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What "pop Christianity" beliefs can you list that are not in any way supported by Scripture, but are in fact made up?
A few to start:
1. Limbo, purgatory, levels of Hell. Made up by the Catholic cult, popularized by Dante. The Bible describes simply a Lake of Fire in which the damned burn forever, and never die.
2. People turning into angels when they die. Angels are a separate species, created by God.
3. Cherubs being cute little babies with wings. Cherubim are fearsome creatures:
A few to start:
1. Limbo, purgatory, levels of Hell. Made up by the Catholic cult, popularized by Dante. The Bible describes simply a Lake of Fire in which the damned burn forever, and never die.
2. People turning into angels when they die. Angels are a separate species, created by God.
3. Cherubs being cute little babies with wings. Cherubim are fearsome creatures:
Winged creatures who support the Throne of God, or act as guardian spirits. They appear in the Bible (the book of Ezekiel) as bearing the throne and chariot of God, and hence later conceived as a type of angels. They are also mentioned in Genesis 3:24 as guardians (or protectors) of the Garden of Eden. They were placed at the gates of the Garden to prevent humans from re-entering and thus gaining access to the Tree of Life. They also formed the mercy seat on the Ark of the covenant (Exodus 25:18-20).
In Jewish and Christian religion they are second in the order of angels, directly after the seraphim. They were usually depicted as angels with four wings and four faces (human, lion, bull and eagle). Artists in later times made them appear as the chubby, rosy-faced, winged infants of which they are known today.
In Jewish and Christian religion they are second in the order of angels, directly after the seraphim. They were usually depicted as angels with four wings and four faces (human, lion, bull and eagle). Artists in later times made them appear as the chubby, rosy-faced, winged infants of which they are known today.
Genesis 1:1 In the beginning God created the heaven and the earth
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