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Where are the dead?
Do you believe our loved ones that have passed that were believers are asleep or in heaven?
I'm not afraid of death nor will I ever be afraid of death. I have stared its face when it took my mother from my arms. I had 7 deaths in an 8 month period. Everyone I have loved has died, so I'm not afraid of death. What I do want to do when God calls on me, I want to give Jesus a great big hug and a kiss and just look at his eyes....nice thought :)
I know how weird this sounds, but the biggest thing that scares me about death is dying. I mean this is the only house I have ever lived in and to part with it is scary!
I know its scary but think of the verse in the bible that says eye hasnt seen,nor ear has
heard the things God has prepared for those that love him.To me that means we cant begin to even imagine how wonderful of a life he has in store for us cause we have never seen anything close to it.I think alot like Judy the day I leave this body I will be with my mom .
heard the things God has prepared for those that love him.To me that means we cant begin to even imagine how wonderful of a life he has in store for us cause we have never seen anything close to it.I think alot like Judy the day I leave this body I will be with my mom .
I do not believe we go to hell or heaven when we die.
Death is a state of unconscious sleep until the resurrection when Jesus comes to awaken the righteous and the take the righteous living to heaven for 1,000 years.
John 11:11, 2 Sam 7:12, PSALMS 146:4, Ecc. 9:5,6
I don't believe that hell is a state of everlasting conscious torment, that people go to if they were bad in their lifetime. If hell was still happening then Sodom and Gomorrah would still be on fire. I believe that the wicked will be permanently destroyed after the millennium (millennium is 1,000 yrs when God is in heaven with the believers and Satan and the demons are bound to the earth with no one to tempt). After the millennium God will awaken the wicked dead and judge them along with Satan and they will burn and the earth will be made new, where the heavenly city will sit on the new earth.
The unrighteous living will die in Christ's appearing and when God returns after 1,000 years of reigning with the righteous in heaven; God will awaken the unjust in which they will try to overtake the holy city and lose. Then God will remake the earth by burning everything. And then the holy city will then sit upon the earth and sin will never come about again.
Titus 2:13; Heb. 9:28; John 14:1-3; Acts 1:9-11; Matt. 24:14; Rev. 1:7; Matt. 24:43, 44; 1 Thess. 4:13-18; 1 Cor. 15:51-54; 2 Thess. 1:7-10; 2:8; Rev. 14:14-20; 19:11-21; Matt. 24; Mark 13; Luke 21; 2 Tim. 3:1-5; 1 Thess. 5:1-6.Rom. 6:23; 1 Tim. 6:15, 16; Eccl. 9:5, 6; Ps. 146:3, 4; John 11:11-14; Col. 3:4; 1 Cor. 15:51-54; 1 Thess. 4:13-17; John 5:28, 29; Rev. 20:1-10 Rev. 20; 1 Cor. 6:2, 3; Jer. 4:23-26; Rev. 21:1-5; Mal. 4:1; Eze. 28:18, 19.2 Peter 3:13; Isa. 35; 65:17-25; Matt. 5:5; Rev. 21:1-7; 22:1-5; 11:15
Death is a sleep, which the bible says 53 times. Also people who say they go to heaven or hell when they die is actually not biblical. The soul is not immortal only God is immortal and the KJV uses the word "soul" 1600 times but never once uses the term immortal soul.
For the living know that they shall die: but the dead know not any thing, neither have they any more a reward; for the memory of them is forgotten. Also their love, and their hatred, and their envy, is now perished; neither have they any more a portion for ever in any thing that is done under the sun. Ecclesiastes 9:5
The dead cannot hear you, nor can they pray for you because they are resting, awaiting God's return. It's comforting to know that when Jesus returns we will be reunited.
Brothers, we do not want you to be ignorant about those who fall asleep, or to grieve like the rest of men, who have no hope. We believe that Jesus died and rose again and so we believe that God will bring with Jesus those who have fallen asleep in him. According to the Lord's own word, we tell you that we who are still alive, who are left till the coming of the Lord, will certainly not precede those who have fallen asleep. For the Lord himself will come down from heaven, with a loud command, with the voice of the archangel and with the trumpet call of God, and the dead in Christ will rise first. After that, we who are still alive and are left will be caught up together with them in the clouds to meet the Lord in the air. And so we will be with the Lord forever. Therefore encourage each other with these words. 1 Thessalonians 4:13-18
Now tell me, what would be the point of God coming back to awaken the righteous if they're all in heaven? and how is the fair that some may be in heaven longer than others? Why do we tell people to be ready when Jesus comes when we can just wait till we almost die to be ready; that way we can just go directly to heaven?
Oh and when Jesus said to the thief on the cross he never said your going with me right now to heaven no. You have to be careful with that one because modern translations change that so it seems as though you go to heaven when you die. He meant as of today your home will be with me in heaven when I return. Remember the thief had asked earlier, "Lord, remember me when thou comest into thy kingdom" (Luke 23:42). The plain fact is that Jesus has not yet come into His Kingdom (Luke 11:2; 19:11; I Corinthians 11:26; I Thessalonians 4:13-17; I Corinthians 15:23, 49-52)! I think proper punctuation helps explain Luke 23:43. Most translations are improperly punctuated to make it appear that Jesus would be in Paradise that day. So the Bible proves Jesus was not in Paradise that day. A comma placed before the word "today" is incorrect. The comma should follow it: "Verily I say unto thee today, shalt thou be with me in paradise." By using the word "today," Jesus was stressing the time of His promise—not the time He would be in Paradise.
Anyways I hope you all aren't mad at me. But I really believe that believing this gives me hope of seeing my loved ones again.I know this beautiful truth is in fact valid and that's one of the reasons I look forward to Jesus's return.
I wonder what Adam will be thinking seeing how small we are because of sin. I don't think he had any idea of the magnitude of his decision or Ponitus Pilate seeing Jesus come in the clouds... WOW! That will be a day...
Death is a state of unconscious sleep until the resurrection when Jesus comes to awaken the righteous and the take the righteous living to heaven for 1,000 years.
John 11:11, 2 Sam 7:12, PSALMS 146:4, Ecc. 9:5,6
I don't believe that hell is a state of everlasting conscious torment, that people go to if they were bad in their lifetime. If hell was still happening then Sodom and Gomorrah would still be on fire. I believe that the wicked will be permanently destroyed after the millennium (millennium is 1,000 yrs when God is in heaven with the believers and Satan and the demons are bound to the earth with no one to tempt). After the millennium God will awaken the wicked dead and judge them along with Satan and they will burn and the earth will be made new, where the heavenly city will sit on the new earth.
The unrighteous living will die in Christ's appearing and when God returns after 1,000 years of reigning with the righteous in heaven; God will awaken the unjust in which they will try to overtake the holy city and lose. Then God will remake the earth by burning everything. And then the holy city will then sit upon the earth and sin will never come about again.
Titus 2:13; Heb. 9:28; John 14:1-3; Acts 1:9-11; Matt. 24:14; Rev. 1:7; Matt. 24:43, 44; 1 Thess. 4:13-18; 1 Cor. 15:51-54; 2 Thess. 1:7-10; 2:8; Rev. 14:14-20; 19:11-21; Matt. 24; Mark 13; Luke 21; 2 Tim. 3:1-5; 1 Thess. 5:1-6.Rom. 6:23; 1 Tim. 6:15, 16; Eccl. 9:5, 6; Ps. 146:3, 4; John 11:11-14; Col. 3:4; 1 Cor. 15:51-54; 1 Thess. 4:13-17; John 5:28, 29; Rev. 20:1-10 Rev. 20; 1 Cor. 6:2, 3; Jer. 4:23-26; Rev. 21:1-5; Mal. 4:1; Eze. 28:18, 19.2 Peter 3:13; Isa. 35; 65:17-25; Matt. 5:5; Rev. 21:1-7; 22:1-5; 11:15
Death is a sleep, which the bible says 53 times. Also people who say they go to heaven or hell when they die is actually not biblical. The soul is not immortal only God is immortal and the KJV uses the word "soul" 1600 times but never once uses the term immortal soul.
For the living know that they shall die: but the dead know not any thing, neither have they any more a reward; for the memory of them is forgotten. Also their love, and their hatred, and their envy, is now perished; neither have they any more a portion for ever in any thing that is done under the sun. Ecclesiastes 9:5
The dead cannot hear you, nor can they pray for you because they are resting, awaiting God's return. It's comforting to know that when Jesus returns we will be reunited.
Brothers, we do not want you to be ignorant about those who fall asleep, or to grieve like the rest of men, who have no hope. We believe that Jesus died and rose again and so we believe that God will bring with Jesus those who have fallen asleep in him. According to the Lord's own word, we tell you that we who are still alive, who are left till the coming of the Lord, will certainly not precede those who have fallen asleep. For the Lord himself will come down from heaven, with a loud command, with the voice of the archangel and with the trumpet call of God, and the dead in Christ will rise first. After that, we who are still alive and are left will be caught up together with them in the clouds to meet the Lord in the air. And so we will be with the Lord forever. Therefore encourage each other with these words. 1 Thessalonians 4:13-18
Now tell me, what would be the point of God coming back to awaken the righteous if they're all in heaven? and how is the fair that some may be in heaven longer than others? Why do we tell people to be ready when Jesus comes when we can just wait till we almost die to be ready; that way we can just go directly to heaven?
Oh and when Jesus said to the thief on the cross he never said your going with me right now to heaven no. You have to be careful with that one because modern translations change that so it seems as though you go to heaven when you die. He meant as of today your home will be with me in heaven when I return. Remember the thief had asked earlier, "Lord, remember me when thou comest into thy kingdom" (Luke 23:42). The plain fact is that Jesus has not yet come into His Kingdom (Luke 11:2; 19:11; I Corinthians 11:26; I Thessalonians 4:13-17; I Corinthians 15:23, 49-52)! I think proper punctuation helps explain Luke 23:43. Most translations are improperly punctuated to make it appear that Jesus would be in Paradise that day. So the Bible proves Jesus was not in Paradise that day. A comma placed before the word "today" is incorrect. The comma should follow it: "Verily I say unto thee today, shalt thou be with me in paradise." By using the word "today," Jesus was stressing the time of His promise—not the time He would be in Paradise.
Anyways I hope you all aren't mad at me. But I really believe that believing this gives me hope of seeing my loved ones again.I know this beautiful truth is in fact valid and that's one of the reasons I look forward to Jesus's return.
I wonder what Adam will be thinking seeing how small we are because of sin. I don't think he had any idea of the magnitude of his decision or Ponitus Pilate seeing Jesus come in the clouds... WOW! That will be a day...
That day will come and maybe in my life time, which would be awesome or no, but it will come and faith is what has kept me from doing something stupid. When mom died, I didn't want to live without her...I didn't know how nor did I want to, but now I have my 85 yr. old father to care for and I will be in peace when they are both together at least. I do belive that there will be a new heaven and earth...the earth will be a paradise and restored to what it was originally suppose to be. Adam and Eve will pay their wage in hell for what they did to humanity...throw in Pontius Pilate and Judas also.
We must continue our life journey, with all it's trials and tribulation, but one day our eyes will see Jesus Christ and I will be able to just hold and hug my mom again.
We must continue our life journey, with all it's trials and tribulation, but one day our eyes will see Jesus Christ and I will be able to just hold and hug my mom again.
and that day will be awsome......
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