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NASB | 2 Corinthians 5:8 we are of good courage, I say, and prefer rather to be absent from the body and to be at home with the Lord. |
AMPLIFIED 2015 | 2 Corinthians 5:8 we are [as I was saying] of good courage and confident hope, and prefer rather to be absent from the body and to be at home with the Lord. |
Bible Question: What happens immediately when a person dies? What do they experience and where do they go? A friend keeps asking me where her grandfather went. |
Bible Answer: 2 Corinthians 5:8 Philippians 1:23 1 Thessalonians 5:10 Assure us that a saint upon death is present with the Lord. If we look to Luke 16:19-31 we see a picture of Hades or the holding place of the dead before Christ. In it were two sides a hot dry side where the unrigtheous reside and Abraham's bosom or Paradise where the righteous resided awaiting their Messiah. Since Christ's death and resurrection the Paradise side is empty, Jesus lead captivity captive to heaven. However the unrighteous remain in the hot Dry side awaiting the judgement. EdB |