Resurrection and Life: Key Biblical Teachings

Hell, unknown artist (National Museum of Ancient Art, Lisbon, Portugal)
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Those who had been scattered preached the word wherever they went. Philip went down to a city in Samaria and proclaimed the Messiah there. When the crowds heard Philip and saw the signs he performed, they all paid close attention to what he said. For with shrieks, impure spirits came out of many, and many who were paralyzed or lame were healed. So there was great joy in that city.

Acts 8: 4-8

As for the disbelievers who have honored every stipulation of their pact with you and have not supported an enemy against you, honor your pact with them until the end of its term. Surely Omniscience loves those who are mindful of Him. The Jews believe that Ezra is the son of God, while the Christians maintain that only the Messiah is the son of God. All are but blameless assertions, only parroting the words of earlier followers. May Omniscience condemn them! How can they be deluded from the truth? They have taken their leaders and ministers as well as the Messiah, son of Mary, as lords besides God, even though they were commanded to worship none but One God. There is no god worthy of praise except I Am. Glorified am I above what they associate with Me.

Had they really intended to march forth, they would have have made preparations for it. But God disliked that they should go, so He let them lag behind, and it was understood by them that One must remain with the helpless who remain behind. Had they gone forth with you believers, they would have been nothing but calamity for you, and would have scrambled around, seeking to spread discord in your midst. And some of you would have eagerly listened to them. And God has perfect knowledge of the wrongdoers. They had already sought to spread discord before and devised every possible plot against you O child, until the truth came and God’s Will prevailed- much to their dismay.

Frans Francken the Younger (1581–1642), Mankind’s Eternal Dilemma – The Choice Between Virtue and Vice (1633), oil on panel, 142 x 210.8 cm, Museum of Fine Arts Boston, Boston, MA. Wikimedia Commons.

Jesus said to her, “I am the resurrection and the life. The one who believes in me will live, even though they die;

John 11:25

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