This dissertation is a study of desecration of the dead in the Hebrew Bible. It aims to describe the form and function of desecratory behavior targeting the body, name, and/or memory of the dead. This project brings to the surface such episodes that we might interrogate them for meaning....
destruction,and is also spoken of as “the place of darkness” and “land of oblivion.” The Psalmist makes it clear that God does not show His wonders to the dead in Sheol, that the dead cannot praise Him there and that God’s love, faithfulness and righteous deeds are all unknown the...
Uncertainty about the afterlife is the human condition. We, Who Need Such Great Mysteries | Her Bad Mother 2010 There is no judgment in what you call the afterlife… there is no accounting, no one giving “thumbs up” or “thumbs down.” HOW EVIL WORKS DAVID KUPELIAN 2010 There is no ...
While this passage isn’t that notable it conveys several things detailed in other areas ofSHEOL KNOW:1.Heman links the destiny of his soul to Sheol, which verifies that (1.) Sheol is a condition of the soul and (2.) that the righteous as well as the unrighteous went there during Old...
"Quantum physics would suggest that there is a creative intelligence underlying the whole, which might have as one of the essentials that which was meant by the word 'God'. SIR ISAAC NEWTON, In optics, mechanics, and mathematics Newton was a figure of un-disputed genius and innovation. "Th...
02 Journey from the Center of the Cosmos03 Flourishing in the Lightest and Darkest of Times04 Those Lights Over New Jersey? Drones, UAVs, UFOs?…05 Ethereals, Extraterrestrials, the Source, and the Shadow06 God on Earth and God in Spirit Are Worlds Apart This series takes a look at what...
“What brings order in the world is to love and let love do what it will.” ~ J Krishnamurti “Freedom and love go together. . . . To love is not to ask anything in return, not even to feel that you are giving something-
What is life after death in Bible? Christians interpret the teachings of the Bible on life after death to mean thathumans will have a spiritual existence after death, rather than a physical one. Belief in life after death may be influenced by the meaning and purpose that it gives to the ...
My particular interest in this essay arose in response to another essay I wrote entitled"Jesus' Teaching on Hell."It deals with the twelve passages in the Bible actually using the wordgehenna, eleven of them on four or five occasions by Jesus to Jewish audiences, and also one by James to...
The reference to a “new heaven and earth” is first made in Isaiah 65:17. The theme of renewal is reiterated in many passages in both the Hebrew and Christian bible, culminating in the eschatological vision reported in Revelation 21:1 of the Christian New Testament. For a helpful canvassin...