Jollybear,
I asked you where in scripture does it say we go to heaven as a holding tank then come down to earth. You gave me Philipians 1 as an example
"21For to me, to live is Christ and to die is gain. 22If I am to go on living in the body, this will mean fruitful labor for me. Yet what shall...
Philipians 1 is an example
"21For to me, to live is Christ and to die is gain. 22If I am to go on living in the body, this will mean fruitful labor for me. Yet what shall I choose? I do not know! 23I am torn between the two: I desire to depart and be with Christ, which is better by far; 24but...
No he didn't, but the scripture I gave you in Matthew 13:34-35 indicated that illustrations were his prime method of teaching, so when you pick out one particular illustration among so many others because you think it supports a favoured belief, is not really taking scripture for why it was...
Not everything Jesus said was a parable though.
The vision of moses and elijah, how could a vision in the way you describe it, talk with Jesus?
Paul was not anticipating his soul would depart from his body? Philipians 1:21:24
"21For to me, to live is Christ and to die is gain. 22If I am to...
The Bible does speak of man as returning to dust in reference to the physical human body of flesh, but it also speaks of believers going to be with the Lord who is in heaven when our spirit is absent from the body...
We are confident, yes, well pleased rather to be absent from the body and to...
Not with the medical community, that's for sure.
Matthew 18: 18
Verily I say unto you, Whatsoever ye shall bind on earth shall be bound in heaven: and whatsoever ye shall loose on earth shall be loosed in heaven.
Matthew 18: 19
Again I say unto you, That if two of you shall agree on earth...
King James Version
Philipians 1: 21
For to me to live is (the King James is missing this part of the sentence) Christ, and to die is gain.
Part of the sentence/scripture is missing in the King James. This particular sentence/scripture really does not make sense as it's written in the King...