Eternity

us complications to understand how the triune God works in eternity and in time without changing his substance. When it comes to the incarnation, this identity problem seems to become more obvious. How could divine God become human without changing his substance? To preserve divine immutability in the incarnation, the doctrine of God has been developed based on a priori probability. As a result,…

have the authority to end a person’s life but only God can. Jesus Christ had created all human beings, animals and nature and because of this, He holds the power. Similarly, “Because I could not stop for Death” poem also consists of the same theme, eternity. Emily Dickinson used her own authentic writing skills to emphasize about God’s Grace. Although, many historians could not testify whether she believes in Christ or not but all readers can comprehend from the poem that she wrote about…

change a lot. The quote “For death is no more than a turning of us over from time to eternity” by William Penn, had really changed my life. Death to me is not scary or sad anymore. Some people might not agree with my opinion but all they have to do is read the quote a couple times. Seeing this quote make me feel so happy. It lets me know that there is absolutely nothing to fear. Time is a symbol for Earth and Eternity is the afterlife. All we do is go from earth to Heaven and Hell. I have the…

and eternity; without these then there would be nothing. There are two cities Babylon, and Jerusalem One of the cities was about love or self and the other was about love about God in neighbor. There are two different types which is the reason for philosophy and theology. Theology is mainly about love, faith, and religion. Philosophy is about reason through science than faith in God. This section was about conversion and also his conversion and if God exists and evil in the world but eternity…

light of Christ’s revelation. Although they didn’t suffer from physical torment, these souls were condemned to an eternity of hopelessness, for they would never be able to experience the light of Christ. Virgil, who is representative of human reasoning, belonged to this circle, along with various poets, philosophers, and those who lived good lives. For the rest of eternity, they would desire to be with God with the knowledge that this would never occur.…

seems to regard death as a change in mind, rather than a total departure. The last stanza shows that Dickinson regards death as eternity, rather than a final end. In short, Death in this poem is not something to be feared, but should be taken as something…

“Because I could not stop for death” by Emily Dickinson, displays poetic excellence because, it is not didactic, it contains no sentiment, and uses figurative language excellently. The theme of the poem is, when people die, they go into a new life of eternity and have a new beginning. The poem is about a woman who nears death and sees death as something pleasant because her life has become sorrow, which is symbolized with the broken down house. Death is personified as a gentleman caller to show…

morals. This is why Richard sees her as a threat. She could win over anyone because people don’t doubt her. Richard knew he had to get rid of her to make himself more powerful, but she stuck to her morals, and so she will be rewarded in Heaven for eternity. When Richard was offered the crown, he put on a show to make others see what a “Christian man” he is. Even though everyone claims to be Christian and do all good deeds, in reality, those who go around flaunting their faith, usually are the…

came calling for her. In the first stanza, the poet claims she went on too busily to stop for death, so out of his civility he stopped for her in his carriage along with “immortality.” At first death seemed gentlemanly, but from the perspective of eternity resembles a seducer. As they begin traveling in the carriage, they pass many places and near a cemetery, the location where the writer has dwelt for centuries. In the realm of death, time elapsed into centuries, though it seems shorter than…

This was where poets from before the Middle Ages died without knowing Jesus. Dante then continues to the next circle of hell which is for those commit the sin of lust. In the circle the souls spin around in a storm for eternity. Dante meets Francesca who explains that she had an affair with her husband's brother which landed them both in hell. The third circle of hell is for those who commit gluttony, or greed. They must endure a rain of filth and excrement. In the fourth…