What is the significance of death?

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Charlemagne_II said:
The final significance of death is the Judgment we have put off until that day. :eek:
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We should be delighted justice is a reality, not a human convention. Why should we be afraid if we are forgiven to precisely the same extent that we forgive others? Divine justice is further evidence of divine love because it is only right and fitting that all of us get what we deserve for having caused or allowed others to suffer. Even so divine pity ensures that we also receive more than we deserve both in this life and the next…

As so often Shakespeare’s words are applicable:

“It is a consummation devoutly to be wished…”
 
meltzerboy said:
There is a concept of heaven in Judaism, only the details were not given to us in the Torah. Therefore, Judaism believes that the main focus of life as G-d intended is our present earthly life. We leave what happens after our earthly demise in the hands of G-d. Meanwhile, we should act in keeping with the moral behavior specified in the Hebrew Bible.
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We can be sure we shall be loved far more than the extent to which we love our Creator and His creatures… 🙂
 
tonyrey said:
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All that is not God was as a sea of (potential) limited good and evil. God refers to this at the begining of Scripture as a dark sea of chaos–“dark” because God is not actually there…He is at rest. But He sends His Spirit over the dark sea and knows you and loves you before ever a thing is made.

However, nothing that is mixed with evil (death) can hold together. So God, Who is Perfect Good, allowed some of the limited good to come into existence in Paradise with the creation of Adam and Eve.

As Adam “falls” into sin…Adam unleashes the entire sea of chaos and death. The whole sea will now play out.

God, ofcourse knew that Adam is a limited creature that would eventually wander into death…and God had previously planned a Courageous Path (Jesus) into this dark sea of chaos…to overcome death itself.

God is Perfect Mercy (LOVE)…and Jesus took on the lowest thing in free creation (humanity) to win Life for all creation.

Death has no more significance for those who are in Christ Jesus.
 
meltzerboy said:
There is a concept of heaven in Judaism, only the details were not given to us in the Torah. Therefore, Judaism believes that the main focus of life as G-d intended is our present earthly life. We leave what happens after our earthly demise in the hands of G-d. Meanwhile, we should act in keeping with the moral behavior specified in the Hebrew Bible.
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This seems very similar to the Catholic concept of Perfect and Imperfect Contrition. In the former we are sorry for failing our obligation to obey G-d, in the latter we are sorry because of the coming punishment. While the Perfect is desired, one hopes that His mercy will extend to the latter. We are not unlike our children in that.
 
God made everything through his word. You step out of His word, you die and you are out of the creation. Out of His love, God changed this, and gave us the possibility of a choice through the meaning we give to life.
 
Ion said:
God made everything through his word. You step out of His word, you die and you are out of the creation. Out of His love, God changed this, and gave us the possibility of a choice through the meaning we give to life.
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Sorry for my english. Saying “Out of His love”, I thought “because of His love”…
 
Ion said:
Sorry for my english. Saying “Out of His love”, I thought “because of His love”…
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It is possible to say “Out of love for us God changed this.” So your English is better than you think! 🙂
 
tonyrey said:
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It presents us with an end, a finality, with the unknown the only real certainty. That’s the true meaning, IMO, of terms like the abyss, the place of darkness, the underworld. Our lives can’t help but be affected by that spector hanging over our heads in the background; it makes our choices more serious, depending on the values we’ve come to adopt at any point along the way. Either we live for the moment, believing we have only one chance to fulfill our desires in an otherwise futile existence, or we live with eternity in mind, believing we have only one chance to do things the right way. In the latter case we’re walking by faith, our destiny only finally certain to us if and when we’ve passed through that dark abyss into the light of eternal life.
 
fhansen said:
It presents us with an end, a finality, with the unknown the only real certainty. That’s the true meaning, IMO, of terms like the abyss, the place of darkness, the underworld. Our lives can’t help but be affected by that spector hanging over our heads in the background; it makes our choices more serious, depending on the values we’ve come to adopt at any point along the way. Either we live for the moment, believing we have only one chance to fulfill our desires in an otherwise futile existence, or we live with eternity in mind, believing we have only one chance to do things the right way. In the latter case we’re walking by faith, our destiny only finally certain to us if and when we’ve passed through that dark abyss into the light of eternal life.
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👍 Hell is a blessing because to be in this world forever with no possibility of escape from evil and injustice would be hell!
 
hi! thanx for accepting my registration. I would like to know the significance of death. can you help me for this?
 
rosefe said:
hi! thanx for accepting my registration. I would like to know the significance of death. can you help me for this?
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Well, for starters, it really puts a damper on things, especially if you have any long-term plans.
 
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