There is an AfterWorld. I use that term because of the question of "Life? ", in what do we mean by Afterlife? The Writings of Moses indicate two views of Life. 1) The dirt which is the body we reside in now, is alive. 2) The Breath of Life, received from G-D in Genesis 2.
The distinctions appear to have been known to the Snake in the Garden of Eden, "Genesis 3:4 And the serpent said unto the woman: 'Ye shall not surely die; " However death is also known in the Cain and Able story. But G-D does not Lie! "Ezekiel 18:4 Behold, all souls are Mine; as the soul of the father, so also the soul of the son is Mine; the soul that sinneth, it shall die. " I use this one from the Tanach because it is openly stated, along with how to fix the problem.
Indirectly we have "Exodus 3:6 Moreover He said: 'I am the God of thy father, the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob.' " By implication we see that Abraham, Isaac and Jacob are alive, when G-D declares 'I am the God of ' instead of (I was the G-D of ...). In verse Exodus 3:15 we see the same statement again in what Moses is to say to the Children of Israel when they ask. But we also see "this is My name for ever, and this is My memorial unto all generations. "
Conversely, "Numbers 16:33 So they, and all that appertained to them, went down alive into the pit; and the earth closed upon them, and they perished from among the assembly. " This is the story of Korah, and we see that they "went down alive into the pit ". Obviously this is not the normal way of going to Sheol(the pit, in the translation I used above) " Sheol is found in prophesy about those that do evil, and that G-D enlarged it to accommodate everyone deserving this place.
What we do not get is a picture of what happens when you follow G-D and you are done here. We do have two that did not die. 1) Everybody knows Elijah the Prophet. 2) I have found few that know Enoch, father of Methuselah, also did not for G-D took him. So the reverse of Sheol is told, just not what it looks like.
My observation is that We, all souls are to choose G-D / Not to choose G-D, that is your choice. It seems that this is the primary purpose for creation,any of it. Even back to "Genesis 2:5 No shrub of the field was yet in the earth, and no herb of the field had yet sprung up; for the LORD God had not caused it to rain upon the earth, and there was not a man to till the ground; " creation of the earth waited for us to show up. Yes, someone is to take care of the earth, but robots or animals or the earth could tend the earth. Man is given a "Living Soul ", which is at risk based upon what we do. There is something extremely important about our soul choosing G-D, with all that means. It truly seems to me that there is something really special about that choice, and the outcome of my decisions. Quotes are from the JPS 1917 version of the Tanach. Also available at http://www.mechon-mamre.org/p/pt/pt0.htm
I am sorry that was a little more than 2 cents worth.
Shalom,
Yaakov
3 comments:
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hi i started a blog on this site under [the truth about adam and eve] the question did god lie or the serpent buddy
Short answer neither lied.
The snake knows that you are concerned with the dirt that is your body, while G-D is concerned with that part of you HE called the Breath of Life, we call the soul, which seems to be part of G-D's Breath.
The soul if marked for death when you decide against G-D(Sin), dies when the body dies(no chance to repent), so from the moment of your sin, your soul is dead, but if you return to the G-D of Abraham, Isaac and Jacob with all of your heart and all your soul, G-D will take you back if you truly returned and stop doing the evil,Ezekiel 18. IF you do it again, you are either died or must strive harder to demonstrate that you repent and will do that which is Right by HIS laws.
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