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I can tell it's getting colder by the frost that was on the windshield yesterday morning....yup, fall is in the air!!

Just checking in to say hello.....been away and haven't been able to check in as much as I would like! Hope everyone is doing well!!

Sorry for my misunderstanding....thanks for clearing it up for me though!!

If the explanation of being asleep in Christ is true, then there is no one in Heaven right now....Not even MALE!

Roast Beef, mashed potatoes, corn, gravy and bread/butter. Leftovers for tomorrow will allow me to create hot beef sandwiches. Love being able to make two meals from one!!

So what you are saying Jerry Numbers is that those that have passed on in Christ, are currently 'sleeping' (they are not in heaven yet) but rather asleep, until the rapture when they will be taken up to heaven at that time??

Deep fried perch and pickerel....with french fries of course. I realize deep frying isn't the healthiest method of cooking fish but it is sure the tastiest! We consume a lot of wild game and fish and most of our meat has not been injected with any hormones or chemicals to speed their growth. We are a hunting family and catch most of what we consume.

Till the Cows come home All I want for supper Who did what I'll be banned They all seem to fit his character...LOL

I believe your explanation has made it clearer for me and if I understood what you stated from the scripture I quoted, I understand it to mean..... When a believer dies their soul goes directly to be with the LORD and then in the future when Jesus returns, at that time those bodies who are asleep (dead in Christ) will be transformed to their new heavenly bodies and will rise first and go directly to heaven? So if I have understood correctly, that leads me to wonder what their bodies are now? All those currently in heaven are they just a group of heavenly souls without a body or face? How will they recognize their loved ones who have gone on before them?? This explanation has opened up a whole new set of questions for me....that is if I understood you properly??

"What happens after death?" In the Christian faith, there is much confusion regarding what happens after death. Some believe that after death, everyone “sleeps” until the final judgment, after which everyone will be sent to heaven or hell. Others believe that at the moment of death, people are instantly judged and sent to their eternal destinations. Still others claim that when people die, their souls/spirits are sent to a “temporary” heaven or hell, to await the final resurrection, the final judgment, and then the finality of their eternal destination. What do you say... what exactly does the Bible say happens after death?

I am not sure if this has already been discussed here anywhere, but if it has I am sorry I missed it. This has been a puzzling area for me and I would love to read and receive some insight on it. It's regarding being a Christian and passing on versus the Resurrection. 2 Corinthians 5:8 (KJV 1900) 8 We are confident, I say, and willing rather to be absent from the body, and to be present with the Lord. This verse says to me, to be absent from our body (death) is to be present with the Lord. 1 Corinthians 15:51–54 (KJV 1900) 51 Behold, I shew you a mystery; We shall not all sleep, but we shall all be changed, 52 In a moment, in the twinkling of an eye, at the last trump: for the trumpet shall sound, and the dead shall be raised incorruptible, and we shall be changed. 53 For this corruptible must put on incorruption, and this mortal must put on immortality. 54 So when this corruptible shall have put on incorruption, and this mortal shall have put on immortality, then shall be brought to pass the saying that is written, Death is swallowed up in victory. It appears to me that these two areas of scripture are opposing each other. I have read that when a Christian dies they go to sleep per say and will remain that way until Jesus comes again and at that time the souls in Christ will rise first and become present with the LORD. Another area that needs clarifying is God's judgement....are we judged when we die or when we are resurrected? Looking for biblical truth.

Thank you!!

Ok gotcha!! I sensed it was him without knowing about his MO. Just seemed to much like his behavior of yesterday.

What's an MO...sorry, not great with figuring out initials!?