Death of Man

Genesis 2:17 “but the tree of knowledge of good and evil, and do not eat the fruit, because on that day when you eat it, thou shalt surely die.” Death entered because of sin in human life human disobedience to the commandments of God.
Humans Adam and Eve, were created on the sixth day of Genesis 1:27-31 says: "So God created man in His image, the image of God he created him; male and female he created them. God bless them ...... And God saw everything that made him that, really very good.And the evening and the morning were the sixth day.

On the seventh day God rested and sanctified, the human life after the seventh day is eternal life until one day humans to disobey God by eating the fruit from the tree of knowledge of good and evil, in the end they were expelled from the Garden of Eden (Genesis 3:23). Since then the old man began to be calculated and the Bible records in Genesis 5:6 that Adam reached age 930 years and then die.

Methuselah reached the age of the longest in human history that is 969 years. What about today's human beings? Consciously or unconsciously when we are born into this world, we've been in long queues to get in the door of death. Willing or unwilling we are bound and subject to the law of death, Genesis 3:19 says: "By the sweat you shall eat bread, till thou return to the ground, since from it you were taken; for you are dust and to dust you will return. "

The problem is now whether we have to prepare ourselves to enter into the gates of death, because behind it we can no longer improve our lives, whether eternal death or eternal life we will receive on the other side of death, it depends on our lives today This ..... There are two images of human death before he receives eternal death.

First, morally dead.
Genesis 3:6-7, the woman saw that the tree was good for food and pleasant looks of it, besides the tree was interesting because it gives light. Then she took from its fruit and ate and gave also to her husband who together with her, and her husband were eating it. Then their eyes were opened and they both knew that they were naked so they sewed fig leaves together and made coverings for themselves.

Disobedience to God's command to make a new character for human, sinful nature. In fact, humans began to form an innate desire for self-serving without regard to God or anyone else, so now we can see the moral decadence that happens everywhere, humans create disorder by breaking God's commandments, and undermine the standard of living systems and human life. With a variety of interests, people in forced labor and forced to attend or participate in the current fall damage, this moral death if not promptly repaired or restored then eternal death be waiting for us behind the doors of death.

Second, the spiritually dead.
Genesis 3:8-10, When they heard the steps of the LORD God walking in the garden at the time of the day was cool, man and his wife hide it against the LORD God among the trees in the park. But the LORD God called the man and said to him: "Where are you?" He replied: "When I heard thy voice in the garden, I was afraid because I was naked; so I hid.

Once the damaged or dead man's moral relationship with God then itself becomes corrupted, this is called spiritual death. Adam and Eve hid when he heard the footsteps of God, people who have dropped their religious moral values, too. He will distance themselves from church meetings, no more fellowship with God, life would feel empty, no purpose, and tend to sin in his life, only Jesus who could restore a person's spiritual death.

Eternal death.
Eternal death is described in the Book of Matthew 25:41 "And he shall say also to those on His left: Depart from me, ye cursed people, to depart into the eternal fire which has been prepared for the devil and angel -angels "

Mark 9:44 says: "in place that worms will not die, and the fire is not quenched. And if thy foot offend thee, cut it, it is better for thee to enter life lame than with two feet to be cast into hell; in place that worms will not die, and the fire is not quenched. And if thine eye offend thee, pluck it out, it is better for you to enter the kingdom of God with one eye than having two eyes to be cast into hell, where the caterpillars dead do not die and the fire is not extinguished. Since everyone will be salted with fire.

Revelation 14:10 says: "then he will drink of the wine of the wrath of God, which is provided without any mixture in the cup of his wrath, and he shall be tormented with fire and brimstone in the presence of the holy angels and in the presence of the Lamb. And the smoke of their torment goes up forever, and day and night they never stopped being tortured, those who worship the beast and his image, and anyone who has received a sign his name. "

Kematian Manusia

Kejadian 2:17, "tetapi pohon pengetahuan tentang yang baik dan yang jahat itu, janganlah kau makan buahnya, sebab pada hari engkau memakannya, pastilah engkau mati. Kematian masuk dalam kehidupan manusia karena dosa ketidaktaatan manusia terhadap perintah Allah.
Manusia Adam dan Hawa, diciptakan pada hari keenam. Kitab Kejadian 1:27-31 mengatakan: “Maka Allah menciptakan manusia itu menurut gambar-Nya, menurut gambar Allah diciptakan-Nya dia; laki-laki dan perempuan diciptakan-Nya mereka. Allah memberkati mereka......Maka Allah melihat segala yang dijadikan-Nya itu, sungguh amat baik. Jadilah petang dan jadilah pagi, itulah hari keenam."

Pada hari ke tujuh Allah beristirahat dan menguduskannya, kehidupan manusia setelah hari ketujuh adalah kehidupan abadi sampai suatu ketika manusia melanggar perintah Tuhan dengan memakan buah dari pohon pengetahuan tentang yang baik dan jahat, pada akhirnya mereka diusir dari taman Eden (Kejadian 3:23). Sejak saat itu umur manusia mulai dihitung dan Alkitab mencatat dalam Kejadian 5:6 bahwa Adam mencapai umur 930 tahun kemudian mati.

Metusalah mencapai umur yang paling panjang dalam sejarah manusia yaitu 969 tahun. Bagaimana dengan manusia sekarang ini? Sadar ataupun tanpa sadar ketika kita lahir di dunia ini, kita sudah berada dalam antrian panjang untuk masuk dalam pintu kematian. Mau atau tidak mau kita sudah terikat dan tunduk kepada hukum kematian, Kejadian 3:19 mengatakan: “dengan berpeluh engkau akan mencari makananmu, sampai engkau kembali lagi menjadi tanah, karena dari situlah engkau diambil; sebab engkau debu dan engkau akan kembali menjadi debu."

Permasalahan sekarang sudahkah kita mempersiapkan diri kita untuk masuk ke dalam pintu kematian itu, karena di balik pintu itu kita sudah tidak bisa memperbaiki lagi kehidupan kita, apakah kematian kekal atau kehidupan kekal yang akan kita terima di balik pintu kematian itu tergantung kehidupan kita sekarang ini.... ada dua gambaran kematian manusia sebelum dia menerima kematian yang kekal.

Pertama, mati secara moral.
Kejadian 3:6-7, Perempuan itu melihat, bahwa buah pohon itu baik untuk dimakan dan sedap kelihatannya, lagipula pohon itu menarik hati karena memberi pengertian. Lalu ia mengambil dari buahnya dan dimakannya dan diberikannya juga kepada suaminya yang bersama-sama dengan dia, dan suaminya pun memakannya. Maka terbukalah mata mereka berdua dan mereka tahu, bahwa mereka telanjang; lalu mereka menyemat daun pohon ara dan membuat cawat.

Ketidaktaatan akan perintah Tuhan menjadikan suatu tabiat yang baru bagi manusia, tabiat yang berdosa. Bahkan manusia mulai membentuk keinginan bawaan untuk mementingkan diri sendiri tanpa memperdulikan Tuhan atau orang lain sehingga saat ini kita bisa melihat dekadensi moral itu terjadi dimana-mana, manusia menciptakan ketidakteraturan dengan melanggar perintah Tuhan, dan merusak sistim standar hidup dan kehidupan manusia. Dengan berbagai kepentingan, manusia di paksa dan terpaksa untuk mengikuti atau ikut terjerumus pada arus kerusakan, kematian moral ini apabila tidak segera diperbaiki atau dipulihkan maka kematian kekal akan menunggu kita di balik pintu kematian.

Kedua, mati secara rohani.
Kejadian 3:8-10, Ketika mereka mendengar bunyi langkah TUHAN Allah, yang berjalan-jalan dalam taman itu pada waktu hari sejuk, bersembunyilah manusia dan isterinya itu terhadap TUHAN Allah di antara pohon-pohonan dalam taman. Tetapi TUHAN Allah memanggil manusia itu dan berfirman kepadanya: "Di manakah engkau?" Ia menjawab: "Ketika aku mendengar, bahwa Engkau ada dalam taman ini, aku menjadi takut, karena aku telanjang; sebab itu aku bersembunyi.

Setelah moral manusia rusak atau mati maka hubungannya dengan Allah dengan sendirinya menjadi rusak, inilah yang dinamakan kematian rohani. Adam dan Hawa bersembunyi ketika mendengar bunyi langkah Tuhan, orang yang sudah merosot nilai moral keagamaannya juga demikian. Dia akan menjauhkan diri dari pertemuan-pertemuan ibadah, tidak ada lagi persekutuan dengan Tuhan, kehidupan akan terasa hampa, tidak ada tujuan, dan cenderung melakukan dosa dalam kehidupannya, hanya Yesus yang sanggup memulihkan kematian rohani seseorang.

Kematian Kekal
Kematian kekal digambarkan dalam Kitab Matius 25:41 “Dan Ia akan berkata juga kepada mereka yang di sebelah kiri-Nya: Enyahlah dari hadapan-Ku, hai kamu orang-orang terkutuk, enyahlah ke dalam api yang kekal yang telah sedia untuk Iblis dan malaikat-malaikatnya”

Markus 9:44 mengatakan: “di tempat itu ulatnya tidak akan mati, dan apinya tidak akan padam. Dan jika kakimu menyesatkan engkau, penggallah, karena lebih baik engkau masuk ke dalam hidup dengan timpang, dari pada dengan utuh kedua kakimu dicampakkan ke dalam neraka; di tempat itu ulatnya tidak akan mati, dan apinya tidak akan padam. Dan jika matamu menyesatkan engkau, cungkillah, karena lebih baik engkau masuk ke dalam Kerajaan Allah dengan bermata satu dari pada dengan bermata dua dicampakkan ke dalam neraka, di mana ulat-ulat bangkai tidak mati dan api tidak padam. Karena setiap orang akan digarami dengan api.

Wahyu 14:10 mengatakan: “maka ia akan minum dari anggur murka Allah, yang disediakan tanpa campuran dalam cawan murka-Nya; dan ia akan disiksa dengan api dan belerang di depan mata malaikat-malaikat kudus dan di depan mata Anak Domba. Maka asap api yang menyiksa mereka itu naik ke atas sampai selama-lamanya, dan siang malam mereka tidak henti-hentinya disiksa, yaitu mereka yang menyembah binatang serta patungnya itu, dan barangsiapa yang telah menerima tanda namanya."

Worshipers Face

Matthew 17:2 Then Jesus was transfigured before their eyes; His face shining like the sun and his clothes became white as light shines. The relationship between the face and worship more than just a coincidence, our faces are part of our body most clearly seen by the public.

He is less subtle as the other, is also part of the most easily recognized than other parts of our body. Book our school report cards will not be filled with those legs, but with photographs of their faces. God wants to take our faces, the most open to the public and the most easy to remember, and use it to reflect his goodness.

Paul writes in 2 Corinthians 3:18 "And we all reflect God's glory with faces that are not covered. And because of the glory that comes from God who is Spirit, then we changed to a picture similar to his, in which the greater glory. "We do not cover Front cover and reflect the brilliance of our Lord Jesus ... we are continuously modified to become like him. As time passed we became more brilliant. Brilliance is from the Spirit, and Spirit is God.

God invites us to see his face so that he can change our faces, he uses our faces veiled not to show his glory, the change is not easy but the Lord was pleased we could change the face of His children. By concerns fingers removed. The image of shame and doubt into the picture of generosity and trust. He flexed taut chin and forehead smoothed a wrinkle. Touches him eliminate fatigue circles under the eyes and change the desperate tears into tears of peace.

How? through worship! God's plan was so simple to change our face through worship. King David's definition of worship: Psalm 43:3 "Make thy light and thy faithfulness to come, so I was led and taken to the mountains thy holy and to thy dwelling place!" Worship, worship is the act of bringing up the name of God to expand the view we are from Him.

Sign in to cockpit to see where God dwells and see him work, of course, his size has not changed, but our perception of him has changed, when we get closer It look bigger. Do not we have a big problem, a big concern and maybe a big question? Therefore we need a great view of God worship gave it our fellowship with God to make our vision expanded and our faces glow.

The excited faces and beaming is a sign of someone who had been standing before God. Exodus 34:35 "If the people of Israel saw the face of Moses, that Moses' face glowing skin, then Moses covered his face again until he came face to talk with the Lord". Business God is changing the face of the world, this change is the work He's not our job. Our goal is not to make our faces glow. Even Jesus did not do that. Matthew 17:2 says: "Jesus was transfigured," not "Jesus changed his way".

Our goal is to stand before God with a ready heart and let God do his work. And he did it, he wiped tears, was softening forehead full of wrinkles, he touched our cheeks, he changed the face of us as we worship Him there even more, that God not only changed the face of those who worship, he also changing the face of those who observe us worship.

Wajah Penyembah

Matius 17:2 Lalu Yesus berubah rupa di depan mata mereka; wajah-Nya bercahaya seperti matahari dan pakaian-Nya menjadi putih bersinar seperti terang. Hubungan antara wajah dan ibadah lebih dari hanya suatu kebetulan, muka kita adalah bagian tubuh kita yang paling jelas terlihat oleh umum.

Ia kurang terselubung seperti yang lain, juga merupakan bagian yang paling mudah dikenal dibanding bagian lain tubuh kita. Buku raport sekolah kita tidak akan diisi dengan kaki-kaki orang tetapi dengan foto-foto dari wajah mereka. Allah ingin mengambil wajah-wajah kita, bagian yang paling terbuka kepada umum dan paling mudah diingat, dan menggunakannya untuk mencerminkan kebaikan-Nya.

Paulus menulis, dalam 2 Korintus 3:18 “Dan kita semua mencerminkan kemuliaan Tuhan dengan muka yang tidak berselubung. Dan karena kemuliaan itu datangnya dari Tuhan yang adalah Roh, maka kita diubah menjadi serupa dengan gambar-Nya, dalam kemuliaan yang semakin besar.” Muka kita tidak ditutupi selubung dan kita memantulkan kecemerlangan Tuhan Yesus…kita terus menerus diubah menjadi seperti Dia. Makin lama kita menjadi makin cemerlang. Kecemerlangan itu dari Roh, dan Roh itu adalah Tuhan.

Allah mengundang kita melihat wajah-Nya supaya Ia dapat mengubah wajah kita, Ia menggunakan wajah kita yang tak terselubung untuk memperlihatkan kemuliaan-Nya, perubahan itu tidak mudah tetapi Tuhan kita sanggup Ia senang mengubah wajah anak-anakNya. Oleh jari-jariNya kekhawatiran dihapus. Bayangan rasa malu dan ragu menjadi lukisan kemurahan hati dan percaya. Ia melenturkan dagu yang tegang dan melicinkan kening yang mengkerut. Sentuhan-sentuhan-Nya menghilangkan lingkaran-lingkaran keletihan di bawah mata dan mengubah air mata putus asa menjadi air mata ketenangan.

Bagaimana caranya? melalui ibadah! rencana Tuhan begitu sederhana Ia mengubah wajah kita melalui ibadah. Definisi Raja Daud tentang ibadah: Mazmur 43:3 “Suruhlah terang-Mu dan kesetiaan-Mu datang, supaya aku dituntun dan dibawa ke gunung-Mu yang kudus dan ke tempat kediaman-Mu!” menyembah, beribadah adalah tindakan membesarkan nama Tuhan memperluas pandangan kita dari Dia.
Masuk ke cockpit untuk melihat di mana Tuhan bersemayam dan melihat Dia bekerja, tentu saja ukuran-Nya tidak berubah, tetapi persepsi kita dari Dia yang berubah, ketika kita makin dekat Ia kelihatan makin besar. Bukankah kita mempunyai masalah yang besar, kekhawatiran besar dan mungkin pertanyaan yang besar? sebab itu kita memerlukan pandangan yang besar dari Allah ibadah memberikan itu, persekutuan kita dengan Allah membuat visi kita diperluas dan wajah kita bercahaya.

Wajah yang bergairah dan berseri-seri adalah tanda dari seseorang yang sudah pernah berdiri di hadapan Allah. Keluaran 34:35 “Apabila orang Israel melihat muka Musa, bahwa kulit muka Musa bercahaya, maka Musa menyelubungi mukanya kembali sampai ia masuk menghadap untuk berbicara dengan TUHAN”. Bisnis Allah adalah mengubah wajah dunia, perubahan ini adalah pekerjaan Dia bukan pekerjaan kita. Sasaran kita bukan membuat wajah kita bersinar-sinar. Bahkan Yesus tidak melakukan itu. Matius 17:2 mengatakan: “Yesus berubah rupa” bukan “Yesus mengubah rupa-Nya”.

Tujuan kita adalah untuk berdiri di hadapan Allah dengan hati yang siap sedia kemudian membiarkan Allah melakukan pekerjaan-Nya. Dan Ia melakukan itu, Ia menghapus air mata, Ia melembutkan kening yang penuh kerut, Ia menyentuh pipi kita, Ia mengubah wajah kita sementara kita beribadah kepada-Nya bahkan masih ada lagi, bahwa Allah tidak hanya mengubah wajah dari mereka yang beribadah, Ia juga mengubah wajah mereka yang mengamati kita beribadah.

Divine Dichotomy

Exodus 20:18-21, And all the people saw the thunderings, and the lightnings, and the noise of the trumpet, and the mountain smoking: and when the people saw it, they removed, and stood afar off.
And they said unto Moses, Speak thou with us, and we will hear: but let not God speak with us, lest we die.
And Moses said unto the people, Fear not: for God is come to prove you, and that his fear may be before your faces, that you sin not.
And the people stood afar off, and Moses drew near unto the thick darkness where God was.
A dichotomy of divine! The one closer, the other away. God has called His people to enter into intimacy, but they stay away from him through another road! They understand that the only people who fit with the character of God, as is depicted in the 10 commandments of the Lord, can stand in His presence and remain alive.
With the move away they're saying, "We do not want to live at such level that, do not let God speak to us today."
One thing that God wants them to do when He gives us 10 commandments of God to Moses was to purify their behavior so that He can do things even greater than merely observe them from a distance.

He wants to walk with them in the coolness in the midst of the wilderness. He wanted to sit with them and share his heart in an intimate communion.
Nothing has changed for us right now, He wants to do the same thing now with us, but the sad reality is that many Christians do not have any real feelings about the presence of God that the permanent stay, because we often refuse to rid themselves of chaos this life or maybe we've been trying to clean up the mess but we are stuck again in it.

When the people of Israel told Moses that they were scared, he tried to explain to them, "Do not be afraid, for God has come with the intention to try you, and with intent to fear him is in you, that you do not sin." (Exodus 20:20).

The Bible says, they stood at a distance while Moses approached the dew away the dark where God was. A remarkable picture, people ran to get there while Moses ran here. God is saying to us: "come closer to Me." He let us draw near to Him and now He has fallen down because He wants us all closer to Him together.

God always start with the leaders, and Moses had entered into the thick darkness once before at the top of the mountain. At that time, God wanted the people of Israel who else joined Moses in His presence. It states that the history of the Jewish faith experienced a decline from the moment God said, "come" and they replied, "not possible".

Feelings are not feasible in the presence of God made the Israelites feared closer. What about God's church today? There are people who are not worthy before God but, they feel worthy to stand in God even banquets that have become habits that must be done because of the demands of egoism and pride where there was no word of repentance to stand before God.
And God for them is merely a shadow of the future that is clear, there is or is not? And more worse, the Word of God is only used as a sword to judge others for their personal interests.