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AMPLIFIED 2015 | Ephesians 4:9 (Now this expression, "He ascended," what does it mean except that He also had previously descended [from the heights of heaven] into the lower parts of the earth? |
Subject: Dr. B. What does aggelos mean? |
Bible Note: Dear Mark, In 2 Peter 2:4 I would put it to you that in context, which seems to clearly speak of the death of sinful men at the time of the Flood, the chains (or cords) of darkness are the same chains or cords that David spoke of and they simply refer to death: Psalm 18:6 The cords of Sheol tightened; the snares of death lay in wait for me. Psalm 116:3 I was caught by the cords of death; the snares of Sheol had seized me; As for the angels, you said: "I would suggest that for angels, it will be the first and final death." First or second death, if they can't die, they can't die either death. What would be the point of us being made like the angels if all we will be rewarded with is another existence where we can sin and die again? If angels can sin and be killed, then we will be able to do likewise in the next life. That is not salvation, that's a charade. The only alternative is that angels cannot die (1st or 2nd!), and they cannot die because they cannot sin, and in the Kingdom to come we will be unable to die because we will be unable to sin, like the angels. That seems to me to be true salvation. I honestly struggle to comprehend a life beyond this one which is without any apparent fixed salvation. Yrs, Dr. B. |