BobRyan
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BobRyan said: ↑
When a person dies the body is decaying - the body is returning to dust.
But the person is in a dormant state - their spirit has gone to God and is dormant as 1Thess 4 states. Does not matter if they are good or evil - all are dormant and Paul says in 1 Thess 4 "they have fallen asleep"[/quote]
1 Thess 4
13 But we do not want you to be uninformed, brethren, about those who are asleep, so that you will not grieve as do the rest who have no hope. 14 For if we believe that Jesus died and rose again, even so God will bring with Him those who have fallen asleep in Jesus. 15 For this we say to you by the word of the Lord, that we who are alive and remain until the coming of the Lord, will not precede those who have fallen asleep. 16 For the Lord Himself will descend from heaven with a shout, with the voice of the archangel and with the trumpet of God, and the dead in Christ will rise first. 17 Then we who are alive and remain will be caught up together with them in the clouds to meet the Lord in the air, and so we shall always be with the Lord. 18 Therefore comfort one another with these words.
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The burden of "proof" is on the one who wildly proposes "non-dormant sleep".
When a person dies the body is decaying - the body is returning to dust.
But the person is in a dormant state - their spirit has gone to God and is dormant as 1Thess 4 states. Does not matter if they are good or evil - all are dormant and Paul says in 1 Thess 4 "they have fallen asleep"[/quote]
1 Thess 4
13 But we do not want you to be uninformed, brethren, about those who are asleep, so that you will not grieve as do the rest who have no hope. 14 For if we believe that Jesus died and rose again, even so God will bring with Him those who have fallen asleep in Jesus. 15 For this we say to you by the word of the Lord, that we who are alive and remain until the coming of the Lord, will not precede those who have fallen asleep. 16 For the Lord Himself will descend from heaven with a shout, with the voice of the archangel and with the trumpet of God, and the dead in Christ will rise first. 17 Then we who are alive and remain will be caught up together with them in the clouds to meet the Lord in the air, and so we shall always be with the Lord. 18 Therefore comfort one another with these words.
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Better yet, show us "dormant sleep" in these passages.
The burden of "proof" is on the one who wildly proposes "non-dormant sleep".