✅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