Study 7: Problem Texts on State of the Dead

Study Guide Highlights

Luke 23:42-43 - The dying thief

II Cor. 12:2-4 - Heaven = Paradise

John 20:15-17 - Christ had not yet ascended - Comma explained

II Cor. 5:8 - Present with the Lord

II Cor. 5:1-9 - Not unclothed, but clothed upon

Luke 16:19-31 - Parable of Lazarus and the rich man not literal

Matthew 21:28-33 - Parables are not always introduced at the beginning as parables

Matthew 16:27 - Everyone rewarded according to their works at Christ's coming

Phil. 1:20-25 - A desire to depart and be with Christ

I Thess. 4:15-17 - Paul taught that we go to meet Christ in the first resurrection

John 14:1-3 - Christ taught that He will come again and receive us

I Peter 3:17-20 - The spirits in prison

Isaiah 42:5-7 - Captives in the prisonhouse of sin and darkness

Isaiah 61:1 - Christ sets the captive free and opens the prison

Rev. 6:9-11 - Souls under the altar which were martyred

Gen. 4:10 - The voice of thy brother's blood crieth unto me

Hebrews 12:1 - Our forefather's Godly lives witness to us

John 3:36 - Literally, "He that keeps on believing" has life

Matthew 16:28 - Some shall not taste of death 'till they see ...

Matthew 17:1-5 - The mount of transfiguration fulfills Matt. 16:28

II Kings 2:9-11 - Elijah translated to heaven without dying

Jude 9 - A dispute over the body of Moses; the devil loses

Romans 5:14 - Death reigned from Adam to Moses

II Peter 1:16-18 - Eyewitnesses of His Majesty