1. God’s Essence Eternal Life
We have already seen that God is Sovereign. He rules the heavens and the earth; His Word is law and must be obeyed. Disobeying God is sin. God is also Righteous. In His perfect goodness, He cannot stand sin; in His Justice, God must punish sin. Who took the punishment for us and was judged for all our sin? (Jesus Christ) None of us deserved this. We are only saved by God’s grace. Next we have learned that God is Love and by grace shared his Perfect Love for us by sending His Perfect Son, Jesus Christ to take and bear the sins of all mankind on the Cross.
Remember that Grace is God doing something for us which we cannot earn, do for ourselves, and do not deserve.
Eternal Life is the next attribute of God’s Essence we will learn about.
This page is the introduction to God’s attribute of Eternal Life.
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2. God’s Essence Eternal Life
God is Eternal Life and He Does Not Have a Beginning or an End
Psalm 93:2 (NASB95)
2Your throne is established from of old; You are from everlasting.
Exodus 3:14a (NASB95)
14God said to Moses, “I AM WHO I AM”;
Deuteronomy 32:40 (NASB95)
40‘Indeed, I lift up My hand to heaven, And say, as I live forever,
Memory Verse
Psalm 90:2c (NASB95)
2c “Even from everlasting to everlasting, You are God.”
God does not have a beginning or end. He has always existed and He will always exist. These verses tell us that God is everlasting and lives forever.
God tells Moses in Exodus 3:14a “I AM WHO I AM” or in the Hebrew, I WILL BECOME WHO I WILL BECOME. I AM means that He always was and will always exist.
Psalm 90:2c is your memory verse.
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3. 40bAnd say, as I live forever,
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Man
God
Beginning (Birth)
Hebrews 9:27 27And inasmuch as it is appointed for men to die once and after this comes judgment,
No Beginning or End
Psalm 90:2c
Even from everlasting to everlasting, You are God.
Deuteronomy 32:40b
40bAnd say, as I live forever,
Man is like a straight line. He has a beginning, birth and an end, death (Physical). Heb. 9:27 tell us that it is appointed, or fixed that man will die once.
God unlike man is like a circle that has no beginning or end. These verses tell us that God had no beginning or no end. He has always existed and will always exist.
End (Death)
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4. 15so that whoever believes will in Him have eternal life.
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Jehovah (The Existing One), Who Reveals Himself, Promises All Who Accept Jesus Christ as Their Savior (Believers) Will Have Eternal Life
John 10:27–28 (NASB95)
27“My sheep (Believers) hear My voice, and I know them, and they follow Me;
28and I give eternal life to them, and they will never perish; and no one will snatch them out of My hand.
John 8:51 (NASB95)
51“Truly, truly, I say to you, if anyone keeps My word he will never see death.”
John 3:15–16 (NASB95)
15so that whoever believes will in Him have eternal life.
16“For God so loved the world, that He gave His only begotten Son, that whoever believes in Him shall not perish, but have eternal life.
1 John 5:11 (NASB95)
11And the testimony is this, that God has given us eternal life, and this life is in His Son.
Jehovah is a name for God, which means “The Existing One”. He has always existed. He promises all who believe and accept Jesus Christ as their savior will have Eternal Life.
John 10:27-28 Here Jesus the God-Man is saying that sheep (believers) know Him and follow him and He gives them Eternal Life and they will never perish.
In the rest of these verses Jesus tells us that believers will have eternal life.
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5. 46a“These will go away into eternal punishment,
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Jesus Christ Warns Unbelievers That They “shall go away into eternal punishment”
Matthew 25:46a (NASB95)
46a“These will go away into eternal punishment,
John 8:24 (NASB95)
24“Therefore I said to you that you (Unbelievers) will die in your sins for unless you believe that I am He, you will die in your sins.”
Matthew 25:41 (NASB95)
41 “Then He will also say to those on His left, ‘Depart from Me, accursed ones (unbelievers), into the eternal fire (lake of fire) which has been prepared for the devil and his angels;
In these verses, Jesus, the God-Man, is warning Unbelievers that they will go away into eternal punishment, that they will die in their sins, and will end up in the Lake of Fire.
Matthew In this verse, Jesus is telling unbelievers that they will end up in the eternal fire (Lake of Fire), which has been prepared for the devil and his angels”.
Based on Matthew 25:41, the Lake of Fire does exist, but we don’t know where it is located.
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6. Fallen Angels (Demons)
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Lake of Fire
Hell
Unbelievers
Satan
Fallen Angels (Demons)
Antichrist
False Prophet
John 3:16 (NASB95)
16 “For God so loved the world, that He gave His only begotten Son, that whoever believes in Him shall not perish, but have eternal life.
Heaven
God
Jesus
Elect Angels
Believers
Matthew 7:13–14 (NASB95)
13 “Enter through the narrow gate; for the gate is wide and the way is broad that leads to destruction, and there are many who enter through it.
14 “For the gate is small and the way is narrow that leads to life, and there are few who find it.
We have seen and discussed this chart many times. Believers will end up in Heaven and spend in eternity there, with God, Jesus and the elect (good angels).
Unbelievers on the other hand when they die will eventually end up in the Lake of Fire, that has been prepared for the devil (Satan), fallen angels (demons), the Antichrist and the False Prophet. Unbelievers will spend an eternity in the Lake of Fire.
Jesus is telling us in Matthew 7:13-14 that most people (unbelievers) will not believe in Him (‘the gate is wide and the way is broad that leads to destruction, and there are many who enter through it”). “For the gate is small and the way is narrow that leads to life (believers), and there are few who find it”.
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7. Luke 16:19–31 (NASB95)
19“Now there was a rich man, and he habitually dressed in purple and fine linen, joyously living in splendor every day.
20“And a poor man named Lazarus was laid at his gate, covered with sores,
21and longing to be fed with the crumbs which were falling from the rich man’s table; besides, even the dogs were coming and licking his sores.
22“Now the poor man died and was carried away by the angels to Abraham’s bosom; and the rich man also died and was buried.
23“In Hades he lifted up his eyes, being in torment, and saw Abraham far away and Lazarus in his bosom.
24“And he cried out and said, ‘Father Abraham, have mercy on me, and send Lazarus so that he may dip the tip of his finger in water and cool off my tongue, for I am in agony in this flame.’
25“But Abraham said, ‘Child, remember that during your life you received your good things, and likewise Lazarus bad things; but now he is being comforted here, and you are in agony.
26‘And besides all this, between us and you there is a great chasm fixed, so that those who wish to come over from here to you will not be able, and that none may cross over from there to us.’
27“And he said, ‘Then I beg you, father, that you send him to my father’s house—
28for I have five brothers—in order that he may warn them, so that they will not also come to this place of torment.’
29“But Abraham said, ‘They have Moses and the Prophets; let them hear them.’
30“But he said, ‘No, father Abraham, but if someone goes to them from the dead, they will repent!’
31“But he said to him, ‘If they do not listen to Moses and the Prophets, they will not be persuaded even if someone rises from the dead.’ ”
Read these verses together and emphasize the parts that are underlined.
These verses are a story that Jesus told. It is not a parable because parables do not name people. This is an actual story that took place. This story gives us a look into what happens when both believers and unbelievers die.
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8. The lower part/heart of the Earth
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Hades Prior to The Resurrection Of Christ
Luke 16:19-31
The Earth
Abrahams Bosom
Paradise
Believers
“a great chasm fixed”
Hades/Sheol
Place of Torment
Unbelievers
This page is explained by the story of “rich man and Lazarus, which Jesus told in Luke 16:19-31.
Hades/Sheol is located in the lower part of the earth.
This what happens to people (unbelievers and believers)) when they died before the resurrection of Christ. This includes all souls prior or before the resurrection of Christ. Unbelievers and Believers bodies all went to the grave. Their souls all went to Hades / Sheol (this is a word that is used in the OT for hades).
All Believers souls went to the “Abrahams Bosom (Paradise)” compartment.
Unbelievers souls went to the “place of torment”. This is a compartment below the compartment of the Paradise, it was hot and tormenting. The unbelievers could see into the Paradise compartment, but could not go to it, because there was a great chasm or gulf fixed, a large space separating the two compartments.
Below the place of torment for unbelievers, there is another compartment called “Tartarus” which is where the fallen angels in Genesis 6, who infiltrated the human race before the great flood are, in pits of darkness awaiting their judgment.
The lower part/heart of the Earth
2 Peter 2:4
Tartarus
Fallen Angels of Gen. 6
“pits of darkness”
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9. The lower part/heart of the Earth
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Hades After The Resurrection Of Christ
Believers
The Earth
Luke 16:19-31
Christ took Believers to Heaven
Eph. 4:8-9
Ps.68:18
“a great chasm fixed”
Hades/Sheol
Place of Torment
Unbelievers
This page shows us that Jesus Christ went down into Hades after His Resurrection and took the believers souls from the Paradise compartment of hades and brought them to heaven. The unbelievers were left in Hades in the place of torment, compartment. As before, when believers and unbelievers die their bodies all go into the grave.
Ephesians 4:8–9 (NASB95)
8Therefore it says, “When He ascended on high, He led captive a host of captives, And He gave gifts to men.”
9(Now this expression, “He ascended,” what does it mean except that He also had descended into the lower parts of the earth?
Psalm 68:18 (NASB95)
18You have ascended on high, You have led captive Your captives; You have received gifts among men, Even among the rebellious also, that the Lord God may dwell there.
When unbelievers die now, their souls immediately go to Hades, the lower part of the earth as before the resurrection of Christ, the place of torment. All unbelievers souls will be united with their resurrection bodies and judged at the Great White throne judgment. They will then be thrown into the Lake of Fire, and be tormented forever and forever.
Now when believers (Church age) die their souls will immediately go to Heaven and at the rapture, their souls will be united with their resurrection bodies and will they will go to heaven.
The lower part/heart of the Earth
2 Peter 2:4
Tartarus
Fallen Angels of Gen. 6
“pits of darkness”
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10. God’s Essence Ephesians 4:8–9 (NASB95)
8Therefore it says, “When He ascended on high, He led captive a host of captives (souls of believers), And He gave gifts to men.”
9(Now this expression, “He ascended,” what does it mean except that He also had descended into the lower parts of the earth?
Psalm 68:18 (NASB95)
18You have ascended on high, You have led captive Your captives; You have received gifts among men, Even among the rebellious also, that the Lord God may dwell there.
These verses tell us that after Jesus was resurrected, he went into Hades “lower part of the earth” and that He took all the souls of the believers in the Paradise compartment with him to heaven. So then the Paradise compartment was emptied. Psalm 68:18 is a prophesy of this.
Matthew 12:40 (NASB95)
40for just as Jonah was three days and three nights in the belly of the sea monster, so will the Son of Man be three days and three nights in the heart of the earth.
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11. What Do We Learn From the Story of the Rich Man and Lazarus?
Luke 16:19-31
The Rich Man was an unbeliever and Lazarus was a believer
Lazarus died and was escorted by an angels to the Paradise compartment in Hades, when we die, we will probably be escorted to heaven by angels.
The rich man died and found himself in Hades “in torment”
The rich man saw Abraham and Lazarus in Paradise at a distance
The rich man was in torment and asked Abraham to send the poor man with water on his finger to cool him off. The rich man was “in agony in this flame”, we may have some sort of a pre-resurrection or temporary body.
Lazarus was being comforted in Paradise and the rich man was in agony
There is a large fixed space between the Paradise compartment and the “place of torment” which no one can cross over.
The rich man asked Abraham if he would send Lazarus to his 5 brothers so that they might not also come to the place of torment.
Abraham said that they have Moses and the prophets (The Scriptures), and let them hear
The rich man said that if someone would go to them from the dead, they would repent (change their minds).
Abraham said that if his brothers did not listen to Moses and the Prophet (the Scriptures) they would not be persuaded even if someone rises from the dead.
Jesus arose from the dead and many people in His day and throughout the ages did not repent and believe in Him.
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12. 1In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth.
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The Eternal Life of God
Genesis 1:1 (NASB95)
1In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth.
John 1:1 (NASB95)
1In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God.
John 8:58 (NASB95)
58Jesus said to them, “Truly, truly, I say to you, before Abraham was born, I am.”
Jeremiah 10:10a (NASB95)
10aBut the Lord is the true God; He is the living God and the everlasting King.
These verses explain that God has always existed. Genesis 1:1 says that “ In the beginning, before there was anything, God created the heavens and earth”.
John 1:1 tells us that “In the beginning was the Word” The Word is the second person of the God Head, God the Son. He was there before the beginning.
In John 8:58 Jesus tells us that He was before (existed before Abraham), Abraham was born more that 2000 years before Jesus, but God the Son has always existed. The I am means that he has always existed and always will exist.
Jeremiah 10:10a tells us that God is a the true God, a living God and an everlasting King.
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13. Jesus Christ, God the Son, is Before (Existed Before) All Things
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Jesus Christ, God the Son, is Before (Existed Before) All Things
Colossians 1:17 (NASB95)
17He (God the Son) is before (Existed before) all things, and in Him all things hold together.
God is Immortal (Everlasting)
1 Timothy 1:17a (NASB95)
17aNow to the King eternal, immortal, invisible, the only God, be honor and glory forever and ever. Amen.
Colossians 1:17 tells us that God the Son is before (existed before) all things (before anything was created.) Also that God the Son holds all things together. The earth, heavens, seas, etc.
1 Timothy 1:17a tells us that God is eternal (endless), immortal (everlasting) and invisible (because He is a Spirit).
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14. God’s Essence Eternal Life God is in Eternity Future
Psalm 135:13 (NASB95)
13Your name, O Lord, is everlasting, Your remembrance, O Lord, throughout all generations.
Psalm 102:12 (NASB95)
12But You, O Lord, abide forever, And Your name to all generations.
Revelation 4:8–9 (NASB95)
8And the four living creatures, each one of them having six wings, are full of eyes around and within; and day and night they do not cease to say, “Holy, holy, holy is the Lord God, the Almighty, who was and who is and who is to come.”
9And when the living creatures give glory and honor and thanks to Him who sits on the throne, to Him who lives forever and ever,
Psalm 135:13 tells us that the Lord is everlasting and will be remembered throughout all generations into the future.
Psalm 102:12 tells us that the Lord, God abides forever, lives forever.
Revelation 4:8-9 tells us that God will live forever and ever in the eternity future.
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15. God’s Essence Eternal Life
Moses and The Burning Bush
We will now start the story of Moses when he encountered the Burning Bush. Moses, an Israelite (Hebrew), was born during the Israeli captivity in Egypt approx BC. The Israelis at that time were slaves in Egypt. As a baby, he was put and hid in a basket by the Nile river because the King of Egypt, Pharaoh gave an order to kill all of the new born, Israeli (Hebrew) children (boys) in Egypt. Pharaoh’s daughter found him by the Nile river and raised him in the Egyptian court. After he grew up, he was out looking at the Israeli slaves being mistreated by their Egyptian taskmasters and killed one of the taskmasters (Ex. 2:.11-12). He then fled away out of Egypt to the wilderness and became a shepherd tending his father-in-laws sheep. After being a shepherd for many years, he then had the encounter with the burning bush in the wilderness.
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16. God’s Essence Eternal Life
Moses and The Burning Bush
Exodus 3:1–6 (NASB95)
1Now Moses was pasturing the flock of Jethro his father-in-law, the priest of Midian; and he led the flock to the west side of the wilderness and came to Horeb, the mountain of God.
2The angel of the Lord appeared to him in a blazing fire from the midst of a bush; and he looked, and behold, the bush was burning with fire, yet the bush was not consumed.
3So Moses said, “I must turn aside now and see this marvelous sight, why the bush is not burned up.”
4When the Lord saw that he turned aside to look, God called to him from the midst of the bush and said, “Moses, Moses!” And he said, “Here I am.”
5Then He said, “Do not come near here; remove your sandals from your feet, for the place on which you are standing is holy ground.”
6He said also, “I am the God of your father, the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob.” Then Moses hid his face, for he was afraid to look at God.
Read the story of Moses and the burning bush together.
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17. God’s Essence Eternal Life
Information Learned From Moses and The Burning Bush
The Angel of the Lord, God the Son, Appeared to Moses From the Burning Bush
The Bush Was Burning with Fire, But Not Being Burned Up
God Called to Moses From Within the Burning Bush
Moses Was Told by God to Remove His Sandals Because He was on Holy Ground
“I am the God of your father, the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob.”
What does this mean “I am……..”
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18. God’s Essence Eternal Life
Exodus 3:6a (NASB95)
6aHe said also, “I am the God of your father, the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob.”
What Did God Mean When He Said, “I am the God of your father, the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob.”?
Abraham, Isaac and Jacob Had Died Many Years Ago before Moses was born
Abraham’s Body Had Died, but His Soul and Spirt Were Still Living (Luke 16:22-23)
God Had Given Abraham Everlasting Life as a Believer
God is Still His God, Just as He Was When He Lived on The Earth. (Matthew 22:32)
Abraham Had a Beginning, But Because He Had Everlasting Life, His Life Would Have No Ending.
The Eternal Life for Believers is Like God’s Eternal Life But is Different
The Eternal Life of Believers is An Everlasting Life, Because It Has a Beginning at Birth, But Has No End
The Eternal Life of God Had No Beginning And Has No End.
Abraham, Isaac and Jacob were what we call the patriarchs or fathers of the Jewish or Hebrew Faith. God talked to Abraham first and made covenants or promises to him about his descendants, the land they would have and the blessings for them. Isaac was Abraham’s son and Jacob was Isaac’s son.
Abraham died many years before Moses was born as was Isaac and Jacob. Their bodies died but their souls and spirits were still living as we have seen that Abraham was in Hades with Lazarus. Their souls and spirits were there. God had given them Everlasting life. Their lives would have no ending. God did not say “I was the God of your father, the God of Abraham…” God said “ I am…” God is still the God of them (souls and spirits).
God is still their God just as He was when they lived on planet earth. Matt. 22:32
Their lives had a beginning, birth but because they have everlasting life, their lives will have do end.
The eternal life of believers is Like God’s eternal life, but is different
The eternal life of believers is an everlasting life, because it did have a beginning at birth, but has no end.
The eternal life of God had no beginning and has no end.
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19. God’s Essence Eternal Life
Luke 16:22–23 (NASB95)
22“Now the poor man died and was carried away by the angels to Abraham’s bosom; and the rich man also died and was buried.
23“In Hades he lifted up his eyes, being in torment, and saw Abraham far away and Lazarus in his bosom.
Matthew 22:32 (NASB95)
32‘I am the God of Abraham, and the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob’? He is not the God of the dead but of the living.”
In Luke 16:22-23 we see that Abraham’s soul and spirit is still alive even though his body is dead. In Matthew 22:32 we see that God is not the God of the dead but of the living. Even though Abraham’s body is dead, God is still the God of his living soul and spirit. As He Says “I am the God of Abraham….”
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20. God’s Essence Eternal Life
God WAS, IS and Always Will BE
Exodus 3:7–14 (NASB95)
7The Lord said, “I have surely seen the affliction of My people who are in Egypt, and have given heed to their cry because of their taskmasters, for I am aware of their sufferings.
8“So I have come down to deliver them from the power of the Egyptians, and to bring them up from that land to a good and spacious land, to a land flowing with milk and honey, to the place of the Canaanite and the Hittite and the Amorite and the Perizzite and the Hivite and the Jebusite.
9“Now, behold, the cry of the sons of Israel has come to Me; furthermore, I have seen the oppression with which the Egyptians are oppressing them.
10“Therefore, come now, and I will send you to Pharaoh, so that you may bring My people, the sons of Israel, out of Egypt.”
11But Moses said to God, “Who am I, that I should go to Pharaoh, and that I should bring the sons of Israel out of Egypt?”
12And He said, “Certainly I will be with you, and this shall be the sign to you that it is I who have sent you: when you have brought the people out of Egypt, you shall worship God at this mountain.”
13Then Moses said to God, “Behold, I am going to the sons of Israel, and I will say to them, ‘The God of your fathers has sent me to you.’ Now they may say to me, ‘What is His name?’ What shall I say to them?”
14God said to Moses, “I AM WHO I AM”; and He said, “Thus you shall say to the sons of Israel, ‘I AM has sent me to you.’ ”
Read this story together.
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21. God’s Essence Eternal Life
God WAS, IS and Always Will BE
Exodus 3:7–14 (NASB95)
Verse 7 God Said That He Has Seen the Affliction (Suffering) of My People in Egypt
Verse 8 God Said That He Has Come Down to Deliver Them From the Egyptians and to Bring Them to a Good and Spacious Land
Verse 10 God Says to Moses That He Will Send Him to Pharaoh to Bring My People Out of
Egypt
Verse 11 Moses is Saying to God, Who Am I to Do This. Moses Had Doubts if He Could Do This.
Verse 12 God Tells Moses That He Will be With Him
Verse 13 Moses Says That He Will Do It, But Wants to Know What God’s Name is, if The Son’s of Israel Will Ask.
Verse 14 God Says to Moses that “I AM WHO I AM”. And Moses is to Say That “I Am Has Sent Me to you”.
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22. God’s Essence Eternal Life
God WAS, IS and Always Will BE
Exodus 3:14 (NASB95)
14God said to Moses, “I AM WHO I AM”; and He said, “Thus you shall say to the sons of Israel, ‘I AM has sent me to you.’ ”
What Did God Mean by Telling Moses That His Name (God’s Name) is “I AM?
I AM WHO I AM basically says that there was never a time when God was not
There was a time when Moses, you and I were not, before we were born
God always Was, IS, and Will Be, Because He is Eternal Life
God is telling Moses that His name is “I AM”, this name for God means that God has always been, and has always existed. There was never a time when God did not exist.
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23. God’s Essence Eternal Life The Eternal Life of God the Son
John 1:1–3 (NASB95)
1In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God (The Father), and the Word (God the Son) was God.
2He (God the Son) was in the beginning with God (The Father).
3All things came into being through Him (God the Son), and apart from Him (God the Son) nothing came into being that has come into being.
Before All Time Started, God the Father, God the Son, and God the Holy Spirit Lived Together in Heaven
Explain these verses that God the Son always existed, but that He came to earth as the God-Man.
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24. The Eternal Life of God the Son
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The Eternal Life of God the Son
Colossians 1:16 (NASB95)
16For by Him (God the Son) all things were created, both in the heavens and on earth, visible and invisible, whether thrones or dominions or rulers or authorities—all things have been created through Him and for Him.
Jesus Christ is God’s Eternal Word
He Made All Things in Heaven, The Earth, The Seas, The Visible and Invisible
Jesus Christ is The Word Because God Spoke to Men Through Him
God Speaks to Us in The Pages of The Bible, His Written Word
In this verse, Paul is telling the Colossians, that God the Son (Jesus) before he came to earth as the God-Man, created all things in the heavens, earth, visible and invisible, angles, Satan all things were created by him and for him.
In John 1:1ff, Jesus is the Word because God spoke to men through Him. Read John 1:14John 1:14 (NASB95)
14And the Word became flesh, and dwelt among us, and we saw His glory, glory as of the only begotten from the Father, full of grace and truth.
God speaks to us in the pages of the Bible, His written Word.
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25. God’s Essence Eternal Life The Eternal Life of God the Son I Am He
John 8:24b (NASB95)
24b“Therefore I said to you that you will die in your sins; for unless you believe that I am He, you will die in your sins.”
Jesus Was Telling the Pharisees Saying “I am He”, that He is God, God the Son.
“Unless you Believe…..You Will Die in Your Sins (Lake of Fire)
John 8:51 (NASB95)
51“Truly, truly, I say to you, if anyone keeps My word (Believes) he will never see death.”
Jesus is Telling the Jews, That if Anyone Keeps His Word (Believers), They Will Never See Death ( But Have Everlasting Life).
John 8:53 (NASB95)
53“Surely You are not greater than our father Abraham, who died? The prophets died too; whom do You make Yourself out to be?”
They Asked Jesus, “Are you greater than Abraham” and Who Are You?
In the above verses, Jesus is talking with the Pharisees (Jewish religious leaders) and with the Jews in general. In John 8:24b, Jesus is telling the Pharisees that He is God (I AM HE) and that if you don’t believe in Him they will die in their sins (end up in The Lake of Fire).
Jesus is telling the Jews in John 8:51, that if they keep His Word (become believers), they will never see death (spiritual death) but have everlasting Life.
In John 8:53, The Jews are asking Jesus if He is greater than Abraham who has died and who is He.
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26. The Eternal Life of God the Son Before Abraham Was, I AM
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The Eternal Life of God the Son
Before Abraham Was, I AM
John 8:56 (NASB95)
56“Your father Abraham rejoiced to see My day, and he saw it and was glad.”
Jesus Said That “Abraham was happy when he found out that I would come”
John 8:57 (NASB95)
57So the Jews said to Him, “You are not yet fifty years old, and have You seen Abraham?”
The Jew’s were asking Jesus how He could have seen Abraham as he
had died almost 2000 years before and Jesus was not even fifty years old.
John 8:58 (NASB95)
58Jesus said to them, “Truly, truly, I say to you, before Abraham was born, I am.” (I always existed)
Remember at the burning bush, when God the Son told Moses “I AM?
Jesus, God the Son, and God the Father have always existed as “I AM.
In John 8:56, Jesus is saying that Abraham rejoiced to see the Messiah, Jesus, that He would come.
In John 8:57, the Jews were asking Him how did he see Abraham as Jesus was not yet 50 years old and Abraham had died approximately 2000 years before that.
In John 8:58 Jesus is saying that existed as God the Son before Abraham was born. By saying that I AM, means that he always existed with God the Father as God the Son.
Remember, that God the Son, told Moses from the burning bush that I AM. God the Son appeared from the burning bush as the Angel of the Lord.
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27. The Eternal Life of God the Son Before Abraham Was, I AM
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Eternal Life
The Eternal Life of God the Son
Before Abraham Was, I AM
Had Jesus, God the Son, Ever Seen Abraham? Yes!
He Saw Abraham From Heaven When Abraham Was Being Tested
Genesis 22:11 (NASB95)
11But the angel of the Lord (God the Son) called to him from heaven and said, “Abraham, Abraham!” And he said, “Here I am.”
Genesis 22:15 (NASB95)
15Then the angel of the Lord (God the Son) called to Abraham a second time from heaven,
When Abraham was being tested by God the Father to sacrifice his son Isaac. The Angel of the Lord spoke to Him from Heaven in Genesis 22:11 and In Genesis 22:15. He saw Abraham from Heaven.
The Angel of the Lord is God the Son in the OT. Remember that God the Son, The Second Person of the God Head, is a spirit like God the Father is a spirit. God the Son, appeared to men as the Angel of the Lord in the OT.
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28. The Eternal Life (Everlasting Life) For The Believer Has Two Parts
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The Eternal Life (Everlasting Life) For The Believer Has Two Parts
First Is The Quantity, Duration or Length of Everlasting Life
This Means That a Believer Will Live Forever and Ever With a Resurrection Body, Soul and Human Spirit.
Second is The Quality, Feature or Characteristic of Everlasting Life
The Believer Will Live In The Presence of God the Father, God the Son (Jesus), God the Holy Spirit, Elect Angels, and All Believers Forever and Ever. Believers Will Live in The New Heaven and New Earth. There Will Be No Longer Be Any Tears, Death, Mourning, Crying or Pain.
Everlasting life for the believer has two parts. First is the duration or length of eternal life. The Believer will live forever and ever with a resurrection body, soul and human spirit.
The second part of eternal life is the Quality, the feature or characteristic or type of Everlasting life. The Believer will live in the presence of God, Jesus, angels and all Believers in the new heaven and new earth forever.
There will no longer be any tears, death, mourning, crying or pain.
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29. God’s Essence Eternal Life
Revelation 21:1–5 (NASB95)
1Then I saw a new heaven and a new earth; for the first heaven and the first earth passed away, and there is no longer any sea.
2And I saw the holy city, new Jerusalem, coming down out of heaven from God, made ready as a bride adorned for her husband.
3And I heard a loud voice from the throne, saying, “Behold, the tabernacle of God is among men, and He will dwell among them, and they shall be His people, and God Himself will be among them,
4and He will wipe away every tear from their eyes; and there will no longer be any death; there will no longer be any mourning, or crying, or pain; the first things have passed away.”
5And He who sits on the throne said, “Behold, I am making all things new.” And He said, “Write, for these words are faithful and true.”
Read and explain these verses.
In Verse 5, God is saying that He is making all things new. And God says to the apostle John to write, for these words are faithful and true. When we read these words, we should realize that God is telling us when we read these words that they are faithful and True and that we should believe them because God tells us that they are true. Lookup 2 Peter 3:10-13.
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30. The Eternal State God’s Essence Eternal Life
A New Heaven and Earth Will Be Created
A New Holy City, Jerusalem, Will Descent From Heaven
God Will Dwell (Live) Among Believers
There Will No Longer Be Any Tears, Death, Mourning, Crying or Pain
God is Making All Things New
He is Saying That This Is All Going to Happen
Explain these items.
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31. God’s Essence (Attributes)
Eternal Life
Love
Justice
Righteousness
Sovereignty
God
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