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1 | Soul sleep? | 1 Corinthians | Makarios | 9840 | ||
Good question, kbdvm! What actually happens at the moment of death? From a biblical perspective, human beings are made up of both a material aspect (the physical body) and an immaterial aspect (the soul or spirit). When a human being physically dies, his or her spirit departs from the body (2 Corinthians 5:8). The NT word for "death" carries the idea of 'separation.' At the moment of physical death, man's spirit separates or departs from his body. This is why, when Stephen was being put to death by stoning, he prayed, "Lord Jesus, receive my spirit" (Acts 7:59). At the moment of death "the spirit returns to God who gave it" (Ecclesiastes 12:7). Verses such as these indicate that death for the believer involves his or her spirit departing from the physical body and immediately going into the presence of the Lord in heaven. Death for the believer is thus an event that leads to a supremely blissful existence (see Philippians 1:21). For the unbeliever, however, death holds grim prospects. At death the unbeliever's spirit departs from the body and goes not to heaven but to a place of great suffering (Luke 16:19-31). Both believers and unbelievers remain as spirits (in a disembodied state) until the future day of resurrection. And what a glorious day that will be! God will reunite believers' spirits with their resurrected physical bodies. These bodies will be specially suited to dwelling in heaven in the direct presence of God- the perishable will be made imperishable and the mortal will be made immortal (1 Corinthians 15:53). Unbelievers will also be resurrected, but they will spend eternity apart from God. So kbdvm, you can see that your understanding of what happens at death has support in Scripture, while your neighbor's understanding of death may not warrant the clearest understanding here. Blessings! Nolan |
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2 | Soul sleep? | 1 Corinthians | Norrie | 11653 | ||
Isn't there a scripture about being absent from the body is being present with the Lord? | ||||||
3 | Soul sleep? | 1 Corinthians | Makarios | 11656 | ||
2 Cor. 5:6-8 states, "Therefore, being always of good courage, and knowing that while we are at home in the body we are absent from the Lord— for we walk by faith, not by sight— we are of good courage, I say, and prefer rather to be absent from the body and to be at home with the Lord." I believe that this verse comes the closest to saying that "being absent from the body is being present with the Lord".. Nolan Genesis 31:49 "and Mizpah, for he said, “May the LORD watch between you and me when we are absent one from the other." |
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