The world then moves along in the same way until the surge of iniquity again invokes another avatara. The virtue of the incarnation, death, and resurrection of Christ is imparted to the believer who is reckoned to be united with Christ in His Body. The avatar preserves a discontinuity between the world and the deity throughout.
They are never united in one. The avatars are many and cyclical. The doctrinal setting of incarnation is Trinitarianism. There is only One God who is Triune, Tri-personal, and distinct from the universe.
The setting of avatars is polytheistic that avouches myriads of finite gods, demons, the world of magic, and a cyclical and evolutionary view of the universe. You are commenting using your WordPress. You are commenting using your Google account. You are commenting using your Twitter account. You are commenting using your Facebook account. During his long and successful life, his books were widely published, having been translated into twelve languages.
Reviews "Dr Parrinder is a distinguished contributor to what literature there is on the subject… He provides a much-needed critical survey of a difficult and complex area. Table of Contents I Avatars in Hinduism. Introduction 2. Avatars in the Great Epic 3.
Krishna in the Bhagavad-Gita 4. Philosophical Comments on Avatar Doctrine. Avatar in Rama 6. Growth of the Krishna Cult 7. Similarity and Opposition 8. Krita Yuga — 1,, years, Treta Yuga — 1,, years, Dvapara Yuga — , years and Kali Yuga — , years According to Christianity, the world was created by one act of God not as manifestation and dissolution and was created as ex nihilo out of nothing , and it is not out of necessity that God created the world but He created because He wanted too by His sovereign and free will.
Moreover, the world became corrupted by sin free choice of humans and not through pralaya. This cycle is repeated times, forming a period called kalpa, and then a dissolution pralaya It will not follow a repeated cycle of manifestation and dissolution. God is Eternal and Immutable and does not have any life span. This is followed by a total dissolution mahapralaya when all worlds, time and space return into Brahman, and the whole cycle starts again in an endless process of manifestation Kalpa and dissolution Pralaya The "new heaven and new earth" in Revelation is not a new creation similar to the one presented in Genesis.
Rather, The "new heaven and new earth" is an everlasting world where sin is eradicated and there will be "no more death or mourning or crying or pain" Revelation 21,4. It will belong to those who accepted the saving work of Christ and will never have a pralaya to end it. The Hindu god is said to descend ten times into our world during each cosmic cycle mahayuga in order to restore the balance between good and evil.
Jesus Christ came only once as incarnation and will not and never come again as incarnation. However, He will come as Judge to reward the righteous and punish the wicked. The number of his avatars varies from one Hindu writing to another. The number of incarnation of Christ is one and does not does not change.
Avatar is a periodical incarnation and in the case of the avatar of Vishnu the forms He takes is externally imposed on him because of the promises and gifts of Brahma or other gods to the demons. The Christian account of the divine incarnation presents God the Son willingly leaving his divine glory, taking a human body and descending into our world through the virgin birth.
This was his free initiative and not a necessity imposed on his nature by external forces. The Hindu avatar though has unique missions the missions is repeatable. Jesus Christ is the only incarnation of God, descended into our world with a unique and non-repeatable mission in history. You are commenting using your Google account. You are commenting using your Twitter account.
You are commenting using your Facebook account. Notify me of new comments via email. Notify me of new posts via email. This site uses Akismet to reduce spam. Learn how your comment data is processed. The Incarnation of Jesus Christ was a once and for all event see Galatians —5 ; whereas the Bhagavad Gita reveals that Krishna comes into the world age after age. Orthodox Christology does not allow for the mixing or blending of the two natures of Jesus Christ see the Chalcedonian Creed.
But the Hindu avatars do mix and blend to the degree that true humanity is lost. Like this: Like Loading Vincent S Artale Jr. Krishna is not the only flesh based human as gods incarnate or gods son. Kalyaan: Greetings. Thanks for your comments. Best regards.
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