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Many interwoven, nuanced, and beautiful explanations develop throughout the biblical story, and we can remember from the Hebrew Bible’s backstory and Jesus’ story in the New Testament that Jesus is compelled to die for us because of his undying love.
Commonly called the ascension, the belief that Jesus “ascended” into Heaven, has been essential to followers of Jesus for almost 2,000 years (e.g. The Nicene Creed, 325 C.E.). But what does it mean that Jesus “ascended into Heaven”? Did Jesus take off into outer space?
4 sie 2015 · The truth is, even if someone rose from the dead and told them to believe in Jesus, they still wouldn’t turn to him for salvation. When the scribes and Pharisees asked Jesus for a sign, he called them a “wicked and adulterous generation” (Matthew 12:38-39).
JESUS DEATH AND HEAVENLY OFFERING IN HEBREWS This book addresses two crucial, related questions in current research on the Epistle to the Hebrews: When and where did Jesus offer himself? And what role does Jesus death play both in Hebrews soteriology as a whole and speci cally in Jesus high-priestly self-offering? The work argues that the cross ...
6 cze 2022 · The Hebrew word for atonement, kippur, means two things: to repay a debt and to purify. Whether we’re talking about levitical sacrifices or Jesus’ death on the cross, atonement is not simply an event that happens when a blameless one dies—the life of a blameless representative is atoning too.
6 mar 2010 · Jesus said, “Heaven and earth will pass away, but my words will never pass away” (Matthew 24:35). Presumably, we will read, study, contemplate, and discuss God’s Word. There are also other books in Heaven: “I saw the dead, great and small, standing before the throne, and books were opened.
Moses uses different words to address the heavens and the earth. He says: “Give ear, O heavens (Haazinu), and “let the earth hear” (va’tishma). The Hebrew word haazinu, give ear, is used specifically when the listener is in close proximity to the speaker. The word tishma, hear, however, applies to hearing something distant.
