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Date Posted: Sunday, January 03, 06:11:30pm
Author: BJ
Subject: In Death Concious or not

The inner man is fully conscious between death and resurrection, as proven by the following passages: �And fear not them which kill the body, but are not able to kill the soul: but rather fear him which is able to destroy both soul and body in hell� (Mt. 10:28). �And, behold, there appeared unto them Moses and Elias talking with him.� Moses' body was in corruption, but not his inner man (Mt. 17:3; Deut. 34). �There was a certain rich man, which was clothed in purple and fine linen and fared sumptuously every day: . . . And there was a certain beggar named Lazarus, which was laid at his gate, full of sores, . . . And desiring to be fed with the crumbs which fell from the rich man's table: moreover the dogs came and licked his sores . . . 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; . . . And in hell he lift up his eyes, being in torment, and seeth Abraham afar off, and Lazarus in his bosom . . . And he cried and said, Father Abraham, have mercy on me, and send Lazarus, that he may dip the tip of his finger in water, and cool my tongue; for I am tormented in this flame . . . But Abraham said, Son, remember that thou in thy lifetime receivedst thy good things, and likewise Lazarus evil things: but now he is comforted, and thou art tormented . . . And beside all this, between us and you there is a great gulf fixed: so that they which would pass from hence to you cannot neither can they pass to us, that would come from thence . . . Then he said, I pray thee therefore, father, that thou wouldest send him to my father's house: . . . For I have five brethren; that he may testify unto them, lest they also come into this place of torment . . . Abraham saith unto him, They have Moses and the prophets; let them hear them . . . And he said unto him, If they hear not Moses and the prophets, neither will they be persuaded, though one rose from the dead� (Lk. 16:19-31). �For he is not a God of the dead, but of the living: for all live unto him� (Lk. 20:38). �Jesus said unto her, I am the resurrection, and the life: he that believeth in me, though he were dead, yet shall he live: . . . And whosoever liveth and believeth in me shall never die. Believest thou this?� (Jn. 11:25-26). �Because thou wilt not leave my soul in hell, neither wilt thou suffer thine Holy One to see corruption in the grave (Acts 2:27). �Of whom the whole family in heaven and earth is named� (Eph. 3:15). �Wherefore he saith, When he ascended up on high, he led captivity captive, and gave gifts unto men (Now that he ascended what is it but that he also descended first into the lower parts of the earth? . . . He that descended is the same also that ascended up far above all heavens, that he might fill all things)� (Eph. 4:8-10). �We are confident, I say, and willing rather to be absent from the body, and to be present with the Lord� (2 Cor. 5:8). �It is not expedient for me doubtless to glory. I will come to visions and revelations of the Lord . . . I knew a man in Christ above fourteen years ago, (whether in the body, I cannot tell; or whether out of the body, I cannot tell: God knoweth;) such an one caught up to the third heaven . . . And I knew such a man, (whether in the body, or out of the body, I cannot tell: God knoweth;) . . . How that he was caught up into paradise, and heard unspeakable words, which it is not lawful for a man to utter� (2 Cor. 12:1-4). �For to me to live is Christ, and to die is gain . . . But if I live in the flesh, this is the fruit of my labour: yet what I shall choose I wot not, . . . For I am in a strait betwixt two, having a desire to depart, and to be with Christ; which is far better� (Phil. 1:21-24). �Forasmuch then as the children are partakers of flesh and blood, he also himself likewise took part of the same; that through death he might destroy him that had the power of death, that is, the devil; . . . And deliver them who through fear of death were all their lifetime subject to bondage� (Heb. 2:14-15). �But ye are come unto mount Sion, and unto the city of the living God, the heavenly Jerusalem, and to an innumerable company of angels, to the general assembly and church of the firstborn, which are written in heaven and to God the Judge of all, and to the spirits of just men made perfect� (Heb. 12:22-23). �And when he had opened the fifth seal I saw under the altar the souls of them that were slain for the word of God, and for the testimony which they held: . . . And they cried with a loud voice, saying, How long, O Lord, holy and true, dost thou not judge and avenge our blood on them that dwell on the earth? . . . And white robes were given unto every one of them; and it was said unto them, that they should rest yet for a little season, until their fellow servants also and their brethren, that should be killed as they were, should be fulfilled� (Rev. 6:9-11). Concrete examples of consciousness of the dead are given in a number of passages.pm

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Re: In Death Concious or not -- Louis Shammah (I believe it, but), Sunday, January 03, 10:51:37pm
- Re: In Death Concious or not -- BJ, Sunday, January 03, 10:57:03pm