Scripture says that when a person dies their soul goes back to God, who made it and because with God there is no time; then at the Great White Throne Judgement, after the Millennium, that soul; along with every soul that ever lived, is made conscious again at the time of Judgement. Revelation 20:12, There is no knowledge of any time passing between death and Judgement, just as Hebrews 9:27 says; It is the human lot to die once, then comes the Judgement.
Jesus said about Lazarus: He has fallen asleep… but then He clarified that Lazarus was really dead. John 11:11-14 Paul often mentions those who sleep in death.
So Lazarus’s resurrection was a preview of the saints raised with Jesus at His resurrection and those saints who will be raised at His Return, Revelation 20:4
They all received and will
receive earthly bodies, that are subject to death again.
But as Paul tells us in 1 Corinthians 15:50-56, there will be some Christians
alive at the end of the Millennium, who will never die, they will be
transformed at the Judgement into immortality, along with all the rest whose
names are written in the Book of Life.
The parable about Abraham and
Lazarus, the beggar: is a scene AFTER that GWT Judgement, a homily for all to
realize what our fate will be if we refuse to honor God.
The flesh we currently inhabit will never be reconstituted, those worthy to go
into Eternity with God will be spiritual beings. Matthew 22:30 In the resurrection…..they are like the
angels in heaven.
Job 14:10-15 When a human dies, all his power vanishes, he is like a dried up river. So mortal man lies down and never to rise, until the heavens be no more!
Lord, I ask that You hide me in the grave, conceal me until Your wrath has passed, then Lord; remember me at Your appointed time! I will wait, however long it takes for the change to come. Then, You will summon me and I will answer: I am the work of Your hands.
The sequence is:
1/ We all die. The only exceptions will be those remaining alive at the end of the Millennium.
2/ The Lord’s wrath will pass; all as is prophesied to happen. Revelation 15:1
3/ The dead know nothing until the Appointed time for the Great White Throne Judgement, when there will be new heavens and a new earth. Revelation 21:1-4
4/ Then, for those whose names are written in the Book of Life, the change will come; into immortality for Eternity. As described in 1 Corinthians 15:50-56. u
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