Zao is life
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You cannot discern the difference in meaning between the word zOe (life) and the word zAo (alive in the body) in John 11:25.And why are they appointed to the Second Death???
Because they were never Born-Again by the Spirit of God, therefore just as JESUS says: they CANNOT enter the Kingdom
In God's Eternal Life = A comes before B
When JESUS rebukes me = it is always a BLESSING for HE loves me and YOU
When JESUS rebuked Peter it was because of His Great Love for Peter and for us.
Notice how Peter goes on following the LORD and becoming one of His Apostles.
I'll take the LORD's Loving rebuke anyday = even when it is earth shaking AND shakes us to the Core
"For this is what the LORD of armies says: ‘Once more in a little while, I am going to shake the heavens and the earth, the sea also and the dry land." - Haggai 2:6
What are people on earth going to decide/choose?
A.) Shake, ROCK and Rise into GLORY
B.) Shake and Bake
Jesus said unto her, I am the resurrection, and the life [zOe]: he that believeth in me, though he were dead, yet shall he live [zAo], nor are you capable of understanding how both words relate to the resurrection.
You can't be helped either - not only because you believe in your own (not Christ's) meaning of what Jesus was saying to Martha, but also because you believe that if someone does not agree with you when YOU assert that Jesus was ALSO referring in what He said to Martha to the fact that all must be born of the Spirit in order to have the life [zOe] of Christ in Him, that person who disagrees with you will be rebuked by Jesus.
Your pride has gotten in your way. Hope in your case it doesn't last too long.