Message #13062

[Mark]

When the Bible speaks of the death of a saint as being "sleep" it is speaking of their BODY, not their soul. Lazarus was dead in John 11:11-14, but Jesus referred to this as a "sleep" which Lazarus must be awaken from.

Then Jesus later raised his BODY. In Matthew 27:52 the Bible says, "And the graves were opened; and many bodies of the saints which slept arose." Even in the Old Testament the saints were not in an unconscious state while in the "paradise" section of the underworld. In Luke 16:22-31 Abraham was fully alert.

Before Jesus Died and rose.

Paul said, "For I am in a strait betwixt two, having a desire to depart, and to be with Christ; which is far better." In II Corinthians 5:8 Paul said, "We are confident, I say, and willing rather to be absent from the body, and to be present with the Lord."


Present with the Lord at the Rapture.

Then in Revelation 6:10 the souls of some martyrs cry out and ask God, "...How long, O Lord, holy and true, dost thou not judge and avenge our blood on them that dwell on the earth?" They were dead, but they weren't asleep. Soul sleep in heresy.

That is after the Rapture, if you notice they were not there until AFTER the 5th seal is opened. They were not always there. Where were they?


2 Corinthians 5:8 "We are confident, I say, and willing rather to be absent from the body, and to be present with the Lord."

Hbr 9:27   And as it is appointed unto men once to die, but after this the judgment: 

Yes we are absent from the body than present with the Lord @ the rapture. 1Th 4:18   Wherefore comfort one another with these words.  Its very simple, either we go to the rapture and be with the Lord, or we go straight to judgment. the is no longer, an inbetween place. Liek Abraham's bosom. its empty.


Philippians 1:21 "For to me to live is Christ, and to die is gain.
22 *But if I live in the flesh, this is the fruit of my labour: yet what I shall choose I wot not.
23 *For I am in a strait betwixt two, having a desire to depart, and to be with Christ; which is far better:"


There are many other scriptures that prove that Soul Sleep is false.

Ec 3:21 Who knoweth the spirit of man that goeth upward, and the spirit of the beast that goeth downward to the earth?
Ec 12:7 Then shall the dust return to the earth as it was: and the spirit shall return unto God who gave it

Luke 23:43 And Jesus said unto him, Verily I say unto thee, To day shalt thou be with me in paradise.

The thief went to Abrahams Bosom, which was emptied soon after. Now after Jesus resurection, when you die, your next experience is at the Rapture or Judgment. there is nothing else, sorry.