Kingdom Parables

THE KINGDOM PARABLES
Rev 21:14 Then death and Hades were thrown into the lake of fire. The lake of fire
is the second death. 15 If anyone's name was not found written in the
book of life, he was thrown into the lake of fire.
For the unrighteous remains another life and another death a period of
separation from God as we had during the Adamic age of fall.
21:1 Then I saw a new heaven and a new earth, for the first heaven and the first
earth had passed away, and there was no longer any sea. For the righteous remains
the new heaven and the new earth with the eternal presence of God. There is no decay
nor death.
Evidently here we have the separation two types of universes. One
where there is no decay and the other where there is decay.
3.6 BEGINNINGS OF HERESIES
Evidently the period referred here is restricted to one particular period
in history. It stretches from the germination of the church to the end of
the churches. It started then from the apostolic church and culminated
in the Pergamum Church age and continues to flourish.
We shall try to identify these heretic teachings in the early church as best
as we can.
a. Arianism
Arianism, is a Trinitarian doctrine promoted by Arius (c250-336). This
denied the divinity of Christ and focused on the dissimilarity between
the Father and Son. It proposed that the Son had a beginning unlike the
eternal Father who always existed. Therefore, the Son was subordinate
to the Father and is not only not equal but is not one in essence. He
earned his rank from participation in grace or adoption by God. Around
320, Arius's beliefs were questioned by Bishop Alexander of Alexandria.
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