The traditional Christian interpretation of life after death can be summarized this way:When a faithful Christian dies, the person’s conscious existence continues in the presence of Christ, while the body remains in the grave. At Christ’s return, the resurrection occurs and the person receives a glorified body.The interpretation this video is suggesting is different:Death, followed […]
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In Philippians 1:23, Paul says that he desires “to depart and be with Christ.” In 2 Corinthians 5:6-8, he says that to be away from the body is to be at home with the Lord. In the same chapter, he speaks of the present body as a tent and of longing to be with Christ. […]
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What Happens At Death?
The Bible does not give us a single, detailed chart of the afterlife. Its language comes from many centuries, literary genres, and historical settings. It speaks of Sheol, Hades, Paradise, Gehenna, resurrection, the age to come, heaven, judgment, and new creation. These terms overlap, but they are not interchangeable.So rather than forcing every passage into […]
When the Bible speaks about death, it does so in a way that can seem, at first, almost paradoxical. Some passages speak as though death has already been dealt with decisively, while others just as clearly place its end in the future. Rather than forcing one set of statements to override the other, it is […]
Jesus said to them: “The children of this system of things marry and are given in marriage, 35 but those who have been counted worthy of gaining that system of things and the resurrection from the dead neither marry nor are given in marriage. 36 In fact, neither can they die anymore, for they are like the […]
Jesus spoke of performing the resurrection at the last day: And this is the will of him who sent me, that I should lose nothing of all that he has given me, but raise it up on the last day. (John 6:39 ESV) For this is the will of my Father, that everyone who looks […]
And I have hope toward God, which hope these men also look forward to, that there is going to be a resurrection of both the righteous and the unrighteous. (Acts 24:15) With the creation of the first human pair, the only mention of death was a punishment for disobedience. Adam was told that if he […]
It is widely taught that man is comprised of a material body and an immaterial soul. At death it is believed that the immaterial soul survives the death of the body and goes on to experience conscious existence either in heaven with God or experiences conscious torment in hellfire. Does the Bible teach this concept? […]