Look carefully at the left hand side of the left image. Do you see it? "IhS CRISTOS REX REJNANTIUM"
Posted on 03/20/2015 6:18:32 PM PDT by RnMomof7
No, Christ will not die tomorrow. He died once for all almost 2000 years ago for our sins: “For Christ also died for sins once for all, the just for the unjust, so that He might bring us to God” (1 Peter 3:18). No, He will not die again: “knowing that Christ having been raised up from among [the] dead dies no more: death has dominion over him no more.” (Romans 6:9) Yes, He has risen once for all! And by their carnal traditions men teach people that Christ dies again and again each year, and then with this same carnal corruption they make wars with each other because of their contradictory traditions, and then with the same carnal mind they seek to be united with ungodly principles, under the flag of the Antichrist, under the principles of Ecumenism. Their followers are learning that Christ dies again and again, so death has dominion over their false christ, therefore they still walk in death, and not in newness of life, and sin is master over them. No… no, dear brothers… Christ has risen! He has risen once for all! He will not die again anymore! Death has no dominion over Him! It was because of our sins that He died, and not because of any sin in Him! And all those who have this truth in their hearts by faith will reign with Him! They do not kill Him again and again! They have risen with Him to walk in newness of life, so they will never die in sin again: “We have been buried therefore with him by baptism unto death, in order that, even as Christ has been raised up from among [the] dead by the glory of the Father, so we also should walk in newness of life.” (Romans 6:4) If we have the true faith in Christ, then we are united with Him by baptism unto death, so we walk in newness of life, because sin has no dominion over us anymore just as death has no dominion over our Lord anymore: “For sin shall not have dominion over you, for ye are not under law but under grace.” (Romans 6:14) But those who do not have this true faith in Christ, then how will they reign with Him? No, they will fall, like those rocky places where the seed of the sower fell: “But he that is sown on the rocky places — this is he who hears the word and immediately receives it with joy, but has no root in himself, but is for a time only; and when tribulation or persecution happens on account of the word, he is immediately offended.” (Matthew 13:20-21) They will fall like those among the thorns: “And the one on whom seed was sown among the thorns, this is the man who hears the word, and the worry of the world and the deceitfulness of wealth choke the word, and it becomes unfruitful.” (Matthew 13:22) This is a dead faith. But those who have put their trust on the once-for-all Sacrifice of the cross know by faith that Christ has risen. It is through this faith alone that they are made alive by the Grace of God alone; they have eternal life: “Verily, verily, I say unto you, that he that hears my word, and believes him that has sent me, has life eternal, and does not come into judgment, but is passed out of death into life. Verily, verily, I say unto you, that an hour is coming, and now is, when the dead shall hear the voice of the Son of God, and they that have heard shall live.” (John 5:24-25) Notice that “now is“… This is indeed the first resurrection, when they hear the voice of the Son of God, and all those who hear LIVE: “And I saw thrones; and they sat upon them, and judgment was given to them; and the souls of those beheaded on account of the testimony of Jesus, and on account of the word of God; and those who had not done homage to the beast nor to his image, and had not received the mark on their forehead and hand; and they lived and reigned with the Christ a thousand years: the rest of the dead did not live till the thousand years had been completed. This [is] the first resurrection. Blessed and holy he who has part in the first resurrection: over these the second death has no power; but they shall be priests of God and of the Christ, and shall reign with him a thousand years.” (Revelation 20:4-6) Yes, only over these sin shall not have dominion, because only these have the life of Christ in them; they are all those true Christians who live and reign with Christ, although in flesh they are persecuted and killed for their testimony! As they hear the voice of the Son of God, they live once for all and reign with Him; this is the first resurrection. Of course those who believe in a christ who dies again and again every year, and even every week and day, do not rise yet in this first resurrection; they are under the dominion of sin and death; they serve as slaves; they can’t reign with Christ like the elect: “Since therefore the children partake of blood and flesh, he also, in like manner, took part in the same, that through death he might annul him who has the might of death, that is, the devil; and might set free all those who through fear of death through the whole of their life were subject to bondage.” (Hebrews 2:14-15)
If you are still in your sins and you do not have Christ by faith, then you are a slave of sin, even though you may think that you are free: “They answered him, We are Abraham’s seed, and have never been under bondage to any one; how sayest thou, Ye shall become free? Jesus answered them, Verily, verily, I say to you, Every one that practises sin is the bondman of sin. Now the bondman abides not in the house for ever: the son abides for ever. If therefore the Son shall set you free, ye shall be really free.” (John 8:33-36)
Repent, turn to God by faith in the Lord Jesus Christ. He is the only Savior.
Gospel ping
That’s true. Besides, Nisan 14 isn’t for like two weeks yet, anyway.
Psst! Does somebody think that IHS dies on every Good Friday? Real question.
No. No Christian tradition believes that Jesus dies again every Good Friday (nor every Great and Holy Friday as we call the corresponding commemoration on the Orthodox calendar), nor does any Christian tradition, though every confession that existed prior to the 16th century believes the Eucharist is a sacrifice, believe that Jesus dies again at every Mass or Liturgy — rather the sacrifice once offered on the Cross is present again in the Body and Blood of Christ.
The article it attacking a straw man, not actually offering a real critique of any doctrine actually believed by Christians East or West.
Actually it is a very odd critique, since the strains of non-Papal Western Christianity most critical of commemorations of events in Our Lord God and Savior Jesus Christ’s earthly ministry tend to be the most philo-Semitic, and the amamnesis represented the traditional commemoration of Pascha, Our Lord’s passing over from death to life (and of Our Lord’s Saving death two days earlier) is exactly parallel to the amamnesis in the Jewish Pesach commemoration of the Angel of Death passing over the children of Israel and the Jews passing over from slavery to freedom. (Notice the same consonants in the proper name for the feast commemorating Our Lord’s Resurrection. This is not an accident. It is the same word — the consonants are the root of the word in Semitic languages — and it is quite possible since the vowels were added to Hebrew writing only in the Middle Ages, that the Christ-denying Jews deliberately changed the vowels so the Hebrew word for Passover would no longer be identical to the name of the Christian Feast of the Resurrection.)
Thank you.
There is no IHS in Christianity...You'll find that trinity in Roman paganism...
So says you, all the while knowing that IHS is also an abbreviation for Isis, Horus, and Seb in pagan circles...Why would anyone use a single Greek abbreviation in a sentence composed entirely of English words???
To see a Catholic type the name JESUS on FR or most anywhere is a rare occasion...It's always Christ, never Jesus or Jesus Christ...
Look carefully at the left hand side of the left image. Do you see it? "IhS CRISTOS REX REJNANTIUM"
Really? Which "pagan circles"? Where? Prove it.
I've only read the "isis/horus/seb" garbage in one place.
BTW, that coin is Byzantine Greek, and dates from about AD 690.
The author's wording does hint at certain "traditions" without actually naming them--like you, though, I've never heard of this belief withim them. Now, I may find it plausible that this belief may be found within some group that may consider itself Christian but is at some distance from the "mainstream." Then again, whose belief would it be?
(In my limited experience with polemic, I've never seen this idea, but it reminds me of the idea that Catholics-- and presumably others as well, if the accusers were more aware of them--seek to "re-sacrifice" Christ eucharistically.)
(In my limited experience with polemic, I've never seen this idea, but it reminds me of the idea that Catholics-- and presumably others as well, if the accusers were more aware of them--seek to "re-sacrifice" Christ eucharistically.)
The_Reader_David, after re-reading your earlier post, I noticed that I'd inadvertently recapitulated your mention. (I should've remembered the mention, especially because it was near what I quoted in my own post.)
As I hinted in my last post, I've been wondering if the "Good Friday" idea presented there is an outgrowth, some other alteration, or even a garbling of the claim "that Jesus dies again at every Mass or Liturgy." Since the "Good Friday" claim seems unusual in my experience, I was wondering if it's related to a more common claim.
Then I reread the original article and noticed "those who believe in a christ who dies again and again every year, and even every week and day"; although this part is buried deep within the long first paragraph and may not be obvious on a quick reading, it points beyond Good Friday to "every...day."
The early Jehovah’s Witnesses made a similar silly claim, only when I first read it, the ‘S’ was said to stand for “Set.”
I’ve pretty much decided that such nonsense and things like attacks on Nicene or Chalcedonian ideas are like smoke or chaff. Life is too short.
It mattereth not; for Mary ever liveth!!!
Bonaventure: …the gates of heaven will open to all who confide in the protection of Mary. Blessed are they who know thee, O Mother of God, for the knowledge of THEE is the high road to everlasting life, and the publication of thy virtues is the way of ETERNAL SALVATION . Give ear, O ye nations; and all you who desire heaven , serve, honor Mary, and certainly you will find ETERNAL LIFE.
Ephem: …devotion to the divine Mother…is the unlocking of the heavenly Jerusalem.
Blosius: To the, O Lady, are committed the KEYS and the treasures of the kingdom of Heaven.
Ambrose: …constantly pray ‘Open to us, O Mary, the gates of paradise, since thou hast its KEYS.
Fulgetius: …by Mary God descended from Heaven into the world, that by HER man might ascend from earth to Heaven.
Athanasius: …And, thou, O Lady, wast filled with grace, that thou mightiest be the way of our SALVATION and the means of ascent to the heavenly Kingdom.
Richard of Laurence: Mary, in fine, is the mistress of heaven; for there she commands as she wills, and ADMITS whom she wills.
Guerric: …he who serves Mary and for whom she intercedes, is as CERTAIN of heaven as if he were already there…and those who DO NOT serve Mary will NOT BE SAVED.
Anselm: It suffices, O Lady, that thou willest it, and our SALVATION is certain.
Antoninus: …souls protected by Mary, and on which she casts her eyes, are NECESSARILY JUSTIFIED AND SAVED.
Likewise...
To see a Catholic type Mary; Mother of JESUS most anywhere is a rare occasion...It's most always Mary; Mother of GOD
But since they ENDLESSLY repeat...
Hail Mary; Mother of GOD...
It kinda gets stuck in their brain.
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