http://mikeramsdell.com/2009/07/14/revelation/ The personal blog of Rev. Mike Ramsdell Thu, 22 Jul 2010 16:43:27 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 http://mikeramsdell.com/2009/07/14/revelation/comment-page-1/#comment-557 Linda Carlisle Mon, 27 Jul 2009 18:34:15 +0000 http://mikeramsdell.com/2009/07/14/revelation/#comment-557 Mike, I have always been confused by the Scripture you discussed in this past week's sermon, "The Rapture", that is I Thessalonians 4:14, 16-17. The Scripture seems to imply that people who have died are just dead, and will be raised to heaven only at the time of Christ's return. Yet we all seem to believe, and state, that our deceased loved ones have gone to heaven and wait for us there. Do our souls after death just go into some limbo state? Or do our souls, as believing Christians, immediately go to be with God? What does Scripture tell us versus what we tell ourselves to comfort ourselves in our grief? Mike, I have always been confused by the Scripture you discussed in this past week’s sermon, “The Rapture”, that is I Thessalonians 4:14, 16-17. The Scripture seems to imply that people who have died are just dead, and will be raised to heaven only at the time of Christ’s return. Yet we all seem to believe, and state, that our deceased loved ones have gone to heaven and wait for us there. Do our souls after death just go into some limbo state? Or do our souls, as believing Christians, immediately go to be with God? What does Scripture tell us versus what we tell ourselves to comfort ourselves in our grief?

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