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NASB | Isaiah 26:19 Your dead will live; Their corpses will rise. You who lie in the dust, awake and shout for joy, For your dew is as the dew of the dawn, And the earth will give birth to the departed spirits. |
AMPLIFIED 2015 | Isaiah 26:19 Your dead will live; Their dead bodies will rise. You who lie in the dust, awake and shout for joy! For your dew is a dew of [celestial] light [heavenly, supernatural], And the earth will give birth to the spirits of the dead. [Ezek 37:11, 12] |
Bible Question: How does one explain the apparent contradiction between scripture that states those in Christ will rise first, referring to resurrection, and the popular Christian teaching that when a Christian dies, he or she is immediately in the presence of Christ heaven? |
Bible Answer: Dana, When our flesh dies, our spirit-soul is with the Lord in heaven, not yet resurrected. (and not sleeping) When Christ returns, God will resurrect us, reunite body-soul-spirit |