✅Death and The Afterlife Flashcards
what is the kingdom of God?
an actual/spiritual/symbolic place for the moral life
what is eschatological
the idea that the kingdom will be a future redeemed state of righteousness live s in perfect harmony with God.
what was the meaning of jesus’ teachings?
sacrifice for sin, his death would prompt God to establish a new world.
what was the Resurrection
central to christian teachings on afterlife. “I am the Resurrection and the life” John
how does William lane Craig describe Resurrection?
as a real historical event
what are the christian concepts on souls?
people have souls which survive after death
reject reincarnation
Resurrection is possible- person will be given a renewed spiritual body.
Resurrection definition
as the promise of post-mortem existence in a re-created human body
examples of Resurrection
Ezekiel, corinthians, gospels, genesis, daniel
ezekial resurrection
God shows ezekiel a valley of dry bones and states he can “make these live again”
corinthians Resurrection
st paul argues in favour of the body being raised imperishable.
gospels resurrection
Resurrection of jesus is attempted in all four of the gospels
genesis resurrection
“Then abraham breathed his last and died at a good old age, an old man and full of years; he was gathered to his people”
daniel resurrection story
“multitudes who sleep on the dust of the earth will awake; some to everlasting life, others to shame and everlasting contempt.
what does Rowan Williams say about resurrection
lies “on the frontier of any possible language”. it is ineffable, mystical idea, but an integral of christian faith.
what did jesus say during his crucifixion?
“truely i tell you, today you will be with me in paradise”
how will the kingdom of ends happen?
the first resurrection, those dead in Christ will be resurrected first. followed by a thousand year reign of the righteousness. and then the second resurrection “but the rest of the dead did not live again until the thousand tears were finished” Revelation.
where is the kingdom of ends plan told?
revelation
problems with resurrection:
not believable to atheists. body has many flaws- disease, lust, desire etc- may be better of without it.
what does ayer say about the porblem of resurrection?
no empirical evidence.
what does peter cole say about resurrection?
problem of what state will our bodies be in?
what does peter geech say about resurrection?
bodily resurrection is the only meaningful way in which one can speak of life after death. “To such a body as would reconstitute a man identifiable with a man who died”
What is John hicks replica theory
Demonstrates how resurrection could be logically possible. His view on both personal identity is hag a person cannot simply be reduced to physically processes. A person includes physical and mental. JOHN SMITH- America disappears and turns up in India.
Aquinas on resurrection
Resurrection of the BODY. Beatific vision- post mortem existence. Monism. Humans rational soul is special and enables life after death.
“For now, we only see a reflection in the mirror.”
Corinthians
Aquinas on resurrection quote
The natural condition of the human soul is to be united with a body
Issues with Aquinas resurrection ideas
If the soul is timeless im the presence of how, it is difficult how you would be he same person. We are shaped by our experiences and therefore would change over time
Where is the The parable of the sheep and goats
Matthew 25
Sheep and goat quotes
“He will separate the people from one another as a shepherd separates the sheep from the goats”
Whatever you did for one of the least of my brothers and sisters of mine, you did for me
Matthew 25 parable of the sheep and goat
What does the sheep and goat parable mean
Judgement of God. Sheep are moral people, fed hungry and clothed naked. Christian behaves the way they do because they are Christians. Goat faces harsh punishment.
All the nations will be gathered” meaning
Shows all people will be judged at the end of time, not just Christians. Also seems to happen at the end of time
Which part of the parable shows that heaven is a part of gods plan for creation
Take your inheritance, the kingdom prepared for you since the creation of the world
What does this mean?
“Then they will go away to eternal punishment but the righteousness to eternal life”
Heaven and hell don’t seem to include purgatory, either option is eternal and both options seem to be physical places
What is universalisation
Barths view that everyone would go to heaven. Open to all. Hicks view was that everyone necessarily must go to heaven because that is the only way that a loving god could logically exist in the world.
Who will be saved in universalisation?
Removes free will from humans. God chooses where we go for eternity based on his knowledge. Calvin would say that it is presumptuous to say to god “I deserve salvation” .
What is purgatory
State of cleaning that takes place beofre someone enters heaven
Who rejects purgatory?
Protestants. It is a catholic teaching that forgiveness is possible after death.
What’s the difference between the sheep and the goats.
You can’t really see a difference, and this reminds us that we cannot always know neighbours it’s good or bad, but Jesus knows inside and out. Shephard use crook to the tech sheep, perhaps the goats report away from the sheep emphasising that the condemnation is final. This shows that Jesus is protecting us in some way. Bible
What is judgement
Traditionally, the faithful go to heaven. “My father’s house has many rooms “.
What does Bernard Williams think about judgement
Question is whether time is it in heaven would be desirable. Give me a perfect body, no physical limitations, and whatever we do, would it get boring?
What does Karl rahner think about judgement
He is a catholic Theogian, they make the same. That limited span of of life gives the meaning. Then what is the point of afterlife which is eternal?
When does judgement take place
Whether or not we are chosen by God, for heaven, or we make our afterlife offer ourselves, Christianity is clear that we will go through judgement. Alice question so just went as a future event-a day of judgement when we all went to heaven or hell. This is the image we see in the parable of the sheep and the goats. Will you wait for this moment, people exist in a neutral but positive state. However, the Bible seems to suggest that people might go straight to heaven or hell. When talking to the thief on the cross, Jesus seems to say that today he will be with Jesus in paradise. This could reflect the fact that of the day time will need to be understood differently.
What Is universalisation
This is both of you which often taken to imply that he was a universalist that is, he believed that everyone would go to heaven and he refused to deny this. Universalism teachers that it was necessary that everyone goes to heaven, but is this that it was not necessary but that free choice of God and she was in heaven is open to all. X view was that everyone necessarily must get heaven, because that is the only way that live in God logically exist in the world. In the afterlife, there will be an opportunity to finish this so making process and everyone will get there eventually. However, it is often criticised for giving the impression that it doesn’t matter what choices we make-morality would perhaps we can unnecessary. It also does not seem to give sufficient emphasis to Jesus’s sacrifice on the cross.
Who will be saved?
Universalisation seems to remove freewheel from humans and yet limit election doesn’t seem to tie in belief in a God of love. Could be argued that God chooses where we go for eternity, because of his full knowledge of actions, putting emphasis on humans. Calvin would say that it is presumptuous to say that God-I deserve salvation, and so for him, the most important thing to protect was got control over the situation. He would’ve rejected the idea that the election suggest God doesn’t love us, and what is dead, like Augustina, have emphasised the idea of gods grace. Calvin developed the idea of a neutral state. Go to chosen will exist in a positive state and is attracted by God would be in pain. If the fee was taken, then all of creation can be said to come around In a circle, back to a perfect state at the start of Genesis.