tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6789188.post3390495474419685197..comments2024-03-27T17:15:37.606-04:00Comments on Triablogue: GlorificationRyanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17809283662428917799noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6789188.post-52063537921897114782010-09-26T15:00:42.516-04:002010-09-26T15:00:42.516-04:00Since you haven't told me how you think the Bi...Since you haven't told me how you think the Bible depicts heaven, I have no reference point to answer your question on your own terms. I can't tell you what I think is literal or figurative unless I know the details of your conception. How many elements of heaven are you alluding to.stevehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16547070544928321788noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6789188.post-33880122244467826612010-09-26T14:28:28.933-04:002010-09-26T14:28:28.933-04:00Steve,
Perhaps my question was poorly worded, or ...Steve,<br /><br />Perhaps my question was poorly worded, or maybe I'm simply not understanding you. <br /><br />I went back and re-read your post and I'm still left wondering if you believe that, when juxtaposed side-by-side, the concepts of glorification and heaven as described in Scripture are metaphorical in a way similar to the Bible's depictions of damnation and hell?<br /><br />I'm not trying to ignore your answers, I just don't see them.<br /><br />I trust you're having a blessed Lord's Day, in the Lord's house, with the Lord's people today.<br /><br />In Christ,<br />CDCoram Deohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03504564435400500996noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6789188.post-24719629665237636532010-09-26T08:42:53.033-04:002010-09-26T08:42:53.033-04:00Coram Deo said...
"In your opinion are the c...Coram Deo said...<br /><br />"In your opinion are the concepts of glorification and heaven as described in Scripture also metaphorical in a way similar to the Bible's depictions of damnation and hell?"<br /><br />You ask questions, but you ignore answers. I've already indicated my criteria. Try to avoid an all-or-nothing approach to the issue.stevehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16547070544928321788noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6789188.post-35446168229209395852010-09-26T08:40:57.265-04:002010-09-26T08:40:57.265-04:00JAMES SAID:
"Everything about the physical b...JAMES SAID:<br /><br />"Everything about the physical body says something about its environment: we have noses because we need to inhale air, mouths to ingest food, ears to pick up vibrations and translate them to sound. Where there is no air or food or vibrations, what need is there for noses or mouths or ears (i.e., the physicality of existence) other than to remind us of the material existence we once had?"<br /><br />As I've frequently pointed out, including just recently, there's a distinction between the intermediate state, which is a disembodied state, and the final state, which is a reembodied state.stevehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16547070544928321788noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6789188.post-43843899248833595792010-09-26T00:28:59.440-04:002010-09-26T00:28:59.440-04:00Steve,
In your opinion are the concepts of glorif...Steve,<br /><br />In your opinion are the concepts of glorification and heaven as described in Scripture also metaphorical in a way similar to the Bible's depictions of damnation and hell?<br /><br />In Him,<br />CDCoram Deohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03504564435400500996noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6789188.post-50655004482998779412010-09-25T21:57:02.366-04:002010-09-25T21:57:02.366-04:00Everything about the physical body says something ...Everything about the physical body says something about its environment: we have noses because we need to inhale air, mouths to ingest food, ears to pick up vibrations and translate them to sound.<br /><br />Where there is no air or food or vibrations, what need is there for noses or mouths or ears (i.e., the physicality of existence) other than to remind us of the material existence we once had?Jameshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01694207997231305470noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6789188.post-45733264490028167052010-09-25T18:41:47.828-04:002010-09-25T18:41:47.828-04:00"When a Christian dies, for the first time in..."When a Christian dies, for the first time in life he will finally feel what life was meant to be."<br /><br />It will be more real than the real we have now.<br /><br />But we will not be fully experiencing life until Christ makes all things new, and He crushes the devil and death completely, when He brings in the new Heaven and the new Earth.<br /><br />That will be some kind of Earth! And that's when, -as John Newton wrote-, "When we’ve been there ten thousand years,<br />Bright shining as the sun,<br />We’ve no less days to sing God’s praise<br />Than when we’d first begun."<br /><br />Have a wonderful Lord's day. Thanks for serving the Lord the way you do.donsandshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03665794015011057098noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6789188.post-22940411473549459162010-09-25T13:08:26.093-04:002010-09-25T13:08:26.093-04:00Not to put too fine a point on things but maybe I ...Not to put too fine a point on things but maybe I should ....<br /><br />1. The physical transformationa waits us in the new heaven when it comes down to be with us in the new earth. After the Second Coming will be the physical transformation.<br /><br />But truly we must celebrate and will celebrate that life shall finally be what God intended.<br /><br />How many note this ... Jesus carries marks of His suffering in His resurrection body. So, I submit, shall we. Carry somehow marks of the suffering we have endured in this life.GREVhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10415494137313565242noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6789188.post-28536150569168132442010-09-25T11:57:24.609-04:002010-09-25T11:57:24.609-04:00Perhaps this is just a product of my fallen mind, ...Perhaps this is just a product of my fallen mind, but I have come to accept something about life. At least it's true for me. And that is that there is nothing sweeter in life than the relief from suffering. Life would not be as sweet (in this fallen world) if everything was just right and beautiful all the time. I would trade, in a heartbeat, an anxiety- and problem-free life for the bliss that comes from the relief from suffering every time.Pilgrimsarbourhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18046918223325823689noreply@blogger.com