How do you interpret 1 Cor. 15:22?
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For since death is through a man, resurrection of the dead is also through a man. For just as in Adam all are dying, so also in the Christ all will be made alive. \n\nwe all die because of adams sin, if adam hadn't sinned we were created to live forever.
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The Bible says:\n\nEzekiel 1:15-16 - \n"Now as I beheld the living creatures, behold one WHEEL upon the earth by the living creatures, with his four faces. \n\nThe appearance of the WHEELS and their work was like unto the colour of a beryl: and they four had one likeness: and their appearance and their work was as it were a WHEEL in the middle of a WHEEL. "\n\nEzekiel 1: 19-20\n"And when the living creatures went, the WHEELS went by them: and when the living creatures were lifted up from the earth, the wheels were lifted up. \n\nWhithersoever the spirit was to go, they went, thither was their spirit to go; and the wheels were lifted up over against them: for the spirit of the living creature was in the WHEELS."\n\nAlso, several verses in the 10th chapter of Ezekiel. Like:\nEzekiel 10:12-13\n\n"And their whole body, and their backs, and their hands, and their wings, and the WHEELS, were full of eyes round about, even the WHEELS that they four had.\n\nAs for the WHEELS, it was cried unto them in my hearing, O WHEEL."\n\nLM
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That is an epistle from Paul   1 Corinthians 13.\n\nAnd I hope you get a bible of your very own...soon..\n\nGod's leading you ...to read...and to remember...by LOVE!
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My understanding is that the law was over, caput, done with when Jesus died on the cross. Jesus said, I came not to abolish the law but to fulfill it. Read the book of Romans, written by Paul, he explains very well. If you are new to scripture, you might want to try the "Word" translation. We human beings are so innately depraved and clueless - (a legacy from Adam - check your scripture crosswalk.com = it has a search engine)- that there was/is *nothing* we could ever *do* that would save us. It required that Jesus become flesh and that *He* take on all of our sins... that's how we're saved. By grace. There is no way to *earn* your way. It is a gift from God - GRACE - and it can't be earned. It;s given when you accept that Jesus is the son of God and that His purpose was to do for us what we could never do for ourselves. The operative word here: "do."\n One more thing: God *always* loves us. The question for us is: "Do we *trust* HIm? Obey? If you're believing, you're "obeying." He left only 2 commandments: Love me as I love you and love your neighbors. That second one is tough... oftentimes impossible. I've got neighbors - or people I just come across that I'd like to take a baseball bat to... then I remember that the commandment wasn't "Love your neighbors - except those who make you want to hit them with a baseball bat." This Christian walk is not easy and it doesn't require you to DO anything to receive God's love. Romans and the letters to the seven churches in teh NT all speak to Christ's intentions: Look at how he behaved: he loved and he acted in love. And that ain't easy to do all the time. I try and get it maybe 30-40% of hte time. And still, He's got me covered. \n Scripture will tell you all you need to know. Prepare and ask to know what God's will is for you... he's not a Fairy Godmother - damn it all - but as you are ready you will be shown. Bless you.
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Jesus referenced Psalm 22 because it was the prophetic account of his crucifixion written a thousand years before the fact.\n\nAnyone who was crucified and looking down at the earth from his vantage point would feel God-forsaken.\n\nIt was only a figure of speech.\n\nGod is eternally united in the Trinity, and can never change.
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John 1:1 makes it pretty clear that Jesus is to be understood as being God. (i.e. "Word" is referring to Jesus, see John 1:14)\n\nThe Council of Nicea was only really confirming was already the church's stance on what the Bible says about Jesus. The Council was convened to refute what some other people claimed about Jesus that was not consistent with the Bible. I.e. nothing new came from the Council of Nicea - more a distillation rather a declaration.\n\nWhat Jesus says about himself:\nJohn 8:58 shows Jesus declaring "I am!", which is another way of saying "I am God." This is because "I AM" is the name that God gives himself in the Old Testament (Exodus 3:14). The Jews were well aware of what saying "I am" in such a manner meant, which is why straight after that attempt to stone him (i.e. for blasphemy).\n\nAgain, in John 10:30, Jesus claims that he "and the Father (i.e. God) are one". Again, the Jews prepare to stone him, explicitly for blasphemy, that a mere man claims to be God (John 10:33)\n\nJohn 14:9 Jesus says: "Anyone who has seen me has seen the Father."\n\nMore explicity about the Son of God = God\nIn Matthew 26:65 - Jesus is asked if he is the Son of God. He says he is, and is therefore accused of blasphemy, i.e. claiming to be God.\n\nJesus actions are consistent with divinity:\nJesus' forgiveness of the sins of the paralytic man and the subsequent healing of the man, was to demonstrate Jesus power and authority, not only to heal, but also to forgive sins. Only God can forgive sins. (Luke 5:17-26)\n\nWhat Paul says about Jesus' divinity:\nColossians 1:15 "He is the image of the invisible God..."\n2:9 - "For in Christ, the fullness of the deity lives..."\n\nHope this helps. If anything, at least it shows that the Council of Nicea weren't coming up with any original material, they just ripped it off the New Testament.
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Glenda   --\n\nSince this is your only activity, I do not know if this is a loaded question or not.  For the sake of possible true interest, I will take the time to answer as best as I can.\nI am curious as to why you broke the passage down into two verse segments.  The entire 82nd Psalm is titled A psalm of Asaph.  It is presumed to be written by Asaph, who was a Levite leader of the choir of King David.\n\nVerses 1&2 is the introduction.  Asaph summarizes by saying that Divinity has judged the mighty ones (the elohim).  In this case, he was referring to the court judges, not pagan gods.  This is followed by the results of that Divine judgment, the admonition in the form of a question:  How much longer will you (the judges) favor the wicked with your unfair decisions?\n\nThis is punctuated with the Hebrew word Seleh.  This could be a fanfare or a choral response (or even a verbal equivalent of the Christian Amen).  It is often translated into English as an Interlude.\n\nVerses 3&4 lists the primary failures of the Judges, or at least tells them what they should be doing.  Hebrew use of shame.  Basically it calls for the Judges to stand up for the rights of those with little or no political power: the poor, the orphans, the needy, the afflicted or oppressed.  Help these out of the clutches of wicked.\n\nVerses 5&6 list the position of the wicked oppressors:  they are ignorant and without wisdom.  They are in darkness, but because they do not know this , they shake the entire world.  Again Asaph calls upon the Judges as the mighty ones (elohim), but not reminds them that all of humanity are children of the Most High.\n\nVerses 7&8 sum the concepts saying that even the Judges are men and will pass on.  Divinity will judge the earth and reveal the legacy.\n\nMy Hebrew is a little rusty, so please forgive any minor mistakes. The most confusing part of the text is the use of the word elohim (which is plural) and is similar to the singular form of the word used to address Divinity.  The King James version translates this as the word gods.
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By trusting in what Jesus Christ done on the cross. He died for our sins, He was buried and took our sins away and rose again the third day for my justification. 1 Corinthians 15: 2 By which also ye are saved, if ye keep in memory what I preached unto you, unless ye have believed in vain. 1 Corinthians 15:3 For I delivered unto you first of all that which I also received, how that Christ died for our sins according to the scriptures; 1 Corinthians 15:4 And that he was buried, and that he rose again the third day according to the scriptures:
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http://www.usccb.org/nab/bible/1corinthians/1corinthians13.htm
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In the movies, it always portrays Jesus looking up and addressing heaven. Some say that this is when Jesus absorbed all the sin of mankind and God had to look away--seeing that He cannot look upon sin. I am not saying that this is not what happened, but there is a better explanation--it is very Jewish.  \n\nBack then, they did not have multiple copies of the Tonakh. They kept one copy safely stored in an ark in the synagogue. So the students and priests, back then as well as today, would memorize the scriptures (they did this by singing it). Whenever they wanted to bring a chapter, or a Psalm to the attention of the students, they would not recite the entire chapter, they would say the first verse and the rest of the students would know the rest by memory.  \n\nWhen Jesus was on the cross, He employed this rabbinical device--He quoted the first verse. The Pharisees would hear this, then in their mind they would immediately do the "scripture shuffle" and find that this was the first verse of Psalm 22.They would then automatically recall the entire Psalm that would show that what was happening before them was prophetic--that Messiah had to die, be surrounded by accusing Gentiles scoffing, "he trusted in God, let Him deliver", He will have His hands and feet pierced causing His bones to come out of joint, that they would divide His garments, and at the end He will say "It is finished" (which is the Greek translation of the last verse). \n\nSo really, Jesus was alerting the Pharisees to what was happening and that all what they were seeing was planned from the foundations of the earth and that He was who He said He was--the Messiah, the subject and focus of Psalm 22.
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Find it in the Bible.  By the way, why is this question posted under Law & Ethics?
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Try Matthew 18:22...\n\nPeace be with you.
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I don't know if this helps but it is the the notes\nfrom "Clarke" in e-sword\nPraying God blesses u in ur search for answers....\nShaz\nx x x x x x\n\n1 Cor 15:29 - \nElse what shall they do which are baptized for the dead - This is certainly the most difficult verse in the New Testament; for, notwithstanding the greatest and wisest men have labored to explain it, there are to this day nearly as many different interpretations of it as there are interpreters. I shall not employ my time, nor that of my reader, with a vast number of discordant and conflicting opinions; I shall make a few remarks:\n1.The doctrine of the resurrection of our Lord was a grand doctrine among the apostles; they considered and preached this as the demonstration of the truth of the Gospel.\n2.The multitudes who embraced Christianity became converts on the evidence of this resurrection.\n3.This resurrection was considered the pledge and proof of the resurrection of all believers in Christ to the possession of the same glory into which he had entered.\n4.The baptism which they received they considered as an emblem of their natural death and resurrection. This doctrine St. Paul most pointedly preaches, Rom_6:3-5 : Know ye not that so many of us as were baptized into Jesus Christ, were baptized into his death? Therefore we are buried with him by baptism into death; that like as Christ was raised up from the dead, even so we also should walk in newness of life: for, if we have been planted together in the likeness of his death, we shall be also in his resurrection.\n5.It is evident from this that all who died in the faith of Christ died in the faith of the resurrection; and therefore cheerfully gave up their lives to death, as they took joyfully the spoiling of their goods, knowing in themselves that they had in heaven a better and an enduring substance, Heb_10:34.\n6.As is the body, so are the members; those who were properly instructed, and embraced Christianity, believed that as all who had died in the faith of Christ should rise again, so they were baptized in the same faith.\n7.As so many of the primitive followers of Christ sealed the truth with their blood, and Satan and his followers continued unchanged, every man who took on him the profession of Christianity, which was done by receiving baptism, considered himself as exposing his life to the most imminent hazard, and offering his life with those who had already offered and laid down theirs.\n8.He was therefore baptized in reference to this martyrdom; and, having a regard to those dead, he cheerfully received baptism, that, whether he were taken off by a natural or violent death, he might be raised in the likeness of Jesus Christ’s resurrection, and that of his illustrious martyrs.\n9.As martyrdom and baptism were thus so closely and intimately connected, βαπτιζεσθαι, to be baptized, was used to express being put to a violent death by the hands of persecutors. So Mat_20:22, Mat_20:23 : “But Jesus answered and said, Are ye able to drink of the cup that I shall drink of? etc.” (Can ye go through my sufferings?) “They say unto him, We are able. He saith unto them, Ye shall indeed drink of my cup,” (ye shall bear your part of the afflictions of the Gospel), “and be baptized with the baptism that I am baptized with (that is, ye shall suffer martyrdom.) See also Mar_10:38. So Luk_12:50; “I have a baptism to be baptized with; and how am I straitened till it be accomplished!” That is, I must die a violent death for the salvation of men.\n10.The sum of the apostle’s meaning appears to be this: If there be no resurrection of the dead, those who, in becoming Christians, expose themselves to all manner of privations, crosses, severe sufferings, and a violent death, can have no compensation, nor any motive sufficient to induce them to expose themselves to such miseries. But as they receive baptism as an emblem of death in voluntarily going under the water, so they receiv
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hmm... this was years before Christ.. how could you blame Christianity? Ever hear of Sodom and Gomorah? The flood?these are old testament judgements against the world. The wages of sin is death. But through the sacrifice of Christ all men who accept him can have eternal life.Some things in the bible have spiritual meanings and call for greater understanding than many here are ready for.and some things can be taken out of context. Read the bible pray about it have faith in Jesus and God will show you many things. The simple Gospel is clear and it really is all anyone would need to know to be saved John 3:16. its a great place to start.... take your first steps first...your wanting great bible understanding before you have the basics.
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"Eat the food you gathered yesterday. Today is a Sabbath, the Lord's day of rest;"\n\n"This is what the Lord commanded, because tomorrow is the Sabbath, the Lord's holy day of rest."\n\n"but the seventh day is a day of rest to honor the Lord your God."\n\n"So the Son of Man is Lord of the Sabbath day"\n\n"So then, the Son of Man is Lord even of the Sabbath day." \n\n"Then Jesus said to the Pharisees, 'The Son of Man is Lord of the Sabbath day.'"\n\nI think that pretty well settels it!
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my interpretation of this verse has to do with sin.  If you repent this sin on earth, it will be forgiven in heaven.
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I haven't seen the poster, but the quotation is from the Bible; it's 1 Corinthians, chapter 13...probably any Chrisitian book store would carry some kind of poster with those verses, as they are quite popular.