Biblical Hebrew Forum

[Peter Kirk <peter AT qaya.org>]

On 17/03/2006 18:18, B. M. Rocine wrote:
> Forwarded on behalf of Rodney Duke:
>
> ... I agree with those who have 
> said that there is no emphasis on afterlife in the Hebrew Bible, which 
> is somewhat true of the NT as well.  The concept appears to be that 
> walking with God in the present results in a lasting life, because of 
> God's faithfulness, as opposed to the notion that one dies, goes to 
> heaven, and begins eternal life as a kind of reward.
>
>   
I agree. But in the NT, although not in the Hebrew Bible, there is 
regular and clear teaching that this lasting life is not terminated by 
death but continues into the afterlife. As you suggest, this is not a 
complete dichotomy from the teaching of the Hebrew Bible, or at least of 
some strands of it, but it is something which is much more strongly 
emphasised in the NT.


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