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The state of man after death and the resurrection of the dead 1.
THE bodies of men after death return to dust and suffer decay, but
their souls which neither die nor sink into a state of
unconsciousness-they are inherently immortal-immediately return to God who
gave them. The souls of the righteous, whose holiness is at death
perfected, are received into paradise, where they are with Christ, looking
upon the face of God in light and glory, and waiting for the full
redemption of their bodies. The souls of the wicked are cast into hell,
where they remain in torment and utter darkness, reserved to the judgment
of the great day. Souls separated from their bodies are in either paradise
or hell, for the Scripture speaks of no other abodes of the departed. Gen.
3:19; Eccles. 12:7; Luke 16:23,24; 23:43; Acts 13:36; 2 Cor. 5:1,6,8;
Phil. 1:23; Heb. 12:2,3; 1 Pet. 3:19; Jude 6,7. 2.
At the last day, saints then alive on the earth Will not die, but
be changed. All the dead will be raised up with their selfsame bodies, and
none other, although with different qualities, and shall be united again
to their souls for ever. 3.
By the power of Christ, the bodies of the unrighteous will be
raised to dishonor. By His Spirit, Christ will raise the bodies of the
righteous to honor, for they will be refashioned after the pattern of His
own glorious body.
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