Exposing Lie Death Scripture by Keeney Michael (2 results)

Taschenbuch. Condition: Neu. Neuware - The definition of death is settled early, long before Scripture is ever consulted. We inherit the definition from hospital rooms, funerals, and the visible failing of the body, and that inherited definition has been quietly shaping everything since. Michael J. Keeney begins with a single, unsettling claim: The death Scripture names most often is not physical cessation. It is a spiritual condition in which humanity already stands. Drawing carefully from Scripture, Genesis to Revelation, he builds a case that the biblical definition of death has almost nothing to do with a stopped heart. Paul called people dead who were still walking, talking, and making dinner reservations. Jesus said that those who believe in Him will never die. Adam died the day he ate the fruit, and went on to live for centuries. Scripture is consistent and precise, and what it calls death is something far older, far deeper, and far more hidden: a spiritual condition of estrangement from God, sustained by deception and false identification with flesh. If that's true, the fear of death has been preaching a false gospel to you your entire life. Michael moves methodically through five movements, from Eden's shadow to fear's final defeat, examining the passages that most Christians have read too quickly, and he doesn't stop at theology. He arrives at something personal: the possibility that the thing you've spent years dreading has been lying to you about its own authority. Written by a man who carried the fear himself, You Cannot Die is for anyone who believes in God and still trembles before the grave. For anyone who has ever sat in a pew wondering whether the good news is better, nearer, and more complete than they were told. It is. You cannot die. …

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