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Egypt
Most people realize that Egypt is a country in Northeast Africa.
But... did you know from whom Egypt is named?
Gen 10:1 ... the sons of Noah, Shem, Ham, and Japheth
Gen 10:6 And the sons of Ham; Cush, and Mizraim [H4714 - mitsrayim], and Phut, and Canaan.
H4717 - Mitsrajim, that is, Upper and Lower Egypt: - Egypt, Egyptians, Mizraim.
Yes - you're reading that correctly... Egypt was a grandson of Noah.
Egypt is mentioned from Genesis to Revelation - 558 times (more than any other nation except Israel).
This statistic alone should speak volumes to us regarding the importance of Egypt in God’s plan for humankind.
We need to learn more about the nation of Egypt, its history, its culture, and its religion.
It has everything to do with understanding the many un-Scriptural doctrines of the Christian Church.
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In order to learn as much as we can, we need to go way back... as far possible. We need to prove, beyond any shadow of a doubt, that the teachings of life - immediately following death, the immortality of the soul, and the teaching of "hell", are all inventions of the ancient pagans.
These beliefs were formed before Israel even existed.
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The Beginning of Nations
As we shall see, there are some vestiges of truth concerning God and creation found in the ancient religious beliefs of the Egyptians.
For example, the teaching in every nation that the human race was saved on a boat during a flood.
However, there are also many strange and un-Scriptural doctrines regarding the origin of man and the afterlife that were also birthed in these ancient civilizations.
Paul describes the process by which the different civilizations totally corrupted the Truths of God immediately following the flood:
Rom 1:18-23 For the wrath of God is revealed from heaven against all ungodliness and unrighteousness of men, who HOLD the Truth in unrighteousness; because that which may be known of God is manifest in them; for God has shown it unto them.
For the invisible things of Him from the creation of the world are clearly seen, being understood by the things that are made, even his eternal [G126 - aidios] power and Godhead; so that they are without excuse:
Because that, when they KNEW God, they glorified Him not as God, neither were thankful; but became vain in their IMAGINATIONS, and their foolish heart was darkened.
Professing themselves to be wise, they became fools, and CHANGED the glory of the uncorruptible God into an image made like to corruptible man, and to birds, and fourfooted beasts, and creeping things.
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We saw earlier that Egypt (Mizraim) was the son of Ham, and grandson of Noah.
Next, let’s look at another descendant of Ham through his first son, Cush:
Gen 10:8 And Cush begat Nimrod: he began to be a mighty one in the earth...
Gen 10:10 And the beginning of his kingdom was Babel...
Concerning Babel:
Gen 11:1-2 And the whole earth was of one language, and of one speech. And it came to pass, as they journeyed from the east, that they found a plain in the land of SHINAR; and they dwelt there.
Shinar was located in a portion of what became Babylonia in Mesopotamia which is where they began to build a tower... the tower of Babel.
It was there, that God said:
Gen 11:7-8 Go to, let us go down, and there confound their language, that they may not understand one another's speech. So the LORD scattered them abroad from thence upon the face of all the earth...
Noah lived an additional 350 years after the flood (Gen 9:28) and it was his grandson Nimrod who established a civilization in Shinar where they built a tower.
So, the people were all scattered into different languages, which led to the formation of different nations, all before Noah died.
As the early Egyptian settlers along the Nile lost virtually all Truth they had prior to the flood and through their ancestral family of Noah, they replaced that lost knowledge with strange and fanciful myths.
As they lost knowledge of the True God, which brought them safely through the flood, they also began worshiping man-made gods.
Although they lost sight of the True God and His teachings, they did not, however, lose sight of the world’s first giant lie.
That first recorded lie in history survived the first couple of thousand years, survived the flood of Noah’s day, survived the expansion of civilization in Mesopotamia, through all the myriads of Egyptian mythology, the Exodus, the four world-ruling kingdoms of Babylon, Persia, Greece, and Rome, survived the introduction of Christianity into the world, survived the Dark Ages, the Middle ages, the Renaissance, the Reformation, survived the modern translations of Scriptures, and is presented flourishing in a frenzy of Christian world evangelism.
This "destructive heresy" (2 Pet 2:1) is taught and believed with such vigor and enthusiasm, that to speak the Scriptural truth against it is to open oneself up to ridicule and persecution from the Christian community.
The Church teaches that when we die, we don't really die... we continue living in either Heaven, or hell. Only our body is dead.
That is NOT what Scripture teaches.
Yeah, but... didn't Jesus tell the thief on the Cross that he would be with Jesus today in Paradise?
No - that's not what Jesus said... the use of a simple comma will clarify what Jesus told the thief.
This is how the KJV puts it:
Luk 23:43 And Jesus said unto him, Verily I say unto thee, To day shalt thou be with me in paradise.
There are no commas in the original language! Suppose the translators would have moved the comma over one word:
Luk 23:43 And Jesus said unto him, Verily I say unto thee To day, [<--- comma] shalt thou be with me in paradise.
In other words, Jesus said:
"Today, I am telling you - one day, you will be with Me in Paradise."
Think about it... was Jesus even heading to Paradise "today"? No - he died and was resurrected three days later. So how could the thief have went to Paradise "today"?
How can we be sure that's what He meant?
What else did Jesus say?
Joh 3:13 And NO MAN hath ascended up to heaven, but he that came down from heaven, even the Son of man which is in heaven.
Need more proof?
Act 2:34 For David is NOT ascended into the heavens:
What about that "absent from the body, present with the Lord" verse?
Read it again... a little more carefully this time:
2 Co 5:8 We are confident, I say, and willing rather to be absent from the body, and TO BE present with the Lord.
And many more Scriptures that I'll get to in another blog.
Any outsider coming into the Christian faith would surely believe that it was God who said, "you shall NOT SURELY die" (the way that the Church teaches this!) and that it was Satan who said, "you shall SURELY die" for that is what the Church believes and teaches, contrary to the hundreds of Scriptures which state otherwise.
This lie is the very bedrock of not only orthodox Christian theology, but also that of virtually every pagan and heathen religion on the face of the earth, throughout the history of the world.
The World's First Lie
Gen 3:2-4 And the woman said unto the serpent, we may eat of the fruit of the trees of the garden: But of the fruit of the tree which is in the midst of the garden, God hath said, Ye shall not eat of it, neither shall ye touch it, lest ye die.
And the serpent said unto the woman, Ye shall not surely die:
Most of the population of the world including all of orthodox Christianity continues to cling to this original lie of Satan.
God said: "you shall surely die" (Gen 2:17).
But Adam and Eve did not literally physically die on the day that they ate the forbidden fruit.
That is not exactly what God said.
The phrase "you shall surely die" is translated from two Hebrew words: tmuth & muth.
The first tmuth is translated in Hebrew interlinears as "you shall die", and muth is translated "to die", or together, "to die, you shall die".
Here are a couple of translations who follow the Hebrew very closely:
CLV "to die shall you BE DYING"
NAB "the moment you eat from it you are surely doomed to die"
The Hebrew language shows that on the very day that Adam and Eve ate of the forbidden fruit, they would not literally and physically die immediately, but that the process OF DYING would begin and would occur eventually... which is exactly what happened.
Now then, who told the Truth—the serpent or God?
[1] God told Adam if he sinned, he would die:
Gen 5:5 And all the days that Adam lived were nine hundred and thirty years, AND HE DIED.
[2] Does everyone sin?
Rom 3:23 For ALL have sinned…
[3] What does sin bring?
Rom 6:23 For the wages of sin is DEATH…
[4] Will all born of Adam die?
1 Co 15:22 For as in Adam ALL DIE…
Do believers die?
Jesus said:
Joh 11:26 And whosoever lives and believes in Me shall NEVER die. Believe you this?
Wait... what?
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God told Adam, "you shall SURELY DIE." The Serpent then said to Eve, "you shall NOT SURELY DIE". The serpent directly contradicted God, doesn’t he?
Yes, of course he does. This is extremely elementary.
But… BUT, John 11:26 states in the King James, that whosoever believes in Jesus, "shall NEVER DIE".
Now then, to whose statement does "shall NEVER DIE" agree? Does it agree with God’s statement "shall SURELY DIE", or with the serpent’s statement, "shall NOT SURELY DIE"?
Did Jesus say one thing to Adam back in the Garden and then contradict Himself in His teaching of John 11:26?
Does Jesus "change"? No.
Heb 13:8 Jesus Christ the same yesterday, today, and for ever.
Not only does the serpent’s statement contradict God’s statement, but according to the KJV, even Jesus contradicts God’s statement.
Remember all those statements of God regarding "adding to or taking from" the words of God?
I’m afraid to be the one to tell you... the KJV has done it again.
Let’s take a look at this phrase "shall never die" from John 11:26 in a Greek Interlinear:
If you have e-Sword, you can see that the word translated "never" is the translation of three Greek words, not just one.
Does it really take three Greek words to represent our English word "never?" No it doesn’t.
The Greek word oudeic means "not ever, none, nought" as in when Peter said to Jesus,
Matt 26:33 I will NEVER [G3762 - oudeic] be offended.
This word is translated "never" dozens of times in Scripture.
However, in John 11:26 where we read "shall NEVER die", the word "never" is the singular word translation of three Greek words, not one of them being G3762 - oudeic.
"So what", you say?
So maybe we should investigate to see just what Greek words God used in this verse.
This is another one of those huge translation errors.
This verse as recorded in the KJV flat out contradicts God’s statement back in the Garden.
The word "never" in John 11:26 is translated from three Greek words:
[1] G3364 - oume, "a double negative; not at all, neither, never, nor ever."
[2] G1519 - ice, "to, into, throughout, for."
[3] G165 - aion, "age"
Let's now take a look at more responsible translators have rendered this verse:
CLV Joh 11:26 And everyone who is living and believing in Me, should by no means be dying for the eon.
YLT Joh 11:26 and every one who is living and believing in me shall not die—to the age;
LITV Joh 11:26 and every one who is living and believing in me shall not die—to the age;
Roth Joh 11:26 And, no one who liveth again and believeth on me, shall in anywise die, unto times age-abiding.
Emphatic Diaglott Joh 11:26 no one living and believing in Me, shall die to the age.
You can be certain that "all have sinned" and "the wages of sin is death" and "in Adam ALL die".
However, those in Christ "should by no means be dying for the eon".
Why? The reason is found in Scripture:
John 17:2 ... that He should give eonian life to as many as You have given Him.
And that:
John 6:39 All which He has given Me I should lose nothing, but should raise it up again at the last day.
Yes - we shall all die, but not for, or through the coming eon. We will be raised to reign with Christ through the coming Millennial Kingdom.
1 Co 6:2 Know you not that we shall judge the world?
I'm telling you... the KJV translators HATED having to deal with that one little Greek word aion. So much so, they left it completely out of John 11:26.
Why do I even bother bringing this up?
Because John 11:26 is one of the proof texts by which the theologians of this world, try to legitimize their un-Scriptural, pagan doctrine of the immortality of the soul. By doing so, they directly contradict God's own words "you shall surely die".
1 Co 15:22 For in Adam ALL die...
Paul tells us that our only hope from death is the resurrection from the dead.
1 Co 15:42-46 So also is the resurrection of the dead [NOT the resurrection of the LIVING, or resurrection of the BODY]. It is sown in corruption; it is raised in incorruption: It is sown in dishonour; it is raised in glory: it is sown in weakness; it is raised in power: It is sown a natural body; it is raised a spiritual body.
There is a natural body, and there is a spiritual body.
And so it is written, The first man Adam was made a living soul; the last Adam [Jesus] was made a quickening [G2227 - zoopoieo, make alive, living] Spirit.
NOT a "quickening" PHYSICAL body... but a spiritual body.
Also note: This is the exact Greek word used in:
1 Co 15:22 For as in Adam ALL die, even so in Christ shall ALL be made alive [G2227 - zoopoieo].
Notice that we are first made a "natural body".
Adam (and all of his children - that’s US) did not have an "immortal soul". His body was a "natural" body.
Only Jesus was made a "living SPIRIT". It says so above.
Can the natural man with a natural body of flesh and blood ever enter into the Kingdom of God?
1 Co 15:50 Now this I say, brethren, that flesh and blood cannot inherit the Kingdom of God
We will not have physical bodies:
1 Co 15:44 It is sown a natural body; it is raised [from the DEAD] a spiritual body.
Do believers already possess eonian life?
Eph 1:13-14 In whom ye also trusted, after that ye heard the word of truth, the gospel of your salvation: in whom also after that ye believed, YOU WERE SEALED with that holy Spirit of promise [promise of what?], which is the earnest [down payment, deposit] of our inheritance UNTIL the redemption of the purchased possession, unto the praise of his glory.
When does this redemption occur?
1 Co 15:51-54 Behold, I shew you a mystery; We shall not all sleep, but we shall all be changed, in a moment, in the twinkling of an eye, AT THE LAST TRUMP: for the trumpet shall sound, and the DEAD shall be raised incorruptible, and we shall be changed.
For this corruptible must put on incorruption, and this mortal must put on immortality. So when this corruptible shall have put on incorruption, and this mortal shall have put on immortality, THEN shall be brought to pass the saying that is written, Death is swallowed up in victory.
This is when our promise can be cashed in! We've been given the promise as a down payment, but not until the LAST TRUMP will the balance be paid.
This is why we're promised eonian life - believers are blessed with immortality before the Millennial Reign! We are blessed with life for that age - the coming age in which Jesus sets up His Millennial Kingdom.
Not ONLY for that age, because our new gift of immortality does not end... neither does His Kingdom.
Unbelievers however... that's a different story.
They are not resurrected until the conclusion of the Millennial Kingdom. At that time, they will be resurrected to The Great White Throne Judgment and face eonian chastisement and the second death (The Lake of Fire).
They miss out on the gift and blessing of eonian life.
This is why Scripture makes the distinction with "especially those that believe".
1 Ti 4:10 For therefore we both labour and suffer reproach, because we trust in the living God, who IS the Saviour of ALL men, specially of those that believe.
Believe me, I could continue on with this for quite a while but I want to get into the Egyptian fables.
It's paramount that you understand this blog...
The first LIE found in Scripture "you shall not surely die" is the bedrock, the root of, the foundation of many "destructive heresies" that were conceived in the beginning... this whole "immortality of the soul" nonsense which...
... continues on into the Church today.
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Part 2 coming soon...
Some of these excerpts are from my personal notes copied from 30+ years of studying... some of these notes are direct copies of various sources - I do not claim to have authored every word of this... it's just a mass collection I've tucked away over the years for my own personal studies... I didn't consider a bibliography at the time I directly copied small excerpts from various authors. Also, any emphasis (underlines, bold text, all CAPS, etc.) noted above was only meant to capture my personal attention as I studied...
CLICK HERE! for an index to previous blogs.
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Egypt
Most people realize that Egypt is a country in Northeast Africa.
But... did you know from whom Egypt is named?
Gen 10:1 ... the sons of Noah, Shem, Ham, and Japheth
Gen 10:6 And the sons of Ham; Cush, and Mizraim [H4714 - mitsrayim], and Phut, and Canaan.
H4717 - Mitsrajim, that is, Upper and Lower Egypt: - Egypt, Egyptians, Mizraim.
Yes - you're reading that correctly... Egypt was a grandson of Noah.
Egypt is mentioned from Genesis to Revelation - 558 times (more than any other nation except Israel).
This statistic alone should speak volumes to us regarding the importance of Egypt in God’s plan for humankind.
We need to learn more about the nation of Egypt, its history, its culture, and its religion.
It has everything to do with understanding the many un-Scriptural doctrines of the Christian Church.
_________________________
In order to learn as much as we can, we need to go way back... as far possible. We need to prove, beyond any shadow of a doubt, that the teachings of life - immediately following death, the immortality of the soul, and the teaching of "hell", are all inventions of the ancient pagans.
These beliefs were formed before Israel even existed.
_________________________
The Beginning of Nations
As we shall see, there are some vestiges of truth concerning God and creation found in the ancient religious beliefs of the Egyptians.
For example, the teaching in every nation that the human race was saved on a boat during a flood.
However, there are also many strange and un-Scriptural doctrines regarding the origin of man and the afterlife that were also birthed in these ancient civilizations.
Paul describes the process by which the different civilizations totally corrupted the Truths of God immediately following the flood:
Rom 1:18-23 For the wrath of God is revealed from heaven against all ungodliness and unrighteousness of men, who HOLD the Truth in unrighteousness; because that which may be known of God is manifest in them; for God has shown it unto them.
For the invisible things of Him from the creation of the world are clearly seen, being understood by the things that are made, even his eternal [G126 - aidios] power and Godhead; so that they are without excuse:
Because that, when they KNEW God, they glorified Him not as God, neither were thankful; but became vain in their IMAGINATIONS, and their foolish heart was darkened.
Professing themselves to be wise, they became fools, and CHANGED the glory of the uncorruptible God into an image made like to corruptible man, and to birds, and fourfooted beasts, and creeping things.
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We saw earlier that Egypt (Mizraim) was the son of Ham, and grandson of Noah.
Next, let’s look at another descendant of Ham through his first son, Cush:
Gen 10:8 And Cush begat Nimrod: he began to be a mighty one in the earth...
Gen 10:10 And the beginning of his kingdom was Babel...
Concerning Babel:
Gen 11:1-2 And the whole earth was of one language, and of one speech. And it came to pass, as they journeyed from the east, that they found a plain in the land of SHINAR; and they dwelt there.
Shinar was located in a portion of what became Babylonia in Mesopotamia which is where they began to build a tower... the tower of Babel.
It was there, that God said:
Gen 11:7-8 Go to, let us go down, and there confound their language, that they may not understand one another's speech. So the LORD scattered them abroad from thence upon the face of all the earth...
Noah lived an additional 350 years after the flood (Gen 9:28) and it was his grandson Nimrod who established a civilization in Shinar where they built a tower.
So, the people were all scattered into different languages, which led to the formation of different nations, all before Noah died.
As the early Egyptian settlers along the Nile lost virtually all Truth they had prior to the flood and through their ancestral family of Noah, they replaced that lost knowledge with strange and fanciful myths.
As they lost knowledge of the True God, which brought them safely through the flood, they also began worshiping man-made gods.
Although they lost sight of the True God and His teachings, they did not, however, lose sight of the world’s first giant lie.
That first recorded lie in history survived the first couple of thousand years, survived the flood of Noah’s day, survived the expansion of civilization in Mesopotamia, through all the myriads of Egyptian mythology, the Exodus, the four world-ruling kingdoms of Babylon, Persia, Greece, and Rome, survived the introduction of Christianity into the world, survived the Dark Ages, the Middle ages, the Renaissance, the Reformation, survived the modern translations of Scriptures, and is presented flourishing in a frenzy of Christian world evangelism.
This "destructive heresy" (2 Pet 2:1) is taught and believed with such vigor and enthusiasm, that to speak the Scriptural truth against it is to open oneself up to ridicule and persecution from the Christian community.
The Church teaches that when we die, we don't really die... we continue living in either Heaven, or hell. Only our body is dead.
That is NOT what Scripture teaches.
Yeah, but... didn't Jesus tell the thief on the Cross that he would be with Jesus today in Paradise?
No - that's not what Jesus said... the use of a simple comma will clarify what Jesus told the thief.
This is how the KJV puts it:
Luk 23:43 And Jesus said unto him, Verily I say unto thee, To day shalt thou be with me in paradise.
There are no commas in the original language! Suppose the translators would have moved the comma over one word:
Luk 23:43 And Jesus said unto him, Verily I say unto thee To day, [<--- comma] shalt thou be with me in paradise.
In other words, Jesus said:
"Today, I am telling you - one day, you will be with Me in Paradise."
Think about it... was Jesus even heading to Paradise "today"? No - he died and was resurrected three days later. So how could the thief have went to Paradise "today"?
How can we be sure that's what He meant?
What else did Jesus say?
Joh 3:13 And NO MAN hath ascended up to heaven, but he that came down from heaven, even the Son of man which is in heaven.
Need more proof?
Act 2:34 For David is NOT ascended into the heavens:
What about that "absent from the body, present with the Lord" verse?
Read it again... a little more carefully this time:
2 Co 5:8 We are confident, I say, and willing rather to be absent from the body, and TO BE present with the Lord.
And many more Scriptures that I'll get to in another blog.
Any outsider coming into the Christian faith would surely believe that it was God who said, "you shall NOT SURELY die" (the way that the Church teaches this!) and that it was Satan who said, "you shall SURELY die" for that is what the Church believes and teaches, contrary to the hundreds of Scriptures which state otherwise.
This lie is the very bedrock of not only orthodox Christian theology, but also that of virtually every pagan and heathen religion on the face of the earth, throughout the history of the world.
The World's First Lie
Gen 3:2-4 And the woman said unto the serpent, we may eat of the fruit of the trees of the garden: But of the fruit of the tree which is in the midst of the garden, God hath said, Ye shall not eat of it, neither shall ye touch it, lest ye die.
And the serpent said unto the woman, Ye shall not surely die:
Most of the population of the world including all of orthodox Christianity continues to cling to this original lie of Satan.
God said: "you shall surely die" (Gen 2:17).
But Adam and Eve did not literally physically die on the day that they ate the forbidden fruit.
That is not exactly what God said.
The phrase "you shall surely die" is translated from two Hebrew words: tmuth & muth.
The first tmuth is translated in Hebrew interlinears as "you shall die", and muth is translated "to die", or together, "to die, you shall die".
Here are a couple of translations who follow the Hebrew very closely:
CLV "to die shall you BE DYING"
NAB "the moment you eat from it you are surely doomed to die"
The Hebrew language shows that on the very day that Adam and Eve ate of the forbidden fruit, they would not literally and physically die immediately, but that the process OF DYING would begin and would occur eventually... which is exactly what happened.
Now then, who told the Truth—the serpent or God?
[1] God told Adam if he sinned, he would die:
Gen 5:5 And all the days that Adam lived were nine hundred and thirty years, AND HE DIED.
[2] Does everyone sin?
Rom 3:23 For ALL have sinned…
[3] What does sin bring?
Rom 6:23 For the wages of sin is DEATH…
[4] Will all born of Adam die?
1 Co 15:22 For as in Adam ALL DIE…
Do believers die?
Jesus said:
Joh 11:26 And whosoever lives and believes in Me shall NEVER die. Believe you this?
Wait... what?
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God told Adam, "you shall SURELY DIE." The Serpent then said to Eve, "you shall NOT SURELY DIE". The serpent directly contradicted God, doesn’t he?
Yes, of course he does. This is extremely elementary.
But… BUT, John 11:26 states in the King James, that whosoever believes in Jesus, "shall NEVER DIE".
Now then, to whose statement does "shall NEVER DIE" agree? Does it agree with God’s statement "shall SURELY DIE", or with the serpent’s statement, "shall NOT SURELY DIE"?
Did Jesus say one thing to Adam back in the Garden and then contradict Himself in His teaching of John 11:26?
Does Jesus "change"? No.
Heb 13:8 Jesus Christ the same yesterday, today, and for ever.
Not only does the serpent’s statement contradict God’s statement, but according to the KJV, even Jesus contradicts God’s statement.
Remember all those statements of God regarding "adding to or taking from" the words of God?
I’m afraid to be the one to tell you... the KJV has done it again.
Let’s take a look at this phrase "shall never die" from John 11:26 in a Greek Interlinear:
If you have e-Sword, you can see that the word translated "never" is the translation of three Greek words, not just one.
Does it really take three Greek words to represent our English word "never?" No it doesn’t.
The Greek word oudeic means "not ever, none, nought" as in when Peter said to Jesus,
Matt 26:33 I will NEVER [G3762 - oudeic] be offended.
This word is translated "never" dozens of times in Scripture.
However, in John 11:26 where we read "shall NEVER die", the word "never" is the singular word translation of three Greek words, not one of them being G3762 - oudeic.
"So what", you say?
So maybe we should investigate to see just what Greek words God used in this verse.
This is another one of those huge translation errors.
This verse as recorded in the KJV flat out contradicts God’s statement back in the Garden.
The word "never" in John 11:26 is translated from three Greek words:
[1] G3364 - oume, "a double negative; not at all, neither, never, nor ever."
[2] G1519 - ice, "to, into, throughout, for."
[3] G165 - aion, "age"
Let's now take a look at more responsible translators have rendered this verse:
CLV Joh 11:26 And everyone who is living and believing in Me, should by no means be dying for the eon.
YLT Joh 11:26 and every one who is living and believing in me shall not die—to the age;
LITV Joh 11:26 and every one who is living and believing in me shall not die—to the age;
Roth Joh 11:26 And, no one who liveth again and believeth on me, shall in anywise die, unto times age-abiding.
Emphatic Diaglott Joh 11:26 no one living and believing in Me, shall die to the age.
You can be certain that "all have sinned" and "the wages of sin is death" and "in Adam ALL die".
However, those in Christ "should by no means be dying for the eon".
Why? The reason is found in Scripture:
John 17:2 ... that He should give eonian life to as many as You have given Him.
And that:
John 6:39 All which He has given Me I should lose nothing, but should raise it up again at the last day.
Yes - we shall all die, but not for, or through the coming eon. We will be raised to reign with Christ through the coming Millennial Kingdom.
1 Co 6:2 Know you not that we shall judge the world?
I'm telling you... the KJV translators HATED having to deal with that one little Greek word aion. So much so, they left it completely out of John 11:26.
Why do I even bother bringing this up?
Because John 11:26 is one of the proof texts by which the theologians of this world, try to legitimize their un-Scriptural, pagan doctrine of the immortality of the soul. By doing so, they directly contradict God's own words "you shall surely die".
1 Co 15:22 For in Adam ALL die...
Paul tells us that our only hope from death is the resurrection from the dead.
1 Co 15:42-46 So also is the resurrection of the dead [NOT the resurrection of the LIVING, or resurrection of the BODY]. It is sown in corruption; it is raised in incorruption: It is sown in dishonour; it is raised in glory: it is sown in weakness; it is raised in power: It is sown a natural body; it is raised a spiritual body.
There is a natural body, and there is a spiritual body.
And so it is written, The first man Adam was made a living soul; the last Adam [Jesus] was made a quickening [G2227 - zoopoieo, make alive, living] Spirit.
NOT a "quickening" PHYSICAL body... but a spiritual body.
Also note: This is the exact Greek word used in:
1 Co 15:22 For as in Adam ALL die, even so in Christ shall ALL be made alive [G2227 - zoopoieo].
Notice that we are first made a "natural body".
Adam (and all of his children - that’s US) did not have an "immortal soul". His body was a "natural" body.
Only Jesus was made a "living SPIRIT". It says so above.
Can the natural man with a natural body of flesh and blood ever enter into the Kingdom of God?
1 Co 15:50 Now this I say, brethren, that flesh and blood cannot inherit the Kingdom of God
We will not have physical bodies:
1 Co 15:44 It is sown a natural body; it is raised [from the DEAD] a spiritual body.
Do believers already possess eonian life?
Eph 1:13-14 In whom ye also trusted, after that ye heard the word of truth, the gospel of your salvation: in whom also after that ye believed, YOU WERE SEALED with that holy Spirit of promise [promise of what?], which is the earnest [down payment, deposit] of our inheritance UNTIL the redemption of the purchased possession, unto the praise of his glory.
When does this redemption occur?
1 Co 15:51-54 Behold, I shew you a mystery; We shall not all sleep, but we shall all be changed, in a moment, in the twinkling of an eye, AT THE LAST TRUMP: for the trumpet shall sound, and the DEAD shall be raised incorruptible, and we shall be changed.
For this corruptible must put on incorruption, and this mortal must put on immortality. So when this corruptible shall have put on incorruption, and this mortal shall have put on immortality, THEN shall be brought to pass the saying that is written, Death is swallowed up in victory.
This is when our promise can be cashed in! We've been given the promise as a down payment, but not until the LAST TRUMP will the balance be paid.
This is why we're promised eonian life - believers are blessed with immortality before the Millennial Reign! We are blessed with life for that age - the coming age in which Jesus sets up His Millennial Kingdom.
Not ONLY for that age, because our new gift of immortality does not end... neither does His Kingdom.
Unbelievers however... that's a different story.
They are not resurrected until the conclusion of the Millennial Kingdom. At that time, they will be resurrected to The Great White Throne Judgment and face eonian chastisement and the second death (The Lake of Fire).
They miss out on the gift and blessing of eonian life.
This is why Scripture makes the distinction with "especially those that believe".
1 Ti 4:10 For therefore we both labour and suffer reproach, because we trust in the living God, who IS the Saviour of ALL men, specially of those that believe.
Believe me, I could continue on with this for quite a while but I want to get into the Egyptian fables.
It's paramount that you understand this blog...
The first LIE found in Scripture "you shall not surely die" is the bedrock, the root of, the foundation of many "destructive heresies" that were conceived in the beginning... this whole "immortality of the soul" nonsense which...
... continues on into the Church today.
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Part 2 coming soon...
Some of these excerpts are from my personal notes copied from 30+ years of studying... some of these notes are direct copies of various sources - I do not claim to have authored every word of this... it's just a mass collection I've tucked away over the years for my own personal studies... I didn't consider a bibliography at the time I directly copied small excerpts from various authors. Also, any emphasis (underlines, bold text, all CAPS, etc.) noted above was only meant to capture my personal attention as I studied...
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