Immortality

Then the Lord God said, “Behold, the man has become like one of Us, knowing good and evil; and now, he might reach out with his hand, and take fruit also from the tree of life, and eat, and live forever”  Genesis 3:22 NASB Live forever – “But two horrible fears haunt man steadily, trailing him like an everlasting shadow: the…

Fade Away

When the wind has passed over it, it is no more, and its place acknowledges it no longer. Psalm 103:16 NASB It is no more – Where will you be when it’s over? According to this psalm, you and I will be ‘ene—nowhere! The root is ‘ayin. “This word is basically a negative substantive used…

The Fall

And the four living creatures, each one of them having six wings, are full of eyes around and within; and day and night they do not cease to say, “Holy, holy, holy is the Lord God, the Almighty, who was and who is and who is to come.”  Revelation 4:8  NASB Was/is/is to come –…

Unsettling Questions

Behold, all souls are Mine; the soul of the father as well as the soul of the son is Mine. The soul who sins will die.  Ezekiel 18:4  NASB Soul – It comes as no surprise to learn that every instance of the translated word “soul” in this verse is the Hebrew word nephesh.  It’s…

The Fountain of Youth

“Of every tree in the garden you may surely eat, but of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil, not shall you eat from it.” Genesis 2:16-17 Knowledge – Often the most important thing we learn from the Bible is what it does not say. What I mean is that every biblical story,…