FreeGrace2 said:
So you think that "the dead that rise" are only souls? Do you really believe that a person's soul stays in the ground?
Then please explain what Paul meant in 2 Cor 5-
6 Therefore we are always confident and know that as long as we are at home in the body we are away from the Lord.
8 We are confident, I say, and would prefer to be away from the body and at home with the Lord.
Please explain what "at home in the body" means and "away from the Lord" and "away from the body" and "at home with the Lord".
One always needs to define what they mean by 'the dead', since there are dead believers and dead unbelievers.
Everyone, both saved and unsaved, "will rise". That's a given. Acts 24:15.
Of course I believe this. But what do you of the story that Jesus said.
Was it a parable? Was it a true event in Hades?
So you think that "the dead that rise" are only souls? Do you really believe that a person's soul stays in the ground?
In hades or the unseen world of the unsaved. YES.
6 Therefore we are always confident and know that as long as we are at home in the body we are away from the Lord.
8 We are confident, I say, and would prefer to be away from the body and at home with the Lord.
Please explain what "at home in the body" means and "away from the Lord" and "away from the body" and "at home with the Lord".
I BELIEVE THE DEAD THAT RISE ARE THE UNSAVED WHO RISE IN SPIRITUAL BUT LIABLE TO DIE BODIES.
Everyone, both saved and unsaved, "will rise". That's a given. Acts 24:15.
HERE IS WHAT I BELIEVE
Luke 16:19 There was a certain rich man, which was clothed in purple and fine linen, and fared sumptuously every day:
20 And there was a certain beggar named Lazarus, which was laid at his gate, full of sores,
21 And desiring to be fed with the crumbs which fell from the rich man's table: moreover the dogs came and licked his sores.
22 And it came to pass, that the beggar died,
and was carried by the angels into Abraham's bosom:
the rich man also died, and was buried;
23 And in hell he lift up his eyes, being in torments, and seeth Abraham afar off, and Lazarus in his bosom.
What do you believe?
Luke 16:19 There was a certain rich man, which was clothed in purple and fine linen, and fared sumptuously every day:
20 And there was a certain beggar named Lazarus, which was laid at his gate, full of sores,
21 And desiring to be fed with the crumbs which fell from the rich man's table: moreover the dogs came and licked his sores.
22 And it came to pass, that the beggar died,
and was carried by the angels into Abraham's bosom:
the rich man also died, and was buried;
23 And in hell he lift up his eyes, being in torments, and seeth Abraham afar off, and Lazarus in his bosom.
What do you believe?
Was it a parable? Was it a true event in Hades?