Can’t You Just Speak Clearly?

Therefore, my brothers and sisters, you also were put to death in regard to the Law through the body of Christ, so that you might belong to another, to Him who was raised from the dead, in order that we might bear fruit for God.  Romans 7:4 NASB Raised from the dead – Just when we thought we’d finally…

Resurrection (4)

Now at that time Michael, the great prince who stands guard over the sons of your people, will arise. And there will be a time of distress such as never occurred since there was a nation until that time; and at that time your people, everyone who is found written in the book, will be rescued.  And many of those who sleep…

Resurrection (3)

Now at that time Michael, the great prince who stands guard over the sons of your people, will arise. And there will be a time of distress such as never occurred since there was a nation until that time; and at that time your people, everyone who is found written in the book, will be rescued.  And many of those who sleep…

Resurrection (2)

Now at that time Michael, the great prince who stands guard over the sons of your people, will arise. And there will be a time of distress such as never occurred since there was a nation until that time; and at that time your people, everyone who is found written in the book, will be rescued.  And many of those who sleep…

Resurrection (1)

Now at that time Michael, the great prince who stands guard over the sons of your people, will arise. And there will be a time of distress such as never occurred since there was a nation until that time; and at that time your people, everyone who is found written in the book, will be rescued.  And many of those who sleep…

Uncreated

then the dust will return to the earth as it was, and the spirit will return to God who gave it.  Ecclesiastes 12:7  NASB Spirit will return – Pythagoras, the Greek philosopher-mathematician, invented the doctrine of the eternal existence of the soul (in Greek psyche).  The ancient world did believe in life after death (e.g., Egyptian burial…

Riddle Resolved

“Where, O death, is your victory?    Where, O death, is your sting?”  The sting of death is sin, and the power of sin is the law.  But thanks be to God! He gives us the victory through our Lord Jesus Christ.  1 Corinthians 15:55-57  NIV Sting – Abraham Heschel once described Christianity as a religion of death. …

Death Anxiety

He is also the head of the body, the church; and He is the beginning, the firstborn from the dead, so that He Himself will come to have first place in everything.  Colossians 1:18  NASB Firstborn from the dead – Clearly Yeshua was not the first human being to be raised from the dead.  Every theologian recognizes this.  Then…

The Sadducees Return

“For the resurrection of the dead I am on trial before you today!” NASB Acts 24:21b Resurrection of the dead – The Amidah is the daily sacred prayer of Judaism.  It has been so for thousands of years.  In many ways, it is treated like the Tanakh itself, held in highest honor as the best…

The Matrix

That which has been is that which will be, and that which has been done is that which will be done.  So there is nothing new under the sun.  Ecclesiastes 1:9  NASB Nothing new – On the surface, this claim seems preposterous if not outright false.  Of course, there are new things.  Every birth is…