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1 | No, the dead are still DEAD...not alive! | Bible general Archive 1 | goodnewsminister | 85433 | ||
Do Good People Really Go to Heaven When They Die? Most churchgoers believe that when they die they will go to heaven. But will they? If heaven truly is a place of such everlasting happiness, why do so many do all they can to postpone going there? The Bible reveals some astounding and little-understood truths about heaven, the mystery of life beyond the grave and God’s great plan and purpose for us. To comprehend what the Bible teaches about heaven, we first need to understand that there is more than one heaven. Often the Bible refers to heavens, plural. In fact, three distinct “heavens” are mentioned in the Bible. The first of these is simply the sky above us—earth’s atmosphere, containing the air we breathe. It is in this heaven that birds fly and clouds give rain and snow (2 Samuel 21:10; Job 35:11; Isaiah 55:10). The second biblical heaven is the realm beyond earth’s atmosphere, what we commonly call outer space. Here we find the Obviously the deceased, Christian or not, are not floating around unnoticed in the first two heavens. No one seriously believes they can be found drifting about the sky or in outer space. Therefore they must be in the third of these heavens, right? Many people assume so, but the whole argument about heaven being the reward of deceased Christians runs into a brick wall with these words from the apostle Peter’s first sermon: “Brothers, I can tell you confidently that the patriarch David died and was buried, and his tomb is here to this day . . . For David did not ascend to heaven . . .” (Acts 2:29, 34, David off to heaven. The only one who had ascended to heaven, said Peter, was Jesus Christ (Acts 2:29-35). Was Peter mistaken? Did he simply misspeak? We might assume so, but notice what the Gospel of John says: “No one has ever gone into heaven except the one who came from heaven—the Son of Man [Jesus Christ]” (John 3:13, NIV). Jesus never promised Christians heaven after they died. The New Testament plainly says that of the faithful men and women who had gone before—such spiritual giants as Noah, Abraham, Sarah, Isaac, Jacob, Joseph and Moses, to name some of those listed in Hebrews 11—not one has ascended to heaven. In fact, says verse 39 of Hebrews 11, “These were all commended for their faith, yet none of them received what had been promised” (NIV). If they aren’t in heaven, where are they? And what was it they were promised, if it wasn’t heaven? |
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2 | No, the dead are still DEAD...not alive! | Bible general Archive 1 | Mommapbs | 85491 | ||
Are you Jerold Aust? If not, please give him credit for writing this. Article taken from:http://www.ucg.org/gn/gn46/goodpeople.htm |
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3 | No, the dead are still DEAD...not alive! | Bible general Archive 1 | goodnewsminister | 85493 | ||
No, I'm not Brother Aust, but I am sure he does not mind me using his writings to spread the Truth. We do not work for acknowledgement in all that we do, the Truth is FREE, we buy it and sell it for free. We work for the Lord and not for the acknowledgement of men. I will note where I quote from in the future, if this is your desire. |
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4 | No, the dead are still DEAD...not alive! | Bible general Archive 1 | gracefull | 85597 | ||
After reading through this thread, I noticed that the scripture which brings balcance to the truth of scripture, rightly dividing the Word, were not responded to. While I appreciate the fact that you have a good deal of scripture reference, you did not address any of the scriptures that were used to attempt to get you to consider that maybe your conclusions might be wrong. For instance there is ample scripture here to prove that whe Jesus told the family "She is not dead, only sleeping." was He really saying her soul was asleep? Or was He rather refering to the body that does not get raised until the last trumpet? I suggest you go back through and reconsider. After all, a teachable spirit is the only way to truth. If your conclusion cannot stand the test of other scripture, it needs to be reconsidered. If Truth is the goal that's the way to go. If conflict and debate is the goal....the discussion if futile. God bless |
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