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21 questions linked to/from Does "asleep" in 1 Corinthians 15 mean that the dead are unconscious prior to the resurrection?
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In Revelation 20:14, what is meant by "Death and Hades were thrown into the lake of fire"?
In Revelation 20:14 (ESV) we read:
"Then Death and Hades were thrown into the lake of fire. This is the
second death, the lake of fire."
The concept of "fire" is used multiple times in the New ...
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Are the souls of Revelation 6:9-11 awake and, yet, still awaiting the resurrection?
Revelation 6:9-11 (NASB):
9 When the Lamb broke the fifth seal, I saw underneath the altar the souls of those who had been killed because of the word of God, and because of the testimony which they ...
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Is there a contradiction between Ecclesiastes 9:5 & Luke 16:19-31?
Ecclesiastes 9:5 (KJV)
5 For the living know that they shall die: but the dead know not any thing, neither have they any more a reward; for the memory of them is forgotten.
Luke 16:19-31 (KJV)
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Does Peter suggest Jesus "descended into hell"?
1 Peter 3:18-22 (ESV):
For Christ also suffered once for sins, the righteous for the unrighteous, that he might bring us to God, being put to death in the flesh but made alive in the spirit, in which ...
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Luke 16:19-31 Lazarus and the rich man - literal, allegorical or a mixture of both?
Is this merely a parable or does it present a theological concept of the after life? It suggests that Jesus was saying people only get one chance. It further suggests that once a person dies, they ...
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Eternal punishment vs eternal life in Matthew 25:46
Matthew 25:46
New International Version
"Then they will go away to eternal [G166] punishment, but the righteous to eternal [G166] life."
Do these two uses of "eternal" carry the ...
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A living soul cannot exist without a body (Gen 2:7; 1 Cor 15:44-45) but killing the body doesn't kill the soul (Matt 10:28). Is this a contradiction?
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Genesis 2:7 (KJV):
7 And the Lord God formed man of the dust of the ground, and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life; and man became a living soul.
1 Corinthians 15:44-45 (KJV):...
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Does the Hebrew word Qe'ver refer to Hell or to "the place of the dead" or "the grave"?
This recent question asked about the Hebrew word Sheol: https://christianity.stackexchange.com/questions/79582/does-the-old-testament-word-sheol-have-greek-or-hebrew-origins
My question is about a ...
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Was "no man knows the day or the hour" (Mt. 24:36) a reference to Rosh Hashanah?
Matthew 34:36[NIV] ~ “But about that day or hour no one knows, not even the angels in heaven, nor the Son,[f] but only the Father.
It's become common in Messianic Jewish circles and among others who ...
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Sleeping in the grave until Christ's second coming?
Deuteronomy 31:16 (KJV)
16 And the Lord said unto Moses, Behold, thou shalt sleep with thy fathers; and this people will rise up, and go a whoring after the gods of the strangers of the land, ...
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1 Corinthians 15:6 - What does "Fallen Asleep" really mean?
I'm trying to get a precise meaning /translation to the word ἐκοιμήθησαν from 1 Corinthians 15: 6 that seems to be ancient greek since os took from original greek manuscripts.
I've looked for greek ...
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Does Psalm 146:3-4 affirm that the dead are unconscious?
In my opinion, one of the passages that most clearly support the belief that the dead are unconscious is Psalm 146:3-4:
3 Trust not in princes -- in a son of man, For he hath no deliverance. 4 His ...
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Does Ecclesiastes 9:10 affirm that the dead are unconscious?
In my opinion, one of the passages that most clearly support the belief that the dead are unconscious is Ecclesiastes 9:10:
10 All that thy hand findeth to do, with thy power do, for there is no work,...
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The dead forget OR the dead will be forgotten? Ecclesiastes 9:5
Ecclesiastes 9:5 has been used to suggest that the dead have no memory or the suggest that the dead are forgotten by others, and a variety of interpretations in between. A sampling of translations ...
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Is the author of Psalm 6:4-5 not expecting an afterlife?
Is the author of Psalm 6:4-5 not expecting an afterlife?:
ISV Psa 6:4 Return, LORD, save my life! Deliver me, because of your
gracious love. Psa 6:5 In death, there is no memory of you. Who ...
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