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On 2/20/2020 3:42 PM, Miracles Are Seen In Light wrote:
"God is, and in Him all created things must be eternal."
- A Course in Miracles, Manual For Teachers, Section 27, "What Is Death?"
"Christ is risen from the dead, and has become the firstfruits of those who have
fallen asleep.
The last enemy that will be destroyed is death."
- Paul the Apostle, 1 Corinthians 15:20,26, Holy Bible, New Testament, NKJV
"Behold, I tell 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 trumpet. For the
trumpet will sound, and the dead will 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 has put on incorruption, and this mortal
has put on immortality, then shall be brought to pass the saying that is written:
“Death is swallowed up in victory.”
“O Death, where is your sting?
O Hades, where is your victory?"
The sting of death is sin, and the strength of sin is the law. But thanks be to God, who gives us the victory through our Lord Jesus Christ."
- Paul the Apostle, 1 Corinthians 15:52-57, Holy Bible, New Testament, NKJV
"The "reality" of death is firmly rooted in the belief that God's Son is a body.
And if God created bodies, death would indeed be real. But God would not
be loving. There is no point at which the contrast between the perception of the real world and that of the world of illusions becomes more sharply
evident. Death is indeed the death of God, if He is Love. And now His Own creation must stand in fear of Him. He is not Father, but destroyer. He is not Creator, but avenger. Terrible His Thoughts and fearful His image. To look
on His creations is to die.
"And the last to be overcome will be death." Of course! Without the idea of death there is no world. All dreams will end with this one. This is
salvation's final goal; the end of all illusions. And in death are all illusions
born. What can be born of death and still have life? But what is born of God and still can die? The inconsistencies, the compromises and the rituals the world fosters in its vain attempts to cling to death and yet to think love real are mindless magic, ineffectual and meaningless. God is, and in Him all
created things must be eternal. Do you not see that otherwise He has an opposite, and fear would be as real as love?
Teacher of God, your one assignment could be stated thus: Accept no
compromise in which death plays a part. Do not believe in cruelty, nor let attack conceal the truth from you. What seems to die has but been
misperceived and carried to illusion. Now it becomes your task to let the illusion be carried to the truth. Be steadfast but in this; be not deceived by the "reality" of any changing form. Truth neither moves nor wavers nor
sinks down to death and dissolution. And what is the end of death? Nothing
but this; the realization that the Son of God is guiltless now and forever. Nothing but this. But do not let yourself forget it is not less than this."
- A Course in Miracles, Manual For Teachers, Section 27, "What Is Death?"
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