What happens when you die? Is there an intermediate state? What does the Bible teach about the dead before resurrection? These questions are important for our study of the kingdom of God. If you go straight to heaven when you die, you’re not going to care very much about what happens when Jesus returns. You may find it marginally interesting, but it’s what’s next for you. In this way, the doctrine of heaven-at-death eclipses Jesus’ gospel of the kingdom. However, as it turns out, the Bible teaches that the dead are asleep until the resurrection on the last day. In this lecture you’ll learn the primary texts that support conditional immortality and you’ll see how this Hebrew notion compares to what other cultures and religions say about the intermediate state and afterlife.
This is lecture 6 of the Kingdom of God class, originally taught at the Atlanta Bible College.
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Author: Sean Finnegan
Keywords: death, death is a sleep, sleep, fallen asleep, asleep in the Lord, resurrection of the dead, life after death, dieing and going to heaven, afterlife, intermediate state, future reward, going to heaven, heavenly reward, reward in heaven, great is your reward in heaven, When are the faithful rewarded, slept with his fathers, sleep of death, conditional immortality, immortal soul, immortal spirit, immortality, immortal soulism, eternal life in heaven, Abraham's bosom, Paradise, departing soul, spirit departs, give up the spirit, soul departs, departed soul
Bible reference(s): Gen 3:19, Gen 3:22, Genesis 49:29, Judges 2:10, 2 Kings 22:20, 2 Chronicles 34:28, 1 Kings 2:10, 1 Kings 11:21, 1 Kings 11:43, 1 Kings 14:20, 1 Kings 14:31, 1 Kings 15:8, 1 Kings 15:24, 1 Kings 16:6, 1 Kings 16:28, 1 Kings 22:40, 1 Kings 22:50, 2 Kings 8:24, 2 Kings 10:35, 2 Kings 13:9, 2 Kings 13:13, 2 Kings 14:16, 2 Kings 14:22, 2 Kings 14:29, 2 Kings 15:7, 2 Kings 15:22, 2 Kings 15:38, 2 Kings 16:20, 2 Kings 20:21, 2 Kings 21:18, 2 Kings 24:6, 2 Chronicles 9:31, 2 Chronicles 12:16, 2 Chronicles 14:1, 2 Chronicles 16:13, 2 Chronicles 21:1, 2 Chronicles 26:2, 2 Chronicles 26:23, 2 Chronicles 27:9, 2 Chronicles 28:27, 2 Chronicles 32:33, 2 Chronicles 33:20, Matthew 9:24, Matthew 27:52, Mark 5:39, Luke 8:52, John 11:11, John 11:12, Acts 7:60, 1 Corinthians 11:30, 1 Corinthians 15:6, 1 Corinthians 15:18, 1 Corinthians 15:20, 1 Corinthians 15:22, 1 Corinthians 15:51, 1 Thessalonians 4:13, 1 Thessalonians 4:14, 1 Thessalonians 4:15, 1 Thessalonians 5:10, 2 Peter 3:4, Bel and the Dragon 1:1, 1 Maccabees 2:69, Ecclesiastes 9:5, Ecc 9:10, Psalm 13:3, 2 Samuel 22:6, Job 3:13, Job 3:17-18, Job 7:9, Job 11:8, Job 14:13, Job 17:13, Job 17:16, Job 21:13, Job 24:19, Job 26:6, Psalms 6:5, Psalms 9:17, Psalms 16:10, Psalms 18:5, Psalms 30:3, Psalms 31:17, Psalms 49:14, Psalms 49:15, Psalms 88:3, Psalms 89:48, Psalms 116:3, Psalms 139:8, Psalms 146:4, Proverbs 1:12, Proverbs 5:5, Proverbs 7:27, Proverbs 9:18, Proverbs 15:11, Proverbs 15:24, Proverbs 23:14, Proverbs 27:20, Isaiah 5:14, Isaiah 14:9, Isaiah 14:11, Isaiah 14:15, Isaiah 28:15, Isaiah 28:18, Isaiah 57:9, Ezekiel 31:15, Ezekiel 31:16, Ezekiel 31:17, Ezekiel 32:21, Ezekiel 32:27, Amos 9:2, Jonah 2:2, Habakkuk 2:5, Matthew 5:22, Matthew 5:29, Matthew 5:30, Matthew 10:28, Matthew 11:23, Matthew 16:18, Matthew 18:9, Matthew 23:15, Matthew 23:33, Mark 9:43, Mark 9:45, Mark 9:47, Luke 10:15, Luke 12:5, Luke 16:23, Acts 2:27, Acts 2:31, James 3:6, 2 Peter 2:4, Revelation 1:18, Revelation 6:8, Revelation 20:13, Revelation 20:14, Wisdom of Solomon 1:14, Wisdom of Solomon 2:1, Wisdom of Solomon 16:13, Wisdom of Solomon 16:14, Wisdom of Solomon 17:14, Sirach/Ecclesiasticus 21:10, Sirach/Ecclesiasticus 28:21, Song of the Three Young Men 1:66, 2 Maccabees 6:23, 2 Esdras 2:29, 2 Esdras 4:7, 2 Esdras 4:8, 2 Esdras 7:36, 2 Esdras 8:53, Acts 2:29, Acts 2:34, John 5:28-29, Matthew 22:31, Acts 17:32, Acts 23:6, Acts 24:21, Acts 26:23, Romans 1:4, 1 Corinthians 15:12, 1 Corinthians 15:13, 1 Corinthians 15:42
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