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1 | when we die where do we go | Eccl 12:7 | jlpangilinan | 25018 | ||
Nolan, Thanks for the answer. Your statement:"In 1 Thessalonians 4:13-17, Paul deals with the "dead in Christ" and assures the Thessalonian Christians that there will be a reunion of loved ones and that they will recognize their loved ones in the eternal state." I would like to put some passages here that somehow I feel will contradict some of your satement: Mt 22:28 Therefore in the resurrection whose wife shall she be of the seven? for they all had her. Mt 22:29 Jesus answered and said unto them, Ye do err, not knowing the scriptures, nor the power of God. Mt 22:30 For in the resurrection they neither marry, nor are given in marriage, but are as the angels of God in heaven. This is not a debate, I would like you to explain such things like this, sometimes it bothers me. I cited in Luke 16:19-31, the rich man, Lazarus. Here if we noticed they recognize there brethen in earth, but we look at some scriptures it will somehow having some problems: Ec 9:5 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. Ec 9:6 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. In that passages I think has different meaning from a parable that I quoted. Hope you can explain those. God bless, Johnny |
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2 | when we die where do we go | Eccl 12:7 | Makarios | 25031 | ||
Greetings Johnny! Yes, I agree: According to Matthew 22:28-30, the dead in Christ neither marry nor are given in marriage after they die. However, there is absolutely nothing in Matthew 22:28-30 that contradicts my statement that we will recognize our loved ones in Christ who have gone on before us when we join them and our Lord in heaven. I also do not see any "problems" in Luke 16:19-31 with my statement that we will recognize our loved ones in Christ who have gone on before us when the join them and our Lord in heaven. And you have also mentioned Ecclesiastes 9:5-6.. If you notice in Ecclesiastes 9:3, it states, "truly the hearts of the sons of men are full of evil; madness is in their hearts while they live, and after that they go to the dead." Also, Solomon, who wrote Ecclesiastes, died long before the time of Jesus. Therefore, the passages that you have cited (Ecclesiastes 9:5,6) cannot possibly be speaking of the death of a Christian, since Christ had not yet come to die for the sins of the world. However, Ecclesiastes 9:5 and 6 would be excellent passages to describe the "afterlife" state of a non-believer. I hope that this helps, my friend! Nolan |
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