beyond the sunset what is the state of spirits after death?
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What is the state of spirits after death?
“Behold a man raised up by Christ! The rest remaineth unreveal’d;He told it not; or something seal’d the lips of that Evangelist.”
~ Alfred Tennyson (1809-1892)
What does God says about our spirits after death?
• Not much!– Lazarus (John 11)– Paul (2 Cor 12:2-4)
DISCUSSION: Where did Paul go?
What does God says about our spirits after death?
• DISCUSSION: Why hasn’t God told us more about what happens after death?
• DISCUSSION: Should we believe new accounts about Heaven?
What can we know?
• The dead do not see us– 2 Chronicles 34:28
• Ties to earthly events are severed– Ecclesiastes 9:5-6
• The dead do not retain their earthly status– Isaiah 14:9-20– Luke 16:19-31
What can we know?
• Refuting scriptures for soul consciousness– Ecclesiastes 9:5– Ecclesiastes 9:10– Psalms 146:4
DISCUSSION: In what place do the dead “know nothing”?
DISCUSSION: What does it mean "thoughts” perish at death?
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