Edgar Allan Poe's The Masque Of The Red Death

Salvation describes the deliverance by God for those who believe in him. It is the saving of the soul from sin (and its consequences) through Gods will and grace. Though it takes different forms in every religion, the principle is still the same, often emphasising the necessity of both good works, repentance, and asceticism, as well as divine intervention (in this case the action being the grace of God). If assuming that Christ is the full truth, then the only way to gain access to God after death is through the salvation given by the Christian God. Jesus himself has indicated that a person must hear the word, believe it, repent of past sins, and be willing to confess faith before others, be baptized into Christ for the remission of sins, and then continue to live a faithful life throughout this physical life if we are to go to heaven.

However, when He is coming is a matter not known by any man; so, when some person sets a date for the coming of the Lord and people began looking for Him at that time, we can be certain that He will not come then. Paul said that the second coming is like a woman expecting a baby and she knows not the moment it will arrive. (I Thessalonians 5: 1-4) Now, there are two lessons that we need to hold on to: (1) Why Christ is not coming and (2) why He is coming.

Being “saved, is to become new, born again, totally transformed, it an experience you want to happen again and again. You want that feeling because it allows you to be a person of worth, of happiness, and of optimism.

Second coming- People believe that Christ will return one day and everyone will be able to see him. When he comes, he will judge everyone including the dead people. No one knows when he will come but they all will be waiting for him.

Only few people will truly find God and will go to Heaven. It is sad, but it is our duty as a Christian to guide other to Christ and to do our best to live by example. To live a Christ-like life. From then on, time can only tell

Privately, Jesus warns the disciples three times that not everything will happen the way they expect: "the Son of Man will be betrayed and they will kill Him, and the third day He will be raised up" (Matthew 17:22-23).

In the Bible, they say that any man, woman, or child who has accepted Jesus Christ as their Lord and savior will be spared from the wrath of God, That they will be “saved” and brought to heaven so they do not have to endure the torture because they believed in him.

Death is a terrifying prospect for most people, imagine being face to face with it. In Edgar Allan Poe’s “Masque of the Red Death”, the revelers were in this very situation. Prince Prospero’s country is devastated by the Red Death. A plaque that resulted in a painful, gruesome, death. Prince Prospero being the selfish, uncaring man he is, locked himself and a thousand of his lighthearted friends in his abbey to hide from the Red Death. After 6 months of seclusion Prince Prospero throws a masquerade to celebrate that they were still free of the Red Death. It was at this masquerade a gruesome mummer appeared shortly before Prince Prospero and all the revelers to died of the Read Death. In this story, Poe personifies death through the mummer who comes like a thief through the night stealing the lives of Prince Prospero and his court.

When it comes to expectancy verses surprise in the 3rd verse, Paul is saying that if the church is ready for Christ's arrival then Gods people will be prepared. Guessing when Christ will return will be a losing battle in its self for no one knows the day nor the hour (Matthew 24:36, NLT). The people of God should be preparing amongst other people of God how to spread the Gospel and the second arrival to those are unsaved and lost in the world of sin. Preaching, teaching, praying and witnessing to those in the world will keep people of God busy and telling the reward of hardships that will come their way if they chose not to have Christ as their personal Savior.

According to Wright, they will be immortal. He puts it like this, “In particular, this new body will be immortal. That is, it will have passed beyond death not just in the temporal sense but also the ontological sense of no longer being subject to sickness, injury, decay, and death itself” (160) This means that we are going to have stronger, healthier, more perfect bodies that God will give us as a gift of love. We may not even look the same, something will be different about our bodies. In fact, when Jesus was resurrected from the dead the disciples did not recognize him. This was a man whom they had worked for years with and for, yet they did not recognize him in the new body. Wright claims that this immorality is different than the common idea of immorality. He says that people believe immorality has to do with souls, not bodies. After I read this, I immediately disagreed with that, because I have only thought of immorality of souls living forever, not bodies. After I had thought over this statement a bit more, I found myself agreeing with it. In fact, 2 Corinthians 5:4 says, “While we live in these earthly bodies, we groan and sigh, but it’s not that we want to die and get rid of these bodies that clothe us. Rather, we want to put on our new bodies so that these dying bodies will be swallowed up by life.” I knew that verse, yet I still never made the connections in my head. While our earthly bodies do not go up to heaven, I believe our souls do until the Lord returns and then we will be raised with our new bodies. If we die before the Lord returns, then we will be with the Lord in heaven, yet not complete until he returns to the earth. One thing that Wright says that I do not agree with is, “…immortality is something that only God possesses by nature and that then he shares, as a gift of grace rather than an innate possession, with his people” (161). I believe that everyone will live forever,

The speaker also puts emphasis on the judgement when Christ returns bringing with him the ultimate judgement. The movie has Christ gathered together in one of his followers home explaining to them events of what will come when he returns. As John Canuteson uses Matthew chapter twenty-four verse twenty-seven in his journal “for as lightning cometh out of the east, and shineth even unto the west; so shall also the coming of the Son of man be” (294). He also uses verse thirty to further explain the second coming “ And then shall appear the sign of the Son of Man in heaven: and then shall all the tribes of the earth mourn, and they shall see the Son of Man coming in the clouds of heaven with power and great glory”(Canuteson 294).

My Sunday school explained that you still go to heaven. Matthew 19:13-15 (KJV), 13. Then were there brought unto him little children, that he should put his hands on them, and pray: and the disciples rebuked them. 14. But Jesus said, Suffer little children, and forbid them not, to come unto me: for of such is the kingdom of heaven. 15. And he laid his hands on them, and departed thence. This basically states that children that die before accountability go to

This statement references the coming of Jesus Christ onto Earth and sending out his angels to save/protect the true believers. It’s these believers, who find themselves in the New Jerusalem for all eternity. It’s these believers, who are fit to pass the judgment between going to heaven or suffering in complete despair during the tribulation. Furthermore, this statement is extremely similar to Noah’s story in how God found him and his family fit to be saved from the destruction that was to come. Noah was too a true believer, who ultimately passed judgment day.

We sense that separation, that distance from God because of our sin. Deep down, our attitude may be one of active rebellion or passive indifference toward God and his ways. The result of sin in our lives is death -- spiritual separation from God. Although we may try to get close to God through our own effort, we inevitably fail. Just knowing what Jesus has done for us and what he is offering us is not enough. To have a relationship with God, we need to welcome him into our life...

The Revelation phase of His Second Coming is that everyone will see Him, "and all the tribes of the earth will mourn because of him…," as stated in Revelation 1:7 ISV. At the Second Coming, He will be unveiled, which is what “revelation” means. He will not be as a Bridegroom, or as a mild Lamb, but rather as "a lion from the tribe of Judah," (Revelation 5:5 ESV). Hallelujah! Jesus, the roaring lion from the tribe of Judah will produce some shock and awe that the world did not see even in its time of great tribulation. That is why all the nations are going to mourn! Satan walks around "like a roaring lion," (1 Peter 5:8). He is an imposter! He will be no match for "The Lion," who is coming back with the church to defeat him at the Second Coming. Glory to