Yoo Ilhoon itibaren Sree Ramagiri Village, Andhra Pradesh , India

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05/03/2024

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2019-11-24 08:41

Parenthood (Çılgın Aile) TrendKitaplar Kütüphanesi

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This is a 2002 revised edition that I bought out of curiosity because of its subtitle: Isaiah and the New Jerusalem. There are so many strange theories about the New Jerusalem floating around that I felt it would be a relief to read what a professor had to say, based on the vision of Isaiah that kicked off the whole dream in the first place. It’s fascinating to me that Mouw matter-of-factly assumes his readers agree literally with what the scriptures say about an afterlife, on earth, in the New Jerusalem. This New Jerusalem is unquestionably described in both Isaiah and Revelation as a city on earth, and that’s how Mouw reads it. Yet Mouw speculates about whether household pets have souls, and what our heavenly bodies will be like. He wonders what it really means when scripture says the ships of Tarshish shall come to the city, bringing cedars from Lebanon. There must be present-day analogies to these things, since this is presumably still in our future, so he goes searching for the “proud and lofty” things of present day cultures to make sense of ancient promises. Mouw assumes his readers picture heaven as real, physical, in the future, and on earth, not up behind the clouds. Of course Mouw is right and the Bible does describe the New Jerusalem as a city on earth. Nobody who carefully reads Isaiah chapter 60 (the book’s proof text), or the last couple of chapters of Revelation, could conclude otherwise. Isaiah dreams of a day when God will be back in control of this world, and Revelation posits that it will happen in conjunction with a bodily resurrection to live again on earth—using imagery that most lay Christians today correlate with heaven. Hence the provocative title of Mouw’s book: “When the Kings Come Marching In.” Both Isaiah and Revelation describe kings of the nations visiting the New Jerusalem. That’s an intriguing picture, isn’t it? What are these pagan kings doing in “heaven”? Or do they come from Christian nations? Are they all saved? This puzzle highlights the complexity of trying to read the Old Testament from a Christian standpoint, since when Isaiah made that promise, there was no Christian concept of “saved” or “unsaved.” Mouw speculates that the kings come to Jerusalem for a different kind of transaction, rather than to be accepted among the saved. Perhaps they bring the “wealth of the nations” to God’s people. Or perhaps they come (presumably against their will) to be judged, because justice must be done and God’s people must be avenged publicly. There is much more to the book, of course; I’m merely highlighting the topic of the book’s title. I find this book to be a curious blending of ancient and modern beliefs, and wonder if it doesn’t do violence to both by trying to merge both together like pieces of a puzzle.

2019-11-24 10:41

6 dan 66 ya Herkes İçin Arapça 4 TrendKitaplar Kütüphanesi

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**Some very minor spoilers, but don't worry they won't destroy the reading experience.** I actually enjoyed this book. Yes, me enjoying the second book in a YA series... I've got to be joking right? No, I'm not. Yes there was pesky love triangle and relationship angst (don't make me go into details unless you want some major spoilers), but the plot in this story was amazing! I found we readers learn a lot more about the Hounds of Heaven (Urbat or whatever they're called) and Grace is steadily learning to adapt to her lifestyle, as well as coping with the aftermath of the events in the last book. Of course she has gorgeous Christian bad boy Daniel to help her, and all is well... until the seventh chapter. Well, at least we got past the third chapter (Crescendo, into the naughty corner!!). Although, surprisingly i find that this romance takes a back seat, to the gorgeous web of events Bree has created. One think i did like about this book, was it's noticeable lack of... churchiness. Not trying to be offensive or anything, but I'm really not a churchy type of person (the Bible passages in the first book nearly had me putting it down), while maintaining very lovely values, this book has a considerable lack of the religion it had in the first book. I was torn between missing it and not. Well, the cover of this book... sigh. I realise many readers found the Dark Divine's cover to be... creepy. i agree with you. It was a nice little differ to many YA covers floating around, but those legs looked grotesque (sorry cover art person). i have to say the cover really does improve in this novel. A different pose eliminates that skinniness, which is kinda cool, and the colour change was fairly refreshing. Moving onto the end, after some of those pesky events finally wrap themselves up, and sort themselves out (leaving a few more answers hopefully resolved in the next book), we end with a cliffhanger. Dun, dun, DUN!! It's a satisfying cliffhanger though, yes it has you gasping a bit, but i found it to be a very twisted little devil of a paragraph; something i didn't expect, and is making me look forward to reading the next book. Overall, i gave this book a nice little four star rating because of the way it decidedly ignored the love triangle, but still made it present enough to be a catalyst of many things. The writing was brill and the plot was a story that i loved. Looking forward to the next in the series, will definitely be picking it up!! :) Love, Crystal

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