Tamara224
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Ooops...looks like I've got myself in a mess here...should've known better, lol.
Maybe I should just quietly tip toe away?
The point is, I really don't know if people who are dead can exist as spirits apart from their bodies.
Genesis 2:7
And the LORD God formed man of the dust of the ground, and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life; and man became a living soul.
So spirit and dust together become a living soul,
so a dead soul must be dust without the spirit?
Hmm....so can the dead exist apart from their bodies (now dust)??
Bob Frantz
Well, this type of reasoning is interesting, but what does Scripture say about it?
1Now we know that if the earthly tent we live in is destroyed, we have a building from God, an eternal house in heaven, not built by human hands. 2Meanwhile we groan, longing to be clothed with our heavenly dwelling, 3because when we are clothed, we will not be found naked. 4For while we are in this tent, we groan and are burdened, because we do not wish to be unclothed but to be clothed with our heavenly dwelling, so that what is mortal may be swallowed up by life. 5Now it is God who has made us for this very purpose and has given us the Spirit as a deposit, guaranteeing what is to come.
6Therefore we are always confident and know that as long as we are at home in the body we are away from the Lord. 7We live by faith, not by sight. 8We are confident, I say, and would prefer to be away from the body and at home with the Lord.9So we make it our goal to please him, whether we are at home in the body or away from it. (2 Corinthians 5)
6Therefore we are always confident and know that as long as we are at home in the body we are away from the Lord. 7We live by faith, not by sight. 8We are confident, I say, and would prefer to be away from the body and at home with the Lord.9So we make it our goal to please him, whether we are at home in the body or away from it. (2 Corinthians 5)
21For to me, to live is Christ and to die is gain. 22If I am to go on living in the body, this will mean fruitful labor for me. Yet what shall I choose? I do not know! 23I am torn between the two: I desire to depart and be with Christ, which is better by far; 24but it is more necessary for you that I remain in the body. (Philippians 1)
13I think it is right to refresh your memory as long as I live in the tent of this body, 14because I know that I will soon put it aside, as our Lord Jesus Christ has made clear to me. (2 Peter 1)
Jesus told the story of Lazarus and the rich man (Luke 16:19-31). In it both Lazarus and the rich man died and were buried and they went to Sheol. They existed apart from their bodies. (Keep in mind that this story happened before Jesus rose again and 1 Cor 15 tells us that Jesus was the "firstfruits" of the resurrection - meaning that Jesus was the very first person to be resurrected in an imperishable body.)
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