead. In the late s, the character of Death became known as the Grim Reaper in English literature. A Bible study will provide us the answer to this question.
As was first mentioned, people have many definitions for the word hell. Historically the English word for hell has the following history and origin 1 :. The Lord further described how they would be consumed in his anger and shall be burned in the lowest hell, which sets on fire the foundations of the mountains.
He also described this place as the place he will send them where the teeth of beasts and the poison of serpents will attack them so that they will experience a continual terror. The Hebrew word used for hell in this verse is the word Sheol , which is used to describe the underground world of the dead. If we combine this word with its description from the Lord, Sheol can be described as an underground location where people who have rejected God are tormented by fire, the gnashing of teeth of beasts, and the poison of serpents.
The first use of the word hell in the New Testament is found when Jesus spoke about it in Matthew as follows:. In this verse, the word hell comes from the Greek word, Gehenna. Gehenna was commonly known as the name of a city dump outside of Jerusalem where people burnt their trash and the fire never went out. Jesus used this word for hell in Mark as a comparison to the fires of hell that never go out as described in the Old Testament.
In the New Testament, whenever the word hell was used to describe the underground location where people who have rejected God are tormented forever by fire, the gnashing of teeth of beasts, and the poison of serpents, a different Greek word was used. This word was the word Hades. Some say that there is no hell as a place for eternal torment and suffering. Instead they say that hell is only the grave. However, they base their belief on a few verses where the words Sheol and Hades were translated as grave or pit.
The problem with this is that the references that are used deny the context of what is being presented. When you look at the context you find many problems with translating Sheol and Hades as a grave, which is normally the Hebrew word qeber. There are many graves, but only one Sheol or Hades. Man can put someone in the grave qeber , but never puts anyone in Sheol or Hades 1 Kings Man can touch a grave qeber , but does not touch Sheol or Hades Numbers Someone can have their own grave qeber , but the Bible never speaks of each person having their own Sheol, or Hades 2 Samuel
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