confused

[fredjames]

I go with ....
1Co 15v51 ¶ Behold, I shew you a mystery; We shall not all sleep, but we shall all be changed,
52 In a moment, in the twinkling of an eye, at the last trump: for the trumpet shall sound, and the dead shall be raised incorruptible, and we shall be changed.

60 Jesus said unto him, Let the dead bury their dead: but go thou and preach the kingdom of God.
(dead in trespass and sin..biologically dead )....

no pearly gate stuff with Peter checking passports for eternity

2Pe 2:4 For if God spared not the angels that sinned, but cast them down to hell, and delivered them into chains of darkness, to be reserved unto judgment;

2Pe 2:9 The Lord knoweth how to deliver the godly out of temptations, and to reserve the unjust unto the day of judgment to be punished:

Jude 1:15 To execute judgment upon all, and to convince all that are ungodly among them of all their ungodly deeds which they have ungodly committed, and of all their hard speeches which ungodly sinners have spoken against him.
Re 14:7 Saying with a loud voice, Fear God, and give glory to him; for the hour of his judgment is come: and worship him that made heaven, and earth, and the sea, and the fountains of waters.

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As it is written;

"Let us all not become teachers, for teachers will be greatly judged."

According to Apostle Paul in 1 Cor 15; 51, he is talking about the same, as he also mentioned to the Thessalonian church. They are the immortal believers, the ones who are not asleep and the ones asleep and 'they worship the FATHER in spirit and truth' church, some who are still not dead, still living for CHRIST, practicing the New Covenant and are witnesses of the Gospel, ministering to the lost world.

And also not forgetting, there are buried spiritual forefathers fro CHRIST, who are considered asleep and they are also immortal, both ready for the LORD, to be changed together and taken up.