A Dual Resurrection


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Rethinking Hell


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Most evangelical Christians believe that those people who are not saved before they die will be punished in hell forever. But is this what the Bible truly teaches? Do Christians need to rethink their understanding of hell? In the late twentieth century, a growing number of evangelical theologians, biblical scholars, and philosophers began to reject the traditional doctrine of eternal conscious torment in hell in favor of a minority theological perspective called conditional immortality. This view contends that the unsaved are resurrected to face divine judgment, just as Christians have always believed, but due to the fact that immortality is only given to those who are in Christ, the unsaved do not exist forever in hell. Instead, they face the punishment of the "second death"--an end to their conscious existence. This volume brings together excerpts from a variety of well-respected evangelical thinkers, including John Stott, John Wenham, and E. Earl Ellis, as they articulate the biblical, theological, and philosophical arguments for conditionalism. These readings will give thoughtful Christians strong evidence that there are indeed compelling reasons for rethinking hell.




God Realization


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Have you ever wondered how it might be that God is to walk with the people of God? Have you really contemplated how that God is the all in all, in you all? Have you ever wondered how God can manifest Itself in an infinite number of places at the same time? Just as the peace of God passeth all understanding, and the love of Christ passeth knowledge, the realization of God passeth the understanding and the knowledge of the dual mind. Accordingly, the understanding and the knowledge of the dual mind must cease, as it were, before the realization of God can manifest itself as it is, not just as it might appear to be. That is, the part, as it were, must be done away in order for the whole to manifest itself The realization of God is the outcome of realizing the Christ Consciousness that dwells at the Core of all being; for we know that at the appearing of the Lord, we shall like unto the Lord, for we shall see the Lord as is, not just as the Lord might appear to be. We can now see how that the Christ dwells within all, whether it is realized or not, for to realize the Christ that dwells at the Core of all being is to realize that it has always been there. Therefore, the realization of God is the realization that God has been, is, and shall forever be right where you are, the all in all, in you all. Thus, God is ever walking with the people of God. It is a matter of realizing how that might be. Now is the time for that realization.




The Resurrection and Immortality


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THE RESURRECTION AND IMMORTALITY Is man born with an immortal soul, or do the saved put on immortality at the resurrection? This is one of the most important questions of all times. It has more influence on our conception of our nature, our view of life in this world, and life after death, the nature of God, than any other question. The resurrection and an undying immortal soul are not compatible. If one is true, then the other one cannot be. YOUR WHOLE THEOLOGY [what you believe] IS DETERMINED BY YOUR VIEW OF THE SOUL. Not only does man now having an immortal soul make the resurrection impossible, it makes the judgment be passed; and the second coming of Christ pointless for there could not be a resurrection or a judgment at His coming. The resurrection doctrine of unconditional immortality are contradictory to each other. You must choose one or the other. You cannot believe both. Christ taught the resurrection. It is our only hope of life after death, not now having immortality and never dying. The undead cannot be raised. If the soul is immortal and never dies ----- there cannot be a resurrection of those not dead If there is to be a resurrection of the dead the dead cannot be alive, cannot be living immortal souls The doctrine of unconditional immortality: Changes the nature of God, makes Him cruel and sadistic Changes the message we preach to the lost and their fate, whether they will have an eternal life with torment or a second death form which there will never be a resurrection Changes the nature of man, whether he is now mortal or immortal Changes the nature of the resurrection of Christ, whether He was dead and raised by God or only His earthly body was dead and He justcame back from Heaven to it Changes the nature of our resurrection, whether we are dead and resurrected or just come back from somewhere The resurrection an immortal soul. The wages of sin is death the wages of sin is an eternal life of torment.




A Purposeful Life in Dual Dimensions


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After releasing his powerful illuminating book, "Unveiling God's Presence in The Bible," best-selling author, Tommy C. Seay, Sr. quickly returns with this profound work, "A Purposeful Life in Dual Dimensions: Unveiling the Mystery of the Death, Burial, and Resurrection of Jesus Christ." This book is timely and long overdue. One of the issues often and widely discussed among the people of God, and especially during resurrection season, "How could three days and three nights come out of Friday, the day Jesus died, to Sunday morning, the day He was resurrected?" In this enlightening study, the mystery of the timeline is unveiled and well-defined. In our quest to understand the timeline of the death, burial, and resurrection of our Saviour we minutely consider the fact that just as Jesus possessed a dual nature, the Lord also functioned in dual dimensions. A Purposeful Life in Dual Dimensions: Unveiling the Mystery of the Death, Burial, and Resurrection of Jesus Christ is an absolute must read for the diligent students of the Word. _____________________________________________________________________________ Tommy C. Seay, Sr. is an advocate of righteousness and a defender of the faith. He is a graduate of the 2007 Class of World Harvest Bible College (ESP), under the leadership of its Founder and Dean, Elder Rod Parsley, Senior Pastor of World Harvest Church in Columbus, Ohio. He has recently become a permanent supporter as a Partner in Hope for St. Jude Children's Research Hospital. Tommy has assisted various pastors throughout Western New York in establishing their churches; also formulating and orchestrating the curriculums for the New Member Classes for those Ministries. Tommy's heart's desire is that all mankind would come to know the Truth, Jesus Christ. www.tommycseaysr.com




Resurrection


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Christian faith depends upon the resurrection of Jesus, but the claim about Jesus’ resurrection is, nevertheless, disputed. This book, written by a New Testament scholar and a systematic theologian in conjunction, develops the conditions for the claim. It carefully analyzes the relevant texts and their possible interpretations and engages with New Testament scholarship in order to show nuances and different trajectories in the material. The picture emerging is that the New Testament authors themselves tried to come to terms with how to understand the claim that Jesus had been resurrected from the dead. But the book does not stop there: by also asking for the experiential content that gave rise to the belief in the resurrection. Sandnes and Henriksen argue that there is no such thing as an experience of the resurrection reported in the New Testament—only experiences of an empty tomb and appearance of Jesus, interpreted as Jesus resurrected. Hence, resurrection emerges as an interpretative category for post-Easter experiences, and is only understandable in light of the full content of Jesus’ ministry and its context.




The Reiterated Resurrection


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When President Harris discovers that he is next on Phantom's assassination list, nothing stops him from involving the following protagonists in his struggle for survival. Alexander Steel, a notorious air combatant, enters a prophetic battle that will bring to life the three days of darkness. Rudolph Baumgartner, a scientist, a colossal poet during the day, and a deadly terrorist at night, genetically erects himself into Adolph Hitler and resurrects the bygone nostalgia for the next and the last prophesized battle of Armageddon, and the tempting violin sounds of Helen, an essence of incomparable beauty caught between two giants destined to die for her.




Paul


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A major study of the apostle to the Gentiles, combining exceptional scholarship with an unusual approach. Schoeps interprets Paul's theology in the light of his Jewish background, which coloured and conditioned his Christological teaching. Paul's conception of Jesus differs from that of the Synoptics: what and how extensive the difference is and whence it is derived are among the questions Schoeps examines. After surveying major problems in Pauline research, the Author relates the apostle to primitive Christianity, discussing his eschatology and his teachings on salvation, the law, and saving history. The final chapter shows that Paul's distinctive doctrines result from two converging factors, that Paul never saw Jesus in the flesh, and the influence of Jewish teaching. The consequence was his concern with the resurrected Saviour of the world, the pre-existent and eternal Son of God. Schoeps shows that Paul betrayed a fundamental misconception of the law and the covenantal agreement between God and his chosen people. The result is a thought-provoking, and somewhat startling, study of the first, the greatest, and the most difficult of all Christian theologians.




Afterlife and Resurrection Beliefs in the Pseudepigrapha


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Jan A. Sigvartsen seeks to examine the immense interest in life after death, and speculation about the fates awaiting both the righteous and the wicked, that proliferated in the Second Temple period. In this volume Sigvartsen analyses the texts of the Pseudepigrapha, identifies the numerous afterlife and resurrection beliefs they contain, and presents an analysis of these beliefs and how they functioned in the Second Temple period. A careful reading of these diverse resurrection passages – from testaments to wisdom, philosophical literature, and prayers – reveals that most of these distinct life-after-death views, regardless of their complexity, show little evidence of systematic development relational to one another, and are often supported by several key passages or shared motifs from texts that later became a part of the TaNaKh. This volume examines testaments from Adam to the Twelve Patriarchs, expansions of stories and legends such as Joseph and Aseneth and the ladder of Jacob, and texts such as 4 Maccabees, before finally considering the posthumous body, the nature of the soul, and anthropological implications. Sigvartsen's study provides a deeper understanding of how texts that later became a part of the TaNaKh were read by different communities during this important period, and the role they played in the development of the resurrection belief – a central article of faith in both Christianity and Rabbinic Judaism. This volume is a companion to Sigvartsen's work on afterlife and resurrection in the Apocrypha and the apocalyptic literature of the Pseudepigrapha.