So, Jesus was lying?
John 5:28-29 Marvel not at this: for the hour is coming, in the which all that are in the graves shall hear his voice, 29 And shall come forth; they that have done good, unto the resurrection of life; and they that have done evil, unto the resurrection of damnation.
The angel was lying to Daniel?
Dan 12:2-3 Multitudes who sleep in the dust of the earth will awake: some to everlasting life, others to shame and everlasting contempt.
David was confused?
Ps 17:15 As for me, I will behold thy face in righteousness: I shall be satisfied, when I awake, with thy likeness.
Job was wrong?
Job 19:25-27 "As for me, I know that my Redeemer lives, And at the last He will take His stand on the earth. 26 "Even after my skin is destroyed, Yet from my flesh I shall see God; 27 Whom I myself shall behold, And whom my eyes will see and not another. My heart faints within me!
Paul didn't know what he was talking about?
1 Cor 15:20-23 But now Christ has been raised from the dead, the first fruits of those who are asleep. 21 For since by a man came death, by a man also came the resurrection of the dead. 22 For as in Adam all die, so also in Christ all will be made alive. 23 But each in his own order: Christ the first fruits, after that those who are Christ's at His coming
1 Cor 15:51-53 Behold, I tell you a mystery; we will not all sleep, but we will all be changed, 52 in a moment, in the twinkling of an eye, at the last trumpet; for the trumpet will sound, and the dead will be raised imperishable, and we will be changed. 53 For this perishable must put on the imperishable, and this mortal must put on immortality.
Sorry, I believe all of them.
No, Jesus told the thief that day, he would be with him in Paradise. Jesus then went to hell, for the next 3 days;
Acts 2:31 He seeing this before spake of the resurrection of Christ, that his soul was not left in hell, neither his flesh did see corruption.
No. Jesus told a PARABLE, about the gospel being taken from the nation of Israel, and given to the Gentiles.
Hogwash. There is no "spiritual realm within the heart of the Earth", that's pagan nonsense. The phrase "heart of the Earth" is synonymous with "grave".
Not according to Jesus;
Luke 4:16-21 And he came to Nazareth, where he had been brought up: and, as his custom was, he went into the synagogue on the sabbath day, and stood up for to read.
17 And there was delivered unto him the book of the prophet Esaias. And when he had opened the book, he found the place where it was written,
18 The Spirit of the Lord is upon me, because he hath anointed me to preach the gospel to the poor; he hath sent me to heal the brokenhearted, to preach deliverance to the captives, and recovering of sight to the blind, to set at liberty them that are bruised,
19 To preach the acceptable year of the Lord.
20 And he closed the book, and he gave it again to the minister, and sat down. And the eyes of all them that were in the synagogue were fastened on him.
21 And he began to say unto them, This day is this scripture fulfilled in your ears.
Jesus, BY THE SPIRIT, preached to those in prision (the captives).
There is no "Pre-Trib Rapture". NO ONE is raised from the dead to immortality until Jesus returns to the earth forever, and there are only 2 resurrections, the righteous "at his coming", and the wicked plus all that die DURING the 1,000 year reign on the earth at the end of the 1,000 years (
Rev 20)
Hey! We agree on this one!!
The entire person is in the grave. Their breath is gone, they aren't thinking, they have "returned to dust" exactly like Jehovah/YHVH God said (
Gen 3:19).
You are attempting to read pagan theories into Christ's clear simple statement.
Exactly! And what God gave is BREATH! (Gen 2:7)
You are ignoring Paul's repeated teaching of the RESURRECTION!!! In sleep there is NO knowledge of time! Paul's next waking thought will be as a resurrected, immortal being!
Again! Spirit=breath in this context, and MANY others.