@myredfox@real_top_lobsta@sola_chad (8)..they are saved from the permanent, eternal destruction known as the 2nd death. So it doesn't show disembodied souls floating around consciously right now, it shows the future prophetic sequence where God bodily resurrects His people to live with Him, and ultimately ...
@myredfox@real_top_lobsta@sola_chad (8)...Jesus Himself extended this personal invitation in Matt 11:28, saying, come to Me, all you who labor and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest, while 1 Tim 2:5 confirms that there is one God and one Mediator between God and men, the Man Christ Jesus. God bless you.
@myredfox@real_top_lobsta@sola_chad (7)..If you want to talk to Jesus, go to Him directly. He has given us full confidence and direct access through His sacrifice, as Hebrews 4:16 assures us: "Let us therefore come boldly to the throne of grace, that we may obtain mercy and find grace to help in time of need." ...
@myredfox@real_top_lobsta@sola_chad (6)....2nd comin and the bodily resurrection would be unnecessary. Paul explicitly refutes this by establishing that the dead are asleep until Christ returns to raise dem.
Read 1 Thess 4:13–18
Also read 1 Cor 15:51–54; John 6:40
Acts 2:29, 34 (Even David is not yet in heaven
@myredfox@real_top_lobsta@sola_chad (5) .... the memory of them is forgotten. Also their love, their hatred, and their envy have now perished... for there is no work or device or knowledge or wisdom in the grave where you are going."
If believers went straight to heaven with full consciousness at death, the ....