Subject: why don't people study the old testmant |
Bible Note: ischus, Ok, last part is judgement, which is pretty simple. The dead are going to be judged. Note too that in verse 13 we finally have all the people how died pre-Cross, pulled out of Hades, which is the Greek equavilent of Sheol. That is the ressurection of the dead. Now, because of Christ's atoning work, Sheol or Hades is not needed anymore, so it is emptied and destroyed. It has served its purpose as a sort of 'holding tank' for souls before the Messiah came. Death is gone too, and a lot of people misinterpret this. They believe that physically we will not die anymore. This is not the case. We have to ask, what death did Adam bring into the world by sinning? Was it physical, or was it spiritual? It was spiritual. Adam was warned on the exact day he ate from the tree, he would die. But, when he and Eve ate from it, did they fall over physically dead? No, they didn't. But they did die spiritually. Note what Jesus tells Martha, "Jesus said to her, 'I am the resurrection and the life; he who believes in Me will live even if he dies, and everyone who lives and believes in Me will never die. Do you believe this?" (John 11:25,26) Being immortal in the flesh is not taught in the Bible. Hope that sort of covers what you were after, let me know if it doesn't, take care, SUEDE |