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Why is the resurrection of Christ so crucial to our salvation? Couldn’t he have simply died and paid for our sins with his blood?

Answered by . February 5, 2010 - 6:45 am 1

The resurrection of Christ is critical to the Christian hope because: it proves that God is all powerful it proves that death is not the end Jesus is the first, and we can be like him These points come out of 1 Corinthians 15 where Paul is addressing believers about claims that Jesus hadn’t been raised. […]

Where did Jesus’ soul or mind go when he died?

Answered by . December 21, 2009 - 10:35 pm

The death of men When people die their bodies begin the process of turning to dust (decomposition) and they cease to be concious — i.e. their existence, including their mind, ends. …the living know that they will die, but the dead know nothing, and they have no more reward, for the memory of them is […]

Does “you shall surely die” (Gen. 2:17) mean “dying you shall die”?

Answered by . December 9, 2009 - 1:14 pm 4

This is a misunderstanding of a grammatical structure in Hebrew, and other semitic languages, called the infinitive absolute. The verb is repeated to mean “surely”, “certainly”. The Infinitive Absolute occurs most frequently in immediate connexion with the finite verb of the same stem, in order in various ways to define more accurately or to strengthen […]

Is cremation wrong?

Answered by . December 8, 2009 - 10:29 pm 2

No, cremation is not wrong. The Bible does not give instructions about what to do with a body after someone has died. When someone dies they eventually decompose and turn to dust (just as God said would happen — Gen. 3:19. Also see Ps. 104:29; Eccles. 3:20; 12:7). Cremation simply speeds this process up. At […]

What does the Bible say about suicide?

Answered by . December 6, 2009 - 10:32 pm

God has given us life and asks us to use it in serving him (John 10:10; Ecclesiastes 12:13-14). We are to honour God with our body (1 Cor 6:20), so it would be wrong to destroy the gift God has given us. The Bible records seven suicides:

What are the keys to hell and death? (Revelation 1:18)

Answered by . November 17, 2009 - 10:49 pm 4

The ‘keys of death and hades’ (Rev. 1:18 (ESV); ‘keys of hell and death’ (KJV)) are a metaphor for authority over death and the grave. Sometimes in the Bible ‘keys’ represent authority. For example, in Isaiah 22:22 God says the following about Eliakim: …I will place on his shoulder the key of the house of […]

Where do we go after we die?

Answered by . November 15, 2009 - 1:01 am

When we die, we go to the grave.  People and animals both have a ‘breath of life’ which belongs to God, and returns to him at death, while the person or animal goes to the grave:  Genesis 2:7; 7:21-22; Job 34:14-15; Ecclesiastes 3:19-20.  No one went to heaven at death: John 3:13; Acts 2:29, 34-35. […]

What does the Bible say about the 40-day period after death?

Answered by . November 11, 2009 - 10:20 am

Nothing at all. Some Russians believe that souls of the dead remain at the site of their death for forty days. This is probably based on the fact that Jesus remained on earth for 40 days after his resurrection (Acts 1:3). Further reading: Bouchard, M. (2004)  Graveyards: Russian ritual and belief pertaining to the dead, […]

What does Ecclesiastes 3:21 mean?

Answered by . November 7, 2009 - 10:10 am

It is impossible to understand the Book of Ecclesiastes unless we realise that the author is pretending, until the last two verses, that we are living without consideration of the influence of God in our present and future lives.  Thus, when he says in Ecclesiastes 1:14, “I have seen everything that is done under the […]