God cannot die. The divinity cannot undergo death. Thus, we say in the Trisagion, “Holy is God, Holy is the Powerful , Holy is the Living and Immortal.” However, the Lord Christ is not only Godhead, but He is united with a human body. He took on Himself a body of our human nature and …
It is true that the Blood of Christ is for all people and we should be confident of the sufficiency of His Blood: for He gave us redemption sufficient for the forgiveness of the sins of all people in all generations, but…..the words “Our attitude towards the Lord Christ is not important” are completely wrong …
The Lord Christ saved us from spiritual and moral death. With regard to spiritual death which is separation from God, the apostle tells us, “We were reconciled to God through the death of His Son.” (Rom 5:10). As for moral death, the Lord delivered us from it restoring us to our first rank. He gave …
It seems that the question concentrates on the death of the body alone, whereas there are other kinds of deaths which our forefathers died on that same day: 1. There is moral death, by which our forefathers lost the divine image they had in the likeness of God (Gen 1:26, 27). After Adam had sinned, …
God inflicted punishment on Adam, “In the sweat of your face you shall eat bread”, “Cursed is the ground for your sake, in toil you shall eat of it.” (Gen 3:19,17) and He punished Eve, “I will greatly multiply your sorrow and your conception; in pain you shaft bring forth children.” (Gen 3:16). Then the …
