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NASB | 2 Corinthians 5:2 For indeed in this house we groan, longing to be clothed with our dwelling from heaven, |
AMPLIFIED 2015 | 2 Corinthians 5:2 For indeed in this house we groan, longing to be clothed with our [immortal, eternal] celestial dwelling, |
Subject: Eternal in the Heavens |
Bible Note: Dear Mark, When we state things in a dogmatic fashion without openly identifying the roots of our presuppositions, we fail to properly give the uninitiated an opportunity to weigh our words. No Christian has all truth, but all Christians have some truth. God has graciously given us one another, encouraging our interaction and diversity, for our mutual edification prior to the full consummation of His promises in glory. We err exceedingly to presume to speak for all of Christendom, or leave others with the erroneous belief that there are no other perspectives. Regarding the "parroting" thing... I would never impugn the repetition of a doctrine so long as it is a sound doctrine! :-) Repetition is a necessary step, for example, in Bloom's taxonomy of learning behavior. But, no, I wasn't suggesting that you were at any particular level of educational abstraction. Chuck Smith writes, "Now, there are a lot of people that are hoping for some kind of a resurrection of this body in which it's presently living. I’m personally looking for a far superior model. Not a renewing or rejuvenating or whatever of this body. I’m ready to move out of the tent. I’m ready to move into the new house. The 'building of God, not made with hands.'" Regarding alternative interpretations, as you requested: "At the last day, such of the saints as are found alive, shall not sleep, but be changed; and all the dead shall be raised up with the selfsame bodies, and none other; although with different qualities, which shall be united again to their souls forever. (1 Corinthians 15:51, 52; 1 Thessalonians 4:17; Job 19:26, 27; 1 Corinthians 15:42, 43)" --1689 London Baptist Confession of Faith "At the last day, such as are found alive shall not die, but be changed: and all the dead shall be raised up with the self-same bodies, and none other, although with different qualities, which shall be united again to their souls forever." --Westminster Confession of Faith "I believe in the Holy Spirit, the holy catholic church, the communion of saints, the forgiveness of sins, the resurrection of the body, and the life everlasting." --Heidelberg Catechism "At the last day, the bodies of all the dead, both just and unjust, will be raised." --Abstract of Principles "However many the bodies that will have been buried, and turned to dust, and mingled with the dust of the earth, they will all be raised, individually, completely, and universally." --Confession of Faith of Calvinistic Methodist "We believe, teach, and confess...the chief articles of our faith of Creation, of Redemption, of Sanctification, and the Resurrection of the flesh..." --Formula of Concord "...all the dead shall be raised out of the earth, and their soul joined and united with their proper bodies in which they formerly lived..." --Belgic Confession In Him, Doc |