The Afterlife Imagery in Luke's Story of the Rich Man and Lazarus - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook The Afterlife Imagery in Luke's Story of the Rich Man and Lazarus write by Outi Lehtipuu. This book was released on 2007. The Afterlife Imagery in Luke's Story of the Rich Man and Lazarus available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. This book studies in detail the afterlife scene in the story of the rich man and Lazarus (Luke 16: 19-31). The description of the afterlife is related, on the one hand, to the overall Hellenistic cultural milieu and, on the other hand, to Luke's eschatological views.
Rethinking Hell
Rethinking Hell - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Rethinking Hell write by Christopher M. Date. This book was released on 2014-04-15. Rethinking Hell available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. 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.
Holy Bible (NIV)
Holy Bible (NIV) - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Holy Bible (NIV) write by Various Authors,. This book was released on 2008-09-02. Holy Bible (NIV) available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. The NIV is the world's best-selling modern translation, with over 150 million copies in print since its first full publication in 1978. This highly accurate and smooth-reading version of the Bible in modern English has the largest library of printed and electronic support material of any modern translation.
Representations of the Afterlife in Luke-Acts
Representations of the Afterlife in Luke-Acts - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Representations of the Afterlife in Luke-Acts write by Alexey Somov. This book was released on 2017-02-09. Representations of the Afterlife in Luke-Acts available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Questions regarding the afterlife are many, and the Gospel of Luke and the book of Acts pay a great deal of attention to them: why does Luke speak about several different forms of the afterlife? Why is resurrection described as a person's transformation into an angelic being? How many abodes are appointed for the righteous and the wicked after death? Alexey Somov addresses these queries in relation to the apparent confusion and variety found in the text, and in respect of the interrelatedness of these issues, and their connection with other eschatological issues in Luke-Acts, and in relation to the wider cultural context of the Mediterranean world to which Luke belonged. Every culture expresses its beliefs by means of special metaphors that allow it to comprehend supernatural realities in terms of everyday experience. Belief in the afterlife was part of this metaphorical system which Luke shared with the ancient eastern Mediterranean culture. Somov takes his analysis one step further by applying Cognitive Metaphor Theory to selected metaphorical aspects of the afterlife. While the inconsistencies and incoherence of the combined metaphors may seem jarring to a contemporary Western reader, Somov's reading enables a recognition of the specific religious metaphors used, which for Luke would have been current and widely accepted.
Sheol Know!
Sheol Know! - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Sheol Know! write by Dirk Waren. This book was released on 2015-06-08. Sheol Know! available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. What happens to the soul & spirit of unsaved people when they die? This refers to anyone who has not experienced spiritual regeneration through the gospel, which includes Old Testament saints. The Bible shows that the souls of these people go to (or went to) Sheol at the point of physical decease. Sheol corresponds to Hades. These souls will be resurrected from Sheol one day (Revelation 20:11-15), which is why Sheol/Hades is described as the "intermediate state" since it refers to the condition of unredeemed souls between physical death and later resurrection. So what's the state of souls in Sheol/Hades? Jesus' story of the rich man and Lazarus, if taken literal, suggests a conscious state where people either hang out in bliss with father Abraham or suffer constant fiery torment hoping for a mere drop of water for relief. SHEOL KNOW is an honest and thorough examination of the Scriptures to determine the precise nature of Sheol/Hades. Once you see what God's Word FULLY SAYS on the subject from Genesis to Revelation and not just a single tale that Jesus told, you'll see the truth and, as Jesus said, "the truth shall set you FREE."
