ABSENT FROM THE BODY
A FEW YEARS AGO MY SISTER-IN-LAW DIED.
HER FUNERAL WAS CONDUCTED BY A MAN I HAD KNOWN ALL MY LIFE.
HE BECAME A MINISTER VERY EARLY IN HIS LIFE.
I HAD HEARD HIM PREACH A FUNERAL MANY TIMES DOWN THROUGH THE YEARS.
TALKING ABOUT MY SISTER-IN-LAW,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,WHOSE NAME WAS BETTY,,,,,,,,,,,
HE SAID,,,,,,,,,,,”NOW WE ARE GOING TO BURY BETTY TODAY,,,,,,,,,BUT, I DON’T BELIEVE IN SOUL SLEEP”………………..
“SHE IS NOT GOING TO BE IN A HOLE IN THE GROUNG”……………………
“TO BE ABSENT FROM THE BODY,,,,,,,,,,,IS TO BE PRESENT WITH THE LORD”…………..
IN SAYING THIS,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,HE IS SAYING THAT AT THE MOMENT OF DEATH,,,,,,,,,SHE WENT TO BE WITH THE FATHER………………………
AND SO DOES EVERY ONE ELSE AT THE TIME OF DEATH……………….
NOW SAYING THIS,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,MAY MAKE SOME PEOPLE FEEL GOOD.
BUT THE QUESTION IS??????????????? IS THIS A TRUE BIBLICAL STATEMENT??????
THIS IS FOUND IN 2 COR. 5:8,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,WHICH SAYS,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,
“WE ARE CONFIDENT, AND WILLINGLY TO BE ABSENT FROM THE BODY, AND TO BE, PRESENT WITH THE LORD”………………..
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TO GET MORE OF THE CONTEXT ,,,,,,,,,,LETS START READING IN,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,
2 COR. 5:5,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,
“NOW HE THAT HATH WROUGHT US FOR THE SELFSAME THING IS ELOHIM, WHO ALSO HATH GIVEN US THE EARNEST OF THE SPIRIT”.
5:6,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,
“THEREFORE WE ARE ALWAYS CONFIDENT, KNOWING THAT WHILST WE ARE AT HOME IN THE BODY, WE ARE ABSENT FROM YAHWEH”.
5:7,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,
“FOR WE WALK BY FAITH, NOT BY SIGHT”.
5:8,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,
“WE ARE CONFIDENT, I SAY, AND WILLING RATHER TO BE ABSENT FROM THE BODY, AND TO BE PRESENT WITH YAHWEH”………………..
SOME OBSERVATIONS HERE,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,
TO BE PRESENT WITH YAHWEH WILL NOT OCCUR UNTIL THE RESURRECTION!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
THIS PASSAGE IN CORINTHIANS DOES NOT SAY,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,
“TO BE ABSENT FROM THE BODY, “IS” TO BE PRESENT WITH THE LORD”…………..
THIS IS NOT SAYING,,,,,,,,,,,,,,”SUDDEN DEATH, SUDDEN GLORY”……………….
NO SPIRITUAL BODY IS MENTIONED ANYWHERE IN THIS PASSAGE………………..
1 COR. 15:51-52,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,
“BEHOLD I SHOW YOU A MYSTERY, WE SHALL NOT ALL SLEEP, BUT WE (THOSE STILL ALIVE) SHALL ALL BE CHANGED, IN A MOMENT, IN A TWINKLING OF A EYE,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,
AT THE LAST TRUMP: FOR THE TRUMPET SHALL SOUND, AND THE DEAD SHALL BE RAISED INCORRUPTIBLE, AND WE SHALL BE CHANGED”.
TO BELIEVE THAT AS SOON AS YOU DIE, YOU ARE CHANGED,,,,,,,,,,,,,,IS TO BELIEVE THAT YOU ALREADY HAVE AN IMMORTAL SOUL!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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THE GOOD THING IS,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,WHEN YOU DIE ,,,,,,,,,,,,,, YOUR NEXT CONSCIOUS MOMENT , AFTER DEATH,,,,,,,,,,WILL BE THE RESURRECTION ,,,,,,,,,, AND YOU WILL BE WITH YAHWEH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
NOT IMMEDIATELY,,,,,,,,,,,,,,BUT AT YOUR OWN TIME……………….
PRAISE-YE-YAH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
JULY 9, 2020
LOWELL T. WALKER