Religious Norms And Religion Analysis

People all over the world keep to certain religious norms often influenced by their culture and the society they belong to. At the first sight, all the religions differ in sets of beliefs. However, they actually have much in common as all of them aim to provide a person with some patterns of behavior, a sense of life and one’s role and place in the world. The major world’s religion are Christianity, Islam, and Judaism. Belonging to one of these religions implies the belief in the same monotheistic God. Therefore, religious norms share the same idea of the existence of a higher power that is responsible for creating, maintaining, and destroying the world. The doctrines of these religions are based on the core values and beliefs concerning salvation, …show more content…
Green explains the meaning of the kingdom of heaven and states that it expresses the absolute sovereignty of God over the world He has created and conveys the message that people should serve their King and fulfill his will in their lives both on earth and in heaven (Green n.p.) The author also mentions that the kingdom of heaven has two demand. The first is to enter it by repentance and faith and the second is to keep to the ethics of the kingdom by caring for the poor and powerless who are blessed by the Lord (Green n.p.) It means that the Christians’ souls that enter the heavenly realm have to accept the new style of life and give up materialistic wishes on behalf of the eternal life with their Master who has saved them and sacrificed His life for paying their …show more content…
The Christian doctrine conveys the clear image of heaven as “the goal of the Christian’s salvation, the fulfillment of the spiritual desire and yearning” (Ferguson 512). However, one can hardly find the exact description of the God’s realm the souls spend the infinity with their Master. In early Christianity, there was a belief that the life in heaven meant a life lived in a body. This body had to be externally similar to the material one, however, it was supposed to be of a different quality. From this point of view, the joy experienced by the soul in heaven was human and material rather than spiritual in character. Later on, “the indescribable joy of heaven was defined less in terms of sensual delights and more in terms of the beatifying (in the west) and deifying (in the east) vision of God” (Ferguson 512). In other words, the life in heaven was then perceived as a spiritual existence in eternity. Those who enter the kingdom of heaven are blessed by their King as they can see the real image of Him and the Holy Trinity enhance their spiritual identities. They are given a possibility to enjoy the eternal life in the company of angels and saints, and it is definitely the most desirable wish of true Christians. All things considered, the doctrine of heaven is a significant part of the Christian theology as it presents the ultimate goal of any Christian who believes in salvation and