Subject: death, being with Jesus -verse? |
Bible Note: This is for Hopeful and Angel, re 2 Cor 5:8.I love the way God intertwines the lives of His children to help them learn and to help confirm what they have learned. This question was asked to me by my Mom just a couple of weeks ago. She had been taught the spirit sleeps in the body until Christ's second coming. I told her that I believed we went to be with Christ. Then, like a coincidence (if that is what you like to call it), our pastor happened to mention Sunday the same thing Angel 1 said...we go to be with our Lord the instant we die and then are returned to our glorified bodies when He returns. Also, Luke 8:55 states "Her spirit returned, and at once she stood up." This is the section in which Jesus brings the little girl back to life. To me, if the little girl's spirit returned it must have left, not gone to sleep or wouldn't the scripture have stated something like, "He awoke her"? It is also interesting that Luke, the physician, wrote this, a doctor, who, history tells, was a stickler for details. God bless both of you, I know we will meet someday in heaven. |