no kidding, arg
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Originally Posted by Godsdrummer
There is another view that many Christians seem to ignore, that being that scripture speaking of death does not mean natural death. But separation from relationship with God.
Yes I have heard the detailed explanations of Gen 2:17 But of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil, thou shalt not eat of it: for in the day that thou eatest thereof thou shalt surely die.
When God said this that what is meant is that man would begin to die. But God did not say that he said "in the day you eat you shall die" and we know from the story that as soon as Adam and Eve ate there was a change in the way they viewed God and each other. First they realized they were naked and then they hid from God. This happened the very moment they ate the fruit.
I must ask the question, why are we so wrapped up in the natural death, and resurrection, when we should be more about the new life Christ death brought to mankind in this life?
Did not Jesus say he came to bring life and that more abundantly? Was this speaking of eternal life or this life? |
Amen, that
is the question--good stuff, Gd. I believe when they "ate" they "died," to God--spiritually, that is; the only kind God cares about, imo.
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