Subject: Is Hell Burning Today? |
Bible Note: Mathew Once again you ignore the fact we are both physical and spirit beings. In fact I like to think of us as spirit beings in earth suits. When the body dies or the earth suit gives out our spirit being is freed to move on. If we are trusting in Christ our spirit being will go directly into His presence, to await the resurrection of our earth suit which will be transformed into perfection. If on the other hand we die denying Christ our spirit awaits in Sheol the resurrection and judgement. In your examples above the writer has merely applied physical attributes to the spiritual realities for clarification as an aid to our understanding. Your statement that the Jews thought they knew when Jesus was coming is not completely correct. They did not know when the Messiah would come. Their problem with Jesus was they thought He would come as a conquering hero rather than a humble servant. They never realized the prophecies described two comings. One the Lamb of God that took away the sin of the world and the other the conquering leader that would bring a holy Judgement. Their problem wasn’t with Jesus’ timing it was with His demeanor. Had Jesus came, as He will in the second coming, as lightning flashing across the sky wielding the sword of righteousness they would have accepted Him. However since the world was in sin they would have been judged, what was needed was a redeemer hence Jesus first came to provide redemption. Praise God. EdB |