tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28189019.post115327397188775102..comments2023-11-03T11:37:04.473+00:00Comments on nothing new under the sun: Requiem aeternambyron smithhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17938334606675769903noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28189019.post-1154170276529270792006-07-29T11:51:00.000+01:002006-07-29T11:51:00.000+01:00Thanks Sam. And thanks - it was taken on Boxing Da...Thanks Sam. And thanks - it was taken on Boxing Day from Watsons Bay looking back at Sydney CBD.byron smithhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17938334606675769903noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28189019.post-1153512572328622742006-07-21T21:09:00.000+01:002006-07-21T21:09:00.000+01:00I have a soft spot for the Faure.As far as I under...I have a soft spot for the Faure.<BR/><BR/>As far as I understand it, the Requiem combines commendation and supplication (ie we give them to God, we ask God to take care of them).<BR/><BR/>BTW loved your piccie 'good not the enemy...)Sam Charles Nortonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04088870675715850624noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28189019.post-1153480488759125032006-07-21T12:14:00.000+01:002006-07-21T12:14:00.000+01:00Completely away from the serious theological discu...Completely away from the serious theological discussion, if you like a good Requiem - I enjoyed Preisner's Requiem for My Friend (for Krzysztof Kieslowski who did the Three Colours movies, for which Preisner was the composer).<BR/><BR/>Not a requiem, but in a similar vein I really love Gorecki's Symphony of Sorrowoful Songs (Symphony 3).Mister Timhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08825856773085135599noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28189019.post-1153471929318732572006-07-21T09:52:00.000+01:002006-07-21T09:52:00.000+01:00is there some kind of rest, provisional even, prio...<I>is there some kind of rest, provisional even, prior to and still in anticipation of the new creation for those who die in Christ before it is fulfilled?</I><BR/><BR/>Well, Jesus tells the dying thief that today he will be 'in paradise' (Lk 23), which seems to imply some kind of garden in which to rest, though this isn't necessarily the final state - we know this because it wasn't the final byron smithhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17938334606675769903noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28189019.post-1153435713618566722006-07-20T23:48:00.000+01:002006-07-20T23:48:00.000+01:00I think it was this question that I was getting at...I think it was this question that I was getting at when I asked you about the 1st (and 2nd) resurrection in Revelation. That is, is there some kind of rest, provisional even, prior to and still in anticipation of the new creation for those who die in Christ before it is fulfilled?<BR/><BR/>Apologies for the convolution!Drewhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03148452877425621293noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28189019.post-1153434095549186962006-07-20T23:21:00.000+01:002006-07-20T23:21:00.000+01:00I think we are in agreement - for a christian, dea...I think we are in agreement - for a christian, death is not the end. Could we say that a christian still hopes in death, because the renewal of all things is not yet realised?<BR/><BR/>And as a correction to the earlier comment, he preached on 5:1-11.Mandyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07386483160078580069noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28189019.post-1153401429733784532006-07-20T14:17:00.000+01:002006-07-20T14:17:00.000+01:00What about 'resting in peace' - a comment rather t...What about 'resting in peace' - a comment rather than a supplication?<BR/><BR/>Though my point was wondering whether the 'rest' for which we're hoping is at death or after the end of the 'restlessness' of the period in which death rules. Is even being in 'paradise' or the 'with Christ, which is better by far' to be equated with the sabbath-rest of the people of God?<BR/><BR/>...and <B>welcome byron smithhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17938334606675769903noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28189019.post-1153387701075577282006-07-20T10:28:00.000+01:002006-07-20T10:28:00.000+01:00At TBT in the Cathedral on Sunday night Phillip Je...At TBT in the Cathedral on Sunday night Phillip Jensen preached on Rom 5:1-10 and he indicated that a Christian would not have 'rest in peace' on their headstone, for that is a prayer that indicates uncertainty as to what has happened to them in death. Rather he argued that a Christian can have boldly proclaimed on their tombstone 'at peace' for we know that we are at peace with God through Mandyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07386483160078580069noreply@blogger.com