Chris's Courses @ Westlink

Intro to Resurrection & Human Nature


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-Link to handout
-Book Club: The Great Divorce by C.S. Lewis
-Resurrection in 2nd Temple Judaism
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2 Maccabees 7 - Martyrdom of Seven Brothers (read online here)
-Resurrection is revolutionary
-Martha's hope for Lazarus (John 11:24)
-Paul the Pharisee's belief (Acts 23:6-8)
-Resurrection (anastasis) defined - body raised to new life after death
-NOT resuscitation or soul going to heaven
-Human Nature: Greek Philosophy (Plato)

  • Soma sema
  • Immaterial world (soul) is good, material world (body) is bad
  • Platonism in the church

-Human Nature: Biblical Theology

  • God created the material world and saw that it was _____ (Gen 1)
  • Body + spirit = soul (Gen 2:7)
  • The Incarnation

-Beliefs in 1st Century Corinth
-1 Cor 6:12-14 - Who thinks God will destroy the body, Paul or the Corinthians?
-Your body will always be part of you and your body is good!

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Chris's Courses @ WestlinkBy Chris Perrey

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