Instead of evil, Coleridge thought in terms of pain, arguing that the function of pain in the divine plan is to chasten man for his moral evil and return him to path of virtue. ... Both of these remarks stated by Coleridge himself support his religious intent of the poem, for Paradise Lost is a story of God and Satan; and the virtuous saving the wicked is good verses evil. ... She is representing Jesus, thus the "Christ- in her name. Geraldine symbolizes a devil, for she is "serpent-like- in relevance to the beginning of sin with the snake tempting Eve and evil, casting spells, moaning, and te...

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(Brown: Advent 32) Seeing that Joseph, the legal father of Jesus, is a law biding Jew, the Christian favoring Jews and Gentile of Matthew's community felt following Jesus" teachings is not a evil and corrupt as the majority of the people felt. ... Next, scene two describes the evil King Herod's attempt to find and destroy "The King of Jews", by asking the Magi to inform him when they find the child so that he can "worship him"(Matthew 2:2-8). ...

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He tells the parable of Lazarus in order to illustrate his point, a story that represents Cesira's life. ... Baptism, by imparting the life of Christ's grace, erases original sin and turns one back toward God, but the consequences for nature, weakened and inclined to evil, persist and summon man to spiritual battle. ...

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"4 The identity of the two witnesses needs to be viewed from a literal view to understand what they represent. ... This passage is symbolic to represent the two witnesses similar to Moses and Elijah. ... Even though the witnesses are not literally Moses and Elijah the witnesses will be figures represented "like Moses" and "like Elijah.... Throughout Scripture the number two has played a key role in representing important factors. ... Finally, the dual nature of the witnesses provides a literary contrast with the two evil leaders in Revelation 13:11-12, one of whom also pr...

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"4 The identity of the two witnesses needs to be viewed from a literal view to understand what they represent. ... This passage is symbolic to represent the two witnesses similar to Moses and Elijah. ... Even though the witnesses are not literally Moses and Elijah the witnesses will be figures represented "like Moses" and "like Elijah.... Throughout Scripture the number two has played a key role in representing important factors. ... Finally, the dual nature of the witnesses provides a literary contrast with the two evil leaders in Revelation 13:11-12, one of whom also pr...

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As with most institutions, a leader is necessary within the religious belief system to represent and spread the spoken Word of God, as well as to ensure that these doctrines continue to be fulfilled by its followers. ... With these sacrifices, God promised to "Never again damn the earth because of mankind, for the human heart is bent to evil from the start.... God then asked Noah to build the Ark by stating, " build the Ark under our eye and after our revelation: and plead not with me for the evil doers, for they are to be drowned....

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The Matrix *** Table of Contents Table of Contents Page 2 Introduction Page 3 Summary Page 3 Neo and Jesus: A Comparison Page 6 Nebuchadnezzar: Who was he? Page 13 Type of History Page 14 Conclusion Page 16 Bibliography Page 19 *** Introduction The Matrix is a sci-fi movie that makes you think. Its main plot is that the world we live in is a virtual world and in the REAL world we, the humans, are used as batteries for the machines (our enemies). The special effects are astonishing and the writers made most of the movie, a hi-t...

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After the waters receded, Noah built an altar to offer a sacrifice to God, while He made a covenant with His faithful servant, "Never again will I curse the ground because of man, even though every inclination of his heart is evil from childhood.. ... According to Motyer, "The Tabernacle represents the completion and climax of God's redemption of His people. ...

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Within a faith tradition, historical personas help to define, or at the very least provide a general understanding of acceptable and intolerable behavior within that tradition. Such illustrious figures may seem palpable in our day-to-day lives because their legacies have endured throughout the ages ...

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THE BIBLE"S WORD: "GOSPEL" INTRODUCTION There are few words that harness such spiritual magnitude as the word "gospel." In fact, the gospel of Christ "is the power of God unto salvation" (Rom. 1:16).# In essence, it is God's dynamite# which is used to clear away the rubble of sin so that we ...

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