Subject: An interesting discussion/question |
Bible Note: last continuation, Tamara There is better evidence though that those who die do not fall asleep and then get woken up at the resurrection. Try Revelation. Revelation 6:9-11 When the Lamb broke the fifth seal, I saw underneath the altar the souls of those who had been slain because of the word of God, and because of the testimony which they maintained; and they cried out with a loud voice, saying, "How long, O Lord, holy and true, will you refrain from judging and avenging our blood on those who dwell on the earth. These are saints who have been killed for their testimony in Christ Jesus and they are awake and crying out in heaven. They have not yet been resurrected from death, they are dead and they are in heaven. Their blood was shed on the earth and they are crying out for justice, imprecating the Lord. Revelation 7:9-11,13,14 After these things I looked, and behold, a great multitude which no one could count, from every nation and all tribes and peoples and tongues, standing before the throne and before the Lamb, clothed in white robes, and palm branches were in their hands; and they cry out with a loud voice, saying, Salvation to our God who sits on the throne, and to the Lamb." Then one of the elders answered me, saying to me, 'These who are clothed in the white robes, who are they, and where do they come from?" I said to him, "My lord, you know." He said to me, 'These are the ones who come out of the great tribulation, and they have washed their robes and made them white in the blood of the lamb." A literal intrepretation of the Bible shows without deviance that soul sleep is a twisting of scriptures by taking them out of their proper context in order to fit a false doctrine. False doctrine comes from improper interpretation of scripture every time. This is why the exegesis must drive the theology every single time and why theology prevents a misinterpretation of scripture. This issue has been hashed about for two days now to the tune of over 25 eamils by Doc's last count. You never emailed me and you may have been busy and you don't have to email me. But you were not too busy to keep on posting refutation after refutation to the evidence presented to you over and over. You have me wondering, although not accusing you, what your intention was in saying that to avoid debate you were going to let me have the last post, but then you answered everyone else over and over? I want you to think about what basis you have to continue to believe in soul sleep after this final presentation of the evidence to the contrary to you. By His Grace, Tamara |