MT 24 Jewish Cultural Setting is necessary to understand this topic Jesus kept the law His presentation De 16:16 Three times in a year shall all thy males appear before the Lord thy God in the place which he shall choose; in the feast of unleavened bread, and in the feast of weeks, and in the feast of tabernacles: and they shall not appear before the Lord empty: Becoming of Age Nu 4:23 from thirt... »
Burial: 1. Closure – emotional. For the benefit of others. Some people do it to lessen the pain Abraham and Sarah. Gen 23: And Sarah was a127 years old: these were the years of the life of Sarah. And Sarah died in Kirjath-arba; the same is Hebron in the land of Canaan: and Abraham came to mourn for Sarah, and to weep for her. And Abraham stood up from before his dead, and spake unto the son... »
RESURRECTION Ideas abound about afterlife, so what is valid? Where are these ideas produced? What else have these same ideological environments produced? Is there a test of credibility? A test of probability? Are some more likely to be true than others? Hinduism and its reform called Buddism – reincarnation – Credibility? Islam – 6th century religious totalitarianism built aroun... »
Christ was not raised from death. He was raised from the grave – burial. He did not raise himself Nope wrong? – I have power to take it up? Read on… This I have received of my father. He died for our sins -that was his death. Is death more than the physical cessation of organs? Did he die a sinner’s death? Did he go to hell? Yes. Burial brings closing to those alive. Gotta be mor... »
PURPOSE OF ASCENSION Psalm 68:18 Thou hast ascended on high, thou hast led captivity captive: thou hast received gifts for men; yea, for the rebellious also, that the Lord God might dwell among them. A CORONATION yes , he got the scepter back Gen 49 The head that once was crowned with thorns is crowned with glory now. Genesis 49:10 The sceptre shall not depart from Judah, nor a lawgiver from bet... »
Christ’s Second Coming Parousia – Important arrival/ Royalty/Invading army Epiphania – not to arrive but to appear Apocalipsus – naked, unmasked, appear as actually is Guessed dates of Christ’s return 1843 – Miller 7th Day Adventist 1914 – William Taft Russell Jehovah Witnesses 1636 – Martin Luther 1874 – John Wesley Jesus’ signs of his return 1. worl... »