Musings on the Tough Life Questions

One of the mistakes people make is say that Hades/ Sheol just means the grave. That is not true. The grave/ tomb is not Sheol. Sheol does not mean grave or tomb. Sheol is the place of the Unseen. Upon Death (Before Christ and His Resurrection): spirit (God's breath) goes to God (Heaven) Soul descends to Hades and Sheol (Aidos - Unseen) Body goes to dust/ Tombs (mnēmeiois (Greek);and Graves ( queber (Hebrew)) The word for Grave is different from Sheol Souls are said to go DOWN (descend) to Hades. (You would not abandon my soul in Hades - Acts 2:27,31). Nothing is ever said to go down to the tomb. There are many tombs/ graves. There was only one Sheol.  The soul is not immortal. Living soul does not mean immortality The body goes to grave/ tomb the soul goes to Sheol (before Christ). After Christ's resurrection, (ascension and destruction of Jerusalem), all who believe in Christ do not go to Sheol/ Hades. The gates of Hades were obliterated by Christ ...

"Regarding the second death, is it possible that those who reject God to either exist outside of His presence, or will they simply cease to exist? " <Yep His Presence was in Sheol also> There are only two viable options 1. Cease to exist (annihilation) <--- This is what Darren is arguing for (I can read between the lines as I am in Sales :-) ) 2. They are found in outer darkness, outside the gates of the New Jerusalem (Outer darkness meant outside the influence of the lights of the city, like in the forest) "But the sons of the kingdom will be cast out into outer darkness. There will be weeping and gnashing of teeth.” [Matt 8:!2] Jesus told the unbelieving Jews they would be cast into outer darkness. They certainly were literally (bodies thrown into Gehenna [Hell] outside the city in AD 70) and their souls ruined/ lost/ perish/ appollumi. They perished. Jesus even told them "Let the dead bury the dead...

Also the lake of fire or the molten sea is called the sea of molten glass, because it depicts the mirrors the women took and melted into the brazen laver, which was located in the temple used by the priest to wash off impurities before entering... Remember Revelation shows the real tabernacle in heaven with all of its instruments including the candlestick, shrewbread, alter of incense, throne/ ark and brazen laver (lake of fire) to name a few... Daniel saw it as a river of fire coming from the throne... John sees the river coming from the throne as the water of life... There could be two rivers coming from the throne comparing Daniel and John or they could be the same. In any case Daniel saw it as a River fro the Throne (remember the Sea of Molten Glass was before the throne).. and John saw it as a Lake. It corresponds to the lake of Fire... the Brazen Laver The Laver also represents Sanctification (depicted by the washing), Consecration, Baptism They are baptized by ...

When Adam died all men died - Death is the process that starts with soul corrupted by sin, the loss of the ability to breathe by the Spirit, being only sustained by his own breath, and ends with body going to grave, to dust at the expiration of his breath and his soul lost/ perish in Hades (at least before Christ). Death is corruption and separation. The soul lost seemingly forever in Hades, as if never existed, spirit goes back to God and Body in dust. When Adam offended, his offense cause his soul to be corrupted. This corrupted all men. Through one man sin entered the world, and death through sin... "For if by the one man’s offense many died," When Christ died, he freed man from sin and the Sin of Adam. "For he who has died has been freed from sin".... When Christ died, the reverse occurred. While Adam's death is corruption and separation, that is the soul lost in Hades, spirit goes back to God and Body in dust; Christ's ...

Abraham is the fulcrum, the pivot of a human demonstration that righteousness is by faith. But that was just one man. How can this be made available to the many? Can this be available to all? One option is to clearly state all the rules and instructions of righteous that if followed, we can all be approved. A democratic approach. Wouldn't that be fair after all? Give us the formula the descendants cried. Each man would therefore be responsible to follow every jot and tittle, and only to the accomplished would be given the spoils of righteousness. But the law no one can complete or fulfill to be righteous. Here in is the paradox. By the deeds of the law no one is justified, but only the doers of the law are justified. How can one be a doer of the law then without empirical accomplishment of the deeds of the law? Is this possible? Is there another option? Enter the faith of Christ. Rom 4:23 — Rom 4:25 Now it was not written for his [Abraham's] sa...

People the human spirit is Not the Spirit of God. Stop saying that. It's nonsense. The Spirit of God is the Spirit of Christ, or Christ's own spirit. Each man has his own human spirit, but they may not have the Spirit of Christ. There is only one Spirit of Christ, not two, three, four etc... Romans 8:9 But ye are not in the flesh, but in the Spirit, if so be that the Spirit of God dwell in you. Now if any man have not the Spirit of Christ, he is none of his. The human spirit is NOT the Spirit of Christ. The Holy Spirit is Yodesh Ruach the Spirit that was in Christ. We can have the benefit of the Holy Spirit or the Spirit of Christ living in us. In Hebrew ruach which means wind and pnuema in Greek is distinguished from Yodesh Ruach. Before Christ no one had the Spirit living in them. Yet God breath into Adam and Adam became a living soul. The combination of a human spirit and body. Christ is the Only One who was declared a life giving spirit as proven by...

Christ is Life. He that has the Son has Life and He that has not the Son has not Life. Yet, "In Him we live move and have our being" was a poem to Zeus that Paul quoted, to show that "the Him" is not Zeus but God. So yes in Christ all things consist. Yet not everyone is tapping into that life. Some have the Spirit and some do not. Some even have unclean spirits "For He said to him, “Come out of the man, unclean spirit!”" Some raised to life, some to condemnation. BUT that does not mean all will not have Life in the end. I am not saying that in the End, everyone will not have Life (and of course I could be wrong). But for now not everyone has the Spirit. Christ is the Beginning and the End.. another way of saying this is All that was in the Beginning is Christ, all that is in the End is Christ. Also, Paul said "For out of Him, through Him and Back to Him are all things" [Rom 11:36] So all things are destined to go back to Him. Paul said ...