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Read the two following passages: "So we are always confident, knowing that while we are at home in the body we are absent from the Lord.   For we walk by faith, not by sight.   We are confident, yes, well pleased rather to be absent from the body and to be present with the Lord."   (2 Corinthians 5:6‑8) and "I am torn between the two: I desire to depart and be with Christ, which is better by far; (Philippians 1:23) Compare those passages with the following:   But man dies and is laid away; Indeed, he breathes his last And where is he?   As water disappears from the seas And a river becomes parched and dries up, So man lies down and does not rise.   Till the heavens are no more, They will not awake Nor be roused from their sleep.   "Oh, that You would hide me in the grave, That You would conceal me until Your wrath is past, That You would appoint me a set time, and remember me! If a man dies, shall he li...

                  There will come a time when we who are alive and remain shall be caught up in the clouds to meet the Lord in the air.   When this happens, a paranormal event will occur.   It will be a supernatural event where our bodies will be transformed from mortal physical bodies into glorified spiritual bodies.   We will have ghostlike attributes with all the power associated with the spirit world.   We will be transformed and when this happens we will be under the protection of the Lord forever.                 When we are finally in heaven, in the paradise Jesus referred to while hanging from the cross, the Bible promises that God will wipe away every tear from our eyes and there won’t be any more death.   Pain and sorrow will be a thing of the past so there will be no more crying. The pain ...

  The next time any human being sees Jesus Christ is when He comes back for His church.   Dead Christians will be resurrected into immortality and the Christians who are still alive at that time Jesus returns will be changed from mortal human beings into immortal human beings.   It is then that people will rise up into the air with Jesus and go into “heaven” and prepare to return with Him and set up an earthly Kingdom.     "Now I saw heaven opened, and behold, a white horse. And He who sat on him was called Faithful and True, and in righteousness He judges and makes war. His eyes were like a flame of fire, and on His head were many crowns. "He had a name written that no one knew except Himself. He was clothed with a robe dipped in blood, and His name is called The Word of God.   And the armies in heaven, clothed in fine linen, white and clean, followed Him on white horses. Now out of His mouth goes a sharp sword, that with it He should ...

    

  1Thessalonians 1:9 says that “They will be punished with everlasting destruction and shut out from the presence of the Lord and from the glory of his might”.   What is Paul’s message here? The Bible records, see Acts 16 and 17, that Paul did not have a good experience when he visited Thessalonica.   Paul was beaten illegally and then put into prison.   They then forced him to leave the city by night because unbelieving Jews brought false charges against Paul.   Paul did not give up, he made several attempt to return but he was hindered by Satan. “But when we were separated from you, brothers and sisters, for a short time (in presence, not in affection) we became all the more fervent in our great desire to see you in person. For we wanted to come to you (I, Paul, in fact tried again and again) but Satan thwarted us” (1 Thessalonians 2:17-18). In this first letter to the Thessalonian Church Paul was concerned about the progress of the church ...

In John 5:24 Jesus says: “Truly, truly, I say to you, he who hears My word, and believes Him who sent Me, has eternal life, and does not come into judgment, but has passed out of death into life.” When it comes to being alive or dead, Jesus places people in two categories.   Jesus identifies these two groups of people in the above verse.   The difference between these two groups is that those who are spiritually alive have heard Jesus’ words and believed in the One who sent Him, whereas the latter do not and are spiritually dead.   To understand the verse, it must be understood that Jesus is talking about a person spiritually. Notice that “death” is put before “life” in this verse.   This is not a coincidence.   Since Adam and Eve, all humans have been born spiritually dead.   Physically man is alive at birth and continues to be “physically alive” until he dies.   At that point, according to the Bible, he no longer exists in any form. (Eccles...

  There are many Bible verses that are taken out of the context of the passage they are found in to support various Christian doctrines.   In order to understand passages, the entire passage needs to be read, and then it has to be related to the time period that the passage is referring to.   We then need to be sure that our interpretation can be verified and not denied by other passages in the Bible.   Matthew 25:46 is one of these passages.   It reads, “Then they will go away to eternal punishment, but the righteous to eternal life.”   Several questions immediately come to mind.   What time period is this talking about?   Who are “they”?   What is meant when is says that the righteous will “go away…to eternal life”?   The chapter Matthew 25 is describing the future judgment of the “nations” .   This judgment will take place immediately after the second coming of Jesus Christ.   During this time period there will ...