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In the Rich Man and Lazarus, we find that dead people’s spirits are carried immediately to reward or punishment. Hear Jesus: “The poor man died and was carried by the angels to Abraham’s bosom. The rich man also died and was buried; and in Hades, being in torment, he lifted up his eyes, and saw Abraham far off and Lazarus in his bosom. And he called out…”
Here we have the disembodied spirits of two dead people feeling, thinking, seeing, talking, reasoning and crying out. Why does Jesus use such ideas if they aren’t true? The Word says that Jesus “brought life and immortality to light,”[9]but if His account here doesn’t reflect realty then Jesus was obscuring the truth about immortality instead of bringing it to light.
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Here we have the disembodied spirits of two dead people feeling, thinking, seeing, talking, reasoning and crying out. Why does Jesus use such ideas if they aren’t true? The Word says that Jesus “brought life and immortality to light,”[9]but if His account here doesn’t reflect reality then Jesus was obscuring the truth about immortality instead of bringing it to light.
What does the website owner mean?I bolded all the stuff i didn't get.
I have nothing to discuss with anyone who does not accept the scripture to be the teaching of God.
If my mind was closed I could not be taught by God. Who you taught by?Way to keep that mind of yours firmly and forever closed!
The Bible does not speak of disembodies spirits unless it is talking about God or his angels. All are spirits who have no physical body. They do however have a spiritual body. Humans only have physical bodies unless they are chosen to go to heaven to rule with Jesus, then they give up their fleshly body and are given a spiritual one because a physical body cannot exist in heaven.
Since the Bible does not teach that we have 'spirits' that live on after the death of the body in a spiritual realm, the parable takes on a purely illustrative meaning.
In the Bible, immortality is only granted to spirits, not humans who need physical things to keep living (air, food, water, shelter) Mortals die without those provisions which God supplied in abundance. He also provided "the tree of life" to keep humans from dying due to any 'natural' cause......there was no natural cause of death in Eden. Death was the result of sin. If no sin had been committed, humans would never have died.
Neither God nor angels are disembodied spirits.
I was definitely taught by God within.If my mind was closed I could not be taught by God. Who you taught by?
A spiritual body is a physical body. God has a physical body of whom man was created in His image.Angels also have physical bodies because they are the "Us" of "let us make man in our image"For the sake of the definition of 'disembodied spirits' common to most people, they are. As I said, all are spirits with no physical body. They have a spiritual body. Please read before assuming what I said.
Humans never become disembodied spirits as most people have been taught to believe.
I was definitely taught by God within.
What I have been taught is non-violent means of protesting against evil injustices perpetrated against one and that does not include loving ones enemy or showing compassion to evil so it goes against Biblical Scripture, would you say?Whatever you've been taught, if it contradicts Scripture, I'll side with the God of Scripture.
No.What I have been taught is non-violent means of protesting against evil injustices perpetrated against one and that does not include loving ones enemy or showing compassion to evil so it goes against Biblical Scripture, would you say?
My understanding is Love thy enemies or neighbour unconditionally is Biblical Scripture.
Yes.My understanding is Love thy enemies or neighbour unconditionally is Biblical Scripture.
I must learn to be forgiving then.Yes.
If my mind was closed I could not be taught by God. Who you taught by?
A spiritual body is a physical body. God has a physical body of whom man was created in His image.Angels also have physical bodies because they are the "Us" of "let us make man in our image"