{"id":1276,"date":"2016-05-13T19:25:33","date_gmt":"2016-05-13T19:25:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/omnesmag.com\/?p=1276"},"modified":"2025-05-09T13:56:10","modified_gmt":"2025-05-09T11:56:10","slug":"the-highest-expression-of-the-divine-and-the-human","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.omnesmag.com\/en\/recursos\/argumentos\/el-cielo-maxima-expresion-de-lo-divino-y-de-lo-humano\/","title":{"rendered":"Heaven: the highest expression of the divine and the human"},"content":{"rendered":"
We call it sky<\/i>because it evokes transcendence, infinity, the overcoming of the limit. We also say \"vision of God\", beatific vision<\/i>because God, whom we see, is infinitely blessed, happy. The expression communion<\/i> It is also valid to speak of man's immortal destiny, because it is a close union with God that does not eliminate the human subject, a union between two who love each other: the Creator and the creature. One could also say happiness<\/i> perfect<\/i>because with God man finds a definitive satisfaction. The term paradise<\/i>The \"sealed garden\" expresses well the material and corporeal delight that awaits men who have been faithful to God. We also call it glory<\/i>because it denotes honor, wealth, power, influence, light. And finally, the Johannine expression eternal life<\/i>life that God instills in man when he creates and saves him, but in this case the life of God<\/i>and therefore eternal, permanent as God is.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Eternal life and faith in Jesus Christ<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n
According to the New Testament the gift of eternal life depends on faith in Jesus Christ. \"Everyone who sees the Son and believes in him has eternal life, and I will raise him up on the last day.\"<\/i> (Jn 6:40). \"Whoever hears my word and believes him who sent me possesses eternal life.\"<\/i> (Jn 5:24). In other words, for those who believe in Jesus Christ, eternal life, the life of God, already begins in this life. Perhaps for this reason we can speak, as does a document from the seventh century, the \"Bangor Antiphonary\", of \"eternal life in the glory of Christ.\"<\/i>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n