Eternal life traditionally refers to a life that continues after death, as described in Christian eschatology. The Apostles 'Apostles' Confession testifies: "I believe... the resurrection of the body, and eternal life." In this view, eternal life begins after the second coming of Jesus and the resurrection of the dead, although in the literature of John the New Testament there is a reference to eternal life which begins in the believer's earthly life, which may indicate an inducted eschatology.
According to mainstream Christian theology, after death but before the Second Coming, the saved person lives with God in a medium state, but after the Second Coming, experiencing the physical resurrection of the dead and physical recreation of the New Earth. The Catechism of the Catholic Church declares, "With the death of the soul separated from the body, but in the resurrection, God will give an unbalanced life to our bodies, transformed by a reunion with our soul.Sama as Christ rises and lives forever, rise on the last day. "NT Wright argues that "God's plan is not to leave this world... Instead, he intends to make a return, and when he does so, he will elevate everyone into a new physical life to live in. That is the promise of the Christian Gospel."
In the Synoptic Gospels and the Epistles of Paul, eternal life is generally regarded as a future experience, but the Gospel of John differs from them in its emphasis on eternal life as "the present property". Raymond E. Brown points out that in the Synoptic Gospels eternal life is something that is accepted at the final judgment, or future (Mark 10:30, Matthew 18: 8-9) but the Gospel of John places eternal life as a possible possibility. , as in John 5:24.
So, unlike the synoptic, in the Gospel of John eternal life is not only futuristic, but also related to the present. In John, those who receive Christ can have life "here and now" and in eternity, because they "have passed from death to life", as in John 5:24: "He that heareth my word, and believe in him that sends me, has eternal life, and comes not into judgment, but has passed death to life. "In John, the purpose for the incarnation, death, resurrection and glorification of the Word is to provide eternal life for mankind.
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In the New Testament
Scholars like John H. Leith assert that eternal life is never explained in detail in the New Testament, although assurance is given that the faithful will accept it. Other scholars like DA Carson state that eternal life is explicitly defined in John 17: 3, where Jesus said in the High Priest's Prayer, "Now is eternal life: that they may know you, the only true God, and Jesus Christ , which you have sent. "Carson says of this verse that" eternal life is no longer anything and nothing more than the knowledge of the true God "and that it is" not so much an immortal life as the personal knowledge of the Eternal One. " The Eerdmans Dictionary of the Bible, on the other hand, argues that "the nature of eternal life is only a sketch in the essential elements of the New Testament".
While the Synoptic Gospels are seen as a focus on the proclamation of the kingdom of God, some scholars see eternal life as the central theme of Jesus' preaching in the Gospel of John, where receiving eternal life is seen as identical to entering the Kingdom. In Christian teaching, eternal life is not an inherent part of human existence, and is a unique gift of God, based on the model of the Resurrection of Jesus, seen as a unique event through which death is conquered "once for all", enabling Christians to experience eternal life. This eternal life is reserved for believers, commonly assumed in the resurrection of the dead.
In New Testament theology, in addition to "life" (zoe, ie in Greek), there is also a promised spiritual life sometimes portrayed with an eternal aionios ie ??????? in Greek) but other times it is simply referred to as "life". Both in John and Paul the possibility of achieving eternal life and avoiding God's wrath depends on believing in Jesus, the Son of God. Because John dwells in Christ involves love for one another, as in John 15: 9-17, and John 5:24. The existence of divine love to believers, then facilitating the influence of the gospel in the world, and leading to widespread salvation. 1 John 3:14 then manifests "yet but has not" the acquisition of eternal life by referring to the acquisition of eternal life as a once for all (ephapax ) events, and the role of love in achieving it: "We know that we have moved from death to life, for we love one another, and whoever does not love remains dead, "rather reminiscent of Jesus' words in John 5:24.
Pauline letters
In the letters of Paul, the oldest texts of the New Testament, eternal life becomes possible in the person of Christ, where by the grace of God and through faith in Christ man can receive the gift of eternal life. For Paul (as in Galatians 6: 8) eternal life in the future comes as a result of the indwelling of the Holy Spirit during the present life. Paul views sin as a barrier to eternal life, as in Romans 6:23. For Paul eternal life belongs to the future and "the eschatological purpose of the believer." Paul stresses that eternal life is not only something to be gained, but the gift of God, as in Romans 6:23: "the wages of sin is death, but the free gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord." Romans 6:23 likewise against the position of sin and eternal life: while sin produces death, those who "in Christ" will reap eternal life.
Paul also addresses the relationship of eternal life with the Holy Spirit, stating that to be with the Spirit and to think with the Spirit leads to eternal life, e.g. Galatians 6: 8: Ã,: "he who sows to the Spirit will have eternal life from the Spirit." For Paul's eternal life comes as a result of the absorption of the Holy Spirit during the present life, and the interrelated statements about the present life, the Spirit and future life constitute the key element of the teachings of the topic of the Galatians.
1 Timothy 1:16 characterizes Christians by referring to eternal life and calling followers of Jesus: "an example of those who should then trust him for eternal life." and 6:12 advocate them to "fight against good faith, endure eternal life".
Sinoptic Gospels
The Synoptic Gospels cover fifteen word life events, eight of which include the eternal adjective.
There are parallels in how the synoptic refers to "being saved" and John refers to eternal life, as in the table below:
In the Gospel of Luke, the Good Samaritan Parable begins with the question of eternal life at 10:25 when a lawyer asks Jesus what he needs to do to "inherit eternal life."
Matthew's Gospel includes a reference to eternal life, in 19:16, 19:29 and 25:46. The reference in Matthew 19:16 is in the parable of Jesus and the rich young man who also appears in Mark 10: 17-31 and Luke 18: 18-30. This parable links the term "eternal life" to enter into the Kingdom of God. The parable begins with a question to Jesus from the young man: "what good thing should I do, that I can have eternal life?" and Jesus counseled him to keep the commandments, and then to refer to the "Kingdom of God" in the same context.
John Literature
Because God so loves the world, that he gives his only Son, that whoever believes in him should not perish, but has eternal life .
John's concept of eternal life differs from synoptic views. John's writings specifically present the perspective of eternal life not only futuristic, but also related to the present, so those who hear the words of Jesus and believe in Yaweh can have life "here and now" and in eternity, since they have "inherited from death to life ", as in John 5:24. In the whole, the New Testament balances the present and the future with respect to eternal life: believers have moved from death to eternal life, but this must still be fully realized in the future.
There are about 37 uses of the living word in the Gospel of John which about half refer to eternal life. There are six appearances in 1 John. The concept is so pervading the writings of John that in many cases a person may simply read life as eternal life .
Reformed evangelical theologian D. A. Carson sees John 5:24 as giving "the strongest affirmation of the eschatology that is justified in the Fourth Gospel": there is no need for believers to "wait until the last day to experience something of the resurrection life." George Eldon Ladd points out that, like the Kingdom of God, eternal life is "not only the eschatological gifts possessed by the Coming Age, it is also a gift to be received in the old aeons." In this context, the gift of eternal life in the old aeons in which sin and death are in contrast to eternal life in new life and truth, the Future World that will belong to the faithful.
However, even as in John 3:16 God has given the gift of eternal life to the believer, the possibility of perish ( ???????? ) remains if one rejects Jesus. According to John 3:36, "He that believeth on the Son hath everlasting life: but he that denieth not the Son shall not see life; but the wrath of God abideth on him."
Towards the end of John's Gospel (20:31), the purpose of the Fourth Gospel is stated as: "That ye may believe that Jesus is the Christ, the Son of God, and that by faith you may have life in his name." This is often associated with 1 John 5:13: "These things I have written unto you who believe in the name of the Son of God, that you may know that you have everlasting life."
The Gospel of John positions eternal life around the person of Jesus Christ. In John's view, Christ can reveal life to man because he is his own life. 1 John 1: 2: "preaching unto you eternal life, which is with the Father and brought forth unto us" versus John 1: 1: "and the Word is with God", referring to the pre-existence of Christ.
This term is used in the Gospel of John in the context of Water of Life and John 4:14 states: "The water that I will give him will be in him a well of water that shines into eternal life."
In John 6:51 Jesus states that: "He that eateth My flesh and drinketh My blood hath everlasting life, and I will raise him up the last day." It has been diverted, not just in connection with the same Jesus as Christian theology but also in the Eucharist as an element of obtaining eternal life. The Catechism of the Catholic Church (point 1212) teaches that Christians are born through the sacraments of Baptism and receive "eternal life food" in the Eucharist.
In John 10: 27-28 Jesus states that: "My sheep hear my voice, and I know them, and they follow me, and I give them eternal life, and they shall not perish." This refers to the personal, heart-to-heart relationship that Christians expect with Jesus.
The other usage is in John 17: 3: "And this is eternal life, that they should know the only true God, and of whom You are sent, Jesus Christ" This use is related to the "theme of life" in the Book Revelation.
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Catholic Christians teach that there is a supernatural nature called Fire of Sanctuary where dead souls are in grace but have not neglected minor sins or temporary punishments for past sins cleared before they were accepted into Heaven.
Seventh-day Advent
Seventh-day Adventists believe that only God has immortality, and when a person dies, death is a state of unconscious sleep until resurrection. They base this belief on biblical texts such as Ecclesiastes 9: 5 which says "the dead know nothing", and 1 Thessalonians 4: 13-18 which contains a description of the dead raised from the grave at the second coming.
- "And the LORD God formed man from the dust of the ground, and breathed life into his nostrils, and man became a living soul." (see Genesis 2: 7)
The text of Genesis 2: 7 clearly states that God breathed out the man who had formed, the "breath of life" and man became a living soul. He does not receive a living soul; he became one. The New King James Bible states that "man becomes a living being". According to Scripture, only humans receive this kind of life from God. Because this man is the only living being with a soul.
- "And from the land of the Lord God formed every animal in the field... where the breath of life." (see Genesis 2:19, 7:15)
- "Both man and beast... have all the breath, so man has no superiority over the beast." (eg Ecclesiastes 3:19)
Of the many references to soul and spirit in the Bible, never once is the soul or spirit declared eternal, imperishable or immortal. In fact, only God has immortality (1 Timothy 1:17, 6:16). Adventists teach that the resurrection of the righteous will occur at the second coming of Jesus, at which point they will be brought back to life and taken to live in Heaven.
Jehovah's Witnesses
Jehovah's Witnesses believe the word soul ( nephesh or psykhe ) as used in the Bible is a person, animal, or life enjoyed by a person or animal. Therefore, the soul is not part of man, but the whole human as a living human being. Therefore, when a person or animal dies, the soul dies, and death is a state of absence, based on Psalms 146: 4, Ezekiel 18: 4, and the other. Hell (Hades) is not a burning place of torment, but a general grave of mankind, a place of unconsciousness.
One group, referred to as the "small flock" of 144,000, will receive immortality and go to heaven to reign as King and Priest with Christ for a thousand years. As for the rest of humanity, after the final judgment, it is hoped that the righteous will receive eternal life and live forever on Earth transformed into heaven.
Those who are given immortality in heaven are truly immortal and can not die for any reason. Even God Himself can not kill them. They teach that Jesus is the first to be rewarded with heavenly immortality, but that Revelation 7: 4 and Revelation 14: 1, 3 refer to the literal number (144,000) additional people who will become "independent", ie, need nothing outside themselves (food, sunshine, etc.) to sustain their own lives.
They make the difference between eternity and eternal life in humans who have passed the final judgment and are rewarded "eternal life" can technically still lose their lives and die if they are hypothetically sinful at some point in the future. in time, though they do not succumb to illness or old age, because their lives are forever still subject to obedience. They also continue to rely on food, water, air, and the like to sustain life. Nevertheless, those who pass the final exam are "guaranteed" to remain faithful throughout eternity because the test is perfect and designed to eliminate those who will ever abuse their free will.
Latter-day Saints
In Latter-day Saint theology (Mormonism), spirit and body form the human soul. While the human body is subject to death on earth, they believe that the spirit never ceased to exist and that one day the spirit and the body of all humanity will be reunited again. This doctrine stems from their belief that the resurrection of Jesus Christ gives the universal gift of immortality to every human being.
Joseph Smith, Jr., the founder of the Latter-day Saints, gives a description of life after death based on the visions he receives, recorded in the Doctrine and Covenants. According to section 76 of the OSZA scriptures, the Hereafter consists of three degrees or a kingdom of glory, called the Kingdom of Heaven, the Terrestrial Kingdom, and the Kingdom of the Telestial. Other scriptures describe the various levels of glory, such as 1 Corinthians 15: 40-41 : "There are also celestial bodies, and terrestrial bodies: but celestial glory is one, and the terrestrial glory is Another is the glory of the sun, and another glory of the moon, and another glory of the stars: for one star is different from another star in glory. "
Some who do not inherit any degree of glory (although they are raised) are in a state of so-called darkness outside, which despite not having a degree of glory, is often discussed in this context. Only those who are known as "The Children of Perdition" are condemned to this country.
Other Christian beliefs
The doctrine of permanent immortality states that the human soul is naturally mortal, and that eternity is given by God as a gift. This doctrine is a "significant minority evangelist's view" that has "grown in evangelicalism in recent years".
Some sects who adhere to the doctrine of baptism regeneration also believe in a third realm called Limbo, which is the ultimate goal of unbaptized souls, but who is innocent of mortal sin. The souls in Limbo include unbaptized babies and those who live well but have never been exposed to Christianity in their lives. Christian scholars believe that sin carries death, and that death will be overcome by overcoming sin.
See also
- Life abounds
- Eternal sin
- Oblivion (immortal)
References
External links
Eternal Life is Now!
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