Life After Death, Judgement And Resurection Flashcards
Jewish customs surrounding death
Judaism teaches that a jew should never die alone. The dying persons family should try their best to always spend time with them and ensure they never feel alone.
Intense mourning follows the death then 30 days of lesser mourning.
Heaven and Sheol
Teaching about the afterlife implies that the good will go to paradise call Gan Eden and others will go to Sheol, thisnis where you soul is cleansed.
Judgement and resurrection
Some Jews believe that they’re judged as soon as they die. This view is supported by an example by the Ecelites 12:7 which suggests judgement happens shortly after death.
The promise land
- The promise land is the land of Canaan, which God promised to Abraham and the Jews.
- After Abraham had travelled to Canaan, he made a covenant(agreement) with God. God promised Abraham he would be the father of many nations. In return, Abraham was required to live a life dedicated to God.
Covenant of Sinai and the 10 commandments.
400 years after God and Abraham made the covenant, the Jews were enslaved in Egypt.
- The Pharaoh refused to release them so God sends Moses to warn him that he will send punishment if he does not release.
- Pharaoh ignores the instructions and God sends 10 plagues- the last of which was death to the first born.
- Jews protected their families by following Moses instructions by painting lambs blood on there doors so the angel of death would pass over their children.
What does Moses do with the Jews?
He leads them out of Egypt and across the Red Sea to Mount Sinai.
Where did Moses go when they arrived?
He ascended into the mountains, God gave Moses 10 laws.
- 4 of them concerning the relationship between the Jews and God, the other 6 were concerning their relationship with each other.
Key moral principles in Judaism
- Justice
- Healing the world
- Charity
- Kindness to others.
